The Bench =1= {Mina's POV}

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Mina POV

I rush to the Musical Arts building and quickly take a seat. A guy sits beside me and I take a quick glance at him. Out of all the seats open, he sat next to me. In the corner of my eye, I see take a quick look at me and I try my best to not react.

He makes it extremely hard though because of how frequent he does it. I try to distract myself by typing random words on my laptop. Hopefully, he doesn't peak because it's just a bunch of gibberish and Frank Ocean's song lyrics. 

Class finally ended and I packed my things. 68 times. He looked at me 68 times. I stand outside waiting for Irene and hopefully an invitation to lunch by this guy. He starts approaching me and I start to get nervous. My heart beat starts to speed up and I'm running scenarios through my head.

If he invites me, I'll check my phone to seem like I'm busy then accept gladly. When I accept, I can recommend that cafe I found a few days ago. Cafe and coffee make people seem more sophisticated and a lot of guys are into that. At the cafe, I'll start small talk but hopefully he carries the conversation because I'm shy. Ok Mina, it's full proof.

He approaches me and I try my best to make it look like I noticed. He then says, "Ahhh, it's been a while... Jackson." Way to get your hopes up, of course he wasn't going to talk to me. By the way he looks, he's probably popular and flooded with girls. I then leave.

As I walk away, I overhear, "Jimin is that you?" His name is Jimin. 

I go to the cafe and see Irene sitting down. I join her shortly and say, "Mind if I join you?" She says in a very serious tone, "Sorry Mina not today, I'm expecting someone." I say back seriously, "Oh it's ok, we can just eat together tomorrow." Irene smiles and I head to order an iced americano. 

I bring my coffee to a bench I found in the park. In the corner of my eye, I see a guy sitting down under a tree from far away. I squint my eyes to see who it is and it's Jimin. Oh this is where he goes after class. 

I started eating in this same exact spot every single day after class. Jimin always shows up to that same tree around this time and eats his lunch. I sound really creepy but I sincerely enjoy watching him, one day I'll talk to him.

One day, Irene walks by me looking annoyed. I ask, "What's wrong?" She explains, "Jackson just had a photo shoot for a cologne brand." I congratulate, "Oh congrats, I heard they make a lot of money." Irene scoffs and says, "It's not a good thing. He was kissing this girl for the ad."

I say back, "Well it's not really his fault, the director sa-" She interrupts me, "I saw the same ad on his laptop last night, he clearly enjoys it." I say back, "Oh when you put it like that, I guess you can be mad." Irene then says, "Shh, did you hear that?"

I ask, "Hear what?" Irene turns around and faces the tree Jimin sits under and I see him looking straight at us. I turn red in embarrassment. Did he catch me staring at him?  Does he think I'm a stalker now?  Irene says, "Mina, I have to go but tomorrow we could eat lunch together. I promise." I smile and say, "Go easy on him."

The next day

I walk into the Musical Arts building a little bit late to see Irene bickering with her boyfriend and Jimin witnessing it all. Maybe, I can introduce myself after Irene and Jackson leaves. I make my way near him when Irene suddenly says, "Hi Mina let's go."

Before we walk away, Irene says, "Oh Mina, your shoe is untied. Let me help you." I answer back, "Are you flirting with me?" Irene giggles and says, "Ahh, you caught me." We then overhear them speak. 

"Is this Jennie girl pretty?" Why do you care Jimin?

"Very" Rip Jackson Wang.

Irene stands up after tying my shoe and laughs out loud. She then walks away very angry and Jackson chases after her.

I'm left alone with Jimin and this is the golden opportunity. Jimin introduces himself, "Hi, I'm sing- JIMIN. My name is Jimin!" I smile. He's single. Then I introduce myself, "Hi my name is Mina." Ok, now ask him out to lunch later. I continue, "We should get to class, it's about to start."

WHY? I wasn't even remotely  thinking of that. Class ends and this is another chance. Maybe, he'll ask me to lunch. That's playing with fire Mina, you can be left alone or you could eat lunch with him.

I slowly walk away hoping he'll call my name and ask me out to lunch. "Mina!" It's happening, finally. I turn around and we stare at each other for a few minutes. Time stops and I don't realize what's going on. We just stare into each others eyes and I can feel both of our heart beat speed up.

I snap out of the trance and say, "Yes Jimin?" He stutters and says, "Oh... umm. Want t-" He gets cutoff by a guy yelling, "Minari~" Dammit, why now Bambam. Go away please. Bambam says, "Let's go for lunch. I'm lonely."

What a friend, I've been waiting for this all day and you come in and ruin everything. Note to self, kill Bambam later. I try my best to stay with Jimin and say, "Umm, Jimin was about to ask me for-" He interrupts me, "No it's ok. Someone just called, I have to go."

Ugh. Why is it so hard to eat lunch with you. I see you during lunch everyday, I just want to sit next to you and occasionally talk to you. I say, "Oh ok... see you tomorrow."

Jimin leaves and I turn to Bambam. I start slapping his arm and he yells, "What? What did I do?" I just keep hitting him and he says, "Stop, this is abuse!" 

We make our way to the cafe and he says, "So who was he? Your new crush?" I scoff, "What if he is? Why do you care?" Bambam ruffles my hair and says, "Are you mad because I interrupted your moment with him?"

I scoff again and say, "Why are you here? I thought you were coming next semester." He says back, "Lisa convinced me to come earlier." I ask, "Lisa?" Bambam answers, "My cousin, I mentioned you a lot so she wants to meet you over lunch. Her boyfriend is with her so don't flirt with the guy she brings."

I punch his arm, "Who do you think I am? I don't just flirt with any guy." He laughs and says, "Oh, you only flirt with that short guy." I say back aggressively, "His name is Jimin." He mocks me, "hIs nAmE is JiMiN." 

I slightly push him and he says, "When did you get so violent? But for real, do you like Jimin?" Do I like Jimin? My heart flutters whenever I see him and I feel down when I don't see him. Is that me liking him? But if I did fall for him, I would have tried speaking to him earlier. 

Bambam snaps his fingers in front of my face and I glare at him. He says, "We're here, stop daydreaming about Jiminie." Jiminie?

We enter the cafe and we sit with Lisa and her boyfriend. She introduces herself, "Hi, I'm Lisa. Bambam's cousin. This is my boyfriend, Jungkook." I greet both of them and we talk about our college courses and other random things.

After a while, I sit up and make my way to the bathroom. Before I could get there, I feel a sudden splash of coffee and coldness on my back. I turn around quickly to see who spill it on me and I see Jimin looking apologetic. 

He starts rubbing my shirt with a napkin and says, "Oh, I'm so sorry Mina." I blush red because he's rubbing my shirt. Specifically that part... Bambam pushes him away and says, "What do you think you're doing?"

Jimin notices what he's doing and turns red. He repeatedly bows 90 degrees and says, "I'm so sorry. I'll pay for your shirt. I'm sorry." Cute. He continues, "I have a hoodie in my car, I'll be back just wait here." He runs out quickly and Bambam looks at me, smirks, then says, "Hehehe, have fun?"

{Hehehe, the wonders of imagination. Part 2 will be up tomorrow.}

- author guy

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