𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞-𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢

Chapter Twenty Three

**𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝑬𝒗𝒆**

This year was flying by so fast.

Christmas would be tomorrow already.

You were at Emily's house for a get together.

Mingi was with you too, as well as a few mutual friends of yours and Emily's.

"I can't wait to eat"
Mingi hugged you as you sat on her love seat.

"I know, we worked hard on it"

You and a few of the other girls had helped her all day with the cooking.

The men showed up only a few short hours ago.

They weren't allowed to come and be rowdy while you women slaved away.

"It smells amazing"
He kissed you on the cheek.

Emily was only touching up one more thing and wanted you ladies to sit down a relax as she did so.

Everyone was coupled up.

𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓.

𝐸𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 and 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠.

A girl named 𝐾𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑎ℎ and her boyfriend 𝑀𝑎𝑥.

Then there was 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 and 𝐽𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑎ℎ.
Two that were friends by label, but clearly liked each other.

It reminded you of how you and Mingi used to be.

When you're friends with someone, start catching feelings and then have to navigate through it all.

Although, it didn't help that you had a guy who wouldn't leave you to be happy with someone else.

A little over a week ago, Corbin had finally given up on trying to get you back.
At least you hoped that he did.

He wasn't texting you all the time, or bothering you at work.

That was your sign of him officially giving up.

"Okay everyone, you can come sit!"
Emily hollered.

Mingi got up, and helped you off the couch, before walking with you into the dining room.

Emily and Chris had made the decision to move in together a few weeks ago.
They had an actual house, not an apartment.

It was nice.
They had a lot of space and their dining room was ginormous.

There were names written on fancy pieces of paper, so that everyone knew where to sit.

Mingi pulled out your chair for you, before taking his seat next to you.

𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑦, ℎ𝑎𝑚 𝑚𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑒𝑠, 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠, 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑒𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑠, 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑠

All set on the table to enjoy.

Once everyone was seated, you all began to pass around the food and eat.

You were proud of yourself.
This was the first year that you really did a lot of cooking for Christmas and it turned out great.

"The food is good ladies"
Josiah commented.

The other guys made noises of agreement as they stuffed their faces.

There were a few other people invited, but they all had other plans.

You nearly never got to see your folks as it was, let alone on the holidays.

Mingi put a hand on your knee, suddenly taking you out of your thoughts.

You looked at him curiously .

He then moved his hand up to your inner thigh.

You shut your legs together tightly, trying to keep his hand where it was and not allow it to travel higher.

He continued to eat.

No one seemed to notice what he was doing.

You squirmed slightly in response to his touch.

He's been very sexually frustrated lately.

Ever since Corbin, you really didn't want to have sex.

Yet after his long of abstinence, the two of you were starting to go crazy.

You had definitely messed around with each other. A lot.
But full intercourse, no.

This wasn't the time or place for it though.

You looked over at Emily, who was giving you a strange look.

She knew you better than the other girls did, so she most likely knew that something was happening.

You tried to play it off as if nothing was.

It just happened to be that where you were seated, no one could really tell what he was doing.

"That's enough"
You spoke quietly so that only he could hear you.

He pulled his hand away and smiled to himself.

*𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓*

You were in the kitchen helping clean up, when you felt a pair of hands rest on your hips.

You turned around and ended up facing Mingi.

"Hi"
He smiled at you.

"Hi"
You responded to him.

"I'm cleaning"

"I know"
He held a little tighter onto your body.

You looked up further to see what resembled green leaves on the rim of his hat.

"What's that?"
You asked him.

"If two people are under a mistletoe.. they have to kiss right?"

You rolled your eyes.
"You're so cheesy, that's not even a mistletoe"

He didn't let go of you.

"It is"

"Who said?"

"I said.."
He was too cute.

"Is that your excuse to kiss me Mingi?

He shrugged.

"You don't have to ask to kiss me.. you can do whatever you want"
You laughed at him.

"There's a lot of things that I want to do with you.."

He cupped your cheeks in his hands and looked into your eyes.
"Will you let me?"