Originally Loved

Chapter 17

Minjeong's Dream

"It's been a week, Rina" Minjeong said, staring blankly at an open space of Karina's home. Karina turned to look at her girlfriend, sensing that something was bothering her for these past few days. She didn't confronted the younger girl, knowing that Minjeong will eventually tell her and she was not wrong. She knew that her girlfriend was quite hesitant of sharing her problems to her. Minjeong was a type of a person that faces her own problem alone rather than asking for help. She didn't want other people to be burdened by her dilemmas in life. This is one of the things that Karina hated about her girlfriend, keeping her worries all by herself and they often fought about it, Karina urging the younger girl to voice out her problems to her.

-A little flashback of Karina urging Minjeong to tell her problems to her-

"Puppy, what's wrong?" Karina concernly asked, patting the younger girl's back but Minjeong turned her back away from the older girl and attempted to stand, walking away from the sight of her worried girlfriend. It's been a month that the younger girl had been so down as she tried to fake a smile in front of Karina but the older girl was not fooled by it and sometimes she initiated to talk about it with her, but Minjeong would always respond that she was alright. Karina had enough of Minjeong's attitude and confronted her.

"Yah! Kim Minjeong! Don't make me an idiot. I'm here, why can't you talk about it with me?! I'm your girlfriend, for fuck's sake." Minjeong knew that when Karina used her full name, she is either in deep trouble or she's really heartbroken, this time she is the latter. She turned to look at her girlfriend as Karina bent down on her knees, sobbing. She walked towards her and stroked her chin up to look at her eyes and sheepishly smiled.

"I am yours, Rina. But I don't want you to worry. I-I" She was stopped by a finger on her lips as Karina shook her head.

"I'm already worried, Jeongie. I would like to know how's your day whether it's bad or good, I wanna know. Or any thing that bothered you, anything. You know me, I always share my life to you even my weird habits, why can't you do it with me? I won't judge" Karina genuinely stated, she heard Minjeong let out a deep sigh before speaking up, as she realize that her girlfriend was right. She helped Karina to stand and motioned her to sit on a couch with her.

"You know, that guy that has a crush on you, Yuta?" Karina nodded, curious.

"Well, he-uh, told me to break up with you and always picking up on me of being a homosexual. I don't deserve you, he said." Minjeong finally confessed, almost breaking her voice and Karina was extremely furious at what her girlfriend had been through without her knowing.

"How long have been he's doing it to you?" Karina coldly said, making Minjeong uneasy.

"A month. I've always tried to talk it out with you but I'm scared. I'm scared that he will do something to you. Terrible things." Minjeong worriedly said as she intertwined her hands to her girlfriend.

"As long as I'm with you, I'm safe and you're safe with me. Don't worry about him, I'll talk to him and he deserve a beating" Karina jokingly clenched her fist, making the younger girl laugh at her antics.

"You can't even touch an ant, Rina"

"For you, I will do everything. Whatever it takes" Karina cupped the younger girl's face and nuzzled her head on the latter's neck, making Minjeong tickles.

"If anything bothers you, don't hesitate to tell me, okay?" Karina firmly said as Minjeong nodded her head and hugged the former tightly.

Karina kept her promise and talked to the guy that makes Minjeong anxious and she make sure that he won't bother her girlfriend anymore.