Author's pov

"Ivy, listen to me when I'm being nice. Get your ass up that couch, walk in your room and at least bring out your outfits. I'm ready to help you pack them." Inha calmly says, her fingers pinching together to contain her irritation.

"But I'm tiredddd." Ivy whined, making Inha shake her head in disbelief. "Okay so I guess we aren't twinning then." she sighs, dramatically. The younger girl's eyes are shot wide and she stands up at that very moment.

"Give me 3 seconds!" she shouts, running into her room. "Huh, dramatic." Inha walks behind her.

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"Okay, so these earrings with this dress, or this jumpsuit?" Inha holds up the earring to her ear with her right hand, while her left hand holds the dress number 1 to her chest.

"Uhm... maybe it goes well with the jumpsuit instead." Ivy said, munching over her chocolate. "I know right." Inha goes for a high-five, and absentmindedly, Ivy responds to that with her chocolatey fingers.

"Uhh eww." Inha dramatically throws up.

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"Jimi, you packed?" Jin asks and the younger one shakes his head as a no. "I have enough time."

"Dude you know that April 24th is the day after tomorrow right? You are going for two weeks, how will you pack?" Taehyung asks from the kitchen, shocked by the response of his best friend.

"Let me show you how to pack." Jimin asks Taehyung to follow him, and the younger one does it. "Look, 1...2.. and 3. All done!" Jimin grabs his clothes that were arranged by the colours, he puts his hand at the very front and his other hand at the last shirt, pulling out the clothes with their hangers on. He then places that pile directly into the suitcase and zips it up, showing off a toothy smile, too proud of himself.

"You are aware that you are dumb right?" Taehyung asks and Jimin nods. "It was confirmed the day I decided to befriend you in high school." he replies to receive a perfect flip kick that Taehyung recently learned from the boxer Jungkook.

-Time Skip-

As trees and beautiful scenarios danced past her window, Inha closed her eyes. The only voice in her ears was Hoseok and Ivy's chatter from the front seat. A smile almost made its way to her lips but then she was reminded of the Day-dreaming Ivy's situation. She sighed before helping herself to a sweet little nap.

Meanwhile in the driver's seat, Ivy Miles felt as if she was in a day dream. She had forgotten the presence of Inha and Jimin ever since her drive began. For her, only the man beside her mattered. Everything else was a lie.

"Hey, eewy! So I have this really funny joke that Jin hyung told m-"

"Jin Oppa? He told you a funny joke?" Ivy interrupted, already feeling laughter rising in her.

"Yeah so listen!" Hobi pulled his phone from the glove compartment as they all had put their phones away. And he started scrolling before letting out a, "Ha!" Here!"

"So, what did the brother cell... Say to its sister cell when she stepped on his foot??"

Ivy hesitated before asking, "Uh.. ouch?"

"MITOSIS!" Hobi shouted excitedly as Ivy gave him a confused look. He stopped laughing and rolled his eyes playfully. "Oh c'mon Vy, you didn't get it?? See, so there's this bio- you know what? It's just a process of cell division."

"Uh.. okay?"

"God Vy, you still don't get it, do you?" He asked, shoving the phone back before giving her a judgmental look.

"Hey don't come at me! It's not a funny joke! It's the kind of joke that only- only Jin oppa and you will find it funny!" she whined, making him flicker her forehead.

"What do you mean smarty" he asked as she started her whining again making him laugh. She continued to look at him, giving him a poker face which made him burst into laughter yet once again. She not only felt another beam coming to her, but she felt her heart smile.The golden feeling overwhelmed Ivy and she let out a satisfied sigh.

You know, there's this feeling... When you look at your loved ones being happy.. And your heart swells with happiness, positivity, pride and just unfathomable love. She sneaked a glance at him. His sunshine laugh still held its tread mark on Hobi's features. A beautiful smile. One that made her rainy days feel like mid-summer beaches. His laughter made her feel emotions that were, though magical, but yet somehow amiss.

Ivy may have alway played the silly little girl everyone thought she was. But she actually noticed and felt a lot deeper than anyone thought she did. Maybe Jimin had noticed. Maybe Yoongi too. But the two people who she wanted to be acknowledged by seemed blind to her depth. As she let her mind wander to her memories of the past few months. More precisely, during the duration of their movie, she recalled not just memories but also feelings.

At this point, she knew she was in love with her best friend. The fact that she still couldn't do anything about it scared her deeply. Even though Inha hadn't told her. Even though Hobi hasn't admitted to himself, Ivy could see it. She could see how both of her best friends looked at each other. She saw how they behaved around each other. And at times, it deeply hurt her. Not that they might be in love, but that they hadn't shared their doubts with her.

As silence befell the two old friends, Ivy's mind went back to all those little times when she felt the spark between them. After a long time, having thought about every single of their conversations, Ivy felt as if she was going to break. If she didnt stop right now, she will break. Her hands were covered in sweat and her vision started getting blurry.

She lifted one of her hands off the steering wheel, trying to get the window down. Hoseok seemed to have noticed her sloppy movement as his expressions tensed. Swiftly he, without saying anything, took a hold of the steering wheel and made her cross on the side of the lone road. Ivy sat slumped in her seat, trying to avoid Hobi's gaze.

"What's wrong, eewi?" Ivy shook her head, hands tight on the steering wheel. She looked out of the window, feeling the whip of air whenever a vehicle passed by their car at a high speed.

"I'm fine Hobi, just feeling a little suffocated, I'm fine. I can drive."

"Don't act stupid, Wi, you're visibly not fine. And for your kindest information, I don't wanna die this young, okay! I didn't even find my soulmate yet." Hobi complained playfully, making Ivy chuckle. But it didn't sound like a happy one.

"Okay." she says, getting out of the car. Hobi gets down too and knocks on the window of where Inha was sitting to alert her that he's opening her door.

Inha was awake, listening to some music while reading her thriller novel. People, including her own brother Taehyung, always scolded her for reading in a moving vehicle. They said that it would strain her eyes. But she didn't believe it, she instead loved reading in a car. And today was just a perfect day for solving some murders with her own theories.

Inha plugs out her earphone, and wraps it around her phone. In these days of wireless options for earphones, she chose the og style. She stretched her neck and jumped slightly when there was a knock on her window. She quickly rolled it down just to be face to face with Hoseok.

"Hey, Ivy's a little tired, do you mind coming to the front while I drive so that Ivy can get some rest?" Hobi says and she simply nodded, not wanting to test if she can talk when the butterflies in her belly were zumba-ing full speed. She opened the door, quickly slipping her feet into her long forgotten sandals.

"Why are you getting off?" Ivy asked, tilting her head looking clueless.

"So that you can get some rest along with Jiminie." Hobi answers and Inha nods in agreement. Ivy's eyebrows crushed together.

"What? Why?! I don't wanna rest!!" she exclaimed, stomping a foot and crossing her hands.

Hobi once again, crossed over to her side of the car and placed his hand behind Ivy's head on the car. She gulped as he leaned his body slightly to match her height. He was so close to her, she could smell his dandelion smell.

"You will sit in the back with Min." He said punctuating his sentence with a flick on her forehead. After which, he turned and opened the back door waiting for her to get in. She walked to the door stomping her feet and stuck her tongue out at him before getting in.

"I could have helped you with maps and all! Why won't you let m-" she whines.

"I said no Ivy." Hobi said, voice deepening to an octave lower. His jawline became more prominent as he gritted his teeth, as if training to contain his anger. Goosebumps run down Inha's spine and she knows it's not the cold. Ivy gulps and goes quite in a matter of seconds.

"Good girl." Hobi mutters, walking over to open Inha's door for her. He looks at Inha who was completely frozen, he shoots her a smile.

"After you," he courtesies dramatically and Inha sits in the front passenger seat. She felt all the blood in her body rush to her face.

Inha turns to look at Ivy who sat at the back with her headphones on. She sat with her legs resting on Inha's seat. Her hands folded with a pout on her face as she looked out of the window. Hobi sat in the driver's seat and turned to look at what Inha was watching.

Once they resumed their journey again, Inha slowly looked behind to see Ivy closing her eyes. She's asleep. She thought and looked at Hobi who vibed to a rap song playing in a very low volume to avoid waking up the two in the backseat.

"Hobi-ssi... why were you so- so... angry?" she quietly asks, the drum beats in the background swallowing most of her voice.

"Me, angry? When?" he asked, swiftly managing to drive with a single hand. His other hand resting on the gearstick.

"Earlier, when we stopped and you made Ivy-"

"Oh that? Ivy is like a kid sometimes and you know that too right? I was just acting so that she would listen to me. She looked like she was going to faint," Inha nodded, her eyes straying to Hoseok's hand that was on the gearstick. At first, she was just looking at it thinking about how he handled Ivy. But then something else caught her eyes...

The ring.

Hobi was wearing a moon ring on his left index finger. A ring very similar to the sun ring he gifted her. A ring twin to the one she had been twisting in her finger just before Ivy had stopped the car. 

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~Ivy Miles and Inha Choi