Chapter 11: Emotional Rollercoaster 

 Mina was grateful the last of her life had been well spent and she had at least been able to see her friends, sisters, perform. She had also met some very kind-looking people. She had played basketball and learnt a new Korean word. At least she could say she made good use of her last hours alive, right?

"I'm so dead" she murmured to herself once they were out of the bleachers.

 Someone laughed besides her.

"Probably" Sana chuckled "But I'll be there, it won't so terrible"

 Mina glanced at her and smiled.

"Where's your phone? I need to know where that girl is" she said an extended a hand.

 Mina looked for it on her back pocket and handed the phone to the older girl. Sana raised an eyebrow at the screen.

"Who's this you were messaging?" She asked.

 Mina glanced at her confused, Sana showed her the screen with a chuckle. Mina opened her eyes in surprise.

"Ahh, I didn't write it, the girl who was next to me did it, Chaeyoung-ssi" she explained.

 Sana smiled.

"Seems like you made friends then" Mina stared ahead of her.

 Was that it? Friends? The thing is she knew people, but she didn't exactly consider them friends. Not really, just known people. She didn't know anybody around her age who she called friend, not even her ballet classmates. They were that, classmates, no matter how much time they had spent together. Some left, other got scholarships to really expensive ballet academies... Why bother befriending them?

 Mina just chuckled. She payed attention to the text.

To: Son Chaeyoung :)

Annyeonghaseyo! :)

 She laughed again and shook her head. Sana smiled and clossed the messages to open the contacts option. She didn't have to look for too long, there were only five numbers: 'Police', 'Hospital', 'Firemen', 'Momo-san & Sana-chan ^-^' and the newly added 'Son Chaeyoung :)'.

 She smiled before selecting Momo's and her's contact. Her smile faded away once she heard the dialing tone, she sighed and hoped her friend had calmed down.

"What" Momo said on the other end.

 Sana supressed a sigh.

"Moshi-Moshi!"

"Sana-chan?"

"Hai!" She heard Momo sighing.

"What do you want?" She sounded annoyed.

 Sana chuckled, she decided the best way to ease the tension she was sure there'll be once they got home, was acting as if nothing wrong had happened.

Teasing card is it

"Oww, did I interrumpt your little date?" She said with a mocking voice "You sound annoyed"

"What are you talking about?" She asked angrily "Unlike you I don't go around making out with the first human being I see"

 Sana laughed. It had been a long, long, really long time since those type of comments bothered her. Specially coming from Momo, who knew was only teasing her or in this case was mad.

"I'm just joking, dang, you really are angry, aren't you?"

 Momo groaned through the phone.

"Why did you call?"

"Where are you goof?" She chuckled at Momo's impatience.

 Sana felt a hand pulling her arm, she glanced at her side to see Mina pointing somewhere. She smirked.

"I really want to be alone right now, Sana-chan" She heard Momo said.

"Sure" she chuckled and hunged up.

 She started making her way to the skate ramps, Momo and Yuta were sitting on a bench near there.

"So... In a scale from one to already inside the coffin... How much dead am I?" Mina asked softly next to her.

 Sana laughed and looked at the younger girl. She pulled her closer, arm on the girl's waist.

"Relax Mina-chan, what's the worst that could happen?"

 Mina glanced at her.

"You're kidding right?" Sana laughed.

"Baby Mina-chan is scared of Big Ol' Momo-chan" she chuckled "You are cute"

 Mina made a face that clearly showed disagreement.

"I'm cuter alive, though" she murmured.

 Sana pulled her even closer.

"Here you are!" She said once they reached the bench.

 Momo, who's face had been inbetween her hands, looked up at them. Anger in her eyes. She stayed quiet, the boy next to her smiled at Sana, then at Mina.

"Oh, Mina-chan, that's Yuta-kun, a friend" Sana introduced with a smile.

"Konbanha" Mina said sofly, she bowed respectfully.

 Yuta stood up, he bowed too, just a little. He smiled at Mina.

"So this is the Mina I always hear about"

 Mina smiled shyly, she glanced at the floor, too embarrassed to say something back. She heard Yuta and Sana chuckling.

"She's a little shy, just wait until you get to know her" Sana laughed.

 Mina raised her head and glared at Sana. She heard Yuta laughing softly.

"It's okay" he chuckled and smiled "So, Mina-chan, has anyone shown you around?"

 He asked cheerfully.

"Don't you think about it Nakamoto Yuta" Momo said harshly, suddendly standing up.

 Mina glanced at the floor again, her hopes had been going up. Maybe Momo wasn't as mad as she thought.

Yeah, you were saying...

 To her surprise the boy scoffed.

"Stop being so boring Momo-chan" he said.

 Mina blinked at little taking aback. It was weird hearing someone saying Momo's name besides Sana and herself, maybe even her ballet teacher. It was weirder hearing Momo's name followed by a japanese honorific, specially an affectionate one if it didn't come from Sana. But the weirdest thing was Momo's name being said by a boy. That was a first for Mina.

 Momo scoffed.

"I'm not being boring you idiot"

 Yuta scoffed too.

"You're right, you are being selfish" he said.

 Mina was confused. She saw Momo glaring at the boy.

"Shut up" she hissed.

 Yuta crossed his arms over his chest and smirked smugly.

"See, I am right"

 Momo's glare became more intense. Yuta raised an eyebrow. She glaced away and groaned.

"Fine" she said crossing her arms over her chest.

 Yuta looked at Sana and laughed, Sana chuckled. Finally he looked at Mina.

"So, ready for a tour?" He asked with a bright smile.

 Mina answered with a tiny, sly, smile.

-------o-------

 Sana was holding Mina's hand, Yuta was besides her, opossite to Sana. Momo was walking behind them, her feet hardly lifting from the floor to walk, her arms crossed, frown on her face, eyes on the feet in front of her.

"That's the basketball court" Yuta pointed.

 Mina smiled uncounciously when the memory from earlier came to her mind.

"Have you ever played?" Yuta asked curiously besides her.

 Mina glanced at him.

"Yup" she nodded.

 Sana glanced at her confused once she heard the answer. Momo's eyes didn't leave the floor, however her ears started paying more attention to the younger girl's voice. To their misfortune she didn't give any further explanation, nor Yuta ask for one, he just smiled.

"Right those are the bathrooms... But... Just... Stay away from them" Yuta explained, trying not to sound akward.

 Momo chuckled bitterly at their backs.

"Don't waist your time Yuta-kun, she's probably going to end up there anyways" she said harshly.

 Mina bit her lower lip and stared at the floor, her eyes leaving the bathroom's walls. Now she was curious.

 Dang it

 Sana rolled her eyes, she squeezed the girl's hand.

"Funny thing is, I told you to stay away from that room at that one party... You didn't listen to me either" he said loudly.

 Sana laughed, Yuta chuckled and Mina was confused. What party?

 Momo frowned, she glanced at Yuta's feet. She smirked evily. She made a bigger step and stepped on Yuta's shoe, making the boys's anckle show.

"Yoh!" He glared at her and stopped to fix his shoe.

 Momo's smug smirk quickly turned to a sheepish smile. She dodge him and kept on walking behind Sana and Mina who hadn't stop.

"Oh, that's The Wall... Some people here are seriously obssesed with it" Sana said while she used her hand to point at a big, grey-ish wall filled with colorful graffities.

 Mina smiled again. She remembered her little talk with Chaeyoung there, not too long ago. She could still remember how she held her hand. She blushed and looked away with a tiny frown.

"How stupid" she said softly.

 Sana nodded.

"Maybe it's because graffities aren't my thing but I seriously don't get it"

 Mina glanced at her confused but still nodded in agreement. She noticed someone walking pass her right side, when she looked to see who was it she realized it was Momo who was now in front of them, walking to who knows where.

 She sighed. Sana squeezed her hand gently. Mina glanced at her.

"Hey, don't worry about her" the girl smiled "She may be angry, but it won't last forever" she chuckled.

 Mina tried her best to smile. She was scared, really scared. She couldn't remember one time in which Momo had gotten mad at her, this being the first one. Most importantly, she couldn't remember one time in which Momo had shown any dissapointment towards her. She felt like she had disappointed the older girl, why? She wasn't sure. Maybe it was the way Momo had yelled at her before. She closed her eyes at the memory, a little lumb on .

"I can't believe you, what the are you doing here?! Are you crazy?! Have you gone insane?! Did you come all the way here alone?! Don't you dare answer that! And who the hell are they?! Don't answer either! Have you been wondering around all this time alone?! Do you have a tiny idea of what could have happened to you?! For ing goodness sake Mina-chan, did you follow us here or something?! How could you be so stupid kid! Have you done it before?! Have you been following us all this time?! Don't even think about answering damn it!" Momo's words were still running around her head.

 Yuta had stopped her from going further with the scolding, but it had been the first time she had yelled at her like that, ever.

"So, I've been curious about something" Sana spoke up.

 Mina glanced at her.

"Who were the people you were sitting with?"

 Mina smiled softly.

"Ahh, those uhm... Remember the message?" Mina asked, Sana nodded "Chaeyoung-san typed it, she's the girl who was sitting next to me, remember?" Sana nodded again, not forgetting the cute dimples from the girl "Right, so, the girls there are her friends" she explained, Sana nodded and hummed in understanding "Well, expect Jeonyeong-san, she's her sister" she explained, trying her best to remember the Korean names.

 Sana nodded and smiled.

"It's good to know you weren't all by yourself then" she smiled "But how did you meet them?"

 Mina chuckled.

"When I got here I saw some people uhm... I think they were rapping" Sana nodded, Mina slyly blushed "And I kind of got curious and... I wanted to see what they were doing" she explained, embarrassed by Sana's laugh.

"Oh god, you are such a little kid" Sana laughed and hugged her with one arm.

 Mina blushed even more, she smiled a little.

"So, what happened next?"

"Uhm... Long story short, I met Chaeyoung-san there, she took me to a bench and we started talking, then she dragged me to the basketball court" Mina chuckled, Sana smiled at her "We talked some more while we played... I can't believe I scored" Mina said in disbelief glancing at Sana who laughed "She took me to the bleachers, we watched some of her friends perform, then I met her friends who were looking for her, and then we sat together to keep on watching, we watched her friends perform again and then we watched you guys" she smiled at Sana who smiled back "Later Chaeyoung-san and I walked to a bench away from the music, the sound was so loud!" She glanced at Sana who nodded in agreement "We talked some more, she showed me the all mighty Wall" she chuckled "And then we headed back... I guess you know the rest" she smiled sadly.

 Sana chuckled, she poked her stomach playfully.

"Seems like you had quiet the adventure tonight, didn't you?" She asked with a smile.

 Mina glanced at her and then at the floor. She smiled.

"I guess? At least I enjoyed my first and only time here" she chuckled bitterly.

 Sana poked her again, this time on her cheek.

"You'll be back, I promise" she said casually.

 Mina couldn't help but smile at her, hoping Sana actually meant what she said. She had said it so lightly Mina feared she was just saying it for her sake, but not really as a legit promise.

"Yeah right" she tested the waters.

 Sana glanced at her, her side-hug became tighter.

"I promise" she said again, this time more firmly "And I promise you'll dance with us"

 Mina's head move to Sana so quickly the older girl feared she had hurt her neck. Mina's smile was so bright, almost as bright as the time Momo had told her she'll sent her to ballet lessons, or the day when she actually stared taking the lessons, or that time when they entered the store to purcharse Mina's first ballet shoes.

 Sana smiled back at the younger girl.

"You're serious?" Mina asked, just to make sure.

 Sana chuckled and nodded firmly.

"Dead serious, little swan" she said sweetly.

 Mina smiled at her. She secretely loved the nickname, not that she'll let any of the girls know. Ever. She'll get teased until the end of the days and beyond.

 They were walking to who knows where when suddendly Mina remembered something that had shocked her. Someone had kissed Sana, and Sana just let him. When she tried to push away the boy got mad and Jeongyeon? It was Jeongyeon right? Yes, Jeongyeon. Jeongyeon stood up, told them something she couldn't totally understand and then the boys left.

 Once again, Mina was curious. Why did Sana let the boy kiss her, but then pushed him away? Was he a bad kisser? Did he have a bad breath? She had heard from her ballet classmates that bad breath was 'seriously disgusting while kissing'. Mina agreed, even if she had never kissed anyone. Bad breath was horrible enough on it's own, she couldn't imagine having to taste it.

 Eww!

 She closed her eyes in disgust and shook her head a little. Maybe Sana was just mad with the boy? Maybe they had a fight? That led her to think of another question, were they dating? Was Sana dating the boy? Sana had a boyfriend?

 For some weird reason the thought was scary. She knew it was selfish to just want Sana and Momo for herself. But she wanted them just for herself. She frowned.

 Instead of making weird theories in your head, just ask!

 So she did.

"Sana-chan" she said softly.

 Sana glanced at her with a smile, she had been staring at a group of people —boys.

"Hmm?"

 Mina hesitated. Should she ask? She bit her lower lip.

"Something wrong?" Sana asked concerned.

 Mina glanced at her and shook her head softly.

"I was just wondering..." She said softly "Back at the bleachers... Those boys..."

 Sana nodded in understanding. Mina sighed in relief, glad she didn't have to keep explaining.

"I was wondering when you'll ask about that" she chuckled bitterly.

 Mina bit her lower lip, she started to regret opening , for some weird reason.

 Sana sighed.

"What do you want to know?"

"That was your boyfriend?" Mina asked softly, almost a whisper.

 Sana glanced at her, she couldn't help but smile and giggle at the cute sight of Mina's blushed cheeks. Mina's eyes were looking everywhere but at Sana, which made the older girl giggle even more.

"No way" she finally answered trying to control her chuckles "I'll never date an idiot like him"

 Mina nodded. One question answered, a whole list of other doubts to go.

"So why did he kiss you?" She asked confused.

 Sana glanced at the floor, somehow embarassed. She kicked a tiny rock that was infront of her, she watched how it flew away and bounced until it bit a wall. It had been a rather stong kick.

 She sighed.

"I guess it's kind of complicated to explain, really" she said.

 Mina glanced at her, confusion and worry evident in her eyes.

 Sana smiled.

"Relax, Mina-chan, nothing to worry about" she assured and gave the younger girl's hand a sly squeeze.

 Mina smiled back at her, she squeezed back making Sana chuckle.

"Yoh, Momo-chan, where are we going?" She yelled at the girl in front of them.

 Mina stared confused at Momo. Sana was right. Where were they going? Momo turned around but didn't stop walking, she was now walking backwards.

"Me? To a party, you? I don't know, neither do I care" she said bluently.

 Mina felt a pang on her chest. She glanced at Sana, the girl had a frown on her face. She noticed Yuta walking behind Sana, a little to her left. He was frowing too.

"Yoh! Don't be like that! You can't leave them alone here!" He scolded.

 Momo scoffed.

"Watch me" she hissed, her steps got quicker.

 Sana sighed in frustration. Mina, felt guilty, sad and just overall stupid.

 You and your stupid idea of-

 Before she could finish her thought, she felt Sana's arm letting go of her own.

 Mina watched how Sana walked over to Momo. Sana grabbed Momo's shoulders and turned her around easily. Mina was surprised, last time she checked she was stronger than Sana. At least that explained why Sana couldn't open the window last time and she could.

 She stopped trying to figure out when Sana had started working out when Momo turned around the second she faced Sana, dragging the clumsy girl with her.

"Yoh!" Sana whined.

 She had tripped over her own feet and almost fell down. Momo kept