Slow Journey || 2KIM

Chapter 4

"Hurry and come over here now!"

"I think she's waking up."

"Don't mess this up." Minju hears soft mumbling coming from somewhere in the dorm room. She blinks slightly as she extends her arms upwards, above her head, pulling them out of the covers. Somebody —most probably Hyewon— has dragged the curtains of the one and only window away, making the room way too bright and bothering Minju's tired and sleepy eyes. She blinks harder before she mumbles,

"Agh, Hyewon ah. What's the matter?" It's Friday and for once she doesn't have that early morning classes like usual since one of the early morning classes got canceled yesterday so she was supposed to be sleeping until later this morning yet again here she is waking up... she checks for the time on her phone's screen that's on her nightstand and groans as soon as she sees that it's only 9:30 in the morning. Not that early but... of course she could sleep way more.

"Good morning princess. Time to wake up." A deep voice mumbles softly towards her as a figure leans closer to her and drags away the covers, only just lightly to reveal Minju's shoulders as Minju has buried herself more under the covers once again and closing her eyes, trying her hardest to fall asleep.

"Mmmm, I don't want to." She mumbles. The girl chuckles before her cold, long, slender fingers brush on Minju's face softly, brushing her strands of hair away from her face.

"You look so pretty even when you're this sleepy and all puffy early in the morning." Minju pauses a little, her mind finally catching up on reality and analyzing the voice in her head. She knows this voice all too well as well as those cold fingers. She opens her eyes widely in shock before she's faced with Yujin, sitting next to her on the bed. She lets out a scream, not expecting to see Yujin first thing in the morning.

"What are you doing here!?" She screams, still in terror as she drags the covers closer to herself, completely covering herself as if that would somehow protect her from Yujin. Yujin chuckles.

"I came to wake you up! Isn't it the perfect way to wake up?"

"No!? I wasn't even supposed to wake up this early today! Get out!" She says as she pushes Yujin away who pouts.

"Ya Min. Wait! Don't push me. Hey!" Yujin tries to protest but Minju is still in her own panic state. Yujin is here, seeing her sleeping, seeing her without make up, with her morning puffy face and smelling her awful morning breath. She's here seeing Minju with her random way too embarrassingly cute pajamas and witnessing her messy room! How embarrassing! Of all morning she decided to come today? Why? Why even bother coming to wake up Minju? What's the reason!? Minju just doesn't get it! She can't!

"Min, please! Don't push me away again..." Yujin says with a sad pout which makes Minju sigh heavily.

"Why are you here even?" She asks, trying to calm herself down.

"Who opened the door for you? Why come wake me up? What's the occasion?" Yujin smiles from ear to ear before she walks towards the end of Minju's bed, Minju's eyes following her figure before her eyes land on two other figures and she flinches, trying to cover her face immediately as she gets even more embarrassed now. There's Hyewon and Chaewon standing close to the door, looking at the two interacting. Why is Chaewon over this early in the morning? Doesn't she have classes or something?

"First of all, Happy Valentine's!" Yujin says brightly before she takes a bouquet of flowers from Chaewon's hands and walks back to Minju's spot. Minju freezes a little, looking at Yujin and the flowers a bit confused before her hands slowly retract from her face and are placed above her covers instead. She's now in a sitting position, forgetting completely —or just not caring anymore at this point— about how she looks in her white loose long sleeved blouse with cute foxes all over.