A dark brown haired girl was sitting on a bench, in a little park of Seoul, still in her school uniform. She was waiting for her best friend to show up, as the latter agreed earlier to meet up.

“Mina !” A blonde girl said, coming closer to the bench where Mina was

“Oh hey Momo !” The other girl greeted her friend with a hug

They met each other five years ago, when Mina came to Korea, she was not speaking a word of korean and so attended a language school, during the weekend. Momo also went there. They quickly get along and became friends, thanks to being both a japanese person in a foreign country, but also having the same passion for dancing. They spent a lot of times together, talked about almost everything together, and never kept anything from each other, or at least that what they thought.

“I’m sorry, I’m a little late. Have you been waiting long ? The lecturer kept talking even after class was supposed to be over.” Momo asked

Unlike Mina who was in her last year of high school, Momo was already attending university, being a year older than the other girl.

“No it’s okay.” Mina smiled

“So what’s up, you said you have something to tell me, and it sounds like it was kinda important.” The oldest asked her, sitting next to her friend

“Hmm yeah. So… I don’t know where to start to be honest.” Mina started, her head down, looking at her hands, who were on her lap, slightly shaking. She was extremely nervous and thought for a second that, maybe it was better to not tell Momo what she wanted to say

“Are you alright ? You’re worrying me.”

“Ok… I need to tell you something. Something I want to tell you for so long, because I’m scared how you’ll react, if you’re gonna hate me or not after that. I kept it for myself until now because I don’t want to lose my best friend, but now, I’m tired of keeping it a secret.” The younger girl said, with tears welling up. Seeing that Momo wasn’t saying anything she gathered her courage and continued “I-I like girls…”

“What do you mean ? You’re…” The blonde haired girl questioned, slowly understanding what her friend wanted to say

“I’m gay…” Mina finally admitted, turning her head to look at the other’s girl reaction

A couple of minutes passed, with no one talking, and only the sound of Mina crying.

“Momo say something please… I alos have another thing to tell you.” Mina begged

“I-I I have to go now.” She said, leaving Mina without taking one last glance at her

Mina knew that something like that could have happened because she knows what Momo’s parents think of gay people. She remembered one day she was at Momo’s house doing her homework while the latter was watching the tv next to her. It was a paper on marriage all over the world, and when Mina was researching about same marriage and what people were thinking of it, Momo’s mom came into the room and Mina asked her what her opinion of it was. Her answer totally shocked Mina at that time and still do. She said that gay people were not normal, that were ill for liking the same as them, and all of that with her husband agreeing next to her. This completely refrain Mina to think about how she was supposed to speak with Momo about her uality, because while her mother was talking, Momo said nothing about it, whether it was for agreeing or disagreeing with it, and so Mina assumed that her best friend was thinking the same thing as her parents. That’s why Momo was the only one not knowing about it.

Mina continued to cry, feeling completely hopeless at this moment and was angry with herself, because it seems like she just lost her best friend, and also she didn’t have the chance to tell Momo the second thing that she wanted to say today.

Days later, Momo was in her dorm room, lying on her bed, watching the ceiling, with her mind filled with different thoughts, mostly about Mina. She didn’t have any news of her, when the youngest tried to contact her by calling her or texting her, Momo didn’t answer, not knowing how to explain to her friend why she respond to it like that. Her phone ringing interrupted her thinking.

“Hello ?” Momo answered her phone

“Hey ! It’s me !”

“Oh it’s you Sana…”

“Well don’t be so happy to talk to your cousin !” Sana told her. Sana was Momo’s cousin who was also living in Seoul. The two have a strong relationship almost like sisters.

“I’m sorry, it’s just I-I… Mina just told me that she likes girls, you know, that she...” Momo explained

“Oh damn ! I was not expecting that but after all this girl never really talks about her love life… but anyway isn’t that great ?! How did you react ?” Sana said, maybe a little too excited about this news

“That’s the problem, I ran away after she admits it…” The blonde girl shamefully confessed