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[CONTENTID2]PINK POLAROID[/CONTENTID2]

[CONTENTID3]Word Count: 3.4k/ Published On Dec 10 2020[/CONTENTID3]

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           The night was long.

           When her heart beats and flutters, the time that usually flowed quickly felt longer that day. That night at the bar, Jimin saw Minjeong's moist eyes, and she held her affectionate hand, so she opened up all of her heart.

           Jimin, who knew the place of the party well, grabbed Minjeong's hand and dragged her to a quiet place. It was a lounge with a small refrigerator, sofa, and a small table. When one was hungry, it was a place to come in and eat snacks quietly, but it was closed that day. Because Jimin had brought Minjeong in and locked the door.

           Once the door was locked, Minjeong snuggled into Jimin's arms as if she had been waiting. With the locked door behind her back, Jimin stared blankly at Minjeong in her arms. The warm, small torso that kept snuggling in, and the fervent energy that she could feel from the slender arms that wrapped around her waist tightly. Only then did Jimin carefully wrap her hands that had been awkwardly in the air around Minjeong's body. Her heart raced wildly. It raced enough for her to worry about what she would do if Minjeong had felt it all from her embrace.

           At that moment, however, Minjeong had no time to feel such a thing. It was already too much to handle everything that was going on within her. The extreme stability she could feel in Jimin's arms. The tranquility she thought she had forgotten because she had left home last year and lost it. Such things spread and permeated throughout Minjeong's body. At that moment, Minjeong didn't want to be away from Jimin even for a second.

           Jimin couldn't even look at Minjeong's face for a while due to how tightly Minjeong held onto her in her arms. It was when Jimin slowly brushed Minjeong's hair when their eyes met again. When the small-bodied kid looked up, her eyes were more moist and sparkling than before. Eyes that desperately want something.

           At that moment, Jimin couldn't understand anything. She couldn't even handle the beating of her heart. Although she had never learned what to do in this kind of situation before, she still knew it intuitively. It was the right time to kiss. The desire to do so also soared urgently and hotly from the bottom of that instinct at the end. However, she hesitated. Kim Minjeong has a boyfriend. Kim Minjeong didn’t look at her with the same feelings as her. Those two sentences resonated in her head.

           It was Minjeong's instinct that was faster than Jimin's reason that cut off that hesitation at once. She didn't know what this was, but it was okay. Because she wanted to do it right now. Even before going through such a system of thinking, Minjeong moved. Just as she had instinctively snuggled into Jimin's arms, her heels were raised before her worries. When Minjeong's lips touched hers, Jimin's head naturally lowered. As if she had been waiting, she hugged Minjeong and kissed her deeply. Minjeong, flustered by the enthusiastic kiss, unwittingly lowered her tiptoe, and then, their movement ignited as if it was the next natural step. Jimin's hands caressed Minjeong's face tightly. She kissed her very gently yet deeply. Minjeong’s whole body quickly heated up at the hot and soft touch that was wrapped in . She closed her eyes and put her arms around Jimin's neck. Jimin hugged Minjeong again. Hot breaths and hot skin blindly exchanged between each other's bodies. In an instant, it mixed and buried deep within.

           By the time they came back to their senses, they were lying on the sofa. They kissed each more than enough and d each other endlessly. At that time, they got into a slightly relaxed state and looked at each other. Minjeong was still hugging Jimin like a child who didn't know how to let go. When Jimin gently brushed her hair back, Minjeong moved her head and pouted her lips. Jimin couldn't ignore Minjeong, who was acting like a puppy asking for a kiss. Their eyes met and they kissed each other whenever they had a chance. Either Jimin would kiss her first or Minjeong would hug her neck and kiss her deeply.

           They didn't know how long time had passed. It seemed that it was time for the sun to rise after staying up all night. In the room, where there was no window and only soft lighting, Jimin silently watched Minjeong, who was lying on her side, hugging her tightly in her arms. Minjeong, whose cheeks were flushed, was touching Jimin's chin and cheeks.

           “Why are you touching someone else’s face like this?”

           Jimin whispered playfully. The sound of the outside music also died down before they knew it, and it seemed that the party was going to end soon. Yet, the pair in the small room seemed to be in a completely different world.

           “Since I borrowed it, it’s mine for today.”

           “If you’re borrowing, then you’ll have to return it just as it is. What if you ruin my skin?”

           “Shush…”

           Minjeong laughed playfully. Jimin replied more bluntly for no particular reason.

           “How can I be quiet when you’re touching me like this? What if my skin gets ruined?”

           “Ah, it won’t get ruined.”

           “If it does get ruined, you’ll have to pay back for that too. How are you planning to pay all of that back to me?”

           “I’m not paying you back yet.”

           Minjeong whispered in a voice full of affection. From a hard and monotone voice like a tree stump to a rather friendly tone. From a rather friendly tone to a tone full of affection. Whenever Minjeong changed, fireworks exploded inside Jimin. That voice seemed to melt and stick to Jimin's chest even before it wrapped around her ears. It pulsed to the point where it hurt her.

           “Minjeong-ah, unnie is scared.”

           “Of what?”

           “That you’ll return me quickly.”

           Jimin leaned her face very close to Minjeong and whispered sadly. And then, the corner of Minjeong's lips rose gently. A heart fluttering smile was drawn under her flushed cheeks. Minjeong pressed chaste kisses on Jimin’s cheek, her lips, and her ears. The corner of Jimin's lips curled up sweetly as well. Her eyes bent in a pretty manner. Jimin pressed Minjeong's cheeks with both her hands and pressed her lips against hers once again. She kissed her briefly and looked into Minjeong's eyes again.

           “If I told you that you can’t pay back this debt no matter what you do, what are you going to do?”

           “I’ll sue you, unnie.”

           Minjeong joked around as she looked at Jimin in her embrace. Jimin's laughter leaked out as if something was broken. Honestly, it felt like she was completely drunk on something all night. She had been in a relationship before. She had already kissed and hugged before. It felt different. All the things that felt like a tiring schedule, like ordering a meal, in a relationship now all felt like a dream. Except for the heart-throbbing emotions, everything else was paralyzed and numbed. Hunger, tiredness, and even the headache that had been bothering Jimin for the past few days.

           The problem was that what they were doing was not dating, and everything was so sweet that it felt like a dream that she would soon wake up from. A dream that she will never see again when they wake up after falling asleep drunk like this; a dream that will be completely forgotten in her faint memories, neither their touches nor their voices.

           - Kim Minjeong! Are you there? It’s Giseok. Open the door.

           And cruelly, that reality came before Jimin could even fall asleep.

           “What time is it right now?”

           Even Minjeong, who heard Giseok's voice outside the door, also seemed to have awoken from something. Only then did Jimin take out the phone in her pocket. A total of 32 missed calls. And the “6:12 am” that was written as the time. Minjeong, who had peeked at Jimin's phone, hurriedly raised herself up. As if she didn't realize that the time had already passed that quickly.

           “I think I have to go. The person I came with is-”

           “You said that last time before you left too.”

           “...”

           “Your boyfriend?”

           Jimin asked calmly. Minjeong hesitated for a moment. How should she respond? If it was in front of someone else, she would have nodded without any concern. However, right now was-

           - Is anyone inside there? If Kim Minjeong is sleeping in there, please wake her up!

           The two couldn’t say anything as they looked at each other. Jimin finally spoke while fixing her loosely buttoned blouse. In a low voice.

           “You should go.”

           “Unnie, later I will-”

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