Under the sky in room 553 I discovered you and I

Part 6

Unnie! Come sit, quickly." Minjeong hurriedly patted the space next to her on her bed, tucking her legs and positioning the guitar atop her lap.

Jimin calmly closed the bedroom door, a brow raised as she made her way over.Apparently, it was too slow for Minjeong's liking, because the pat immediately grew more impatient. "What's the rush? It's not like you're going anywhere!"

"Just shut up and come sit, I have something cool to show off." The younger proudly grinned, swiftly producing a guitar pick from her hoodie pocket once Jimin was where she wanted her to be. "Well, actually, it's just a new song I discovered. I spent all night learning the melody!"

This earned her an amused chuckle as Jimin leaned back, an arm supporting herself when she regarded the girl with a tilted head. "For me? That's adorable."

"Not for you! It's not always about you, God-" Minjeong let out an exaggerated groan, trying her best to make it convincing when in reality her heart almost jumped at being found out. "Sure, sure. Whatever. Let's hear it, musician."

Minjeong only shot her a look before clearing her throat, positioning her fingers for the first chord. Silence momentarily enveloped them as she mentally prepared herself. Somehow, this felt more intimate than it should be.

Relax, it's just you playing your best friend a song. It has no deeper meaning beyond that.

Yet, when she was about to sing, she caught Jimin staring at her likes he saw right through her. Minjeong felt awfully barren, like her soul was stripped naked. A blush crept up her neck, burning the tip of her ears. She averted her gaze, now intensely staring at her guitar strings, head hung low.

But she sang anyway, because the tension in the silence was beginning to take her mind places she'd rather not be. Not when Jimin was in the same room.

Just what was wrong with her?

"Remember the way you made me feel,"

Was it because they were both going through puberty that she was suddenly feeling this way about her best friend? Or had it been there all along, but she was too indifferent and naive to notice?

"Such young love but, something in me knew that it was real,"

Was it because of their changing looks? Or Jimin losing her baby fat and hitting her growth spurt?

"Frozen in my head. Pictures I'm living through for now,"

Did she get more handsome? And since when were her features so defined? Had her lips always been this pouty?

"Trying to remember all the good times. Our life was cutting through so loud,"

Then, Minjeong did something she knew she would regret in hindsight-he looked up. The consequences caught up to her faster than she would have liked, because the look in Jimin's eyes that she was met with almost made her short-circuit.

"Memories are playing in my dull mind I, hate this part, paper hearts,"

Had she always stared at her like that? Even when she wasn't looking?

Minjeong realised a heartbeat later that she'd rather not know the answer to that question.

"And I'll hold a piece of yours,"

The girllooked away, internally reprimanding herself for letting her voice go off-pitch. Even so, a pair of eyes still burned holes through the back of her head.