hai.

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yuri expected a confession from yena, but she never expected her to say the L word.

was she too oblivious like what the members said?

yena's eyes were shining as she said thst sentence, she felt the strongest sincerity and how a million words were conveyed through a simple sentence.

she felt the sincerity from yena.

"yena—"

"it's okay if you don't like me back, yul. i understand." yena smiled.

"when... when did you start liking me?"

"honestly? i dont know." yena chuckled, with a hint of awkwardness and nervousness. "i just woke up one day and realized that i love you, and i loved you ever since we met."

yuri blushed. yena's known to be a prankster with witty words and naughty feedbacks, but it wasn't the yena that she would usually bicker and play with.

either way, it's still the yena that loves yuri.

there it was again, the silence that engulfed them. but it wasnt awkward anymore, yena was smiling while yuri was blushing.

"i dont know what to say..." yuri speaks, almost a whisper as yena chuckled.

"you dont have to say anything, dummy." yena mumbled.

"the truth is, i never wanted to confess my one sided feelings for you... i didnt wanna ruin our friendship. i didnt wanna waste the five years of our strong bond."

this time, it was yuri's turn to chuckle. "you're so stupid, yena."

very stupid.

"hmm?" yena hummed in a confused tone.
  
  
   
   
"we could've been in a relationship for three years now."

"oh." yena muttered, but then her eyes widened as she realized what yuri meant. "wait... what?"

yuri sighed, shaking her head with a chuckle before tiptoeing, and did something that widened the duck's eyes and made her kokoro beat fast as fuck.

because in the silent park, where their hearts beated as one, as they confessed to each other, yuri grabbed yena's collar and kissed her lips.

the five seconds of their attached lips that felt like an hour ended with curved lips.

they were smiling, with a hint of shock from yena.

"joyul..." yena softly mumbled in shock.
 

"you told me you didn't eat my kitkat..."

"what—"

"your lips tasted like my kitkat!" yena whined like a child while yuri stared at her in disbelief.

alright, yena is being a bitch by ruining the moment.

"wha—i didn't eat your kitkat!"

"don't lie to me, you tasted like kitkat!"

"well fine, i ate your kitkat!"

"why did you do that!?"

"maybe because you just left it on the table dumbass!"

"that doesnt mean you can just eat it!"

"oh shut up, yena. you love me anyways!"

"yeah, i do!"

"i love you too, idiot!"

yena's face softened after hearing the words she didn't even expect from yuri.

"w-what...?" yena's face turned into a flush of red as her eyes widened. "d-did you just..."

yuri sighed.

"you're so dumb"

yena smiled, coming into the realisation that she's the luckiest person to be loved by jo yuri. "i fucking love you, joyul."

"i love your dumb ass too, yena."

hearing yuri's reply, yena attacked yuri with a tight hug. a hug that felt good, especially after realising that they're both in love with one another.
  
  

"are you done now?"

surprised as fuck, yena and yuri broke the hug and turned to whoever said that.

only to see sakura and chaeyeon near the gate, walking towards them.

yuri blushed, while yena groaned loudly. "way to ruin the sweet moment, jerry" she jokingly rolled her eyes while sakura smirked.

"oh come on, tom. eunbi sent us here because she thinks the both of you are about to have s—"

"SHUT UP UNNIE WE WONT DO THAT—"

"—sweet dinner together..." sakura squints her eyes. "dafuq did you think i was about to say?"

"n-nothing." yuri gulped, yena also thought of the same thing but decided to act like she didn't understand a thing.

"why are you guys here?" yuri questioned.

"like kkura said, eunbi sent us here to tell you that we're going to the newly opened café in downtown." chaeyeon replies, hiding her hands to her pockets with a smile. "sorry for ruining your moment, you were being to cheesy"

"you know you can do that with sakura, right— ouch okay i was kidding" yena pouted after getting pinched by chaeyeon.

"why are we going there?" yuri curiously asked again.

chaeyeon removed the other hand from her pocket before scratching her nape. "nako and hitomi kinda had a small fight earlier, so eunbi decided for us to chill since all of us might be fighting because of stress and pressure."

"they fought?" yena raised her eyebrow. "what did they fight about?"

chaeyeon sighed. "i don't know, we don't know. we just heard nako shouting, for the first time, so we had to make them chill."

they fought? it was strange. nako and hitomi never fought to the point where nako would shout, there was something wrong with the couple. "that's... weird."

"yeah, it was the first time we saw nako real mad." just as then, sakura snorts in the middle of her sentence. "but she looks like an angry bird when she's mad, dont tell her i said that."

"okay...?"

"we have to go, im sure both of you still are not done talking." chaeyeon softly held onto sakura's shoulder. "but dont be too late, the cafe's until 1 am only."

just as soon as chaeyeon and sakura left, yena and yuri faced each other with a smile.

"so..." yena scratched her nape. "you and i... are together now?"

yuri's cheeks reddened once again. it, for some reasons, just makes her heart flutter. yes, the question.

"uhm... we kissed so..." yuri awkwardly chuckles. "i guess we are?"

"you would never know how long i've been waiting to say this," yena giggled, before continuing her sentence.

"but i love you, since five years ago, and i still love you five years from now."

that sentence gave a huge impact to yuri's heart, as that sentence alone made her heart race rapidly.

yena just gives off the best choice of words.

"about what i said earlier... that we could've been in a relationship since three years ago." yuri blushed before continuing. "i figured out my feelings for you the past three years."

it was now yena's turn to blush, god knows how much two loved each other.

destiny really loves to play a game.

"i love you, joyul."

"i love you too, yena."

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"WELL LOOK WHO JUST ARRIVED"

yuri and yena walked inside the café hand-in-hand, both embarrassed at their members' endless cheers and tease.

since it was already late, as it was turning 11 pm, they were the only ones in the newly opened cafe.

highlight  was the name of the new cozy cafe they're currently in.

they stooped and put the cafe name seriously as the place were in pastel colours, with layered neon highlight colours.

there was a mini library at the corner with two loaf seats perfect for atleast 5 people, that gave off even more cozy vibes.

the lights were dim but not that dim, the brightest part of the place was the corner since that's where the mini library is located.

it was the perfect place to spend time, especially since the cafe is a bit further from the noisy area of downtown.

going back, yena and yuri had to bear the teasing for more than 2 minutes before they were finally able to order.

after doing so, both came back with yuri holding nothing while yena carried the tray with two plates of sliced chocolate cake and two iced coffee. the two sat on the last two vacant chairs between hyewon and chaewon.

"alright enough of the teasing please" yena whined, as soon as the members showed a lenny face. yujin was just chuckling. "ugh i hate yall"

"uhm" yuri, from what chaeyeon said, eyed nako and hitomi who were surprisingly far from each other. they were smiling but the awkwardness was undeniably visible. "so unnie, why are we here?"

"to chill," eunbi simply replied, drinking her frappe. "the past few weeks was really hectic since we had to practice. the stressful part is that we keep on fighting for the most childish reasons."

"for example, that one time sakura almost punched yena because she thought yena smacked her ass when it was actually chaeyeon"

an embarrassed chaeyeon whined before covering her face while sakura blushed.

"ooh i have one!" wonyoung excitedly raised her hand. "remember when chaewon unnie farted and put the blame on hyewon unnie so we ended up avoiding her all day?"

the girls laughed and yujin couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle at the flashback. hyewon groaned before rolling her eyes.

as the girls continued to joke, tease and bicker with each other, eunbi lets out a smile. it was good to see them like this, laughing just like how they used to do.

their moment was interrupted when one of the barista walked towards them with a small basket full of black markers.

"hi, everyone." the barista, who looks really young just around their age, greeted them with a smile before continuing her talk. "since you were our very first customers, we'll give you the freedom to write on our board."

ending the confused looks of the members, two men appeared from the back door (stan stray kids) while dragging a huge black board and placed it just near the counter. it looked empty, which means they really had the privilege as the first customers. "is it okay—"

"hell yes!" yena cuts her off, drags yuri, and grabbed two markers to run to where the board was. chaotic energy, i know.

but the thing is, everyone in the group is ✨chaotic✨

so yeah, the barista ended up being squished after the members ran to grab markers at the same time.

poor her.

the girls began to scribble the most random things they can think of, literally almost nobody drew or atleast wrote a decent feedback but ✨no✨ because NOBODY in the group is normal.

yujin still wasn't enthusiastic though, hence why wonyoung had to force her to join. "come on, yuj. i know you love these types of stuffs."

yujin shrugs. "you can go, wony. i'm okay here and im not in the mood."

"you've been laughing with us already, and we miss your dorkiness" wonyoung pouts, something that yujin couldn't resist these days.

"fine." was all yujin said before taking the marker and going to the board.

"MOVE ASIDE YENA"

"CHAEWON YOUR FLAT ASS IS COVERING MY ART WORK"

"YOU JUST DREW A STICKMAN FOR FUCKS SAKE YURI"

"REALLY, CHAEYEON? YOU LITERALLY JUST WROTE MULTIPLE HAHAHAHA'S"

"IT'S MY TRADEMARK"

"GUYS I DREW A PRETTY HORSE"

"..."

"...minju that's a camel"

"oh"

the results?

hyewon wrote im gay and married to eunbi with 10 malfunctioning people

sakura wrote something about how gross pineapple is on pizzas.

chaeyeon, just like what they said, literally just wrote multiple HAHAHAHA's

yena wrote 12/17/2020 which is tonight, a special night since she and yuri finally confessed to each other

yuri wrote i'm the best singer because she's stating facts

chaewon wrote 11/10 i live for the mint chocolate ice cream since that's what she ordered.

minju, well, she drew a camel which she thought was a horse.

yujin drew a heart with the number 12 inside.

nako and hitomi awkwardly chuckled at each other after writing the same thing.

i love nabuki.

i love hiichan.

"hey, we wrote the same thing." hitomi giggled. nako smiled.

hitomi then proceeds to hold nako's hand, who was taken a back from the gesture.

"let's not fight anymore, hmm?" hitomi sweetly whispers.

nako nods, pursing her lips. "im sorry for doubting, i thought you liked someone else."

"no," hitomi squeezed nako's hand. "im sorry for making you feel like you aren't the only one i love."

nako smiles, hugging the latter who of course, hugged back.

"EYYY—" yena was ready to tease the couple when chaewon smacked her. "don't even try, dumbass"

"yuriiiii-yaaaaah" yena whined, moving closer to yuri with a pout. "chaewon smacked me~"

yuri sighed, rolling her eyes as she ignored yena and continued to scribble on the board.

at that time, the members went 'AWWW' while cooing over wonyoung's scribble.

wonyoung drew 12 stick women with her in the middle, above those twelve were the cutest words ever.

"my family"

"wonyoung that's so cute~!" chaeyeon babied the baby who giggled.

"im soft for someone named jang wonyoung now" hyewon smiled, taking a video of the members as they continued to scribble on the board.

as the members were too busy scribbling and vandalising the whole board while being noisy, they didn't even notice that someone entered the café.

someone extremely familiar to them.

 
"i hope i'm not disturbing your quality time together."

the voice alone was familiar, which made all twelve of them turn their heads towards the door where the voice came from.

the girls' eyes widened, before glancing towards each other and glancing back to the figure just a few meters away from them.

  
  
  
  
"gyuri..."

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