Enemies, to Lovers, to Enemies again? [part 1]

chapter 9

Jimin's POV

OH MY GOSH. IT WAS AERI. AND SHE WAS SCREAMING. BECAUSE SHE SAW ME AND MINJEONG MAKING OUT.

"AERI!" I yelled. "I'm so, so , so , so sorry." I pushed Minjeong off me. Tears were pouring out of her Aeri's eyes as she fell to the ground. The purse she had been holding toppled of her shoulder and on the ground, its contents spilling onto the floor.

"DO NOT TELL ANYONE," cried Minjeong. She was still holding my hand. 

"Why did you just come in like that?"

"T-t-the door was open, s-so I pushed it open and then I saw ... that," she mumbled, stuttering. "Why were you two making out? You can only do that w-with a-a guy."

I looked at Minjeong. We leaned and kissed again. Aeri hadn't brought her phone which was good. She couldn't film us. As our lips touched, Aeri let out another cry.

"Shhhh," I said hurridely, scared that someone would come in because of her yelling.

"Ok," she gave in. "Now can you two tell me?"

"OK," I said hesitantly, looking at Minjeong. "But you have to promise not to tell anyone." I motioned for her to come and sit on the opposite sofa.

"I promise."

We told her everything. "It all started on the bus. Minjeong said she was cold so I held her hand. And then Minjeong was crying, and I comforted her. And then I accidentally slept in the same bed as her. We started making out in the morning. When we got off the bus, Minjeong drove me to her house and we... well you know. And then we started dating, and here we are now."

Aeri looked shocked. "You what?"

Minjeong looked at me in the eye and I hugged her. She snuggled her face in the crook of my shoulder, wrapping her arms around my waist. "We're dating," she reluctantly.

"I beg you with all you heart to not tell anyone," I said firmly.

"I promise with all my life. I won't let anyone on this earth find out." She was one of my best friends, so I believed her. I let her go home. Me and Minjeong stayed, rethinking about what had just happened.

"She won't tell anyone," I blurted.

"She might," Minjeong whispered, staring into nothing. I pecked her lips.

"Don't go just yet. Please stay," I said.

"Sure." 

For the rest of the time, we talked, we kissed, and we kissed a few more times. It was like nothing had just happened and we were chilling. 

"I think you should stay for the night," I said randomly, while making ramen for us.

"Yeah, I will," she smiled. "You know, Jimin, I don't really care if anyone finds out about us. As long as we're together, everything will be better. We could even move away from here and go to Seoul. I just want to be with you. And no, I am not sleeping in a different bed from you tonight. I don't care if it's a single bed. We'll fit, even if it means that we'll literally be on top of each other. I just want to be with you. Maybe I could even move in here, and my mom would never know, and we could buy a queen sized bed. Think about it, we could make it and sex whenever we want to."

"I don't how to say this, but you can do whatever you want, because I like you," I grinned. "And because you're my girlfriend. So, we go steal your bags from your house tomorrow?"

"I love you."

That night, we crammed ourselves onto my single bed, literally hugging each other. We held hands as we slept, and we woke up just like that.

"Wake up, sleepyhead," I heard a laughing voice from above my head. 

"It's Saturday," I grumbled, waking up.

"I thought we could go for a walk. You know, together. But we have to act as friends. I mean we can still hold hands and hug, but not kiss."

"I get it," I muttered, putting on my clothes.

"You can barely see," she giggled. "Let me put them on for you." She walked up to, held one arm on my waist and the other to pull my t-shirt on. I didn't care about my shorts.

In five minutes, we were out of my apartment. Hand in hand, we walked on the street, bumping into each other because we were so close. Minjeong had put a hand on my waist, pulling me so close I could feel her breath on my cheeks. It didn't even seem like we were close enough. But I guess we were so close that we stilll got stares from other people.

Korea is definitely not friendly with lesbians. That's also the thing I'm worried about. The discrimination. We're going to put away from the rest of the country. That's why I pulled away a little bit from her. By little, I mean I pulled myself out from the hand on my waist and we just held hands.

If we lived together, I would do this with her every single day. I would just want to be with her. But then I felt a stinging pain in my heart. Aeri. I remembered. She saw everything yesterday. I tried putting myself in her place, and girl who likes boys, who had basically never heard of a girl and a girl being together. I just couldn't imagine the shock. I put that out of my head and kept on walking.

And then I also remembered that I had a surprise for Minjeong.