Trust Me

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Karina's

I was surprised when Ningning suddenly took my phone away from me when she sat beside me on the sofa here in the living room after we finished our ice creams.

"Ning-" I didn't get to finish what I was about to say when she shushed me, so my brows creased at her.

"Stop it, Jimin unnie," she said, like I was a child being scolded by my mom for some reason.

"What do you mean, Ning?" I said, feeling clueless so she shook her head at me.

"Don't play dumb; I know you're looking up to some fans' comments about your dating issues right now." My eyes widened when she said that, so she knows what I'm doing.

I just looked away at her like I'm some kid just caught doing something bad and just fiddled with my fingers.

"I just want to know what our fans felt when my dating news came out. I felt guilty, and it's not a dating issue Ning. Me and Jaewook oppa already confirmed it's true, so it's a dating news now," I said, but she just heaved a sigh like she's so done and leaned into our sofa.

"Whatever Jimin unnie, you don't need to feel guilty about any of this, okay? It's okay to fall in love with someone; you're still a human after all; if you ever feel sorry for the fans that's upset about the news that you're dating, then they're not fans; just let them be upset; that's just how they are; you can't control everyone's feelings; everyone will not just accept everything," Ningning said like it was nothing. She's right; I can't control everyone to accept everything about us that easily.

"Besides, that's not the point here, unnie. You said you already confirmed to the public that you and Jaewook oppa are dating," she said, so I became silent, waiting for her to continue what she was about to say.

"But are your feelings also confirmed?" she sincerely asked like she's being careful with her words, so I got a bit stunned.

"W-what?" I just blurted out because I'm surprised by her question.

Ningning just shrugged.

"I don't know unnie, don't get me wrong I'm happy for you and congtrats, but it was just too sudden for me, like, seriously? Sorry to judge your relationship with Jaewook oppa, but him? out of nowhere? You two just met at a fashion event once, unnie! "She suddenly exclaimed, so I don't know how to react.

"A-as we said in the media, w-we're just getting to know each other right now" I said without looking at her and buried my face in my knee while I'm hugging my legs.

She heaved a sigh again like she's defeated.

"Whatever you say unnie" she said then rolled her eyes so I laughed a bit.

"But still, thank you Ningie. I feel a bit better now" I said then smiled genuinely at her so she hugged me for a while.

"We're always here for you unnie" she said while we're hugging so I just nodded, feeling thankful for the moment.

"Ouch" I suddenly flinched when Ningning accidentally squeezed my torso a little. I'm still having a body ache because of Winter colliding with me earlier when they got back from the convenience store.

The pain still hasn't gone away even though it happened for awhile now.

"Are you okay unnie?" Yizhuo asked, a bit concerned so I smiled a bit.

"Yes I'm fine, don't worry" we quickly broke the hug when Giselle suddenly talked.

"Do you guys wanna watch a movie?"

"That's random, but it's fine with us, right Ning?" I said then looked at Ning beside me.

"Yep! Let's go watch then" I chuckled when Ningning is too energetic today, as always I guess.

Giselle just nodded and started to set up the movie on our TV in the living room.

"But unnie" I heard Ningning say to me so I quickly looked at her.

"I know there's someone out there that's more compatible with you, like someone who doesn't need to get to know you more because they already know you from the start, someone who can make you happy effortlessly, and someone who's attentive to your feelings." Ningning stated that I became confused. Who is she talking about?

I was about to ask Ningning who she was referring to, but as if fate were controlling the whole scene right now, Minjeong suddenly came out of their room, and our eyes met like it was the first time today.

It's my first time to see her adoring eyes again because I feel like she's trying to avoid me the whole day, and as I expected, she's the first one to look away from my gaze.

I don't know, but I can't help but feel dejected whenever Minjeong ignores me. I can't stand it knowing that she's sulking or that she's upset with me. I seriously can't sleep knowing I did something to hurt her feelings.

Sometimes I say sorry to her, and sometimes I make her feel that I'm sorry.

"Please talk to me, Minjeong"