Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit...this is reality, omg!

"Are you sure about this?" Ha-yoon asked, "Yeah, I made-up my mind." Seong-min replied while standing near the front door as she wore her shoes.

"Alright then, good luck and don't end-up in a bodybag, please." Ha-yoon said still wearing her pajamas from last night.

As she approached the girls, "Hold it right there! *Yawning* I'm not going to let my daughter meet another potentially dangerous man, all on her own again.

Wait for me princess, I'll go change my clothes." Soo-Min said yawning, she was also still in her pajamas.

"Eomma, first of all good morning, and second, I can take care of myself...Also you look tired, maybe you should go back to sleep." Seong-min replied.

"No, I'm okay, I can come with you princess." Soo-Min replied back.

"I thought you said you needed my help shopping today, Noona." Ha-yoon said to Soo-Min awkwardly, she sent a weird glance towards Soo-Min that Seong-min thought was suspicious.

Realizing something, "Oh?! Oh yes! The shopping!...Umm, but maybe shopping can wait, I don't feel comfortable letting princess go on her own." Soo-Min replied, making Seong-min feel even more suspicious.

Suddenly, the doorbell started ringing, so Seong-min opened the door.

"Cyrus? What brought you here?" She was surprised to see him dressed-up nicely in a white t-shirt and a pair of black ripped jeans with his hair pushed back, "I need to talk to you, Ha-yoon...privately." Cyrus said smiling a little.

"Me? Why?" Ha-yoon replied unsure, "You know what it's about." He said.

"Come with me." Ha-yoon replied guiding him inside to the studio room.

When they were gone from the mother and her daughter's sight, "For a second I thought he was here because he heard about you going on an ice-cream date with Moses." Soo-Min said.

"He seemed to be in a strangely good mood...i don't think he knows where I'm headed." Seong-min replied.

...Meanwhile...

"So what's going on...are you here to convince me to go back to the hospital?" Ha-yoon asked.

"No...I just, well..."

Ha-yoon was surprised that Cyrus started to act, shy?

"Okay what the hell is going on with you?!" She asked, "I do, I honestly do want you to go back to the hospital and get treated, I mean you can't do this to yourself, you need medical attention...and since you said that if I don't let go of you, you're just going to keep torturing yourself until you die.

I've decided to take it upon myself, to take a step away from you." Cyrus said.

Skeptical, "Homeboy you ain't making any sense right now, like you're standing in front of me! And that's a far cry from a step away from me." Ha-yoon replied.

"I'm still not done talking Ha-yoon, hear me out."

"Sure, go on but hurry cuz I'm about to be completely done with you, Cyrus."

Sighing, "I've just asked Lydia to be my girlfriend, I did that before coming here." Cyrus said then smiled a little awkwardly.

Genuinely surprised, Ha-yoon pinched her arm.

"What are you doing?" Cyrus asked.

"Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit...this is reality, omg!" Ha-yoon said staring at her hands with wide eyes.

"Aaaaanyways...She didn't give me an answer right away, she kind of froze in her place." Cyrus said.

Now Looking at him, "No shit Sherlock!

And btw, I know i'm supposed to be happy that you're finally moving on, but I'm surprised myself and not only because this is Lydia we're talking about, but you're actually gonna date someone for the first time in 7 years.

Because trust me even though she didn't give you an answer yet, I'm pretty sure Lydia is gonna say yes, also I don't wanna be a downer baby but I hope you're not dating her just so you can forget about me, I don't wanna be the only reason for you to date her, cuz from what I've heard, she's a really good person and she loves you a lot." Ha-yoon said

"I will be lying if I said, you're not one of the reasons I asked Lydia to be my girlfriend, but you're not the only reason either.

Lydia actually came yesterday to the hospital to celebrate my birthday, with me and my dad.

she brought a cake and had fun talking with my dad who absolutely adored her." Cyrus replied.

"So she got your dad's approval and the next day you go and ask her out?" Ha-yoon asked.

"Not just my dad's approval, in fact my dad only helped me confirm what I've already probably wanted to happen when I reconnected with Lydia the first time.

There's no denial that I'm still kind of healing from my feelings towards you Ha-yoon, and you're right that I'm still hung-up on Julian too, because I really wanted him to be my end-game, but I guess destiny had other plans and you were never in those plans either.

Honestly at this point in life, I'm tired of pushing away people who care about me, I've realized I've been choosing to be miserable this whole time.

And although you've been my roommate and friend, and my love interest for a while now Ha-yoon...the truth is that you came into my life as just a friend but I got greedy, which was a wrong move from my side.

Even though I knew we'll never be a couple, I ended-up liking you when I shouldn't have." Cyrus said.

"You're making sense but not making sense at the same time, what the hell are you talking about? " Ha-yoon asked.

"I'm trying to say that what I currently feel for Julian isn't anymore that deep romantic love that I had for when he was alive, when it comes to him now, all I feel is a longing for the past we had and the future we could've had.

I didn't want to let go of him because in my mind, there's this stupid unrealistic hope that Maybe this is all one big long stretchy nightmare that's going to end eventually, and I'll wake-up to be with him again.

And when I started liking you Ha-yoon, it was probably because you were so nice to me especially when we first met...even though I was a complete stranger to you.

And when I moved in with you, you made sure I was feeling good.

You took me to places I wouldn't have gone to by myself, you showed me that I can love again...I enjoyed talking to you, listening to your music, watching you do anything and although I still haven't healed from Julian completely, I found myself falling for you slowly.

I never really cared whether you loved me back or not at first, I thought to myself I'll be fine if it's one-sided as long as I'm by your side, but eventually reality began catching-up to me.

When I first admitted my feelings to you, things between us started getting worse and only kept getting worse with time.

I thought people were joking when they say that falling in love with your bestfriend, could be the worst thing to happen to your friendship, I've seen people scared to tell their bestfriend the truth, and I thought friendships can't be broken that easily, right?

But apparently they do break that easily, I ruined our friendship and because of my behavior, I've made you feel uncomfortable and made you go as far as trying to kill yourself to get rid of me, and I'm not going to have that on my conscience.

I already feel guilty about Julian, and this may sound selfish but I want to be free from this guilt, I don't want to feel guilty for hurting anybody again, I can't handle that feeling anymore.

So I'm working on that and hopefully I can close Julian's chapter forever, but before I can close his chapter, it seems like I have to close yours first.

And the way to do it, is by moving on, and again as selfish as it sound, I feel like dating Lydia is a good start.

And yes it's creepy that Lydia has been stalking me, but she does love me a lot and we were friends, not as bestfriends just friends, but I hope I can fall in love with her for real, even though I feel like she might be too good for me." Cyrus said smiling.

"Don't sell yourself short, I think you two are perfect for each other." Ha-yoon replied.

"Apparently my dad thinks so too, when I said his approval wasn't the only reason that made me go and ask Lydia out, it was because his approval kinda came after something happened between her and me." Chris said.

"What happened?"

"I kissed Lydia, on the lips..."

Surprised, "Oh wow...that was unexpected." Ha-yoon replied.

"Yeah...it was just a 'thank-you' gesture at the moment but I've been thinking about it all night, and when I saw her again this morning I just I realized that i didn't regret it."

"Maybe you're starting to like her already." Ha-yoon said.

"Maybe, I really hope I fall in love with her...I hope that this relationship between us, if she says yes to it, will go beyond boyfriend and girlfriend.

You already know that my dad isn't really sticking around for too long, I want him to see me happy, I mean I want to be happy for myself but I also want him to see me happy." Cyrus explained.

"I'm glad you're caring about your dad again, I usually don't like parents and I usually side with kids who don't like their parents, but I've always been on team Joe.

You have a good dad Cyrus, he might've hurt you in the past but at least he's been trying so hard to make it up to you.

My parents haven't even asked if I was alive, I haven't heard shit from them since I was 18." Ha-yoon said.

"No other members of your family tried to contact you? I know you said to not talk about your family but Don't you have siblings?" Cyrus asked.

"I do, a bunch...I was the closest with my brother who is 2 years younger."

"Did you try to reach out to him?"

"I didn't know how and he didn't contact me, knowing my family they probably fed him lies about me or forbade him from contacting me, you know how rich Korean families are." Ha-yoon explained.

"The things I know about rich Korean families, come from k-dramas."

"They're worse in real life, Anyways I'm happy that you told me about Lydia, and just so you know, you're still my friend, Cyrus."

"You're still my friend too...and I'm serious please consider going back to the hospital, at least tell the girls so they know what they're dealing with."

"Actually now that I think about it, how about we strike a deal." Ha-yoon suggested.

"What kind of a deal?" Cyrus asked.

"She probably didn't tell you but Seong-min is gonna meet Moses to take his kid for ice-cream right now.

She'll be mad at me because I told you but I want you to go with her, just in case and if you do go with her and not cause any problem, no swearing no yelling, no attacking Moses in front of his kid.

I'll tell the girls the truth about my sickness tonight." Ha-yoon said.

"You're willing to do that?" Cyrus asked in a hopeful tone.

"Yes, although the girls might see me as a liar for a while...i'm doing it." Ha-yoon replied.

"Alright! I promise you, I'll be on my best behavior!" Cyrus said.

Smiling, "Awesome! then let's go talk to Seong-min before she leaves, hopefully she hadn't yet." Ha-yoon replied.

"Knowing her, she's too curious to leave without knowing why I'm here." Cyrus said.

"Let's hope she's not going to turn from curious to furious on me for telling you." Ha-yoon replied.