Finally, after the pandemic made it impossible, Mina had tickets to Seoul. 2025 was her year. 24 years old and solo, she was ready to walk Korean soil. The discoveries would be endless, the expected and the happily unexpected.
(Part 2 coming soon)
Mina's P.O.V. We still weren't sleeping next to each other, but I doubt that'd last. "Finally! Finally I can open my mouth! Dongsaeng, don't make me suffer like this again. It's worse than keeping my engagement a secret."
"Sorry for making you hold on to it so long, eonni. Trust me, it'll NEVER happen again."
Curiously, she laughed. "I surely hope not!" Byul went for her cabinets. "You're cleared to drink, right?"
"YES." Damn, did I yell that? "I mean, yes I can."
She gave me a mischievous smile. "Missing it that bad?"
Yeah? "How am I supposed to go to a noraebang with my friends while I'm sober? Try having as much fun as Bangtan's maknae line when they're tipsy."
She put a bottle of soju and two glasses down. "Hard to beat, I assume!"
I opened the bottle and poured us a drink. "It's madness!" I sighed. "I'm just glad we fixed things before tomorrow. Imagine going to that, while still being pissed.. It's an expensive gift, and an amazing gift at that." Even so.. He gave it to me at the restaurant. He did so, being hurt by my actions.
"He's given you more expensive things, girl." She pointed at the necklace around my neck. "That's the first thing."
I chuckled. "I'm not blind! He's spent a lot on things that helped me and on things that make me happy." The plane tickets, the club for a night, everything he revealed two days ago.. Even tiny things. Mostly tiny things. "A Korean dictionary of synonyms, fluffy socks, newly released books from my favorite Canadian author, pumpkin spiced candles in July.. They're impossible to find, yet he did." A photoshoot for Chuseok.. A picture of it became my new wallpaper.
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I hadn't gotten my custom hanboks on time, but this worked so well.. "Alright, Mina! I get it, you're head over heels. What about the studio tickets tomorrow?"
I was embarrassed. "I- Well.. Have you seen the lineup?"
"No?" I showed her. "That's gonna be great! Don't tell me you think you'll have trouble?"
"Not one bit! It's just nice to have something different to do, you know?"
"Perfect, then." She lifted her glass. "To being awful liars."
"To being terrible liars, it's for the best." . . . "Oppa, you can't come with me!"
"Why not?" Come on, Kookie!
"You'll see how it went at the same time as your hyungs." Stop looking at me weird! "Do I have something on my face?"
"You're not wearing sleeves?"
I looked at myself, halter top and joggers. "Yeah? What's wrong with that?"
His hug surprised me. What did I say? "Nothing! You have fun, okay?"
