The Beautifullest Stardust || Winrina

6. Hear me

Heck life.

Minjeong ain't care if the only friend she has right now was Ning and Aeri.

She doesn't care if the only workmates she have was Taeyeon and Jaemin.

She ain't care if she came from the foster home with no parents.

But damn it,

Why in the world did she care so much for Jimin!

And hell yeah, a new week has started and there it goes. Jimin was waiting for Minjeong at the same place where she met Minjeong 3 weeks ago when Jimin asked her to accompany Jimin to the hospital.

"Minjeong!", Jimin called as Minjeong just walked passing the older girl, pretending that she didn't even see her. Not until suddenly Jimin pulled Minjeong by her shoulder, finally making Minjeong stop.

"Minjeong, I need to talk to you", Jimin said and Minjeong just showed her expressionless looks to the girl she liked secretly.

"About what?", Minjeong asked when she faced Jimin but tried as hard as she could to avoid the eye contact, as guilt building up inside her. She had no intention to make Jimin feel this way, but she can't help it.

"About what Yeonjun did to you. I'm really sorry. Are your neck fine? Let me see", Jimin suddenly moving her hands towards Minjeong neck, slightly pushing the collar on Minjeong's neck gently and Minjeong was too late to stop that action.

"W-What are you doing!", Minjeong pushed Jimin's left hand, but not her right hand.

Jimin can see it.

There's this slightly pinkish marks around the younger girl neck, and Jimin frowning in guilty after thinking what happened to that neck that it was that... pink.

"Your neck..."

"It's gonna be fine later. I'll get going", Minjeong pushed Jimin's hand again and start to walk away from Jimin. But she remembered that she forgot something important for Jimin, and she turned back.

"Here", Minjeong pulled one of Jimin's hand and placed a 32 thousand won cash on it, and Jimin just looking at Minjeong in confusion.

"Give this money to your boyfriend. Say to him, I wish he never show up in the cafe ever again", Minjeong said sternly before pulling her hand away and turn her back to Jimin again.

"Okay...", Jimin answered.

"Why did you date him..."

Jimin lifted her head slowly in shock. She wasn't shock actually, but pretty startled with the sudden question. Plus, Minjeong didn't even facing her. The money was still in her hands, but her eyes never leave from looking at Minjeong.

"Minjeong?"

"I asked, why did you date him?"

Minjeong voice was cold and stern, but inside it there's a lot Minjeong couldn't explain. She want to care, she did care about the issue. But she trying to overdo it, and Jimin couldn't see the younger girl real intention even tho she was a bit curious with Minjeong sudden question.

"Two months ago, he confessed to me after he win his football game. At first, I hesitated to give him any answer because I do have a little interest in him. But he keep pushing me saying he'll be a great boyfriend and stuff, he bought me lots of gifts. In the end, I accepted his feelings", Jimin answered with her low voice.

"Are you happy with him..."

Again, Minjeong questions keep making Jimin curious. But Jimin don't know why she is to nervous to give an answer to Minjeong who isn't her friend, nor a person she's close with. Why did it feels so suffocating?

"I am..."

"At first", Jimin continued.

Finally Minjeong turn herself again, facing Jimin. Her facial expression soften, but her eyes wasn't. Jimin saw it, and she continue to answer the question slowly.

"At first he was really a nice boyfriend, but as time goes by... I felt... lonely"

"What do you mean by lonely?", Minjeong and her care ass for Jimin couldn't be help at all. She hate it, but she still do it.

"It's just... He always there for me, but I feel so lonely...", Jimin said with her head down. Minjeong sighing heavily from the frustration. She really wish Jimin could just break up with her sociopathic boyfriend, and Minjeong reallu wish she could have a better life and relationship.

"You should hang out with Aeri often. She missed you", Minjeong said.

Minjeong was right. This 3 weeks, Aeri just met Jimin twice. Crazy? It is. They were bestfriend and they used to hang out together everyday, not until Yeonjun came into the picture. He literally destroy everything.

"I want to, but---"

"Did you realize how possessive that man is?", Minjeong said and this time, strong and clear.

"What do you mean by that?"

"I know it's not my place to interrupt. We aren't friends and we aren't close. We barely strangers who met few times, but I can see that he isn't the one for you", Minjeong continued.

"Huh?"

"I mean--- couldn't you see? He tried to make your friendship with Aeri apart. He hate me seing together with you. He even threatening me for not even try to go near you. He tries to go out with you almost everyday so you can't meet your friends. I bet one day he'll lay hands on you---"

"Minjeong. Stop. That was too much", suddenly Jimin was the one who stopping Minjeong, and now Minjeong was frustrated to death. How come this girl infront of her couldn't understand what's she's trying to say.

"He wasn't like that. He never beat me. He always nice to me---"

"But he wasn't nice to people around you! Couldn't you see? You became lonely because you couldn't meet other people beside him. You couldn't hang out with Aeri. Don't you see how he choked me the other day? I'm afraid that one dayn he'll do that to you---"

"Minjeong, I said stop!", Jimin finally crying and Minjeong don't know if that's because she realized something in the relationship, or because she want to defend her crazy boyfriend.

"He's a sociopath Jimin! Come back to your s---"

Minjeong got her answer, and the answer was Jimin trying to defend her crazy boyfriend. She was sure that was what Jimin trying to do right now, because the slap on her left cheek was pretty hard and painful enough until the pain also affecting Minjeong's fragile heart.

Both were quiet for few seconds. Minjeong standing still there, looking at Jimin independently while Jimin with her head down, sobbing.

"Just now you came to apologized to me for what he has done to me, but now you come in defence for his rude action", Minjeong holding her fist tight, not because she was angry. She was frustrated that Jimin couldn't realize her mistake.

"Don't come back to me if he start abusing you one day. Don't come back to me to apologise for the second time later. Don't said thay I never warn you. I'll get going...", Minjeong said her final words before really leaving the scene.

It's the right things to do. It's the right things to do to move on. Minjeong can move on. The slap wasn't hurt. It was all emotional plays. Nothing to care about. Everything was fine. It will be fine.

Minjeong keep telling herself as she walk towards the bus stop, only to realize that tears finally flowing down on her cheek.

This isn't fine.

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TBC