Chapter 3

Liz POV

I woke up to a massive headache, luckily I have today off from work. Trying to recall the events of yesterday my head begins to pound. I look over across the room to see the bottles of wine lying empty on my dresser. Oh.. I see.. I have never been a heavy drinker. I was actually very against the idea of alcohol, but after a night out with Jumin he had convinced me to try a certain wine of his. It wasn't bitter as I had expected but it was rather sweet. I took a liking to it and he sent many bottles to my apartment. I only ever used them for special occasions.

But, it looks like I must've had quite the lot to drink last night. I try again to remember my reasoning through the pounding in my head. Ah, thats right.. Yoosung. Yoosung doesn't like me.. I had forgotten for a moment then. I knew in my head that I needed to move on then and stop sulking over it all, but then again the pounding didn't offer me much room for thought. After taking some medication I go back to sleep. I'll respect his choice, even if I don't understand it.

I wake again to see the sun is already setting, has it been that long already? I needed to arrange a guest list for the next party and make sure there weren't anymore issues with setting the date between V and Luciel. They've been busy with work lately so we haven't been able to set a specific date. I call up Luciel hoping he picks up.

"Meow~"

Classic seven. As I'm about to speak he interrupts me.

"Sooo, that was quite the party you had last night wasn't it. Mrs. 'I don't like to drink'" my face heats up in embarrassment at his words.

"Seven that's not what I called about, I need to know when you're free for the next party"

"What? Next party? Liz we just had one not too long ago why are you planning another one? Plus no one is available to even attend one right now. Especially me. You won't believe this, the boss man keeping me here like a slave. I need help ahh where's my little Elly. Why won't Jumin ever let me hold her.."

"Seven you're getting distracted"

"Ah! Vanderwood came back, gotta go! Bye bye!"

He left as quickly as he came. But he was right, it's hasn't been long since our last party. I'm just looking for a distraction to run away from my thoughts again. Looking at the clock I see it's only 6:26. Although I hate having to think over these things, I know I need to. But, who can I call for this type of thing..? I usually call Yoosung when I need to talk but, now I can't.. The thought of him made my heart ache. Jaehee is busy with work, and she doesn't know much about relationships I'm sure. Despite her "Considerable amount of experience". Jumin wouldn't help, plus he's probably anxious to get back to Elizabeth the 3rd. Seven is holed up at work. Zen.. Zen is probably my best chance right now. But, I don't know if I can face him after what happened yesterday. Without realizing it I had already dialed up his phone. Anxiously I hold up the phone to my face. Hearing the click of his answering me.

"Hello? Liz are you alright?"

"Ah, Hi Zen. I was wondering if you could come over to help me think through everything from yesterday. Are you busy?"

"No, I finished rehearsal half an hour ago. I'll head over now. O-oh, wait do you want to meet somewhere else?"

"Huh? No, my place is fine."

"Um, okay. I'll be over soon then."

"Okay."

Closing my phone I lay down on my bed checking the messenger to see if anyone is online. No avail. I wonder why Zen sounded so nervous about coming over. Yoosung never sounded that way, maybe that's cause Yoosung and I would always hang out for games and each other's company. Zen and I have never been close, maybe he was just nervous because me talking to him about things has never happened before. I trust him though, I should probably clean up a bit before he gets here.

Zen POV

Yoosung needs to get his shit together. What kind of man makes his lady cry? If she were my girlfr-. I stop myself mid-thought, what do I mean if she were mine? Gah whatever. Yoosung is being an ass doing this to her. Liz works so hard for us and he does this to her. Why is he even lying? It was obvious he liked her from the start. Ugh, I need to stop getting upset about this. I don't want to be in such a bad mood when Liz needs me.

My cab pulls up in front of her apartment complex. I remember back when this places address was confidential. I never understood why, but I'm glad we are all able to know now.

Walking up to her apartment door I pause for a second, making sure I have all my stuff together. Suddenly my phone starts ringing.

"G-gah! That scared me" Without realizing I had spoken that out loud, flipping open the phone I answer.

"He-"

"Zenny, zen, zen what are you doing standing in front of Liz's door like that? Creep R"

Of course seven had to call now, quickly glancing around I find the camera. Staring directly at it I respond.

"She called me here. Now why are you watching her so intently? Security issues were solved remember? So wouldn't that make YOU the creepy stalker? Go hack something, I'm busy."

Quickly shutting my phone I knock on her door.

"Liz! It's Zen!" I call out.

"Coming!" I hear her muffled response through the door.

She opens the door and lets me step inside telling me to sit wherever. I take a look around and realize she hasn't decorated much. Despite this apartment being hers now she hasn't changed too much about it. Maybe it was for Yoosung? He always goes on about how he wants to preserve her memory.

"Zen! Go make yourself comfortable in there. I'll be right there and we can talk." She points to the room down the hall. As I walk in I realize it's her bedroom her sheets still a bit ruffled from when she had slept in them.

My face immediately turns read. Umm what in the world? We're gonna talk in here? I don't want to doubt her intentions. But, she sure knows how to make a guy nervous.

Liz POV

I walk into my room to see Zen standing rather stiffly in the corner of the room and can't help but giggle.

"Calm down, you can sit in that chair over there" I say as I plop down on my bed.

"Okay. So, you said you needed to talk. I assume it's about Yoosung?"

I nod in agreement.

"Alright then, I'm listening."

" Okay, so awhile back i realized I have feelings for Yoosung. We hung out all the time and always had fun, just doing that made me happy but I found myself wishing for more. We had only ever held hands at that point so he could guide me out of the crowd. But, I felt something then, and I'm sure he did too. I don't know Zen I'm not good at relationships. I know Yoosung isn't either since he's never dated before but still. Zen what should I do? I know in my head that I need to respect his decision but, although this may sound cheesy or whatever. My heart keeps telling me he's lying. Yet, what if that's just what I wanna hear? I don't know Zen I really don't know."

Zens face remained unchanging throughout my entire rant. I was beginning to wonder if he had been really listening or not. But as I came to a stop his features softened.

"Liz, I'm sure you're not wrong. And it's amazing how strong you can be with trying to accept his choice so soon. But, Yoosung has always been an instinctual type of person. When he wants something he goes straight for it. Maybe he has reasoning behind it. Despite how complete bullshit it is. But I think with the way things are going and how you're thinking about it all.

It might be time to move on."

-A week later-

Zens words still ring in my head. At the time I found the idea insane. But, nothing's gotten better since then. Yoosungs stopped talking to me. Everytime I join the messenger he leaves to play LOLOL. Maybe he was right.

It's time to move on.