Selfish [YVES]

chap. three

when you said that the cake would be so big that you might even need three people, you were joking. you should have noticed something a bit strange about yerim's nervous smile and the way she ran into the store after you told her to stay outside.

"just checking on you...wow, that cake sure is sizey!" the bright girl smiled and held your hand as you both exited the small shop.

you really should've known better. there, sitting on a chair and looking solemn, was jiwoo. her attention was clearly focused on something else, as she hadn't even noticed you two walking out. she was staring down at her lap. you shot a questioning look to yerim, somehow managing to say "how in the hell?" with a single look. yerim shrugged and gave her signature smile, sitting down and tapping jiwoo's shoulder. you followed suit and felt relieved when you could finally free your aching hands from the giant pastry.

"jiwooming," you called sweetly, using her nickname. this seemed to catch her attention. jiwoo jumped up and you could hear the faint click of an iphone sleep button being pushed. "yes, n/n? oh, you guys got cake?" the familiar glow in her eyes had started to come back. you smiled and slid a fork across the table, to which she exclaimed "yes! thank you~!" and began chowing down.

yerim giggled at the actions of the puppy like girl and began digging in as well. you were the only person who didn't start eating immediately, which is highly unusual. "uh, y/n? you good?" yerim's stuffed mouth asked with another giggle that ended up in her almost choking. when she ended up fine, you replied, "yeah. just a little uneasy. i wonder how the others are doing."

jiwoo hummed in realization. "where are they? school?" you nodded. "yeah, i know where yeojin and the gang are. i'm talking about the older ones." yerim piped up, cake on her lips and worried expression in her eyes. "not what i think you're about to do," she was saying.

what were you about to do?

"hey, woo, how's sooyoung?" you pressed, but immediately felt bad after. the girl deflated and brought her plastic fork up to her lips to bite at it. yerim kicked you under the table and gave you another look that could only be interpreted as "you freaking dummy!" and she was right.

"i wouldn't know." jiwoo started again. "i mean, i'm not sure. she's been busy so we haven't had enough time to talk."

you nodded. "ah, well i guess i'll call her later." another kick to the shin.

jiwoo smiled meekly and pulled out her infamous pink cased phone and made an attempt to gasp in shock. "it's already three! i should get going. i," jiwoo paused and stuttered a bit. "haseul, she promised me...wait, that's not right. i promised her that we'd try and record a new song! yes, together!" she took the last bite and wiped her lips on her sleeve. a small blush appeared when she saw that one of her white ruffles had been stained a light pink.

the petite girl slightly bowed and pulled her best smile, waving. she then took off into the distance, so fast that neither you or yerim had a chance to say goodbye.

when jiwoo was out of earshot, yerim punched you in the shoulder.

"ow! why'd you do that, sunshine?"

"because you're a big dummy. i'm really disappointed in you."

"i know, i am. i didn't mean to say that. it just slipped out, i swear!" you held your hands up like a fugitive caught by the police. yerim landed a harsh high five on your palm. "ouch! that was uncalled for."

"i needed to find some way to punish you without being too mean. now, we need to talk about your major crush!"

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Be blessed, my children. Hope y'all enjoyed! 💞