Whipped Heart | Namgi

Chapter 23

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"All my life has been a series of doors in my face
And then suddenly I bump into you"

Soosoo was walking down the hallway, hoping to get back to her apartment as fast as possible.

'Love Is an Open Door' was stuck in her head. At first, she accepted it with open arms. But now they've been hugging for way too long, and it won't let go. Way too long meaning about seven seconds. Soosoo doesn't like hugging.

It all started from Jiyoo singing it to her a minute ago. She couldn't deny that her singing voice is splendid, but the song was beginning to get annoying. That's from someone who loves Frozen.

"Unnie? Why are you glaring at that wall like that? Did it do something wrong?"

Soosoo scrunched her nose as she realized that that was exactly what she was doing. "Nah. I was just thinking of a song that someone decided to throw into my head."

She glared at her friend, who didn't catch on to what she meant in between those words. "What? I thought you could only throw- Oh. Lisa! Hey!"

She ran off to a girl with orange hair. Soosoo continued her walk as if she had never left. It wasn't like she really missed Jiyoo anyways. She was used to her running around, and she preferred to have no one near her than have someone who ignores the fact that they're basically talking to a brick wall.

"Say goodbye
Say goodbye
To the pain of the past
We don't have to feel it anymore!"

"Could you just shut up~?" Soosoo sang in harmony with the voices.

"I'm sorry, but was that directed towards us?"

Soosoo halted her steps and looked to her side. There stood two girls. Both of them wore casual outfits. One had her darker brown hair tied into a ponytail while the other had her lighter brown hair down. The latter's hair looked extremely soft, and her face was like a child's. The other's didn't look as soft, but it heavily reminded Soosoo of Jiyoo's dyed black hair.

Her face looked oddly familiar.

"Holy crap."

"What's so holy about a piece of poop?" The ligter brown haired girl asked.

Soosoo ignored the question and walked over to them, lazily pointing at the girl with darker hair. "You're the girl I threw my philosophy textbook at."

The girl furrowed her eyebrows. "My name is Narae...?"

She gasped. "It is you!"

"What are you going on about?"

Soosoo realized that she was probably looking like a moron and took a second to relax. "Ignore that. It was back in high school. Anyways, ahem. My name is Min Soosoo. My dearest apologies for my idiotic behavior earlier."

Narae still looked confused as ever, which Soosoo couldn't blame her for.

"Lee Narae, is my full name." She added. "And we met by you throwing your textbook at me...?"

Soosoo stopped all her thoughts, besides that dang song. Yep. She felt like an idiot.

"In the library." Soosoo continued for her. "It was by accident. Trust me. I wasn't looking where I was throwing beforehand."

"You shouldn't have thrown it at all."

"...Hah..."

Narae squinted her eyes. "Now that I think about it, you do look familiar. I think I did see you in the library at some point."

"It was probably that same day." Soosoo told her. "I never go to libraries."

Narae looked back over to the other girl, who had been staring off into space the whole time. None of them said anything. Trapping themselves in an awkward silence.

"I mean it's crazy
What?
We finish each other's-"

"Sandwiches."

"What?"

"That's what I was gonna say!"

Narae tilted her head. "Are you okay?"

"Love Is An Open Door." Soosoo explained.

"Oh."

There would've been another awkward silence, but Soosoo didn't want to make a similar mistake again. "So... do you go here?"

Narae nodded.

"How?" She asked abruptly. "I mean, I've been looking for you for like, a year, only to have you pop out of thin air?"

"That's a weird thing to learn about someone you just met."

Soosoo flinched. "Oh. I'm sorry."

"No worries." Narae swatted her hand. "Just don't keep doing it, because it's kind of unsettling."

"Promise."

They continued their conversation until they knew that they had to go and parted ways. Soosoo felt content. She was pretty sure that Jiyoo knew her. She's like a walking dictionary when it comes to people. She could find a way to ask her before she gets too tired to speak.

Overall, Soosoo really had to thank her bad singing voice for letting her finally find the girl she was looking for. Disney movies were right all along. She knew it.

Once she got back home, she learned about what had happened to Jungkook. And indeed, she sang him a High School Musical song. Just like Yoongi thought.

After giving Jungkook a motivational speech about never giving up and at some point mentioning The Beetles, they spent the rest of the time they had together watching Frozen. Soosoo also made Yoongi watch it with them because it was Friday and their classes were later during the day. Not that Yoongi needed that much convincing.

That would live up to be one of their favorite memories with each other. With hope, faith, luck, and love.

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