HERSHE || BBANGSAZ ||

17. Quiz

It was midweek, two days before the trip, when Minji received a chat message from Hanni.

"Minji, I realized this just now. Have you booked our room yet?"

Minji giggled. The term 'our room' is too much for her to take. Just imagining that she'll be alone with Hanni in a room sends her into a frenzy.

Minji typed in her reply. "Haerin took care of it for us."

"Wow. Your ex is very generous, huh?"

"She said it's her late graduation gift for me. And she's not my ex."

"Oh, really (•_•)"

Minji chuckled. "Btw, our check-in date is on Friday night. We'll check out Sunday noon."

"So, we'll drive straight there after office on Friday?"

"Something like that. Travel time would take 3 to 5 hours."

"That means you must pick me up on Friday before going here to the office. I don't want to carry my things up here."

Minji still can't believe that this is happening: a trip with Hanni alone. This is way better than a date. Plus, the fact that they need to pretend as a couple really makes it the best trip she'd sign up for.

"Minji, could you come with me later?"

"Where to?"

"Shopping. I still have to buy some things for the trip. I'm sure Danielle will just annoy me with too many questions if I take her."

"I understand. I think it's a perfect idea. We still need to talk about some details concerning the questions that Haerin might throw at us. A little practice or rehearsal would help."

"Oh yeah. Let's talk about that over dinner?"

An idea popped into Minji's mind. "Is it okay if we'll drop by a flower shop before we go to dinner? I'm making a reservation for Haerin."

"Sure. I'll see you later at the parking area after five o'clock."

"Got it."

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"Hey, Minji. Look at this!" Hanni tugged the taller woman when she saw a stand featuring the cherry-flavored edible lipstick they worked on before.

"This was our first project together, right?" Hanni picked one item and raised it between their faces.

Minji looked speechless. It was when the blush was evident on Minji face when Hanni realized what the other woman could be thinking. Hanni's eyes automatically landed on Minji's lips, remembering what happened last Friday in the latter's car.

They never talked about it when they met in the office after the weekend.

Unknown to Minji, Hanni's face was burning red that night when she went out of the car. There's no better way she could think of to get back at Haerin who had surely pushed Hanni almost on the edge.

That night, after getting inside her house and finally closing the door, Hanni slowly slid down the wall into a sitting position. She was glad that her mom was upstairs because she doesn't know how to handle her heart beating wildly against her chest.

"Look, that's the tagline you've thought of, right?" said Minji this time.

Hanni looked at where Minji was pointing. "Make him crave for more."

"Cool, huh?" Minji nudged her. "I told you, you've done a great job on that."

Hanni raised again the lipstick on her hand to observe it.