It Only Takes a Moment

Chapter 30: First Memory

Ch.29

Winter break has finally started and it felt great to give your body some rest. It was clearly something you were desperately in need of. No more bouncing on your toes and saying ow, ow, ow in your head so that was great. You could finally enjoy your precious days off to be lazy. Well, that wasn't true. You knew you would find yourself stretching and doing some light exercises throughout this break. That didn't mean you weren't taking it easy though! It was completely different from what you normally did at the company so that had to count for something.

Plus, it's not like you were going back home for the holidays. You'd rather stay in Seoul and do nothing than go back to your small town. If you do go back, then you just know that you'll deal with a lot of family members mocking your career simply because they don't understand it. They don't mean to hurt you, but you weren't going to sit through another dinner just to hear 'when are you going to get a real job' and have the rest of the family laugh openly. Screw that.

Then there was also the chance of your mother trying to set you up with her friend's son or someone's son. You practically know everyone from that town, so it wasn't going to happen. They were more familiar with who you used to be and trying hard to convince someone you were a good person just didn't feel...sincere. You'd rather avoid it altogether and continue living your life. You've apologized to the girls in the past, some forgiving you and others just scoffed in your face. Either way, going home for the holidays just wasn't happening. End of story.

That left you with nothing to do for Christmas, New Years, and the extra week work gave. Should you do anything special? You were contemplating it when you received a text from Jimin. Rolling onto your side, you reached out for your phone on your nightstand. The only thing you've been doing today on Christmas Eve was laying on your bed. Human interaction could be good. When you opened up Jimin's message, it was a picture of Anastasia with a gift ribbon on her head. Underneath was 'Merry Christmas' with nothing else.

Are you celebrating Christmas alone? You wrote to him and sent it. From what Jimin has told you, he wasn't close with his mother and Busan was pretty far from Seoul. He could still make it if he drove or took a train. Though considering he was just lounging around at home with his cat, that probably wasn't happening either. It's not like either of you could try to hang out with your friends. Hwanwoong was already posting a bunch of family photos on his Instagram. Jungkook was also busy with his own family. Judging from his post on Instagram, his father and older sister came over to celebrate. It was just you and Jimin who were being loners.

No. I have Anastasia.

Jimin texted you back and it confirmed exactly what you were thinking. He was celebrating Christmas alone! That left you with one thing to do as you swung your legs off the bed to get up. Time to get dressed! This was the one time that Jimin and you being awful at socializing with others came in handy. The only reason you could muster up the courage to initiate interactions with Jimin was because he sucked at talking to others a lot more than you. Otherwise, it's usually your other friends pulling you out of the house and things like that.

"Oh, right. I should probably prepare some gifts..." You stopped in front of your door, close to putting on your shoes. You needed to think fast. This was in case Jimin tried closing the door on you. He wouldn't be able to do that if you came with gifts!

It took a quick trip to a shop in order to get some presents. Something for both Jimin and Anastasia since you knew if you didn't get anything for his cat then he would be pretty mad about that. Jimin had nothing to worry about! You'd say you knew him well at this point. He was mysterious at times, but you had him figured out. Maybe. Whatever, you were just excited as you made your way over to Jimin's apartment. With the gifts in your arms, you made it to Jimin's door and knocked loud enough for him to hear. You were about to call his name when he opened it instantly.