Girl, Get up.

Chapter 36

"You need to learn to stop barging in your sister's room" Haerin says, she looks annoyed at her two friends.

Hyein and Dani are still rooted in their spots. Hyein recovers first and looks at Haerin with shock.

"Okay, what the heck did we just walk into? Hyein says as she walks towards Haerin, she grabs onto her shoulders and starts shaking the girl.

"You were literally just crying about her last night and now we walk in and you guys look like you guys were about to kiss" Hyein says, still shaking the girl. Dani walks over to both of them and stops Hyein from shaking Haerin so hard.

"Stop shaking her so hard, Hyein" Dani says as she pulls Haerin away from Hyein's grip. Dani looks at Haerin and makes sure that she's okay.

"Aren't you as surprised as I am Dani? You saw how hysterical she was over the text from Sunghoon and how Minji-unnie will never look her way, blah blah blah blah" Hyein says as she looks at Haerin again, she reaches out to hold Haerin's hand and apologizes to the girl from shaking her so hard earlier.

"Sorry about earlier, it just caught me off guard cause like what???" Hyein continues to ramble about the scene with Haerin and Minji. Dani shakes her head and Haerin looks at Hyein to stop her from talking.

"Listen, as much as I would love to tell you guys everything, I still need to talk to Minji-unnie" Haerin says as she tries to make her way towards the door.

"Wha–h Haerinnnnnn" Hyein calls out to the girl, she tries to grab Haerin's hands but Dani stops her.

"Let her handle this, Hyein." Dani says to her friend, Hyein still looks like she's contemplating on whether or not she should go after Haerin. Hyein pouts at Dani, they decide to leave Minji's room and wait for Haerin in Hyein's room.

Haerin zips down downstairs, she's looking everywhere for Minji. Seriously, where could she have gone to. She checks the bathroom, the bedroom, the kitchen, living room and anywhere else she could think Minji could have gone to. She sighs as she couldn't find any traces of the older girl. As she passes by the front door, she hears the door jiggle and then stop. Haerin stops in her tracks and looks at the door once again, the door knob jiggles and then stops again. Haerin reaches for the knob and opens it wide open. The person behind the door squeaks as they make eye contact with Haerin.

"What are you doing outside?" Haerin asks, she steps out of the house to join the person outside.

"Uhh...I needed fresh air?" Minji nervously says to her, she's looking around everywhere except at Haerin's eyes.

"Unnie, can we talk?" Haerin asks, she takes a step forward to Minji but Minji backs away from her. Haerin looks hurt from Minji's actions; she was just so close to her earlier, why is she backing away from her now?

"I'm sorry, can we talk later? I'm just mentally exhausted from everything today" Minji says as she tries to leave the shared space she has with Haerin, she refuses to look at Haerin's eyes cause she knows she'll crumble as soon as they make eye contact. Minji darts her way to the door and up to her room.

Haerin stands by the doorway by herself, she hears Minji's door slam shut and she closes her eyes. Why is Minji acting so strange with her again? Weren't they making progress earlier? Didn't she almost just kiss Haerin? Haerin looked at the stairs, she wanted to talk to Minji. Her thoughts stop her from making her way to the stairs.

What if Minji regretted everything? What if Minji actually didn't want to kiss Haerin earlier and she was just imagining things? What if Minji didn't feel the same way? Did Minji even want to get married to her? A million what-ifs raced in Haerin's head, she felt lightheaded. She sends a text to Hyein and Dani, apologizing to them that she didn't feel good and that she needed to get home.