So Far Away | Min Yoongi

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The past week has been hard for me. Hard in a sense of not getting enough sleep and trying to balance my time all through out the whole week. And with another tests coming up before Christmas break, I sure am in deep trouble.

My regular day will start by going to school where I try to learn and not sleep every time the teachers try to teach us something I don't want anything to do with. Why do I need to study geometry, or the history of Korea? Or what makes up the sun and how cold it is on different planets?

But I guess if I want to get into the university I need to study those.

So anyway, after that, I will sneak out of the school and not attend night school anymore. I would go to the coffee shop and work with Minho, who is to be honest, kind to me. Yuri kept on warning me about him, but after a week of working in the coffee shop with him, he's actually a nice guy.

"What are you thinking?" Minho says, pulling me away from my thoughts. "You look like you're in a deep thought."

I continue to wipe the counters with the rag diligently. "Nothing, i'm just worried about the tests and colleges."

"Didn't you apply already?" He asks again, counting the money from the cash register.

"I did, but..." I sighed as I finished wiping. "I don't think i'll get in. I was in a rush that day, and I was way too honest about the question."

"When will you find out the results?" He asks me.

"February, I think."

"That's alright, at least you have a job that could distract you from those things now." He smiles at me. "And the fact that we're working here alone helps, doesn't it?"

What the hell.

"Ah..." I say uncomfortably. "That's..."

"I'm kidding." He cackled and takes off his white apron. "Get changed now, and i'll go closing. You can go home."

I take off my apron and head to the back room where the lockers are. I push the door close and I open the locker and take my clothes. I turn around from the door and start to remove my brown t-shirt as our uniform, revealing my bra. I push my head back into my school uniform, and when I was done, I put back my school skirt as well.

When I was all dressed up like I just got back from school, I take all of my things and shut the locker shut. As I turn around to face the door, I see Minho's feet's shadow against the little space between the bottom of the door and the floor.

I head towards the door but then the door wasn't shut. It was barely closed, and it was left open.

I'm pretty sure that I shut this door close. I remember closing it.

But why is it open?

I pulled the door open and see Minho wiping the counters I already wiped. He was obviously flustered, with a tinge of pink on his cheeks.

"Ah, leaving already?" He says casually, not looking at me.

"Were you watching me?" I ask, not being able to stop myself. "Did you open the door?"

"Of course not." He gulped. "How could you try to blame me for not shutting the door?"

"But I did!" I spat. "I know that i'm new here and i'm very grateful for getting this job, but if I find out that you're peaking on me every time i'm changing..."

I paused, panting angrily at him.

"What?" He challenges. "What are you gonna do, hm?"

"I will tell Yuri, and we'll kick your balls together."

I turned around with my chin up high, clutching my belongings with me as I rush outside. The bell chimes as I push the door, revealing the free streets at me. I walk and began to head home with tears falling down from my eyes.

I knew that he's been flirty since I first started to work there, but he has shown me nothing but kindness on the past week. But him peeking on me while I was changing my clothes... I never even had a boyfriend yet! No one has ever seen me wearing underwear before, and him looking like that without consent is beyond disgusting. I'm disgusting for letting someone see me like that.

If it's not only for Yoongi, I would quit this job already. I do enjoy baking pastries and cakes, as well as making coffees, but I don't deserve to be treated like that.

I know that I don't have a proof of him looking at me while I was changing, but I could see it on his eyes. I saw his shadow near the door, and I am certain that I pushed the door shut.

"Umph!" I grunted as I bump into someone, making me rub both of my eyes so I could see a better view through my blurry sight. I lost grip of my stuff from school that it scattered down on the floor, and I bent down right away to pick up.

"I'm sorry, i'm sorry." I whispered as I gather my things, sniffing now that I force my eyes to stop forming tears. "I didn't mean to bump into you, i'm sorry, forgive-"

"Eunji?" It was Yoongi's voice. I finally looked up at the person I bumped, revealing a brown bear mascot I have bumped into before. He takes off his humongous mascot head and place it on the floor, his sweaty face looking down at me.

"I'm sorry," I say, holding back the tears. "I didn't mean to."

"What are you doing here?" He bends down on his knees to help me pick up my stuff. "Why aren't you in night school?"

"I'm... I'm... I wanted to take a walk." I lied as stand back up, stretching my uniform nicely back in place.

"A walk?" He stands up. "Why would someone cry just by walking? You're a bad liar."

How did he find out that I was crying? Was it because of my eyes? Or the way my voice changed because of the stuffy nose I got from crying?

Was he paying that much attention to me that he noticed I was crying?

"I saw a dog dying." I lied again, hoping he doesn't ask more questions this time. "I've got to go, I'll see you at school."

I turn away and past by his shoulder, making him budge a little. I need to get away, because I wouldn't be able to hold back these tears anymore.

And if he finds out that I have this job just because of him, i'm sure that he wouldn't take that gift no matter what I say.

"Eunji!" He calls when I was about five feet away from him.

I stopped walking and turn around slowly to face him. "Yeah?"

"Smiling fits you better."