Sweet cakes ep9

Chapter 8 Part 2

“Yeah.. my mom is starting to pack my stuff now. I think she wants me out before anything bad happens.”

Tiffany stared at her phone from under the blanket, frustrated. Yuri had finished what she wanted to say and then she heard HyoYeon ask Jessica to speak next. Maybe something would come up. And Donghae would finally answer her text message that she sent two hours ago.

Jessica Jung sighed, “Well..it’s been a long week of thinking and I’ve told myself that I need to get over the situation-”

“The situation being.. ?” Tiffany spoke up.

Jessica eyed her, speaking between her teeth, “Siwonoppahasagirlfriend.”

SooYoung shoved a butter cookie into her mouth, guilty.

“Has a what?” Yuri put her hand to her ear.

SooYoung rolled her eyes, “A girlfriend. My brother has a girlfriend. Yes, CHOI SIWON HAS A GIRLFRIEND. And her name is Lee Yeonhee. And you know what? Unnie, I’m sorry that I didn’t tell you in the first place. But that leads to you not telling many of us either about your feelings toward him.”

Seohyun got up, not wanting to hear what was coming next, “I-I’ll go make some hot chocolate.”

Jessica’s eyes traced the pattern of her blanket, “SooYoung, I’m sorry-”

SooYoung shook her head, “No.. You see. Yeonhee was in America for a while and she came back the day before you told me. So I didn’t know how to break it to you.”

Sunny semi-translated for SooYoung, “Basically, SooYoung didn’t want to hurt you.”

A little too late for that, Jessica sucked in her lip, “It’s okay.. I had it coming any ways.”

Yoona looked uncomfortably at her, “Unnie, she didn’t know what to do because she thought there was something going on with you and Donghae.”

Jessica narrowed her eyes, “Not this again.”

“Alright,” Tiffany ignored Jessica’s comment. She stood up, “Listen, Jessica. This whole week that you’ve been away from work, Donghae has been too.”

“Do not go there,” TaeYeon warned her.

Jessica blinked, “Why?” She felt her heart drop.

Tiffany pointed at her, “It’s because you never gave him the chance. Now don’t go to him because you pity him. And because you lost to Yeonhee. Don’t make Donghae your second choice.”

Jessica felt her face burn, hurt by Tiffany’s words, “Don’t say that.”

SooYoung felt Yuri patting her back, “Unnie, honestly tell me that you have had some hatred towards Yeonhee.”

Jessica put her hand to her face. It was flaming hot and she had tears coming down her cheeks, “Y-Yeah.”

SooYoung took a moment to laugh. It wasn’t at Jessica. It was at herself.

“I have to admit that I don’t like her even though I should,” she continued on, “Yeonhee actually was with Hankyung a while ago. A long time ago.”

“W-What?” Tiffany and TaeYeon stuttered.

“You’re kidding,” HyoYeon tried to keep her mouth closed.

Jessica didn’t make a commotion. She knew what was coming next.

SooYoung bit her tongue, “I don’t remember clearly but I knew that they were thinking things over because of Siwon’s feelings.. Near the end of their relationship, Yeonhee didn’t look too pleased with Hankyung so.. it came to that. They split up and now Yeonhee is with Siwon.”

Yuri talked quietly to herself, “That’s complicated.”

SooYoung’s felt embarrassed, “When Yeonhee told us she’d be coming, Hankyung was surprised that she didn’t tell him. She only told Siwon.”

HyoYeon gasped quietly, “SooYoung-ah, you’re jealous.”

“I didn’t say that.”

Sunny laughed at HyoYeon’s attempt to imitate Hankyung, “HyoYeon, fail. Fail, fail, fail.”

“HOLD UP. THIS IS JESSICA’S TURN TO TALK!” TaeYeon realized, talking loudly.

“Whatever,” Jessica reluctantly spoke and got up to look for the bathroom.

“Drama,” Tiffany whispered and looked at SooYoung, “admit it.”

“Admit what?” SooYoung sighed. Seohuyn had brought over a tray of hot chocolates for each of them. SooYoung said thanks, then took the can of whipped cream and topped her drink with it.

Tiffany put a fat marshmallow in hers, “Admit that you like Hankyung oppa. Stop hiding it.”

SooYoung swallowed, her throat burning from the hot drink, “Jessica unnie – like I said – I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine,” Jessica replied softly, slowly smiling, “we’ve known each other for too long to end like this.”

“HEY!! Stop ignoring me!” Tiffany whined, laughing hysterically. She wanted so badly to know how SooYoung was feeling and to tell Jessica that she’s been talking to Donghae to help him out.

Sunny leaned back on her hands, “Jessica, if you don’t mind me asking, what are you going to do about Siwon oppa?”

Yuri became interested, “Are you going to tell him?”

Jessica came back, shrugging, “I don’t know.. Should I?”

“I think you’ll feel a bit better if you do, unnie,” Yoona nodded. She stuck out her tongue, “wah, hot.”

Jessica giggled, pretending to wave over her hot chocolate to help Yoona out, “I guess so. Then I can finally go back to work-”

“CHOI SOOYOUNG!” Tiffany squeaked.

“LEAVE ME ALONE!”

Suddenly the lights flicked on, “Anyone home?” Siwon was back. Other footsteps were heard. Who had he brought home with him?

“Why are the lights out? Are they telling ghost stories or something?” Kangin’s voice was heard.

Sunny looked at the ground. Food and blankets covered most of the surface, “SooYoung, what is he going to say about the mess?”

“I don’t really care right now,” the shikshin tried to shoo Tiffany away from her, “He can get mad at me if he wants.”

Yoona laughed awkwardly, “Siwon oppa never gets mad.”

“SooYoung?” Siwon stepped into the room, flicking on the lights.

TaeYeon covered her eyes, “IT BURNS! TURN THE LIGHTS OFF!”

“Why are they even off?” Siwon tried to hide his confusion, he just smiled to brighten the mood.

Sungmin came in with Kangin, Hankyung and Kibum. They were trying to shake the large raindrops that had landed on their jackets. Tiffany felt like punching the air, WHERE THE HELL IS DONGHAE. THAT CHICKEN. I AM GOING TO SEND HIM CLUCKING SOUNDS OVER MSN LATER!

“Kibum oppa, CONGRATULATIONS!” Yuri, HyoYeon and Sunny burst into song. TaeYeon cracked up, laughing hysterically and then told them to quiet down.

Yoona’s face turned pink at her friends’ reactions. She looked over at Kibum who was overwhelmed at the moment, “Did you break the news?”

He gave her two thumbs up, “Heechul hyung suggested that Siwon should be the priest.”

“Are you freaking kidding me?” TaeYeon just shook her head.

“No,” Sungmin pinched her cheek.

Despite SooYoung’s comment about the mess, Jessica and Seohyun began to clean up. Seohyun just did as she wanted because she thought it was rude to leave her friend’s house a mess. Jessica’s reason was simple – she didn't want people to think she lived like a pig.

“Seohyun, Jessica, it’s fine. I’ll vacuum later,” Siwon told them, putting a couple of pillows back on the couch. He dropped a pillow on SooYoung’s lap and she slapped his legs with it.

Seohyun folded a few blankets and put them to the side, “It’s okay, we’re almost done.”

Jessica was hesitant. She glanced down at SooYoung who was making funny faces behind Siwon’s back, “It’s fine. I’ll save you and SooYoung the trouble.”

“Mm, thanks Jessica,” he put his arm around her, patting her back. He didn’t know that SooYoung’s eyes were drilling holes into the back of his head.

Jessica tried not to squirm, “Um, oppa, can we talk?”

“Hm?” Siwon pulled away, his eyebrows rose, “What is it?”

She played with her hands, “Um.. in private?”

Siwon took a few moments to answer. He nodded, remembering she had been absent for the past week, “Yeah, of course.”

“Who am I taking home?” Kangin asked the group, TaeYeon and Tiffany raised one of their hands while looking into the bag of goodies the guys had brought for them.

“HyoYeon, Sunny and Yuri will come with me,” Sungmin spoke to them once they had stopped bouncing around with excitement.

“OOOH SUNNY, guess who this is from,” TaeYeon laughed, tossing Sunny a pack of Hershey Kisses.

Sunny rolled her eyes and found a small card glued to it. She read it: Yeah.. this is awkward. Enjoy the candy. Love, Yesung. She couldn’t help but put on a small smile.

Seohyun had put on her coat and made her way to the front door to put on her shoes. She waited patiently on the staircase for Hankyung to come and take her home since they lived in the same apartment building.

He peaked down the hallway, seeing if she was ready.

She nodded and mouthed to him, Go, go, go!

Yoona and Jessica left with Kibum. Sungmin, HyoYeon, Yuri and Sunny left the house shortly after them and Kangin, TaeYeon and Tiffany made their way home after packing away their candles and blankets.

SooYoung sat on the couch, calling for Seohyun, “Seohyunnie! Come over here!”

“My shoes are on!”

SooYoung sighed. Seohyun would be leaving soon, sooner if Siwon would stop blabbing with Hankyung by the fridge. She wanted to make breakfast food and she couldn’t grab the carton of eggs if they were blocking the fridge.

Big excuse. Siwon chuckled but covered it with a cough. He said bye to Hankyung and left to go shower upstairs.

It was SooYoung’s turn to squirm, NOOO COME BACK. Forget I smacked you with a pillow, OPPA DON'T LEAVE ME! She got up with a bit of courage, “Hankyung-ssi, I’ll take you to the door..”

Hankyung didn’t budge, he waited until she came over to him. He silently gave her a small bouquet of flowers and lightly kissed the top of her hair.

SooYoung stayed still, not knowing how to react. She felt a churn in her stomach when he mumbled, “Happy Valentines Day” to her. Before she could say “thank you”, he went down the hall and opened the door for Seohyun.

“Bye, unnie,” Seohyun waved happily to her and then closed the door.

SooYoung tiptoed back to the couch, bringing her legs up. She found a note on the inside of the bouquet. Two words.

It’s real.

Only one thing came to her.

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“Oppa, you did it,” Seohyun tried not to spazz while Hankyung was driving on the slippery road.

“You seem awfully cheerful at this hour,” he commented, motioning her to sit back, “Have a good time?”

Seohyun shrugged, hearing the pitter-patter sound of rain hitting against the window, “It was okay. We were in the dark 24/7 and they just talked about things.”

“Personal things?”

She nodded, “Yes.”

“Did you get to tell them?”

Seohyun shook her head, “No. It’s hard.”

“I know,” Hankyung told her calmly, “But don’t you think they would want to know?”

“Well.. I guess, they’re just crazy. Oppa, they have these ‘in-your-face’ personalities. They want to know everything.”

“You still care about them, right?”

“Right,” she sighed. She felt like she had bad-mouthed her unnies.

“Okay, go to sleep. I got to do something,” Hankyung unlocked the doors.

She stared at him, “Oppa, it’s almost 1:00am. What can you possibly be doing?”

He patted her knee, “It’s a surprise.”