Oh na na (Bmin)

Chapter 6 - In their own world

Somin taps her pen against the desk as she looks out through the blurry windows of their science class. The sky has been crying nonstop for the past couple of days. Somin enjoys the rain very much, the smell of the humid air she breathed in when she stepped out on her connected balcony is still fresh in her mind. Rain calms her mind, loosens her tensed muscles, in the aftermath, emotional fatigue takes over her. She remembers when she was young, when puddles would start to form on their backyard, she would go out and jump and jump until there weren't any puddles left, or her mother had made banana muffins, her guilty pleasure. Her parents didn't mind the mess she would make, to see their young daughter enjoy such a blue weather with a bright beautiful smile is worth all the extra laundry. Their daughter wasn't typical, she was unique, it was a miracle to suddenly see the newborn baby turn over onto her stomach the first chance she got.

Somin had a slightly lonely childhood since she is an only child and didn't go to kindergarten until at the age of five. Her mother was a stay at home mom, you can't call her a housewife, since her father did his share of chores too after coming home from work. Little Somin would watch her mother make food and bake, she would also 'help' her mother in the form of eating the leftover whipped cream or sometimes the leftover dough that would leave her with an aching tummy. But hey, at least nothing went to waste.

Just thinking about the muffins makes her hungry, great. As if paying attention wasn't already hard enough.

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"Awh, I want a muffin." Somin wails miserably, her stomach growls in want for the spongy goodness. Three hours since the hunger started and she still hasn't got her muffin. Her friends as in Jiwoo, J.Seph and BM, turn to look at her weirdly. Jiwoo narrows her eyes before tugging herself closer to Taehyung's side. Somin sees this subtle action and widens her eyes spluttering. How can her best friend think that she would try to take or steal her boyfriend.

"Not that kind of a muffin, I mean the kind that you can eat and tastes like banana." Somin huffs, if only her mother hadn't gotten a job and stopped baking the delicious treats, now she might not miss it as much. The truth is no matter what, she will always miss them. Maybe she will ask her mom to bake them again, or give her the recipe, baking is not her strong suite, but if it is something simple, it will be a piece of cake.

The small pout that adorns Somin's face, has BM's brain pausing. She looks younger than ever, the sleeves of her pink jumper almost reach her fingers.

"We can go to the cafe across the street, they have pretty good muffins and coffee." BM suggests, the pout disappears and turns into a happy smile. To Matthew, the way Somin's expression and mood change at the smallest of things is down right adorable. Never before has he felt this way, towards a friend. Warmth all over his body when her eyes turn into crescents, when she eats something very delicious and feels happy, when she cheers for everyone to do their best and when she does just about anything.

"Yes!" The petite girl squeals, she feels kiddy, muffins!

"Can we go now?" Somin asks excitedly, it's lunch and the third year students are allowed to go outside of school grounds during lunchtime. Matthew smiles in return, he actually thought about going after school, when it's just the two of them. The reason to that is of course because their best friends are having one of their after school dates, it's not because he wants it to be just the two of them, it's merely how the circumstances are. Watching Somin act so childlike, the way she never usually does, how could he say no? He doesn't.

"Yeah, we can go now. I'll go get my wallet and then we can go." BM replies, Somin nods in return, smile radiant. Taehyung comes with him, he says he also doesn't have his money with him. Once the boys are out of sight a figure steps in front of Somin.