10 일만 내놔 : Give me 10 days (MICHAENG)

CHAPTER 15

[Chaeyoung's POV]

"Or you could just sleep here instead." My heart just skipped a beat.

"EH?" I failed to give a cool response. Am I hearing that right? Mina inviting me to sleep with her?

YES. Of course. JINJJA GOMAWOYO, GOD JIHYO.

She's smiling at me and I feel like I just short circuited.

I still couldn't say anything. It's like my tongue went numb. I just immediately hopped in to her bed and lay down beside her before she could even change her mind.

I tried to take as little space as possible to make sure she could still sleep comfortably.

She lay down beside me sideways, her body facing me.

I lay there with my body facing upwards, both arms tucked neatly at my sides, stiff as a brick.

I took a deep breath and my nose was filled with the scent of her perfume. My tensed shoulders finally relaxed.

What are you doing, Son Chaeyoung? Stop being so weird. I told myself.

I sighed and turned sideways to face her. Our faces were much closer to each other than I expected.

I gulped.

"Give me your hand." I reached out my hand. Urging her to hold mine. She obliged without second thought.

I turned it palm-side up and started poking and rubbing it with my thumb.

"What are you doing?" she whispered.

"Accupressure." I whispered back, "it's good for your body and it's also to help you sleep better."

She just looked at me as I squeezed her palm and fingers.

"It's been a busy day and we didn't really get a chance to go out on a date or something." I mumbled.

"Gwenchanah," she's just looking at our hands while I continue to press hers. "Even real couples don't always go out on dates."

Her words stung me. Even real couples.

That's right. We're not a real couple.

My hands stopped moving. I looked at her and she stared back at me. It's like she's waiting me to say something.

There's nothing I could say, I don't want to overthink it or anything. My chest feels heavy, I'm once again reminded that my borrowed time with her is running out. Soon, I won't be the person she's staring at like this.

But that's a problem for another day. Right now, we're together. I should be contented with what I got. I just have to make it count. I leaned over and gave her a kiss on her forehead.

"Jajalyo, Minguin."

Sarangheyo.

[Mina's POV]

I woke up in the middle of my sleep and saw the back of Chaeyoung's head. In my half dazed state I tried pulling my arm to scratch an itch on my nose, only to realize that I can't.

I lifted my head and saw that my arm is wrapped around Chaeyoung's waist and our fingers are intertwined with each other.

She's sound asleep and—wait, I've been hugging Chaeyoung in my sleep?