Girl, Get up.

Chapter 57

Sunghoon exits the restaurant building, he takes a deep breath and looks to his right and left. He becomes frantic when he doesn't see any traces of Minji.

"You go left and I'll take the right" he whips his head around and is startled to see Haerin at the top of the stairs in front of the restaurant. She keeps her gaze on the ground and only looks up when she hears Sunghoon clear his throat.

They look at each other for a moment before Sunghoon notices that Haerin's eyes are welling up with tears.

"I don't want to lose her," Haerin says quietly. Sunghoon gives her a small smile and offers his hand to her. She looks at him for a moment and slowly accepts his offer.

"Let's go find her then, shall we?" Sunghoon says with a smile. He sees Haerin nod and he leads both of them to the bottom of the steps.

Haerin and Sunghoon go their separate ways to find Minji, Sunghoon runs to his side and frantically looks for the girl. He scours every alleyway and building he could see, but still no Minji in sight.

He ends right back up at the front of the restaurant, Haerin isn't back yet, he looks to the street that Haerin disappeared to and he sees her standing by the sidewalk. She's looking at a park entrance, seemingly afraid to go inside. Sunghoon makes his way towards her and is relieved to see Minji sitting on a swing set, she has her back turned to them.

"Go talk to her," Sunghoon says to Haerin when he reaches her. Haerin turns to him and he's taken aback to see that she has tears streaming down her face.

"What if she doesn't want to talk to me?" Haerin sobs out. Sunghoon softens his gaze on her.

"She will" Sunghoon reassures her.

"What if I'm not the one she wants to talk to right now? Can you go talk to her? Maybe it's best if you approach her first '' Haerin says as she looks back at Minji, caught off guard when she sees that Minji is now looking at her and Sunghoon. She could see her displaying a solemn expression, Haerin's confidence continues to falter. She did this. She's the cause of Minji's unhappiness.

"I'm not the one she needs or wants, Haerin-ssi '' Sunghoon tells her, he looks up and sees that Minji is slowly approaching them. He waves a hand to Minji and pushes Haerin towards the older girl.

"It's you, Haerin-ssi" Haerin turns around and looks at him, he gives her an encouraging smile before turning around and making his way back to the restaurant.

Haerin stands there in front of Minji. Haerin staggers her breath as Minji slowly approaches her. She could see Minji hesitate getting closer, her body trembling and her eyes bloodshot.

Haerin takes a step forward and Minji takes a few steps back, increasing their distance from each other. Haerin's heart ached. Sunghoon's words haunting her head. -realize it soon enough before you push her away.

"Minji" Haerin softly calls out. Minji looks at Haerin with an unreadable expression.

"I'm sorry" Haerin whispers, head hung low. She doesn't know if Minji could even hear her right now. Her head, loud. Thoughts overlapping each other. She can barely hear herself.

"You apologize and then you do the same thing over again." Minji points out.

"I know. I- I mean it this time, unnie" Haerin finally looks up, tears are threatening to fall, she wipes her eyes and gathers herself together. Her eyes are full of determination and sincerity.

"I don't want to lose you" Haerin states.

"Well you're doing a really bad job at it" Minji says with ire . She watches Minji shuffle her feet. Slowly, Minji starts to move towards her.