Trust Me

5

Winter's

"M-Minjeong? What are you doing here?" I wondered why she seemed surprised that I'm here; didn't Ningning explain to her that we exchanged rooms for tonight?

"Hi, Jimin unnie," I said with my small voice because I'm a bit embarrassed. Why is it like Jimin unnie didn't know I'm gonna sleep here tonight?

She scratched her head a little, looking so puzzled but she still smiled and invited me to their bed so I complied immediately.

"I don't actually know what's happening but where's Ningning and why are you here with your belongings Minjeong-ah?" she asked once again looking like a stupid cheese cat that she always is, I just chuckled thinking about it so her brows became so furrowed while looking at me.

"What did Ningning say unnie?" I asked back so she quickly shook her head like a kid.

"She didn't say anything and just gathered some of her belongings here and said good night to me so I thought I'll sleep alone tonight, but I'm glad you're here Minjeongie" she explained while looking so happy so I can't help but smile to her too.

Now tell me, how can I ignore this precious human being that's in front of me right now? My heart swells just thinking of her and looking at her this close to me. It's really ashamed that Jimin unnie has Jaewook-nim already.

I heaved a sigh. Ningning, you idiot. I bet she purposely didn't say anything to Jimin unnie for me to actually explain why I'm actually here with her.

"What? I'm just telling you what I observed from both of you, okay? And my point still stands: you had a chance that time, Winter. I know for sure, because if you ever saw Jimin unnie look at you adoringly, the way she always talks about you whenever you're not around, the way that her body is always drawn at you? I don't know why you don't even see that or even feel that you're special to her; she's so obvious, and you are too, so I don't know what's stopping you both before" it's like a broken record when I heard Aeri unnie's voice in my head.

Jimin unnie, if only I confessed before, will you actually accept me? Did I really have a chance back then?

"Minjeong? Are you alright? Why are you tearing up?" My thoughts were interrupted when unnie spoke and looked at me. Her concern was evident on her face.

"Oh, nothing unnie; something just flew in my eyes, so my eyes got watery," I said, wiping out the tears that'd almost slipped out. I don't want to cry in front of her, please.

She's still looking worried, but she didn't force me to say anything. That's good unnie, because if you force me to say something, I don't even know what to say to you anymore.

"Anyway, unnie, I'm here to take care of you tonight," I said, smiling, so she became confused again. Cute.

"I noticed that you're still having body aches after I accidentally bumped into you when I ran inside of our dorm. I want to say sorry again for what happened," I said, then lowered my head because I really felt bad for Jimin Unnie.

"As I said, you don't need to feel sorry because it's just an accident, Minjeong," she softly said, then lifted my chin to be able to look at me clearly with her adoring eyes.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" I unconsciously asked while looking at her eyes, which were mirroring mine.

"Like what?" she asked back, so I came back to my senses and quickly stood up to take something from my pouch.

"Nothing" is all I can say while ignoring her gaze again at me.

'Why are you looking at me like I'm the person that you're in love with, Jimin Unnie?' But of course I won't ask her something like that. It's just stupid because we all know whom she likes, and it'll never be me. I'm just her member, her best friend for 8 years. That's all I can be. Why am I thinking this way again?

"I bought some ointment unnie" I cheerfully told her so she looked at me confusingly again.

"It's for body pain unnie, now tell me where it hurts so I could apply the ointment and massage it a bit" I informed her so her eyes quickly widened.

"Y-you'll apply that to my skin and m-massage me?" She's literally panicking, and I can see her ears getting a bit red because of embarrassment, but I ignore it.

"Yes, so don't worry, unnie. Your body pain will go away after this, so tell me where it hurts, okay?" I said, smiling while applying the cream to my hand.

I think she still wants to protest but couldn't do anything, so she complied shyly with my instructions.