one shot collection (winrina edition)

turmoil - last chapter

She's in Seoul... when did she get back? And, I checked her Instagram but I didn't see any signs that she travelled back. Is this supposed to be a surprise or something?

Jimin, don't get ahead of yourself! That little pounding in your chest is making your blood rush, but it doesn't mean anything! She could've sent that out of guilt, out of pity, out of anything but love, so don't let it get to you. We don't have proof, right? No physical evidence about her reason of sending that damn groceries, we don't know what she's thinking, or what she's planning.

Stop it.

I stared at my plugged in phone. I played mobile games while on DND the whole day just to distract myself from the possibilities that my head has been coming up with since I found out from Zhou everything.

She did message me, I saw the notification but I didn't read any of it. It was a short message, I'm sure of that.

Maybe it's "you're welcome," or something like "no problem." I don't know, I don't wanna think about it.

Zhou already left an hour ago, and my phone is nearing the 100% mark. I'm alone with my thoughts (which is a dangerous thing) and I couldn't focus on the tasks given by my boss. It doesn't help that the bags that were once full of vegetables and meat are still on my counter. I couldn't go close to it for some reason.

The jiggling of keys woke me up from my mindless scrolling, and the wild bang from the door made me jump from my seat. Did I leave Minjeong spare keys?

"YU JIMIN, YOU MOTHERFUCKER." I began to relax when I saw Aeri's face and went back to my laptop.

"REALLY? Get up." I ignored the storm in front of me.

"Get the hell up and dress. We're going somewhere." I squeezed my eyes shut, hoping Aeri would just disappear and keep my peace.

"Check the damn message, right now, or I'll call the cops." I looked over at Aeri's fuming eyes and asked her why.

"If you're not gonna read that right now, I'm going to drag you to the police station and let you rot in there."

"Why would you do that? And you can't do that."

"Gonna tell them you threatened to kill me."

"You're the one who barged through my apartment at 7:10 PM. That's tresppasing. Between us, you should be the one to go to-"

"Shut up. Read."

"You're overreacting."

"I am, and you should be reacting to Minjeong's texts."

Texts? Plural? I received a single text, not a lot. And that's not so Minjeong; she prefers lengthy messages over clusters of short ones.

I stood up and connected my phone to the internet and saw several texts... and it is from Minjeong.

Thank you for the unexpected groceries.
- J

It's nothing :) I'm at Ning's house and I know we didn't talk for a long time, but can I come over?
It's sudden, I know, and I'll understand if you're mad at me but I have things to say.
For the last two years, I've thought of you and how things ended between us and regretted it so much,... I don't know why I'm typing this when I wanted to tell you in person,
I miss you...
Can I see you?
Please?
- M

Where?
- J

You finally responded! I'm so glad :( I thought you blocked my number already.
At xxx, near the train station.
- M

Wait.
- J

I looked back at Aeri, "Can you slap me?"

"Can I do something more than that?"

"Is everything real? Am I really talking to her? Does she really want to meet me?" Aeri sat on my bed as I frantically looked for an outfit to wear. God, I'm so stupid for ignoring her, but I'm moving now at a pace I've never been before. I'm internally panicking and hyperventilating.

"BREATHE, INHALE, EXHALE, INHALE, EXHALE. What would you do without me, huh?" I slowly slid against the drawers, shaken to the core with what's happening.

This is a dream, right? I'll see her again? Am I ready? What am I going to say?

I was composing a message in my head, rehearsing with the orchestra, trying to conduct properly with the circuits in my mind. I hope I play the right note in front of her, I hope I tell her the things I've been wanting to say and not ruin it by word vomitting, or even worse, crying my heart out at the sight of her.

"Jimin, water." Aeri was driving and my clutch to the seatbelt was so tight that my knuckles turned white.

"I don't think I'm ready."

"It's now or never, babe. Do it even if you're not ready, even if you're afraid, even if it might hurt." She opened the door for me and pushed me past the restaurants, the people, the kids playing by the sidewalk, and led me to the park where a blonde girl was sitting.

"Delivery! Please take care of this person, and call me if she breaksdown. Thank you!" I heard Aeri run away as my eyes began to water.

I opened my mouth, but my throat was too dry though I drank so much that I felt full.

"Hi, you made it."

"Hi..."

"I missed you."

"I-I missed you a lot."

"I'm sorry I hurt you." Tears were falling down her cheeks but I couldn't move to wipe them for her.

"I'm-it's okay."

"I know I didn't give a heads up but, I'm here now, and for good."

"It's okay, Minjeong." She bit her lip, and tried to regain composure.

"It's not. I know I have a lot of things to do, to win you again."

"Tha'ts not true, you know that."

"Then... can we start over?"

The end na, mga beh