Stuck With You (Jinjoo)

Epilogue

Minjoo was inside her room, sprawled out on the bed with her phone in her hand. It was already a week after the contest ended and three days since the graduation of her friends.

She was casually scrolling through her social media account, liking and commenting on every posts that her friends posted about graduation.

It was all that Minjoo could do as of the moment because none of her friends and family had plans for the summer. For all she knew, she might spend summer this year being stuck in her room with her phone always in hand, playing guitar, reading books, trying out new things like crocheting, and the like-things that she also did last year.

She didn't mind spending another year in her small little safe haven but as someone who'll graduate next year just like her friends, she wanted to make the last summer before her final senior year memorable. But alas, nothing seems to be happening for her.

She looked at the time on her phone and saw that it was 15 minutes past one. She just had her lunch earlier, only the time when she left her room. Now, she had nothing else to do but to stay here and continue using her phone like she always does.

Speaking of which, it was weird that she didn't receive any messages from Yujin today.

After the contest, the two decided to keep in contact with each other. They have been messaging each other nonstop since then, eager to keep up with the other ever since they have parted.

But today, she didn't hear from Yujin. Nothing from her usual good morning texts, about asking her for her plans today, telling her to eat on time, her stories of how Azzo learned a new trick today, seeing something that reminds her of them, and the random things that pop up in her head.

Minjoo let out a sigh. She didn't want to message her as she thought the younger might be busy, she did say something about going somewhere the past few days.

Just when she could overthink more about whether to message Yujin or not, her phone suddenly rang-signalling that someone was calling.

The shock from her ringtone made her drop her phone to the ground. She let out a sharp sigh, sitting down to retrieve her phone on the floor.

She got a good look on the caller's ID and saw that it was Yujin calling her. Her breath instantly got stuck on her throat, wondering why she called when they always messaged each other instead of calling.

Still unable to know why, she answered it.

"H-Hello? Yujin?" Minjoo hesitantly asked.

"Oh, Minjoo unnie. Hi."

Minjoo could hear Yujin smiling at the other line.

"What made you call? Is there something wrong?"

There was a slight tone of panic evident in Minjoo's voice when she asked.

"Oh, no. I'm okay. I just wanted to see if you're free for the day."

The younger said, chuckling.

"I'm sorry if I made you worry. I know we don't usually call each other but it'll be easier if I did. Besides, I wanted to hear your voice. It's been too long since I heard it."

Minjoo felt her cheeks getting warm at Yujin's comment. All the worries inside her suddenly went away.

"I, uhm..." She cleared her throat. "Yeah, I'm free for today. Why did you ask?"

There was some light shuffling at the end of the line.

"Well, it's because I wanted to take you somewhere."