aespa imagines

karina | sorry, i love you.

genre ; angst :p
note ; inspired by skz's sorry, i love you! i recommend listening to the song as you read! enjoyy

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"jimin is here"

and with only three words coming from minjeong, your body starts tensing up, you immediately started paying attention to your appearance, as a reaction to those three words.

you and karina have been friends ever since the both of you were in diapers. you were there when she first scratched her knees at the playground, and she was there when your first tooth fell out.

your parents are best friends with hers, which immediately molded the both of you into one too. you would go everywhere with karina by your side, you would feel as if you're naked if she wasn't by your side with you.

all is well between the both of you, until one day. it was another typical school day, just like the other monday tuesday wednesday thursday and fridays.

you were chilling in the classroom as the other students swarm the cafeteria. you had lose your focus on your homework, and were playing some stupid advertisement trial games when you suddenly felt a poke on your right cheek.

the moment you turn around, you locked eyes with karina. and for the first time ever after all those years, you felt your cheek heat up and your heart swelling up upon seeing how pretty she was that day.

"what?" she spoke

she looked— so, pretty. she drew her eyeliner that day. her cheeks were dabbed with some rose coloured blusher and her hair was wavy. the smell of her perfume hypnotized you, along with how her eyes were looking at yours.

"going somewhere?" you pulled her chair out, the swoosh of her scent when she sat down entered your nose and you felt awkward around her for the first time ever.

"uhmm no, just felt like dressing up a little today. why? you bringing me somewhere?" her eyes sparkled as she looked at you. and you hated how you couldn't look at her in the eyes at all that day.

days passed, seasons changed and without realizing, it have been almost a year since you realize how you truly feel about your best friend.

ever since that day, every day was a torture to you. everytime karina held onto your arm while walking, you would feel like you have a chance with her or maybe she's hinting you something. when actually the both of you had done that a long time ago, and that it's actually nothing.

when she invites you to have dinner with her family, you start smiling to yourself in your room. when she calls you in the middle of the night when she can't sleep, the thought of you and her becoming a thing keeps on growing.

when she fixes your messy hair, when she sends you a flying kiss emoji, when she was the first one to wish you happy birthday, when she bought you a cute kuromi bandage, when she fell asleep on your shoulder in the train, when she smiled at you so brightly, everything leads to you thinking you have a chance with her. and maybe, just maybe, you actually do.

to keep your feelings hidden was hard, especially when your friends are her friends too. winter to be exact. aside from karina, winter was one of you childhood friend. whatever you're thinking about, she knows it the moment she looks at your face. and that is how she found out about your feelings for karina.

winter saw how you were smiling to yourself when texting her in between class breaks. but knowing winter, she would never snitch on you.

the sound of books being placed on your desk snapped you out of your daydream. karina was standing in front of you, her hair was half tied. she took your breath away, yet again. you really like how feminine she look with that hairstyle.