Acceptance

Yerin's grand announcement hung in the morning air of the dining room. Arms wrapped around my neck, her chin resting on my head, she waited for an explosive reaction.

Instead, silence met her declaration.

Mom, Dad, Yoona, and Val just stared at her.

"Hey!" Yerin pouted, her cheek pressing against the top of my hair as she let out an annoyed whine. "Why is everyone being so quiet?! I just announced my eternal, undivided love for Seth! You guys are supposed to be gasping or dropping your teacups."

Dad shook his head, setting his coffee down with a low, amused huff. "We were already sufficiently shocked when you declared to thirty million people worldwide yesterday that you were in love, Yerin. From the moment those words left your mouth, it required zero deductive effort to figure out who you were talking about."