Pleasant Imagines (Jinjoo)

I hear you (II)

Yujin has never been happier in her whole life after meeting Minju. The girl shows her things the world couldn't and tells her things she once thought she would never hear.

The brunette was an angel who fell from the sky. She even looked and sounded like one as expected from the first time she saw her. If Angel were a real person, it would be Minju. Yujin couldn't say it enough.

At times, Yujin does have questions running through her head. Those she never dared to tell Minju. But she knows how much the girl cares for her. She knows that much to not doubt whatever useless thoughts she lets through her mind.

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When Minju says the school is wonky, she meant it. No schools are perfect in accepting. There's just a handful who doesn't know how to keep their thoughts to themselves.

They're studying for the upcoming exams that happen in a week. The school library was by far their favourite place. Although it does feel like a library wherever Minju goes with Yujin.

There's a difference.

Yujin was reading up about biology. Math might be her weakest subject but she prefers pictures over numbers and biology gave her that. She finds cells more interesting.

She suddenly stands up after closing the book, getting Minju's attention. "Where are you going?" She whispers.

"Bathroom." Yujin signs, earning a nod from her before she leaves.

Minju went back to her essay writing, noticing the Post-its sticking out of Yujin's sketchbook. The girl brings it everywhere she goes. Wanting to take a little break from work, she reaches for it.

Flipping it open, she saw all sorts of conversations she had with Yujin during classes. Whether it was debates, lessons, or plainly flirting, Minju found herself smiling at words. Over time, she realises how big of a flirt Yujin was. Something she never expected from the beginning.

But Yujin could say the same thing about her.

Minju comes across a small sketch of a girl. It looked like her. She wasn't the surest until she sees the words, "My girlfriend's too pretty to be drawn. I give up.", written next to it.

As she was being drowned in her own smile, she overheard some whispers coming from the shelf behind her.

"That's her."

"No way."

"I told you."

"Why would she be her girlfriend? How?"

"Maybe I should have some disability too. If that'll get me a girlfriend like her."

"I'll pity that girlfriend of yours for putting up with you."

The brunette saw the two girls who absolutely had no conscience taking a seat a few tables away from them. Those were the things she had to listen to. The constant bullshit that comes from people who didn't know them. She tries to ignore them most of the time. But she hates the way they say things. Who gave them the audacity to judge? There was nothing she could do either. That's what pains her.

The chair beside her pulls back, getting sat on by Yujin. Minju looks at her, putting out a palm. The taller girl raises her eyebrow.

"You can take them off."

"Why? I want to listen to your voice."

Minju insists as the girl takes her hearing aids off. She places them in Minju's palm as a little pout escapes. The brunette only did it because she didn't want Yujin to overhear things. She has been doing it ever since they started dating but Yujin never knew why.