2:1 | Vminkook

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

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"Taehyung? Wow, I haven't seen you in a while." Mina beamed at him, putting the canned tuna into her shopping basket before moving towards him. Taehyung was surprised to see a familiar face around here. Especially someone from his old class.

"It really has been a while." He smiled, also turning to face her. He'd liked her. Just like his two best friends she had always been a bit shy but had actually been really fun to talk to, at least once she had warmed up to him. "Do you come here often? How come we've never seen each other?"

She smiled, brushing her hair back. Now that she was older she seemed more confident. Taehyung was glad for her. Being nice and shy didn't get you far with how things were sadly. "I don't usually come here. I spent the night at my boyfriend's and thought I could come here and quickly do my grocery shopping before going home." She held up the shopping basket to show off the few things inside before smiling again.

"So, a boyfriend? Got luck with men?" Taehyung teased, remembering how she had complained about wanting someone who was as cute as the three of them were.

To his surprise Mina sighed before shaking her head. "Not really. I mean, the guy I've been seeing recently is great. Really sweet and I'm having a great time with him, but before that... eh..." She grimaced, readjusting the strap of her dress.

"Anything happened?" Taehyung asked curiously. He'd always felt like Mina had a pretty good intuition when it came to men, but maybe he had been mistaken.

"Not too much aside from the fact that you were right. Alphas really are all dicks. Met this guy who was really nice and handsome and he seemed to like me so we went out. Took me about three months to find out he was seeing other girls too." She pressed her lips into a firm line, sighing. "But there's nothing that can be done about that. At least I've learned my lessons that it's really better to stay away from alphas. Wish I would have listened to you."

That really did suck. Hopefully she really hadn't been too heartbroken... thought he felt like asking would have been stepping over a line. After all they had just met after years. They were acquaintances, not close friends. So he just reached out, patting her shoulder. "I'm glad you found someone better than that. You really deserve to be happy." Maybe he shouldn't be saying more. Just leave it at that, but it didn't sit right with him not to say anything more, even if it didn't fit with the situation. "I was wrong though... with the whole all alphas are dicks thing. I mean, most of them are, not going to argue with that, but not everyone."

Mina seemed surprised, looking at him for a few seconds before gasping loudly, her hands shooting up to her mouth. "Holy shit, you're dating an alpha, aren't you? Who would have thought that you..." She giggled. "How did that happen?"

Taehyung hesitated, not sure how to tell her that Jungkook and Jimin had grown up too and hadn't presented as omegas after all. Mina looked at him expectantly and he was in the middle of figuring out what to say when the two stars of the problem saved him.

"Taehyungie, do you want some strawberries? They have free sampl... ah... Mina!" Jungkook gasped, coming to a halt behind Taehyung and looking at their old classmate. For a second Mina seemed confused but then her eyes grew big like saucers.

"It's not taste testing when you grab everything." Jimin appeared behind them too, also taking a second to spot Mina. When he did he looked surprised, coming to a halt just like Jungkook. "Oh hey, there's Mina. You aged well."

Wow, Taehyung really was dating the most awkward bunch, wasn't he? It took Mina a few seconds before she regained her composure, smiling politely. "Jimin and..." She hesitated for a second, seemingly a bit unsure. "...Jungkook, right?" She chuckled a bit awkwardly.