the stinky and sweaty adventures of myoui mina
Mina woke to the sound of a text notification, how she managed to be this alert even from slumber will always be a mystery, even to herself. Maybe because she was waiting for an important message from the Dean, maybe she was waiting for a text from her mom, or maybe she was waiting for Nayeon to confirm their date this afternoon.
Nayeon: good morning, mina! you still up for brunch? <3
Tzuyu, her roommate, sees Mina smiling from ear to ear, her eyes formed the shape of a crescent moon. Mina unnie is happy when she smiles her gummy smile, but a shit-eating grin with tiny squeals? She can’t help but smile as well, seeing her unnie finally being happy because of her date later is an adorable sight. “Unnie, what time should I come home later?”
Mina who was trying so hard to stifle the happiness she feels was startled. “Tzuyu!” she abruptly held the phone up to her chest, probably to hide the source of her excitement, “Uhh... what are you doing up?” she asks, her heart racing like she was caught with her hand in the cookie jar. Why am I even nervous, ugh.
The Taiwanese transfer just furrowed her brows, “Unnie, I have training every morning, remember?” she answered nonchalantly as she grabs her pitcher’s glove on top of her drawer.
“I-” Mina just shook her head and chuckled weakly. Nayeon, look at your effect on me. “Yes, of course. Train hard, Tzuyu-ah.”
“I will, but you never answered my question?” the younger one further inquires. A small smirk playing on her lips. I will not miss this opportunity.
The raven-haired girl was confused, why is Tzuyu asking her such a bizarre question? “What do you mean? You can come home whenever you want...?”
Tzuyu’s smirk just grew wider, her unnie just fell into her trap, “I just wanna make sure I won’t see you naked with a girl when I open the door, Unnie.”
The taller girl didn’t miss how her Japanese friend’s cheeks turned red as a tomato before burying her head to her hands. Mission success.
Mina can feel her face burning and she knows it is now redder than any shade of lipstick she wears. How can she ask such things?!
But Tzuyu’s inquiries and jokes weren’t the only reason why she decided to hide away from embarrassment, it’s the thought of Nayeon and her doing it. What if it really comes to that? Will she let it happen? Here? In her own dorm?
Mina was torn between letting her brunch date into her pants or not.
The taller girl seems to be enjoying herself as she laughs at her unnie’s expense. “Unnie, you should see yourself!”
“Tzuyu-ah!” Mina shouts but Tzuyu thinks it’s too adorable to even consider as one since it’s not that loud, she basically speaks and shouts in tiny. Embarrassed Mina is fun to poke at but deadly when she catches you, so she runs away for her life, nonetheless.
“Try not to enjoy too much, bye!” the long-legged brunette bolts for the door and Mina couldn’t keep up with how fast the star pitcher of the Seoul National University can run. How can a business major win on a battle a baseball player already has an advantage on?
She smiles to herself. Mina enjoys Tzuyu’s quips and her quiet demeanor. They're similar in some ways, that’s why they didn’t had a hard time bonding and connecting with each other when they first met, despite being from different countries. She went back to the dorm and plopped herself on the couch while staring at the phone on her hand, she hasn’t answered Nayeon’s text yet.
For other people, the usual two choices would be yes or no, but for Nayeon? It's always yes or yes. How can she say no to her? For the last two weeks, the bunny-toothed girl has only shown her good times. She couldn’t help but imagine how it could only get better if they make it official.
The thought of having Im Nayeon as her girlfriend made Mina’s heart flutter, the gummy smile once again makes it’s appearance on her face.
Mina stares dreamily at the text message on the electronic device’s screen, as if she was on cloud nine. She never thought that someone this sweet, caring and thoughtful, and gorgeously beautiful, would want to go to brunch with her. She types in her reply,
Mina: yup, 10AM at CBTL?
She wants her but she doesn’t wanna come off as someone who’s overly interested, she wants to play this right. She was about to put the device down but another message was received.
Nayeon: see you there, baby girl ;)
She smiled, as if the sender can see her. Mina started doing her morning rituals and when she was done, the time only read 8:49. Her date wouldn’t be in another hour and her classes won’t start before 1PM. She thought, maybe she can drop by at Tzuyu’s practice?
And so, she went to the baseball field. The Japanese thought that this day is a bit brighter, the air is a bit cooler and she is infinitely happier. Im Nayeon does wonders to her, even just thinking of her makes her heart feel a bit fuller.
As she walk into the field’s entrance, Mina noted that the team’s practice is almost done, judging by the way they’re just laughing around. She searched for her roommate and thought that it’s okay to go to the dugout where most of the players are.
Tzuyu spotted the dark-haired beauty walking towards them even from a few meters away. How could she not when she’s sticking out like a sore thumb, wearing a sleeveless white button-down shirt paired with her washed jeans among the women who wore the university’s training shirt and compression shorts.
“Unnie, what are you doing here?” profusely sweating, the brunette who’s now sporting a high ponytail asked her.
“I thought I'd see how’d you do in training,” Mina looks around, “but it seems like you’re already done?” and sees a middle-aged woman standing not too far from them, talking to some staff.
“Yeah, most of us finished early today.” The younger girl trailed to where her gaze was. I thought she already left? “ Uhh... unnie,” Tzuyu held Mina’s arm and guided her out of the dugout. “Tzuyu? Where are we going?”
“To the locker room. Coach doesn’t allow outsiders when we’re training and we’ll both get into trouble if she sees you.” she lets go of her hold on her arm.
“I can just go, Tzu. I shouldn’t even be here in the first place.” Mina suggested when they reached the door.
“Just sit there, it’s probably empty by now. I'll just take a shower.” she tries to convince her, “And besides, I want to see who your date is.” a playful grin plastered on her face.
The Japanese national just made a face at her roommate’s nosiness but still decided to go in with her. She was right, it was, indeed, empty. “I’ll be quick, unnie.”
Mina decided to take a look at the design of the room, it’s painted in white and blue, the colors of their university. There are rows of lockers on each side of the room and massive full length mirrors can be found in almost every corner. Baseball bats and gloves are neatly arranged on an open cabinet, there isn’t one thing out of place in the whole locker room. Didn't expect jocks to be this clean.
After she’s done looking at the whole of the room, Mina decides to just sit on one of the two long benches situated near the lockers and checked her phone for any notifications. She found one but it isn’t from Nayeon.
Park Jihyo: ppt ready for presentation later?
Mina: yes, can you bring yojfhlhj
“MOMO-YA!”
“Eh?!” the raven-haired girl let out a tiny yelp, she wasn’t even able to complete her reply. She didn’t dare look back at the person who just screamed “Momo-ya” at her out of shock. She can hear the person’s feet almost running towards her. oh my god, oh my god. She closed her eyes shut, hoping they’d go away.
Mina almost bulged her eyeballs out of its sockets when she felt the person’s soaking wet body pressed on her back, their lean arms enveloping her into a tight hug that’s practically crushing her chest. She froze on her place for a moment, her mind bewildered. Tzuyu would never.
Getting her wits back, Mina stands up rather abruptly, startling the person hugging her. She whipped her head to see what stinky and sweaty person would hug someone in that state.
Both of them furrowed their brows, confusion visible on their faces.
“WHO ARE YOU?!”