Book 2: Park Jihoon || In a blink of an eye

19. Saviour

Song recommendation: AKMU - Moon

Minji's POV

I opened the door of our house and there was Choi Soobin standing in front of our door, smiling widely. He raised his hand and he was holding a box of blueberry cheesecake.

"Your favourite!" He said and I smiled widely.

I let him in and took the box to put it in the kitchen. Ever since Jihoon disappeared, Soobin has been my saviour. He's always checking on me, calling me before I sleep just in case I'm crying again and buy me my favourite foods every time he comes home to do some stitching just like now.

I may be unlucky in love but I'm glad I'm blessed in friendship. I realized that I have several people around me who genuinely loves me and I'm already thankful for that. That's why after getting over Jihoon's disappearance, I never think that I'm alone again. I guess that event gave me such a valuable lesson.

"How are you? Sorry, I haven't check on you this week." Soobin asked as soon I arrived at the basement. He's already stitching some fabric.

"I'm fine now and I told you, you don't have to check on me much often now. I'm okay." I answered with a smile as I started organising some cloth to work on.

"Are you sure? You don't have to lie or pretend to me anymore." He reminded without looking at me.

"Soobin, I know I lie and hide things a lot but I'm sure that I'm okay now. Focus on your debut and I'm going to focus on mine too." I assured him then smiled.

"Wait, what?" Soobin stopped what he waa doing and looked at me. "Did I heard it right? You're going to debut?" He asked.

"I'm one of the trainees who got promoted to team A." I enthusiastically told him the good news.

"That's.. that's so great, Minji! I'm really happy for you!" He reacted positively and I smiled in gratitude.

"Imagine, seeing each other at music shows. That would be fun." He said as he continued his work.

"You look much excited than me." I said as I started stitching too.

"I am. I've seen you work so hard and faced a lot of hardships. Now that you're going debut, made me feel proud." He said while smiling.

"Thank you." I said and he looked at me with a smile.

We stayed up till morning because there's only one day left before the competition.

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"Yah, I feel so nervous. It feels like I'm going to audition again." I said to Soobin as we arrived at the venue while we were holding the clothes.

"It's gonna be okay. We did great. YOU did great." He comforted and I smiled at him.

We entered the establishment and told our names to the staff. The staff led us to the backstage where there are many people and models. Later on, a woman that seems in her mid-twenties, wearing a white dress that reaches half of his whole legs approached us.

"Hi, I'm Ms Gong. And these are your models." Ms Gong greeted then she stepped aside to introduce to us our models.

Ms Gong took us to our station and we decided to hang the clothes we made. We let the models wear our first batch of clothes so we could do some adjustments if needed. Minutes later, they announced that there were only 5 minutes before the show starts.

Soobin and I started fixing the clothes on the models. Some assistants came to us and let them do the job to assist the models for the next batches. We instructed them about each clothes before we went to the main area of the event.

Soobin and I sat near the ramping stage. The MC started hosting the event and I'm getting more nervous. Suddenly, Soobin held my hand. I looked at him and he smiled at me.

"Don't worry too much. Everything's gonna be fine. We might not win but remember to be proud of yourself for creating beautiful clothes." He genuinely comforted.

"We made those." I corrected.

"No, I only assisted you." He argued.

We both laughed because we were starting to fight again over little things. Then, he noticed that he was still holding my hand.

"I'm sorry. I just... want to comfort you." He explained as he removed his hand from mine.

"I'll hold your hand instead. It seems you're more nervous than me, your hand is cold as ice." I joked as I held his hand.

Then, the show began. As the models started walking, my nervousness rapidly disappeared. The desire to win is no longer there, I feel happy to see the other designs by other people and being part of this event is enough for me to cry because of happiness.

"Minji, are you crying?" Soobin asked me on my ear.

"I'm just happy to be part of this and to see the clothes we made up there, being presented to many people." I answered as I wiped my tears.

"Minji." He called and I hummed as a response.

"I have something to tell you later."

"What is it?" I looked at him while sniffing.

"Later." He said as he went back watching the models while he gently caressing my hand.

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The show ended and unfortunately, we didn't win. The event staff said the clothes will be washed by them and delivered to my house so I don't have to worry about them. So, Soobin and I decided to go for dinner before we go home.

We started eating and suddenly I remembered that Soobin has something to tell me.

"Soobin, you said you're going to tell me something." I reminded him.

"Oh, that?" He asked while chewing. He wiped his lips before he spoke.

"You see, I'm going debut, right?" He asked and I nodded, anticipating what he's talking about. "The company wants me and my team to go to L.A to train with some professional dancers."

This news made my heart sank but it's for his career. I should support and be happy for him because he deserves such an opportunity.

"That's great!" I said enthusiastically, trying to hide my disappointment.

"Are you okay with it?" He's wary about my feelings.

"Of course! Why would I not be? You deserve that. I'm so happy for you." I answered while forcing a wide smile.

Why...

"Thank you, Minji. I'm worried that you'll feel sad about it." He sounded relieved.

do the people I love...

"About what? You? Leaving? That would be great! I'm gonna be my mother's child again." I joked and we both laughed.

keeps leaving me?