Yeri puts her key to the keyhole of her apartement, turns and it and says a quiet, "I'm home," once she's inside.
Her roommates, two girls by the name of Doyoung and Jisoo, come to greet her with a hug.
"How's your father?" Jisoo asks with concern expression. The same expression is vividly there in Doyoung's face too.
Yeri smiles. "He got melanoma. Doctor said he's going to be fine as this is still an early stage and he is receiving treatment immediately."
"Oh, Yeri. How are you going to manage?"
She smiles again, a rather bitter one now. "I'll think of something. I already call Donghae Oppa for a day work and he says there is an opening in a minimarket not far from here."
"But you need rest too," her friends object.
"I'll rest there. There's not much work at the minimarket, Donghae Oppa said. So I can have an easy earning."
She passes them to get to their bedroom and puts her things back in the closet. She already washed the clothes.
"So, Yeri," Doyoung starts the conversation with awkward tone that pulls her intention. Yeri looks at both of her friend with a unvoiced question. "We've been thinking about of not letting you pay the rent."
"No," she immediately objects. "I can't do that."
"Yes, you can. We want to help, Yeri," pleads Jisoo. "The treatment must be expensive. Now, we know that our boss helped you but it's still a debt that you have to pay, right?"
"You can still pitch in for the monthly expenses if you want. So how about it?" Doyoung asks.
Yeri cries and hugs them tight. She couldn't be any more grateful that god has granted her a very good friends in this hard life. "Thank you," she says, still sobbing.
Doyoung and Jisoo cry too. "Don't mention it. That's what friends are for, right?"
"Ew, Jisoo! Do something about your bogus, girl!" screams Doyoung.
"Ya! Take a look at yourself in the mirror!"
"I think we're all like five years old children now," Yeri says, wiping her own nose.
Jisoo snorts. "Tch. Speak for yourself, girly! You're so beautiful even when you bawls your eyes out."
"No, I'm not and so do you guys!"
"Please, Yeri. The only reason why the landlord gave us a low deposit, is because he took a fancy at you and your full bat-eye swings!"
"Ewww, that old pervert!" Yeri exclaims, remembering things she had to do in order to make the old guy lower the deposit money so they can afford this apartement.
"Come, let's eat," Doyoung says.
"What do you guys have?"
"Ramyeon. Do you think any of us can pull a decent dish without you?" Jisoo is batting her eyelashes.
Yeri laughs.
"So, you're coming to work today?"
Yeri nods at Jisoo's question. "I have to talk to the boss also. Thank him properly for his help."
"I have to remind you, the boss is quite a mess right now," Doyoung pitches in after slurping her ramyeon.
"Why? What happen?"
