Worth It 𖧵 [TXT Yeonjun]

Chapter 16: Make Up

Hana's POV:
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Am I the reason Minho came back?

Now I'm starting to sound like some self-centered brat...

I walked out of the front doors and looked for Soyeon at her favorite area of the courtyard, which just happened to be under this cute little tree.

And, just as expected, there she sat.

I walked my way up towards her, "Hey, Soyeon!" I called out.

She turned around and gave me a big smile, something I hadn't seen in a long time.

"Hey" Soyeon said in response.

She patted the spot next to her, signaling me to sit, and so I did.

"I don't want to sugarcoat anything." Soyeon started as she turned to me, "will that be okay with you?"

I'm glad she was making sure I was okay to hear her out, it's something we should have done a long time ago.

A long time ago...

As I've previously mentioned, I've known Soyeon for a long time.

Since elementary school...

Our parents knew each other, and she lived next to me for a short time.

Since she's a year younger than me, I took the challenge of looking out for her.

And I did that for a long time, until Minho entered the picture in middle school.

The two of them grew very close. They'd annoy each other, but loved each other like siblings.

I was very overprotective of Soyeon, so it took a huge part of me to trust Minho with her.

And once I saw how good of a job he was doing, taking care of her, I started to trust him more.

He won everyone's trust.

At the end of the day, we all know how that trust ended.

Which is why I was so furious once he broke none other than my heart, but Soyeon's as well after he left.

Although I baby her so much, she's so much stronger than me.

It's honestly like raising a sibling,

so I'm glad she didn't shun me completely.

"I just want to make it clear to you that..." Soyeon paused, "I couldn't care less about homework or grades."

"...I don't want to feel mad at you anymore."

"... neither do I" I managed to utter.

There was slight silence afterward, but it wasn't awkward nor suffocating.

"I know we were going through a lot when we agreed to take out our anger on each other..." Soyeon continued.

"but I wanna go back to how things were." Soyeon finally said.

I grew quiet. I couldn't believe my ears. Finally, I had made up with Soyeon. Delight and happiness grew into our silence.

"...you have every right not to want to even be near me after all the anger I threw out at you... but I agree, I want to stop." I responded.

Soyeon smiled at me, "glad we're back on the same page," and hugged me tightly.

I was quite shocked and didn't know what to do, but I naturally gave in and hugged her back.

It felt so relieving to finally be able to patch up loose ends, I missed hugging Soyeon.

"It's not your fault, you know..." Soyeon muttered as she kept hugging me.