The Way It Is

two

"You dated for twenty months, and he didn't know that I'm your cousin?!" Hyunjin scoffed. "What a nice boyfriend, then."

"Is it my fault that we barely talk at school?"

"Well then, maybe he still loves you?" Hyunjin suggested.

Yiyeon scoffed and looked at him, "If he does, then we wouldn't have broken up."

She stood up and grabbed some clothes in her closet, "Now go and leave my room now," she said before entering the bathroom.

***

"Is the ice cream that interesting for you, Yiyeon-ah?"

The girl was snapped back into reality when she heard Yangyang's voice.

She shook her head quickly and apologized, "I'm sorry, what were we talking about again?"

"Yah, you didn't even hear a thing?! Yiyeon-ah, you're getting worse each day. Is everything okay?" Yejin worriedly asked.

"I just... zoned out for a bit. I'm really sorry," she said, picking up her pen. "Now, where were we?"

The rest just shook their heads while looking at each other.

"Noona, you look pale," the youngest among them said.

"I'm okay, Sungchan—"

"No, you're not!" Yejin scoffed. "Now tell us what's going on, Yiyeon-ah."

"Yejin, calm down," Daewon said.

Yiyeon took a deep breath and looked at them one by one, "I'm okay, I swear." She smiled at them. "Maybe I just lack sleep."

"Then what did Hyunjin tell me? Parking lot, a girl, and a fight? Does it ring a bell?" Yangyang asked, leaning closer.

"Hwang Hyunjin, you idiot," Yiyeon muttered under her breath. "Fine, Jeno and I kind of fought yesterday at the parking lot. That's it. I won't go further into details."

"That's odd," Yangyang said. "He doesn't usually fight someone, especially girls—yah! What was that for?!" He looked at Yejin, who just smacked the back of his head.

"You think she doesn't know that?!" Yejin rolled her eyes. "She literally dated the guy for almost two years, have you forgotten?"

"What's wrong with saying it again?!" Yangyang grimaced.

"Yah, let Yiyeon talk!" Daewon shushed the two who were arguing once again.

Yiyeon pointed at herself, "I don't have anything else to say." She said.

"But?"

"What do you mean, Jeongminnie?" Yiyeon asked.

"It's clear that you still got lots of things to say, unnie. I can tell that you have a pent-up frustration inside you," she said.

The girl took a deep breath, "Is he seeing someone new already? He was with a girl last night, and she's unfamiliar."

"Is this jealousy we hear?"

"Shut up, Daewon!" Yiyeon rolled her eyes.

"Maybe it was her sister?" Jeongmin suggested.

She just shook her head, "I know her sister, and she's not even in Seoul." She then shook her head repeatedly before patting her shoulder, "Whoever she is, it's none of your business..." she said and took a deep breath.

"Shall we continue the study?" Sungchan asked, and everybody agreed.

"Show me your homework," Yiyeon said, ushering the two 01 liners—Sungchan and Jeongmin, to bring their notebooks out. "Is there something in here that you do not understand that well?"

"Noona, it's physics. I don't understand anything about physics..." Sungchan scratched his nape.

"Shit, same," Yejin muttered.

"Okay then, do you at least have your book in physics?" Yiyeon asked.

Jeongmin nodded, "I have mine!" She said and handed it to ehr.

Yiyeon proceeded to read their current lesson, but the thought of the girl who was with Jeno last night still bugs her.

Not that she'll openly admit it, though.

- tbc.