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“Are you fucking serious?”
Everyone stops in their tracks after the girl’s sudden outburst. It’s followed by a death glare so murderous that none of those present have ever seen before. Only the muted conversations of other bar patrons disturb the silence that fell upon a small group of friends.
“Excuse me?” The big-eyed girl, previously distracted by the hugs of hamster looking individual, furrows her eyebrows in surprise. So far, everything was going well. Except that apparently it wasn’t. At least not for the brunette currently killing them with her eyes. It seems as if a dark cloud is hanging above her head. Noticing the brunette’s gloomy aura for the first time, with her arms folded on the chest and lips pursed tightly, everything has finally started dawning on the rest of them.
“What’s wrong, Mitang?” After being denied hugs and kisses, the hamster looking girl decides to give her friend some attention. The sooner they solve her problem, the faster her girlfriend comes back into her arms.
The one and only Mitang just bristles, knowing the actual reason behind Sana’s concern. It unnerves her even more. Since the beginning of their little get-together, everything has been pushing on her buttons, including her friends’ dumb asses that have absolutely zero clue about how to be decent human beings and keep their hands off each other while in public. Mina is no stranger to PDA, so are none of her friends. It's hard to stomach the audacity they seem to have to be ignorant of her feelings.
You see, Mina can be quite petty. Even though right now she has a viable reason behind it. Or so she thinks.
“C’mon, guys, Mina just needs to get laid.”
The statement is followed by a snicker from the tall short-haired girl, back hugging the one who dared to say the truth out loud, unaware that it only added more fire to the fuel. Literally. You can see steam coming from Mina’s ears.
But we can’t disregard the fact that she is onto something. Yes, Mina is super fucking single. So what?
Everyone knows that, each of her, as she used to think, close friend is aware of how much she despises being reminded of the fact. Yet, they still choose to act nauseatingly clingy with their girlfriends right in front of her eyes.
The couples always look as sweet as they look annoying. But she gets it. She’s happy for them, but being a sore loser she is, she doesn’t want to be left out. And she is constantly left out. Courtesy of her friends.
Now, introducing people making Mina’s life a little more miserable, there we can see two couples leisuring across her. The four culprits are Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Sana and Jihyo.The problem is that they have been too invested in each other, leaving Mina to entertain herself.
Nayeon and Jeongyeon have been bickering over stupid things for hours, stopping once or twice to furiously make out. It happened first when Mina was in the middle of zealously cussing out her history professor and hasn’t stopped until now.
Jihyo, though, while being a more considerate friend out of them, a better friend, unfortunately dates Minatozaki Sana, who is less considerate, but needier. Thus, it results in Jihyo to be almost always distracted by the naughty hands of her girlfriend, squeezing and touching her body in places that shouldn’t be mentioned for the sake of everyone’s innocence... or lack of it.
There is also Momo, who didn’t even show up today. Again. She’s been ditching them for quite some time now. According to Nayeon, her roommate, the girl keeps trying to hit on someone from her music class. In Momo’s own word, “The prospect of getting a girlfriend means more to me than hanging out with any of you.”
So yeah, it leaves Mina and her four insensitive friends. And by the time that the brunette gets a grasp of painful reality, it’s too late to admit.
That Myoui Mina is a certified third wheel.
And her friends know it and use it to their own advantage. Why else would they invite her just to flaunt how happy and stupid (Mina is very petty) they all are with their lovers?
“Nayeon, shut your trap,” Jihyo, being a good friend that she is, snaps at the rest of them and sits closer to Mina. She gently pats her arm, urging the girl to calm down a little. “What’s wrong?”
“Oof, I wouldn’t touch her now if I were you, Hyo,” Jeongyeon lets out a huff and reaches for the bottle of bear on the table. This time it’s Nayeon whacking her in the head for no reason whatsoever.
Jihyo ignores them (even Sana’s pout) and patiently waits for the answer.
“You guys suck, that’s the thing,” the brunette grumbles almost unwillingly, taking a swig from her own bottle of bear. She makes a funny face at the taste, wondering why she even drinks it.
“Oh, big news. You tell us that all the time.”
“Nayeon, please, shut up,” with all her might Jihyo ignores a middle finger sent her way.
“Yeah, but today you extra suck. Why did you even invite me if all you do is suck each other’s faces?” Another swig from the bottle and actually it’s not that bad.
“We sor-”
“I told you! She just wants to get laid!” Jeongyeon tries to get a hold of her girlfriend who seems far too gone from all the tequila shots. In her attempt, she barely avoids knocking down all the bottles from the table. It startles Sana, who actually knocks down some bottles. And they almost fall and get spilled on Mina. “Oopsie.”
“How is me wanting all of you to act respectful while talking to me equals my need to fuck someone?” With every second, Mina’s frustration just grows more. Add the alcohol that starts to kick in. She feels dizzy.
“How do you expect us not to kiss our girlfriends with our, well, girlfriends next to us?”
“Maybe I don’t want to see you kissing your girlfriends at all. Have you considered that?”
“Ridiculous.”
“Nayeon, QUIET. Mina, wait, I get it. We can be too much, but why? Are you perhaps… jealous?”
Jihyo’s words make Mina choke on beer. “That's ridiculous.”
However, they also make her wonder if it's true. She reminisces about all their outings and how she constantly just grumbles her way through them. Is Mina really such a terrible person to hang out with? Come to think of it, even when her friends seem less touchy and more bearable to be with, Mina always tugs behind them with her gaze focused on the way two couples interact with each other, look at each other and do other couple-y things.
It’s probably the alcohol’s fault because sober Mina would never admit it, but oh God, she is jealous.
She wouldn't say it out loud. But after all the alcohol consumed, she goes, “Maybe I am, so what?”
This statement makes half the table mum except Nayeon’s drunk screech of I told you so! It also gets Sana’s attention. “You’re jealous? Why?”
“Are you jealous of… any of us?”
Mina vehemently denies it. “Ew, no, don’t even think of me like that. None of you.”
“… Do you really just want to get laid?” Jihyo inquires quietly.
“No! I mean… not really,” Mina diverts her gaze to people around them. Now that she realized why she was always butthurt around her friends, she feels kind of… lonely? Anyway, telling them that was a bad idea, but she’s drunk. Sue her.
“Maybe I just want what you have,” she admits. Before anyone can object, she continues, “You’re always together. You all have someone to talk to whenever, someone to go out with. You even live together. So I really hate it when you can’t keep it in your pants when you call me to hang out. I get it, but seriously? Momo maybe doesn’t mind, but Momo is Momo. She doesn’t care about anything except food. But I do care. Because all you do is ignore me. Well, sometimes. Like you’ve been doing it today.”
After an almost tearful tirade, she chugs the rest of her beer, avoiding her friends’ eyes. Gosh, now she’s awfully embarrassed. Did she really mean any of it? She will for sure regret everything she just said in the morning.
“I’m sorry Mina, now I feel like a terrible friend,” Jihyo sighs dejectedly while Sana just gives her a small smile.
“Surprisingly, I do too.” The mood is totally ruined, until the short-haired girl gets interrupted by a happy scream, “Just get LAID, gurrrl.”
Well, she never expected to be such a party pooper. How awkward. Her head hurts and she just wants to go home. “It’s okay. But sometimes you guys really suck. And today was no exception.” Quickly collecting her things, Mina sends a quick text to her driver to pick her up while she still can walk and think coherently.
“Next time you plan to just make out with each other, consider not calling me at all,” the brunette’s gaze is barely focused, but she sends the last look before stumbling to the door, “but if you want to actually hear about my life, come talk to me. Separately. Bye.”
The table is quiet. The mood is completely ruined.
“Pff, such a loser,” Nayeon jumps and gets almost plastered across the floor, but she has an idea, “let’s just get her someone to f-”
“Okay, you’re done, we’re going home.” While both Jihyo and Jeongyeon try to hoist up shitfaced Nayeon that hasn't stopped complaining, Sana pensively looks at the retreating figure. She has a feeling she should expect a text message later.
***
With a great effort, Mina gets inside her room. Her head still hurts, but she feels less drunk. Her driver got her a water bottle on the way home because she was close to vomiting all over the expensive leather seats. Now her thoughts are less muddled and she feels even more shameful about her behavior at the bar.
Clumsily, she takes her clothes off and climbs on the bed. Soft satin sheets almost make her moan, but she doesn’t because it’d be the weirdest thing drunk Mina could ever do. She just wants to sleep it off and forget about everything. But another thought won’t let her be.
If her jealousy is not made up, then she needs to do something about it. But what?
Get laid? Screw you, Nayeon. No, she doesn’t even have an option of doing it. She could find someone at the bar or a club, but one-night stands aren’t her thing. And she’s way too introverted for this shit.
Psychotherapy? No, she’s not a psycho, is she? Mina is insecure about things, but watching her friends’ blooming relationships doesn’t make her self-conscious. It makes her mostly mad. And disgusted.
Find a hobby? Mina’s recently started playing Apex Legends, so she won’t have time for anything new. Her grades have already taken a brunt. Nothing she can’t fix, though.
Ask someone to pretend to be her lover? Ridiculous, it’s not a fucking movie. And it’s pathetic.
What else? Find a boyfriend? Ew.
Maybe then... find a girlfriend?
Bull’s eye! Mina gets too excited over the idea that she jumps out of bed and, disoriented, plants face down on the floor.
She rolls over on her back and smiles at the ceiling. Hm, a girlfriend? Actually, not bad. She thinks about having a girlfriend and how she can always ditch her friends for her. Give them a taste of their own medicine.
Deep down, she knows dating someone will be for her own sake, so she can feel... less lonely.
But then it strikes her. How the hell is she going to find one? She is trying to remember every girl she has ever talked to. None of them seem like her type. Sure, she knows some are smart, some are pretty, some are both, some are none of both, but no one ever made her stop and even consider the possibility of dating anyone.
Ah, yes, this is why she is still single.
If Mina wanted, she could get anyone with her looks, brain and money (arrogant much?). But that’s the thing. She never wanted it. Not even once. She was in a relationship a couple of times, but those were so dull and daunting. She thinks it’s a blessing none of them moved farther than rare pecks and holding hands.
Another reason is that Mina is so fucking introverted. Her friends know that she’d happily die in the safety of her room with her Nintendo Switch and cups of cheap ramen by her side (yes, Mina is rich). That’s why it annoys her to no end when they force her to leave her dorm just to ignore her completely. Whatever.
So how will she find a girlfriend, you ask?
Drunk Mina is no less brilliant than a sober Mina, but often she makes very questionable life decisions.
And that’s exactly why Mina comes to the conclusion that Sana will be her savior.
Sana can help her, right? She’s good at talking to people, knows a bunch of them. Finding someone for a hermit like Mina won’t be difficult at all. Moreover, Sana always tells her about the cute girls she sees here and there, much to Jihyo’s dismay.
Sana always wanted to introduce her to a couple of them. Now is the perfect time. Although she was sure that Sana would never get to her and she was just desperate. Oh, how the tables have turned. Look who’s desperate now.
With newfound energy, she takes out her phone and opens the message app.
From Sana-chan 5:44 pm
meeting at the bar at 9
From Sana-chan 5:51 pm
mina answer me
are u going
minaaa
From Sana-chan 5:55 pm
jihyo told me she'll bring your ass there herself if she needs to
From Sana-chan 5:59 pm
:(
I like ur butt
To Sana-chan 6:12 pm
ima tell jihyo u said that
From Sana-chan 6:13 pm
pls don't im SORRY
She almost gets distracted by the notification from one of her games but quickly remembers her purpose.
To Sana-chan 11:26 pm
SANAA
I NEED UR HELP
From Sana-chan 11:27 pm
i was expectinh a rext
how arr u
To Sana-chan 11:27 pm
SANNA
I NEED A GF
From Sana-chan 11:27 pm
i knw u do
everuone knows now
To Sana-chan 11:27 pm
noo u don't get it
i want one like for real real
u get it?
From Sana-chan 11:28 pm
wait
like for real for real?
omg u rlly want to get laidd
To Sana-chan 11:28 pm
no sana I'm serious
help me find someone
From Sana-chan 11:28 pm
OMG
??????!!!
U ASK FOR MY HELPWQ
I NEED TO PROCSEDD IT
I NEVER THOT THIS DAY WILL COME
To Sana-chan 11:28 pm
damn are u drunk?
ur writing sucks
From Sana-chan 11:28 pm
NIT ANYMORE
who do you want?
like hair, face, height, tell m evrything
To Sana-chan 11:29 pm
uhh idc set me up with one of your insta friends or something
i know u have lots of girls there
I trust u
ig
From Sana-chan 11:30 pm
ON IT
U JUST RELAX AND THE CUPID WILL TAKE CRE OF EVRUTHING
after jihyo takes me homo
homo
no homo
i meant to say HOMO
fck
With a snort, Mina throws the phone away and closes her eyes. The tiredness has finally got to her. But she doesn’t know that the last thought that flashes in her mind before she succumbs to sleep will come to bite her in the ass. Hard.
Fuck, was it a good idea asking Sana to help?