Once is a Coincidence

Part 14

"No, you can't be serious," Dahyun spoke sarcastically. Momo felt her heart being pierced by each word that came out of the younger girl's lips. She didn't know what to say. She felt as if anything that would come out of her mouth would worsen the situation. 

And it did.

"Dahyun, I love you."

"Shut up! You traitor, I... I trusted you. I trusted you to successfully break those two together and now, you're telling me that you love me?" Dahyun scoffed in disbelief, "Momo, do you hear yourself? We'reacting! This thing we got going on... it's not real!"

As Dahyun sprang up from the bed, Momo scrambled through the sheets to chase after her. She grabbed her wrist and desperately kissed Dahyun on the lips, trying to convey her love through this one act.

But unfortunately, it didn't go the way it should have.

Dahyun pushed her away angrily and slapped her without thinking. Both of them gasped at the same time- just for different reasons. Momo gasped from the unexpected pain inflicted on her right cheek; Dahyun gasped because she didn't expect her hand to act on its own.

"I...I'm..." 

Momo couldn't take it anymore. She dashed out of the room and into the bathroom, crying her heart out while Dahyun blankly stared at the ground below her.

"I'm sorry," Dahyun whispered sadly.

~~~

"One more shot!" Momo hollered at the table. The door of the bar opened and revealed a very stressed-looking Mina. She sighed in frustration as she approached Momo, gaining annoyed looks from those who have been bothered by the blonde girl ever since she had drunken her first shot.

"Hey, listen. How are you drinking? You just turned 19!" Mina hissed angrily. Momo smirked, "Aigoo, look who's here?" Her eyelids felt heavy from the alcoholic effect.

"Here you go, miss," The bartender interrupted.

Mina's head snapped in a split second towards the innocent bartender, "Excuse me, but she's not drinking that anymore. In fact, I'm bringing her home. How much is the total?"

"She drank 2 full bottles so it'll be 15,000 won."

Mina's eyes popped out of their sockets and consequently, she glared at the drunken girl who just giggled like a fool. She mentally facepalmed herself and handed the money before leading Momo out of the bar.

"Ya, how could you drink two bottles just after you turned of legal age?!" Mina scolded her. Momo just kept laughing to herself, feeling lightheaded.

Mina brought her home and to her surprise, the whole house was dark. She assumed everyone was already asleep.

"Ugh, how could they all sleep when you were missing just 20 minutes ago? Those idiots..." Mina muttered to herself. Momo smiled bitterly as Mina placed her down on the couch.

"Nobody cares about me... just you," She mumbled in a subconscious manner.

"T-That's not true." Mina denied, trying to make Momo feel better.

Momo continued to smile in bitterness and pain, "Of course it is. That's why I like you, anyway. You're the only one who understands me." Mina was shocked from Momo's sudden confession, but nevertheless, she continued to listen.

"... I thought Dahyun did- but apparently not. She's just like you- dense and cruel. All I asked for was for her to let me love her... but I guess even I wasn't enough. It's always Nayeon. What does Nayeon have anyway?"

Momo started to cry, uncontrollably remembering how Dahyun slapped her this morning. She felt her heart being stabbed to pieces.

"Why does she keep stealing the people I care about? Am I not enough?"

Mina sighed, not knowing what to say. She was never one to give well thought-out advice. Instead, she resorted to the act of hugging the devastated girl. She knew nothing in words could make Momo feel better, but at least, this hug could comfort her.

Momo slowly lifted her head from Mina's shoulder and blankly stared at the latter's face. Her eyebrows met at the center as her eyes saw double; the girl in front of her appeared to be Dahyun. Her heart skipped a beat as the hallucination of Dahyun took over her senses. Mina was gone. It was Dahyun in front of her. 

"I love you," She suddenly pressed her lips against Mina's, causing the latter to freeze in shock. She couldn't push her away, not in the drunken state she was currently in. She tried her best to understand the girl, but in this case, she definitely should've pushed her away.

Especially since someone was staring at them from afar. 

"Mina, how could you...?" 

She pushed Momo away and saw Nayeon staring at them from the top of the staircase, her face stained with dried tears. "You liar," Nayeon muttered under her breath.

"No, no... please listen to me. It's not what you think!" Mina shoved Momo off of her and approached the bottom of the staircase. However, before she could even take a step on the staircase, Nayeon slammed the door furiously with a bang.

That's when Mina realized she was in deep, deepshit.