Chapter 12
-Minji’s House-
The girls were all nervous as they rode silently towards Minji’s house. Someone had actually gotten inside Bora’s house, and that bugged her. She wanted Siyeon to be safe with her. She wanted to be able to protect her, but at the moment, she felt utterly helpless.
Siyeon also still seemed rather rattled at the events, so Bora gently wrapped her arms around her girlfriend as Siyeon snuggled against her. Siyeon rested her head against Bora as she slowly relaxed while the shorter girl gently stroked her hair, but Bora could feel the slight trembling from Siyeon and sighed.
This was so much for Siyeon to go through. Why did Siyeon deserve this? She was the most amazing person to Bora. She would literally do anything for Siyeon. So how could someone purposely try to hurt her? It didn’t make any sense to Bora, but it did trigger some intense protective instincts from her.
Minji watched the two and smiled, but it didn’t meet her eyes. She knew that Siyeon was probably struggling. Everyone was thinking the same thing, that it was the same boy that had caused all this. But why go to this extent?
Minji sighed and snuggled against Yoohyeon, who had already fallen asleep shortly after getting into the car. She was very cuddly, and Minji loved that. Yoohyeon was a bit of a dork at times, but she was Minji’s adorable dork.
Imagining Yoohyeon going through the same thing made Minji’s jaw clench. She could only imagine what Bora was going through right now. All she could do is offer everyone a place to stay. Bora and Minji had talked before about the possibility that the boy knew Siyeon’s house, so they had been trying to keep her from there for a while.
Minji tried to stay awake, but It didn’t take long before she too had fallen asleep. Gahyeon and Dami were a bit different, however. Gahyeon was so nervous for her sister that she was shaking. Dami didn’t know what to do. She wasn’t good at comforting someone, but she knew that she needed to do something.
Slowly Dami reached for Gahyeon's hand. Her fingers trembled though she didn’t know why. Why was she so nervous? But when she gently took Gahyeon's hand, the younger girl blushed and smiled shyly, and Dami smiled. She now realized why.
Dami gently rubbed the back of Gahyeon's hand for comfort as she leaned her shoulder against her. Gahyeon smiled. She felt better with the contact and soon started to relax. It was quickly becoming obvious why the two were so affected by each other.
Once they pulled up, Mr. Kim woke up the sleepy girls as they climbed out of the van. Bora helped Siyeon out of the car and quickly took her things as they walked towards Minji’s house in a sleepy shuffle. Minji opened the door as they all slowly filed inside.
Minji led the sleepy girls up to her room. Unlike Bora’s room that didn’t have much personality, Minji’s was a bit different. The walls were a bright pink, and you could see Minji’s personal touches everywhere. There was also a large plushy futon which gave the others a place to sleep if they laid it flat.
“let's try and get some rest. Yoohyeon? Can you help me pull out the air mattress? We will use that tonight while Bora and Siyeon use my bed. I don’t want Siyeon’s arm getting bumped while we sleep, and both the futon and air mattress are too low for someone who can't use an arm.” Minji said as Yoohyeon nodded and followed her girlfriend sleepily.
They soon set up the air mattress, and Minji raided her closet, pulling out enough blankets and pillows for everyone. The last thing Minji did before she went to sleep, though, was walk over to her door and lock it. She didn’t want anyone creeping into her room like he tried to do at Bora’s place.
Once Minji was done, she went back to the air mattress where a pouty Yoohyeon was lying with her arms wide. Minji smiled as she crawled into bed to snuggle with her sleepy girlfriend.
“are you alright? I know it had to be scary…” Bora asked Siyeon after they heard everyone slowly drifting off to sleep. They were the only ones awake at the moment, and Bora couldn’t help but worry about Siyeon.
The shy girl seemed to still be a bit scared from the break-in. Her restlessness was visible, and soon her pain was coming back with it. Siyeon was unsure if her pain medicine was packed when they left in such a hurry, so she remained silent. She didn’t want to upset Bora if they had accidentally forgotten it.
“I, I'm fine… just a bit shocked still. That’s all…” Siyeon said as she winced. She hoped that Bora didn’t see it.
“it’s alright to be shocked or scared. I know it scared ME… I thought I was safe, and that meant you would be safe at my place too… I'm sorry I put you in this position…” Bora said as Siyeon gently tilted Bora’s head up. The older girl tried to avoid her eyes.
“Bora…” Siyeon said so softly that it made Bora look up.
“it's not your fault. If anything, it’s mine. You wouldn’t have been scared like that if it wasn’t for me. I know we all think that it is the same boy… but why would he do this to me? What did I do…” her last sentence wasn’t a question but more of a sob, and it broke Bora’s heart.
“shh… it's ok. Everything will be fine. I won't let him scare you like this again, ok?” Bora whispered soothingly as she gently stroked Siyeon’s hair. The younger girl was struggling so much, but she tried to hide it so that it wouldn’t worry the ones around her.
“How is your pain? Are you hurting?” Bora asked as she felt Siyeon flinch. She had felt Siyeon becoming more and more uncomfortable and had figured something was wrong.
“sorry…” Siyeon said in a faint whisper as Bora gently tilted her head up and gave her a brief but tender kiss.
“never feel sorry to tell me when you are hurting or need help, ok? I will get your pain meds. I made sure to put them in my bag.” Bora whispered as she stood and quickly went to her bag and got Siyeon’s medicine.
After she grabbed the pain pill, she ran into Minji’s bathroom and grabbed a disposable cup, and filled it with water before returning to Siyeon.
“here. Say ahh!” Bora said as Siyeon opened her mouth. Bora popped the medicine inside her mouth and gently sat Siyeon up as she swallowed the pill.
“thank you…” Siyeon whispered as she fought a groan. The ache was getting worse.
“Come here,” Bora said as she held her arms out. The younger girl carefully leaned down and snuggled into Bora’s tiny yet warm arms. Even after such a terrifying night, Bora’s arms still made her feel comfortable and protected.
When Siyeon thought that Bora had finally fallen asleep, she snuggled against Bora’s neck happily as she sighed and left a gentle kiss on Bora’s neck before sighing happily and closing her eyes.
Bora smiled as she felt Siyeon’s lips on her neck but remained still. She didn’t want Siyeon to be embarrassed, but the small gesture made Bora’s heart swell with happiness. Siyeon was just so cute.
When morning came, Siyeon and Bora woke up to find Gahyeon and Dami snuggled cutely. They both were clinging to each other and sleeping soundly. Minji and Yoohyeon were also still asleep, and when Siyeon looked over, she couldn’t help but laugh. Clearly, the air mattress wasn’t that comfortable.
It seemed that the girls had constantly moved throughout the night in search of a comfortable position. Minji was lying across it horizontally as her feet hung off while the only part of Yoohyeon still on the mattress were her feet.
Siyeon laughed cutely, causing Bora to smile as she watched Siyeon smile happily at her sleeping friends. Just a week or two ago, things like this seemed impossible to Siyeon. But now she was spending the night at her friend's house, and she had to admit she was happy.
Bora admired Siyeon silently. She loved Siyeon so much that her heart ached, and just looking at her smile did things to Bora’s heart. She could stay there and watch Siyeon smile for hours. But of course, that wouldn’t last with a friend like Kim Minji.
“what?!” Minji shouted as she popped out of bed. It seemed that she had some sort of nightmare and made both Siyeon and Bora jump as the confused girl looked around while rubbing sleepy eyes.
“oh, thank god it was a dream… I dreamt my favorite restaurant closed…” Minji said as Bora laughed. Of course, it was about food…
“what?! It's my favorite place, ok?” Minji said with a pout as Bora laughed and slowly stood. She also helped Siyeon stand as she led her into the bathroom and showed her where everything was.
“you can go ahead and shower first. Minji prefers to eat first then shower when shes at home.” Bora said as Siyeon nodded, but she hesitated. She needed help undressing, but Gahyeon was still asleep, and Siyeon wasn’t that comfortable with Minji yet.
“um… maybe I should wait until Gahyeon gets up…” Siyeon said as Bora quickly realized the issue.
“oh, I almost forgot. I will help you. I promise I won't look, ok?” Bora asked as Siyeon gulped nervously but nodded.
Bora gently removed the straps of the sling and soon shifted to Siyeon’s shirt. The one she was wearing was a button-up, and Bora thought she would die by the end of this.
Bora quickly started working on the buttons as she tried to look only at the buttons and soon finished the last one. It was going well. Now all she had to do is carefully remove the shirt from Siyeon’s shoulders.
Bora walked behind Siyeon and gently grabbed the shirt and slid it off of her shoulders but made a fatal mistake. She looked up, forgetting that there was a mirror on that wall. Bora looked up to see the shirt slide off of Siyeon’s shoulders and quickly realized that Siyeon wasn’t wearing a bra.
Bora blushed but was grateful that Siyeon hadn’t looked up and caught Bora’s stunned reaction as she looked at Siyeon’s bare chest.
Bora quickly helped Siyeon and scurried out of the room, but once out of the bathroom, Minji could instantly tell that something was up by how red Bora’s face was.
“you looked… didn’t you?” Minji asked with a smirk as Bora looked up with a guilty expression. Minji only laughed as she shook her head at her best friend. Judging by her expression, it was an accident, but she must have really liked what she saw.
“Bora…” Minji said softly as she watched her flustered friend pace her room. She was trying to calm down, but it wasn’t working.
“you peeped at my sister?” Gahyeon teased as Bora looked up with a shocked expression.
“what? No! I forgot we were facing a mirror when I looked up! It was completely innocent!” Bora said as her face flushed.
Gahyeon laughed at her panicked expression as Dami giggled cutely. The girl was still sleepy and rather cute at the moment.
“sorry. We can't help teasing you when you act so flustered!” Minji said as Bora pouted.
“I will be right back. I'm going to go make some food.” Minji said as she walked over to the door and paused. It was unlocked. But she was sure she locked it… maybe someone opened it before she woke up?
Minji quickly rushed downstairs as her stomach growled and started looking for food. Her parents had clearly made a big dinner the night before because there was nothing to cook, so Minji decided to order food. It was better than running to the store for more ingredients.
Minji waited up for the food and didn’t have to wait long. The delivery boy met her at the door with a smile. She quickly paid for the food and took it from him as she walked into the kitchen. She didn’t know why he looked familiar. Maybe he went to their school? Minji quickly dismissed it as she smiled excitedly while looking at the food.
Minji called the others down, and soon everyone sat around the large table and started eating. Siyeon looked around nervously. She had never been to Minji’s house before, and it was so different compared to Bora’s.
There were colors everywhere and family photos. There was even one wall devoted to Minji’s baby photos. Siyeon was dying to see how adorable Minji looked as a baby, but she didn’t want to make Minji feel uncomfortable.
Bora noticed her girlfriend’s curious looks right away, though, and smiled as she gently squeezed her hand. She could tell that Siyeon was nervous in Minji’s house and was dying to look around, but she would be too shy to ask.
“Minji, why don’t we give the others a tour of your house when we are done eating? I'm sure Dami and Gahyeon would find your wall of baby pictures entertaining!” Bora said as Minji laughed and nodded. She knew that the real reason was for Siyeon, not for the others, but played along as Gahyeon smiled excitedly. She loved baby pictures.
They finally finished eating when their phones went off. It was a notice from the school. It seemed that the school would be closed for the next three to five days as they updated their security. There were rumors going around about a student being attacked, and the school took it seriously.
“We seriously have a week off of school?” Minji said in shock as they all exchanged smiles, but Yoohyeon, who pouted.
“not me…” Yoohyeon said as Minji comforted her with head pets.
“it’s ok baby… we can always meet up after school like usual!” Minji said as Bora gagged.
“seriously? One of the most sickeningly sweet couples dared to gag at me?” Minji teased as she and Yoohyeon stuck their tongues out at Bora, causing laughter.
“well, what are we going to do today now that we know we are off?” Yoohyeon asked as Minji gave her a judging look.
“hey! At least let me skip one day, ok?” Yoohyeon said with a pout as Minji sighed. That was her weakness. Those puppy eyes and that cute pout always did things to her heart, and her girlfriend knew it.
“fine…” Minji said with a sigh as Bora shook her head. She knew Minji would cave. She was too soft.
“hmm. How about shopping?” Gahyeon asked as everyone nodded.
“We can also get something to eat while we are out!” Minji said excitedly as they collected their plates and cleaned up the table.
Once that was taken care of, Minji showed everyone her house. Bora felt her heart skip a beat as she watched Siyeon smile happily at Minji’s baby photos. She must have wanted to see them so badly. Bora was glad that she was able to help.
The girls took turns showering, and soon they were ready to leave. Minji decided that instead of driving today, she would ask if her driver could borrow the limo. That way, everyone could fit inside, and they didn’t have to carry everything that they bought.
Once he was ready, the girls filed into the limo, and then they were off to go shopping. Inside they discussed several different places to go, but Siyeon had an idea and leaned over as she whispered something to Minji.
The redhead smiled and nodded as she leaned forward and whispered something to the driver, and soon they arrived at a store that caught the others by surprise.
“hey, what are we doing here? This is where I get my gear for my motorcycle.” Bora said as Minji smiled and looked to Siyeon.
“um… well, your other jacket got ruined when you saved me… I thought I could at least buy you a replacement…” Siyeon said shyly as her sister squealed at the cuteness.
Bora didn’t know what to say, but the warm feeling in her chest grew as she looked at Siyeon looking away shyly. Gently Bora lifted Siyeon’s chin with a finger until their eyes met.
“you don’t have to, you know. It was just an accident that happened while I was trying to save you.” Bora said as Siyeon bit her lip. Why was she suddenly so flustered by Bora?
“I, I know. I want to…” Siyeon said as she looked away again.
“Are you sure?” Bora asked, but she could tell though Siyeon was shy at the moment, she was also being stubborn.
Bora being the softie she is whenever it came to Siyeon, she quickly caved as they filed out of the limo and into the store. Siyeon admired all of the leather jackets with a smile. Clearly, Bora wasn’t the only one that liked leather jackets, and when Bora thought back, she remembered Siyeon wearing one before but hadn’t seen it since.
“do you have a leather jacket too?” Bora asked as Siyeon shook her head.
“I did… but not anymore…” Siyeon said with a hint of sadness. What happened to it?
“it got ruined?” Bora asked as Siyeon shook her head again.
“no. It went missing from my locker. I know it was locked, so I don’t know how but when I came back from class to get it, it was gone…” Siyeon said as Bora frowned.
The two quickly looked through the jackets when Bora found one she liked that wasn’t too expensive either. Siyeon also approved because it fit her perfectly. It hugged everything it needed to, and if Siyeon was being honest, she would admit that Bora looked extremely hot in it.
As she went to leave, though, a jacket caught Siyeon’s eye. It was black leather and on the back has a hand-painted wolf on the back. Bora noticed Siyeon hesitate and watched her hand reach for it only to retract it as she sighed sadly and walked out of the store with Minji.
“hey, Minji? I forgot to pick something up for my bike. I will be out in a second ok?” Bora shouted as Minji nodded and led the others back to the car. Bora quickly checked the size and smiled. It was the same size that Siyeon wore when they tried on jackets earlier.
Bora looked at the price and whistled. It was expensive, but it was worth it. Bora quickly rushed to the register and quickly paid for it and soon ran out of the store with her present. She quickly placed it in the trunk and climbed inside to sit beside Siyeon.
The shy girl seemed to be daydreaming and didn’t realize that Bora was there until the smaller girl gently took her hand in her own. Siyeon looked up in shock but soon smiled happily as she looked at Bora.
“ok, we will be going to go get something to eat now and browse the shops nearby. Sound good?” Minji asked as everyone nodded. And soon, they drove off.
-Handong-
Handong sighed as she looked at her sister. She wanted to be at home right now, but instead, she was in Korea with her sister so that she could visit her friend Sorn. It would have been alright if her sister wasn’t commenting on all of the cute guys.
Handong sighed. She had never been interested in guys, but everyone around her was. Even her sister so she would just remain silent as they talked about boys and would just nod. This is how their trip had gone so far. Her sister would point out all of the cute boys as she would just nod enthusiastically.
It didn’t take long to meet up with Sorn and her friends. They were all part of some dance group after school. The one who was the friendliest was Yeeun. The happily welcomed them and brought Handong into the conversation comfortably.
It was nice to see Sorn again, but soon something caught Handong’s eye. There was another group of girls walking by, and two caught her attention. One was shorter and loud in a leather jacket while the other was taller but looked shy.
She stared at the smaller girl with a look of such adoration that Handong found it adorable. Handong noticed right away that one had a cast on, and another had their arm in a sling, and she instantly felt worried for the couple, yet she couldn’t take her eyes off of them.
When the smaller girl paused and looked up at the taller one with a pout, she leaned down and kissed her. There was only one thing running through Handong’s mind at that time. HOT.
“what are you looking at?” Yeeun asked as Handong jumped. She was caught staring at the beautiful couple, but Yeeun’s eyes lit up in recognition when she looked at them.
“oh! Its Bora and Siyeon! I'm glad Siyeon seems to look a bit better. She had quite a scare yesterday!” Yeeun said a Handong looked at her with a questioning expression.
“the taller one is actually feared in school. But shes actually the softest baby. The shorter one is Bora, our leader for our dance group. Siyeon got attacked recently, and Bora came to her rescue. They were worried that if her classmates found out she wasn’t the scary girl like the rumors, then she would be targeted. So, they spread a rumor…” Yeeun whispered as Handong looked at her with an interested expression.
“a rumor?” Handong asked as Yeeun nodded with a smile.
“yes. The rumor is that Bora got attacked, and Siyeon protected her and even got hurt in the process. Bora is one of the more popular girls in school, so rumors spread quickly. But some creep has been harassing Siyeon and cornered her in the hall yesterday. We got a panicked message in the group chat…” Yeeun said with a frown.
“they look good together,” Handong said with a smile before she looked up in a panic as Yeeun winked at her.
“they do. No worries. Your secret is safe with me. I noticed your disinterest in the boy talk too. we can just talk about the pretty girls while they stare at the guys.” Yeeun joked as Handong blushed. She didn’t know what to say but smiled. Yeeun sounded fun.
The two hovered at the back of the group as everyone chatted and joked around. Just like Yeeun said, she stayed back and joked with her. The girl had learned Chinese a couple of years ago and was able to talk to Handong comfortably as they observed the people.
Handong slowly relaxed as she pointed out who she thought was pretty. Yeeun was tiny but fun to be around. It wasn’t long until it was time for them to leave, but before they left, Handong spotted the cute couple again.
“oh, look! There they are again! Wait… who is that guy behind them. he was following them earlier too…” Handong said as Yeeun’s eyes snapped up to see a boy in a brown hoodie following several feet behind the girls.
The hood was up so Yeeun couldn’t see his face but instantly pulled out her phone and snapped a picture as she quickly messaged Minji. She decided to message Minji instead of Bora because there was less of a chance of Siyeon seeing it or having Bora take off after him like a football player.
Yeeun watched Minji look at her phone and pause before she quickly looked over her shoulder. The boy quickly turned and went to walk away. He clearly feared he would be noticed, but Yeeun couldn’t see his face clearly. He was wearing a mask and sunglasses. Damn it… why did he have to be so smart?
Minji continued to watch him walk away as she stood there, protectively. Siyeon and Bora were off in their own little world and didn’t notice something was up until they realized that Minji was no longer moving.
“what's wrong?” Bora asked as Minji quickly led them back to the car.
“inside. Now.” Minji said as Bora and Siyeon exchanged a wide-eyed look and quickly climbed inside the limo with each other's help, followed by Dami Gahyeon and then Yoohyeon. Minji was the last inside and scanned the area once more before finally climbing inside.
“We need to get out of here. Quickly.” Minji said with a worried tone to her driver. He quickly pulled out as everyone looked at Minji with a panicked expression.
“We were being followed… all day look,” Minji said as she showed Yeeun’s text to them,
“fuck…” Bora said as she looked at the photo and then to Siyeon, who started trembling. She must have recognized him.
“are you alright?” Bora asked softly as she pulled Siyeon closer and gently stroked her hair as she locked eyes with Minji. They needed to do something about this…