All Mine | Winrina

Chapter 22

MINJEONG

It's Sunday morning. I finish up my biology booklet and pack my bag for school the next day.

During the afternoon, I went out with Tzuyu on a walk round the central city. We ate at a coffee house and looked around in a few shops, it was nice going on a walk with her again; it felt really good.

Yeji and Yizhuo had also gone out to order a pizza for all of us, a few pasta dishes as well.

After I take a shower, I walk down to eat with all of them at the dinner table, and nothing happens until Tzuyu speaks up, "I want to take Minjeong with us to work tomorrow."

Everyone looks straight at her, even me.

"She has school," Ryujin, the only one who didn't look us, answers sternly.

"She can skip," Tzuyu defends, "Yizhuo too."

"We're busy tomorrow," Aeri says, and I feel a very tense tension begin to build up around me.

"She's coming with us, she's interested. Why not let her see?" She says and I mentally agree. I'd love to see what they do, I barely saw their company the other day, the trip was cut short.

"Tzuyu," Yeji warns through gritted teeth, her eyes threatening her, and I began to feel awkward.

"She's coming," Tzuyu says and they all go silent.

"If you guys are really busy then it's fin-"

"Minjeong, we'll be fine. I want you to see the company," she interrupts me and I go silent.

The rest of the day was even more awkward.

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The next morning I wake up to Tzuyus' face right above mine. I try my best to look at her but my eyelids felt like they were being pulled down.

"Get ready, we're going to work now," she whispers but all I want to do is fall back asleep. I feel more tired than usual.

I notice that the room is pitch black, usually the sun sneaks through my curtains in the morning. 

"What time is is?" I ask, when I noticed.

"4:00 AM," she answers and I groan.

"Do you really go to work at this hour?"

"We do this every morning, now get ready, we need to go," she says, I hear her walk out of the room, but like a villain, she turns on the lights and I whine.

After a few minutes of debating whether it was really worth it to go or to just sleep more, I finally get up and wash my face with cold water to wake up.

I walk over to my closet and begin to think about what would be more appropriate; something formal, something grey, or black to match everyone else there.

 I pick out a black dress and slip it on, wearing black heels to match.

I feather on a bit of makeup, too tired to do anything more than blush, mascara, and some lipstick.

When I get downstairs, a few of the girls aren't ready yet, so I sit on the couch to wait, trying my best to not fall asleep — it felt like my eyes were fighting me.

Tzuyu sat beside me on the couch, and I lazily look over to her. She smiles, "Good morning to you too," she chirps.

"How do you have so much energy?" I ask, yawning.

"I've been doing this routine for years now," she says as she neatly adjusts the cuffs of her sleeves. I notice silver cufflinks. 

I pinch it between my fingers, noticing that it was a lions' head. "This is pretty," I mumble and she nods.