Chapter 23: Set Me Free

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[A/N: Lol, the photo above. Kittyz be fighting over Minji, fr XD    ]

Another busy day at work, Minji came to work eventhough her messy mind is preventing her from functioning well.

She sighed, gathering her stuffs as she stood up. She happens to overhead some colleagues next to her.
"Things are getting boring now that Ms. Pham didn't go to work today."

"I know right? Our section is always so energetic whenever she's around, she's like our energy deacon." then one of the girls laughed at that, surely, Hanni could be anyone's source of happiness. Just by seeing her smiley face will take away your stress. Everyone adores her.

"I wonder what's up?" another asks and the rest shrugs. Minji only realizes it if not because of them she wouldn't know. She have been too focused and too occupied with the thoughts inside her head that she didn't notice that Hanni wasn't around.

Come to think of it, no Hanni has given her coffee or greeted her goodmorning as well as asked her to eat lunch together.

She gave the empty desk a slight frown. These past few days, Hanni has been nothing but nice and caring towards her but she took her for granted.

She kept telling her that it's okay and that she can handle it all alone but the other girl insists until she can't now.

Did she got tired? Did she had enough?

Minji couldn't blame herself for this though, she can't be like that towards Haerin. She can't like someone else just because—

Minji opens her mouth slightly, she stared off at nothing in particular.

Now the tables have turned. Now it's Haerin that she yearns but Hanni is there for her.

Just what exactly is life trying to throw at her? What is it trying to tell her? It all feels like it's toying with her.

She sighed, she can't be like that to Hanni. She's still a good friend to her. She can't just leave her be now that she probably needs her help too.

She packed up her things and went back home, she planned on doing groceries and might as well cook for the other girl.

Once the sun have set, she went out of her house to do what she planned to. Wearing a dark green oversized hoodie with white baggy jeans, she trudges towards the convenient store. Bought all the necessary ingredients for what she's going to cook for Hanni.

She scans the shelves, walks through the convenient store's aisles looking for the necessary ingredients. She came across the sweets section and saw a fish-shaped candies. Who the hell would make fish-shaped candies?

But she found her hand reaching for it. Just in time another hand reaches for it.

Her heart picks up and she whipped her head to look at the person next to her only for her hopeful look to drop.

"O-Oh sorry, I th—" a random girl apologizes, even pulling her hand back in embarassment.

"No, you can take it. I was just gonna take a look at it." she offered her a genuine smile to which the girl shyly smiles back.

She excuses herself and finishes putting items on her basket, walks to the counter and pays for it.

She took a bus to Hanni's residential area which took about 30 minutes to arrive. It'a been a while since she last visited her, it was because Hanni was the one who visits her most of the time. Now, it makes her feel even more bad..

She knocks on it once, then twice. There's no answer.

She she knocks again, acompanied with her call.
"Hanni? It's me, Minji."

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