•honey• || KookMin

02. The girl who likes to talk

She turns off the cell phone screen and puts it in her purse. Her parents have the bad habit of informing they will be traveling when are already on their way there. Not like normal people who inform in the morning or at night the day before. Jimin opens the yellow umbrella with LINE print and leaves the dance school. Taehyung sometimes comes, but considering how bad he does in math, he stayed home studying. The sky threatens to fall all the way down and break their heads. What a storm it is today.

Gets on the bus, drops her off near the housing development and continues on her way. She splashes in some big puddles. Just for fun. Her feet are already wet, so doesn't really care. Before enters the housing estate hears a sneeze, finds Jeonggoo on the usual corner, soaked from head to toe and shivering with cold like an abandoned cat. Jimin approaches her and stands there.

"Were you waiting for me?" asks Jimin. Jeonggoo remains silent. The little hand reaches out to her and shyly takes it. Despite being taller and bigger, she follows which little girl to the girl with the yellow umbrella. Jeonggoo notices that there is a text bubble that says "honey" there.

. . .

"The cupcakes were really good. Did you make them?"

Jeonggoo shakes her head and remains hunched over. Sitting on a plastic bench so as not to get the floor wet. Jimin told her she could undress and could lend her clothes, but Jeonggoo refused. Whether out of embarrassment or for some unknown reason. Carefully dried her hands, face, legs and part of her chest; bandaged the open wounds and bruises. Jeonggoo notices protruding from Jimin's bag are ballet slippers, a change of clothes, a size, bandages, patches and a thousand other things that point out the obvious: she's a dancer.

"A friend made them." Jeonggoo mutters so as not to let the awkward silence pass. Jimin makes a circle with her mouth.

"Wow. How lucky to have a friend who makes cupcakes like that." comments Jimin. "Tae doesn't make cakes, but he always shows me cute little animals! Baby cats, baby puppies, he once adopted several baby birds that fell out of their nest and were going to die."

Jeonggoo rubs his busted lip. Jimin goes on to talk about how Taehyung takes care of animals and helps him with that makeshift shelter his best friend has on the sly. The bandaged girl lets go a little hesitation:

"Is he your boyfriend?"

"What? Oh no," she laughs, lying down and picking up. She's done with healing for the day. "He's just my best friend. Everyone gets us all mixed up though."

"Ummm..."

Jeonggoo bows and heads for the exit. Jimin stops her from leaving and gives her an old umbrella that her parents won't notice is gone. Jeonggoo leaves biting her lip and tucked under the umbrella. Jimin cleans the water path she left and enjoyed the house without her parents there.

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"Can you stop fighting?"

Jimin's question surprises him. She looks sad today.

"It's too constant to get hurt and you do it" stretches the white bandage. "You should stop doing it. Get away from it. It could be serious someday."

Jimin lost the count of how many times she had to heal Jeonggoo. Her knuckles are starting to get scarred from so much reopening of those wounds. Worries that she has some unhealed broken bone. Jeonggoo bites her lips for a moment.

"I win every time. I do well. Even if it doesn't look like it." assures with a weak smile. Jimin pouts, eyebrows furrowed which makes Jeonggoo's smile disappear.