Not Just Academic Rivals || Yang Jungwon x Female Reader

♡Chapter 20♡

— Sunoo's POV —

"What happened- MINJI!?" I yelled, surprised to see my extremely brave and sometimes cold sister, sobbing. What?

I chased her all the way to her room. She turned back, seeing me. "Stop following me!" She cried.

I pursed my lips together, running a bit faster, to outrun the girl and block her way. Tired, I panted, looking her in the eyes. "Noona, stop." I said gently. She looked at me. I expected her to push me away, but instead she pulled me into a hug.

"S-Sunoo yah," she sobbed, her tears wetting my shoulder. "I-I can't do this anymore."

I sighed, patting her back. "Come on, calm down." Minji unlocked the door of her dorm, opening the door and letting me in.

"Ooh, nice room. You never let me come in." I shrugged quietly.

"I'm sorry," she said a little defensively. "But it's my privacy." Minji, like the girl she is, wiped her tears away and sniffled, scoffing. "That b*tch! How could she!?"

I sighed. "You know, I have to say something. A lot of things. First, tell me what happened.

She explained everything, at the end I was beyond shocked. "That bit-"

"No cussing, baby brother." Minji said, raising an eyebrow.

"What!? I'm as old as you!" I muttered in annoyance.

"You're still my baby brother anyways."

I rolled my eyes sassily. "But I do have to say, you kinda are too obsessed over Riki. He's my friend, and I'm not saying it in a bad way, but he doesn't bother to ask about you or talk about you, noona." I said.

"What's not bad about that?" She retorted.

"What I'm saying is, he's ruining your life. I get you have a crush and you admire him, but you'll end up getting hurt in the process. You'll also be hurting people in the process. Don't you remember your actual true friend in this school?"

Minji looked down, ashamed. "Yeah. Park freaking Jia." She muttered.

"Why do you hate her anyways? Just because she rejected a stupid boy? You ruined your friendship over a boy? Over a boy who you won't get together with, over a boy Jia doesn't even like. She even defended you earlier, you yelled at her. She didn't yell back. She always tries to make you comfortable. She's a good friend, I know her well. You have to apologize, this is so messed up." I groaned, pushing my hair back in frustration.

"Fine. I know I'm in the wrong, but like. Jia is not stupid to accept me as a friend again, after what I did and said. It's . . . embarassing, and I feel bad. There's guilt in my chest, I can't sleep sometimes. But I always got rid of it after thinking of how I got Winter and she's a much better friend."

I raised an eyebrow. "And . . ?"

"She's not. Winter is the worst!" Minji sighed. She looked up at me, vulnerability in her eyes that shone with tears. "I-I want to have Jia back as my friend but I'm ashamed." She whispered.

My gaze softened. "I get it, noona. But you have to fix it while it can be. Even if Jia doesn't accept your apology, you know you tried, and at least some guilt will be lifted off."

She looked at me, skeptical.

"You can't live like this forever. Besides, you have nothing to lose." I convinced her.

"Fine." She smiled. "You know, I don't get how you are smarter than me sometimes."

"Sometimes is an understatement." I joked. "But I always knew I had the most sensibility."