Will you be my friend? (Song Mingi X Reader) DISCONTINUED

Chapter 6 : Training Day

"Almost" Jongho encouraged.

"Forget about it, I'll never shoot it" you gave up sitting down on the floor while pouting.

Your training has started hours ago and yet, you still couldn't shoot correctly. Every time, you missed the target Jongho had prepared for you.

"Don't get too disappointed. You'll be able to get it right one day. It might not be today, but one day" he smiled.

"How do you know?"

"I was probably the worst fighter when I got here. And look at me, I'm the yougest, yet the strongest" he said proudly.

"Why don't you tell me your story?"

"Sure, a break won't hurt" he sat down with you. "I was originally with the Greens"

"Really?"

"Yeah. My father is one of them. While I grew up, he showed me the army and I was fascinated so I decided it what I wanted to do for a living. I trained a lot, but I was pretty bad. During a mission, we met the Pirate King and Hongjoong somehow convinced me it was better here, and he was right. I honestly prefer it much more here. With the Greens, we had strict rules and they supervised every move you did. It was scary" he informed.

"Wow! You improved a lot!"

"Just like you, in the near future. Now get up, we still have to finish your training for today"

You got up and then tried to shoot at the target. You groaned as you missed it once again.

"You're not holding it well" you heard a deep ass voice behind you that you recognize as your roommate.

"I get it, I'm bad" you said and shot another time, again, missing it.

"Stop telling yourself you're bad and maybe you'll improve. Look"

He got closer and placed his hands on yours, rearranging their position. He nodded to you signaling you to shoot. You did and it finially hit the target. You scoffed in disbelief.

"Wow! Thank you" you smiled.

"I might be the gunner, but Mingi is one of the best" Jongho grinned.

Mingi shyly accepted the compliment before leaving. Meanwhile, you continued the training with Jongho until the evening. You didn't feel like eating with the rest of the guys, so you went back into your cabin. As you had close to nothing that belomgs to you in there, you took the time to observer what Mingi possesses. Books, quills, tools, clothes... he had a lot of stuff.

You decided to take one of his books to read it. After all, he wouldn't mind, right? You started to read and really got into the story. It was mostly fantasy, but you liked it. You then read a phrase that seemed too familiar to your liking.  '8 brave men are meant to meet the child and save the world from the apocalypse'.

Suddenly, the door bursted wide open revealing Mingi. His eyes immediately scanned the book as he walked in.

"Why is it here? I thought you gave it away" you asked confused.

"Did you touch my things?"

"I asked first" you got up holding the book to your side.

"It's-" he started and fell onto his bed before running his hands through his hair. "Don't tell anyone, please"

"If you explain to me the reason why it's in here and not in the Greens' possesion, yeah"

"Fine. I gave them the wrong book"

"What? How?"

"They didn't even know how it looked like and I have a few books, as you can see. So, I gave them a romantic story instead"

"Because Mr. Quartermaster reads romance?" you smirked.

"Not the point" he glared. "Don't tell anyone, I'm serious. It already caused so much pain for all of us and I don't want it to ruin us once more"

"Okay, I promise" you said lifting your pinky and Mingi frowned his eyebrows. "You don't know that?"

"I mean, we don't really do that kind of stuff" he coughed awkwardly.

"Still, you gotta do it, or maybe you'll rather have me telling every--"

"Okay, okay!" he said and linked his much larger pinky with yours.

Knock. Knock.

"Who'se there?" Mingi asked.

"Yunho"

"Come in" you replied and the door opened.

"I just wanted to tell you I'll show you how to climb up tomorrow. Again. If you're okay with it, of course"

"I can try"

"I'll be there too, just in case" Mingi said before Yunho nodded and left.

"Have you become my sort of guardian angel or something? You've been watching over me for a few days, now"

"Don't count on it, matey. Just go to sleep already"

"Said the man who barely sleeps because of 'business' " you lifted your eyebrow.

"Again, not the point, Y/N. Goodnight. Oh, and I'm taking this back" he said before stealing the book from your hand. "Yunho could have seen it"

"Think of a better place to hide it, then, cause it was easy for me"

"Good idea, I'll go now" he shot. "Sweat dreams"

Mingi left the cabin and smiled. He liked you. Well, as an individual. Don't think so fast! He soon shook his head out of his thoughts and head towards the aft hold.