I Like Who I Like (1/1)

It was silent. Seulgi, Joy, and even Yeri didn’t say a word. They didn’t know what to say. They went to every news outlet, read the comments, and here they are, growing solemn as each second passes.“How long has it been?” Seulgi’s voice bloomed through the quiet house. Joy took out her phone from her pocket to check the time. She ignored all the voicemails, text messages, and even the missed calls.“Hours,” She simply responded. “I knew that there would be some people against it, but I didn’t know that the people who did would be so cruel.” Seulgi sadly said.“I didn’t know they would be smart enough to write a complete sentence.” Joy sighed. She worriedly looked over at Yeri, who didn’t say anything.“Are you okay?” She asked Yeri, concern laced in her voice. “Yeah, I’m fine.” Seulgi and Joy could tell that Yeri was forcing a smile, but they didn’t say anything “I’m going to go wake them up.” Yeri stood up from her seat, and walked away.Seulgi and Joy worriedly turn to look at each other. “Do you think she’ll be okay? Should we talk to her?” Joy nervously asked.“She’ll talk to one of us when she’s really. We shouldn’t push her to talk. She’ll tell us what’s wrong when she’s ready.” Seulgi assured.Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Seulgi stood up to answer it. She walked over to the door, and opened it.Her eyes widen in surprise. Yeri slowly opened the door leading to her room that would reveal sleeping Irene and Wendy. She smiled at the sight of them. She walked over to them. “Unnie,” She called out to the both of them. “Wake up,” Luckily, Irene was a light sleeper, and woke up at the first attempt.She moved her sore body in attempt to stretch, waking up Wendy in the process. Irene looked over at Wendy, and then stared down at their interlocked hands.Were they holding hands that whole time they were asleep? That’s really old, because normally, Irene would always move in her sleep, but this time she didn’t. Why didn’t she move? Was it because of Wendy?“I’m sorry Yeri, we fell asleep in you room.” Wendy apologized. Yeri plastered a smile on her face, assuring that it was okay. “What time is it?” Irene looked at the clock right next to the bed. “It’s 2 already!” She exclaimed.Seulgi opened the door, and called out to Irene.” There’s someone here to see you. They’re in the living room right now.”Irene furrowed her eyebrows, confused as to who was here to see her. “I’m coming,” She used her hand to remove the blanket from her lap, and was about to stand up, but stopped when Wendy called her name. “Joohyun ah,”“Yeah?” She couldn’t help but smile. She really likes it when Wendy calls her name. “Do you want me to go with you?” Wendy asked, glancing down at their still interlocked hands.Irene blushed. She quickly let go of Wendy’s hand. “I’m sorry, I didn’t realize…”Wendy smiled. “It’s fine.” She stood up, and stretched her arms back, so that her chest was popping out as well as her butt. Irene couldn’t help but stare. She remembered that a guest was waiting for her, so she pulled her gaze away from Wendy, and proceeded to see who was here to see her.Wendy’s phone began to ring. Swiftly, she took out her phone from her pocket, looked at it, smiled when she saw who it was. “I have to take this. I’ll be in my room.”Yeri opened her mouth to say something. It seemed like she wanted to tell Wendy something but decided against it as she closed her mouth before she could say anything. With that, Wendy left without hearing what Yeri had to say.Seulgi observed Yeri’s expression. She was troubled by something. She touched Yeri’s shoulder to get her attention. “If something is troubling you, you can tell us.”Yeri gave her a light smile that didn’t seem to reach her eyes. “I know. Thank you.” Seulgi gave her a sympathetic smile. “Joy and I will be going to the grocery store, do you want anything?”Yeri shook her head, signaling that she didn’t want anything. She walked towards her bed, and laid on it. Seulgi hesitantly left the room, leaving Yeri alone.Pulling the covers over her, Yeri closed her eyes as she let out a quiet weep. She didn’t want to be a bother to anyone, especially Irene and Wendy who already have a lot on their plate. Irene mentally face palmed herself. She splashed her face with water. Before she even met the unknown guest, she quickly went into the bathroom. She hated the fact that was keeping someone waiting, but this was more important. It’s about Wendy after all.She sighed. She couldn’t believe she just checked Wendy out. Irene touched it before, but she never actually stared at them, admiring them. “I like them.” She whispered as she looked herself in the mirror.She didn’t want to admit her fondness towards Wendy’s assets, but it just came out. She grabbed a towel, and wiped her wet face, and then her hands. She stared at the hand that held Wendy’s hand during their slumber.She then realized something. She was the one who didn’t want to let go. When they were asleep, Irene kept her grip on Wendy, tightened it when she felt like Wendy was letting her go.Even though, it’s been a couple of minute, she missed Wendy. It’s always been like this. When she missed Wendy, she wouldn’t be satisfied until Wendy was right with her, or unless she heard her voice.She opened the bathroom door, walked out and into the living room. She was surprised to find Bogum there. His face lit up at the sight of her. “Irene-ssi,” He motioned for her to sit next to him.Irene forced a smile. “Bogum-ssi,” She sat down, leaving a visible distance between them.She didn’t want to say that she was unhappy to see him, but deep down, she was. “Why are you here?” She didn’t mean for it to sound rude but she wanted to get to the chase and got rid of the small talk that would’ve evolve if she didn’t say those four words.“I wanted to apologize for my behavior. You were right. It wasn’t any of business.” Bogum sincerely apologized. Irene’s eyes soften. Since he was being sincere, she might as well apologize. “I’m sorry for snapping at you. You were acting like a jealous boyfriend and I didn’t like that.”“The jealous part or the boyfriend part?” She didn’t why she was so ticked out when he said that. “What’s that supposed to mean?”“It was a joke.” He awkwardly laughed. “Oh,” was all she could say. “That wasn’t funny.” She said in a serious tone. She didn’t know why she was so offended when he said that. The world already thinks she’s…“Gay,” She snapped out of her thoughts when she heard that word. “What?”“Nothing, never mind, I’ll just go.” He stood up from his seat to leave, but Irene yanked his arm, so he would fall back in his seat. She didn’t care that they were sitting very close together. “What did you say?” She asked in a more commanding tone.He took a deep breath before he told her. “I asked you if you were gay.” Irene frowned. “Why does it matter?” “Because you’re dating a girl.” He flatly said. “Is that a problem?” She could feel her temper rising. “I don’t see how this your business!” There it is, Irene finally snapped.“Because we were kinda a thing.” Irene scoffed at his response. “We were not a thing. We were never a thing.” Irene bluntly said. “Because you were gay or because you didn’t like me?” He kept questioning her.“Just because I’m dating a girl doesn’t make me gay. Just because I’m attracted to a girl doesn’t make me gay. I don’t think you’ve noticed but there are bisexuals, pansexuals, or hell even demisexuals. If you say you don’t know what they are, then you really are an idiot.” She couldn’t help but insult him. She didn’t even feel the least bit remorse in doing so.“Have you even kissed a boy? How do you like girls if you never experienced anything with a guy?” She wondered where he got the guts to say something like this.“I’m sorry if you have an inferior complex, but don’t take it out on me with that bullshit.” She normally doesn’t swear, but right now, she’s lost all of her self-control. “You are just mad that I chose a beautiful woman over your sorry ass. If you’re hoping at all of this bullshit will make me change my mind on who I want to be with, then you’re wrong. I like who I like, and you can’t change that!” She could see that she scared him, but she didn’t hold back. “If there’s nothing else you want talk about, then stop causing trouble and get the hell out of my house.”“I’m not the one who’s gay. Who’s causing trouble now?” They both widened their eyes as they stared at each other. She could see that he was shocked about what he said.Enragement could not even cover the words that Irene was feeling. She stood up, dragged him to the door. “Get out,” She tried to push him out, but he wouldn’t leave. “Irene, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean-”“My sexuality is something that doesn’t concern you. Are you my boyfriend? No. Are you friend? Kinda, so I’ll let you know, WHEN I FIGURE IT OUT!” With all of her strength, she pushed him out of the door.He began to repeatedly knock on the door. “If you keep knocking on my door, I’ll call the police! Leave!” Irene shouted. The knocking died down. Irene smiled in triumph as she assumed he left.She was beginning to feel guilty, not because she called him out, but because she called him names. She sighed as she stood up. She walked to her shared room with Wendy and Seulgi.She wanted to