"My Ear's Candy" | Nayeon x Jeongyeon

"Are you sure about this?" Jeongyeon asked as she walked, her hands grasping the straps of her bag wrapped over her shoulders.

"Mmmhhhmmm," her bestfriend Nayeon replied with a humming sound as a substitute to "yes." "I have to accomplish this; I can't let anyone pass me before it's too late."

"That makes sense," replied Jeongyeon. "I mean, you're practically falling in love with the hottest dude on campus," she said, pointing to the person next to her.

Nayeon reddened in response to Jeongyeon's description of her crush, and the latter was not pleased. For her, an image of that guy came in her mind after she stated what she did.

"There are reports that someone is making a move for him, and I'm scared that someone might have him in an instant, which is why I'm doing this," she groaned.

"Anyway, good luck, unnie. You can do it. You have my support, you know that." She patted her bestfriend on the shoulder before pulling her bestfriend closer to her and giving her a side hug.

"Of course I do, you're such a supportive bestfriend to me regardless." Nayeon gazed up to Jeongyeon, and the b-word reference pricked her heart. If only she could just get away from this reality and start over with the one she truly desired.

"And that's why I'm so lucky to have you.", Jeongyeon can't help but to feel touched at Nayeon's appreciation for being on her side.

"If you only know how much I am too Nay, more than that."

"The same as you, unnie," Jeongyeon said with a heartfelt smile. Jeong could only react in astonishment at her cute this woman she has in her arms right now as the oldest merely grinned at her.

"Now leave, you're going to be late for class." Nayeon then lets herself fall into Jeongyeon's snuggle.

"See you later, ostrich!" she says as she takes a step forward toward her classroom, waving her palms at the younger.

"You too, granny!", Jeongyeon jokingly said with smug on her face.

"HEY!", Nayeon shouted, giving her friend a 'what did you just say?' look, placing her fists at her waist.

"Hehe sorry, I mean... bunny.", Jeongyeon scratched her nape, acting like she regretted what she said but to be honest she does like teasing her friend.

Her crush.

The woman she's loyal with.

Even if she's getting hurt having her eyes locked at someone else to find love, not hers.

Nayeon gave her a smirk before facing back at her direction, now about to enter her room.

"She's so cute.", that's the only thing Jeongyeon can say. She sighed before heading to another direction leading her classroom.

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(3 HOURS LATER, AT THE CAFETERIA)

Jeongyeon spends her breaktime having lunch at the cafeteria with her seven other female classmates. They cannot, however, be compared to how close she is to Nayeon.

"I'll be right back," Momo said as she rose from her seat, picking up her empty bowl.

"Wait, you're ordering again?" Sana exclaimed, raising her head to look at the Japanese eating machine.

"It was like... the ninth bowl she had," Dahyun added, blinking quickly to see if what she was seeing was genuine.

"You girls still amazed by her ability?" Jihyo, the group's mother, remarked, lifting an eyebrow.

"What I can't blame her for is that the canteen's tteobokki is just so amazing," Jeongyeon said, taking another mouthful of that single piece of rice cake coated in red sweet and spicy sauce.

"Is Nayeon unnie coming? We're halfway through our lunch and she's still not coming," Mina inquired, staring at her watch after wandering her gaze to the table where her friends' meal was laid.

"Yeah, kinda strange she ain't joining us this time since we know she always eats with us right?" replied Chaeyoung, their smallest yet cutest and beautiful friend of theirs, after taking a sip of her strawberry milk.

"I don't know either. I'm truly frightened now," Jeongyeon replied, tapping her fingers on the table and looking out the canteen door.

"You can check her now if you want, unnie. We're anxious too," Tzuyu, the youngest but most mature member of the group, stated, to which the others nodded in agreement. Tzuyu then pointed to the door and said, "Oh speaking of Nayeon-noona..." Jeongyeon noticed it in an instant as well, and what she did next was lightning fast. She rose from her seat to approach her best friend.

"Hey Nay, come on join us we've been waiting for- Your face looks blank," Jeongyeon stated after noticing something on her body that causes her heart to beat irregularly. "Oh no. Did he-."
 Nayeon only frowned and nodded. Her lips begin to pout and twitch slightly. She knows Nayeon so well that she can sense she is about to cry.

"Sshhh... let's go somewhere no one can see us." She grabbed Nayeon's arm and pulled her along with her to wherever she was heading.

Nayeon's tears eventually fell once they reached the rooftop, and she covered her eyes with her fists. Jeongyeon drew her in for a hug.

"So what happened?"

"I-I was too late, Jeong. Way too late. He's now dating someone. I just found out about it weeks ago," Nayeon sobbed. Jeongyeon was simply letting it all out, pressing her smooth back on the fabric of her uniform.

"So what they're doing these days here on campus is they're just lowering it down?" Jeongyeon noticed Nayeon's head move like a nod. She took it as a 'yes,' and knowing that this bunny had just endured heartache from someone she didn't have a shot with, Jeongyeon held her bestfriend even tighter.

"Here, release it all, Nayeon. I won't bother. Don't worry, maybe you'll get a chance at someone. There's more out there. You'll never know if that person is just too close to you unless you observe well.", Jeongyeon whispered very near to Nayeon's ear, wanna make her remind it.

They both ended the hug but Nayeon's fists still ain't going out from her precious face, wiping all the tears that makes her look messy. Jeongyeon helped her make it all disappear and dry by wiping it using her own scarf.

"Yeah you're right, but it will take me some time to recover Jeong."

"Then take it and I'll be there by your side as always Nay.", Jeongyeon gave Nayeon an assuring smile, wiping one last teardrop on her face using her thumb. She just smiled back again, wanting Jeongyeon to know that everything is gonna be alright again to her.

This poor girl needs someone to for her to lean with, and she's the best option right now so what she needs to do is she needs to do her best to ease her pain and help her stood back up again then find somebody to love.

"I hope you notice me.", Jeongyeon said to herself through her mind as she looks at this alluring woman in front of her that even the tears can't ruin her beauty.

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(FRIDAY, EVENING AT THE MALL)

Nayeon invited Jeongyeon to a nearby mall after the class for three reasons. First, they want to take a breather from how difficult the lessons and activities are to understand and answer to. Second, they want to have fun because it's the weekend and there are no classes tomorrow. Third, she's about to get her hair trimmed in a salon, much to Jeongyeon's surprise.

"Was this the effect of getting a heartbreak to your crush?"

"Correction: it's only an ex crush now. I don't like him anymore.", Nayeon pointed it out for her. "And no, I'm just curious how I might look later, maybe I'll regret it. I actually wanted to try this for a long time.", she said after flipping a page in a magazine.

"I am sure that you won't and I won't too. You can pull off anything anyways.", Jeongyeon shrugged.

"Thanks to my beauty.", Nayeon then flips her hair to the side like she's reay feeling it. Jeongyeon just clenched her teeth, awkward for her friend.

"Ofcourse you'll be disgusted.", Nayeon rolled her eyes. " Yeah yeah I know, Jeong.", it concerned the ostrich already thinking that Nayeon is sulking so she did something to erase it already.

"Only with how you brag it but hey you're speaking the truth okay? You really are beautiful.", Jeongyeon said, then she stared at Nayeon's goddess facial features that made her be so in love with her in the first place.

"Glad you agree too.", Nayeon smiled. Right at the exact moment, the hair stylist walks near to the two women sitting in the waiting area. Nayeon knew that she's the next one, she placed her magazine onto the couch, leaving Jeongyeon sitting alone still with her earphones.

"So uhm... wait for me will ya?"

"I will.", Jeongyeon nodded which is enough for Nayeon to be convinced. She followed the hair stylist after to start getting her new preferred hairstyle.

(ALMOST AN HOUR LATER)

"You ready?", Nayeon said in front of Jeongyeon who is standing while having her eyes closed, waiting for the surprise.

"Yup."

"Okay, here it goes.", then in a few seconds later, Nayeon poked Jeongyeon's arm to signal her to open her eyes. And she did, and oh God Jeongyeon felt like her world and the time stop rotating and moving.

What she just saw first after she opened her eyes is the figure of Nayeon with her new look. She cut her hair short, still keeping the brown color.

She felt like her heart is about to pop out of her chest. Her eyes widened at how gorgeous she looked.

"Well, how do I look."

"Hey Jeong, are you still there?", she snaps her fingers 4 times in front of her friend's stunned eyes. She was laughing at how hilarious Jeongyeon's face is while being unresponsive.

(Like this, lol.)

"Sorry... wow... y-you look... spectacular.", Jeongyeon gulped first then sighed a couple more times before trying to maintain her words aligned perfectly.

"Hehe thanks. Shall I keep this for long?", she asked her while letting her newly cut hair flow into her huge palm.

"I would love too. It suits you so well, Nay.", Jeongyeon just wants to shook her head multiple time to act normal because she keeps on pausing for seconds just to focus on Nayeon's heavenly new look.

She looks like she's a gift from heavens.