Whisper In Her Ear - Winrina

23 - Forgiveness

"Hey, can you please pass me some nails?" Minjeong looked down to Karina from the top of her ladder, stretching her left hand out for the said item while her other hand gripped a hammer steadily.

It was a clear, sunny day outside and Minjeong was nestled on their leaky roof, trying to do Grandma Jeong a favor by replacing all the defected roof shingles.

On the rooftop deck below the ladder sat Karina, finally free of her restrictive arm cast and peacefully writing something on her little notebook. The sun cast a pale light over her.

Karina lifted her gaze from her page and the tiny, concentrated frown between her eyebrows disappeared as she looked at Minjeong.

"Here." She went on her toes and raised the pack of nails to Minjeong, watching the younger girl work with a lazy smile. "Is this how housewives feel when they watch their husbands do home repair? Kind of attractive, I'm not going to lie."

Minjeong snorted and took out one of the nails to start hammering it in. "Please. Lesbians are way better at this."

"Yeah, right." Karina drawled, smirking. "Which was why you watched DIY home repair videos secretly on your phone all day yesterday, am I right?"

Minjeong winced, grinning slowly. "One can always be an expert overnight. I'm sure I have exceeded many men in history."

She replaced the remainder of the shingles and hopped off the ladder once she was done. Throwing the hammer aside, she walked over to Karina and pulled her towards herself with a big smile.

"You are all sweaty." Karina laughed, wiping her face with the end of her long sleeve.

Minjeong rose an eyebrow. "Hot kind of sweaty or ugly kind of sweaty?"

"Hot kind of sweaty." Karina nodded decisively.

Minjeong chuckled and dipped in to plant a quick kiss on her smiling lips.

"What are you writing about?" She motioned with her chin at Karina's notebook, which was hugged protectively in her arms.

The older girl had been writing something continuously for several days now. Minjeong was happy that she seemed to have a good time with her newfound hobby.

"Oh, just random notes here and there. About how I first met you and how we got together. I try to jot down how I felt during every moment because they are all precious to me. I don't want to forget them five years later." Her cheeks colored pinkish. "It ends up longer than I expected, though. It's probably going to be novel length at this rate."

"Well, we do have quite a story, don't we?" Minjeong grinned. "Can I read it?"

Karina's eyes widened immediately. "No." She hid the book behind her back in a heartbeat.

"Aww, why not?"

"Just no."

Minjeong tried to grab the notebook playfully from her but she scurried backwards hurriedly. "Not until it is finished!"

"Okay, okay." Minjeong threw both hands up in surrender, laughing before reaching up to peck her lips again because it was impossible to not do so while she was sporting that adorable frown. "I will wait until you are done."

"Good." Karina breathed out. She raised a warning finger at her after a while, though. "And don't you try to read it secretly when I'm not around."

"When are you not around though? You are always all over me."

"Maybe like, when I'm showering?"

"Oh, then you should be all over me while doing that too." Minjeong batted her eyelashes innocently. "You know, to keep me from committing mischief and all."