Epilogue

In the shadows and the stillness of the evening, all traces of life seemed to have extinguished from this lonesome road. However, a white flash of light could be seen driving through the thick blanket of the night.

And inside this flash, that appeared to be a white van, sat four girls. From an outsider point of view, they could have looked like four wandering souls, venturing through the night with no real goal in mind. 

However, in reality, three of those girls were busy screaming their lungs out inside of the vehicle, while the other one, a blonde haired woman, was peacefully resting her head against a window of the car. 

But alas, this peace only seemed fleeting, as it abruptly vanished when said woman clumsily bumped her head against the window, when the van unfortunately drove over a pothole. 

“Ah shi-,” cursed Minjeong, while rubbing her now pained head. 

This caused the girl, who was excitedly jumping in her seat next to her, to momentarily stop, and fondly look at her. 

“Are you okay Minjeongie?,” asked Jimin. However, while Minjeong could feel the empathy leaking out of her girlfriend’s words, she could also feel that Jimin was trying really hard to not laugh at her clumsiness. 

“Am’ fine…,” groaned the blonde. And obviously, as usual, Jimin snickered at her.

“You’re so clumsy!”

And obviously as well, Jimin’s teasing reaction caused Minjeong to pout and turn her head away, facing the window of the car. However, as usual when Jimin could sense that Minjeong was getting a tad annoyed with her antics, she softly wrapped her arms against Minjeong’s, and carefully rested her head on top of the sulky girl’s shoulder. 

Of course, Minjeong wasn’t mad at all. How could she ever be mad at Jimin after all! But being woken up by the sensation of your head abruptly bumping against the cold surface of a car’s window was not the optimal way to start the evening. So her being a tad annoyed was completely legitimate in her book.

However, thinking back on how they got here, as well as feeling the soft scent of Jimin’s perfume delicately invading her nostrils, Minjeong felt her initial sulkiness slowly fade away.

The four of them were currently on their summer break, and it had been a few months ever since the concert that really marked their debut as an official band unfolded. 

Obviously, after the whole ordeal with Minjeong’s mother and their impromptu concert, they had kept going as a music band. And guess what. They got approached by several people after that specific performance, and got the chance to perform some gigs in bars, cafés, and even in small festivals! The feeling of getting recognized for their hard work really felt great, and the four of them felt incredibly fulfilled with the progress and attention their small band was slowly but surely making and gathering. 

And one day, they had received the offer to perform in a pretty big outdoor music festival during the summer break! So obviously, they accepted the offer, explaining why they’re currently driving through the outskirts of Seoul, on their way to said festival.

However, they were so excited by the prospect of performing that they left way before the date of the actual performance, and decided to just take it easy and have a small roadtrip in the Korean countryside. 

All in all, the band was doing incredibly well, and Minjeong was having so much fun everyday. In all honesty, if the Minjeong of so many months ago had seen her, she would have sarcastically scoffed in her face. But the current Minjeong finally, after years of hiding her true love and passion for music, felt fulfilled and at peace with it.

And for that, she had her best friends and girlfriend to thank. 

Talking about her girlfriend, the two of them have been basking in their unconditional and obnoxious affection ever since they confessed their feelings for each other on that fateful day. 

Don’t get her wrong though, Minjeong absolutely despises obnoxious public displays of affection. But if constantly holding hands, lightly bickering or simply cuddling against each other in front of Aeri and Yizhuo counted as PDA, then she helplessly found herself guilty of this crime.

And as expected, Jimin had been, and still is, incredibly good to her. Whenever she felt the need to share exciting news, or just whatever was going through her head, Jimin would always, and without fault, give her her utmost attention, and carefully listen to whatever she was spilling out. 

But also, whenever Minjeong felt down, and like the whole world was against her, Jimin was always there to hold her hand, and let her know that it’s okay, and that she is not alone in this. 

In short, Jimin is the dream girlfriend literally anybody could dream of. But Minjeong refuses to admit it out loud, because she knows that her silly girlfriend will absolutely boast about it, scream it at every door, and ultimately get super cocky about it. And Minjeong could not let her girlfriend’s head inflate too much! It was out of concern for her poor head, really!

But really, Jimin really is the best partner she could have ever asked for. And the sole fact that she accepted to have dinner with Minjeong and her parents on countless occasions suffices to show this.

Strangely enough though, there seemed to be some kind of weird understanding, should she say sense of respect, between Jimin and her mother. In fact, the first time her mother had requested for Jimin to join them, although Minjeong hadn’t even told her that they were dating, the blonde thought she was in some kind of twisted dream.