"Cha Mina!!!" Mina's head whipped around to find the person who called her and he eyes landed on Jimin who was was running towards he from far, Mina rolled her eyes and started walking ahead, pulling Joshua being her. 'I don't want to deal with him anymore, why can't he just leave me alone. He wanted me too leave him alone and I'm doing that itself but he doesn't look like he wants me too.' Jimin grabbed my shoulder and pulled me back. "I called you, so stop!" Joshua pushed Jimin's hand off Mina's shoulder and Jimin glared at him.
"I don't think she wants you here, bud." He said and pulled Mina closer to him. Jimin looked down at their connectwd hands and scoffed.
"You didn't even leave the house for 20 minutes and you already have some guy to take you home?" Jimin asked and Mina tightened the grip on Joshua's hand.
"Why are you here?" She asked, not making eye contact with him. Jimin sighed and clenched his jaw.
"Come back home. Mother wants you home." He said, Mina was disappointed that he said that but she brushed it off let go of Joshua's hand before putting her hands in he pocket.
"No."
"I'm sorry, okay? I was asshole for saying that, I don't know why I said it. I never meant it to have ended that way." Jimin tone grew softer and he grabbed my arm gently. "Please... Come back..." Mina looked into Jimin's eyes and swallowed the lump in her throat before looking at Joshua.
"Thank you for the jacket Joshua..." She said and took off his jacket. Joshua stopped her from taking it off and put in back on her.
"Just give it to me at school." He smiled and Mina nodded before following behind Jimin. It was plain silence, Jimin wanted to say something but at the same time he didn't want to.
"Chim!" Namjoon called out from the distance, Jimin waved and they waved back. "You found her? Good!" He said clapped his hands together. Jin went up to Mina and grabbed her luggage.
"Are you hungry?" He asked and Mina nodded a bit.
-
'Knock Kncok!' Mina opened her bedroom door, Jimin was standing at the door as if thinking about something.
"Yes?" She asked, Jimin sighed and pushed himself into the room. "I'm going to sleep, can we talk in the morning?" She said and Jimin looked at her.
"The guys are staying over apparently, so they kicked me out if my own room." He said as he looked around the room.
"Okay, you take the bed. I'll take the floor." Mina said as she grabbed her pillow and blanket, plopping them down on the floor.
"Wait, I can sleep on the ground." Jimin said and Mina looked up at him with a questioning look.
"Do you want to?" She asked and he hesitantly nodded.
"I'm fine. I'm used to sleeping on the ground anyway." She laid down with her back facing the bed and closed her eyes.
"Hey..." Jimin called out, Mina nodded and Jimin started. "I'm sorry for kicking you out like that. I was really mad. You have to understand that even though I don't like the marriage idea... I just want to get this over with. Just help me stop the marriage please." He pleaded and Mina turned around to face him.
"I....." She thought back to what would happen to her and her mom if she let this marriage go. "I can't... I thought about it... And I can't." She said, Jimin frowned and sat up.
"What do you mean you can't?" He asked, Mina bit the inside of her cheek and pulled the blanket closer to herself.
"I just can't....." She replied and Jimin looked down at her in disbelief.
"With or without you, I'm stopping this arrangement."
"You have to understand my situation, just don't!" Mina sat up and pleaded.
"Cha Mina. I don't know what your plans problem is but whatever it is, it's not my problem. I'm ending it." He looked at her, confused as to why she was even asking him that. She silently turned back around and closed her eyes again. Jimin laid back down and looked down at Mina. 'What's going on with her?'
-
Mina opened the cabinet and spotted the spice she wanted. She reached up but was too short to reach it, so she put her leg on the counter and tried to pull herself up but failed and fell back down. She stood up and got on her very tippy toes, she kept pushing it back instead of grabbing it, another hand from behind her reaching out and grabbing it instead, a strong breath hit her neck and she shivered, she knew exactly who it was, so she didn't turn around. His body was pressed closer to her, she would normally feel uncomfortable but in this case, it was different. He pulled away and put it on the counter.
"Thanks." She murmured, he hummed and went back to drying his wet hair. She tore her gaze away from his muscles seen through the tank top he was wearing. "Breakfast will be over in a bit."
"Okay. I have the day off so I'm just going to sit at home." He replied and Mina nodded.
"I'm going to hangout with a friend." Mina said and Jimin looked at her.
"Who?"
"Joshua, his friend and his friend's girlfriend." She responded and Jimin sighed.
"So a double date?" He stated and Mina shook her head. "It's basically a double date you're going to."
"Well then it can't be helped, I already said yes."
"Don't go anywhere. Stay at home, Mother is coming over." He reported and looked back at the TV that was playing.
"I told her already that I'm going to go so I'm sorry, but I'm going." She replied and turned off the stove. Mina plated the food and put it on the table because going upstairs to change. 'Would it matter if I said no anyway?' Jimin thought to himself as he walked to the table and started eating.
'Ding Ding!' Mina grabbed her phone and opened the message notification.
Unknown: Hey, it's Joshua Hong
Mina: Oh, Hi. How did you get my number?
Unknown: I just did haha :-)
Mina: Okay, I'm just getting ready.
Unknown: Alright Mina, can't wait to see you.
Mina: I heard that this is a double date.
Joshua: Don't worry, it's really not.
Mina: Okay.
Joshua: I have a question...
Mina: Yes?
Joshua: Is that guy from last night your boyfriend?
Mina: That doesn't matter.
Joshua: Oh okay, I guess that's fair.
Mina: Yeah.
Mina grabbed her headphones and left her room, making he way downstairs. "I'm leaving." She said and put on her shoes. Jimin kept silent and didn't say anything. She just sighed and left the house.
"Okay, we should wait at least 1 minute until we go." Jimin whispered. Jaehyun popped his head up from behind the couch and glared at Jimin.
"I have never had to climb a window in my life. And please explain to me why you have rose bushes with an intense amount of thorns." He hissed and Jimin shrugged.
"My mom arranged the outer design." He said and grabbed his cap, sunglasses and mouth mask. Jaehyun groaned and grabbed his stuff.
"Can you tell me why we're doing this and why you called me?" He spat irritatedly.
"Because I don't like that Joshua guy and I don't want to go by myself, it seems oddly shady." Jimin responded and Jaehyun snickered.
"And you doing this isn't shady?"
"Not at all. Now let's go." He said and walked out of the house, Jaehyun following him.
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"Mina!" Joshua yelled from outside the cafe. A smile twitched are his lips as he couldn't believe that Mina was actually showing up. "You look nice." He complimented, Mina looked down at herself and frowned.
"I'm not wearing anything special. Because you told me not to."
"You look cute in whatever you wear." Joshua said, Mina nodded and they went in.
-
"What are they saying?" Jaehyun whispered.
"I don't know, let's get closer." Jimin suggested and ran over to the tree closest to them.
"No!" Jaehyun whisper-yelled but Jimin ignored him so he groaned and followed him.
"Shit, they're going in.... Let's go." Jimin commanded and they slowly but subtly went in and found a table closest to them.
-
"Hi, this is my... Friend Mina. Mina, this is... We call him The8 and his girlfriend Jessy." Joshua introduced and Mina waved at Jessy. Who waved back, the girl gave off a good vibe, she was super nice and nice to get along with, Mina didn't have any problem with her.
"What grade are you in?" Jessy asked as she sat closer to Mina.
"Grade 11." She replied and Jessy applauded.
"Me too! But I go to a different school." She pouted and linked arms with Mina.
"How did you meet him?" Mina asked, Jessy gave a wide smile and hugged The8's neck.
"He's my hero," she giggled and The8 turned a shade of red. "No one likes me because I'm too annoying apparently so my old friends tried to do pretty bad stuff to me. But then my night in shining armor with the emblem of the Daegu private school saved me." She placed a kiss on his cheek and he smiled shyly.
"Stop making that face, I'm going to throw up." Joshua told The8. He glared at Joshua and threw a tissue paper at him.
"How'd you two meet?" Jessy asked Mina, Mina shook her head along with the hands.
"He just helped me once when I was... In trouble. We're accuaintences.... I guess." She said and Jessy smriked at Joshua before nodding her head at Mina.
"Do you want to be my friend? I mean.. unless I really am annoying." She let out an awkward laugh and Mina stared at Jessy.
"You want to be friends with me?...." She asked, not sure if she heard Jessy right.
"Yeah, you look like a great person, you're incredibly pretty too!" She exclaimed and grabbed Mina's hand.
"I would love to."
"Great! We'll go shopping next weekend!" She smiled with excitement rushing her face and Mina couldn't help but smile widely back.
-
"She made a new friend." Jimin whispered, Jaehyun looked at Jimin in disbelief and rolled his eyes.
"I thought this would be exciting." He gritted and Jimin shrugged.
"At least nothing bad is happening." Jimin smirked and Jaehyun threw his legs out, throwing a tantrum. "Wait shhh shh."
-
"Mina can you come with me for a second?" Joshua asked, Mina looked at him and then nodded. They got up and Mina followed him to the hallway to the washrooms.
"Yea?" She asked, Joshua smiled and trapped her between his arms, aren't you glad that I brought you here?" He grinned, Mina nodded but frowned as she didn't approve of the current situation.
"Thank you. Now we should go back, this is weird." She stated, Joshua softened his smiled and held Mina's face before going closer, Mina was frozen, see didn't know what she was supposed to do. Joshua was pushed to the side before he could kiss Mina.
"Oh sorry bro," the masked Jimin with a cap bowed and walked into the washroom, still peaking a bit, jealousy was rushing through him.
"We should get back." Joshua said as he scratched his neck, Mina nodded and walked back first with Joshua following her.
(After the 'date')
"It was fun." Mina said as she stood at the front door, Joshua nodded and watched Mina go to unlock the front door. He then grabbed her hand and pulled her into his embrace, catching her off guard.
"Thank you for coming." He smiled, Mina pulled away and bowed before quickly unlocking the door.
"Bye." She coughed and closed the door. Joshua chuckled, proud of himself and he happily jumped down the stairs. Mina sighed and climbed up the stairs.
"How was your date?" Jimin suddenly said, startling Mina.
"I told you it wasn't a date." She groaned.
"Are you playing dumb? The look in his eyes, it's disgusting really." He spat, Mina frowned and scoffed.
"Are you fricking bipolar??" She rolled her eyes and opened her bedroom door.
"No, I'm mad. You were okay with him doing that to you?" He gritted, Mina ran her hands through her hair in frustration and tried to close the door. Jimin stopped it with his foot and pushed his way in, he himself then closed the door and slammed Mina to the door, pressing his body on her's. Taking her hands he pinned them over her head and pushed her cheeks together with the other hand. 'Even I'm curious as to why I feel like doing this. I wouldn't normally feel this way with those hoes.' Jimin thought.
"Stop!" She yelled with her cheeks were pressed together. She tried to struggle out of his grip but he held her tighter. He then pushed his lips onto her's.
'But I'm doing this because I want to.'