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"I so fucking missed you Yoo Jeongyeon!" Jihyo squealed, hugging Jeongyeon tightly.

"Hey, you're choking me" natatawang wika ni Jeongyeon, but still hugging Jihyo too.

Jeongyeon called Jihyo last week, arranging a coffee date so Jihyo cleared her schedule for Jeongyeon. Jeongyeon also asked her to not tell Mina which Jihyo respected.

Jeongyeon already ordered for them, napagpasyahan nyang yayain si Jihyo sa isang branch ng favorite resto nito kaya alam nya na kung ano ang gusto nitong order.

"Wait, you've bought a car??" Hindi makapaniwalang bulalas ni Jihyo nang mapansin ang isang BMW car key na nilapag ni Jeongyeon kasama ang wallet nito.

"Uhuh. Mister Lee insisted on getting me a car" Jeongyeon sipped from her iced americano.

The two talked and asked how things are going around them.

"Kelan ka ba uuwi? Miss na kita makita sa bahay. Hanggang ngayon di mo padin sinasabi kung saan ka nagsstay" Jihyo whined.

Jihyo really missed Jeongyeon, namimiss nya na ang ingay nito sa bahay nila. Ang kakulitan nito. Their home is never the same anymore without Jeongyeon in it.

Saglit na pumaibabaw ang katahimikan na agad ipinagtaka ni Jihyo.

"Hey Jeongyeon, is there something wrong?" Jihyo asked, sensing something she can't pinpoint.

"Jihyo, I'm moving out" wika ni Jeongyeon, diretso ang tingin sa labas ng bintana.

Hindi naituloy ni Jihyo ang paginom sana sa gulat sa sinabi ni Jeongyeon.

"You're what??" Jihyo bawled her eyes.

"I'm moving out of your house unnie. I got a very nice place to stay. Mister Lee helped me to find a house" Jeongyeon gave her a faint smile.

"But why?" Jihyo croaked. Kung alam nya lang na ganito lang ang sasabihin ni Jeongyeon ay di nya na sana sinipot ito.

"I'm in love with Mina Jihyo" Jeongyeon bitterly chuckled.

Nagulat si Jihyo nung una pero agad ding nakabawi. She already felt that but she never asked about it. She respected Jeongyeon's privacy.

"If dahil lang jan, wag ka mag-alala di ko sasabihin kay Mina. Wag ka lang umalis ng bahay" Jihyo bargained, not accepting the fact that Jeongyeon will be leaving their house.

"No unnie. I need to do this. I need to move on. To move forward.. and in order to do that.. I need to stay away from Mina. I need to go as far as I can so that I won't fuck things up" Jeongyeon answered.

Jeongyeon finally decided to cut her feelings toward Mina. That she should stop before everything goes into a mess.

"And I'm also making things right.. the company needs me. I realized that I need to grow. I need to grow unnie. I'm sorry" Jeongyeon smiled, tears pooling from her eyes.

Agad na napatango si Jihyo sa kabila ng mabigat na kalooban, her tears suddenly fell out.

"I understand... I understand Jeongyeon. Move forward and grow" Jihyo cried.

Luckily, they're the only customers for today. They cried together.

"Bakit ka ba umiiyak jan? Aalis lang ako sa bahay pero magkikita padin naman tayo" Jeongyeon tried lightening up the mood.

But she knows that leaving the house means she's taking a new path... a new path she knows that will consume all of her energy, time, and attention away from Jihyo..... and Mina.