Shoot me (Gahyeon)

Twenty-Two

"Does Y/N know you're not sticking to the plan?"

Mina looks at Jiu while they were playing a game resulting in the older woman winning the game.

"The plan?"

Jiu for a few seconds forgot about what Mina meant but soon catches up before the latter could explain what she meant.

"Oh that, she had a change of heart after seeing Gahyeon"

Mina tilts her head in confusion before asking.

"Who's Gahyeon?"

Jiu couldn't help but chuckle just remembering the time when Gahyeon was getting kicked out of the mansion after confessing to you.

"A strong woman I'll tell you that"

After a few weeks of staying in, Jiu and Mina became good friends rather than talking about business. Jiu showed Mina a lot of things that she played when she was young such as games which Mina surprisingly loved.

"I thought about it Minji"

Jiu didn't mind that Mina used her real name because they were that close.

She then looks at Mina as they eat chips on the floor of the younger woman's hotel room.

"Thought about what?"

Mina smiles, putting the chip in her mouth.

"I'm going to go back to take Busan"

Jiu couldn't help but smile widely upon hearing Mina decide.

"I'm glad to hear it, I mean I kind of admire you Mina. Back then you only had the major cities in Japan then now you have the popular cities in America and hearing you say you're taking back Busan; wouldn't that make you the strongest one?"

Mina just laughs it off before looking at the television in front of her.

"Korea isn't for me Minji"

Jiu's eyes show how confused she is, looking at the black screen of the television.

"Why? I genuinely don't get it"

The younger woman sighs, resting her back at the edge of the bed.

"I'm giving it to you, there's a reason why I don't want to go back to Korea"

Jiu didn't want to push it further but she had many questions in mind and Mina noticed the latter's disturbed state.

"I guess it will be fine if I tell you why I don't want to go back to Korea. 4 years ago, I went there to take my father's territory but what I didn't expect was that I would fall in love for the first time in such a foreign country yet despite our cultural difference and just in general she never gave up on me, she kept on trying to get to my good side but considering my life. I didn't let her in until one day I wanted to tell her how I truly feel yet I didn't hear from her anymore, I went to go visit and there I saw her on the floor with a knife penetrated in her chest where her heart was. They ruled it out as suicide but I knew better than that to think it was suicide was plain bullshit. I knew she wouldn't kill herself out of nowhere so It took me 2 full years of finding the killer but when I finally found the killer, they already had a family. A spouse, children, they looked so happy and so I killed them all out of anger and resentment. How could they be so happy after killing the girl I love? I know sending him to prison would be stupid of me, Korea wasn't one to sentence bastards like him to a life sentence and that's the time I abandoned my territory in Korea and built a strong base here in America instead where I met someone, who happens to be Japanese as well and this time around. I want her to know how I truly feel before it becomes too late"

Jiu couldn't help but chuckle bitterly at how life can easily play anyone like that.

"How about you?"

Mina glances at Jiu who was just staring at the television.

"I actually- Never really felt how it is to fall in love, I'm too focused on keeping the family in check that whenever someone tries to pursue me, I end up going out with them just because I felt sorry and it never really ends well. They say it feels warm and comfortable to fall for someone but I have never felt that and somehow I just think I don't fit in the whole idea of love"

Mina nods her head listening to every detail before saying something cautiously.

"I think you're holding onto something from the past, you keep your family in check because of what happened before especially with Y/N at some point, you have to let go of the whole mother role, you are all not kids anymore. Y/N, Sua and Yoohyeon are all adults now. It's not that you don't fit in with love, it's that you're not open to it because you're holding on to the past"

Jiu sighs heavily before smiling towards Mina.

"Thank you, Mina, you should be a therapist"

The latter laughs it off before they start talking about other things which led to games then to singing before someone knocks on the door.

"Ah it must be the love of my life"

Jiu stands up from Mina's bed grinning teasingly.

"I should leave you two, don't be too loud I'm just in the other room"

Jiu nudges the flustered Mina who opens the door introducing Jiu to the girl she likes.

"You two would make such a great couple"

That made their faces heat up as Jiu walked away, her smile fading upon entering her hotel room.

"I'm holding onto the past huh?"