crying.

sobs.

i wake up to them every night.

groggily sitting upright, i yawn at the back of my hand. light filters through the opening of the door, and suddenly, i'm wide awake.

yewon.

it's only yewon who cries at night.

so she's back, huh?

sighing softly, i kick my blankets off me and padded over to the living room, trying to locate yewon.

peering over down the hall, i realized that the light wasn't coming from the living room—instead, it was from the bathroom.

immediately, i grit my teeth as tears spring to my eyes.

yewon doesn't deserve this.

my chest constricts, and i vaguely hear the sound of the rain outside as i only focus on yewon's gasps and whimpers.

i take a deep breath and calm myself. not the time to be weak, hwang eunbi.

i was about to take another step to the bathroom when i hear another loud sob and a gagging noise.

and that's when i thought, i can't do this.

hiding my face in the palms of my hand, i let myself cry freely. i was weak. i couldn't help my only dongsaeng (who's only younger than me by a few months) in her darkest times.

i walked back to our room, careful not to wake up eunha-unnie and yun-unnie as i crawl into yewon's bed, hoping to seek a bit of comfort.

five minutes.

that's all it takes until i could feel and hear sobs from beside me.

yewon...please stop crying...i almost wanted to say.

but i can't.

when yewon falls asleep though, i wake up, listening to the sound of leisure breathing around me and the rain outside.

i sigh soundlessly to not wake up yewon.

needless to say, i never got a proper sleep that night.

"so that by the raining sound it was unable to sleep."