The Red Tape (Winrina/Ningselle)

I think u can let go of me now

The two of them sat in pin drop silence after Jimin's words, neither of them saying a single thing. Minjeong didn't know. how to respond to what Jimin had said, and Jimin wanted Minjeong to say something at least.

"Uh, I'll try." Minjeong responded.

"No! No trying. I don't want to come back here someday to see the room on fire." Jimin firmly denied, shaking her head.

"Are you ever going to let that go?" Minjeong whined, hiding her face in her hands from embarrassment.

"Who knows? It's fun teasing you about it." Jimin shrugged, sitting back on her bed.

Minjeong pouted but did not show any other reaction, crossing her arms as she observed Jimin from a distance.

Was this a step in the right direction? Not really being enemies anymore... more like friends? She felt like it was the right thing.

Really, you wouldn't have caught her saying that she's friends with Yu Jimin at the start of the semester, but look how far they'd already come. It was definitely a nice feeling and less stressful too. Had it gone on for longer, Minjeong wouldn't know what would have happened.

Also, mid-semester was just around the corner, and their secretary did tell them that availabilities would increase for room changes once it hits that time.

But, maybe she'd be able to room with Jimin without any problems or complaints. Things were liveable between the duo.

That's what you call character development.

"Hey, did you start on the film analysis assignment already? Is the one due in a few weeks?" Jimin asked, pulling Minjeong out of her thoughts.

"Huh? Jimin, that's like a month away. Why are you worrying about that now?" Minjeong frowned.

"It's worth half of the unit weighting-I didn't want to leave it until the last minute." Jimin sheepishly admitted, focusing on her laptop to avoid looking at Minjeong.

Oddly, Minjeong found that sight really adorable, shaking her head as she realised where her train of thoughts was taking her. She understood Jimin's attempt to evade being embarrassed and didn't let her suffer for long. "Let me have a look."

Jimin grumbled but let Minjeong sit next to her on the bed, watching her put her glasses on. She found it interesting how Minjeong scrunched up her nose to adjust to what she was looking at. Okay, it was cute - but you didn't hear that from Jimin.

"Let's see what we're working with." Minjeong mumbled to herself as she browsed through the assignment criteria. "Are you having troubles with something in specific?"

"Just with the instructions. It says to show evidence of watching the movie, but we can't get movie tickets for older movies." Jimin frowned.

"But who said it had to be movie tickets? Just take a photo of the DVD case or the title screen?" Minjeong pointed out, making Nayeon realise her lack of broad thinking.

"Oh."

"I think you might have been overthinking that one." Minjeong chuckled, patting Jimin's shoulder.

Minjeong was moving away when Jimin realised that she might as well ask her about her opinion for the rest of her assignment. God knows what else she would've been overthinking about while reading the instructions for the torturous assignment.

"Wait, I have more questions." Jimin pulled on Minjeong's hand, making her fall back on the bed.

"All this time I'm spending with you, without anything in return? That's not really fair now, is it?" Minjeong raised her eyebrow at Jimin teasingly, flustering the girl. Minjeong looked down to where Jimin was holding her hand, Jimin following her gaze and gasping as she let go.