UNCHANGEABLE - SEULRENE

SR - dinner party

"will you be all right?" seungwan asks.

seulgi glances at seungwan before closing the door to her car's back seat where sooyoung is lying comfortably.

"yeah. this isn't the first time i've done this." she walks over to the other side of the car. "sooyoung loves getting wasted from time to time. sometimes sungjae will call me to pick her up if he's not available, and i will let her crash into my place for the night."

"you called him up already?"

"i did. he's also having party with his mates. i think he plans on getting wasted too."

"i hope not in bed with a stranger." seungwan folds her arms. "anyway, joohyun and i will be going."

seulgi looks at joohyun, who is sleeping on the shotgun seat of seungwan's car.

"is she okay? i've never seen her touch a wine bottle before. but tonight she was like thirsty for it."

seungwan sighs. "i don't know. she's... she's going through something..."

"are they having problems?"

"a bit. but i'm not in the position to tell you about it. and i'm sure it's something they can still fix since this isn't the first time it happened."

"i hope he's not cheating on her or abusing her or yerim. because if he does, i'll kill him," she says.

seungwan chuckles and turns away. "junmyeon's a kind person. but i'll be the first one to kill him if he does anything to hurt joohyun or my goddaughter."

seulgi watches as  the doctor walks back to her car. "i hope it's not about me."

seungwan stops and opens the door to the driver's seat. "do you really hope it's not about you? because it's always about you, seulgi. since day one, it's always been about you."

seulgi opens and closes her mouth, not sure how to respond.

seungwan leans an elbow on the roof of her car and smiles. "don't think about it too much. you take care, seulgi. we'll see you at the wedding next week."

seungwan goes inside the car and drives away from there, living seulgi still rooted to the ground.

---

"jeez. i'm sorry. i have no control over my mouth when i'm drunk." sooyoung shakes her head, embarrassed. "guess i messed up last night, huh?"

seulgi leans on her kitchen counter, smelling the aroma of the coffee in front of her.

"well, you made it a little awkward for me and joohyun, but it's your party and you had a blast. that's the important part," she says.

"i invited her and seungwan because you said you weren't coming. i don't want to stir some tension between the two of you."

seulgi looks down at her coffee and stares at her reflection while she drums her fingers on the rim of the cup.

"did something happen after my blowup last night, seulgi?"

seulgi looks back up. "well, she tasted the wines... then drank more after that. then she danced along with the others. then she came back to me..."

---

"can we talk?" asks joohyun, pulling seulgi along by her necktie.

seulgi hesitates.

"c'mon. don't be awkward. they already know about us, anyway," says joohyun.

"are you drunk?"

"yes, i am drunk. but this is a party, and i'm allowed to get drunk. besides, seungwan's driving me home."