mary all but ran off the bus when they got back to school. bambi was there to meet them even though it was nearly 10 at night and mary couldn't wait any longer to see her.
"be my girlfriend," was the first thing mary said when she saw bambi. bambi, shocked, just nodded and gave mary a hug.
jiyoung and jaehee just looked at each other when they got off the bus. they weren't really sure what their relationship was but they didn't want to go back to not talking.
"can i start hanging out with the three of you?" jaehee asked, "i don't have a best friend, anymore."
"i'd really like that. i'll explain everything to bambi and mary but, yeah, sit with us on monday."
when the girls look at bambi and mary, bambi is crying into mary's neck and mary is obviously just trying to help her feel better.
"i'm not upset at you, i'm upset at yumi. she kissed you when you didn't want it and that's not okay. calm down for me, okay, doll?"
bambi nods and stares up at mary with her big eyes that are full of tears. mary can't help but grab bambi's cheeks and lean down to kiss her.
jiyoung starts jumping around, grabbing onto jaehee's arm excited.
"look at how cute they are!" she whisper shouts to jaehee. she's really excited for bambi and mary because those two are amazing together.
"i know another couple that would be cuter," jaehee mumbles to herself, hoping jiyoung didn't hear her.
bambi blushes when they pull away and she sees jiyoung and jaehee staring at her. mary just laughs and pulls bambi into a hug and kisses the top of her head.
"that's my fucking girlfriend!"mary shouts proudly, swaying back and forth with her.
"miss tuan, can you keep the cursing to a minimum?" a teacher asks as he walks by the two but she doesn't care. bambi is her girlfriend. bambi turns around in her arms so she can see her best friend but still be in mary's arms.
"jaehee is going to start sitting with us, okay?" jiyoung asks even though she isn't asking if it's okay because she knows mary will be okay with it and bambi likes
almost everyone.
"not yumi, right?" bambi asks softly, her hands holding onto mary's arms that are still around her.
"no. not yumi. i'm sorry for everything yumi did, i really didn't know about it," jaehee apologizes genuinely, immediately gaining bambi's trust.
"can you take me home?" bambi asks mary, looking up at mary, "i've been here since school ended."
"of course, doll."
bambi gives jiyoung a hug and jaehee a high five before mary grabs her hand and walks her to her car that's been in the parking lot all week.
"bambi's sweet," jaehee says, glad bambi is okay with her joining them.
"are you going to talk to yumi?" jiyoung asks as they start to walk to her car.
"yeah. i don't know when. i don't really want to see her. i can't believe she'd do that to bambi. all of it, but especially kissing her." jaehee was going to keep talking but was interrupted by her phone ringing.
she speaks in korean to whoever is on the other side of of phone for just a little bit before hanging up and looking at jiyoung.
"is there a chance i can get a ride home? my parents forgot and are already in bed."
jiyoung, of course, nods and lets jaehee in her car. when jiyoung gets a look at jaehee's absolutely beautiful side profile, her heart starts to speed up. there are plenty of people who don't like how jaehee looks. she's a girl with extremely sharp features, which guys don't like but she doesn't care.
"fuck," jiyoung says under her breath because her heart has never sped up like that when she's looked at anyone. she has feelings for jaehee and they came out of nowhere.
"what? is everything okay?"
"yeah, yeah, everything's fine," jiyoung says very unconvincingly but jaehee just laughs at her.
"i'll see you monday," jaehee says as she gets out of the car when jiyoung pulls up in front of her house.
jiyoung waits to leave until jaehee gets inside to leave. but before she pulls away, she slams her head down onto her steering wheel.
"fuck!" she shouts, "shit. okay, this is fine."
she lets out a breathe before finally driving to her own house. she has a lot to think about, again.
