Secret Santa 박지민

Chapter 8

Ambivalence

Min stepped out of the lecture room as she put her textbooks and assignment worksheets into her tote bag. She looked around, searching for Hana only to see Jimin leaned against a wall outside of the lecture room. With the same playful smirk on his face, he pushed himself off the wall and walked towards her.

"I've been waiting for you. Let's go on our date,"

He swiftly and casually said as he attempted to grab Min's hand. Min immediately retracted her hand and stuff them into the pockets of her mom jeans.

"Screw off, Park Jimin,"

She muttered, trying to walk quicker. However, the smirk on his face only grew wider as he started speeding up as well. Min let out another sigh and rolled her eyes. If he was going to pester her, she might as well make good use of it and figure what he liked. After all, she was his secret santa. Snapping her head to look at Jimin, she asked in the most business-like tone,

"So, you said you like skincare, right?"

Jimin's eyes narrowed in suspicion of her sudden attitude change.

"Yeah...?"

"Well, how about sports? If you were to choose between skincare and sports, which would you choose?"

Min asked, taking her hands out of her pockets and clasping them together. Jimin's eyebrows furrowed as he leaned closer to her. Min stayed still.

"Why are you asking me?"

"Well! I mean, you won't screw off so I might as well exploit your pestering and find out your likes and dislikes including other information to dox you,"

She said in a matter-of-fact manner as her eyes caught sight of Jimin's dangling earring. Perhaps, he liked accessories? Or fashion? He always seemed to dress according to the trends on ridiculous social media applications. However, due to Min overly focusing on Jimin's earring, she stepped on something that definitely did not feel like cement and felt herself fall.
Squeezing her eyes tightly shut, Min clenched her fists and prepared for the worst. However, she felt a hand supporting her back. She slowly and cautiously opened her eyes to see Jimin's face just centimetres away from hers. Her eyes slowly examined his face, from his opalescent dark sepia eyes to his sangria red lips. 
She felt something deep down in her stomach that she had never felt before. A weird feeling that made her queasy. Additionally, her heart was beating abnormally fast. Was she just shocked by the fact that she had nearly fell or perhaps because Jimin saved her instead of laughing at her? Either ways, she was just shocked, nothing else. Trying hard not to seem flustered, she stuttered,

"W-Well, what do you like-"

"I like you."