Before You Go

In Your Dreams, Yu Jimin

Minjeong holds a gigantic pizza slice in her hands, trying to figure out how on earth she was going to fit the thing in her mouth. Her eyebrows were furrowed, and a frown painted her lips as she turned the slice in all angles, bringing it to her lips multiple times until she gave up and stared at Jimin for help.

The older woman had already been watching her, eyes wide with adoration and a smile bigger than Minjeong had seen.

"How do you—," Minjeong pauses after seeing Jimin's smile, "—what?"

"You're cute, Kim Minjeong."

She blinks away, trying to dodge Jimin's bluntness. When she looks down, her blonde hair curtains the way her cheeks burn with evidence that Jimin's words were definitely affecting her.

"Still not a date?" Jimin quirks a brow.

Minjeong shakes her head, "not a date."

Jimin lets out a dramatic huff, shrugging, before picking up her own slice of pizza.

"Do it like this, Kim Minjeong."

Minjeong watches as Jimin folds the large pizza slice in half, then takes a big bite from the tip of the pizza.

Jimin moans in contentment as she happily chews on her food, doing a little dance that even Minjeong can't help, but giggle at.

"You like that?" Jimin smiles when Minjeong nods, giggles growing into full blown laughs when Jimin continues to do her little jiggy upon seeing that Minjeong found it very amusing.

"C'mon, take a bite." Jimin gestures towards Minjeong's pizza in her hands.

Minjeong does take a bite, and Jimin stares at her with wide eyes and full of anticipation. She chews, expression remaining blank as she swallows.

"So?" Jimin bounces in her seat.

Minjeong shrugs, "it's just pizza."

"Tell me that's the best pizza you've ever had right now." Jimin looked at her with wide eyes.

Minjeong takes another bite of the pizza, looking at Jimin blankly as she chews and swallows. "It's good, but the best?"

Jimin depletes into her seat, facepalming herself as she shakes her head. "She's showing too many red flags, Jimin." She mutters to herself, and Minjeong rolls her eyes.

"Have you ever had a deep dish?"

"That's not real pizza." Jimin quickly rebuttals.

"Never tell someone from Chicago that."

The offended look on Minjeong's face made Jimin laugh. Instead of continuing on with their little banter, Jimin's expression softened, and she asks, "so, Chicago. Why'd you decide to leave?"

She sees a flicker of discomfort flash through Minjeong's face, but the latter quickly recovers, and she's thinking of her words.

"You don't have to answer if you don't want to." Jimin assures her.

"No, it's fine." Minjeong scratches her head. "I've moved around a lot, by myself. Chicago was where I stayed the longest, but I felt..." she shrugs, "I felt that I needed another change of scenery. Chicago was getting a little too... depressing." A watery chuckle leaves Minjeong's lips, and Jimin watches her play with her food.

"Is there something you're looking for?"

Minjeong looked genuinely unsure, "I don't know."

"Perhaps a girlfriend from New York who enjoys pizza and is really good company?" Jimin playfully wiggles her eyebrows, and it pulls Minjeong out of whatever deep thoughts were going through her mind.