Girl, Get up.

Chapter 8

Time skip:

"Brooo, I'm so glad the year is almost over," Chan says out loud. They had just finished their final test for this year and finally had some down time. The year was pretty hectic, after their hang out a few months ago the school work just started piling up and it seemed like it was never ending. Minji's parents have enrolled her into after school activities that's supposed to help her for high school and university. She's been working her butt off all year so she can get her parents off her back. She hasn't hung out with her friends in months because of it. She feels guilty as she hasn't told them something important yet.Hell, she hasn't even told her own sister yet. She's afraid of how they're going to react. She knows she's going to have to tell them soon. There's only a week left of school before then. She has enough time right?.

Flashback:

The day her parents came home after they had a group hang out they took them to dinner to talk about the future and the company with them. They informed Taehyung and Minji that they've been enrolled in an after school activities to help them learn more about the company and that Hyein will be taking the same course when she enters High school. After dinner, Minji's parents told her to come to their office to talk more about her future. Taehyung knew what they were going to talk to her about as he also had the same talk to them 2 years ago. He just hopes that she makes the right decision.

*knock* *knock* Taehyung hears a knock on his door. "Come in" he yells out.

"Oppa." Minji cries out as she enters his room.

"It's going to be alright, Bear" he says. Minji cries harder after hearing him call her the term of endearment she hasn't heard in years. She hugs him tighter and just cries.

"You do what you have to do, Bear. Don't worry about Hyein. I'll keep my eye on her" he says as he rubs circles around her back. Minji nods and looks up at him.

"I don't know if i made the right decision, oppa" she says to him.

"Any decision is the right decision as long as your heart is in it, Bear" he smiles warmly at her.

"Oppa, can we not tell anyone about this yet? Even Hyein. I just, I just wanna make sure I made this decision for myself and not for anyone else" Minji looks up at her brother, looking for reassurance.

"If that's what you want, sure. But I'm sure Hyein will be upset if she finds out at the last minute. Just promise me you'll tell her before it's too late. Okay?" He hugs his sister one last time and ruffles her hair before sending her out of his room.

Taehyung cried that night. He hasn't cried in years but he couldn't stop the tears flowing out his eyes. He tried so hard to keep Minji and Hyein out of the high expectations their parents had enforced on them. He felt like he failed them as a big brother. He worries about Minji's future the most. She's the most outspoken one out of the three of them and he knows she's going to have to do a lot of fighting to find her place that's worthy in their parent's eyes. Especially their father. They have a few more months together before that time comes and he hopes that Minji is ready for it.

End of flashback

One more week. One more week till they become certified High school Students. The classroom was in full celebration mode. Minji's friends have been constantly talking about how excited they are to be high school students now and how they can't wait to make more fun memories with each other. They talk about their summer plans and what they'll be doing. They joke and laugh. They complained about how much extra work they had in school that year.

"Minji-ah, what's our plan this summer? Are we going full delinquent mode this time?" Chan asks as he wiggles his eyebrows at her.

Minji nervously laughs. It's now or never.