A Fractured Mind | 민윤기

Four

9 March 2018

"Fuck," she choked out as Jimin's tongue swirled over her nipple.
He kissed a trail from her chest to her abdomen, smirking when she arched her back from the feeling of his lips on her skin.
Victoria lightly tugged on his ebony locks and bucked her hips up—where she needed him most.
"Don't swear, Noona." He continued to kiss down her hip bone. "You're a good girl, right?"

Victoria woke up in a cold sweat, her heavy panting filling her room. The dream was sexy, of course, but she was in her sixth year of being a Psychology major.

Dream interpretation was a huge part of her studies and it wasn't limited to others. As her breathing leveled, she sat up and began to seriously think.

Everyone in your dream is you. So I was technically doing those things to myself but Jimin was just the outer shell. She sighed, furrowing her eyebrows. Perhaps Jimin makes me want to explore new parts of myself.

Before she could think anymore, a knock came from her door. There was only one person it could be, so she yelled at him to come inside.
As expected, her younger brother pushed the door open and leaned against the doorframe. "Hey."

"What's up, kiddo?"

Vernon didn't move from where he stood, only pursing his lips in thought. "Your friend Jimin."

Her eyes widened. Did he somehow know about the dream? Had she said something in her sleep? She thought back to the previous week when he ran out during their "study session". She could understand his urgency.

His roommate was his best friend—someone he cared about above all others. If it was the other way around and her baby sister had called her or Vernon, they'd drop anything for her.

Surprisingly, the fact that he left a hickey on her neck and they almost kissed didn't make anything awkward. They kept talking as if nothing had happened.

"What about him?" she asked from her bed.

Vernon hesitated before going on. "He's pretty nice."

"Yeah."

"And handsome."

She furrowed her eyebrows. "Uh huh..."

"And muscular."

"Do you have something to tell me?"

The younger laughed, his serious disposition almost gone. "No—I just...it's been a while since you've had a boyfriend. Mom and dad always ask me about it when they call."

Victoria sighed. "I know. They ask me, too."

"I mean, I get why they ask," he went on, pushing himself from his leaning stance and going to sit on the edge of her bed. "You're almost twenty-five. Your biological clock is ticking."

She punched his shoulder playfully. "Shut up. I still have time. I'm still in school! Can you imagine getting married and having kids while in college? It would be too much stress for me."

Vernon shrugged. "You'd be a really good mom."

"Well." She smiled. "This is my last year. Then maybe I'll think about settling down and all that."

"If you're not fifty by then."

She narrowed her eyes at him. "Run along, Nonnie. Don't you have some imaginary friends to go annoy?"

"You know what?" he said and stood dramatically. "Just for that, I'm inviting Seungkwan and Seokmin over."

Victoria's eyes widened in feigned dismay. "They're the loudest ones!" she shouted as he shut her door with a blown kiss.