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Ch-11: A Date with Fate

Sometime in mid January 2944

"Wanna go on a date?" Mingi said placing his hand behind his neck. He was just as nervous as you. 
"Yes, I'd love to." you answered.

Your insides were doing a little dance. "Amusement park tomorrow at 8? Unless you have the morning shift?"
"Sure, I'm free. I don't have any appointments at that time."

You were about to turn but Mingi held you hand. "Technically today was also a date right?" he asked.

"Well, Seonghwa was with us so I guess not." you answered.

"Have you dated before?"
"Yes"
"Oh"

"Why? You weren't expecting that?" you asked with mischief garnishing your words.

"Ya... you told me about your crush on me pretty openly so yes I'm surprised."
"Well we broke up last spring I think?"
"So it's been a while."
"Hmm"

Then why did he even ask if you had dates before if he knew you had an ex. It didn't make sense.

Seonghwa came back from the washroom. "All done papa!"

"How cute, he calls you papa."
"Well, I am raising him. Plus he just came out of the bathtub and said 'Papa?' so he's been calling me that since."
"So since the start"
"Yup"

"I guess I'll have to leave now."
"Bye Doctor Mingi!" Seonghwa waved.
"Bye little one! Don't forget to keep an eye on San" he waved back.

That bus ride home sure was something. Seonghwa noticing the increase in serotonin, asking many questions.

"How does breastmilk taste?"
"I don't remember. I was very small when I had it. Smaller than you are now. I was barely 2 when I last had it.... I think? I don't even have a guarantee"

Seonghwa pouted at your response. He had grown a little taller than before, probably at a height of 3'4" now.

"What's with sudden interest in breastmilk?"

"I read up that woman get weaker during pregnancy, that's why uncle Woo has been doing so much work since Christmas I think! So either ways, I learnt that a lot of the mother's nutrients go in making the milk which makes them weaker."

"So?"

"I want to know what does it taste like, what does it have which makes it such a tiring task?"

"You've been researching a lot these days"

"Seonghwa wants to make sure that uncle San delivers a healthy baby! Even Doctor Mingi has given me the responsibility!"

You have a light chuckle at the way he took responsibilities. Oh how would he come to know how tiring responsibilities get after turning into an adult. You know it wouldn't take as long as it took for you but you wished he live his life without burdens as long as possible. You wanted to spoil him rotten.

Now it was time to spoil yourself. You were standing at the ticket counter of the amusement park. You both bought a cotton candy each and headed to the rides.

"I used to chase butterflies when I was kid but I didn't know that you'd give me them for free"

"Mingi stop- you're making me shy"

"I'm not stopping until you're all beet red"

"It won't be long then. Anyways, which ride first?"

"I wanna go to the photobooth. Just wanna click a few pictures before the rides dismantle my hair"

"Dismantle lol"

"From the map it seems to be on the right?"

And so you both took a few pictures. Bought matching hairbands and did some other couple pairing stuff. Bumper cars was definitely the most enjoyable one so far. Seonghwa would love being here. No, this isn't about Seonghwa, right now it's about you and Mingi. The pirate ship ride was also fun. Most the rides done so far were slow or on the ground. Both of you avoided the horror area like the plague. It seemed that both of you were not good with horror.

Then came the ride you wanted to ride the most- the Ferris wheel. There was nothing special but the movies you watched, the books you read all of them romanticised Ferris wheels. You remember when you and your ex made out in there. It's sure has been a while.

"Let's go there!" you pointed at the Ferris wheel.

"Umm... I'm actually afraid of height so I'm not-"

"Ah, it's ok, we could do something else"

"I'll go"

"What? I don't want to force you-"

"I'll have to face it someday anyways"

"I-I don't know what to say"

"Let's get going" he grabbed your wrist and started running dragging you along. You got in and placed the bags next to you.

"It's just going to be moving right? No up and down like those scary rides?"

"No throwing and dropping of people. It's gonna be slow, don't worry."

Mingi held you hand during the entire ride. Sometimes when the ride would stop he'd shift places. He was nervous. Now you felt bad for asking him to come along. 

"Mingi, sit here" you motioned him to sit next to you. He calmed down and took a seat.

"I'm sorry for dragging you along" you placed your arm on his back.

He took your connected hand and kissed the back of your palm. "If it's for you, I don't mind"

 "Mingi, do you really want to be cheesy when you're hanging on me for your dear life?"

"Oh please-" Mingi cut off when he realised it wasn't moving anymore.

"Isn't is supposed be moving slowly-"

"Mingi you're being paranoid. They do take stops in between. Why do you thinking it's popular among couples?"

"You've thought far ahead" Mingi smirked while taking his glasses off.

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Mingi drove you back home. The ride back was also fun. You guys had stopped at an ice cream parlour. Much to your dismay he was a mint chocolate lover but fortunately he had been avoiding the flavour out of respect to someone but he wouldn't tell you who it was. He said that the person he liked didn't like mint chocolate and he'd playfully get mint chocolate every time he'd go out with him.

"I'd get mint choco just to see him pout. He was the cutest with and frown and the hottest when he was angry. I couldn't see the hot side of him that often. Right now I don't know if that's a good thing or bad. He was so beautiful, he'd make you yearn for marriage." Mingi narrated.

"What went wrong?"

"Fate had different things waiting for us. The love was mutual but it didn't last long. Neither of us wanted to be separated at that moment but he left me no choice. We were cornered."

"I'm sorry"

"Don't be sorry. Shouldn't you be enjoying this moment? It's our first? or or is it our second date?"

"Are we counting the ones with Seonghwa?" you said with a light chuckle.

"Ah, I miss the time we were having tteokbokki"

"It hasn't even been 2 weeks since then"

"Don't make me feel like I'm the only one in love. You're the one that confessed to me"

"So? That doesn't mean-"

"Shh" he kissed your neck. "Seonghwa must be waiting for you"

"I'll see you soon" you kissed his neck.