touch, taste & tremble

- 5

After the initial somewhat shock of Jimin impulsively buying an apartment settles down, Aeri and Yizhuo decided that Jimin needed furniture for her new place. Luckily, she still had something left over from her savings and Aeri and Yizhuo both decided to get Jimin a housewarming gift, even though she wouldn't really be living in the apartment.

So on Thursday, Jimin and Yizhuo are decorating the apartment - Aeri has work. They bought a lot of furniture from the thrift shop, resulting in a wonderfully comfortable leather sofa, elegant coffee table and six lamps. The rest they got from furniture stores, but since nearly everything was a show model, Jimin received a generous discount on all her purchases.

Now the apartment is nearly good to go way before Jimin had anticipated and as she looks around the room, she's considering having Minjeong over tomorrow already.

"You're seeing her tomorrow, right?" It's like Yizhuo can read her mind.

"Yeah."

"Will you invite her here?"

"I'm thinking of it. I mean I have a bed."

"Where did you even meet before?"

"At her place. That wasn't really part of my plan, but we literally fell in bed the first time around and then it never came up again."

Yizhuo grins at her as she hands Jimin a mug of coffee and promptly sits down besides Jimin on the couch.

"So what is she like?"

Jimin turns to her confused. "I've been telling you about her for weeks."

"No unnie, you've been telling me about the sex, which sounds wonderful, I'm happy for you. But what about her? What is she like?"

Jimin stares into her coffee before answering, honestly thinking about the question.

She knows Minjeong is a writer and occasionally teaches at a University not too far from her place, she knows that aside from writing them, Minjeong loves to read books, but that's a no-brainer. She knows Minjeong is kind at heart - the soft kisses to her body that Jimin has memorized by now are a sure sign of that. She knows Minjeong is gentle and passionate and that her laughter is rare not because she has no sense of humor but because it is sophisticated.

But she doesn't know her favorite color or the name of her first childhood pet, if she even had any. She knew Minjeong has a sister, now she knows her name and her face. But that's about it.

Jimin realizes that while it was always her intention to just sleep with Minjeong, she wants to get to know her. She wants to know things about her mind and her heart, not just the way to navigate her body.

"I honestly don't know too much about her. We agreed that would be for the best."

"Would you want to? Know about her, I mean."

Yes, she does. But can she be honest about that with Yizhuo? Won't saying it out loud mean that Minjeong has more power than she should have?

"I guess." Jimin shrugs, then gets up in an attempt to avoid discussing the topic further. She needs to think about this first.

Yizhuo lets her, simply following Jimin into the kitchen where she leans against the counter with a smirk and a wiggle of her eyebrows.

"So, any sexy plans for tomorrow to... christen your new place?"

"I swear Ning Yizhuo, you are way too obsessed with my sex life."

"Probably, but don't try and change the subject, unnie."