Min-Sun looked at the map rushing over to the KBBQ place that Chan texted about and worried about how late she was showing up. It was at least 15 minutes past the meeting time and it might be later than that considering how far she if from the place. She wasn't sure at what time she should leave the library. The place was big and finding someone that resembled anything close to a worker or authority figure was difficult. In the end she ended up staying till the library closed which happened to be the time that she needed to meet to eat with the 'group' Chan was talking about. She finally reached the restaurant breathing hard from how fast she was walking trying to get there.
She opened the door and went to text Chan that she was here when she noticed a gigantic table full of people. She could see Chan waving at her and Min-Sun stood not moving. She felt like she was a part of a prank show or she had seriously lost her mind. There was no way the entire group of stray kids was in front of her talking, laughing and eating at a KKBQ restaurant. She continued to stare at the table and wondered if she truly was in a coma to have made this kind of scenario up.
"Min over here!" Chan said excitedly waving her over to the table. Her feet started moving before her mind could truly process what was going on and by the time her brain had caught up she was taking a seat in between Hyunjin and Seungmin and placing her bag in her lap. Hyunjin sat to her left with Han across from him, Seungmin was to her right and Lee Know sat across from him. Across from her was Chan who smiled at her and she smiled back at the familiar face. Well the most familiar face at the current moment.
When she looked down the table more, next to Han was a girl with straight dark hair and when she moved slightly you could see the purple streaks in her hair. From where she was she could also see an eyebrow percing peaking out from behind her hair. Next to her was another girl that had more of a shorter hairstyle. She had bangs that faded into a cut that reached right around the top of her shoulders. She was seated next to Changbin and from her position, Min Sun could see that they were holding hands. She could not see the rest of the table, and as she leaned back to look, she got caught in a conversation.
"Hey Min glad you could make it. Chan said you were feeling off today so we went on ahead and ordered without you. Sorry." Hyunjin apologized with a smile that had her breath catching. She nodded looking away trying to calm her heart and noticed an open soju bottle on the table in front of her. She grabbed the bottle pouring herself a glass before offering to pour one for Hyunjin which he accepted. She turned to the side and took the shot back and sighed as the liquid burned down her throat.
"I was feeling a little faint earlier, but I got a little better, just feel a little disoriented is all." She explained to Hyunjin before pouring another shot for herself. She hadn't been lying the whole day would have anyone believing they were in a coma or a drama of some sorts. She took the next shot and contemplated chugging the whole bottle but decided against it seeing as her true intention was to try and gain information.
"Should you be drinking then if you don't feel good." Lee Know raised an eyebrow at her. She grabbed the bottle and poured another shot. "I do feel better, when I'm drinking this." She held the glass up towards him before taking back the shot feeling the liquid burn her throat even more. When the cup came back to the table, Min-Sun could feel a slight tingle through her body realizing that she was on the path to getting wasted. She was always someone who had a hard time handling her liquor, and normally she was pretty good at managing her drinking but tonight was different.
"So what did you guys think of the announcement today during professor Kim's class?" Seungmin asked Chan. Min-Sun grabbed her chopsticks and put them up to her lips waiting for the meat to be grilled so she could grab it. Before she could grab the last piece of meat, Lee Know had already taken the slice. Min-Sun frowned at Lee Know who just kept eating the meat in front of her, and even though she wanted to say something she refrained. Everyone around her was in conversation and the meat was too far out of reach for her to put more on the grill.
She went to ask Hyunjin if he would put more meat on the grill but saw that Han was adding more pieces of meat. He gave her a smile as he added the last piece of meat and she swore her heart skipped a beat. She smiled watching the meat sizzle and when they finally looked done she went to grab a piece when Lee Know grabbed it. She paused her movements and looked over to Lee Know and was about to yell at him before she saw Chan taking his chopsticks and putting some meat from the grill on her plate. She smiled and thanked him before taking a piece into her mouth and humming. The meat tasted like heaven especially after not having anything for the entire day.
"Good?" Chan laughed. Min-Sun realized what she was doing and felt heat spreading over her face. She nodded reaching her chopsticks for another piece of meat. "It is really good. I don't know what this is but we need to get it more often!" She hummed again as she took the next piece into her mouth.
"They must have worked our poor Minnie to death today. Eat up! Eat up!" Seungmin said beside her and she out her hand over her mouth as she laughed at his odd statement. She took another piece of meat and was enjoying the conversations all around her. From the conversations around her she learned that they were university students and that Sun hee and Changbin were a couple which was really easy to figure out considering he couldn't keep his hands off her. She also learned that if she wanted to pass Mr.Lee's class she needed to start studying right now, and that the cafeteria also makes surprisingly good kimchi stew which wasn't completely important but felt necessary to know.
"Hey Han how is your girlfriend, Jia?" Felix asked. Min-Sun paused putting the piece of meat in her chopsticks down to look over at Han. "Jia? She is good she tells me her university is constantly keeping her busy. She is in the art club and then she is on a student council so we don't get to meet often." Han talked about her so delicately that Min-Sun could feel the tightness in her chest almost signaling that her heart was close to breaking.
She looked down to the plate in front of her that held the meat she planned to eat. Suddenly her hunger turned into nausea and the meat in front of her smelt disgusting. If she was truthful having soju on am empty stomach and then adding meat on top probably wasn't her finest moment. She knew though why her appetite suddenly disappeared, and she didn't want to face it. It was already weird enough she was in this strange reality, she didn't want to begin to unpack her feelings for a man she had been in love with for years. Except all those years he was on screen or in albums, not sitting in front of her in a KBBQ.
She poured herself another shot hoping she could drown out the feelings and enjoy the night. She had gotten a lot of information tonight and she was proud of what she found out. She went to pour another shot to realize the bottle was gone. She frowned at the empty spot, knowing she just put the bottle down. She glanced up and saw Chan with the bottle in his hand. She glanced at her cup and held it up to Chan and smiled. "Please?" She asked as nice as she could. Her head was swimming and if she was honest the cup in front of her was kind of coming in and out of focus.
Chan nodded no and she frowned setting the cup down. Maybe this was her sign that she needed to go home. Maybe this was a weird dream and that if she went to sleep she would wake up in her correct time. She came to her own conclusions that it was time to go home and call it a night.
She stood up from her seat and stumbled back a little. She grabbed her purse that had fallen on the ground and pulled out some money leaving it on the table. She could hear everyone yelling to her, but she was tired and it was getting hard to focus. "Where are you going?" She heard someone yell, the voice not coming to her at the moment. "Home!" She yelled back as she walked out the door into the cool night air. The weather was approaching fall and the evenings were getting slightly darker and cooler which was a relief from the heat of the summer.
As she started walking down the streets she realized quickly she had no idea where she lived.
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Second Time Around
Fanfiction'Welcome Home' She could feel the bile rising in her throat. She had to get out, she needed to get out. She took a few cautious steps back worried that the person behind this was still there. __________________ Lee Min-Sun gained consciousness in...
