but she survived | sae-byeok x ji-yeong

teddy bears, a museum, and our future on three cards

"Why the fuck are you refusing to kiss me?" 

The question was repeated multiple times that morning, Ji-yeong simply not satisfied with her girlfriend's teasing answer. "Morning breath." 

"Morning breath, hm?" Ji-yeong's smirk wasn't comforting. Not at all. Sae-byeok's eyes widened when the shorter girl suddenly took a deep breath, letting it all out directly into the latter's face. She could feel how the heated air spread all over her cold cheeks, warming them up just the slightest. And their faces swiftly being so close didn't help her flushing features either. "You don't look like you're about to throw up, and I just breathed directly into your face. I don't think a little kiss will hurt." 

"I can't say it was a pleasant experience," Sae-byeok answered, a light smile creeping onto her face. 

"But this will be." As Ji-yeong returned it with a silly grin, she leaned over to capture the taller girl's lips in a kiss. It was light, their lips only pressed against one another for a couple of seconds. 

"Your lips are dry." Sae-byeok knew just how much the answer would piss off her girlfriend. And it certainly did, Ji-yeong letting out a scoff as she rolled out of the bed. 

"Fuck off, like yours aren't," the shorter girl exclaimed, stretching her body as she opened their shared closet. Sae-byeok felt her face turn a darker shade of red when she caught a glimpse of her girlfriend's exposed back under her crop top. "You're just mad because we have to wake up early." 

"I'm not mad. What are you talking about?" Sae-byeok planned on getting dressed too. But she never really got further than planning, the warm covers on top of her way too comfortable to remove. So under them, she stayed. 

"I kiss you every morning and never have you talked about fucking 'morning breath'," Ji-yeong explained, gathering whatever clothes she could grab, but it was the tiny bikini that caught Sae-byeok's attention. 

"Where are we even going?" For some reason, it never occurred to her to ask that.

"You'll find out soon." Something vicious took over Ji-yeong's smile, aware her girlfriend absolutely hated surprises. Something about the unknowingness in it. Not having control. Ji-yeong took firm steps out of the room, yelling over her shoulder. "But for now, I can tell you that we have to be on a bus in thirty minutes!" 

And that statement made Sae-byeok's eyes widen, the comfort from the heavy covers long gone. 

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"It's here?" 

Sae-byeok couldn't help the confusion that sneakily laced itself into the two words. Couldn't help the crease that appeared in between her eyebrows. Why in the fuck were they standing in front of a school?

"Technically, no." Ji-yeong hooked her pinky around Sae-byeok's, gently dragging the girl behind her. Sae-byeok felt her heart stutter at the action. Somehow, she still got flustered from even the smallest touches from the shorter girl. "We have to go this way, and then we're there." 

Sae-byeok had an idea of where they were going - no, actually - for what they were doing, the black bikini strings sticking out from the sides of her shorts. If they weren't going to swim, she had been fooled completely. 

"How far away is it?" Despite the slow beginning of the day, the sun had already taken its place on the otherwise empty sky, mercilessly heating Sae-byeok's skin as small drops of sweat gathered on her back. A shiver went through her every time one of them trickled down along her spine. 

"Impatient, are we?" Through the tease, a breathlessness was revealed from the shorter girl. For some reason, she had insisted on an extremely fast pace, but it seemed like her lungs weren't the most pleased with that idea.