possibility days | bbangsaz

7

Some mornings, Hanni runs.

It's an unexpected interest - if anything, she hadn't expected herself to be so enamored with something that requires her to be up so early in the morning - but then again, she hits the point where she actually starts looking forward to her morning runs, and that's that.

Some mornings, Hanni runs with Yeji. Which is also unexpected, considering how Yeji is often out of Hanni's orbit, shoots and shifts considered, but by some stroke of luck Hanni finds herself with a couple of non-shooting weeks that coincide with Yeji's normal hour shifts.

(On the day Yeji first joined her, Hanni nearly choked on her water in surprise. She'd been taking a pause near one of the benches when Yeji approached casually, nudging Hanni's shoes with hers with a soft, "Hey." Hanni looked up, confused for a split-second before ultimately letting out a squeal: "YOU.")

"So," Yeji begins, falling in step beside Hanni, matching her steady rhythm. "Tell me about Minji Kim."

Hanni huffs, trying to speak through the heavy thudding in her chest. Where do I start? she thinks, noting the way her heart races just with the thought. "What about Minji?" she asks instead, catching her breath.

Yeji laughs. The way she sounds, it's almost like Yeji isn't running at all. "Come on, Hanni. The two of you are all over my feeds. You're doing pretty well."

"Had you stayed," says Hanni, grinning as she slows her pace a bit. "You'd have been included in all those events."

"Don't take this the wrong way but-guarding you was an absolute nightmare," says Yeji, and Hanni nudges her with an elbow in retaliation. "Seriously. I've had more peaceful patrols."

"You make it sound like I'm a constant crime scene."

"Correction - a high value target," says Yeji, raising her finger to make a point.

Hanni laughs, rounding the bend and slowing further. "Remember that time with the paparazzi-"

"Which one? The one where you signed the wrong posters?"

"In my defense, it was dark-"

"The ambush interview spoilers were so unnecessary. The look on Hyein's face-"

"-made it all worth it, right?" Hanni sprints for a bit, leaving Yeji behind for a handful of seconds before losing steam altogether as she rounds the final corner, ending where she often does: In front of her favorite bakery for breakfast.

When Yeji realizes where they are, she laughs out loud, her head thrown back. "Hanni."

"What?"

Yeji simply gestures at the bakery door. "You have never changed at all, have you?"

*

Hanni gets the bagels while Yeji gets the coffee, just like old times, and they eat breakfast in Hanni's flat. Hanni tells her more about Minji in between bites and sips, taking a peek at her phone every so often.

"Let me guess - shoot break 'til what, next Friday? But the two of you are keeping in touch all along, and it's not part of some strategy, is it?"

Hanni takes a long gulp from her coffee. "Strategy? Why does everyone keep saying that?"

"Well, when people have a million or so followers between them, it kind of just pops up." Yeji shrugs. "It's just a thing."

Hanni opens her mouth to say more, but she notices her phone screen blinking so she goes for that instead, barely catching Yeji roll her eyes. When she unlocks her phone, it's Minji; of course, it is.