~ Together by a String ~ (Jiyoo)

~4~

"Oh come on! If we die, at least we'll die together."

"How about more living and less dying?"

"*chuckle* I promise I won't get us killed! Pleeease let me try!"

I begged like a toddler begging for sweets and she finally agreed after I showed her the puppy eyes stare I learned from Yoojung. I happily got on the bike and rummed the engine. I understood why Minji did it all the time now, it was amazing!

She sat behind me and was going to put on her black helmet until I snatched it and handed her the hello kitty one. I heard her sigh in annoyance and I slightly giggled at her.

"What's wrong? I thought you found the helmet cute?"

"I do, I find it incredibly cute. Just please don't crash."

"I won't since you said please~."

She scoffed and waited for me to go. I didn't get the hang of it straight away and almost hit a tree a few times but she was being patient with me and gave me instructions on how to do it.

"Don't go over 40 km/h no matter what."

"What if I do?"

"I'll tickle yo-"

"Your order is my command ms Kim Minji, I will not even go over 20."

She scoffed mixed with laughter and slightly squealed when I accidentally drove over a miniature piece of rock. I was doing very well to be honest, but for some reason Minji was whining the whole time. Her grip on my waist was so tight that I thought I would stop breathing any moment. I'm not sure if it was because of her tight grip that I felt very nervous or because of.. just her.. I felt her body fully pressed on my back and her nails slightly digging into my skin and it felt like I was getting stabbed, surprisingly not in a bad way. I think I was liking this more than I should..

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"Minji, you can open your eyes now. We're here."

She had her eyes closed the whole ride and when she opened them, her eyes lit up.

"Isn't this a pub for guitarists!?"

"It indeed is. Today I have a performance, so I thought I could bring you with me to watch me perform live."

I heard her make some happy noises while getting off the bike and going inside the pub before me. She looked so adorable right now. I parked the bike somehow and got inside, not forgetting to take the keys. I immediately got greeted by the other guitarists there and I greeted them back. I saw a familiar girl waving at me from the corner of my eyes and I quickly went to her to say hi.

"Hey Gah! I didn't know you were playing today as well."

"Hey! I'm not playing today, actually. I knew you would perform today, so I brought the other guitarists from the last pub to watch you because they loved your last performance."

"Awee, thank you Gah! I also brought someone with me today."

"You did? Is it Bora or Handong?"

"Actually, it's-"

"Gahyeon?"

I stopped talking and turned towards the familiar voice that spoke from behind me and there I saw Minji. She had a very surprised expression to say the least. I turned back to look at Gahyeon and she was as surprised as Minji. I didn't expect this encounter to be this tense.