Can we be sisters?

"Hey Minho, where are you?" Minjae almost yelled at him on the phone.

"Why?" Minho said hesitantly, holding Jaena's hand, who was standing next to her.

She saw his scared face and whispered to him, "Who was it?"

He showed her his phone, which said "brother."

"Just answer me, idiot. Is Seola with you?" his brother said firmly.

"Seola? No, Seola is not with us," he lied, his voice shaking.

Jaena thought, "Fortunately, Seola is not here; otherwise, it would become a big problem."

Seola was not with them at that moment. She was unpacking her bag with Maya.

"I warned you repeatedly not to hang out with her, and she is just as nasty as her father. Don't dare lie to me; if I find out that she was there with you, that will be your final day." "Don't you still remember what she did to your brother?" Minjae was shouting nonstop and without ceasing.

Minho thought, "What she did was the best for everybody, and I had no objection to it."

"Yes, I know," Minho said as he hung up the phone, sweating profusely.

Jenna calmed him down and said, "You have nothing to worry about; you do nothing wrong, so chill, and we will figure it out if something happens."

"Everyone understands that what Seola did was the best thing she could do," Jaebin added with a firm voice.

Daehyun, who was also standing with him, agreed and hugged him so that he would calm down because he was shivering excessively.

The fact Minho proposed to Seola was still unknown by his brother, he still shivered at the thought that if her brother found out his doing, he will not leave him alive.

When Seola saw her friends worried, she went near them and asked them if something had happened. They all nodded negatively and said everything was fine, and they should go and get ready to sleep so we can wake up fresh tomorrow.

Everybody went to Maya and started unpacking their things. They all decided to go to sleep early since they have to wake up early in the morning so that they can hand this criminal to the police.

Maya went back inside her house and brought so many sleeping bags for her friends to use that she stole them from hikers. She stole five of them.

She used one of them, and the others were extra, so she handed them an extra four.

Everyone took one, but they were only four, and a friend's group was five, so one of them had to compromise.

Jaebin stood up and said that it was okay for him to sleep without it since he knew the forest and how to survive in it well. His father was a hunter and taught him this.

Maya saw this and said, "I can share the bed with Seola. It's ok, you can take one." Maya handed him a sleeping bed.

"Are you certain? I don't mind going without it while I sleep; I simply don't want you guys to become comfortable," In all sincerity, Jaebin remarked.

They all had sly smiles on their faces as they saw Jaebin's behavior toward Maya.

"N- No... Actually, umm, I just noticed that my house can support two people, so... it would be comfortable for us, AND! It is warm from the inside... Seo-Seola what do you think? Do you like my offer...?

Maya felt like she was going through so many emotions that she couldn't even say simple sentences clearly. She said all this without looking at him.

Seola smiled and replied, "Yeah, I have no problem, and even I am glad that you chose me to share the bed with."

Minho became irritated and a little envious of Maya when he witnessed her behavior toward Seola.

"Did you just look how vocal she was about Maya? She never said too many words at once, but when she was talking to or about Maya, she said too many, and look how she's smiling like an idiot looking at her," Minho grumbled lightheartedly, trying to reassure their friends that he was fine now and they didn't have to worry about him.

However, the truth was different; he was exerting too much effort to stop his internal battle. His life's history and present are tormenting him.

"Since there is some tension between them, why doesn't Maya just share a bed with Jaebin?" Daehyun added jokingly.

He spoke only to Jaebin, Minho, and Jaena.

Minho and Jaena were giggling lightly as Jaebin scowled at him.

Daehyun whispered in amazement to Jaena, "I am actually shocked at how gently Jaebin talked to her; he has never talked to any girl before."

It's an indication of admiring someone; remember when you first started liking me? Jeana teasingly responded.

Daehyun gave her a mocking look after hearing what she had to say.

After noticing his mocking expression, Jaena punched him hard in the chest.

"Huh! What's the fight about? What supposedly happened? stop them!" With a troubled expression, Maya urged Seola to put a stop to them.

Seola rolled her eyes and muttered, "Ignore them; they are just odd couples that no one can comprehend." She pulled her pony out of her hair.

"Do Minho, and you are couples too," Maya muttered into Seola's ears when she saw he was observing her. After giving Maya a dissatisfied look in response to her innocent query, Seola entered the tree house silently.

Maya remarked innocently, "Her face tells me everything."

Jaebin laughed at her remark. When she caught sight of Jaebin setting up his sleeping bag while chuckling and flattering her with his long lashes, her heart skipped a beat. She had never before seen his genuine smile.

Everyone fell asleep after a brief drama between Jeana and Daehyun. Seola and Maya reclined while they looked at the stars. She thought of Seola as being her older sister because she was younger than Seola.

"Can we be sisters instead of friends?" Maya replied as she fixed her gaze on the sky. She found Seola to be very similar to her sister, Hoor.

"Umm... I don't mind being your elder sister, and because I don't have any siblings, I'd really like to be your... sister." Seola, who was bawling and gazing up at the sky, spoke.

She was touched by such words because she had never before had even one person offer to be her sister, and she had always felt alone.

She quickly fell asleep after closing her eyes with joy in her heart.