“Fine, then we are over,”
Minju packed her bag up. Chaewon growled and hold Minju’s hand.
“Min, this is not it,”
“What? You have Wonyoung now so you can go to her freely since we are over,”
“Minju, I’m sorry okay? I’m just sad that you look after Yujin more than me,” Chaewon said.
“Chaewon, I’m her girlfriend, and I owe her a lot,”
“Then what about me?”
“We agree to stay low until we graduate, can’t you just wait?” Minju asked.
Chaewon let out a sigh. Minju put her bag down and turned to Chaewon and reached for her hand.
“Chaewon, it won’t be long, I’m sure we can get through this,”
“Min, I can wait but how about you? Don’t you feel anything when you are with her? I’m scared that you will fall for her instead,” Chaewon told her worry.
“Let’s trust each other,”
“I want to but my heart says the otherwise,”
Chaewon pulled her hand away from Minju.
“I will see you around,”
Chaewon left the room and Minju sat back on her chair. Minju was in dilemma. She loves Chaewon but Yujin, she owed her a lot. Yujin was there for her when her family was in trouble so she could not say no to her. Lately, she was so attached to Yujin that she keeps missing that girl. Minju ruffled her hair feeling frustrated. She has no control of her own heart. She did not know what to do. She felt useless. Minju leaned her head on the table and slowly, she fell asleep.
= = = = =
Hitomi was studying in her room. It was dark outside. Hitomi needed to maintain her spot as the top student in school because that was the only way to beat Nako and make her dad proud. Talking about her dad, she had not seen him for a while. He was too busy working. Hitomi checked the time. Almost 8 pm. Hitomi heard a car engine outside. She peeked through the window and saw Yena dropping Nako’s home. Nako looked so happy.
“They must be having a great time,”
Hitomi envied Nako but she could not do that. Rino will beat her up if she went out late with a friend. Hitomi phone rang and it was Yuri. Yuri wanted to meet up with her but again, Hitomi declined her invitation. Hitomi put her phone down and surprised when the room door opened. Nako appeared. She looked unhappy.
“Yah, are you trying to make the whole school know we are not friends?”
“What do you mean? I did nothing,” Hitomi defended herself.
“Don’t play dumb! I’m sure you told Yena something because she is suspecting!”
“Nako, I tell nothing!”
“You are lying!”
“Nako! Stop blaming things on me! I did nothing to you! Why are you like this to me?” Hitomi almost shouted.
“You dare to shout at me? You are going to pay for this!”
Nako took the glass vase on the shelves, threw it on the ground that it breaks and the next thing, she stepped on it that her toe bleed and she sat on the ground like she was hurting.
“Nako! What are you doing?”
Hitomi wanted to approach Nako but Nako pushed her aside and screamed,
“MOMMMMM!!”
Rino came as fast as lightning. As soon as she saw Nako om the ground, she raged. Nako was crying, faking her injury.
“What did you do to my daughter?”
“I did nothing, she did that to herself!” Hitomi revealed.
“Mom, she hurt me,” Nako cried.
“YOU UNGRATEFUL BRAT!”
Rino was controlled by anger. She charged at Hitomi, grabbed her by the collar and slapped her hard.
“I take care of you and you dare to hurt my child,”
Rino hit Hitomi repeatedly that her face bled a lot. Hitomi took all the hit because she was helpless. Nako watched in victory, smiling evilly. The last slapped from Rino caused Hitomi to fell weak on the ground. She was totally beaten up by Rino.
“I will kill you if you hurt my child again!”
Rino helped Nako’s up and walked out of the room after slamming hard on the door. Hitomi was crying on the ground, lying down hopeless with blood and bruises all over her face and body.
“Dad...help me...,”
Hitomi gathered her strength and reached for her phone. She tried to call her dad but it went through the voice mails. Hitomi cried to herself.
“Dad...I need...help,”
= = = = =
Minju woke up from her sleep when she heard the thunder growled. To her surprise, she was not alone in the class. Yujin was next to her, staring at her.
“Yujin. When did you arrive?” Minju asked.
“Two hours ago?”
“Why didn’t you wake me up?”
“You are sleeping, I don’t want to disturb you,”
“What time is it?” Minju checked het watch.
“It is late!” Minju panicked as she got extra class to attend.
“Let’s skip class shall we?” Yujin suggested.
“Skip class? Why? You mom will be mad at you if you skip class again!” Minju stated.
“Just this one time, one last time,”
Minju did not want to get in trouble again but looking at Yujin’s face, Minju was hopeless. She could not win over her.
“Okay, one last time,” Minju agreed.
Yujin smiled. She reached for Minju’s hand and they both left the class. Yujin took Minju for a dinner, then went for a movies before ending the night strolling near the Han river. The sky kept roaring because it will rain soon but Yujin and Minju remained unbothered. They were walking, holding hand just like any other couple while eating coned ice-cream.
“This feels good,” Yujin was happy.
“The air feels nice and the weather is just fine,” Minju added.
“My ice-cream is almost finish,” Yujin looked at her ice-cream with one bite left.
“You can have mine,” Minju offered.
“No thanks,” Yujin finished her ice-cream and munched on the crispy cone.
They kept walking and Minju was till licking her ice-cream. Yujin turned to Minju and saw the ice-cream stained on Minju’s left lips. Yujin stopped walking.
“MinMin, there is...,”
Yujin pointed at the stain but Minju was confused on which direction Yujin was pointing to. Yujin got frustrated and ended up kissing Minju’s left lip to clean the ice-cream. Minju flustered. She looked to Yujin who looked fine. Minju was blushing and she froze.
“MinMin, are you okay?” Yujin asked.
“I’m fine, do you want ice-cream?” Minju pointed her ice-cream at Yujin.
“Err-,”
Minju who was panicking ended up eating the ice-cream in one go and now her mouth was freezing.
“Yah MinMin!”
Minju kept fanning her mouth because of the coldness and Yujin who saw hold Minju by her chin and sucked the ice-cream out of Minju’s mouth. Minju widened her eyes in shocked. When Yujin pulled away, Minju was staring at Yujin, speechless. Minju could feel her heart beating rapidly like it was about to burst. Meanwhile, Yujin just wiped her mouth.
“Why are you staring at me like that?” Yujin questioned.
“Why did you do that?”
“Do what?” Yujin puzzled.
“Suck ice-cream from my mouth?”
“Well, you were freezing so I just want to help,” Yujin replied.
“But-,” Minju’s face was all red.
“What?”
Minju eyes were on Yujin’s lips. That soft lips that were touching hers just now and it tasted sweet. Minju did not realize what she did next. Minju grabbed on Yujin’s collar, pulled her closer and crashed their lips together. Minju could feel the sweetness from the kiss because of the sugar they ate earlier. Minju closed her eyes to enjoy the kiss Yujin wrapped her hand on Minju’s waist to enjoy the kiss fully. They kissed for so long that they forget about the rain. The rain poured hard suddenly.
“Run!”
Yujin grabbed Minju’s hand and they both ran through the rain. Minju felt happy. Yujin’s smile and laugh make her happy. Yujin makes her happy. Her heart bloomed with Yujin with her. And with Yujin holding her hand and running through the rain, Minju feels...perfect.
= = = = =
Hitomi came to school with sunglasses and a mask, covering up her face. She told Yuri she was sick and Yuri believed it. Nako came to school as normal ad if she was never injured the night before. Wonyoung noticed Hitomi who was fully covered and doubted if she was really sick. During the break, Wonyoung told Hitomi to meet up at the laboratory. Hitomi refused but Wonyoung threatened to tell Yuri about what happened the other day. When Hitomi reached the lab, Wonyoung was already there with first aid kit ass if she knew Hitomi was hurting. Hitomi locked the door and walked closer to Wonyoung.
“Sit,”
Hitomi sat on the chair in front of Wonyoung. Wonyoung locked eyes on Hitomi.
“Take off you glasses and mask,”
Hitomi did as instructed and Wonyoung was surprised to see her face. There were bruises all over he face.
“Hitomi, who did this to you?”
Wonyoung put her hand on Hitomi’s shoulder who was not even looking at her. Hitomi was looking down the floor.
“Hitomi, who beat you like this?”
Hitomi did not respond. Slowly, tears started to fall from her eyes.
“Tomi...,” Wonyoung called her soft and pulled her chin up so that she looked at her.
“Tell me please, who did this to you?” Wonyoung begged.
Hitomi could not hold anymore that she burst in tear. Hitomi hugged Wonyoung and cried in her arms. Wonyoung responded by stroking her hair, assuring everything will be fine.
“It’s okay, you can cry all you want, I will be here,”
Wonyoung let Hitomi cried her heart out before she listened to Hitomi’s story about what happened in her house.
= = = = =
Sakura and Chaeyeon were out to shop for some stuff for the carnival. They surveyed each shop in the shopping malls to get the best price for the items they wanted. After working together for quite some time, Sakura and Chaeyeon got closer and are friends. It was hard for Chaeyeon to be just friend with Sakura because of her lingering feelings towards Sakura but Chaeyeon who found out that Sakura liked Irene, kept her feelings to herself.
“Chae,” Sakura called when they reached the jewellery shop.
“Hmm?”
“Bracelet or necklace?” Sakura needed an opinion.
“You are buying for someone?”
“Yep, someone special,” Sakura was browsing through the item.
“Hmm...necklace will be nice,”
Chaeyeon pointed at a necklace and told Sakura to look at it. The silver necklace with small ruby stone it looks pretty.
“Wise choice,” Sakura complimented.
Sakura told the shopkeeper to pack that necklace and next, Sakura bought a bracelet which she bought also. Sakura paid for the jewellery and walked out of the shop with Chaeyeon.
“This is for you,”
Sakura handed Chaeyeon the bag that contained the bracelet.
“What is this for?” Chaeyeon asked.
“For helping me,”
“There is a no need, it’s our job anyway,”
Sakura forced Chaeyeon to take the bracelet and Chaeyeon had no choice but to accept it.
“You need to wish me luck after this,” Sakura said.
“What for?”
“Irene, she will tell me her answer to day and I’m sure she will say yes,” Sakura was excited.
Chaeyeon’s heart broke a little but she covered it with a smile.
“I’m sure she will say yes,” Chaeyeon added.
“I need to meet her after this and giver her this, I will be leaving first,”
“Where will you meet her?” Chaeyeon asked out of curiousity.
“She is shooting in this mall and I will go there to meet her,”
“Really? That’s nice. I will see you at school then,”
Sakura bid goodbye and rushed to meet Irene on the upper floor of the mall. Chaeyeon looked at the bracelet Sakura gave her and put it on while smiling.
“It’s pretty,”
Chaeyeon’s phone rang. Chaeyeon checked and saw the notification from the group.
Yujin : Irene is dating Seulgi!
Minju : I was surprised! Since when?
Eunbi : How did you guys know?
Yujin : It’s in the news!
Chaeyeon immediately kept her phone and ran after Sakura. Chaeyeon ran fast through the massive crowd, going up a floor and to the shooting room. When Chaeyeon reached there, Sakura was standing in front of Irene and Seulgi, holding tight on the bag that contained the necklace.
“Sakura!”
Chaeyeon rushed to Sakura who looked pale. Seulgi was all smile and Irene looked serious.
“Who is this?” Seulgi asked.
“One of my junior at school,” Irene answered but her eyes was locked on Sakura.
“Nice to meet you, I’m Seulgi,”
Chaeyeon and Seulgi exchanged handshake.
“Sakura, let’s go,” Chaeyeon whispered.
“No!”
“Eh?” Chaeyeon was confused.
“Selugi-shi, Irene unnie, this is someone I want to introduce to you both,” Sakura said.
“Yes, she is Chaeyeon,” Seulgi stated the obvious.
“She is Chaeyeon,”
Sakura glared at Irene before she added,
“And she is my girlfriend,”