Loner Or Lover (미나 x 채영) | MICHAENG

i used // NARRATIVE

(Saturday, Mina's point of view)

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Me and Tzuyu were heading down to the Korean BBQ place, where we all chose to go. We soon arrived there and sat down at the reserved table. On the wooden table was a grill, next to it were sides, and then menus at each spot you could sit at. It was a normal Korean BBQ place. They played chill K-R&B and K-indie there. I talked with Tzuyu until Jihyo and Momo arrived.

"Momo, Jihyo! Come sit down," Tzu said, smiling. Jihyo sat next to Tzuyu and Momo sat next to me. Awkward, because I feel like the people next to each other had feelings for each other before. That includes me and Momo. Back in primary school, I accidentally kissed Momo on Pocky Day because of this one other Japanese girl. I forgot her name though.

We were eating and talking. I was quiet most of the time (Like always, Im sort of an introvert), mainly wondering if the new person was going to come. "Jihyo-unnie! When is that girl going to show up?!" Jihyo shrugged. "I needed to give her her phone back, but I didn't want to do it alone. Besides I don't even know where she is."

"How do you know she'll come?" I asked.
"I just..do? I looked through her phone and she was supposed to come to this place for her birthday," the girl said. I nodded. Momo started ranting about how cute a girl was at the train station. "Nah, it's not fate. Just coincidence. Don't get your hopes up, I did that for Sana..." Tzuyu muttered.

Oh.

Sana.

Now I remember. In primary school, Minatozaki Sana used to be friends with all four of us. She was closet to Tzuyu (This was back when I didnt like Tzuyu as much as now) and we assumed she liked her. They ended up going out in high school, which took a long time for them together. Then one day, Sana started getting distant with us, only talking to Tzuyu. She isolated herself from school and family. She only wanted Tzuyu. It's like she had some...obsession or something. Sana eventually had to leave and go back to Japan. I was sad because I just moved back to Korea in high school. Just thinking about it makes me sad. I really thought Sana wanted to be best friends with us. But no, she just wanted someone to love everyday. Someone to...kiss, hug, shit, maybe even fuck.

Everyone was silent after Tzu mentioned Sana.

Suddenly, it seems as if the silence stopped. A miracle.

A short little girl entered the two big doors. She was greeted by the waitress. "Oh that's her!!" Jihyo exclaimed. She waved her hand. The tiny girl noticed Jihyo and us and rolled her eyes. Though she did that, she still walked up to us.

"Have you seen a girl?" The tiny one asked.
"No," answered all of us. We all stared at her.
"Fuck. I was supposed to have my birthday party...But my phone...I lost my phone—"

Jihyo held what I assumed to be the small girl's phone. "Ah, thanks. Hey arent you that one who doesn't know how to look while walking?" 

"I guess? But you dropped your phone on the sidewalk, so I had to find a way to give it back to you," Jihyo told the girl. "And your name is?"

"Chaeyoung. Son fucking Chaeyoung."

Chaeyoung seemed like she was about to say something else, but a slightly taller girl grabbed her by the arm. She had blonde hair, most likely dyed, and cute small eyes. Her skin was so white and I was like "Damn."

"Chaeyoung-ah! Today's your birthday.~" 
"Yeah, and of course Mommy and Daddy didn't come," Chaeyoung said. Blonde had fangirled. "AWW! Did you just call your parents mommy and daddy? You're so cute." Chaeyoung blushed.

For a slight second, just a second, I thought it was cute as well.

In the corner of my eye I saw Tzuyu. Her face seemed irritated. I looked at her. "What's wrong?" She put on a fake smile

"Nothing, Minari. Let's do our paycheck. Who's paying?" Tzuyu asked everyone. Jihyo raised her hand, but Momo said, "I want to eat more.~"

"Oh, cmon, Momoring. You sometimes need to worry about your appearence sometimes," JIhyo lectured Momo like a mother. Me and Tzuyu chuckled. 

Still, I wondered about that Chaeyoung girl. Why did my heart skip a beat? And why was she cute? The words she used was obviously not for her size.

Whatever.