You took a big slurp of your noodles.
"This is really good. You were right." you said, still chewing.
Minju stared at you.
"You're not gonna eat?" you asked.
"What are you going to do about work?"
"I said I'll figure it out."
She squinted at you. "Yeah, but what does that actually mean?"
"Hm? I have a lot of vacation days saved up. They won't like that I'm using them not even a day before, but I'll be fine. Probably."
“Probably?”
“Yeah, probably.”
“What? Be for real. What if you get fired or something?”
“They won’t. I’m like the only person who knows what they’re doing over there.” You shrugged. “And if they do fire me, then whatever. I have savings.”
Minju sighed, and started eating.
You watched her for a second.
“Hey.” you leaned over the table. “Thanks for worrying. But seriously, it’s fine. I’ll handle it.”
You finished your food before she was even halfway done.
“Wow. That was insane.” You leaned back, letting the food settle. “So, you said you’re free this whole week?”
Minju paused, putting her chopsticks down.
“Wait.”
“Hm?”
“The whole week? You’re staying the whole week?”
“Yeah? I mean, why not? I’m already here. And I have a lot of vacation days.”
“…You’re insane.”
“What? You said I should’ve been here next week, so… here I am.”
“I don’t even know what to say to you.” she said, struggling to suppress her smile.
“What? You don’t want me here?”
“That’s not what I said.”
“Sounds like it.”
“Shut up. You know that’s not what I meant.”
You smiled at her.
“So, what do you wanna do tonight? It’s still early.”
Minju thought for a second, then grinned.
“League? I was going to play until you dragged me out here.”
“…I missed my flight to play League with you?”
“Mhm.” She said with a smirk. “Let’s go. I’ll carry you this time.”
“In your dreams.”
Minju kicked her shoes off and darted to her room.
“You have your own apartment? Don’t you live with your members?” you asked.
“I split time between here and the dorm.” She said, turning on her computer. “I enjoy my alone time. And so they don’t hear me raging on League.”
“Huh. You did rage a lot, didn’t you?”
“Shush.”
“Anyway, I thought you wanted to play together. You dragged me to your apartment so I could watch you?”
“Nope,” she said, grabbing a dusty laptop and mouse from her drawer. “You can use this.”
“…Isn’t this your shitty old laptop from high school? I’m supposed to play on this?”
“Deal with it. Aren’t you supposed to be so much better than me?” she teased.
You pulled up a chair next to her and logged in to join her lobby.
“Wow.” You stared at the laptop screen, stuck on the loading screen. “This runs like shit.”
“You’re already making excuses?”
“I’m just being real.”
Eventually, you loaded into the game.
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