part 12: after

seonghwa had left, and the girls were having a late night talk over wine. "so," codel started. "so..." "it wasn't that bad, was it!""no, i'll admit it wasn't terrible.""i tooold you," joked codel. y/n playfully hit her in the shoulder. "no but for real. it went well! you can relax now.""i am relaxed," y/n said hastily. codel took her index finger and poked y/n in the jaw. "it's clenched. i've known you long enough to know when you're stressed," codel stated. "so what's still bothering you?""i don't KNOW," sighed y/n, exacerbated. "i'm still worried and i don't know why. it went fine.""i don't think this is about dinner."silence. "i know.""so what's it about?"silence. "i don't know how this is gonna work." "what do you mean?""i mean he's an IDOL codel, how is he going to manage a relationship? how am i going to manage a relationship with him?"codel smiled. "what?""it seems to be going okay so far?" "yeah it's been really nice," y/n admitted. "so keep doing what you're doing!" "but things will change when he has to do idol things," whined y/n. "and you guys will be able to work around that-" y/n made a discontent face, "-when it comes. don't trip yourself up by worrying so much about the future. it's good, but not if you obsess over it. stay in the now."they both paused, in thought. then, y/n suddenly pulled codel into a hug. "thank you!" she cried. "i honestly don't know what i'd do without you.""that's what i'm here for babe. now please go get some sleep!! you look exhausted." "what's that supposed to mean??" y/n laughed. "goodbyeeee" "come back and explain yourself!" pouted y/n. "sleep!" codel demanded. and with that, she slipped out the door and left y/n alone with her thoughts. but this time, that wasn't so bad.