"Jagiya!" Jimin yelled as she ran across the hallway towards Minjeong, who was walking alongside Ryujin.
The girl was expecting to be tackled into a hug from the older girl so she shut her eyes, waiting for the impact. But instead, she heard a slight grunt from her right to find Ryujin with a wide grin on her face as Jimin engulfed her into her arms.
"J-jagi. I can't breathe." Ryujin stuttered out.
Jimin giggled and pulled away, but kept her at arms length. "Sorry, I just haven't seen you in a while."
Minjeong furrowed her eyebrows after observing the two. She doesn't want to lie, but hearing Jimin call someone else 'jagi' kind of hurt her. She, herself, reserved that nickname for Jimin and Jimin only, but she guessed it wasn't the same for her girlfriend.
Minjeong's POV
Jimin unnie turned to me and finally acknowledged my presence. "Oh, hey Minjeong. Didn't see you there."
Wow. So it's jagi for Ryujin, but it's plain Minjeong for me.
I gave a tight-lipped smile and walked away without saying anything else.
Before I got far, I heard Ryujin ask Jimin unnie, "Is Jeongie okay?"
Thanks for noticing, Ryu.
I heard Jimin unnie's voice this time. "I don't know. She'll probably get over it." I turned around, in slight shock to see the two of them still on the same position. "Now, we have lots of catching up to do so let's go find Yeji and Aeri."
I saw Jimin unnie link arms with Ryujin as they walked the opposite way.
Why didn't she bother to invite me? I'm close with them too.
I turned around and walked back to our waiting room to find Aeri unnie sitting on the couch on her phone. I slumped next to her and sighed as I stared at the ceiling.
Did I do something wrong?
Aeri unnie turned to me and nudged my side. "You good, dumb?"
"Yeah." I responded as I closed my eyes to forget about what just happened in the halls.
Aeri unnie scoffed and she dropped her phone. "Come on Jeong. What is it?"
I waited a moment as I debated whether to tell her what's on my mind, but before I could, the door opened again.
"There you are!" Jimin unnie walked in with Yeji and Ryujin trailing behind. "Come on, Aeri. We're gonna film TikToks for our fans. Ning's already doing it with Winner sunbaenim."
Aeri unnie got pulled up and Jimin unnie turned around without even looking in my direction.
I must've done something wrong.
Fortunately, Yeji unnie saw me and walked closer to me. "Hey, you wanna do it too, Minjeong?"
A smile partially formed on my face when I was about to answer, but I was cut off before I could.
"Didn't you say you were tired, Minjeong?"
I looked towards the door to find Jimin unnie stopping mid-way to turn and look at me with her hands still intertwined with Aeri unnie and Ryujin.
"I..." I felt a certain pressure building up in the back of my eyes. I knew what that feeling was so I quickly looked away before smiling back up at Yeji unnie. "It's fine, unnie. Some people might think five is a crowd."
Yeji unnie shook her head and leaned down to grab my wrist. "Nonsense." She said as she pulled me up. "There's always room for everybody."
I smiled gratefully and allowed myself to be dragged by the caring unnie.
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