Mina's POV
"Is it good?"
I slowly nodded while taking another bite. Yoongi and I were sitting on the curb in front of a convenience store eating breaded fish ice cream. He carried me on his back all the way here when I refused to get up. In the end, I enjoyed the ice cream and the sounds of the birds chirping but the words of the stupid letter still stabbed me in my heart.
After all these years, thinking she was gone, thinking I didn't have a mother with me cause she was taken away. Now I realized that she probably chose to leave, that she still existed but wasn't at my side, that hurt even worse.
My eyes were still puffy red and my heart was still hurting but having Yoongi at my side made it a little better. Both of us were damaged inside but together we were one fixed whole.
"So what are you gonna do?" Yoongi broke the silence and turned to me.
"I don't know," I muttered into the sleeves of my sweater, "maybe ask my dad. He'd tell the truth right?"
"If you ask for the truth I'm sure it'll come out, whether he likes it or not."
I took a giant bite of the ice cream taking it in whole and huffed out all my emotions. I was a mess. Yoongi began scooting closer to me and held his hand out, "Eat the rest of mine." He curved his lips into a smirk and let out a little laugh, "I know you want it."
"But the tail is your favorite part," I pouted. He shook his head before waving it in front of my face, "it's gonna melt, Mina."
I chuckled before taking it from his hands and letting out a soft thank you. Once I finished it in a couple of bites we began walking back to my house.
As we walked his hand brushed mine repeatedly until I felt his fingers interwoven with mine. I looked down at our hands and then at him. He was blushing hard and looking away and down at the floor.
"Yahh. Who knew you'd be into skinship?" I laughed.
He blushed even harder before muttering with his eyes darting between me and the ground, "N-No I'm not really."
I scooted my shoulder against his and leaned my head towards him smirking, "That's not what I thought when you kissed me like a maniac last night."
I tried to act cool and collective even though my heart was racing at the memory of him kissing me last night and I think his was too. He cleaned his throat getting more flustered with every second, "Yah. You kissed back."
"You're right. I did," I said clenching his hand tighter, "it was nice." We both laughed and continued our walk back. Once we got back he changed back into his clothes and decided to go home.
"Are you doing anything tonight?" he asked me standing in the doorway of the front door.
I sighed still overcome by emotion and shook my head, "Ani."
"Be ready by 7."
"What?" I tilted my head to the side. He nudged his head, "We're cheering you up tonight." He gave me an assuring smile, his lips curved to perfection.
"Okay," I said hesitantly.
"And bring Ji Ah too."
"Where exactly are we going?"
***
"What do you mean you don't know where we're going?" Ji Ah asked me sitting on my bed. She had arrived while I was still getting ready and putting on my jeans, wrap yellow top, and black jacket.
"He wouldn't tell me."
"Daebak. You guys start dating and he suddenly becomes all romantic," Ji Ah kept squealing in excitement, "I KNEW you guys were gonna end up together!! You both were just so clueless!!"
"Yah," I threw a pillow at her laughing.
Once her laughing diminished, Ji Ah sighed and rolled her eyes until they became focused on the now cracked picture frame on my nightstand. "I'm sure it's all a misunderstanding Mina," she spoke quietly as she ran her fingers along the cracks of the broken glass.
"Ya. The fact that my dead mother is supposedly writing checks and letters to my dad is definitely a misunderstanding," I snarked back before tugging on my jacket. I felt a lump in my throat and pushed it down hesitantly "I don't want to think about it till my dad gets home."
The sound of the doorbell rang through the house followed by knocking. "Time to go," I grabbed my keys and opened the door to find Yoongi standing there. He was wearing jeans and a blue plaid long-sleeved over a plain white shirt with messy hair looking as handsome as ever. Before he could speak a loud beep startled us.
"Hey Mina!" Namjoon waved his arm out the window of his car grinning widely, "My mom let me borrow her minivan!" He was so excited about the minivan it excited me too for some reason.
I couldn't help but laugh at the sight of it. Then suddenly Hoseok and Jungkook's heads popped out of the back window. Jungkook dug his chin against Hoseok pushing him out of the way, "Annyeong!" Jungkook waved his hand hitting Hoseok's face in the process.
I turned back to Yoongi out of breath from laughing. "I got you the best limo in town," Yoongi joked with a smile.
Ji Ah smiled and walked out to meet the boys. "Hi," she said sweetly, "I'm Ji Ah."
"I'm Namjoon and the two dorks in the back are Jungkook and Hoseok. Nice to meet you."
I could see Ji Ah's posture become more relaxed as she began talking with Namjoon more as friends while Hoseok and Jungkook were wrestling in the back.
"You feeling any better?" Yoongi snapped me out of my thoughts with his low voice.
"I'm alright," I faintly smiled and closed the door behind me making sure to lock it. Yoongi pulled me into a hug and rubbed my shoulders, "I'm here whenever you need me."
I lightly pushed him off and examined his face taking in his pale skin, dark eyes, and pink lips. "Thank you Yoongi," I pecked him on the lips and headed towards the car at the sound of cheering from Hoseok.
"Yah you two love birds get in the car," Namjoon teased us.
I opened the door to see someone I'd never seen before sitting in the seat next to Hoseok.
"Annyeong!" he said to me cheerfully. His smile and curved eyes made him even more adorable along with his voice.
"Oh. This is Jimin," Yoongi said behind me, "Jimin this is Mina."
"Nice to finally meet you."
Yoongi and I squished ourselves in the back seats while Ji Ah kept talking with Namjoon in the front. In front of us, Hoseok and Jungkook were still wrestling while Jimin kept whining telling them to stop.
As I watched the chaos unfold before me I couldn't help but smile. "Your friends are really funny," I whispered to Yoongi sitting beside me.
He smirked and shook his head, "You haven't met Jin and Taehyung. Just wait till the seven of us are together."
***
"1 2 3 mic test mic test yo J-HHHHHOOOOOOOOPPPEEEEE."
Yoongi's scream echoed into my ears causing me to flinch right beside him. We were all sitting in the karaoke room, Hoseok and Jimin sitting next to each other talking to Jimin who was sitting on the couch across from them. Ji Ah and Namjoon were lost in their conversation while I was trying to help Yoongi fix the mic.
"Yah. My ears are broken because of you now," I whined at him and grabbed the mic from his hands.
"Isn't my singing amazing?" he smirked back at me. I took in the sight of his smile, his face filtered purple by the lights in the room.
But my attention shifted to the door that swung open and crashed into the wall, "Where's the party at?!" a boy with messy hair and an excited look in his eyes stood in the doorframe panting. Behind him stood a taller boy who swung his arm around the boy's shoulder, "We brought the goods!" He raised his hand holding an ice cooler.
Everyone in the room cheered for them as they walked in and closed the door behind him. "Yah Jin. Taehyung," Yoongi waved to them, "I want you to meet Mina."
I sunk back into the couch nervously as they approached me. Jin placed the cooler on the table and gave a warm smile before speaking "Nice to meet the famous Mina that Yoongi keeps talking about in his sleep."
I instantly became flushed and began sputtering out little laughs. Yoongi turned his head away from me in embarrassment his face red as a tomato. "Yah Mina," Taehyung popped out from behind Jin grinning and raising his eyebrows mischievously, "Do you want to meet Yoonji?"
"Who?"
"Yah! Ani. Ani. Ani," Yoongi began whining nervously and pounced towards Jin and Taehyung only to be pinned back down to the couch by Hoseok and Jimin's arms.
"He has a secret sister," Taehyung whispered to me with his face a few inches away from me. He stared at me with his eyebrow raised causing my heart to race nervously. My hands felt the ridges of the screen of the phone that was stuffed into my hands. I held it up to my face, the glow of the white light lighting up my face.
"Mina! Don't look at it!" Yoongi's words echoed in my ear. "Stop resisting," Jimin breathed out in laughter still struggling in his match against Yoongi, "you knew we would do this."
"Oh my god..."
"AHAHAHAHAHA!" I broke out into laughter, tears leaking out of my eyes. "Can-Can I have this?" I asked Taehyung who was now clenched over holding his stomach as he broke out into his fit of laughter.
The air was excited with laughter all except for Yoongi who was now sunk into the couch with his head down and arms crossed as he whined in embarrassment, "YaaaAAaahh."
I handed Taehyung back the phone and accepted one of the bottles that Jin was passing out. "Yah Yoongi," I laughed out and rubbed his shoulder with my hand, "Who knew your sister was so good looking? Daebaakk."
He slowly shifted his head to look back at me and reveal his little pouty face at me. It was adorable, the way his lips pouted out of embarrassment and his cheeks were vibrant pink. The room became chatter filled as everyone became lost in their own conversations. But my eyes were still looked on Yoongi who was showing his small side to me.
"So," I shifted over to sit closer to him and looked up towards his face, "what's the story behind that?"
He smiled softly and shielded his eyes with the back of his fingers before breathing out and stabilizing his flustered heart. "I lost a bet and that is the story behind that."
His faces muscles relaxed into a small smile that created a warm fuzzy feeling inside me. "Well it's one of the funniest things I've ever seen but I also find it adorable," I grinned at him and scrunched my nose only to feel the flick of his finger on my forehead.
"Ow," I winced and pouted until I noticed Namjoon was now standing on the table dancing his heart out. "Blackpink in your areaaaa!!" he sang into the mic. Well more like screaming. Taehyung joined on in yelling into his mic as he stood on the couch with his legs supported on either side of Jungkook's lap.
Poor Jungkook awkwardly had to stare at Taehyung's ass the entire song.
Song after song. Drink after drink. Jimin dragged Ji Ah to sing with him and then came Hoseok and Jungkook crying while singing the Goblin soundtrack. A couple of hours passed. I wasn't drinking the beer Jin gave me making me more aware of how crazy it was getting. Taehyung was passed out on the couch sprawled all over Jungkook who had to sit there uncomfortably and not wake him up. Hoseok was practically jumping off the walls.
"Yah Yoongi I'm putting your track on," Hoseok threw the mic at Yoongi who luckily caught it before it hit my head. The track began playing and I shot my self up from leaning on the couch.
"Yoongi," I turned my head to him realizing why his voice and the music he always showed me was so familiar, "Are you AUGUS-?" I gasped pointing at him.
He snarked and twirled the mic in his hand before looking at me, "Took you long enough." The beat dropped and he stood up before climbing on the table rapping and singing his guts out. He was engulfed in the music so much that his gummy smile was showing. All the boys cheered and bobbed their heads along clapping when the song ended.
"Woah," I said as he plopped down next to me, "I didn't know you could sing too." He laughed and ran his hand through hair, "Surprise." I felt my stomach growl and realized that we weren't gonna last on beer and snacks, "I'll be right back."
I left the room and came back with bowls of fresh tteokbokki only to have a gaping mouth the moment I came back. The smell of alcohol became more concentrated in the air and the mood of the room became limp.
"Oh Mina," Yoongi hiccuped through his words slouched into the couch cushions, "I'm hungry."
"I was gone for ten minutes," I whispered under my breath, taking in the scene of the room. "Welcome back Mina," Namjoon took the bags out of my hand and took out the bowls before breaking his chopsticks unevenly. Namjoon wasn't drunk since he was driving but the person sitting next to him definitely was.
"Minaaaa," Hoseok groaned with a pout on his face reaching his hands out to me before throwing them in the air, "What's the point of it aallll? Forgive meeeee. I didn't mean to kill him!" Hoseok cried and laid his head on Namjoon who continued to eat his tteokbokki calmly without a care in the world ignoring the so-called murderer on his lap.
Who knew you'd be the depressed drunk?
I sat back on the couch next to Yoongi who was staring off into the distance flushed pink. "Yah," I nudged him in the shoulder, "I thought you were hungry." He slowly nodded and pouted. I rolled my eyes grabbing a bowl of tteokbokki and chopsticks. "Eat up," I said placing the bowl in his lap.
"Thank you," he muttered in a monotone and began stuffing a piece into his mouth one at a time. Suddenly I felt a weight on my shoulder and turned to see him laying his head with his eyes closed. Though he was blissfully still dozing off his hand still moved to stuff the food into his mouth.
I have to say it was cute, the fact that he loved eating his much he'd do it in his sleep.
"Mmmmhmmmm," I heard groaning from Jungkook who squirming in his seat. "Taehyung get off mehhhh," he whined and pushed Taehyung off his lap and plopped him on the ground. Taehyung laid there still asleep as if nothing had just happened.
"Jungkook," Ji Ah whispered trying to get his attention, "Are you alright?"
He squinted at her and tilted his head, "Mina? Since when did you change your clothes?" I sighed and shook my head trying not to wake the sleepy Yoongi next to me.
"It's getting hot in here," he groaned and began lifting his shirt off till it was gone.
Woah he's ripped.
Ji Ah and I gasped at the sight. "Yah! Jungkook stop that!" Jin leaped from his seat and toppled on top of him. They wrestled and fought each other as Jin tried to make Jungkook put his shirt back on. But through all the chaos Jimin was grinning and staring at Jungkook in awe. His eyes glittered.
"What are you looking at?" I asked him. He turned to me flustered and ran his hand through his hair, "N-Nothing."
"Ya that's enough for today," Namjoon stood up and lifted Hoseok on his back, "let's all get out of here." After somehow getting everyone to the car by dragging them on the floor or carrying people on our backs, we squished into the minivan.
***
"Thanks, Namjoon!" I struggled to wave back at the car that was backing up out of the driveway because of all the weight on my back.
"Why are you so heavy?" I muttered to the sleeping boy on my back and jammed the door open. Once the door closed behind me, I felt the weight slide off my back. "Thanks for the ride," Yoongi chuckled and grinned at me before running away. "You were awake this entire time?!" I chased him down the hallway and followed him into my room. Like a tiger, I pounced on him we fell on the bed with me hovering of him.
"Yah! That's so unfair," I laughed out and punched him in the shoulder playfully. After wincing from my uncontrolled strength, he rubbed his arm not saying a word and gazed up at me with a faint smile.
"What?"
"Nothing," he shook his head, "You're just really pretty." I brushed the tips of his bangs with my fingertips before rubbing his cheek with my thumb. "You're not so bad yourself. Especially as Yoonji," I raised my eyebrows in mischief as he shook his head in embarrassment.
"Aish. Let's just go to sleep."
"Alright," I said nodding my head in agreement, "But if you ever need to borrow one of my skirts don't hesitate to ask." I winked at him and felt the wrath of his hands around my waist tickling me with no mercy.
"Stop!" I laughed out. He finally stopped though my eyes were now tear-stained. After showering and changing into other clothes, I fell asleep in his arms surrounded by the comfort of pillows forgetting all the burden that the future held for me.