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Okay so maybe falsies aren’t Seokmin’s thing.
Mouth slightly agape and small mirror basically two inches from her face, she tries to put on false lashes for the first time.
She looked up makeup inspo and she’s trying her best to replicate, but her eyeliner wing is off and are you supposed to curl your lashes before or after the application?
“I can’t do it!” she flopped backwards on her bed, “This sucks! How come people do this all the time, but mine looks like this when I try!” she whines.
She gently peels the lashes off, “I don’t even wanna wear makeup anymore, the whole look is ruined now.” she pouts and grabs some makeup remover along with some cotton pads.
This is not her first time wearing makeup, so why does she feel like such an amateur? Wearing makeup should transfer the skills of doing makeup too.
Maybe she’ll ask Jeonghan for help. Her makeup always looks good.
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“Yeah girl, I can’t help you.”
“UGHHHHH” Seokmin falls face first on Jeonghan’s bed. “Hannieeee!” she groans loudly into her bedsheets.
“I’m sorry, Seokminnie, but this face is my only canvas. I can’t be trusted with anyone else’s face. But hey, I have a friend who's just as good at makeup as me. Lemme show you her instagram.” She grabs her phone and starts typing.
Seokmin groans again, now she has to talk to a random woman to up her makeup skills? Is it even that serious? Maybe she could just watch a few more youtube tutorials.
“Here, look.” Jeonghan turns her phone around to show pictures of the most gorgeous girl Seokmin has ever seen.
Seokmin grabs her phone to take a closer look. Her eyebrows look perfectly threaded, her eyeliner is symmetrical, her aegyo sal is highlighted, her cheeks are glowly, and her lips are a beautiful shade of cherry pink. This is awful.
“...Minnie!” Jeonghan snaps her fingers, “So? What do you think about her makeup? Do you want me to give you her instagram?”
“Absolutely not! What if I’m scrolling and she jumpscares me with her beauty?! That’s terrifying!” She hands the phone back and rubs at her face, “Why are all your friends so pretty?” She whines.
“Well, have you seen me?” Jeonghan flips her hair and Seokmin gives her a deadpan expression, at which Jeonghan chuckles at and tucks herself into Seokmin’s side.
“You know that means you too, right?”
“Hm?”
“You’re also really pretty, Seokminnie.” Jeonghan gently runs her hand through Seokmin’s hair, “If you never want to put on makeup, that’s fine too, y’know. You’re pretty with or without it.”
Seokmin pouts, “I know, but doing my own makeup seems so fun. I wanna learn.”
Jeonghan tilts Seokmin’s head to the side and places a kiss on the mole on her left cheek. She leans back to look at her, “So should I set up a meet up between you two?” She softly asks.
“...Finee, but you have to be there the whole time! She’s so pretty, I might freak!” She covers her face in shame.
“Sure, sure.” Jeonghan pats her back, “It’s okay, my little lesbian, it’s okay.”
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Okay, deep breaths, deep breaths.
The day is here. A cute girl is coming over, no biggie. Seokmin has seen cute girls before, hell Jeonghan unnie is a cute girl. So two really cute girls in one room, no pressure!
…Oh, who is she kidding, she’s fucked.
“Minnie, are you okay?” Jeonghan holds her by the shoulder, “What’s wrong?”
“Unnieee~” Seokmin whines, “Why would you show me her pictures?? What if she’s one of those girls who’s prettier in person and I go blind from her beauty!”
Jeonghan shakes Seokmin roughly.
“Girl, get it together! She’s just here to show you how to do your makeup!”
Seokmin pouts, “But she’s gorgeous.”
Jeonghan cups her face, “I’m not gonna lie to you, cutie, she is. But!” One of her hands left Seokmin’s cheeks to point at her, “You have to be calm! No fainting and at a minimum, I’ll accept blushing and a stutter or two. Maybe one blank stare if it’s cute enough.”
“Oh, well then I should just leave right now.”
“No! You can do this!”
Seokmin straightened up, suddenly standing proud, “I can do this!”
“You can! For learning new makeup tips!” Jeonghan throws her fist in the air.
“New makeup tips!” Seokmin follows her action.
They both turn their head at a doorbell ring followed by a knock.
“She’s here already?!? Oh, I lied! I lied! I lied! I lied!” She cries out as she sinks to the floor.
“No, No, keep it together, Kyeomie!” Jeonghan shakes her shoulders again. “Perseverance! Perseverance!”
They hear another knock.
“Kyeomie, I can’t keep her waiting. Do you really wanna do this?”
Seokmin slowly nods and sighs, “….Let her innn.”
Jeonghan pats her head, “Good girl, go freshen up for me.”
Seokmin slowly slinks up and truts her way to the bathroom as she hears the front door opening.
Seokmin locks the door and leans up to the mirror. She’s used to wearing no makeup, so her natural face doesn’t bother her, but what if Jeonghan’s friend thought she wasn’t pretty? Oh my gosh, what if her bone structure isn’t good enough for the makeup she wants to do?! Wait, does bone structure even matter when you do makeup?…
“Oh, I don’t know anything about anything! Especially makeup!” Seokmin thinks as she clutches her head.
She sighs and runs her fingers through her hair nervously, snagging her fingers a bit from how unintentionally rough she’s being.
Seokmin lays her hand on her chest. “Deep breath. Just calm down, you’re overreacting. She’s just a girl, Jeonghan’s friend even. It’s not a big deal, I can do this.”
She takes another look in the mirror, adjusting her skirt. Wait, she didn’t even think about her outfit. What if her outfit’s not cute enough? Are blouses even cute nowadays? Is she sweating? Are there stains? She has got to get out of this bathroom.
She takes one last breath and unlocks the door.
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Jeonghan opens the door to greet Joshua with a hug.
“Thanks for coming over, Jiji. Come in!” Jeonghan shuts the door behind her.
Joshua nods and tucks her short hair behind her ears excitedly, “When I heard the words “makeup”, “help”, and “girl," I knew I had to come over!” Joshua looks around confusedly, “So, where is she? You said she’s here, right?”
Jeonghan sighs, “She’s in the bathroom, she’s nervous.”
“Oh my God, was it something I did?” She puts her perfectly manicured hand on her chest worriedly.
“You’re cute, Joshiji, that’s enough for her.”
“Ahhh, so that’s what’s happening.” she giggles.
“Yeah, so go easy on her, okay?”
Joshua looks back offended, “Why’d you say that? I’m not gonna bite her.”
Jeonghan rolls her eyes, “Sure, you won’t.” she says sarcastically.
“I promise, Hannie. I’ll be nice to the poor girl.” She holds her pinky out, Jeonghan interlocks hers, and Joshua kisses it with a wink to seal the deal.
They hear the bathroom door slowly open to reveal the upper half of Seokmin’s face peeking out. Jeonghan kindly motions her to come closer, like she’s guiding a puppy.
Seokmin gradually walks out, hands clasped behind her back, to meet the two and she bows her head at Joshua, “Hello there, thank you for coming over on my behalf.”
Joshua smiles gently and shakes her head, “It’s not a problem really, I love talking about makeup! And please address me casually, pretty.”
Seokmin nods her head shyly, “Oh, I’m sorry…..?”
Joshua giggles, “Joshua, my name is Joshua.”
Seokmin nods, “Thank you, Joshua unnie.” She nervously looks around, “So um when do we get started? Did you bring anything because I bought some of my own stuff!” She grabs her purse off the kitchen counter and starts shuffling through its content,”…If it’s any good.”
Joshua leans over to Jeonghan while still looking at Seokmin, “You didn’t tell me she was this cute, I would’ve worn something nicer.” she playfully whispers behind her hand.
Jeonghan shrugs, “Didn’t think I had to tell ya, Thought you’d just assume.”
Seokmin shakes her head frantically then looks up at the two, “Yeah, these products can’t be any good, huh? I just packed blush, lip tint, eyeliner, and concealer, which I don’t even know why because I still have no clue how to use concealer.” she rambles as she lays the products on the dining table.
“Hey, hey, we all start somewhere, there’s no need to degrade what you have; It’s better than having nothing. So just breathe.” Joshua makes a breathing motion with her hands.
She follows Joshua’s motions and suddenly, Seokmin feels a lot lighter on her feet.
Joshua nods contently and looks at the products on the table, “Firstly, there’s no harm in using drugstore products, if it’s something you can afford, buy it. Secondly, yes, I did bring my own products!” She pats her oversized purse.
Maybe, Seokmin’s nerves will melt away. Maybe she will learn.
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Girls are great, awesome even. Especially when they’re right in front of you and basically breathing on your lips.
“Seokmin, you have to be still.” Joshua sighs and puts down the eyeliner pen. “Do you want me to poke your eye out?”
“How do you even do this? Doesn't it hurt when you do it too close to the eyes?”
Joshua shrugs, “You’re supposed to put it on your waterline, even though, tight lining isn’t exactly encouraged.”
Seokmin’s mouth opens in surprise, “Whoa, I can never get it that close without blinking. That’s probably why it always looks like that….” She whispers the last part.
“Yeah, it takes time and practice. I’ve shed a few tears in the past.”
“Oh my gosh, me too! That happens when anything gets too close to my eyes though, it’s so annoying!”
“Yeah? I bet you’re a pretty crier, Seokmin.”
That should not sound the way that it does, but how else do you interpret that?!
“She is.” Jeonghan said while absentmindedly scrolling on her phone, “Her eyes get all big, her cheeks get red, and she puts on the cutest pout. Super effective.”
“I do not!”
“Oh? I’ll have to see it sometime.”
Seokmin turns back to her, “You wanna…see me cry?”
“Well if you do it just as she said, that has to be quite the beautiful sight, huh?”
Seokmin's mouth slightly drops in surprise, what is she even saying?
“Anyways, how do you feel about adding blush?” Joshua asks as she grabs a blush compact and a thick makeup brush.
Oh, what the hell is this girl’s problem?
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“Okay now the last thing you do is set it. Either powder or spray works, I usually prefer powder. It gives me that matte look, but for you, we’ll try spray.” Joshua shakes up a bottle of setting spray.
“So this makes the makeup stay?”
“Mhm, don’t want nothing to wash the makeup off that pretty face.” She takes off the cap. “Okay now, close your eyes and don’t open them until I say, okay?”
Seokmin nods and closes her eyes and mouth.
Joshua sprays an “X” across Seokmin’s face then fans her. “I sadly left my fan at home, but after you spray, fan yourself so it really sticks.”
“Okay, you can open your eyes now!”
Seokmin slowly opens her eyes, “Everything okay, now?”
“Yep! You know, you’re really good at following instructions.”
“I mean yeah? I didn’t want the spray to get in my eyes.”
“Touché. Now on to the last part, lip gloss.” Joshua takes the lip gloss Seokmin retrieved from her purse and unseals the top.
“Ah, I got it, unnie, you don’t have to do that for me.”
“Ah, ah, I’m the makeup guru here. I got it, Seokmin.”
Seokmin nervously nods. She’s seen these scenes before, when the main character’s crush puts her lip gloss or lipstick on her. It never ends well…Actually, more like it ends too well. Shout out to Seokmin’s first realization that girls can kiss other girls.
“Okay…stay still.” Joshua says breathlessly as she gently applies the gloss to Seokmin’s lips. “You doing so well, Seokminnie.” She applies the gloss over Seokmin’s cupid’s bow.
Again, what is this girl’s problem? Why does she keep saying all these sexually charged things? Was this Jeonghan’s idea of a joke? Is Joshua doing this on purpose? Or is this all in Seokmin’s head and she’s just some creep projecting her attraction onto this kind woman?
“Seokmin!” Seokmin snaps out of her trance.
“Hm?”
“I said rub your lips together and we’re done!”
Seokmin nods and follows instructions. Joshua claps happily, “Are you ready to see the final look?”
Seokmin nods determinly, she’s ready to face herself.
Joshua gives her a hand held mirror and the world pauses for a few seconds for Seokmin. She looks so…Different. It’s still her of course, she didn’t want to hide anything. Makeup is to enhance anyways, but wow. Now she knows what eyeliner is supposed to look like.
“You like what you see, dear?”
Seokmin nods excitedly, “Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, unnie!” She excitedly turns to Jeonghan and poses with a peace sign, “Hannie, how do I look?!”
Jeonghan finally looks up from her phone and her mouth forms an “o” for a second. “Oh, look at this princess, so pretty, Minnie.” She leans her head to peek at Joshua with a thumbs up, “Good job, Joshiji.” The thumbs up is returned.
“Wha, I almost don’t wanna take it off! I look so good!”
“Yeah, you do.”
“Oh, you’re so nice, unnie. Good work!”
“Well, I had a great face to work with.”
Seokmin playfully swats at her, “Such a charmer.”
Joshua gives Seokmin a bright closed-eye smile, “If you ever want to learn how to recreate this look or just learn more about makeup in general, I can give you my number.”
Seokmin nods, scrolls to her contacts, and hands her phone to Joshua.
As Joshua puts her number in Seokmin’s phone, Seokmin turns to Jeonghan and gives her a thumbs down, thumbs up, or a side thumb for how this interaction has been going.
Jeonghan gives her a hopeful thumbs up.
“Here you go, Seokmin.”
She turns back to receive her phone.
“Don’t hesitate to call or text me, I mean it.”
Seokmin holds her phone to her chest and nods.
“I really like the tension in this room, I hope you cuties didn’t forget about me.” Jeonghan flops on the bed between them.
Joshua lolls her head to the side, “How could we ever?”
“You’re the star of the show, unnie.” Seokmin pats Jeonghan’s back.
“I’m glad my eye candies have finally met.” Jeonghan pats their knees.
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Bonus
“So you’re gonna be helping her.” Jeonghan holds out her phone to Joshua.
“….This is her?”
Jeonghan nods as she hands her phone over so Joshua can scroll through Seokmin’s photos.
“….Is she single?”
“Now, what does that have to do with makeup?”
“Well I wanna know if she’s doing her makeup for her boyfriend or something! If she wants to learn for herself or other people.”
Jeonghan narrows her eyes, “Sure, you do. No boyfriend to worry about.”
“Oh?”
“Hey, watch it now, that’s my fool.”
“Oh share, share.”
“Why should I?”
“Are you saying we wouldn’t make a good throuple?”
Jeonghan thinks……
“We really would.”
Joshua hands Jeonghan’s phone back, “I accept, I’ll bring my stuff over tomorrow.”
“Atta girl, teach the clueless lady.”
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Bonus 2.0
“Unnie, are you supposed to add the lip gloss before the setting spray?”
“It depends, but honestly?”
“Yeah?”
“I forgot :P.”