"When does it stop hurting?" Nayeon often asked herself.

She would always answer herself with, "Of course silly, When you stop loving Jeongyeon, then it will stop."

Then she realizes all over again.. how it was completely impossible.

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It's 8:00pm on the clock, and they're sitting down on a circular table. On center left is none other than Nayeon's cousin who returned from abroad--- Park Jihyo. Jihyo is the bright-eyed girl with the black fitted dress sitting in the middle. She has bangs and her hair is a naturally-colored chestnut brown. Just from the way she wore branded clothes from head to toe, you can already see how she's wealthy. They're inside a famous bar in seoul and they've only starting to drink. Jeongyeon is sitting near Mina, just like it should be, and it just reminded Nayeon all the more that jeongyeon isn't hers. That what happened during her birthday is just Jeongyeon being kind to her.She drank bitterly as she swallowed all the drinks.

"Ya, slow down bunnytooth" Sana said as she grabs Nayeon's glass, "Don't drink so much, you'll get wasted and you'll miss all the fun stuff."

"let her be Sana!! Let the girl live!" Jihyo laughed, "drink more Nayeon!"

"Ya! Are you really her cousin? You sound like a perverted old man trying to make a girl drunk." Chaeyoung laughed teasing Jihyo.

"Ya! You're dirty mouth haven't change! Don't tease me or I won't pay for that expensive tequila you're drinking!" Jihyo rolled her eyes,
"well let's get started. How are you all? I've missed you so muh. I can see new faces."

Jihyo is very close with Sana, Nayeon, Jeongyeon, chaeyoung and Tzuyu. She goes to the same school with them but then she moved to Canada for college. Jihyo was the so called 'Leader of the group'. She's very naughty and mischievous just like chaeyoung, but the difference is.. she's always too smart to get caught. She was a schemer and Nayeon couldn't count how many times the latter got her into trouble.

"So.. Jeongyeon and Nayeon? How are you? You both doing fine are you still---- ouch ouch!" jihyo's talking suddenly stopped when she felt pain when someone kicked her on her legs. It's Nayeon, of course.

She enlarge her eyes looking at her cousin having that 'don't-you-dare-say-anything' look. Jihyo sighs as she finally gets it. She saw how that new face is clinging next to Jeongyeon. She must've been Jeongyeon's new girl.

"So who's this?" Jihyo pointed at Mina, "you're a new face, aren't you?"

Mina smiled and nodded. Joeongyeon scoffed as she held mina's hand, "She's Mina. My girlfriend."

'Damn' Jihyo almost cursed when she realized that Jeongyeon and Nayeon broke up. She worked so hard to got them together during high school.

"you're very pretty." Jihyo smiled, "but Nayeon's pretty too."

Mina's eyebrows raised. Jihyo mischivoulsy smiled, "Oh who do you think is prettier between the two? Nayeon or Mina?"

Nayeon bit her lip. About to get angry. Jeongyeon was about to open her mouth when Chaeyoung suddenly answered, "It's Mina of course."

When Chaeyoung said that she immediately put a hand on her mouth. There was an awkward silence. Mina looked away, blushing and a bit embarssed,"I mean, what I mean is...Mina-unnie is kinder so she's prettier . Nayeon-unnie is a bully!"

"Well you're on Chaeyoungiee!" Nayeon laughed as she playfully pulled the younger's hair.

But as Jihyo heard that, she knows that there's more to it than that. As she looked at Chaeyoung and Nayeon, she smiled slyly as she drinks on her tequila, "This is gonna be a fun night."

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It's 10:00 already and everyone's enjoying themselves. Mina though is almost on her limit.

"Oh yeah, nayeon, one question?" Jihyo asked between hiccups.

"what?" Nayeon asked. She was still sober and the alchohol has no affect on her.

"are you over your ex?" jihyo laughed. "you know the one I'm talking about."

Nayeon turned frozed and she didn't even bothered to look at Jeongyeon. She bit her lip as she tried to act tough, "of course! i'm totally oooover her!! It's been so long!"

Jeongyeon stopped with Nayeon's words. There's pain inside her chest which she knows she fully deserved. 'Yes, nayeon is over me. And I shouldn't let this feelings ruin what we have' Jeongyeon thought. She sipped bitterly on her tequila as she talked to Mina again.

Even though that, right this moment she wanted to be beside Nayeon. She wanted Nayeon to be the one in her arms.

"Ohh really?" Jihyo chuckles, "Then prove us!"

"Yeah!" Sana said, "you should try to hook up with others! so you could also move on. Really."

Nayeon sighs, "I don't think so."

"huh. Coward." Jihyo rolled her eyes, "well to be fair, this is gonna be a treaty, We tonight. Aaaall the single ones needs to hook up!"

"what?!" Chaeyoung asked freaking out, "I don't think that's a good idea!"

"the loser pays the bill." Jihyo smirked.

Everyone's eyes almost dropped when they saw the bill Jihyo is showing. And there's no freaking way they can pay that.

"so get all your ass off and find someone already!" Jihyo laughed.

"what about Tzuyu then?" Sana asked, "she can't. she's underage."

Jihyo sighs, "listen here Sana-umma. Tzuyu needs to find a lover! She's on the right age. Why are you so overprotective?"

Sana stayed silent as Jihyo smirked, "so Tzuyu, you can go, or maybe I can help you find the right targets first?"

"what about that one? She seems hot." Jihyo said pointing at someone pretty on the bar. She nudge on Nayeon. As Nayeon turned to look at the girl, she saw a beautiful woman who is looking at her. The woman smiled at Nayeon. Nayeon turned away blushing beet red.

Jeongyeon scoffed, "she seems a bit too aggressive for Nayeon."

"No I don't think so." Sana smiled ast Jeongyeon, but her eyes wasn't smiling, "I think she's great!!! Omo, Nayeon, I know her, she's Jennie. She's from our university. She's on a rock band and very popular. And I know her she used to tell me that---"

"she's going out with Jisoo." Jeongyeon said.

"Oh really?" Sana asked then she saw a woman walking over the girl, "Oh yeah. There goes Jisoo."

Sana smiled as she saw how cute Jennie and Jisoo is together. The couple is both individually famous in the school. Jennie as the girl crush band singer and Jisoo as the pianist.

"though Jennie used to tell that she have a massive crush on Nayeon. Too bad they hooked up." Sana sighs. Sana felt how it's such a waste that her friend can finally find a new love.

"it's alright. I guess she isn't my style?" Nayeon smiled.

Jeongyeon smiled in victory as the latter was left alone. Sana was right though, Jennie has a massive crush on Nayeon. She used to tell Jeongyeon about it too.. but without everyone knowing, Jeongyeon set up Jennie with Jisoo. Jeongyeon could slap her face with her childishness, but she wasn't even aware she's doing it. She can't stop herself. She's irritated on the way Jennie would talk about Nayeon, telling her that she's pretty.

Because Jeongyeon knows it already.

She found Nayeon so pretty. Prettier than Mina and Prettier than anyone else.

That she felt so guilty.

Even if Mina is her girlfriend, For Jeongyeon, Nayeon is still the prettiest girl she had ever laid her eyes on. Just like how she first met her, she always felt being captivated everytime she looks at her.

"and Chaeyoungie. What about you? Any types?" Jihyo asked.

"Chaeyoung never had a type before. She never had a crush like ever, "Tzuyu sighs, "I don't think so no one ever suited to be her type."

Jihyo smiled slyly, "I know her type though. It's the shy awkward, elegant girly type."

As jihyo said that Caheyoung stiffened,"How did you know?" Sana asked.

"just guessing, oh then fine. I'm gonna leave you all here tonight. Gonna find my buddy. and look forward, this bar has some exciting events."

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                 It's 11:00 already and Mina already passed out from so much drink. Jeongyeon carried her into the V.I.P. As Nayeon saw the way Jeongyeon's hands carried Mina, she could almost hear her own heart break that moment. She couldn't even smile, she just nodded and tried to pinched her arm hoping that pain she feels inside her chest would go away. She sighs heavily in disappointment. Sana just rubbed Nayeon's back not knowing what to say to make her feel better because nothing's good with her situation. She couldn't even think of a bright side, everything's just fucking painful.

"I wish, I could've been the one who passed out." Nayeon said bitterly, "then she would've carried me. And I would be the only one in her eyes. It's so unfair."

"If you passed out, everyone's gonna be worried. Don't be like that, stupid unnie." Tzuyu said.

Nayeon smiled as she nodded with the younger. While they all comfort Nayeon, they didn't notice Chaeyoung gulping down tequila after tequila as if she's gulping down all the lump on her throat and the pain her chest. She closed her eyes with each drink, begging herself to forget how Jeongyeon carried Mina, and how it felt to carry her. She did it before, when she first fell in love with her but maybe it isn't meant to be her.

"This bar has a tradition of 7 minutes in heaven in that cabinet! We're gonna pick 3 pairs each of you!" The host suddenlyexclaimed and everyone gone wild. Nayeon and everyone looked at the man on the stage as they listened curiously. He quickly pull out a piece of paper in the box and smiled, "The first couple is.... Momo and.. Nayeon!"

'Momo? That sounds familiar' Nayeon thought but her eyes gone wider when she realized that she was the on who was called.

Everyone on the club pulled her into the front stage, as she suddenly saw the person being paired with her, It's none other than the blonde who took her ring from the amusement park. She was wearing a leather jacket and tight ripped jeans which made her effortlessly alluring and beautiful. The blonde smirked as she saw Nayeon and smiled, "Nice to see you again~"

Nayeon was taken aback as she suddenly felt nervous. Things like this was never her style, she has always been a good girl and partying is a thing she never experienced especially '7 minutes in heaven.'

"Now shake hands!" The host laughed. He then pushed the two in the cabinet as she winked at both of them, "Please come out as a couple!"

Nayeon can feel her feet cold as she was stuck inside the cabinet with Momo. She could literally hear her own heartbeat. Momo laughed as she looked at Nayeon, "relax. Nothing's gonna happen. Chill girl."

Nayeon glared at her, "I'm not gonna relax if you're the one I'm stuck with."

"Please, I'm not some criminal." Momo laughed, "and why can't you be nice?"

Nayeon sighs as she suddenly felt a bit guily. She's been acting so mean, "Okey. Sorry. But that didn't changed that fact that you stole my ring."

"I'm gonna give it back, alright?" Momo sighs.

"Yeah, whatever." Nayeon rolled her eyes, "what are we gonna do? Are we gonna get stock here forever? when will they let us out?!"

Momo snickered, "forever? It's just 7 minutes. That's why it's called 7 minutes in heaven."

Nayeon's mouth turned into a pout as she glared at her, "I'm sorry I didn't know!!"

The latter's eyes widened a bit as she burst out into a laughter, "How innocent are you?! You don't even know this?!"

"I'm sorry." Nayeon mumbled, "it's not as if I've even drunk before."

"jinja?" Momo said in disbelief, "Where are you from to be this pure?"

Nayeon rolled her eyes, "I guess you don't believe me but stop with the sarcasm."

"I wasn't being sarcastic just surprised. I'm here almost everynight." Momo laughed. She can't help but feel surprise on how different they are from each other. Momo knows she's an ass and she can't help but feel a bit of jealousy towards people who stays pure despite of the influence on their surroundings. Momo drinks whenever she have problems and she can't help but be surprise how people like Nayeon wouldn't drink despite their problems. "You're surprising."

"huh?" Nayeon acted a bit confused, "What do you mean?"

Momo smiled looking at Nayeon. As you can see the way she dress in a cutesy way, wearing a really frilly floral dress, she seems very innocent and not used going to bars. Momo already saw Nayeon earlier in the table, smiling happily, and she can't help but feel delighted seeing that cute smile because her smile looks like she haven't experience anything sad even if she's experiencing heartbreak. She has this bright energy around her. Though she noticed how she got down a few minutes earlier before she got stock on the game by the host.

"You should smile more often." Momo suddenly blurted out. "it's pretty."

Nayeon blushed as she saw the way momo looked at her gently, so much different the way the latter has been teasing her earlier. Momo pinched nayeon's cheeks, "Come on... smileee!"

"It's awkward to be asked to smile!" Nayeon laughed putting the latter's hand away, "you're so weird!"

"that's nice." Momo giggled, "You should laugh more. And don't cry anymore. "

Nayeon sighs as shook her head, "weirdo."

"Thanks." Momo laughed, "and 7 minutes in heaven? Ain't we gonna do something? I could use some kiss."

Nayeon glared at her as Momo put both of her hands forward, "I'm kidding!"

"That's good." Nayeon laughed.

When Momo met Nayeon's eyes, she saw the sparks within the latter's eyes. The sparks that was long time gone from hers. It's funny how a person's eyes can look like that even if her heart is breaking.

"I just wanna ask----"

As Momo opened her mouth, the cabinet door suddenly opened, reavealing both of them. The two stood up immediately.

"Not a couple?" The host asked.

Nayeon shook her head. "No."

Momo grinned and answered, "No... not yet."

Everyone awed but Nayeon just slapped Momo's shoulder with embarrassment. The host gave them a satisfied look as they continued with the program. Momo asked Nayeon to sit and drink with her on the bar. Nayeon seems to have liked Momo more than before so she agreed. The latter proven to be an interesting fella with an exciting life.

Momo once almost got molested on the train but she punched him instead and he ended up uncocncious so she ended up being the one who's questioned. Momo also once got lost during thei high school fieldtrip for one night and she ended up being chased by a wild bear. She also once called in the guidance office because she painted down graffity in the hallways. Momo is an interesting person a risk taker who's a lot different from Nayeon. Nayeon found her unique and interesting that she enjoyed her story. Momo also loved the way Nayeon's laughter and giggles sounds like and everytime the latter's front teeth flashes on her way, she feels her heart skipping a beat and her stomach turning upside down.

"What is it about love that you're willing to go all through this stuff?" Momo suddenly asked. She was surprised on how she can say that so suddenly but this has been going through her head. As someone who's experiencing that right now, she can't help but wonder how people like Nayeon exist.

How people who chose to hold on and not let go exist.

"What do you mean?" Nayeon asked in denial.

"Come on! I saw you once right? Crying on that 'Jeongyeon's arms. Why are you willing to get hurt like that?" Momo asked again.

"Ohh that." Nayeon averted her eyes, "Why is it so..."

Momo sighs, "I can't believe how people would choose to love and get hurt! It's plain stupid. Why would you choose a love that hurts?"

"Yup love does hurt." Nayeon sighs, "But love is also something wonderful you know? Even if I do cry sometime. I wouldn't get tired of loving. Of loving her."

Momo stopped as she can see all the sincerity in Nayeon's eyes. She was very different from her. She's determined, pure and loving. The blonde shook her head and smiled, "she's one lucky person."

"I am lucky too. She cares for me, even if not as someone she loves but as someone important to her. I think that's enough. I can't explain it, it's a bittersweet feeling." Nayeon smiled as she sipped again on the cocktail. She knows that Jeongyeon cares for her even if she's not her 'the one' but rather a important person in her life, as maybe someone as her bestfriend or someone she onced loved.

The night gets deeper as Nayeon gets drunk even more. She didn't realize how much she had drunk now, she was engrossed with talking to the blonde.

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          For Mina, it has always been Jeongyeon. For all these years she can only see the captain of the basketball club. It started when Jeongyeon carried her down to the clinic when she's in high school. It was the weakest moment of her life, when her dad died. It might've been small for others but it was just the way the warm back she felt when that person carried her or how she woke up in the clinic and found herself tucked in the bed with a drink on the side. It's how she felt when her dad used to carry her on her bedroom when she fell asleep on the living room. She fell in love completely.

Since then, she got to know Jeongyeon more. Little by little she knows a lot of things about her. She's athletic, smart and a independent girl. sometime soon, she got to know Chaeyoung. And it must've beent he biggest mistake she did, but she got close to chaeyoung so that she can get close to Jeongyeon herself. Yes, she knows how much it was so wrong to use someone to get closer to Jeongyeon but she did. She hanged out with Chaeyoung so that she can get closer to Jeongyeon but that time, she had no chance. Jeongyeon was going out with a certain girl she doesn't know.

Chaeyoung cared for her, when she's crying the latter would always make her smile, she would always be there for her. She's the best at making witty remarks that makes Mina laughs and her arms are always there for her to be her home. Chaeyoung had always felt like a home.

A home Mina had soon lost. Everything was going well... until Chaeyoung got to know it of course.

She hurt chaeyoung so much that she's always been so embarrassed to face her. But the latter told her that she's happy for her, for both of them. Mina couldn't feel more thankful and blessed.

While drinking, she doesn't know why but the way the new girl, 'Jihyo' pushes Chaeyoung with different girls irritates her. She knows that none of those girls even deserves chaeyoung. She deserves someone more refine, more serious and more... more like Mina. Mina shook her head in the thought and put her head on Jeongyeon's shoulders. Sooner Mina's consciousness started to fade, she felt Jeongyeon carried her into a room and gently pats her head. But it was quite different from what she remembered. The feel on Jeongyeon's hands feel a lot different.

Then she remembered that night when she saw Jeongyeon carrying Nayeon on her back. It was suspicious and Mina felt hurt. She doesn't want to feel jealous especially that she was her bestfriend but she felt it. She cried after that night, maybe she might've been too thick-faced but she let Chaeyoung comfort her. The latter told her how it's going to get fine and how she knows that Jeongyeon loves Mina. At her times of breaking down, Chaeyoung calsm her down.

As the night gets deeper, she soon felt Jeongyeon's prescence disappear. Instead, she felt like she had the weirdest dream or maybe a hallucination. Maybe it was the alcohol that made Mina felt fire all over the skin or maybe it was the alchohol that made her heart beat crazy fast inside her chest. She doesn't know but she knows how good it felt to feel a person's lips unto hers. As she opened her eyes, she swore she saw Chaeyoung's face.

"Minari." She hears a captivating giggle coming from the younger. She doesn't know if this is reality or not but she couldn't push away the younger.

The way Chaeyoung's hand caresses her cheeks or how her hand travels on chaeyoung's hair, all of the temptation makes her go crazy. Her mind turned blank and all she follows is what the fast beat in her chest tells her. She threw away sanity and passionately kisses the younger.

Chaeyoung entwined her hands with Mina's. She felt the need to pull her tighter and put her hands on her back. She closed her eyes as a tear almost fell down on her cheeks. She never felt this happy and overwhelming before, she held on tightly on Mina. She felt like melting whenever the latter's fingertips touches her. They pulled away from each other and stared into each other's eyes. Their foreheads met as she felt Mina's breath. Their lips met again as the rest of the night became a blur into their memories.

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           Everything is blurred for Nayeon right now. She is too drunk to know who is in there. She had forgotten how many drinks she had. All she knows is this feelings inside her chest surfacing.It was a woman came into her pulled her hand, whispering something in her ears she couldn't hear.

"Excuse me, but I know her. I'll take her home." Jeongyeon said as she held Nayeon's hand and pulled her away from the stranger, from Momo. She left Mina to check out on the others then found a blonde flirting with Nayeon. It infuriates her so much.

She grabbed Nayeon and carried her into the car. As Nayeon lays, Jeongyeon sighs looking at her, "Who told you to get so drunk?"

Nayeon tried to envision the person she's seeing but failed to do so, "Who are you?"

"Nabong, how many bottles did you drink?!"

Nayeon giggled. Jeongyeon was shocked when the latter touched both of her cheeks, "You look familiaaar!"

"You look like... Jeongie!"

"I am Jeongyeon!" the latter laughs.

"No you're not," Nayeon frowns, "the jeongyeon now is always frowning, always angry. She is Mina's jeongyeon. But you... The way you look at me. Reminds me of that person."

"Who?" Jeongyeon asked.

"of the Jeongyeon who was still in love with me." Nayeon laughed as tears suddenly fell down to her cheeks, "My jeongyeon"

As Nayeon said that, she is meeting Jeongyeon's eyes. Jeongyeon was about to open her mouth when

"ughhh...." Nayeon gagged, "I'm gonna... ughh."

Jeongyeon immediately grabbed tha latter and took her outside the car and let her threw up as she held back Nayeon's hair for her. Jeongyeon felt her heart skip a beat on the sight of seeing Nayeon's flawless white neck. She averted her eyes and continued on rubbing the latter's back.

"I told you, don't drink so much. You're not even a good drinker to begin with." Jeongyeon shook her head.

"But.. ugh.. she keeps offering me more." Nayeon answered.

Jeongyeon sighs as she rubbed Nayeon's back, "I can't even take my eyes off you."

As Nayeon finished throwing up, Jeongyeon gently pat Nayeon's head and wiped her face with wet towel. She tied her hair up for her and lead her to the car. She sighs as she fixed nayeon laying down on the passenger seat.

"It hurts." Nayeon blurted out.

"What does? Anything hurt? Your head?" Jeongyeon asked worriedly as she gently pats Nayeon's head. She felt so worried for the younger that she feel so nervous right now. Nayeon is never used to drinking. "Don't worry that pain will go away soon."

'It didn't' Nayeon thought. The pain never left her and hurting didn't end. It has always been there all this time because she never did stop loving Jeongyeon. Nayeon started to cry as she slowly curled up into a ball in the car. She covered her face as she held her voice back. She's still drunk and not conscious but the pain in her chest won't disappear. In every second, she still thinks of that one person. She still thinks of Jeongyeon. Tears fall in her eyes as she finally gone to sleep.

Jeongyeon was frustrated as she sighs deeply and started to nag, "Now, you're fine! This is why I'm always warning you. You're always so gullible! I don't know what to do with you anymore----"

Then she suddenly stopped when she saw Nayeon sleeping already. She sighs again as she looked how peaceful she looks sleeping.

"of the Jeongyeon who was still in love with me." Jeongyeon remembered Nayeon's words again.

She said as she slowly arched toward Nayeon and gently let her lips touched her forehead, "why is it you again?"

Jeongyeon continued as she put both of her hands on her face. Not knowing what to do with the messy situation she created and that confused feelings in her chest. She painfully sighs as she asked herself, "Can a person fall in love with the same person... twice?"

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I hope you loved the update!! It took me a long time to update since i was busy with school and Finals. I'm sorry i made you wait!  Well Michaeng progressed so much in this chapter, and satzu maybe on the next chap(?)

I lowkey ship Monayeon but 2yeon hwaiting~ BTW Thanks for the comments and votes!