All I Needed x Michaeng

Part One

Chaeyoung has a reputation and Mina isn't sure if she'll survive this year because of it.

"How long do we have to stay here?" Mina grumbles as she grabs the flask from Nayeon.

Her best friends grin at her. "We've got to get to Tzuyu's by ten."

"And what time is it now?"

Nayeon takes the flask from her and chuckles. "Seven."

Mina drains half the flask and grits her teeth.

"Fuck my life."

//

When it gets to midnight and Mina hasn't come back to their room, Chaeyoung begins to wonder if the sheer idea of living in the same room as her has forced Mina to take to the streets. She knows it's silly because Mina's things are still here and she saw her disappear through the woods with Bang Sana and Im Nayeon after the bonfire.

She knows Mina's reputation. They call her Party Girl Myoui. She's a keg stand champion. Rumors follow her wherever she goes. Chaeyoung's pretty sure that she knew everything there was to know about Mina before that one and only time Mina sat beside her in class.

That one time had been enough for both of them.

She doesn't know why all of this is bothering her so much.

She hates not being able to sleep.

She should be used to this by now.

She watches the numbers on her alarm clock flash until it's almost four in the morning and jumps a little when she hears a hustle behind her door.

"She's got to be asleep by now," a voice says and Chaeyoung can just about tell that it's Nayeon. Someone shushes her quietly and Nayeon just starts giggling until something muffles it.

Chaeyoung rolls over to face the wall and closes her eyes to stave off the hurt. She tries to ignore how she can hear Sana asking Mina over and over again if she's sure she doesn't want to stay in their room with them.

"I'll be okay," Mina promises. Her voice slurs and there are a few moments of hushed whispers before it goes quiet. Chaeyoung hears the click of their door finally opening and clenches her eyes closed when Mina clumsily stumbles through the door. "Shit," she whispers when she steadies herself. The room instantly smells of cigarettes, alcohol and maybe of sex. "Fuck."

The door closes and Chaeyoung's sure Mina is trying to be quiet as she fails miserably. She stumbles around the room and Chaeyoung hears the drop of her shoes by her desk, the slump of her jacket as it hits the floor. Mina hums as she falls to sit on the end of her bed and Chaeyoung listens to the sounds of drawers opening while Mina tries to find something to sleep in.

The clothes on her body drop to the floor like her jacket and shoes. Chaeyoung stays still as the shadows of Mina's body flutter against the walls. Chaeyoung bites the inside of her cheek when Mina stumbles over one of her still unpacked bags on the floor before she hears the zipper on it open a few moments later. Mina rifles around inside it for something until the light from their Jack and Jill bathroom floods the room. Mina hisses in shock and closes it quickly behind her.

Chaeyoung rolls onto her back and lets her hand rest against her forehead for a second. She has every intention of rolling back over and pretending to be asleep but she never gets to because the door opens sooner than expected. Mina freezes when she catches sight of her.

There's a toothbrush hanging out of her mouth and some toothpaste in the corner of her lips. She looks guilty and uncomfortable and Chaeyoung just blinks up at her because she doesn't have the energy for this.