timing | kim seungmin

20 | epilogue

ugh. school. again.

i woke up frowning because it was the beginning of february, which meant winter break was over.

but, i smiled at the thought that i am now kim seungmin's girlfriend.

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seungmin

seungmin: c u on the bus :)

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i walked happily to the bus stop, excited to see seungmin again.

the bus arrived soon, and i saw seungmin sitting alone through the window.

i quickly stepped onto the vehicle and scanned my card on the reader. i waved to seungmin as i walked to sit next to him, and he gave me a smile.

"you're wearing the earrings i gave you last summer," seungmin noticed.

"yup," i said, pointing at my music-note earrings. "my favorite."

"i should've just confessed to you back then," seungmin said.

"what if i rejected you?" i joked. "just kidding, just kidding."

"we're going to school as a couple for the first time," seungmin said, closing his hand around mine.

"yeah, do your friends already know?" i asked.

"like jaemin, jeno, donghyuck, and... renjun..."

"renjun will understand," i said. "he will. but chaewon..."

"i mean, she's gonna have to accept it. that i don't have feelings for her," seungmin spoke.

☆☆☆

seungmin went into his classroom, and i walked to mine. i spotted renjun sitting in his seat, early as always, doing something on his phone.

"minjju!" chaeyeon blocked my path, hugging me. "i missed you!"

"i literally saw you and yeji last week," i said.

"still!" yeji hugged me too.

"ack! don't choke me!" i said.

"does chaewon know you're dating seungmin?" chaeyeon suddenly lowered her voice.

"uh, i don't think so," i said.

"are you gonna tell her?" yeji asked.

"i don't know."

"i'm curious to see her reaction," chaeyeon said. "good luck, dude."

"yeah, thanks," i said, escaping from their hug.

i walked to my seat next to renjun and sat down.

"hi," i said first.

renjun looked up from his phone, and smiled, "hi."

i blinked, wondering what to say next.

"so..."

"i heard. and please don't say sorry. you didn't do anything wrong. don't worry about me. please," renjun kept smiling, and i just felt so guilty.