The Hands of Time

Chapter 22: The Future Holds

It had been a new routine for them and Jimin would never complain. Minjeong's curiosity had always been something she was amazed of, and when it came to her experience, especially her sexual one, the woman had no limit.

She didn't know how to explain it, but everytime she did it with Minjeong, it felt like her first time all over again. It felt like she was getting to know her body, and Minjeong was showing her.

When the night came, Jimin would find Minjeong eyeing her, gently asking if she was exhausted, and she would know exactly what she wanted. It happened almost every night. In the morning, she would wake up to Minjeong kissing her face, and once she realized Jimin had woken up too, she would turn the innocent touches into passionate ones, and Jimin would never complain about that.

These days, she was sure she was going to get a heart attack. Minjeong's existence was so pleasantly overwhelming, her heart might burst from joy.

That beautiful face, that twinkling eyes, that gleaming smile, Jimin thought she was falling too deep for Minjeong, yet she still found herself falling even deeper everyday.

"Did you like it too?" Prepping her chin on her palm, Minjeong brushed Jimin's hair away from her sweaty forehead as the woman's eyes fluttered open. "More than the thing I did last night?"

Jimin rolled her eyes but smiled, eyeing her with a playful frown. "How do you still have the energy after what I did to you?"

She shrugged. "I guess I'm still young."

Her jaw dropped as she watched Minjeong laugh. "I am not that old either!" But Minjeong leaned her forehead on hers, closing her eyes with a wide, happy grin on her face, and as always, Jimin's heart melted completely. "I love you."

"I–"

They both jolted in shock when a loud booming sound came from the front door. Jimin frowned instantly and quickly got up, dressing herself and telling Minjeong to do the same. But when she heard Aeri's voice, yelling out her name in anger, Jimin shook her head at her girlfriend sternly. "Wait here."

Without waiting for a reply, she got out and headed towards the commotion.

"Please, don't fight," Turned out Ningning was also here. "You guys have been doing so good working together." Aeri had never been in her house before, Ningning visited multiple times to meet Minjeong, but she seemed to not want to tell the fuming woman where to find her as she kept looking around before she finally saw Jimin walking down the stairs.

Judging by the look on her face, she figured Aeri had somehow found out about what they had been keeping from her. "Don't you know it's rude–"

She didn't even flinch. Jimin was ready when she saw Aeri rushed to her then grabbed her collar roughly. Her eyes blinked lazily at the glare she was receiving. "I told you to tell me if you find anything." She started quietly, her jaws clenched when Jimin brushed her hands away gently, calmly, but they went back to grip even tighter. "You found something this important and you didn't even bother to tell me? Have you forgotten your own promise, Yu Jimin?"

"No." Maybe she could've fooled Ningning, but Jimin could see that it wasn't truly anger that was shown clearly behind her eyes. "I was waiting for you to get here."

"You could've–"

"I couldn't, you would just force me to say the news and it would just make you anxious."

"Then you could–"

"She doesn't want you to be sad when you're alone." Minjeong stopped them, her voice was confident but she was almost hiding behind the wall above the stairs. "Jimin just doesn't want you to go through this alone, so she was waiting for you to come home." Hugging her robe closer to her body, Minjeong hesitantly stepped down the stairs, walking up to them. "Please don't get mad at her."