"Dahyuni?" Momo calls out as she walks inside, closing the door behind her with her foot.
It's been a long and busy day in the studio and now that she's home, she wants nothing more than to hold her girlfriend in her embrace. As she kicks off her shoes, she stares at the stairs and awaits the sound of Dahyun's hurried footsteps on them.
Usually, when Momo gets home, the younger one is running down the stairs and into Momo's warm arms to give her the hug that they both need. But this time, Dahyun isn't anywhere in sight. Momo doesn't hear her feet on the floor or her voice and it worries her. She rushes up the stairs, still calling out for the girl. But once again, she doesn't get anything in response.
Momo walks into the bedroom only to find it empty. However, the bathroom door is closed and the light is on, so Momo knows that's where Dahyun has to be. She walks to the door and turns the knob. Her smile is bright as she opens it and sees Dahyun's face, but it fades as soon as she sees what the girl has in her trembling hands.
Sitting on the floor, Dahyun looks at Momo in shock while Momo looks at the blade in Dahyun's hands.
"Dahyuni, I'm back," Momo speaks as softly, as calmly as she can while walking closer to Dahyun.
Dahyun has tears in her eyes, both from how overwhelmed she is feeling prior to Momo walking into the room and now that Momo saw what she was about to do.
"Let me have that," Momo says as she stares at Dahyun's teary eyes through the tears in her own eyes.
She has to be strong for Dahyun right now. If she starts panicking, the younger one will as well. But luckily, Dahyun does as Momo said and hands the blade to her, whereupon Momo throws it into the trash immediately. Then, Momo takes Dahyun's hands into hers, inspecting her wrists to find them just as they were this morning, unharmed. She also checked her thighs, her arms, and even her stomach before she breathes out a sigh of relief, feeling thankful that she decided to come home a little early.
Only silence is in the air for a moment until Momo breaks it, her hand shaking as she brushes a lock of hair behind Dahyun's ear. "You were going to hurt yourself?"
"Yes."
"Why, sweetness?"
Dahyun goes quiet and can't look into the girl's teary brown eyes, unsure of what to say. She has been carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders for a long time. People said things, they blamed her for things, accused her of things, and that unfortunately just comes with being an idol. With such a high status in the music industry, people are bound to say things. Sometimes, though, they get under one's skin and the things they say hurt deeply.
"Baby, can you talk to me?" Momo asks as she cups Dahyun's cheek, having Dahyun look into her eyes as she brushes her thumb across the younger one's skin.
She's aware of what happened, but she never thought that it would end up with Dahyun trying to hurt herself. It all happened during a Bubble-Live where Dahyun was just talking and spending some time with the fans. Since they've recently had a comeback, Dahyun wanted to open one of their new songs to play in the background, so she picked up her iPad. She searched for the album and when she played one of the songs, an ad of Lisa from Blackpink's solo song played.
It was only natural for Dahyun to get surprised, since, well, an ad during a live isn't very convenient. She bopped her head to the song a bit before eventually skipping the ad. During that time, it wasn't anything serious, nothing to keep note of. But then, a few hours later, people accused Dahyun of throwing shade at Lisa by skipping the ad and the girl started receiving everything but support. Hate and death threats from Lisa's fans.
