12 - Bucket Hat

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MIRU

"Jimin, you wouldn't understand. You should see it yourself," I cackled. "Cola was literally pouring down his nose."

"Yeah, I can imagine that." Jimin laughed, throwing his head back. "He snorted sprite too, once."

"You guys are still going on about that?" I heard Taehyung's voice in the background and Jimin moved the camera so I could see Taehyung. He was on his phone with his pajamas, eyes tiredly looking at me through the camera.

"Yes, it's funny." I snorted. "Are your roommates still awake?"

"Yeah, we always sleep late." Jimin said.

"Oh. Mine are already asleep, that's why I'm in the balcony." I said. "Taehyung, does your nose still hurt?"

"Stop it, it's not that funny!" Taehyung groaned.

"So how did it go? You guys came back together so I assume you didn't get to spend time with Sian nor Hoseok."

"Yeah. We ended up playing games in the arcade." I said, looking at the night sky. It was starry tonight. "It's really late. I should go to bed now."

"Okay. See you tomorrow." Jimin smiled and moved the camera to Taehyung. Taehyung blew a kiss and I pulled a meme face.

"Bye, sucker."

I rolled my eyes and wished them a good night. I ended the video call, but I didn't go to sleep right away.

I thought I needed some time for myself. I had a lot in my mind recently. Ari's friends were not as nice as I thought. Of course, I had to stay away from them but to my luck, Ari was roommates with me. Though she was ignoring me the whole time.

I haven't been writing on my diary and somehow I lost my interest to. My days had been the same anyway. Hoseok and I... to be honest, I don't feel anything progressing between us. We were friends, that's it. And these days, it became more and more bland.

I should try harder tomorrow.

Park Jimin. My best boo. He's been bringing a lot of food recently. He told me that he has lost feelings for the girl he liked but grown a liking towards cooking. Nonetheless, he told me about his passion for dancing and he's going to choose a performing arts major.

Shockingly, I was most confused about Kim Taehyung. In the last few days, I've been feeling strange about him. I'm not stupid. I knew all the time that I had grown feelings for him. But after today, I told myself that he's just a friend. A really good friend and I would never change that. He liked Sian too, so no room for me anyway.

Taehyung is my closest friend now.

And Jimin is my favorite person.

A subtle smile grew on my lips. I finally sorted things out.

I went to the bathroom, washed my face and brushed my teeth. I made sure to lock the front door and the balcony before going to bed.

I... still like Hoseok anyway.

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I inserted some money and picked the carbonated drink that Hoseok liked. The match was starting in a bit so I thought I should buy some drinks. I took the drinks and exited the building.

The match has already started. Hoseok was playing with his friend while waiting for his turn. I sat on the empty bleachers and soon after, I felt a presence beside me.

"Hi! Kang Miru, right?" A voice chirped.

"Yeah, nice to meet you." I smiled, a bit uncomfortable talking with someone I wasn't close to.

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