182 Visiting a Friend (1/2)

Rewinding the time to the afternoon.

”—Alright, I got it,” Yeo Ri said to Gun through the phone. ”—I know, I'm not a child anymore. I'll take the bus home later—it's fine. I'll be careful, Oppa. I promise—I'll call you when I get home, okay?”

”Wow, your brother is as uptight as always,” Ra Hee commented. She was looking at Yeo Ri with curiosity. She rested her arms on the table between them, her head supported by her palm. ”Hm, gorgeous as always,” she remarked, still breathless as she admired Yeo Ri's beauty for god-knows-how-many times already.

”What kind of nonsense are you saying?” Yeo Ri sent her a strange look. ”Did you think praising me might make me give you my tonkatsu?”

”Hey! Do you think I'm that greedy? Who wants your food anyways!” Ra Hee relented, feeling slightly offended that Yeo Ri still thought that she was a glutton. Just because she had pigged out just that one time, Yeo Ri still thought she might steal everyone's food.

Yeo Ri ignored her protest and said, with a serious face, ”You can't; Unnie said you shouldn't eat anything too greasy and heavy for a while.”

”Yeo Ri, you—!” Ra Hee sighed. ”Forget it; arguing with you is like punching a pillow. It's so unsatisfying.”

”Why would you be satisfied from arguing?” Yeo Ri laughed at her friend's exasperated look. She liked to tease Ra Hee; the girl would react in such funny ways that Yeo Ri could not resist from teasing her. Perhaps this was how Min Chae felt whenever she purposely riled up Jang Mi.

Ra Hee rolled her eyes, ”Anyways, what are you going to do now? I have a dialysis appointment later and I'll be too tired to hang with you.”

”I have somewhere to go, so.” Yeo Ri shrugged, smiling secretively.

”Home?” Ra Hee wondered aloud.

Yeo Ri kept on smiling, shaking her head. ”Not yet. I want to go see someone first.”

”Who? A secret boyfriend?” Ra Hee jumped up. Yeo Ri rarely talked about herself so she was curious. She wondered who her friend was going to see as her gossipy spirit was roused. After being stuck in a hospital all day and all night with only the nurses' gossiping for company, she had somehow gotten better at the art of gossiping. At some point, she found herself thirsting for gossip, going as far as sniffing them out herself.

”What secret boyfriend?” Yeo Ri scoffed. Her heart skipped a beat but she masked it perfectly. ”I'm going to see my Oppa.”

”Gun-oppa? Isn't he at university? Are you going to surprise him?”