~ Together by a String ~ (Jiyoo)

~23~

"I know right? My cousin is Japanese as well so imagine if it's actually her. What's her name by the way?"

"Miyawaki Sakura."

My smile then faded away and I looked at her with a blank stare. I blinked a few times to recall the name I just heard and stood frozen in a spot. Kazuha looked at me with a confused smile but soon her smile also disappeared and we both pointed at eachother in shock.

"You're her cousin too!?"

We said that in unison and continued staring at eachother in shock. I let out a slight chuckle and so did Kazuha, leading to us erupting in a sudden laughter. I held my forehead in astonishment and really wondered how small this world could be.

"You are actually her cousin!? I didn't know there were any of her relatives other than me and my brother that knew she was alive!"

"We actually thought she was dead but I found her through social media. It was from a dating site but I was confused because it said she was into 'milfs' in her bio. What even is that?"

"You don't have to know..."

"Does that mean you're supposed to be Yoohie and your brother is Yooyoo? I thought she was talking about her cats but I was so wrong."

"That means you're Zuha? I really thought she talked about a character from a game."

"She always gives weird pet-like nicknames to people.. At least we have one thing in common that we know about."

We spoke more about Sakura and ourselves for a bit. It turned out that me and Kazuha weren't cousins because she's from Sakura's dad's side while we're from her mother's. Kazuha took a slight glance at the clock and scratched her head.

"I think my ride will be here. I'll go before the driver thinks I ditched. Bye bye Yoohyeon, hope we will talk again soon!"

"I hope so too! Have a safe ride and don't forget to call if you need anything."

"I will!"

Kazuha enthusiastically waved goodbye and walked out the hospital. I called the elevator to the lowest floor and went back to my room, flopping on the bed and checking in on Minji. I was too lazy to text so I just called her. It didn't take a single ring and she already answered my call.

"Yootoni~ I missed you so much I thought I would die."

"It hasn't even been 20 minutes Jiu."

"That's too long! I need to hear you every second."

"Too cheesy~ I have something to tell you, it's actually so funny."

I explained everything about the encounter I had with Kazuha and Minji wasn't speaking any words, just spurring random sounds out of shock.

"Are you serious? I can't believe this."

"That's what I thought but it's true. You never know just how small the world is."

"No, I don't mean that. I meant that when Kazuha said she will be staying over Sakura's girlfriend's place and Chaewon mentioned that Sakura was sleeping in her house, there's a high chance those two are actually dating."

"Oh? Oh.. OH!?"

"Yeah that's what I thought."

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We talked for a long while and I heard her yawn over the phone. She was trying to suppress it, but I knew she was sleepy because it was pretty late now.

"Jiu are you sleepy?"

"A little bit, but it doesn't matter, I can talk for a bit more."

"Baby if you're tired you can just go to sleep."

"But I want to listen to your voice."

"You can listen to it all day and night tomorrow, so just get enough sleep, okay?"

"Fine.. I'll hang up now. *yawn* I love you."

"I love you too my Minji~. Goodnight."

"Goodnight~"

I heard Minji make smooching sounds before hanging up which made me giggle. She always does such things to make me laugh and it always works. Anything she did made me happy if I was being honest. I was way too whipped for her and I knew there was no way out of this. Not that I wanted to escape it.

I placed my phone under my pillow and turned the lights off, positioning myself and slowly falling asleep with the thought of leaving the hospital and being with Minji for the whole day.

"I love that girl a bit too much."

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