After that day at the arcade, Jimin and Minjeong actually started to consistently hang out at school. Well, not to the point where people would call them besties, but often enough for them to find themselves sitting down at the library, doing their homework together.
Well, more like Jimin doing her work, while Minjeong keeps on procrastinating her own. Seeing how Minjeong had skipped the beginning of the semester, driven by her class representative’s responsibilities, Jimin actually decided to tutor her. But she didn’t know that the girl was this lazy!
“I’m sleepy…”
“Come on Minjeong, it’s too early for a break! We barely even started, and you really need to catch up!”
Minjeong groaned, dropping her head on the table from exhaustion. Jimin giggled a little at the girl’s rare display of emotions, and softly nudged her arm.
“Hey, wake up.” She looked at the clock, and noticed how late it already was. “Should we get going?”
Minjeong drowsily raised her head, and looked at her notebook with clouded eyes. It gave enough time for Jimin to actually analyze her features. She never realized how long Minjeong’s eyelashes really are. She really is pretty.
“Something wrong?”
Jimin realized she had been staring for a while now. Embarrassed to have been caught, she slightly jumped, and awkwardly waved her hands in front of her face. “I’m just admiring your… concentration!”
Minjeong squinted her eyes, obviously doubting her poor attempt at an excuse. But thankfully, she brushed it off, and began to push her stuff inside her bag. The two made their way towards the entrance, but their steps quickly halted, seeing the threatening clouds up in the sky.
“Looks like it’s going to rain soon,” stated Jimin. Next to her, Minjeong simply gazed at the sky with a bored expression.
“Hey, come back here Nyanko!”
Jimin suddenly saw a black cat bolting right in front of her, and a panicked-looking old lady following it.
Jimin immediately joined the lady’s side. “Are you okay ma’am?”
“I am, thank you. But my cat just ran off! He’s still young and fiery…”
“I’ll go look for him!” announced Jimin, knowing that the school was going to close soon.
“Oh, thank you young lady!”
Jimin dashed towards the school’s entrance, turning towards Minjeong. “You go on ahead Minjeong, I’ll be back!” She entered the building, and began her searches. She tried the courtyard, but nothing was there. It must have gone inside the building.
Jimin shivered when she saw that they had already turned off all of the lights there. But she didn’t really have a choice, did she-
“Scared of the dark?”
Jimin felt her feet leaving the ground, and her heart literally exploding. “Aah!” She turned around to see none other than Minjeong, who was slightly leaning towards her, her expression mirroring a curious puppy’s.
“Minjeong…” breathed Jimin, still trying to calm her racing heart. “Why didn’t you go home?”
“Well, it’s getting dark. I didn’t want to leave you alone.”
Okay, that was actually super sweet of her?
“Also, I haven’t done my request of the day yet.”
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