Up in the Sky

Catchin' Up

   October 5- right after the first chapter.

  "Wait a second!" Minjoo yelled. Everyone at the table started. "Did Nako know you were coming?"

    "Who me?" Minjung asked with her eyes wide and pointing to herself. "Yeah she did. Why?"

     Minjoo's jaw dropped. She blinked several times before scoffing in disbelief. Her eyebrows curled inward. "Wait I'm your best friend!"

     Minjung and Nako shared a glance. The younger tilted her head to the left. She then looked at Minjoo with her chin resting on her hand. Meanwhile, the older looked down to her plate. Then the two simultaneously flicked their eyes towards the other Kim. In a synchronized fashion, they slowly smirked while turning their heads towards Chaewon.

     Silence. The rest of the room had no clue what they were doing. The two girls only sat still staring at Chaewon. "Maybe it had something to do with Chaewon." Nako suddenly beamed looking back to Minjoo.

     "What? Just because I'm dating her doesn't mean that she's my best friend now. It's the same as when you were with Hyewon. I was still your best friend."

     "Yeah I can't really talk to you when you're eating each other's face." Minjung informed.

     Minjoo froze at the comment. Blood rushed to her face. Her ears burned at the touch. "T-that's not the reason." She stuttered. "I wasn't even allowed to text you. Manager said you needed to focus on getting better."

Minjung's brow arched. She blankly stared at her best friend. Gears ran in her head until finally, the light bulb above her head illuminated. The corners of her mouth gravitated to her ears. "Wow look at you breaking the rules." She joked ruffling the short girl's hair.

"What?" Hitomi shouted. "So when you were smiling at the screen, it wasn't because of a boy?"

"When you asked who I was talking to and showed you the contact." Nako claimed.

"Yeah but it was a guys name." Hitomi argued.

Nako chuckled after hearing the younger's justification. "And what was it?"

"Jun. ...oh." Hitomi realized.

"So it was against the rules to talk to me? Good. I was getting sad that you might've forgotten me." Minjung pouted. "I'm sorry I missed ya'll's birthday." Minjung announced.

"What matters is that you are here now." Eunbi consoled. Lines formed at the corner of Minjung's eyes. Her small teeth radiated the room with warmth as she tilted her head.

"I missed that smile Unnie." Wonyoung cheered.

"Just my smile?"

"No of course not! I missed you tucking me in to bed and cuddling with me until I fell asleep. And the hugs you always gave me. It was different without you Unnie." Wonyoung told.

"How So?"

"Well for one thing Yujin got in more trouble." Yena laughed.

"With you I presume."

"You're not wrong." Hyewon spoke.

"Shit. I was joking."

"Language."

"Oh yeah that's a thing here." Minjung realized.

She stood from the table before scrubbing her hands with soap. The girl jumped on the couch with her limbs sprawled.

Yuri laid down next to the older girl. Minjung welcomes her with open arms before throwing her leg over the younger.

"I missed y'all." Minjung sighed.