MANIA

Part 20

"Please-” The word is but a strained plea from Jisoo's lips. “Please, can I kiss you?”

The question makes Y/N's heart flutter, her mouth parting with an answer before her brain can even catch up. However, before she can respond so much as escape her lips, the sound of the bell chiming above the shop door alerts her to another presence having just entered the room.

“Jisoo,” Nayeon's red eyes narrow as she fully takes in the scene before her. “What are you doing?”

Jisoo closes her eyes, exhaling a deep sigh as she reluctantly pulls herself away from Y/N for the time being. “Well, we were sharing a moment, sister,” her eyes flash red as she turns to face the other girl, noticing a letter clutched in Nayeon's hand despite her arms being crossed over her chest. “I was simply mending our beloved’s sweater.”

Nayeon's eyebrows twitch, clearly unamused. “I’m sure that that’s not exactly what you were doing.” she retorted. Jealousy flares beneath her skin as she continues to glare at Jisoo. She's been waiting in the hallway just outside of the shop for much longer than either of the two realize, concealing her presence as she listened in their conversation.

Of course, she agreed with every word Jisoo spoke to Y/N, and it pains her to no end that the love of her life would think of herself like that. However, there’s also a part of her that despises the fact that it was Jisoo of all people that Y/N confided in with this first.

Really, Nayeon should have made her presence known sooner. Maybe then she would have been able to comfort Y/N along with Jisoo, instead of simply eavesdropping. How Y/N even got on this certain topic of conversation eludes her, but the fact that she shared these insecurities with Jisoo, the woman who has made it painstakingly obvious that she cannot control herself around her, irritates Nayeon like nothing else.

That should have been her.

As soon as Nayeon heard Jisoo even think the question, she knew she had to intervene. In her own, sick, twisted way, Nayeon wants all of Y/N's firsts. She craves them just as she craves her.

She wanted to be the first one to touch her, and technically, she was. Nayeon, will never forget the way her fingers tingled with electricity when she brushed them against Y/N's when she handed she that fake keycard.

However, Jisoo truly beat her to it, her touch having graced Y/N's body in ways Nayeon has only ever dreamed of. The thought of somebody else’s hands all over her, even if that someone is her own sister, makes Nayeon sick.

A rage begins to burn within her core that needs to be sated in any way she can. Like hell is she going to let Jisoo have her first kiss with one of them, too. That should be her.

'You cannot dictate between us who can and cannot have her, Nayeon.' Jisoo's voice echoes through her head. 'Only Y/N gets to decide that.'

'I know.' To say Nayeon is frustrated would be an understatement.

'Stop treating everything like a competition.' Jisoo retorts, crossing her arms in front of her chest.

'Then, why does it always feel like I’m in last place?' Nayeon snaps, eyes tinging with that all too familiar redness.