Teddy Bear [Bbangsaz]

Chapter 17

Her feet were bleeding.

But Hanni didn't care. Minji matters the most at the moment. Though she's bleeding, she blames herself as it's the least she can do, because Minji used to do the same to her, and without the other party knowing.

Eyes were on her state, egging on their curiosity about the girl looking all desperate and panting hard. None tried to help or ask about. Traces of blood were visible at some point of her destinations. Their schools, the basketball court, the ice cream stand on a park, everywhere that Minji had step a foot at, name it, Hanni went there.

She also traces back her steps to several places to see if she misses a spot.

Only God knows how Hanni is still running when she's on the edge of falling down.

But she didn't care, because Minji matters more.

That's when until her fatigue really hits her like a sudden wrecking ball on her knees, unaware of its coming. Hanni fell on a bench in the park, the park where she went to for the fifth time, including her current arrival.

She fell down hard with her head hang low and pale. She clenches the edge of the bench trying to fight back the urge to burst once more. At that time, she realizes that there's no more room left in her for the fact that guilt has taken over them.

"Minji..."

She clenches harder.

"Minji..."

Hanni wondered where could Minji have been, despite that she hasn't seen her for 2 days already, thousands of ideas came crashing down.

Where could she be staying? Have she eaten? Is she lost? Minji sure had learned a few things but that's when she's under either any of their eyes. Is there a hope if any of her friends found her and took her home but then they'll wonder why she was away? Or worse, did Hanni's past thought has finally came true? That Minji is kidnapped?

Hanni breaks down.

The sun is setting from her view of the ground albeit her blurry vision. It's too late.

But before Hanni could get up, a shadow came into her sight, shadowing the sunset light from her bare feet. She was about to apologize, maybe that she's a bother in some way to the owner of the shadow, until the person spoke.

"Your feet is bleeding."

That voice.

Hanni thought she must be seeing and hearing stuff because the person who just spoke to her sounds exactly like Minji. She's scared to lift her head, scared that she was right.

"Why are you crying?" The person squats down. The person's face is still in her sight. And so she blinks, making the last tear fall and clearing her view.

It's Minji.

Hanni can't believe it. The person that she had been looking for is in front of her, holding a yellow-coloured balloon, looking at her as if nothing ever happened.

"Here, take this! Don't cry!" Minji hands the balloon to her and quickly takes out a hankie, "Stay put, this might hurt a bit!" she lift Hanni's left foot carefully and daps the clothe. It hurts, honestly, but Hanni didn't move. Eyes widen, she keeps them locked on Minji. Has she gone crazy that Minji is actually touching her?

"Han!"

"Unnie!"

Another 3 familiar voices call her out from behind.

"Han where have- Minji!!" Danielle pace increases and so did the others when they heard the name, running to Hanni.

Minji was shocked when Hyein crashed herself on her, making her fall back flat.