hold me tight tonight, please ∘ mihyo

five

When Mina heard a knock on her door, she furrowed her eyebrows, wondering who it could be. As far as she knew, she was not expecting any visits — both Chaeyoung and Dahyun told her they couldn't come over that night, and as her parents were out of town, again, she guessed they wouldn't have anyone over either.

Nevertheless, Mina paused the anime she had been watching up until then — a frown crossing her features seeing as she would have been seeing the fight between the hero and its antagonist if it had not been for whoever had decided to knock at her door at that very moment — before getting up.

As she walked to the door, she hated how silent it had suddenly become; she was home alone — her parents had left for another one of their work trips — and she was left behind to "take care of the house".

Usually, Mina would spend the night at Jihyo's whenever this happened; the girl's house feeling like home to her more than the house she grew up in ever did. Mina guessed it was because there she felt like she was actually loved and accepted for who she was, instead of feeling like a weight someone had to carry just because they made the mistake of having her.

However, going to Jihyo's place was not an available option anymore seeing as it had been weeks since they had last talked, so Mina had no choice but stay home alone, even if the mere idea made her uneasy.

Still, Mina told herself that it was time for her to get over her fear of loneliness and learn how to be by herself.

It should be easy, shouldn't it?

Mina found out that there were a lot of things she could do to pass the time; one of them being binge-watching the new season of her favourite anime that had just got out.

Sure, she wouldn't have minded having some company — perhaps, someone she could comment the show with, even if the had no idea about what was happening, like Jihyo — but Mina convinced herself that it was fine like that, even if it was lonely.

After all, Mina had been feeling quite lonely for awhile already; it was nothing new.

Ever since Jihyo had started avoiding her, Mina felt like something was missing from her life; it didn't take her much to realise that it was the happiness and warmth Jihyo provided her with by simply being by her side.

Now that Jihyo wasn't talking to her anymore, Mina was heartbroken. And the fact she had no clue about what happened between them which made Jihyo distance herself from her made it even worse.

Simply because Mina wished she could make things right again so that she could get her Jihyo back.

Don't get her wrong; Mina did not blame Jihyo.

She wasn't angry at her nor did she hate her.

How could she?

Mina knew her better than she knew her own self, and if there was one thing she was sure of that was Jihyo being the kindest person she had ever met.

She was the one that had taught her how to ride a bicycle so that Mina and her could ride around the city; back then, she was only seven and Jihyo herself found it troublesome to ride a bike. Yet, she still made an effort.

When Mina asked Jihyo if she wanted to go to the movies with her and watch the new movie of The Avangers, Jihyo watched all the ones that had been put our before and did some research on the comic books version, so that she could go and later comment it with her; all of that in two days in which she should have been studying for their finals, but did not.