MINA'S POV

Jimin was frowning when me and Minhyuk walked towards him. I just wanted to laugh because or his funny reactions. He needs to stop being jealous because first of all, me and his brother settled things already. Secondly, there's no "us". He doesn't need to worry. He's pretending too much.

"You can now go back to Busan." Jimin told Minhyuk which made my eyebrow raise.

"Jimin," I called him. "Busan is two hours away here. Why don't you let Minhyuk stay for the night inside your unit?"

"What? No!" I looked at Minhyuk and he seemed amused. "He has his own condo unit at some place there. He can manage himself." I sighed. It feels like I need to explain to Jimin everything because he wil surely demand answers. If he won't receive replies, he will certainly ask me over and over again and I don't like him being nosy.

"Can you?" I asked Minhyuk.

Smirking, he smiled and nodded. "I can. Thank you for today, Mina."

"Same." We both shared a hug in front of Jimin. I don't care if he will be mad as well or even reason out that I have a condition about being touched by other people. Minhyuk and I held hands together before and made physical contact already, so I guess it's okay for me. Besides, there's no malice.

He waved his hand good bye to me and to his brother before fleeing. I watched him walk away until I tilt my head to see Jimin's face. I looked at him with no expressions on my face while he stared at me, fire in his eyes. His cheeks are somehow red and so are his ears.

I deeply sighed, "Is your meeting done?" I asked.

"Yes, it is." He answered. His tone is a bit dry and I can tell that whatever he saw and knew did not please him at all. Well, I am not born to please this guy.

"Your class will be at 5 PM, right? You should go now. You can't afford to be late and receive some sort of sanction." I told him. He closed his eyes tightly and held his nose bridge, as if he's trying to settle every information in his head. "Until what time will your class end?"

"9 o'clock in the evening," he answered. His pose is still the same. "Go home now. Text me or whatever when you get home." He looked at me swiftly and turned his back on me. He did not even turn his head once or twice to see if I'm gone already. He walked away without glancing back.

There was a part in me that felt odd when he did such thing. Whenever we part, he makes sure that I get to go first safely before he does. He does everything for me first before attending to his own needs.

He cares...a lot...for me...

I somehow wanted to pay his efforts for me. I looked at my phone and saw that it's just been 5 minutes after 5 PM. I have a lot of time to spare since his classes will end at nine. I can do whatever I want before coming back here. Yes, I'll just wait for his classes to finish. He's done a lot of things for me lately. I think it's time to return him the favor.

Since there's still a lot of time to spare, I decided to go to a nearby park for a while. Mnet University is not a safe place for me because dad is a professor here. It's better for me to stay off from that place.

Because it's dusk already, some kids are playing along with their parents. There are ice cream stands where most kids buy the ice cream I see. I felt my stomach grumble, so I lined up for the ice cream, too.

While lining up, a guy stumbled on me. I almost fell on the ground, but I managed to balance myself. He immediately said sorry to me, so I faced him and realized that I recognize his face.

"Taehyung oppa?" I asked.

He grinned widely and greeted me back, "Mina-ssi! It's been quite a while!" We hugged each other and let go eventually. Taehyung oppa is a close family friend when we were still in the States. I don't really remember him since my family migrated back to Kobe when I was still a toddler, but I get to see him in Osaka before and from there, we became closer. "How have you been?" He asked.

"I'm doing okay." I nodded. "Since when did you come back from the States?"

"Just a couple of days ago." And then there was a short--like, a very short silence between us. "Hey, I heard," He started off. "Your family is finding you. Everywhere. I even saw posters when I dropped by in Japan weeks ago."

My eyebrows met instantly, "Posters?" I smirked. "They only care once I'm gone."

"Don't take it that way," he told me.

"Oppa, they're finding me because they're sending me off to some guy I don't even know. I'm arranged, oppa and they're finding me because of him. I have to prepare myself for that wedding." I explained myself. Taehyung oppa doesn't understand since he's been loved by a lot of people. He never understood the feeling of being unloved.

"It's three years from now. Don't think about it. A lot of things will still happen in those years." He said. It was my turn to buy ice cream, so I bought two cones. Maybe this cold dessert may warm my head.

Me and Taehyung oppa talked about each other's life. We finished at 8 PM, since he invited me for dinner. We only meet once in a while, so I agreed on going out with him just for some dinner. After that, he accompanied me back to Mnet University. I told him that I will be able to manage myself, but he reasoned out that there are "snakes" on the way to Mnet U, so I had no choice but to let him walk me to the university.

"I'll go home now. Are you sure you don't want me to walk you home instead?" Smilingly, I shook my head no. He heditated on leaving me alone, but I insisted and he had no choice. He waved his hand good bye and hailed a bus, so he can get home.

I barely have 30 minutes more, so I stayed by the gate and sat on the bench. I randomly scrolled through my phone, searching for interesting news or such. I was just in that situation for the whole 30 minutes, so I did not notice that it's Jimin's dismissal time already.

I pocketed my phone and waited for him to walk to this direction. A little while after, I saw him with some friends. Our eyes met and I suddenly felt the electricity I've felt before--when we first met. My heart beated quickly just because of that simple gesture.

He bid his good bye to his friends before heading to my direction, "Why did you wait for me?" He asked.

"You can't just do all the waiting." I answered and raised my hand that is holding a box of taken out Chinese food. "Besides, I brought you dinner." I smiled.

His serious expressions changed right away. From a very serious one, he smiled and giggled. "Yah, I'm not used to something like this. I mean, this is not something that you would do!" He laughed.

I softly made a subtle grin, "Oh, this is something that I would definitely do..." I told him. "...especially if it's for you."

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