YOUR LOVE {Itaewon Class}

Operation Silence

Since the day Yi-Seo told Saeroyi that she loved him, there was no day she wouldn't confess it again. She said those three words every day. It nearly became a daily ritual that when she said "I love you", Saeroyi would get mad, rolled his eyes and explained to her all over again. He said things like she should not be childish, they can't be together because of their age difference, because they were just partners and friends. After that Yi-Seo would just nod and go away.

Saeroyi was waiting for her to stop. He even realised that he was hurting her every day by saying her feelings weren't true. He was curious when she would stop. Deep down he wanted to test her limits and how far she would go for him. He kind of wanted to know what her Plan C was.

Little did he know, that there was no Plan C. After Plan A failed thanks to Geun Soo, she had to go with Plan B: Telling Saeroyi about her feelings and hoping for the best. Well, that didn't work out and they were stuck in a vicious circle. Yi-Seo didn't know what to do.

"How long are you planning on doing this? Do you have a plan already?"

Yi-Seo and Hyun-Yi were sitting on the floor in Hyun-Yi's apartment while drinking soju and just chatting after a long day.

Hyun-Yi's question didn't surprise Yi-Seo. Her Unni was the only one she had told everything to and she knew her best friend wanted to help her. But she was annoyed. Things didn't go as she planned it and she was sick of it. She deserved happiness, but her happiness didn't want her.

Every time she didn't have to do anything and she couldn't distract herself, she felt the pain. She felt like she was unwanted and nobody loved her. But she was not angry at Searoyi for making her feel that way. She was never angry at Park Saeroyi no matter what he had done. Just as she could not not love him. She tried to. She tried to erase him, but she just couldn't. Because her love for him was something once in a lifetime, it was the true love. Something worth fighting for even if you get hurt.

"I don't have a plan. This time I am completely clueless."

Hyun-Yi took a sip of her soju. She really had thought about how she could help her best friend a lot. Ever since Yi-Seo supported her when everyone found out that she was a transgender, she wanted to give back. Right now she needed some courage to say what was on her mind.

"What if you really stop?"

Yi-Seo's eyes got bigger as she looked at her best friend. They were staring at each other not knowing what the other one meant. They both were totally confused.

"You can't ask me to not like Sajangnim. You know my feelings, you can't ask me that. Not you too!" Yi-Seo sounded desperate. She was about to cry. She couldn't believe that now Hyun-Yi was telling her to stop too. She can't fight on her own without her best friend's support.

"No, no I didn't mean to stop liking the boss. I just meant what if you stop showing it for a few days? You know you say "I love you" every day... maybe when you stop he will miss it and realise how much it means to him."

Yi-Seo was not naive. She knew that not saying those three words for a couple of days will not change Searoyi's opinion. It would not make his excuses disappear. But she didn't know what to anymore so she went with it.

The next day was as normal as always. CEO Park Saeroyi had a few meetings at his office along with his loyal original DanBam crew, then he had to finish some paperwork. It was definitely not an exciting day, but he didn't mind. He liked the days which were "relaxing".

On that "relaxing" day he didn't even work late at his office. Just a couple of minutes before he decided to finish for today, he heard a knock on his door.

Yi-Seo was asking for permission to step inside the room, which was a little unusual. Normally she would just come in with a book under her arm to wait for him to finish work. This time around, she didn't come in, just looked inside the office and her eyes met Saeroyi's.

"I am finished for today. I sent you the contract. Uhm..." he could feel that she was hesitating. As if she didn't know what to say. But Saeroyi knew exactly how she would normally continue. Well, it turned out that that day was really unusual because she just said:

"Uhm... I'll see you tomorrow!" she left.

Park Searoyi just blinked. He was so surprised that he didn't know what to say. Even in his car when he was on his way home he couldn't stop thinking.

This girl always managed to surprise him. He had to admit it, he was waiting for her to say those three words like she does all the time. She said those three words all the time, it looked so easy as if she wouldn't even think about what she was saying.

But finally, she understood that you can't just throw those three words as someone every day, especially when that particular someone doesn't feel the say. She finally understood. Thank God. Maybe he can be normal around her again and he doesn't have to worry that he might hurt her feelings.

Wait... Did that mean she is not in love with him anymore? Was her love for him not even that real? Was he right when he thought that her "love" for him was just a teenager inflammation? And now that she may has stopped loving him, she won't say those three magic words that made his heart feel so damn warm?