Trust Me

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Winter's

"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?

I felt her grip on my shoulders tighten when I still couldn't utter a damn word and also couldn't look at her.

"Minjeong-ah," she called my name again, like she used to. My heart is beating so loudly to the point that I'm scared if she'll hear it when she gets too close even more.

"You can tell me anything. . . No one will get mad; you're not crossing a line with anyone." I quickly looked at her with my widened eyes when she quietly muttered that to me. What is she talking about just now?

"Just please be honest with me; do you like me, Kim Minjeong?" shock was even an understatement that I felt when I heard her say that. I can't believe she's asking me this; am I dreaming or what? My head isn't functioning anymore.

"W-What's the use of saying my feelings, unnie? Wouldn't that change anything? Even if I said yes, that couldn't change the fact that you have Jaewook-nim on your side now." Finally, I said what I wanted to say to her.

Karina unnie still didn't back down from me and shook her head.

"It could change anything, Minjeong; your feelings for me can change anything, and that's our relationship," she seriously said, so I became so dumbfounded. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Of course, it could be the latter—

"M-Minjeong, me and Jaewook oppa aren't real," she suddenly said, so I got confused. Aren't real? How can that be?

"Our relationship is just a setup for the public, and the reason? I still don't know yet; the management just talked to us about us, and we were just asked to agree about the fake public relationship that we had." I feel like my head is spinning from too much information that Jimin unnie was saying, setup? fake relationship? Her and Jaewook-nim? but why? I still don't understand why they need to do all of this.

"But, unnie, why does it need to be you of all people?" I asked, still processing everything that she said.

She heaved a sigh then finally let me go from her grip to my shoulders and slowly sat down on the bed again.

"The management needs to bring out an issue from a 4th gen group because it will be big if it comes out to a popular group like us," she explained, so I feel upset. What the hell? So they just used us for some big article that they needed? They used Jimin unnie?

Jimin unnie abruptly said, "Hey baby, calm down," and grabbed my hand, which I had unintentionally clenched into a fist.

Her random endearments to me again; she always knows what to say to calm my nerves.

"It's my choice anyway; it's my choice to let them use me in this fake relationship because if I didn't volunteer, it has to be from you guys, and I don't want that to happen. I don't want to ruin your names and get hateful comments, so I volunteered instead. I'm the leader of Aespa anyway, so it's my duty to—" I didn't let her finish talking when I quickly hugged her tightly. 

"Yu Jimin, you idiot," I said between my sobs. I was crying all along while she was explaining all of it to me. I can't believe she'll do any of these just to protect us.

I heard her chuckle and hug me back. We stayed in that position for a good minute until I broke the hug and stopped myself from crying even more. 

She just laughed at my crying face but still wiped my tears gently.

"You don't need to do that, unnie," I said when I finally calmed down from crying, but she just shook her head lightly.

"We both know I had to do that for you guys; don't worry, I'm fine; I can handle it, and Jaewook oppa is nice to me too," she softly said while caressing my face. I'm still close to her, but I don't care anymore.

"But why does it need to be Jaewook-nim anyway?" I innocently asked and sniffed to stop my watery nose from crying.

She shrugged a bit. "Well, Jaewook oppa is the only guy they thought of when they needed a man that could pretend to be my boyfriend in public. We interact once in a fashion event, so we can say it's a love at first sight thing that happened between us. His agency even agreed immediately to this setup, maybe because of publicity, so Jaewook oppa is the perfect fit for this role for them," she explained, tapping my nose using her finger slightly.

"Well, that's dumb if you ask me; who would even believe that love at first sight thingy?" I said, getting annoyed, but she just laughed lightly at me.

She leaned on the bed frame, so I also leaned into her. It's really comfortable when I'm with Jimin unnie like this.

"Well, the public believes it; they're all talking about our dating news; it's even trending on Twitter." I can feel her voice vibrations on her body while saying that because I'm leaning onto her right now. Wait, what if I'm heavy? Jimin Unnie still has some body aches.

"Where are you going?" Jimin Unnie asked me when I moved away from her a little.

"No, I'm not going anywhere; I just thought that I'm heavy and you still have body pain—" She didn't even let me finish when she pulled me again and let me rest on her body again.

"That's silly; you're just light as a feather; stay here," she said with a finality in her voice, so I didn't have a choice but to let her be. She even pushed my head to rest on her chest lightly.

"What about your dispatch photos?" I curiously asked. I remember Jimin unnie's dispatch photos that were released to the public as evidence that she and Jaewook-nim are actually dating or as evidence that she's coming over to Jaewook-nim's place. I don't know much of the details, but that's probably what they're saying about Jimin unnie's dispatch photos.

"Oh, those photos? It was planned from the beginning," she answered, like it was nothing, so I looked at her again in disbelief.

"The pictures were actually captured by our manager, Minjeong, and they just sent them to dispatch," she said, laughing at my reaction again. Wow, so everything was planned?

"They need some proofs for this big news, so our manager comes up with the plan that she'll take pictures of me walking outside alone, unmasked, and in just my casual clothes. It's amusing if you ask me because the pictures appear so intensional, but our manager indicated that my pictures alone sufficed as proof, so I just went along with it," she explained, then laughed like she remembered how she and our manager took her pictures outside and acted like she didn't know about it.

She's right, it looks so forced; she doesn't even cover her face in the photos, as if they actually intend to display her face so that it appears to be hers.

I just hummed softly as a response, still processing all of the information that she's giving about her dating news. Aeri unnie was right that I should just ask all of these to her in the first place and not conclude anything yet.

"Do you believe me now?" she suddenly asked after the comfortable silence, so I lifted my head to look at her.

"Just trust me on this one, okay? I'll handle everything, so don't worry," she lastly said, then gently kissed my forehead, so I quickly buried my face into her neck. I'm embarrassed, okay? Why does she need to do that?

"Anyway, are we going to continue your massage for me?" she asked and smirked after she lifted my chin.

"Now you're the one being silly Jimin unnie" I said then shook my head.

"But you like me right?"

"So what if I like you?"

"I like you too Minjeongie"

I just laughed at her remark.

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A/N: I was wondering if this was going to be fluff or I'll spice it up a little, but I decided it to be fluff. Thank you for reading!

inspired by the song 'Spring Snow' by 10cm