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"So are you sure he's okay now?" YangYang asked, to which Minhee nods. "It seems like at least." She said. "It's weird how usually we'd have Jihyo unnie here if this whole mess wouldn't have happened." YangYang sighs. Minhee nods. It was weird indeed. 

"So you are going to Germany right? When you leaving?" Minhee asked. "1st week most probably." YangYang replied. "Well, enjoy the days you have to spend with me annoying you." Minhee said jokingly. "Hell yah I will." YangYang replied sarcastically.  They laughed.

"What flavor you gonna take?" YangYang asked. "Me? Strawberry." Minhee replied. "What about you?" "Mint chocolate."

"EWWWWWWW.. MY DUDE THAT'S TOOTHPASTE!" "YA DON'T YOU DARE SAY ANYTHING AGAINST MINT CHOCO!""YA MEAN TOOTHPASTE.""NOT."

"MINHEE! YANGYANG! COME HERE!" Seungmin called from the back, gesturing the two to come there.

"This ain't it Missy." YangYang said, marching forward. "Whatever."

"So what's everyone ordering?" Chan asked. Everyone told him their preference. "Oh okay then I'll go order-" 

Chan's gaze met with the sight of the two people he was hoping and praying not to see. Jihyo and Eunwoo. The others followed his gaze and saw the couple too. Jihyo's eyes met his for a split second. 

Jihyo's grip on Eunwoo's arm tightened, I don't like you anymore Chan, she seemed to say, stingingly, something which could've been misunderstood as rude. Chan looked at his feet, trying to ignore them. He walked past them. He did not have any defense against it. She had a someone. He didn't. 

"Hello sir what would you like to order?" The cashier asked looking up. "What?"

"Your order sir." The cashier repeated. "Oh right.. we'll have 4 chocolates..."

"Can I have two chocolates?" Chan saw Jihyo giving her order, not missing a chance to smirk at him.

"..and two mint chocos. Yes." Chan completed, trying his best to ignore and not pay attention. "Hey umm if you don't mind me asking sir, like it isn't any of my business, but like, is that girl your ex or something-"

"Its a valid question. Don't worry. Well, I did like her but things didn't really work out." Chan said briefly. "Jeez, you haven't changed have you?" Chan looked up at the cashier. "I'm sorry I didn't get you there?" 

"You seriously forgot me right?" Chan looks at her closely. "Wait I do recognize you from somewhere-" "Australia? Your next door neighbor?" 

"OMG- ARI!" Realization hits. Ari was Chan's best friend as a child. They loved playing cars, dolls literally everything. But later they lost touch. 

"Wow you look so different- like you used to have that super long hair and all those hairclips and what not- now you're just- gorgeous-" Chan stopped immediately after he realized what he said. Ari giggles at Chan's flustered face. "Chill. It's okay. Like you look different too. I mean you had baby face- now you're just- super handsome-"

"OMG JINX!" The two yell at the same time. "So how's everything? I mean, seems like something's off. Who that girlie? How's everyone? And how're those little itty-bitty tiny baby siblings of yours? Friends? School-" 

CHAN- You haven't changed one bit- for GOD SAKE STOP BOMBARDING ME WITH QUESTIONSSSS!ARI- Isn't it obvious? Obviously I would. Like it's been a while..

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"I BET IT'S THE DAMN PLAYDATE GAL" "OBVIOUSLY IT IS"

The others had their full attention on this love quadrilateral thing going on at the cash counter. "Who needs a K-drama when you got THIS in front of you." Minhee said. "Probably Dahyun noona." Jungwoo said looking at the girl who was peacefully watching Crash Landing On You on her phone, biting her nails. "OMG NO~ KISS HER YOU IDIOT-" 

"Noona. We are not at home. Can you please stop." YangYang said. "SCREW YOU LIU YANGYANG- YOU MADE ME MISS THE SCENE- I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT SHE SAID-" 

"Babe, calm down." Seungmin said. "NO ONE INTERRUPTS ME WHEN WATCHING KDRAMAS." SEUNGMIN- But-DAHYUN- NOT EVEN YOU. SEUNGMIN- But-DAHYUN- JUST NO

"Won't work hyung. You can't change her mind." YangYang said. "On one thing we agree my dude." Seungmin says.

MINHEE- Yo Mork.

Mark doesn't look up from the screen, smiling widely. 

"MORK DA LEE YOU IGNORANT LITTLE- I JUST CALLED YOU. AND WHAT EVEN ARE YOU DOING-" Minhee takes a sneak peek at what he was doing. "Umm RUDE. It's rude to glance at other people's phones. I hope you know that." Mark seethed. "Minhee, all he is doing ever since the whole day is texting that Jessica gal." Haechan said, smirking. "Ain't it Morkie? Oh doesn't Jessica call you that~" 

"NO SHE DOESN'T SHUT UP Y'ALL ARE WEIRD" Mark said. His face was red. "Oh come on dude, we already have one person who won't confess, we don't need another." Minhee said, glaring at Jungwoo. "WHAT?" Everyone collective sighs except Sooyun. "YOU LIKE SOMEONE? WHAT AM I MISSING? WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT THE HECK? I THOUGHT WE WERE BESTIES? WHAT DO THEY KNOW THAT I DON'T?!"  

"Yo Yun, chill girl, he's still yours. You're good." YangYang said making the others chuckle. "Get some help please." Sooyun said, rolling her eyes. "Yes, Kim Jungwoo you have some explain-" 

"I DON'T LIKE ANYONE GODDAMNIT." Jungwoo said. "Ohhh.." 

"The way she is so clueless just sends me laughing." Minhee whispered, making the others giggle. You are as clueless as her, Hee, if only you knew. Haechan managed to keep his thoughts in his head. All he wanted to do was get over it. That he was unable to do. His train of thoughts get interrupted though.

"Here's come the man of the hour. Hello there Bang Chan!" Seungmin says as the guy approaches the table with ice-cream. "Hyung, who was that girl?" Jungwoo asked. "Oh her? She's a friend from Australia. You guys remember, Ari?" 

"NO WAY THAT IS ARI UNNIE I DON'T BELIEVE YOU." Sooyun exclaimed, wide eyed. "WHO IS ARI?! WE ARE MISSING A HUGE PART OF ALL THIS SHIT GOING ON." YangYang added. 

"Alright alright I'll explain. So listen here. When we were in Australia we had this next door neighbor and they were the only other Korean family on the block, so our mom was in really good terms with them, and like when Sooyun wasn't even born, me and Ari, there youngest daughter, used to be really close as kids. After we came here we lost touch. So yeah, that's the girl. She's.. gorgeous."

Chan stopped speaking on realizing what he had just said. "So you are telling me, you LIKE her? Like ALREADY?" Felix asked. "Obviously not." At least not now. I won't be amazed if I do fall for her though. Chan thought to himself. "And yeah, she's going to Australia too. So more spending time with each other." Chan said. "Talk about moving on." YangYang said, impressed. 

Once everyone was done with eating, they decided to go back home. The next few days would be really busy, packing up the luggage, making arrangements and everything. Currently Sooyun and Jungwoo stood outside the store, waiting for everyone else to come. 

"So you'll be leaving for Australia right?" Jungwoo said, breaking the short moment of silence. Sooyun hummed back in reply. "Why you ask?" "Just asking. No reason." Jungwoo replied. "You're thinking of something." Sooyun asserted. "How'd you know?" He replied, slightly taken aback at the accuracy of his friend. "You have that restful thinking face, I could tell that something's going on inside your head. Am I allowed to know what that is?" She explained. 

JUNGWOO- Well yeah, I mean..

Jungwoo looked at the girl for a moment, who had a questioning face. 

SOOYUN- Jungwoo?JUNGWOO- What?SOOYUN- You were saying..?JUNGWOO- It is just that you know.. I mean..

Jungwoo hesitated for a moment. 

JUNGWOO- The others aren't wrong about you and I.

I do like someone. That's you. 

SOOYUN- What are you talking about?

Something told Jungwoo it wasn't the right time. 

JUNGWOO- Forget it. SOOYUN- The heck?JUNGWOO- Yeah just, forget it. 

SOOYUN- But- okay fineeeee. 

JUNGWOO- Is there something going on inside your head?SOOYUN- Well, yeah, kinda.JUNGWOO- Let me guess, Chan hyung?SOOYUN- Yes but no. Like, there our other things.JUNGWOO- What type of other things?SOOYUN- Well, it's just, you know, that kinda thing that you feel like something's going to happen. Like something-JUNGWOO- Life changing?SOOYUN- Yeah. How'd you know?JUNGWOO- I have that feeling quite a lot. Even now. I get what you are feeling. SOOYUN- It's like something different. Things aren't going to be normal anymore. In both a good and bad way. 

Jungwoo turned around to look at the short girl.

JUNGWOO- Sooyun.

SOOYUN- What-

Sooyun was surprised to meet with a warm hug. Nevertheless, she hugged him back. 

JUNGWOO- I'll miss you.

SOOYUN- I'll miss you too, Woo. 

"OMG HUGS WITHOUT ME YOU SHAMELESS BITCHES DON'T FEEL BAD OR WHAT." Minhee said. All of them had just come out of the store. The two broke the hug seeing the others glaring at them. "OKAY GROUP HUG!"

"NO MORE SKINSHIP""OH SHUT UP SOOYUN." "HAHAHAHHAA" 

"Okay squad chant time." Everyone gets their hands together. 

"You me and us...."

"FOREVERRRRRR!"

"Forever." Jihyo was standing at the corner. Eunwoo had offered her to drop her home, but she refused. Tears welled up in her eyes.

"Selfie moment guyssss!""CHEEEEEEESE!"

Little did they know, from here...

...Nothing would be normal.

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THE EXAMS NEVER STOP COMING FOR ME. I CAN'T BE MORE FRUSTRATED. LIKE DUDE, GIMME A BREAK.

So your girlie is back to see 7K VIEWS. LIKE Y'ALLS ARE SPOILING ME NOW. BUT I COULDN'T BE GRATEFUL ENOUGH. I LOVE YOU GUYS SO SO MUCH !!!! 

 So as I mentioned in the announcement. This is the last chapter over here. I will be publishing the sequel soon. Will keep y'alls updated on the sequel book here too. 

Lots of love,Scarlet💚