The Red Tape (Winrina/Ningselle)

I'm done with you

Aeri was the one who wanted to take Jimin back home to see her mother, but Jimin had denied her offer, not wanting to hassle her when it was almost an exam session. Of course, she wanted Aeri to come along, but now was not a good time.

"I promise I'll message you when I get there. Don't worry about anything, okay? Make sure you study!" Jimin scolded Aeri as she left her room.

Jimin didn't stop by her dorm. Instead, she rushed home as soon as she left Aeri. It wasn't that she didn't want to stay longer to tell Minjeong, Jimin was just too panicked in her state of mind that she just needed to see her mother first. Her siblings would also be alone, and her dad would be stressed over her mom, so Jimin needed to step up to be the strong one at the moment. She really hoped that it wasn't a big accident and that her mother would pull through. She's a strong woman.

She could take a breather.

It wasn't a big accident.

Jimin walked into the hospital, fearing the worst due to her father's call. But she was extremely relieved to hear that her mother had just fractured her foot.

"Hey, sweetie." Jimin's mother greeted her with a tired smile.

Jimin's eyes watered upon the sight of her mother being so weak. She was so used to the strong figure that it broke her heart seeing her on the hospital bed looking so defeated. She reached out to hold her hand, and her mother wiped away Jimin's tears, scolding her for making her cry too. Her siblings were asleep on a chair in the comer of the room, and her father was currently out in the cafeteria.

"I'm sorry to bring you back." She apologised. Jimin shook her head. She didn't need an apology. She wanted to be here with her mother no matter how big the injury was.

"I'll take care of things. You don't worry at all, okay? I'm going to be here with you all." Jimin smiled, kissing her mother's forehead.

Her injury would just make things complicated for things around their home, including her siblings. She was the one dropping them at school, and their father was busy. So, it would have to be Jimin to be the one to drop them now. The only thing was that Jimin had to travel between college and home, which meant she was really busy and never really in the dorm room.

Not only that, sitting through lectures was also too difficult for her, and when she attended her classes, she just sat at the back and bolted as soon as it was done. Thankfully, Yuna was sweet enough to be writing notes for Jimin.

It wasn't like Jimin told her about everything out of the blue. She bumped into Yuna when she was heading towards the hospital-it was a weird sight. Yuna had pointed out about not seeing Jimin in classes, and that's where Jimin told her everything about her duties. From there, Yuna made a copy of the notes from the lectures they shared and handed them to her after classes. She never stayed long enough to talk to anyone else, even Aeri.

Though, Aeri was constantly blowing up Jimin's phone when she was done with her exams. She already knew the condition wasn't serious, but it was Jimin that Aeri was worried about more. Jimin rarely cared about her own wellbeing when someone else was sick or injured in the family, and it really frustrated Aeri.

"You really need to make sure you eat. Isn't Jaebum able to cook? I'm going to message him to get some sense into you. Also, have you talked to Minjeong at all lately? You were meant to tell her about your situation because you weren't in
the dorm." Aeri scolded Jimin over the phone.

Minjeong.

Oh god, Jimin had forgotten to tell her all about it. She'd been so busy with everything that she hadn't talked to the one person it was most important to talk to.