𝘾𝙊𝙍𝙊𝙉𝘼.

1. Skype Calls and Unrelatable News

Mina

"That would look good on you, though," I commented, the girl on the other line looking offended as another girl from our group video chat laughed wholeheartedly. "You're kidding, right? It wouldn't even fit half my arm!"

I chortled, standing up from my bed and taking a bottle of water from the bedside table. "And you're still gonna ask me what to wear in a virtual date?"

Hye-soo, the girl who was silently laughing at me and Rikka, the blonde-head, then sighs loudly like some lovestruck puppy, catching me and Rikka's eyes. "I see someone who's texting her ex who she still loves and he asked her to come back."

I nodded, squinting my eyes at Hye-soo who was biting her lip, suppressing a squeal of delight. She suddenly took a stuffed toy and hugged the non-existent life out of it.

"Yes! Hanseol asked me out!" I frowned, Rikka looking as much confused as I was. I chuckled, "Yeah, um, hey, Hye-soo... Babe? Hanseol can't ask you out, it's lockdown, m'kay?"

She rolls her eyes, her facial expression screaming 'duh?'. "I know that. It's just that, he says he wants me back."

"And did he say that he was a total douchebag for leaving you like that for the New Zealand exchange student that dated him and Jisung at the same time?" Rikka says while raising a brow, I mimicked it and Hye-soo groaned.

"Look, guys, I love him. And I feel that he realized his mistake well enough to come back to me. Secondly, don't look at me like that, Mina. You told me it was okay to get back together with him."

I gasped dramatically, Rikka's eyes looking towards me in utter shock and disbelief. "Watch it, Hye-soo! I obviously did not say that! I only said you should go with what you want to do. And that was when you were contemplating whether to confront Hanseol about him cheating on you or not."

Rikka sighs, massaging her temples with her brightly colored nails. She clicked her tongue and smiled tightly, "I better go. Let's talk tomorrow, okay? And... Mina?"

I hummed in response and she smiles sadly, "Get well soon. I— No, we know you could do it."

Hye-soo pouted as soon as Rikka went and turned off her camera, my eyes contrasting with the bright chuckle I laughed out.

"Don't look so gloomy over there. Even though I don't exactly relate to your news since I have no love life since birth, I'm fighting real hard! Don't worry."

She smiles widely at that, doing small, loud, and cute kisses. "Aww, we love you, Minaaaaaa! Get well soon!!!! Mwuaaaa! Bye~"

Then, she ended the call, too.

I sigh, closing my laptop with a loud click. I groaned into my palms, aggravated and very tired of becoming the lost cause. Usually, I wallow on my self-isolation and find myself thinking about nothing but how I would eventually die because of this virus.

Yes, I didn't feel a single thing unlike anyone else who had this virus, and it made me feel guilty. I was so oblivious to the fact that I could've hurt a lot more people if it weren't for that testing they did for our neighborhood.

I looked around the clean room I always kept tidy, with everything still in place and nothing out of their respective positions. I was slightly going through some control issues and I can't help but fix something that's not in order.

Being the only child that's... left for my family, I found myself becoming a lot more responsible than I expected.

I got out of my bed, opening my phone to see a few messages from a friend that I had met in this hospital a few months ago, last year. He became a short-term crush of mine but he was gay, so... yeah.

"Geez, he really can't stop talking about that Taehyung guy, huh?" I laughed humorously and tried FaceTiming him.

The other line answered and I heard shrieks and squeals like a teenager who finally got tickets for One Direction's concert. Jimin appeared on my screen, looking all giddy.

I sighed with a tone of exasperation that came out sarcastically, "Let me guess, Taehyung finally noticed you in Instagram and when you messaged him in Kakao Talk, he replied with a long ‘hi’ with a purple heart at the end."

He rolls his eyes, "Of course you'd know that since I told you in my text but Mina he noticed me. Me of all people! I just can't!!"

While watching and listening to his romanticized rants, I can't help but feel slightly jealous of my friends.

Can I ever experience what my friends have right now?