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"Ayoooooooo!" came the boy's voice.

_____ took in the sight of his slightly messy hair and crumpled hoodie. She still hadn't gotten used to the way he looked now. She and Soonyoung had been friends since they were little. Back then she would get into fights with the people who would tease him for his braces and short stature. Older boys and girls would always pull in his cheeks and hurt him but he was too nice to fight back. He would always tell her how ashamed he was that he had to have a girl protect him all the time but she always dismissed him. She was his best friend after all. After getting separated in high school and losing contact, she thought that the friendship they had was gone.

It was the first day of university when they met again. Different clubs and organizations were advertising on the pathways. Booths with sign-up sheets were set up for anyone interested to join. _____ happened to be sitting a little way from all the chaos, quietly observing when someone placed a hand on her shoulder. She looked up and was surprised to see a very good looking guy looking down at her. He looked vaguely familiar. All it took was a smile to make her remember Soonyoung's name.

Since then they had gone back to being best friends, except things were a little different now. Though _____ had also gone through some changes during puberty and high school, it was nothing compared to what happened to her best friend.

To say that puberty hit him like a truck was an understatement. Soonyoung was no longer that boy that everyone bullied and picked on. He was taller than her now and had lost all his baby fat. The boy who was too scared to fight now boasted a black belt in martial arts and was given a sports scholarship by the university. Her best friend that had been chased by bullies before was now being chased by girls (and boys) wherever he went.

But what had changed the most was how she saw him. On that fateful first day, something felt different and after talking to her roommate about it she was sure. _____ had fallen for her best friend.

"Are you eating dinner? Wait I'm gonna get some food too." Soonyoung said before leaving the frame. Returning with a heated bowl of fried rice, he proceeded to ask her about her day. They talked about everything that happened the past week and laughed about the mistakes they probably made in their exams.

As Soonyoung was recounting his math exam where and how he forgot what the quadratic formula was, she thought about how she would miss these kinds of conversations when the time came that he would get a girlfriend. That situation was inevitable. _____ had already accepted that when the semester began. Upon seeing the number of people who admired him she knew that she was no match for them. So many people wanted him. which was why she kept her feeling secret. Except to her roommate of course. That girl had a way to make you spill anything.

"Are you even listening to me? You've been awfully quiet." from the other side of the screen, Soonyoung was genuinely worried. He knew that his best friend was the type to hide things. He usually didn't know exactly what was going on but he could tell when something was wrong. After all, he had loved her for a long time.

When he first met her during middle school, he was a shy and weak scaredy-cat who always hid behind his best friend while she fought off the people who would pick on him. Soonyoung soon developed a crush on her but couldn't bring himself to admit his feelings. How would such an amazing and courageous girl like her want to be with a coward like him?

Determined to change himself, he fought through the pain of training in martial arts, gained his confidence, and even learned from his new high school friends on how to dress better. From the number of people who confessed to him daily, it seemed like he had done a good job. He just couldn't figure out why she still didn't like him.

The sound of a door opening in _____'s room made the two jump.

"Sorry Soonie, I'll just mute myself my roommate just came home."

"Yeah, go ahead."

He watched as _____'s finger came closer to the screen, bloking it slightly, to press the mute button. The girl then proceeded to ask her roommate what she bought. It took the boy a few seconds before realizing that she didn't actually get to press the mute button. He decided to play a prank on her and listen in to what she and her roommate, Darim, were talking about.

"Isn't that the guy you're always talking about," Darim said as she looked into her roommate's screen. Soonyoung's wars pricked up at that sentence. He stared at his food and pretended to mix it so they wouldn't suspect that he could hear them.

"Don't you like him?"

"Yeah."

He looked up and saw his best friend blushing. Were his ears deceiving him?

"Why don't you confess to him? He's right there." Darim said pointing at the screen. _____ gave a small smile and stared at her screen where Soonyoung was putting a spoon in his mouth.

"Yeah, Darim's right, why don't you confess to me?"

At the sound of his voice, the two girls froze. He smiled that his plan had worked. Too bad he forgot to record his screen to catch their reactions. His best friend slapped her roommate in the arm who in turn gave her a look and winked. Darim waved goodbye to Soonyoung and skipped to the kitchen, very happy with what she had just done.

"You like me right?" he asked _____. The girl nodded sheepishly, not meeting his eyes.