It's Monday and Jimin goes to her classes as usual together with Aeri. During class that day, Aeri often stared at her friend secretly and kept on looking at how Jimin was feeling. The way Jimin is often lost in thoughts, looking into the unknown, and being silent more than normal keeps bothering the Japanese.

When their second class ended, Aeri and Jimin headed to the center of their campus, landscaped with a wide short grass field where students usually hang out with their friends. The two girl sit under a tree, waiting for the schedule for their next class.

"Jimin?", Aeri poked Jimin's leg softly when she saw the blonde deep in her thoughts again. Despite the gentle touch, Jimin doesn't seem to realize it. "Yu Jimin?", Aeri poked Jimin again and this time, finally Jimin turned her head to Aeri followed by her small smile.

"Oh, Aeri. Why?"

"Are you alright? You are acting... a bit weird today", Aeri's brows furrow in concern.

"It's nothing, Aeri. I'm fine", Jimin was startled by Aeri's question, but she could only answer her with her smile, trying to assure her friend. When Aeri was just about to believe the lies Jimin tried to hide, the Japanese saw that silver thing on Jimin's finger.

"Oh? It's a ring! Since when did you wear a ring?", Aeri asked excitedly while taking Jimin's hand in her palm, looking at every inch of Jimin's wedding ring.

"O-Oh! I just bought it yesterday. Is it beautiful?", Jimin could only lie to Aeri when the fact that her friend never knew about her marriage with Minjeong. She felt a bit guilty for Aeri, but she couldn't tell the truth either at this moment.

"Yes! It's pretty. Where did you buy this? It looks expensive", Aeri smiled happily.

"Didn't quite remember the shop name, but it's just around here", Jimin chuckled lightly.

While Aeri was busy looking at the ring, Jimin turned her head, looking in a certain direction far away from where she was sitting with the Japanese. There, she saw Minjeong, about 20 meters away from Jimin.

But, Minjeong was walking with another girl.

Minjeong looks too casual, almost too comfortable as she puts both her hands inside her denim jacket's pocket while the other girl is busy clinging to her arm, flashing that stupid silly gums. The view somehow manages to bring back the sudden heartache inside Jimin.

"You break the rules, Kim Minjeong", Jimin said inside her head while clenching the grass between her fingers. Her eyes shot fire at her emotionless wife, not until Aeri startled her with her words, "What are you looking at?".

Jimin almost got caught staring at the younger girl. "N-Nothing. I just looking around", Jimin smiled again.

Aeri's eyes squinted, looking sharply at Jimin's eyes in curiosity, and Jimin couldn't help but feel a slight panic.

*****

2 days later.

It's been 3 days since Jimin left the Kim's mansion on the weekday, just for a while, tho. It's also the third day she didn't come face-to-face with her wife at all. Enough just by looking at the younger girl from afar, studying how her wife behaves silently.

Jimin is currently with Ningning and Ryujin at the cafe. Shin Ryujin was Ningning's coursemate, also her best friend and Jimin does know Ryujin pretty well.

The clock hits twelve. The three currently enjoying their food silently at one of the campus cafeterias, but then a few minutes later, Jimin suddenly received a phone call, stopping her from munching down the bread she bought. When she looked at the caller's name on her phone screen, she was startled and confused for a moment. It is pretty unusual.

"Kim Minjeong calling me?", that is strange, but Jimin ends up picking up the phone call after looking around, just to make sure that Ryujin or anyone who doesn't have any idea about this from peeking.

"Uhm... Hello?", Jimin asked, curious about the reason for the phone call.

"Hello?", Jimin didn't get any answer from the other line. Not even a sound, or a voice. Extremely confused, she excused herself from Ningning and Ryujin, walking a few meters away from them.

"Hello? Kim Minjeong? Why are you calling me?", Jimin keep calling for Minjeong but the younger girl still didn't say a word. Is this some kind of sick joke? Is Minjeong trying to play with her again?

Slightly annoyed, Jimin almost gave up on the phone call. "If you don't want to say anything, I will end the-"

"Where are you...", finally there's a faint reply from Minjeong through the phone. Jimin just sighed lightly after waiting for a minute for Minjeong's first word. "At the cafe near the engineering faculty. Why?", Jimin asked.

But again, silence.

"Seriously, Kim Minjeong? Why did you call me when you didn't even want to say anything?", Jimin was at the peak of her patience, almost shouting out loud to her phone. Gladly, Minjeong answered again, with a much fainter voice.

"B-Behind your faculty block..."

"What? I couldn't hear you?", Jimin asked again as Minjeong's voice got even weaker and slower. Annoyed turns into curiosity and confusion, Jimin expression softens, not until the next words makes her even confused.

"B-Behind... your f-faculty... block..."

"Behind my faculty block? Why? What's wrong with your voice? Are you-"

Jimin paused her words when she heard that loud thud from the phone. The sound of Minjeong's phone hits the ground, and probably Minjeong's. Flustered and confused, Jimin keeps calling for Minjeong on the phone, but the answer never comes. She ended the phone call with a gasp, rushing towards Ningning and Ryujin.

"Jimin? Where are you going?", Ningning asked when she saw Jimin with her panicked face, picking up her bag in a hurry. Horror is slightly evident on her beautiful face. "I need to go, Ning. I'm so sorry!", Jimin said before she walked away in a hurry. Ryujin was so lost in the current situation, but Ningning could at least predict what happened.

"It must be Minjeong", Ningning said in her mind.

*****

Jimin ran as fast as she could towards the faculty block, where Minjeong said just now and probably be right now. Her mind was slightly distraught, but more confused rather than horrified. She doesn't know what actually happened, but for sure, she's worried.

When Jimin arrived behind the faculty block, strangely, she saw no one. Not even a cat. The backside of the building was filled with trees and plants, hard enough for her to see anyone, or anyone to be here at this sacred area.

Trying not to waste more time, Jimin called Minjeong's phone number and waited for any sign of the phone ringing to help her find Minjeong. Just in a few seconds, she heard it. She heard Minjeong's ringtone.

It was somewhere there, behind the block. It's just, Jimin couldn't see her.

Jimin ran towards where the ringing coming from. It was pretty far from where Jimin first arrived. Almost 10 metres away. Moments later, she saw her.

"Minjeong!!"

The younger girl was lying on the hard rock cement floor, unconscious. Her right eyes were bruised blue, and there were tiny traces of blood at the corner of her lips. Minjeong's right hand still holding her phone tight.

Jimin couldn't lie that she was panicked to death, even her eyes started to become teary, holding Minjeong's unconscious body inside her embrace, tapping the girl's cheek gently as her voice wrapped in concern.

"Minjeong? Hey! Wake up!", Jimin asked, caressing the younger girl's cheek. But the reply never came. Her trembling hands were busy searching for Ningning's contact on her phone, trying to ask for help.

"What the hell just happened to you?"

*****

Jimin was there, right next to the unconscious Minjeong in the emergency room. Right after Jimin called Ningning for help just now, both of them rushed and brought Minjeong to the hospital. Gladly, the doctor said Minjeong was fine, only that she might need to stay for a night or two at the hospital.

"Are you okay to stay here alone, Jimin? I still have classes to attend in one hour", Ningning asked Jimin. The older girl smiled towards the Chinese with her nods, assuring her that she's gonna be fine. "It's okay, Ning. Thanks for helping me".

Ningning smiled one last time, "I'm really really sorry. I'll come back later, I promise", Ningning waved her hand to Jimin who was chuckling at the girl who keep apologizing, before she finally left the emergency room.

Jimin then turns her attention back to the unconscious Minjeong. Her eyes moved from Minjeong's injured eyes to Minjeong's lips, sighing heavily. Jimin was a bit mad at Minjeong that she got herself in trouble again, but somehow, she also feel worried about her wife.

"Did someone's boyfriend beat you up? Well... I'm not sure either. But, that's probably the most relevant idea I have inside my mind right now-"

"It's not", Minjeong's sudden answer startled Jimin, making her realize that Minjeong is finally awake, now looking at her with her usual expressionless eyes.

"Did you just awake?", Jimin asked again.

"I'm not fighting with someone's boyfriend", Minjeong said her words stronger, now turning her head to the opposite, trying not to look directly at Jimin's worried face. "If it's not, then what?"

"It's not your problem. Just shut up".

"What the- I just helped you to fix the scars on your face, but I guess your rudeness seriously needs some fixing too?", Jimin gazed sharply at the younger girl while holding her arms together.

Still turning her head the opposite from Jimin to see, Minjeong continued, "If you didn't have anything else to say, then you may leave".

"Huh? You are unbelievable, Kim Minjeong. You are just... unbelievable", Jimin rolled her eyes in annoyance. Kim Minjeong and her harsh words, Jimin thoughts. Gave up and tried not to continue the fight any longer, Jimin finally stood up from her seat resulting in a loud screeching sound from the chair, making the younger girl flinch in shock and look at Jimin in confusion.

"What are you doing?", Minjeong asked.

"Why? Did you think I might leave? For real? Did you think I would listen to your rude request? I'm not leaving until tomorrow, you idiot...", Jimin sneered silently even tho Minjeong could hear it loud and clear.

"Then why are you standing right there?"

"I'm going to buy some food. I'm hungry because of you, you know? I skipped my meal, just now, because of you! You should at least thank me for saving you. Geez... I made a lot of sacrifices for you...", Jimin sighing heavily.

"Huh. Lies", Minjeong scoffed back, rolling her eyes in disgust.

*****

Night comes and Jimin being true to her words. She is still there, by Minjeong's side all the time. The younger girl currently just scrolling her phone, trying to find something entertaining to see while Jimin was reading a book she bought near the hospital.

Truthfully, Jimin has been curious about something. She wanted to ask, but she was unsure if she really should ask the questions or not. She is afraid that might be the source for her and Minjeong to fight again, which always tires her every time.

"Minjeong", Jimin called but Minjeong didn't reply anything and keep looking at her phone screen. The older girl knew that her wife heard her, so, she just continued. "During these 3 days, did you-", Jimin's words were stopped when she saw something on Minjeong's neck that she didn't realize before.

Jimin eyes were wide open. She stood up all of a sudden, furious. With the sudden action, Minjeong finally turns her head over, looking at Jimin with zero expression. "What-"

Jimin grabbed Minjeong's hospital gown by her collar, pulled it up, and accidentally unbuttoned the top button. Finally, she could see the marks clearly now. It's a bit downwards, almost reaching Minjeong's breast.

"What is this?", Jimin widened her eyes, looking at Minjeong in disbelief. The corner of her eyes starts to become teary. She just left Minjeong for 3 days. She was gone only for 3 fucking days! How dare she-

"None of your b-"

"I ASKED, WHAT THE HECK IS THIS, KIM MINJEONG?!", Jimin shouted in anger. Glad that they weren't in the emergency room anymore, but they were in a general 2-room ward where there's only Minjeong and Jimin, and the next bed is vacant.

"Why? I did that last night, so why?", Minjeong answered back, with a flat cold voice.

Jimin released her grip on Minjeong's hospital gown in great disappointment. She turned her body away, not facing Minjeong, pulling and fisiting her hair into a messy state. Minjeong just looked at her wife with the same expression. She wasn't angry at Jimin for being angry at her, but she did know that Jimin should be angry at her.

"Did you have fun doing that? How does it feel to keep doing this to me?", Jimin asked, still not facing Minjeong but Minjeong could hear Jimin's voice start to shake and break.

"If you are angry with me, be it. I don't care. Like what I said, I'm not going to follow your nonsense rules and conditions", Minjeong replied while looking at her phone, trying to escape the tense moment.

Jimin still back facing Minjeong. She took a few deep breaths and finally faced her wife. Minjeong could see some tears flowing down Jimin's cheeks, but she tried to ignore it.

"Fine. Whatever. You- stay here alone. I will- sit outside- like you asked me to. Because why? Because it is not my fucking damn business!", Jimin said to Minjeong clearly, grabbing her handbag and book before she headed outside the wards, wrapped in great disappointment and anger. Minjeong could just look at Jimin's back silently without letting any words escape from her mouth.

The door finally shut, and finally, Minjeong sighed in relief. At least, the reasons behind her injuries weren't revealed.

"I'm sorry... It wasn't my intention..."

*****

7 hours ago.

Minjeong was sitting silently near the faculty block, scrolling her phone, searching for a related topic for her to read.

'Ways to stop yourself from drinking alcoholic beverages'.

Yup. Minjeong was reading that. But, why?

Last night she went to the club, just to release her stress and tired mind. She admit she do miss Jimin a little bit, but most of all Minjeong was stressed about herself. The darkness in her. The evil on her face, her actions, her words. She was horribly hating herself for being a shitty damn slut in her life.

So last night, she drank a lot. A lot more than she could ever manage, double or probably triple the way she should.

When she woke up the next morning, she was inside a hotel room, half-naked. Trails of deep and evident hickeys were already on her neck, her breast, and her belly. She won't lie that she was panicked when she found out her body state that morning.

That's why Minjeong was searching for ways to let her control her desire to drink. She kinda hates being drunk these days. She also feels a bit guilty about it, making her remember her mother, also Jimin.

Jimin words, the kind one, and the challenging one. Both could eat her up to her death.

While she was reading the articles peacefully, Minjeong could hear a group of boys, only 2 meters away from where she was sitting talking.

"Wanna make a bet?", a guy said while the other two laughed. "What bet?".

"Who's gonna sleep with Yu Jimin first-"

"Wait... Yu Jimin...?", Minjeong asked inside her mind after hearing Jimin's name out of nowhere. She was sitting there quietly, trying to read without any interruptions, but these crazy boys mentioning Jimin's name out of the blue?

"-will get that new bike. How is it? Tempting enough?"

"Yow! Cool! I'm in!", the other guy said. Minjeong's blood starts to boil, but she tries her best to endure. Just... couldn't they just stop talking about her? That name is already making a great mess inside Minjeong's mind right now.

"Great! Gosh. You choose the right target, Sungjoon! I just saw her today and, heck... that damn body of hers was amazing! She's such a goddess!", the laughs got even louder.

"You know what? Once you get to sleep with her, we could just gangbang her together! The winner fuck her, you record her, and you-"

Minjeong had enough, punching the guy who was currently talking right into his face. Minjeong eyes shot blood, hands formed into a tight, determined fist. She could kill this boy right here, right now. She wants to kill them right now.

"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU?!!", the guys shouted, crouching in pain as he tried to block away Minjeong's deadly fist.

Minjeong's inner voice speaks louder than her actions, "I'M- THE ONLY ONE- WHO CAN TOUCH HER- YOU FUCKING- IDIOTS!!!", her mind currently murderous.

"GUYS! BEAT HER UP!"

So, that's how Minjeong got the hickeys and got beaten up to death.

And she will never... ever... tell Jimin about it.