24 Dates || SOOSHU

Date five

Place: Miyeon, Minnie (and Shuhua's) apartment

Time: May 11th, 8:00 pm

Yelp: N/A | Date: 5/5 golden rings

It's very sudden.

Shuhua swings by the practice, all smiley and has this sort of glow about her. Tells her that Miyeon and Minnie are engaged and there is this party and if maybe maybe maybe Soojin could attend with her.

And Soojin isn't sure why it's sudden, but it is. She doesn't really know Miyeon and Minnie, which is probably why. In fact they've only all spoken a few times, but she's happy for them. Really happy.

Shuhua's happy too, though she tries to play it cool. Rolls her eyes when they get all doey eyed, scrunches her nose.

"They're happy," Soojin notes, watching the two in the corner of the room. It's an engagement party, but there really aren't many people here. Family, mostly - a few friends who Shuhua talks with but doesn't seem particularly close to. It does give Soojin a good chance to look at Shuhua's apartment. There are photos everywhere, nice furniture in some places, tacky in others. She wonders who picks what out.

"Yeah," Shuhua says. Minnie brings a small piece of some appetizer to Miyeon's mouth, and Miyeon blushes before eating it. "Also totally gross. Imagine living with this." Shuhua's lips tilt up and--

"Are you crying?"

Shuhua sniffs in. "What? Crying? No. If I'm crying it's because they're totally lame." She turns to look at Soojin, her jaw set and locked. And still, there is a smile.

Soojin bites her lip to stifle the up and coming laughter, covering her mouth. Really, it's cute.

"What's so funny?" Soojin hears from behind her, and when she looks to where Minnie and Miyeon were she finds nothing. She turns to then see Minnie.

"Nothing!" Shuhua blurts out.

"She was crying."

"I hate you."

Minnie giggles into her hand. "You know what happens to liars, right, Shu?"

" Ugh, " Shuhua rolls her eyes. "I'm going to get meat. Want any?" She turns to Soojin, and for some reason the whole thing makes her blush. It's the smallest thing, and yet...

Soojin clears her throat. "No."

"Fine! More for Shuhua," she winks and the brief sentiment is ruined. Shuhua prances off leaving Soojin with Minnie.

"So..." Soojin ventures, "um, who proposed?" she knows that it was Miyeon already, but --

"Both of us." Soojin quirks her brow. She distinctly remembers Shuhua telling her that it was Miyeon. "I knew Miyeon was going to propose, so I told her that if she proposed I would say yes - and then she proposed."

"Oh - I," she twirls a strand of hair with her finger. So weird. "How'd you know?"

Minnie winks, then sighs looking out towards the table that has all of the food. Miyeon is back there, now chatting with Shuhua about something, her sister is by her side. It's strange how alike they look.

"How are you two doing?" Minnie asks.

"Uh - good. Good, I think."

"You're doing good," she states, not a question, but an affirmation of what Soojin just said. And, yes, Soojin likes Minnie, but there is no denying that she is exceptionally strange. Then again, she's dating Yeh Shuhua, who is also exceptionally strange. Hopefully Miyeon is at least half as normal as she looks. "It'll be nice to see the two of you at our wedding."

Soojin turns her head to face Minnie. "When's that?"

Minnie shrugs. "Miyeon will want everything to be perfect, so most likely a year or so."

And Soojin gets this pleasant jolt at that, thinking about being with Shuhua for a year. Then it's masked by fear because that's a long time and what if something happens.

"You're doing good," Minnie repeats as if reading Soojin's mind.

"We're doing good." For only a second Soojin thinks about what it would be like spending her life with Shuhua - only a second. It's reasonable, afterall. You shouldn't date someone you don't see a future with, right? She thinks it'd be a good future, a pleasant one.

Shuhua walks up, her mouth full and a plate in her hands. "Talking about Shuhua?" she says after swallowing. There is sauce on her chin, and instinctively Soojin wipes them off.

"Maybe. But while you're here--"

"I'm always here. This is my apartment."

"Anyways," Minnie continues, "I was meaning to ask - would you want to be my maid of honor?"

Shuhua doesn't even tear up, she just goes straight to crying, though she still tries to cover it up. "I - mean. I guess. Shuhua knew Minnie would ask, of course," she sniffs in. "Who wouldn't want Shuhua as their maid of honor."

"So that's a yes?"

Shuhua hugs her and it's all so ridiculous. But maybe Soojin is ridiculous too since once again she thinks that she could and would gladly spend her life with Shuhua.

And they're only five dates in.