The Haunting (1/2)

Sometimes the night is dark and stormy. Sometimes the ghosts of what you had run their fingers down a spineAnd when that happens, you want to turn to the last pageDont. You’ll ruin the story.

Yong-sun’s face burns up once more, not giving Byul-yi an audible answer. Instead she gently pulls the girl by her hair before going in for another kiss. Byul-yi gives a hot sigh and oh God did Yong-sun forget just how hard it was for her to just not give in to the younger’s request. Byul-yi opens her eyes to just see the older’s reaction, she starts to give her wet kisses passed her lips trailing down to her neck. She feels the grip that Yong-sun has on her go tighter and this only encourages her to leave marks. Yong-sun didn’t seem to mind anyways, but who would even try to stop Moon Byul-yi in the first place? “Yong-sun.” The older let’s out a throaty hum in response, her head not really in the right place. Byul-yi’s hands find their way to the bottom of Yong-sun’s shirt “Is this really okay?” This makes Yong-sun throw her a look “Byul-ah, if you don’t take this shirt off right now then I’m doing it myself and you won’t be allowed to touch me.” Byul-yi smiles at this response as she pulls the girl’s shirt off, once this was off Byul-yi gives Yong-sun a quick peck on the lips “I really do love you, Yong-sun.” Yong-sun’s face turns soft at her confession “I love you too.”   ------   Yong-sun wakes up with a groan, her whole body hurting from soreness. She cups the hands that were wrapped around her waist, a smile replacing her frown. Holy crap they were official now, the older somehow managed to find herself back in her first love’s arms again. Her whole body flutters at the thought of them being a couple now. Yong-sun slowly removes the arm away from her to sit up, oh here comes the soreness again. She looks down at the younger with furrowed eyebrows, Byul-yi just did her like she hadn’t had sex in years. Okay Yong-sun was partly to blame, pleading to her that it was more than okay to be rough. Yong-sun decides it’s time for her to take a shower, she goes through her girlfriend’s clothes and almost lets out a gasp of surprise once she sees herself in the mirror. She had hickies everywhere, there had to be at least six just on her neck only. But she decides the younger probably looks somewhat in the same state as she’s in right now. She takes her shower and when she comes back out Byul-yi is finally awake, blinking away her sleepiness. “Good morning.” Yong-sun says as she dries her hair with a towel, taking slow steps towards her. Byul-yi looks up at her with a small smile on her face, patting the empty space that Yong-sun had left earlier “Good morning.” her voice hoarse. Yong-sun pulls the collar of her shirt down slightly “And what am I supposed to do about this? I can’t go home like this.” she throws the towel at the younger, playfully. Byul-yi grabs Yong-sun by her waist and pulls her down with her on the bed, catching the older off guard. Byul-yi squeezes her slightly “Good. Stay here longer, I want to come home to you everyday.” she mumbles.    “I can’t believe I leave for a couple of years and come back to a baby.” Yong-sun laughs in Byul-yi’s arms “What happened to the cool Moon Byul-yi that everyone was afraid to talk to in school?” Byul-yi lets her hold go and her hands fall down on top of the bed “I can still be that kid I was in high school.” “Aigoo.” The older between to the two rubs her face on her girlfriend’s neck, a smile lingering on her lips “I like Moon Byul-yi in the past, present and future. Just stay how you are now.”

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It was probably too hot to be wearing a turtleneck, but it was that awkward time of the year where the weather couldn’t make up its mind. And it didn’t help that her purple blemishes were still fading away. Yong-sun holds the lunch boxes that were placed between her hands a little tighter once her eyes set upon her old school. Funny that she still remembered how to get to where in the school. Her heels clicked with each step she took down the hall, she walks past a couple of teenagers who couldn’t help but stare at the older. A pretty unnie just walked passed them. She stops in front of her girlfriend’s office and Yong-sun starts to remember just how scared she was to be standing there when it was Byul-yi’s dad’s office instead. She puts her head against the door, wondering if there was anyone in the office with the younger. Deciding that it was safe to just walk in, Yong-sun opens the door with a smile on her face. Byul-yi looks up from her seat, her own smile forming on her lips. She takes off her reading glasses and rubs her eyes “Hey Yong-sun, I didn’t know you were coming today.” “That’s kind of the point of a surprise.” she holds the lunch boxes up “I brought lunch, let’s eat together.” Byul-yi looks up at the clock that was hanging on her wall and stands up from her seat “Want to go get drinks from the cafeteria? My treat.” a playful smile on her lips and Yong-sun didn’t fail to call her out on it “You basically own the school! Everything is free for you.” “Shhh... don’t tell my girlfriend that. She might be a gold digger or something.” “Yeah she might be.” Yong-sun plays along and Byul-yi pulls her closer by the waist. “Did you makes this?” Yong-sun shakes her head, laughing a bit “It’s store bought, I’m awful at making food.” A peck on the lips “It’s okay, we can pretend you made it and I’ll pretend to like it.” They release each other and Byul-yi places the boxes on her desk before they head out the door. They walk with a distance between each other, the younger needs to keep a professional attitude for the sake of her career. As they walked pass the grade levels, there was a chatter amongst the students. One even having the courage to ask “Unnie, are you perhaps….Kim Yong-sun?” Yong-sun gives her a bright smile and a nod of her head. The girl gives a loud shriek of surprise, her hand covering her mouth. And Byul-yi seems to have a proud smile on her face. “Can I have a selca?” and Yong-sun quickly agrees to the request “I really love your book, seriously!” the young girl says, excitement rising in her voice. It didn’t take long for the other students who knew who she was to follow with other requests. Byul-yi takes a step back, allowing her students to gush over her girlfriend. After a couple of minutes Byul-yi decides to give the girl a rest, she clears her throat “I think it’s time for our guest to continue her meal, I’m sure this isn’t the last time she’ll make a visit.” She pulls Yong-sun by her arm. “Noona, if you don’t mind me asking. What are you doing at our school?” a boy asks. Yong-sun looks at Byul-yi with a smile on her face “I’m good friends with Chairman Moon, we went to school here together.” There were a bunch ‘oooohhh’s and ‘wahhhhh’s coming from the students, they didn’t know their chairman knew such a celebrity. Byul-yi nods her head towards the cafeteria and Yong-sun follows not before saying her goodbyes to the students. “You seem like a celebrity.” Byul-yi tries to hide her growing smile. Yong-sun flips her hair dramatically “I’m too famous for the little people now, and when I mean little I mean you.” she jokes. Byul-yi raises her eyebrow “I’m taller than you by one centimeter.”

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Yong-sun didn’t know why she sat so nervous, it wasn’t like she did anything bad. Her leg started shaking and Byul-yi holds her hand that laid on her lap. “Calm down. It’s only Minhyuk.” Yong-sun doesn't say anything, her mind going a million places and she sat up from Byul-yi’s couch. She jumps once she hears a knock on her door “No wait I’m not ready!” she panics and Byul-yi stands up “Yong-sun I know you’re scared but come on, my brother will probably react the best to this.” Okay, Byul-yi was most likely right but that still didn’t relax her nerves. Byul-yi walks over to the door and opens it. Her brother’s loud voice heard “Aigoo my sister looks more mature since the  last time- wait is that Yong-sun right there? Like Kim Yong-sun? Your ex girlfriend Yong-sun?” Minhyuk has to take a double look. “Actually….we’re kind of together again.” “Like together together?” Yong-sun stands up with a smile, opening her arms for a small hug “Yeah together together.” Minhyuk jumps into her arms, and the jumping didn’t stop once he was there. “Wow it’s about time you guys got back together!” Byul-yi rolls her eyes “God, you’re so annoying.” Minhyuk waves her off and turns back to face Yong-sun “I really missed you and I’m glad to see you back with my sister. Seriously, she turned into more of a hermit while you were gone.” he points to his sister with her thumb “She’s a goof who couldn’t get over you.” Byul-yi’s face turns a shade of red “Ugh now I remember why I didn’t invite you over more when I was still in highschool.” They sit down on the couch and Yong-sun doesn’t remember why she was so nervous in the first place. Minhyuk had always been supportive of anything the two did, even if they weren’t together anymore. “So I’m going back to college...I only have two more years to finish, it’ll be hard but I feel like in the long run it’ll help me support my family.” Minhyuk looks down at the floor. Yong-sun replies with a ‘that’s really great!’ and Byul-yi looked as if she was thinking “Oppa….I know you don’t like me butting in...but let me give you money-” Minhyuk throws her a stern look “I don’t need any help.” Yong-sun even puts her two cents “Minhyuk oppa...I think you should take it, be considerate of your girlfriend and child. We’re not kids anymore, we can support ourselves and help you get back on your feet. We’re family now.” Minhyuk is in deep thought, a sigh leaving his mouth “Yeah we’re family.” He runs his hands through his hair “You know Yong-sun...you really do complete our family.” Yong-sun’s face feels hot and who cut these onions here? Byul-yi only gives a nod with her arms crossing. Blinking away the small tears that she was holding in, she only replies with a smile. “So are you going to be staying in Korea now?” he says crossing one leg over the other. Yong-sun gives a nod “I can work from home so I’ll be able to spend my social life and work life here. I think this would be a good idea considering Byul-yi’s job is here as well.” Minhyuk claps his hands “Does this mean my sister in law is a famous celebrity? Wow how exciting is this?” he leans back on the couch “That makes me a celebrity too now, huh?” “Oppa I don’t think that’s how it works.”

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“Mom, you act like she hasn’t eaten here before.” Yong-sun says as she set out the dinner plates, her eyes going to her mom who was putting in the spices. “I know but you know Byul-yi never eats a proper meal, she has always been a ‘can’t waste time’ kind of girl. I just want to make sure she’s eating well.” her mom does a taste test “Byul-yi was always one of my favorites from your friends.” “I only have like three friends.” Yong-sun rolls her eyes. “And I’m telling Seulgi and Naeun you said that.” Her mom waves her spoon in the air “Oh shush, just hurry up and finish with that. After you’re done go bring your sister out here, food is about ready.” Yong-sun only lets out a hum and finishes quickly, she knocks on her sister’s door “Unnie, food is ready. Hurry up and come out.” her sister yells a response and Yong-sun walks back. She checks her phone and sees that she has a message from Byul-yi, that she was almost there. So Yong-sun goes to open the door and waits for her girlfriend outside. Byul-yi pulls in the driveway and waves at her while sitting in her seat. “Hey loser.” she says once she’s hearing distance. “You haven’t eaten yet right? Because my mom made a lot of food for you.” Byul-yi shakes her head “I had a light lunch so I could eat a lot tonight.” she gives Yong-sun a hug and pulls away “She cooks good and I know she’ll get sad if I don’t eat a lot.” a laugh follows. Yong-sun grabs her by the hand and pulls her in, only to let go right before they enter the kitchen. Her sister furrows her eyebrows but doesn’t say anything once the two sit next to each other. Yong-sun can feel her sister’s stare on her but now wasn’t the time to talk about it. “Your dad called and said he was coming home late, ah Byul-yi you’re here. I made a lot so eat well.” Her mom places their food on their plates. Byul-yi gives a polite smile and a nod “Thank you.” The four go over their week and Yong-sun tried her best to ignore her sister’s stare. “So mom, I decided to stay longer in Korea.” Her mom’s face brightens up “Oh really? For how long?” She gives a shrug “I’ll most likely be here for awhile. I’m going to be working from home from now on. Maybe go visit Naeun from time to time.” “That’s good, we miss you over here.” her mom snaps her fingers, a small laugh “I remember when you first left, Byul-yi used to come over all the time. She missed you the most I think.” Yong-sun turns to face Byul-yi with a teasing smile but the girl’s face was already red once that sentence left her mom’s mouth. “The seafood you brought over was good, did you get it from Busan?” A cough came from Byul-yi “No I bought if from in town. But yeah I think I did miss Yong-sun the most.”

“I’ll see you tomorrow?” Yong-sun nods her head and a hum “I’ll text you tonight, let me know when you get home.” she grabs a hold of Byul-yi’s hand. Byul-yi nods her head as well “Goodbye Yong-sun, I’ll see you tomorrow. Tell your mom again that the food was great.” The oldest then turns around to make sure no one was looking and gives a quick peck on the lips. They part ways and Yong-sun is surprised to see her sister sitting on her bed with a smirk on her face “So I see that you and Byul-yi are back together.” Yong-sun leans on her shut door “And why do you think that?” Her sister throws her an obvious look of disbelief “Come on, you must think I’m stupid or something? You guys were throwing heart eyes at each other the whole damn time.” she shakes her head “And you guys were flirting in front of us, how shameless.” “Okay fine, you’re right. We got back together recently. And you’re just jealous because you don’t have anyone.” Yong-sun looks to the side with her chin up high, arms crossed. “I can find someone!” “Yeah yeah.” Her sister rubs her face with her hand “Okay, whatever.” and stands up from the bed, she walks towards Yong-sun. Her sister pushes her to the side and holds the door knob “But it’s good seeing you guys back together. It’s almost like you guys never broke up in the first place. The feeling is good.” she says before opening the door.

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“You need to get up, you’re going to be late for work.” Yong-sun says, her tired voice trying to wake up her girlfriend. Byul-yi doesn’t say anything but instead rest her head on Yong-sun’s chest. “If you don’t get up we’re not going to do these little sleepovers anymore, anytime I come over you want to stay in bed longer.” she wouldn’t be nagging so much if Byul-yi wasn’t almost late last time. Byul-yi slowly gets up, her body stretching and then rubs her tired face. Yong-sun looks at the clock “Come on, get up sleepy head.” she lightly pushes her to hurry up “Take a shower and I’ll prepare your clothes for you.” Byul-yi gets up with a small groan but nonetheless does as told. Once her figure disappeared into the bathroom, Yong-sun let’s out a groan herself. She was tired but knowing that Byul-yi realized she liked to sleep in longer than eating a good breakfast, she needed the younger to get up for work. She drags her body out from the bed and picks out Byul-yi’s work outfit for the day. Yong-sun sets it on top on her work chair and goes back to bed. It didn’t take long for Byul-yi to come out of the shower and get ready herself. Yong-sun could faintly hear her girlfriend getting ready as her mind was fighting it’s sleep. She feels Byul-yi’s hand on her head, a whisper “I’m leaving now Yong-sun, goodbye I love you.”

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“You’re being clingy today, unnie.” Seulgi laughs as the older dragged her out of the movie theater. “It’s not everyday that you’re free Seulgi.” Yong-sun replies. Truth be told Yong-sun asked to hang out to tell the younger about her dating Byul-yi again. She doesn’t know how the girl would react to this news. When she told Hakyeon about it, he had mixed feelings about the whole thing. He still gave his support but his reaction worried Yong-sun on how Seulgi would react. “Now come on, unnie will pay for our food.” Seulgi acts like she’s holding a shot in hand and flicks her wrist “You want to go for some drinks? I don’t think we’ve ever drunk alcohol together.” “Ok call.” this would be a good thing, maybe the alcohol would give her the confidence to confess to Seulgi. Hopefully she wouldn’t be too hurt about Yong-sun keeping it a secret for this long. “We can go to the stall close to my house, so if we drink too much it’ll be easier to get home.” It was getting cold outside that Yong-sun was sure that it was going to snow again soon. They were crazy but then again they were the weird ones out of their group of friends. They go under the tent, Seulgi raising her hand to the owner “We’ll have an order of chicken feet and two bottles of soju.” They get their order and Seulgi pours the older her shot and then pours herself her own shot “This is so exciting, you’re someone I respect a lot and I didn’t think I would get this chance since I thought you would stay in the states and never come back.” Yong-sun doesn’t say anything, instead she holds her shot up and Seulgi does the same. She turns her head to drink to the side. It didn’t take long for the two to start getting dizzy, Seulgi ranting “If I knew it was going to be this hard being a medical student….I wouldn’t have done it in the first place. I must’ve been crazy when I decided to take that exam, seriously so crazy.” she ruffles her hair. Yong-sun gives a small laugh “You don’t know how smart you are Seulgi, this is the time to gather all your strength and push through it. Trust unnie, the hard times will pass.” “How did you get through your slump?” Yong-sun sits, thinking on what words would help the younger the most. She hums “You. You helped me Seulgi.” Seulgi’s head drops and has a hard time keeping it up but Yong-sun continues to talk after one more shot “Surrounding yourself with around people who continue to try to build you up is helpful. They give you encouragement that you didn’t think you needed and push you to better yourself. I never told you that Seulgi, so thank you.” Yong-sun gets up and puts Seulgi’s arm around her neck, she walks out the tent with the younger who could barely walk out of there on her own two feet. She can do this “Seulgi….unnie has something to tell you.” It had just now started to snow and Yong-sun is grateful that there was no wind. “You know Byul-yi and unnie….-” Seulgi then cuts her off, waving her off. “Don’t even get me started on you two.” and Yong-sun doesn’t know how to react as Seulgi pushes herself away from her, probably sobering up a little “You guys really hurt me, you know.” Yong-sun tries to get a hold on the younger somehow but it doesn’t happen, she shouldn’t have drank that much earlier. “It was like my parents divorced and I was forced to pick a side on who I wanted to stay with.” Had Seulgi always been this emotional when she was drunk? “I liked the both of you guys but you two couldn’t be together for an hour without one starting an argument.” Her face scrunching up. She should stop Seulgi now but the older didn’t have the heart to not let Seulgi let it all out “Do you know how hard it was to be around Byul-yi unnie when you two broke up? She was so heartbroken and sad all the time...I wanted to comfort her the best I could but every time I tried... it didn’t feel right. It felt like I was betraying you for some reason.” Seulgi squats and rest her face on her knees “It was seriously so hard unnie...and you were out in the states doing whatever you were doing while Byul-yi unnie shut herself out to everyone….” she starts to cry “I’m sorry unnie….you have been so good to me...but at one point I...I hated you for leaving us behind.” Yong-sun doesn’t know what to say, she didn’t know just how their breakup affected her friend. She squats in front of Seulgi and pats her head “It’s okay Seulgi...you can hate unnie. Unnie is sorry for leaving you too. I love you anyways.” Seulgi starts to sob harder as she hears Yong-sun’s last words, she felt bad for even thinking so lowly of the older. “But you know...I had a hard time too, at least Byul-yi had you and her brother but me? I had no one there for me through my hard times when we broke up. I went up there not knowing anyone but honestly speaking….I missed Byul-yi more than anything when I was in the states.” Yong-sun lets out a sigh “If I hadn’t opened up to Naeun when I did I don’t think I would be the person I am today so please don’t hate me too much.” she pleaded and Seulgi didn’t have the heart to look up to the girl. It was probably a minute that passed, Yong-sun letting Seulgi calm down “Come on Seulgi, let's go home.” Seulgi stands up, wiping her face with her hands and walks together with Yong-sun. They walked in silence before the older decides to break it “You know..Seulgi..earlier…” Seulgi hums, encouraging her to continue “Byul-yi and me...we got back together.” this makes the girl stop in her steps. “Are you being serious?” Yong-sun gives a nod “We’re serious about each other, you know? We’ve always been...it just took us a little longer to come back to each other. I love her, Seulgi….I really love her.” Seulgi then let’s out the ugliest sob that Yong-sun has ever seen the girl give “I’m sorry Seulgi, I really am.” “H-how long? How l-long has it b-been?” she says inbetween. “Three weeks now, I know I should have told you sooner but I was scared. I was scared of what everyone would think. I mean like you said, you guys are the ones who witnessed our fall out.” Yong-sun rambles. It took a while for Seulgi to finally say something “That’s a relief.”Yong-sun cracks a smile and Seulgi smiles back “You guys really do belong with each other.” the younger looks up at the dark sky. “When you guys broke up I didn’t think true love existed. You and Byul-yi unnie were really crazy for each other and it scared me to think that it could happen to me too. It’s a relief, it really is.” Seulgi crosses arms with Yong-sun, walking towards her house again “I’m really happy, unnie. You seriously don’t know.” “I really am serious about Byul-yi, I love her.” she then jokes “Should I run away with her?” “Yeah you should.”