The Joyride - A JoyRi fanfic

Chapter 11 - Joy and Yeri's "Hamily"

"Pft... Oh great... Hi, Soo Young..." a mocking voice was heard in the air that surrounded Joy.

She was trying to adjust her eyesight but couldn't see clearly around her until she rubbed her eyes a bit.

"Huh... Who's talking?" She replied timidly.

"Owww... Is the widdle miss Park scared? Boo-hoo-hoo!" The voice replied back, this time with a bit more familiarity than the last time.

"Yeri...? Is that you?" Joy replied cautiously.

And just out of nowhere, Yeri appeared beside Joy and the whole setting changed. Joy was now driving a car on an empty road at night while Yeri was riding shotgun.

"Wanna go for a joyride?" Yeri enthusiastically asked.

"Ugh... this is a dream, isn't it?" Joy realized.

"Why yes, Soo Young, it is..."

"Why are you refusing to call me Joy?" Joy replied angrily while concentrating on the road. No cars were there.

"Why am I....? Soo Young, we've been over this... You know that I'm just a reflection of your subconscious mind, this is basically you talking to you..."

"Yeah, you're right..." Joy replied like she didn't care. "Still... It would be nice to hear "Joy" coming out of your mouth, even if it is just a dream."

"Sheesh, whatever... It's not like the real Yeri never called you "Joy"..."

"She did, didn't she?" Joy replied with a small smile.

"Heh... There it is... The joyous wonders of Park Soo Young and how she could easily be manipulated into smiling" Yeri replied mischievously back.

"Ugh, whatever, why are you here? And don't give me that fake-out you gave me last time, answer the question properly." Joy replied annoyed.

"Heh... I don't know, you tell me... You've been having these realistic dreams lately that are basically just your memories... So I'm not sure why you're having this bizarro dream right now." Yeri responded sarcastically.

The duo rode in silence for a while before Joy decided to speak calmly.

"I know why you're here. You came to mock me because you think I can't make it. You think that I won't be able to follow doctor Kim's orders and that I won't be able to express my feelings out in the open if I'm having troubles with someone."

"Well... Will you?"

This question made Joy silent for a couple of moments while Yeri was browsing through her own phone.

"Oh this brings back memories, us being silent while you ignore me... You being on your phone, probably looking with whom to hook up later..." Joy remarked with a grudge.

"Pish, whatever... You only live once, you know?"

"Ugh... you're better than that... Or at least, the real Yeri was better than saying random "inspirational quotes" every now and then..."

"Yeah, well, what can you do?" Yeri replied nonchalantly while now looking out the window.

Joy then sat there, resentful of the whole conversation.

"It will be hard, but I can do this. I can express my feelings."

"Okay, then express 'em. Sakura! Yena! Appear!" Yeri yelled out and with a clap of her hands, both Sakura and Yena appeared in the backseat of the car.

"Whoa... Wanna warn me next time?" Joy asked while being startled.

"Relax..." Yeri was calm. "There's no one on this road... We're all alone. And now we can discuss everything, all four of us hahaha... Like you've said it once to us - we're a "hamily"... Hahahahah Remember when you said it? Remember the explanation? Hahahahaha.... Because we're a "happy family", but you were drunk and you misspoke and we laughed at your mistake for like half an hour?"

"Yeah, I do..." Joy rolled her eyes at Yeri for being annoying.

"Why aren't you more mad?" Yeri replied.

"Because I do remember that the real Yeri wouldn't mock me this much. I don't know how many times I have to tell you that"

"Apparently a lot. Hey, Soo Young.... Before expressing your feelings properly with others, maybe you should learn how to express your feeling properly with yourself, no?"

Joy then pondered that for a moment. "You might have a point fake Yeri....  or should I call you "Feri". Hahahhaha Okay, now that I can enjoy now!" Joy felt happy for once.

"Whatever..." Yeri rolled her eyes now.

"Oh I know that eye-roll, that's actually how the real Yeri would respond. Amazing, I love this dream!" Joy was actually feeling happy for once because she felt like she almost had a glimpse at the real Yeri for a moment.

"Yeah, well you know how Sakura and Yena would respond to you being such a boring dork?" Yeri replied in a deadpan manner.

"No" Joy was confused.

"Welp, look at the rear-view mirror." Yeri pointed out and Joy focused her eyes as she saw Yena straddling Sakura and kissing her wildly in the backseat.

"They've been basically ignoring us ever since I manifested them there, wanna talk to them now?"

"I mean, what do I even say?" Joy was confused and she was feeling uneasy at the sight of the two kissing. "After all, Yena rejected my advances while simultaneously stringing me along WHILE also dating Sakura... And Sakura... Well she just couldn't give a shit as she was only dating Yena to get closer to you.... Whoa, we're a messed up "hamily"... we're more like a "memily"..."

"A "meme-ily" you might say!" Yena replied chuckling while also kissing Sakura. Sakura just laughed.

"Shut up, Yena" Joy replied agitated.

"Oh wow, real mature, you REALLY expressed your feelings there" Yeri snarkily commented.

"Okay... I mind them. Yena, Sakura, even though you're sucking each other's faces off now, I want you to know - I had a problem with you two dating. For many reasons. And I wished I had said something back then and I wished that I distanced myself from all of you sooner.

The duo in the back ignored Joy while Yeri replied like she was surprised:

"Even me?"

"Especially you, Yeri... I should've said something. I should've told you sooner how I felt. How I liked you. How I actually still kinda like you... But the feelings are thankfully fading away! And as soon as you told me that you weren't interested in me that way, I should've left... I shouldn't have stuck around for as long as I did, even if it wasn't that long..."

"Wow, Joy... That was actually refreshingly honest." Yeri was surprised.

"Yeah?" Joy's face lit up at the remark.

"Yeah... Now watch out before you drive us off this cliff" Yeri replied nonchalantly as Joy woke up from her dream in cold sweat.

Huh.... Okay... Progress... I'm fighting this. I'm fighting the side of me that was unwilling to admit things. Sure, the dream was horrid, but... I'm fighting. I can do this.

Joy soon got back to sleep.