WHO ARE YOU? UNDER REVISION

24 | So close yet so far

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So close yet so far

SON RESIDENCE

[Dining room]

"Chaeyoung-ah, I did what you told me last night," Mina whispered in Chaeyoung's ear before she sat down next to her.

Chaeyoung felt a shiver run down her spine at the sudden gesture, she turned to Mina with questioning eyes. Mina took her wallet out of her jeans pocket and opened it slightly, showing Chaeyoung the strawberry flavored condom she had put on it last night. Chaeyoung swallowed upon seeing the condom.

"Look, Chaengie. This is your favorite, isn't it?" Mina asked in a low voice.

Why did Mina put a condom in her wallet? As Chaeyoung remembers, she didn't say anything like that to Mina. Gosh, with the expression on Chaeyoung's face, she looks completely puzzled―again.

"Yeah, strawberry is my favorite." Chaeyoung laughed awkwardly.

Mina seemed to have a different understanding of what Chaeyoung said. Her face blushed and it caught the attention of the others who were just starting to eat.

Chaeyoung put her hand on Mina's hand that was holding the wallet, and closed it slowly when she felt many eyes staring at them. "Unnie, I think we should eat," she said, and took the wallet from Mina to replace it with chopsticks.

Mina pouted, "I thought you would be happy if I did this."

"Yes, I'm happy, but unnie―"

"Honey, what are you and Mina talking about?" Nayeon's question brought Mina back to the reality that she and Chaeyoung weren't the only ones in the dining room.

"It's nothing, unnie," Chaeyoung answered.

"Don't lie to Nayeon unnie, bro," Dahyun chimed in, and then she turned to Nayeon. "Unnie, I heard them talking about strawberries and I also saw Mina unnie show Chaeyoung a pink candy wrapper in her wallet."

"Dahyunie, are you eavesdropping on―?" Chaeyoung was cut off when Mina spoke.

"Correction, that's not a candy wrapper, that's a discount coupon that the shopkeeper gave me because I bought a lot of strawberry milk from them. Remember the truckload of strawberry milk I bought for Chaeyoung? That's it, Dahyun," Mina reasoned, which Dahyun believed but not the others, especially Momo and Sana who saw Mina secretly put the condom in her wallet before she went to sleep last night. They know it's the condom, and Nayeon seems to like this thing because it's exactly what she wants to happen. "And since there was only one box left, I asked Chaeyoung if I would mix a different flavor when I order again," she added to solidify her words.

"My bad, but Mina unnie, would it be alright if I request a chocolate dri―Kkamjjakiya!" Dahyun jumped out of her seat when Momo suddenly screamed loudly, "Yah! Kim Dahyun!" Momo then turned to the latter and calmly said, "Dahyun-ah, sorry if I raised my voice, but aren't the chocolates I'm giving you enough? If so, I will be more economical so that I can provide all your needs."

"Momoring, I thought you didn't have enough money," Mina said, unable to believe what she heard from her best friend.

"She has money, Mina, but it's just enough for her needs, and the reason she's saving is because of the expensive chocolate she gives Dahyun, which is included in her daily expenses," Sana revealed, which surprised Dahyun a lot.

"Unnie, I'm sorry," Dahyun said to Momo but Japanese lass remained stooped and silent which made the pale girl worried. "What can I do to make up for you, unnie?"