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it’s rare for hirai momo to ever get jealous, but it’s hard when you see half of your fanbase shipping your girlfriend with another girl.
and of course, mina is considerate of the older girl’s feelings so she tells momo and checks with her every time she does something with another member.
so when her and chaeyoung got friendship necklaces, momo was a little awkward about it but said okay to it regardless.
because at the end of the day, momo knows: mina comes home to her.
but ever since onces caught onto the necklaces, the amount of michaeng shippers have been unbearable for momo. every time she scrolled on twitter, every comment on instagram and every tiktok she watched, fans couldn’t help but point out mina and chaeyoung’s matching necklaces.
and for momo to see that every time she opened an app had her fuming.
and for the members, they noticed the change in momo’s mood.
she was silent and most worrisome of all, she started avoiding mina.
mina didn't seem to catch on until she saw all of the members going up to her girlfriend and hugging her, holding her hand and doing all the things she would do.
now, mina, she easily gets jealous, not that it’s a bad thing but “momoring” is hers and she wants everyone to know that
before their flight, they had at least another hour before they would board, so mina took the opportunity to go up to momo to talk to her about what’s going on.
"momoring..." mina said in her pouty voice, reaching for momo's hand gently, "are you okay?"
momo was silent for a second before she cleared her throat and responded, "of course why wouldn’t it be?"
"all of the girls keep giving you hugs... are you sure you’re okay?"
momo sighed before turning to her girlfriend, giving her a small peck on the head, "i'm okay, mina. sorry for worrying you."
mina?
momo usually never calls mina by her name unless it was for work or she was upset.
mina frowned but didn’t think much it about because chaeyoung had called her over.
(little did mina know that momo's smile faded a little more when she heard chaeyoung call mina's name.)
/
during the flight, mina was worried about momo. she asked all the members around what was up with momo.
nayeon responded with "yeah, she's fine… she just needs space, i think."
jeongyeon responded with "i don’t know... why didn’t she tell you?"
dahyun responded with "you should check up on her, unnie... she's in a mood."
but sana gave her the most helpful answer she had gotten that day, "talk to her, mitang... she's not gonna spill anything if someone doesn’t provoke her."
and so she tried.
after their flight, mina tried to go over to momo but not before the older girl walked over to tzuyu and snuggled into her arm before being forced away by sana.
when the girls lined up to leave, she stood behind momo, staring at the other girl’s spaced out expression.
mina tried to grab her hand and hold it, but momo started moving away before she could.
as they exited the airport, mina noticed momo's faster pace, as if she wanted away from mina as fast as she could.
when they finally got in the car, momo and mina sat next to each other in the back seats while sana and tzuyu sat in the front.
they drove for a while before mina spoke up, but not before checking to see if sana and tzuyu were asleep (they were, while also holding each other's hand).
"momoring... what's wrong?" mina tapped momo, who had now situated her cap lower and had her airpods in.
"nothing." momo mumbled before going back to look out the window.
"i know there’s something momo, please."
"there's nothing."
"i know you, momo, don’t try to lie please. just tell me."
momo could hear the desperation in mina’s voice but to be honest, she was too embarrassed to admit anything.
"i'm not lying."
mina rolled her eyes at the obvious lie.
"come on... i know there’s something bothering you because why would the girls know and do something about it but i don’t know anything?"
"don’t mind it."
"momo!" mina raised her voice at momo’s stubbornness.
"mina, i don't want to talk about it. okay?" momo snapped back.
"no! i want this sorted out!"
"you’re getting nothing."
"fine, we're doing this at home then." both girls turned towards their respective windows, leaving the tension in the car to boil.
/
when the girls got home, momo immediately went to her room and slammed the door shut, leaving mina and nayeon stunned.
"i'll... visit jihyo for now... you guys do whatever..." nayeon said before leaving.
mina knocked on momo's door before entering. she found the older girl curled up on her bed, headphones still in.
"let's talk now, momo."
"just go, mina."
"no! you’re my girlfriend, momoring. i want to help you!"
momo scoffed before sitting up, "yeah, i’m your girlfriend."
"what’s that supposed to mean?"
"i’m not so sure the rest of the world wants us together, anyways."
"what? and since when did you care about the rest of the world when it came to us?"
"maybe when they're trying to leech MY GIRLFRIEND onto someone else? yeah no, that’s where i draw a line!" momo's voice began to raise, venom traced in her words.
"momo, no one knows we're together. of course they’re going to ship us with other people!"
"yeah but why couldn’t they ship you with me!? not anyone else!"
"is this about chaeyoung? what? are you jealous about that right now?"
"fine yes! it's about you two! fucking everything on my social media right now is michaeng this michaeng that! fuck! i'm so mad at that!"
mina stood there, stunned at her girlfriend’s outburst.
"god, everything i see is you two... like does no one believe that i could be your girlfriend?” mina watched as tears started to fill momo’s eyes, “why couldn’t it be me and you that everyone raves about?"
momo took a glance at mina's necklace, the one she matched with chaeyoung.
"and that doesn’t help." momo says before looking down at her hands, "the matching shit."
"momo... you know you shouldn't be jealous right-?"
"i know that but mina... you're supposed to be mine..." momo said, voice breaking and tears spilling down her face, "how can we ever go public if i'm going to get bashed for not being chaeyoung?"
mina finally broke out of her stunned trance and sat down on the bed with momo, wrapping the older girl tightly in a hug.
"you'll never have to amount to chaeyoung. because at the end of the day, i'm yours. and i fell in love with you, not anyone else. if the public can't appreciate that, then who cares right? because they’re not the ones i’m madly in love with, you are and that’s all that should matter." mina said, softly and slowly, making sure that momo heard everything she said.
momo reciprocated mina’s hug, wrapping her own arms equally as tight around the younger girl, "i’m sorry mitang..." momo whispered. mina could feel momo's tears dampen her shoulder.
"don’t be. in fact, thank you for this. i know you would never be bothered by things like this but i’ll never hesitate to reassure you that this and me..." mina carefully took momo’s hand and placed it on her heart, “it’s all yours. i’m yours.” mina’s voice quivered.
momo stared at mina’s necklace again, as if she was trying to make up her mind about something. mina took notice and quickly took it off her neck.
"wha-?"
"don’t worry about it. let's get something for the two of us."
momo smiled at the thought, "i’d like that."