POV Minho
- "Minho, someone's here for you," Felix announces, poking his head through the door frame.
I hume, indifferent.
Well, that's the impression I'm trying to give.
I wish it were Shizuka.
But I face the reality. Why would she come to see me, especially after I dumped her like a jerk two days ago?
Exactly, she wouldn't.
- "Hey Minho."
I look up and see Dayu, giving me a timid smile as she enters without waiting for my permission.
I haven't spoken to anyone since I talked to her.
- "I hope you don't mind," she whispers, sitting on my bed. "Are you okay?"
I mumble an incomprehensible reply.
No, I'm not okay.
- "You can talk if you want."
She gives me a kind look, and I mentally scold myself for being cold with her when all she wants to do is help.
- "It didn't work out, it happens to everyone."
- "Do you still love her?" she asks.
I take a few seconds to pause. Do I still love her?
Of course.
- "Yes."
A glimmer of something crosses her eyes, but she immediately smiles at me and places a hand on my knee.
- "It's just a rough patch, you'll get through it."
- "I don't know if it'll be quick."
- "It will be, trust me."
Silence.
I actually don't want to talk.
- "Hey, how about we go out ?"
I was about to refuse when she cuts me off before I can speak:
- "No objections, get up!"
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It's already dark when we finally start heading back. Honestly, this walk did me good.
Except Dayu is acting weird from time to time. She keeps stopping us to show me a bench, a rock, an orange leaf.
Anyway, she keeps stopping us all the time without any valid reason.
- "Hey, look at this lamp."
I look up, but she brushes her fingers against my chin, and I have to lower my head to meet her gaze.
She moves her face closer to mine, and just as her lips are about to touch mine, I realize.
- "No," I say, pushing her away.
She gives me a confused look, and I stutter out apologies:
- "I'm not ready. Not this quickly."
- "I understand."
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I enter the practice room where Jeongin and Dayu are, and she trots over to me, cheerful.
- "Minho!"
She stands on her tiptoes and kisses me, and I respond by placing my hands on her shoulders.
- "Seriously, you do this every time you see each other, change it up," Jeongin mutters, looking away.
I catch his grimace when Dayu shoots him a glare, and he rolls his eyes.
- "See you later?" she asks.
- "If you want," I reply with a smile.
She gives me one last kiss on the cheek and waves goodbye.
- "See you later!"
She closes the door behind her, and I sit down next to Jeongin to discuss the choreography.
- "You're such an asshole," he blurts out, getting up. "You break up with Shizuka and hook up with her friend a week later?"
I say nothing, and he scoffs.
- "I don't know what's gotten into you, but you need to rethink things."
He leaves the room too, slamming the door.
I have no choice.
I sit there, staring at my reflection in the mirror. The same mirror I agreed in front of when I started dating Dayu.
Three days after our outing, we ended up here, she and I, and we talked.
Well, she talked.
"Listen, I have a deal to offer you. My popularity is very bad, and you're heartbroken. Date me and speak well of me."
She let out a laugh that annoyed me, until she added:
"- If you don't, I'll spread false rumors about your group. Seungmin who's insecure about his smile, wouldn't it be a shame if he started getting plastic surgery advice? Felix who struggles with his weight, what a shame if suddenly everyone criticized him for his weight."
- "You crazy bitch," I replied, horrified and angry.
"- It would also be a shame if Shizuka suddenly faced harassment accusations, don't you think?"
"- Leave her and my group out of this. How dare you even consider this? She's your friend, and my members haven't done anything to you!"
"- It's your choice," she concluded with a shrug. "You squeal, and I'll find a way to win anyway. After all, who would believe the dancer with the mean look versus the nice Chinese girl?"
What a shitty life.
And what a bitch.
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