Save My Love (SinRin)

Chapter 23: The Monster's Eyes Are Green (Part 2)

"Whatever your reasons are, what you did is not right. She's your girlfriend, but that doesn't give you the right to do what you did, and she did not deserve to see that rudeness." After noticing how Sinb restlessly tossed and turned in her bed, Eunha, who laid on the other top bunk decided to give her a piece of her mind.

Earlier that day while preparing to leave the apartment, Yerin and Sinb have been seen quietly discussing a presumably important matter that at times they isolated themselves from the rest of the group. On their way to a recording, it was noticeable that the couple were unusually silent. Eunha especially felt the unfamiliar air as she sat beside them in the last row, but she did not probe when she saw that they were still leaning against each other, hands locked and sharing the same earphones during the entire travel. For the others, they thought that the two sounded a bit off and too cautious hearing the brief conversations they had. Even Joon who refrained from prying into their chats sensed the same foreign guardedness of the two.

During the two hour-long variety show filming, the couple sat side-by-side and expectedly interacted with their usual juvenile gaiety, laughing at each other's goofiness and mistakes, but it was unmistakable that their meaningful glances were missing. It was Sinb who particularly evaded Yerin who kept on darting at her direction, patiently waiting for their eyes to meet. But once they accidentally did, the younger girl would cut the connection by promptly looking away. A few times, Sowon who sat on the other side stage gave Yerin a questioning look during the breaks of filming, but the girl casually dismissed her each time. On-cam, Yerin continued being cheerful and naturally disinhibited with making physical contact with her girlfriend who hesitated to respond to her every attempt. The keen Yewon has even signaled her fellow maknae to be mindful of her behavior during a few instances that their disconnection was becoming disturbingly apparent.

While exiting the building after the show , Sinb was strangely walking faster than everyone that even Yuna could not catch her. The maknae wanted to reach the van first knowing that Joon will be inside waiting. As soon as she boarded the service, she pulled the foreigner's arm harshly out of Yerin's seat in the front row and dragged her to the end to sit beside her. To her surprise, Joon yelped after she almost twisted her arm while attempting to maneuver quickly around the folded middle seat that served as a thick armrest. Eunha who ran behind Sinb was shaking her head as she entered the van after witnessing what her friend did. She settled in her seat and like Joon, she did not utter a word but an annoyed expression emerged from her face.

"Eonnie..." As soon as she got on the van, Yerin called out to Joon implying that the foreigner was in a wrong spot. But instead of receiving a response from her, it was Sinb who retorted.

"You have you own seat. Leave her alone!"

Having been yelled at by her girlfriend for the first time caused Yerin to be lost for words. Even Yuna who was completely unaware of what was going on could not help but feel woeful for her eonnie who sat dejected on her chair with tears already imminent. During instances like this, the members did not confront each other as they know the conversation could turn unpleasant especially if one of them is rash and short-fused. Sowon has always handled the situation when heated discussions arose, and so even Yewon who was close to the other maknae, did not attempt to sway her; she instead just threw her a displeased look before handing a box of tissue paper to the girl sitting in front of her.

The van was parked momentarily while waiting for the manager to finish a call. Yerin, after gathering enough courage to hold her tears back, released her seatbelt, stood and walked toward the van's rear.

"Sinb-yah..." She was welling up again but she held it in. Instead of responding, the younger Eunbi put on her earphones and blasted the volume of her phone. When Joon was about to stand and give her seat to her, Sinb yanked her immediately back.