{Minayeon} The Pulse of a Heartbeat

Chapter 5 - The Miracle of Life and a Not-So-Broken Heart

Chapter 5:

Medical stuff. Be warned. For me, it's super cringy and I was uncomfortable writing it, but I hope you guys think otherwise. Other than that, enjoy the chapter! (I will be constantly still editing it so make sure after awhile, come back and read it again!)

"Holy shit," I breathe as I enter the front door and pull off my coat. "You won't believe what happened today!"

"What?" Momo addresses me lazily. By this time, she's used to the circumstances I get myself into by now. I can't blame her. My life is one giant rollercoaster. She watches as I hang my purse on the coathanger and kick off my shoes before entering. "Well? Are you going to tell me or not?"

"I got stuck in an elevator."

Momo looks unfazed. "That sounds like you."

"Yep, but with Dahyun. And Mina."

"Oh...OH." Momo gets the picture quicker than I expected. "Your crush." I know she's purposely trying to faze me because of my previous reactions to that word and connotation, but she's not going to win this time.

"Yes, my crush," I respond confidently. "But did you know...she's scared of heights? Like, really scared? Well, actually, I don't know if it's heights that she's scared of."

"Really?" Momo has a surprised expression, just like what I've been feeling. "That's honestly not what I expected. Why? How'd you know?"

"Momo, it was obvious. You should've seen her face. She looked like she saw a ghost." I sigh as I plop down on one of the seats opposite of her. "Has she never talked to you about it?"

"No, not really," Momo says, rubbing her chin. "But come to think about it, she did mention she does have a weakness when it comes to her paramedic calls. Perhaps that's it?"

Mina shifted uncomfortably in her seat, staring at her plate of food. "I'd rather not say. It's kind of a lame fear I don't want to talk about."

"Oh...You're actually right...how did you remember something like that?" I ask in wonder to my roommate.

"I might be a pabo," says Momo proudly. "But I can remember random facts perfectly." I only laugh and shake my head as she dramatically puffs her chest and pounds herself happily.

"Yeah, but I'm serious. She was really shaken by the whole ordeal. I swear. I was scared, but she looked like she was going to faint or something. I hope she's okay."

"I can text her if you'd like," Momo suggests. "You still don't have her number, right?"

Regretfully, no, I have to admit I don't. "It would be at least nice of me to check up on her. Say, why don't you just give me her number since you already have it?"

Momo raises. "Uh, Nayeon, you don't get it, do you? That's not how it works. You like her, so you have to get it from her."

"Geez, Momo, you make life difficult," I complain and she only grins. "You act like you have your own love-life."

"I did," she responds with a vacant look in her eye. "A nice one, too. I don't know where she went off to..."

"Ah, that's sad."

"Meh." She blinks and glances at her phone. "Mina just replied, by the way."

"She did? What'd she say?"

"She says she's okay. And she says thank you. Why? What'd you do?"

"I just made sure she didn't have a panic attack," I shrug, trying not to look too pleased with myself. "I hugged her."