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Still feeling tingly from the meeting with Joy, Seulgi goes ahead with the schedule for today. The next meeting scheduled for today was a short visit to her lawyer's office. They usually met at Seulgi's place or some random cafeteria since her lawyer's office was out of the city. It is convenient today since it's nearer to Joohyun's house and that's her next stop before returning home.Being greeted by the polite and always smiling girl from the reception desk, she takes the elevator and looks through her texts. Joohyun has sent her a picture of her and Seungwan under what seemed a pillow fort. She smiles at the picture, sending her a cute text as an answer. The doors open with a ding and she puts the phone back inside her pocket. When she reaches the door of her lawyer's office, she's startled when the door opens before she can even think of knocking. She's met face to face with her lawyer, who gives her a gasp."Seulgi! You're here early. I was going to grab some coffee and my lunch from the break room." Taeyeon gives her one of that kind of charming smiles she has seen through the years. Taeyeon has always been her older sister's best friend. She still remembers how she would gay panic when the girl stood over for dinner. She laughs when she thinks about it nowadays. When she got over her initial crush, she realized that the girl was a dork. However, that weird friend of her sister is now a brilliant lawyer and she's in charge of many of Seulgi's issues. Seulgi frowns. "It's quite late. You haven't had lunch yet?" Taeyeon rolls her eyes and flashes another of her smiles. "What can I say? This day has been hectic. But we'll get to that. I'm starving, girl." She chuckles as she follows her lawyer to the break room. Taeyeon waves at someone who's already there, but the other doesn't notice, his eyes focused on the screen. Taeyeon clears her throat and he looks up, waving back at her. "At least you are cooking now, I assume." Seulgi crosses her arms over her stomach. Taeyeon chuckles."Nope, but it's even better. Someone is cooking for me." Seulgi's eyes widen and her mouth falls open, before grinning. "You're dating.""Nope. Not yet. For now, we're just polite friends who exchange lunches and..." Taeyeon opens the fridge and takes her lunchbox, pointing at a sticky note on it. "and notes." "So they work here?" Seulgi looks around, eyes full of curiosity. Taeyeon looks at the coworker and decides to turn the coffee machine on, knowing that the noise it makes would be enough to cover their conversation. She pulls Seulgi closer so she can whisper to her ear."It's the receptionist," Taeyeon smirks, showing her a knowing look. "You know, the girl with that charming eye-smile.""The blonde? Wow, you have good taste, Taeyeon." "I know, I know." Taeyeon raises her hands in the air, laughing. She lets out a relieved sigh. "It feels good to tell someone. I'm glad to have you around, Seulgi, even if it has something to do with all your troubles."Seulgi knows that Taeyeon hasn't told many people about her orientation, and she understands her because Taeyeon is one of the select people who know about the fact that she likes girls. She just hopes that someday they can just be open about it and not hide behind the noise of an old coffee machine.When the coffee is ready, Taeyeon stops the machine and gets a cup for herself. "Coffee?" Seulgi shakes her head."I already had one earlier." "And since when is that an excuse?" Taeyeon chuckles, giving her a last chance. Seulgi gives it a thought and after smelling it, she nods. Taeyeon gets another cup and hands it to her, before getting her lunchbox and walking the way back to her office. "How's your sister?" "She's fine, I guess. You know, married life and all that.""Will you be getting a nephew or a niece soon?" "Hopefully not. You know I can't handle kids." "You can handle Yerim though," Taeyeon teases as she opens the door, letting Seulgi in. "Just kidding. Let her know I said hi.""Should I tell her that you just called her a kid?" Seulgi jokes, raising her eyebrows at her. Taeyeon walks to her desk and leaves her food and her coffee on top of it. "Please, don't. Tell her I said that I love her Spotify playlists," Taeyeon points at her phone standing on her desk. "She makes some killer playlists, that girl.""Yeah, she could easily become a Radio DJ someday" Seulgi agrees, suddenly remembering about the playlist she made for her first date with Joy. She did another playlist for the first day Seungwan stood at home after they started to date. However, she still hasn't done any playlist concerning the fact that she's dating Joohyun.She probably needs time to get used to this.She watches as Taeyeon reads the note on top of her lunch box, a smile growing on her lips as she sits down in front of her desk. She folds it and puts it inside her jacket's pocket. She takes it off and lets it rest on the back of her chair. She opens the lunchbox and uses the chopsticks to eat her lunch. "Are you going to stand there? Sit down, girl." She points at the chair in front of her.Seulgi closes the door and hurries to take a seat. Taeyeon munches on her food and brings a napkin to her lips."So, which news do you want to hear first? Good news or bad news?"Seulgi gives a thought before deciding with a sigh. "Bad news first, please."Taeyeon nods in agreement, expecting her answer. She takes out some papers from a folder and hands them to Seulgi, being careful not to stain them."The new version of your contract has arrived. They haven't added any of the conditions we asked them and they have even added some new conditions that make it unviable." Seulgi begins to read it and she quickly spots the difference. "They want four years? We were going for two years at most." "That's one of the new conditions and the one in small letters is the condition that makes me suggest you to not sign it."Seulgi's eyes close halfway as she tries to read the text and she gasps. "This must be illegal!" "It isn't, but it's on the edge of being illegal." "I can't believe this. Can they ask me for this amount of money if I take a sick leave again?" "I know. As your lawyer and as your friend, I strongly suggest that you don't sign it." Seulgi sighs, leaving the contract aside. "Then what's the good news?"Taeyeon smiles, making sure she saves the reaction Seulgi is going to have in her memory forever. "You are in a good situation to tell them that you're not going to sign. You'll be able to take the gap year you told me about without worrying about a thing." "What do you mean?" Seulgi's eyebrows furrows. Then she realizes the meaning behind those words and her eyes widen."The driver has paid, Seulgi. The negotiations are over. You'll be receiving the money tomorrow, both from the driver and the insurance." "Is this...?" Seulgi's voice cracks. "Is it over?""It's over, my friend." Seulgi doesn't know what to say. She finally begins to react when Taeyeon stands up and opens her arms at her."Come hug me, silly!" Seulgi feels herself tearing up as she stands up and jumps into Taeyeon's arms, her friend laughing as she spins them around.When Seulgi opens the door with her spare key, she hears some clumsy piano notes of Beethoven's Für Elise. She smiles as she gets her shoes off. Seungwan appears from the hallway and jumps into her arms. "I assume you've read my text," Seulgi chuckles as she wraps her arms around Seungwan's waist. Seulgi watches how Seungwan pulls away and places her hands on her cheeks. She closes her eyes as she feels soft, tender lips pressed against her own."Congratulations, my love., Seungwan whispers against her lips. Seulgi gives her an Eskimo kiss, before leaving a kiss on her lips. "I can't believe it turned out this way. I can finally get some time to decide what to do." "It's the best news we could get." Seungwan pulls on her hand, leading the way to the living room. Seulgi can now hear Joohyun's voice, guiding her student. Seulgi knows that she has to tell Seungwan about Joy, but she doesn't know if it's better to tell them both at the same time. Considering that she already messed up when she told them about polyamory and made Joy run away, she quickly decides that it's better to talk to Seungwan beforehand."And it's not the only news. I've talked with Joy and..." Seungwan sits on the couch and Seulgi sits facing her. "Well, she wants to give it a try."Seungwan has been trying to get it into her head. With Joohyun, it has been easy. She got to know her and their relationship started at the same time as her relationship with Seulgi. However, she knows nothing about Joy and that makes it harder. She has stalked her Instagram and that lead to a misunderstanding. She accidentally liked a picture of her and that didn't go unnoticed to her fandom. In a matter of seconds, Joy had earnt a lot of followers. She deleted the like, hoping that Joy didn't notice, but people were already commenting: 'like if you're here because of Wendy'.Having twenty-five millions of subscribers had her perks and problems. Nodding her head to the news, Seungwan gives her a small smile. "I'm happy for you."Seulgi frowns at her, reaching out to hold her hand. "Are you?" Seungwan sighs. She should know that her best friend would notice. "Maybe I'm not, but I'll be.""Wan-ah..." Seulgi mutters. "It'll be better when I get to know her, just like it happened with Irene."Seulgi squeezes her hand. "About that..." She breathes in, trying to get her mind together. "Joy isn't ready to meet you yet. I mean, not you or Joohyun. She needs time."Seungwan's first reaction is frustration, but then she remembers about Joohyun's story. Joohyun wasn't ready to meet Amber at first. Seungwan is uneasy about not knowing Joy personally, but she would get over it.She needs Joohyun's help for that.Just as she thinks about it, Joohyun opens the door of the piano room. "I think you will need to do the hand exercises I told you. The more flexibility you get, the better." She walks her student out and she waves at him from the door. She goes to the living room and Seulgi smiles at the sight of Joohyun wearing her round glasses.Joohyun notices and grins. "What? I got tired of the contact lenses." Seulgi turns to her as she sits on the couch, leaving a short peck on her lips. "You know I love your glasses.""Then they are all yours." Joohyun takes her glasses off and puts them on Seulgi. She laughs at the face she makes and gets her glasses back. "You're almost blind." "Oh, am I?" She closes her eyes halfway, holding her glasses by the arm. "I thought I was standing here with two beautiful girls, but I can't see them. Are they gone?"She places her hand on Seulgi's face, making her laugh. "Oh, here she is! And the other one..." Seungwan takes her hand and places a soft kiss on the back of her hand. "Here's the other girl."The three of them laugh, the tension from the previous conversation is gone. "It's time for your piano lesson, honey." Joohyun pulls on her hand as she stands up, but Seulgi holds her back. "What? No ditching." "I got something to tell you first. Seungwan already knows." Seulgi sighs, getting ready to tell her."It's about Joy, right?" Seulgi nods silently, bitting on her lip. "She wants to give it a try and..." She grabs Seungwan's hand, giving her a reassuring squeeze. "She's not ready to meet you yet. She needs time to get used to... you know, this." She points at themselves and Joohyun nods, practically showing no reaction. This is what she expected from their meeting. "I'm happy that it went so well," Joohyun kisses her and then turns to Seungwan. "And how are you feeling, Wendy?""I'm... a little bit confused, but I guess this is okay." Joohyun smiles and pulls on Seulgi's wrist again. "We'll talk about that, okay? Now I have to keep going with the schedule and that means..." She turns to Seulgi with a smirk. "Piano room, now."Seulgi stands up, looking back at Seungwan one last time. The blonde stands up and follows them. "Do you mind if I join you? I have to write the script for my next video." "Sure!" Joohyun reaches out to grab her hand. When they reach the piano room, Joohyun closes the door as Seulgi sits on the piano bench. Seungwan sits in front of the desk and takes her phone out. "Oh, I gotta get my laptop. Please, start and pretend I'm not here." When Seungwan leaves, Joohyun goes to get the score for the song she has prepared for today. Seulgi looks at the door, pressing her lips in a straight line."Do you think she's okay?" Joohyun leaves a small kiss on top of her head as she places the score on the music stand. "She will be. Give her time and tell her about Joy. She'll get used to it."Seulgi nods and lets out a sigh.I really hope so.As Seulgi takes the stairs to get to her apartment, she thinks about the memories she has created in a single day. She has kissed Joy and they are going back to dating. She had the best news from Taeyeon. And to top it all, her girlfriends were okay with the idea of dating Joy. As she walks to the door, she still remembers how after the piano lesson, Joohyun began to play songs for Seungwan from a musical she worked on. Seungwan sang all the lyrics she knew, Joohyun helping her. The way Joohyun looked at her in awe at Seungwan's vocal range made her heart flutter.Seeing them together is making her happier than she expected.She takes her shoes off as soon as she gets home, already feeling tired. Yerim runs towards the door at the sound of her arrival."Congratulations!" Yerim jumps into her arms, wrapping her legs around her body. Seulgi holds her quickly, laughing as she spins her around. "And by that, I mean really congratulations! You've broken the record of girlfriends!" "Yerim..." Seulgi laughs, leaving the girl back on the floor. "Are you okay with this?""Yeah!" Yerim gives her a small smile. "It was bound to happen. I mean, it was quite obvious that she was going to come around.""I think you helped her and I... I wanted to thank you, Yerim.""Why don't you thank me for that by making dinner as you told me?" Yerim pulls on her wrist, leading the way to the kitchen. Seulgi puts her hair back in a messy bun."Are you okay with all this, then?"Yerim sighs, offering her an awkward smile. "Of course I am!" "Yerim..." She calls her name in that way that makes her know that she can't hide. Yerim huffs."I just... don't know why you want to live here when you could be living with Joohyun and Seungwan. I feel like you are just here so you don't leave me alone." Seulgi knew that it had something to do with that and she gets closer to her, placing her hands on her shoulders. "Yerim, I'm here because I want to. I don't feel ready to live with them yet. Of course, someday I will leave and live with them, but right now it's not the moment for that." Yerim looks down at her hands. She sighs and Seulgi holds her chin up to make her face her."Yerim, I mean it. It's just that... I like coming back here and spending time with you. I like the person I am when I am around you. When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be."Yerim begins to smile slowly. "That's from a song. In English I mean." "That's something I like about you, too. You make the best playlists. Even Taeyeon says it."Yerim chuckles, her smile growing bigger. "You're just saying that to make me blush.""I say it because it's true," Seulgi pinches her cheek. "Though you look really cute when you blush."Yerim pokes her side and pouts. "Thank you. And I'm sorry for doubting you. I just don't want to hold you back from them.""You don't and you won't." Seulgi opens her arms, offering a hug. Yerim playfully rolls her eyes. She wraps her arms around Seulgi's shoulders, smelling the scent of Seulgi's shampoo. "Why don't you show me that song you told me about?""Sure. Rather be from Clean Bandit," she takes her phone out and looks for the song, playing it on the Bluetooth speaker.When she listens to the first chords, she recognizes the song and hums to it. Seulgi offers her hand at Yerim and she raises her eyebrows. When she takes it, Seulgi pulls her towards herself. Yerim chuckles as Seulgi dances, a hand placed on her waist. Yerim chuckles as she swings her hips, wrapping her arms around Seulgi's neck. I just hope you stood with me forever.Yerim laughs as Seulgi brings her hand up and makes her spin on the spot.Is that weird?