Chapter 12: Mushroom Part 4
One Bowl, Please!“It’s 2 am.. This isn’t real.”
Seulgi dashed to the door clutching her knapsack. She didn’t even get to touch the door knob when she was tackled to the floor.
“Seulgi-ya! I’m really here…”
“Get off me UWAHHHHH!!” Seulgi struggled beneath Joohyun.
“Hey calm down…”
“No…”
“Seulgi please relax.”
“H-how can I stay away from you if you won’t get off me???”
Joohyun hugged her tight. “It’s okay… Seulgi, it’s okay…”
“No…” Seulgi finally stopped moving but still didn’t dare to look at her attacker. “What I did was not okay…”
Joohyun gets off Seulgi, she pulls her up to sit and face her. The girl in front of her was close to crying. She cups her face. “Seulgi-ya… thank you.”
“Huh? Wha?”
“You’ve done so much for me…”
“I just cleaned…”
Joohyun shook her head. “You bought me time. Time that I could never have been able to afford on my own. I got to be a normal student. I got to hangout with friends, I was able to live a little outside my tiny shop…”
Seulgi looked shocked. Obviously not knowing the effect of what she had been doing.
“You gave me soo much time, I didn’t even know what to do with it…” Joohyun frowns.
Seeing Joohyun sad made Seulgi’s insides hurt. She wanted to hug the girl but wasn’t sure if it was okay to do so.
Joohyun looked at Seulgi affectionately. She pulls Seulgi’s arm so she could wrap it around her.
“I had soo much time…” she whispered. “I missed you Seulgi.”
“Y-you missed me..?”
Joohyun nods.
Seulgi held her tight, not wanting to be separated from Joohyun any longer. 2 months was a ing long time to not see each other.
“I really am sorry Joohyun…” she whispered.
“It’s okay now Seulgi. Let’s move on from this.”
She hugged Seulgi back. “You didn’t have to do all of that for me…”
“I wanted to.”
Joohyun pulled away from Seulgi. “I’m grateful but that was too much—“
“But you do so much work by yourself!!”
“So you decided to do it all by yourself instead?”
“Well.. Um..”
“You can stop now, okay?”
Seulgi looked away and frowned.
“Hey? Look at me..” Joohyun grabbed her chin gently. “You lost so much weight Seulgi… haven’t you been eating properly?”
“I do.. But I eat fast. There’s a lot to do.”
“Stop it already okay?”
She doesn’t respond.
“Seulgi?”
“Okay….” She pouts cutely and moves away from Joohyun.
“Seulgi-ya… come on don’t be upset.”
“…”
Joohyun sighs and moved right next to Seulgi who was lying on the bed like a big baby. “IF you want to help come help me in the shop… that way I can at least see you….” She blushed as she said that.
Seulgi smiled but stayed quiet.
“You’re sleepy aren’t you?”
“Mhm”
“It’s 2:26. Sleep some more. You deserve some rest. Good night Seulgi.”
Seulgi did fall asleep right after. Feeling lighter now that Joohyun had forgiven her.
(Noodle Shop, 6:30am)
Joohyun was in the kitchen prepping noodles for the service later when she heard a knock on the door.
“Eonni? The door is open!”
The door opened slowly. Behind it was Seulgi acting all shy.
“Seulgi?”
“G-good morning!!”
“Why are you here?? You should’ve slept in.”
“I uh… you said I could help.”
Joohyun smiled. “Hihi I didn’t think you would actually come here… but okay come in.”
Seulgi went inside a little fidgety. “Here!”
“What is it?”
“Heart stopper.” She smiles.
“OH! W-why are you giving me some all of a sudden?”
“Because you loved it so much… and maybe you haven’t eaten breakfast.”
Joohyun blushed. “Thank you! I do love it. But can you put it there first. I need to finish kneading the dough.”
“That’s how you knead it?”
“Hehe yes. Would you like to help me?”
Seulgi nods.
“Okay remove your shoes… go on step on it.”
“This is weird..”
“Haha its fun though. Just keep stepping on the dough. Be careful not to slip. The plastic is quite slippery. Do baby steps.”
“Like this?”
“Yes!” Joohyun giggles at how cute Seulgi was stepping on the dough. She looked like a kid. “the dough doesn’t have much moisture.. Which makes it quite hard to knead with your hands.”
“This is fun!”
“It is!”
Seulgi got too excited and started stomping aggressively. Her enthusiasm made her slip on the plastic covering the dough.
“Oh shi—!”
Joohyun grabbed her by the hand but also went down along with Seulgi. She ended up on top of Seulgi, her face was inches away. They stare at each other for a few seconds. Joohyun’s eyes started to wander down to Seulgi’s lips. She bites her own lip, trying to control whatever feeling was
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