Trust Me

6

Winter's

"W-Winter, what if I apply it to myself instead? I-I can handle it anyway." She smiled nervously while telling me that, but I just refused.

Now she's calling me Winter, huh? What happened to Minjeong or Minjeongie? Is she that embarrassed because of me?

"I'm here to take care of you, Jimin unnie. Now what part of your body aches? Just tell me, or you just want me to tickle you first before you tell me." I jokingly threatened her, so she whined a bit.

She heaved a sigh, defeated and rolled on the bed, her back is now facing me.

"Here." I heard her muffled voice on the pillow while pointing at her lower back, so I gently lifted her white shirt and applied the ointment to her lower back and massaged it a bit, trying not to cause more pain than she's feeling physically.

I don't see her reaction to what I'm doing so I don't actually know if I'm doing it right so I asked her.

"Unnie is this okay?" I asked her while gently massaging her lower back and applying more ointment trying to soothe the pain.

She nodded lightly and didn't say anything so I feel relieved that I'm doing it right.

I lowered her shirt after a few minutes and tapped her back, saying it's done now.

She got up and slowly faced me again. Her face was heating up like crazy; she couldn't even look at me right now, so I became worried about her reaction.

"Do you really dislike what I'm doing, Jimin unnie, or does it really hurt for you to react like that?" I asked while worrying about her, so she quickly looked at me, panicking slightly.

"No, no! It's not like that, Minjeong-ah, it's just... it's just I'm about to lose it already," she murmured in the last sentence, but I still heard it while covering her face with both hands.

"I don't understand, unnie. About to lose what?" I innocently tilted my head slightly because I genuinely don't know what she's talking about.

"I don't want to get ahead of myself, so let's just get this over with Winter," she said, now looking more determined than ever. Back to calling me Winter again?

She lifted up her white shirt this time in front of me, so my body stiffened at the sudden bold move that she made while looking at me intently.

"This side hurts a bit," she said with her deep voice for some reason, referring to her side upper body, near her right chest, so I gulped. I think this time I'm the one who's getting red between us. Now why has this suddenly become a hard task for me?

"A-alright, wait for a moment, unnie," I muttered nervously. My hands were literally shaking while applying the ointment to my hands. Dammit, Minjeong, get it together!

I cleared my throat and slowly held Jimin's upper body. We both flinched at the sudden physical contact, like we got burned from each other's skin, so our eyes met yet again, so I quickly looked away. I unconsciously exhaled the air that I'm actually holding in my lungs just because of what's happening between us.

"S-sorry, unnie, I'll try it again," I stated without looking at her, because I feel like it's bad for my health whenever we make eye contact with each other. I didn't hear her response, so I continued to hold her bare skin on her upper body. I quickly yelped when Jimin unnie suddenly pulled my wrist towards her, so our faces were literally so close to each other that I could feel her warm breath on my face. I can't even back away because my body freezes from how close we are.

"M-Minjeong. . . I-" I didn't let her continue her words when I quickly stood up from the bed and turned my back on her to go outside for awhile because my heart couldn't handle this intense atmosphere.

"Minjeong wait!" she quickly stopped me from my tracks by pulling my wrist once again, trying to turn my body to face her, but I don't want to. I don't want to see her face because I don't have the amount of self-control left on me.

"Minjeong, listen to me first," she pleaded. She's using that tone of voice on me again because she knows I couldn't decline.

"I-I'm sorry, unnie. I need to leave before I might do anything that I'll regret in the morning," I said with my voice shaking. This isn't right; this is a mistake. Jimin unnie has Jaewook-nim now, and these feelings are-

"Minjeong, what the hell do you mean?" My thoughts were interrupted again, and Jimin unnie held my shoulders and forced me to face her now.

I couldn't process what's happening right now. Are we getting into an argument?

"What do you mean by something you could do tonight that you'll regret it in the morning?" she softly asked me, like she's hoping for me to confess or something; does she already know my feelings?