[PRESENT]

"Sowon unnie? Are you okay?" I ask her as I put the book I've been reading down to the table.

Sowon sighs tiredly.

"Is it Jin again?"

Sowon unnie shakes her head no.

"Then....who?" I press on.

"Dongmin." She whispers, barely audible.

"What did he say...?" I ask curiously.

Don't get your hopes up, Jung Yerin.

Sowon unnie looks at me square in the eye.

"He likes you."

I could feel my heart stop right then.

Dongmin...likes me?

I force out a breathy laugh, "Unnie, I think you're tired."

"No, Yerin." She stubbornly says. "Dongmin likes you."

"Yes, but I love him." I counter, "There's a big difference, unnie."

Sowon unnie sighs and just shrugs.

"Suit yourself. But I'm telling you, Jung Yerin. Dongmin likes you. Not Doyeon, not Soeun and especially not me."

"So what you're implying is...?"

Sowon unnie sighs again.

"Tell him that you love him."

Aren't boys supposed to be the one to make the first move?

"I can hear it from anywhere,
If I listen closely."