a little crazy | winrina

- 9

It's stupid really, how hung up Minjeong still is, months after Jimin's departure. They'd decided from the start that their fake relationship would end once Jimin finished filming here; there's no reason she should still be so upset when Jimin's gone.

Except for the part where she fell in love when she totally should not have.

So it's both a blessing and a curse that Jimin starts doing a lot of promotional work for her new movie just a couple of months after she leaves. Talk show appearances, magazine interviews, photoshoots— all of them give Minjeong an opportunity to see her, even if she can't actually see her.

Minjeong refuses to let herself dwell on just how much Jimin has changed her, how she went from someone oblivious to celebrities and their lives to someone desperate to hear more and more about an actress. She ignores how her priorities have flipped, how she spends fewer nights out at clubs or bars and more nights in her apartment, keeping up on Jimin's celebrity gossip.

She searches online almost compulsively now, eating up any information she can about the girl she fake dated for five months, and as ridiculous as it is, she stop herself for now, to keep herself from going overboard.

And that's how Minjeong finds herself watching some vapid, late-night talk show while her friends are out at the bar living up their mid-twenties like she used to. She doesn't care about the jokes or skits that take up the first half-hour of the show, nor does she even know whose show it is, but she is painfully aware that the commercial previews advertised that Jimin would be on the show that day to promote her new movie.

Her phone is buzzing incessantly—her friends, no doubt, insisting that she come join them; she never told them about her deal with Jimin, so they only know what the media knows, and they're worried that she's taking the break-up badly. If only they knew— but the sound doesn't register once she sees a familiar girl walk on-screen, looking just as beautiful as she did the day Minjeong saw her off in the airport.

The interview starts off slowly as Jimin and the talk show host chat about how great she looks (Minjeong doesn't need them to tell her that; she's all too aware already) and the movie's plot. In a few minutes, the screen cuts to a scene from the movie. Jimin and Jaemin holding hands as they run from the rain before stopping under a bus stop overhang to finally confess the feelings they have for each other. The sneak peak stops before the kiss that Minjeong remembers watching from the sidelines.

That had been so early in their relationship, Minjeong hadn't even considered being jealous about it. Now, overwhelming relief floods through her once she realizes she won't have to watch it again.

Refocusing on the screen, the audience's applause dies down as Jimin smiles proudly at her work and the host turns back to her.

"Amazing." He says. "You've really grown as an actress since the first time you sat in that chair."

"Thank you." Jimin replies, still smiling brightly. "It means a lot to hear you say that."

The host grins back, like an affectionate uncle. "But a lot has happened in your life beside your acting career, hasn't it?" He asks. "People can not stop talking about that five-month fling you had with your personal assistant. Could you tell us about that?"

Jimin laughs, but to Minjeong's ears, it sounds nervous. "What do you want to know?"

"How did it happen? Are you still together? That kind of thing. There aren't many details out there."

"Well, I've been trying not to talk about it too much, out of respect for her privacy. No one likes having their lives on display, but Minjeong's not a celebrity, so she's definitely not used to things like this." Jimin explains, hands fiddling with each other.