Vierundzwanzig (24)

Some Things Never Change

Mina froze. She never thought that Chaeyoung would have feelings for her. She'd always thought that the feeling that they shared was mutual, that of a friendship. Oh, how wrong she was. Did that mean that what Chaeyoung felt 6 years ago wasn't just a feeling of abandonment, but also jealousy. He was jealous of Mark for capturing her heart.

How could she be so clueless? She should've noticed this. She shouldn't have been so ignorant of Chaeyoung's feelings. What should she do now? She just discovered her newfound feelings for Jimin. She was about to tell Nayeon and Momo that they were mistaken, when they said that she liked Chaeyoung romantically, because she only saw him as a bestfriend.

But could she reject Chaeyoung? The poor Chaeyoung, who was helplessly in love with her for 6 years. Not to mention, the strain in their relationship, that was sure to come as a consequence of it. She looked at Chaeyoung's Bambi eyes. They were flickering more and more by the second, almost as if he knew, that he would certainly be rejected. Mina heaved a sigh.

No, she couldn't. She couldn't hurt his poor soul. Besides, she never wanted to experience Chaeyoung leaving her ever again. It was the most painful thing that she had ever experienced in life. Perhaps, it was time for her to put a stop to his suffering. Perhaps, she was not meant for Jimin. Jimin would someday meet his other half, but that wasn't her.

She curved a smile on her face, trying to make her smile as genuine as possible. Though her heart was heavy, she carefully stalked over to Chaeyoung, who was still kneeling and patiently waiting for her response. She grabbed the bouquet of roses and smelled them. They smelled amazing. After that, she laid the roses on the dining table. She drew a deep breath.

"Yes." She murmured.

Chaeyoung widened his eyes and quickly stood up.

"Y-you mean, y-you'll be my g-g-girlfriend?" He stammered.

Mina hummed. Chaeyoung's eyes lighted up in that instant. She picked Mina up and spun her around and Mina chuckled gleefully. He hugged her tight in his embrace then pushed her a little to observe his new girlfriend. Mina also observed his new boyfriend. Chaeyoung's face was glowing that night.

'I have made the right decision.' She thought. 'His happiness is enough for me.'

"Thank you for accepting me, Mina." He breathed.

Mina just nodded, flashing her gummy smile. Chaeyeoung stared deeply into her eyes. His both hands cupped her cheeks. He inched closer and closer and Mina knew what was gonna happen, so she closed her eyes. Their lips were millimeters apart until their lips touched. Mina expected more but Chaeyoung just gave her a peck. She opened her eyes and started laughing goofily. Chaeyoung furrowed his eyebrows.

"What?" He whined. Mina kept on laughing until a tear fell from her eyes as a result from laughing too much. After a while, she calmed down.

"You don't know how to kiss, don't you?" She asked and his cheeks turned pink in that instant. She chuckled.

"It's fine, I'll teach you." Mina murmured.

Mina tiptoed a little and cupped his cheeks, pulling his face closer to hers and captured his lips. She gently on his lower lip. He instantly wrapped his arms around her. Chaeyoung, learning from Mina, did the same to her. Their lips were dancing in sync.

They broke the kiss to gasp for air. Chaeyoung smiled. He liked it. He went for it again and this time Mina purposely opened a little for Chaeyoung to slip his tongue, but being inexperienced, he kept on her lips. Mina broke the kiss.

"Open your mouth, Chaeng." She breathed and Chaeyoung obeyed.

She slipped her tongue into his mouth and explored them and gave Chaeyoung the opportunity to do the same with her after that they stopped, breathing heavily for lack of air. Chaeyoung smiled happily. Even though he was inexperienced. He was pretty sure that they both just made out and Mina gave him a small smile. 

"Good night, Mina!" Chaeyoung murmured and was gonna leave to his room to scream his lungs out since he made his room sound proof but Mina tugged on his blazer.

"Yes?" He asked.

"We're girlfriend and boyfriend now, right?" She timidly asked.

"Yeah!" He chirped.

"Then, will you cuddle me to sleep?" Mina requested.

Chaeyoung beamed a smile.

"Sure!" He replied.

"I'll wait for you in my room after you brush your teeth!" She remarked.

He hummed and left to brush his teeth, Mina too did the same. After brushing her teeth, Mina laid on her bed. Chaeyoung looked so happy tonight and she was happy to make her bestfriend happy, but she didn't know what to feel about them becoming a couple. It seemed right to her but so wrong somehow. 

Chaeyoung entered her room after some knocks. She smiled and tapped the space beside her. He quickly laid down and held her close to his chest. She could feel his heart beating excitedly, while hers was quiet and calm. It made her feel more guilty. On the good side though, she now had someone to cuddle her to sleep every night.

The next morning, Chaeyoung woke up with Mina in his embrace. That instantly made him smile, revealing his dimples. What had he done to be able to look at such a beautiful view in the morning, every day? Mina stirred awake not long after and Chaeyoung leaned down to kiss his girlfriend's forehead.

"G'morning." He greeted.

Mina smiled.

"Good morning, Chaeyoung." She replied.

He pecked her forehead again.

"I'll go shower! You should too!" He suggested.

She hummed and they both showered in separate bathrooms. After that they ate breakfast.

"Mina, since I'm your boyfriend now, can I take you to and pick you up from your Uni?" Chaeyoung asked as he munched on his breakfast.

Mina paused for a while before nodding.

"Good." Chaeyoung muttered.

As promised, Chaeyoung did bring Mina to her Uni. Mina thought Chaeyoung would leave as soon as they arrived at her Uni, but Chaeyoung parked his car and escorted Mina to her practice room.

"Chaeng, you really don't need to do this!" Mina remarked.

"It's fine, I want to do this!" Chaeyoung retorted.

They finally arrived at the practice room and Jimin was already inside to do some stretches. Chaeyoung opened the door and it alerted Jimin. His gaze fell on Chaeyoung. Their eyes were locked on each other. Chaeyoung smirked.

'So, this is Jimin.' Chaeyoung thought

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Minyeon-ah #1
Chapter 52: Great gift thank for the update 😁
multistory #2
Chapter 52: Look forward to the next update..
multistory #3
Chapter 51: I binged the first story and the sequel in 2 days.. glad I’m all caught up and there’ll be updates
Myrulesmylife #4
Chapter 50: Atleast we have MAMA Myoui on our side
Minyeon-ah #5
Chapter 50: Ah everytime i read all the new chapter so fast 😅
Thank you for the update i looking forward for the next one 😁
bore_d1020 #6
Chapter 49: wow... that was really rude of Mr. Myoui.
and Chaeyoung is thinking of running away from Mina once again, even though this time is for his father's company. very surprised Chaeyoung mentioned Jimin, no matter the circumstance, it still think that was very wrong. good thing is that Mina is standing her ground, either be with Chaeyoung or she leave on her own.
coool~~ are they plotting a fight back on their parents? at least they will have Mr. Son to help if Chaeyoung tell his father.
Minyeon-ah #7
Chapter 49: Thanks for the update 😁
Minyeon-ah #8
Chapter 48: Wow the christmas update thank you :)
I feel the troubles is coming .....
bore_d1020 #9
Chapter 48: hmmm..... Tzuyu kinda manipulated Yeri there at the ending.
bore_d1020 #10
Chapter 47: Oh come to think of it, what will Mr. Chou do since Yeri has no background n no money to help with the Chous’ expansion.

And r we gonna see any actions from Chaeyoung? After all he’s heir to his father’s company too.