Chapter Text
Third Person POV
It was a new day. Sunlight slowly seeps in through the curtains into the dimly lit room.
Son Chaeyoung was asleep in her bed her hair sprawled on the pillow and on top of her was......
Dahyun. Jumping up and down chanting Chaeyoung's name over and over again like a small child asking their mom for candy or something.
"Chae! Chae! Chae! Chae! Chae! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" Dahyun practically yells as she jumps around like she's riding a wild bull.
"FOR FUCK'S SAKE KIM DAHYUN!" Chaeyoung yells at her bestfriend pushing her off her own body making her fall on the floor next to the bed.
Dahyun quickly stands back up and goes near Chaeyoung's ear. Close enough for Chaeyoung to feel Dahyun's breath. And then she yells.
"I SAID WAKE UP YOU IDIOT!" She screams making Chaeyoung jolt away from her and fall from the other side of the bed.
She stands back up rubbing the back of her head. Her eyes were still barely open and her messy hair was standing up making it look like a lion's mane.
"Geez. Don't you have a Japanese woman you should be jumping on now? Why me?" Chaeyoung whines as she sits back down on her bed.
"Why you? Because I wuv you silly." Dahyun says in an aegyo voice. Chaeyoung just looks at her with a judgmental look.
"Dahyun. I don't think this'll work. We should break up." Chaeyoung says as she sits back down on bed.
"Ha ha very funny." Dahyun says sarcastically as she hits Chaeyoung's arm.
"Speaking of Japanese woman, you do remember that you have a date with yours in an hour right?" Dahyun asks.
Chaeyoung's eyes almost pop out of her head as realization hits her.
'My date with Mina. Shit.'
Chaeyoung immediately jumps off her bed and runs into the bathroom yelling. "Why didn't you wake me up sooner dubu?"
Dahyun just rolls her eyes and shouts back. "What do think I've been trying to do for the past 30 minutes? God you sleep like a dead person."
After a while Chaeyoung gets out of the bathroom in a towel and immediately starts panicking.
Dahyun watches with a smile as her long time bestfriend for the first time in her life is concerned about what to and what not to wear. She usually just wears whatever she wants and doesn't give a flying fuck what anyone else thinks.
So for Dahyun it was amusing so see Chaeyoung like this.
"What are you sitting there for? Help me choose!" Chaeyoung says looking at Dahyun.
Dahyun tried her hardest to stop herself from laughing when she saw Chaeyoung's small figure almost hidden in the mountain of clothes around her. She ended up letting it out and laughing to her hearts content.
"Stop laughing at my misery and help meeee" Chaeyoung whines sitting with her feet folded under her and going outward so her butt would rest on the ground. Anime style.
"I'm sorry I'm sorry. I just can't help it." Dahyun says out of breath and wheezing.
"I've texted Sana to come over she'll know better." Dahyun says when she had calmed down.
***
Chaeyoung was standing near her car nervously waiting for her date to come out of her apartment. An apartment Chaeyoung herself bought for the girl.
She was wearing a purple knee length dress that has a round neck with laces around the midriff down to the tip/bottom giving it a layered look.
After what Chaeyoung would describe as 'forever and then some' Mina came out of her home. The shorter girl actually waited only a few minutes but if you ask her she would say otherwise.
Mina was wearing a mini length dress with transparent long sleeves, a round neckline, button cuffs, an elasticized waist and a self tie waist belt.
Mina would say she went for a simple look. Nothing too fancy. But if you ask Chaeyoung she would say it was ethereal in every way.
"Hi Chaeyoungie." Mina greets with a huge gummy smile that made her eyes dissapear.
Chaeyoung was admiring the girl as little too much. She heard Mina's greeting. She saw the gummy smile and the tiny hand wave. But all that got to her brain was.
'AAAAAAAH! God damn it she's gorgeous!'
Mina had to repeat her greeting for Chaeyoung to fully snap out of it.
"O-oh. Sorry hi. You... you look gorgeous." Chaeyoung said releasing a sigh as she said the word gorgeous making it obvious that Mina was taking Chaeyoung's breath away.
Both girls now stood there profusely blushing. Mina, because of the unexpected compliment she just got from the cub and Chaeyoung, because she just can't seem to function correctly when Mina was next to her and it was embarrassing to her.
Even though the embarrassment was there she was sure she loved every second of it.
Chaeyoung looked up to see Mina giggle as she put her hand near her mouth. She saw the blush still adorned on her cheeks and that beautiful smile.
'Hell yeah. Totally worth it.' She thought to herself.
"We should get going." Chaeyoung says as she opens the door to her car. "After you my lady."
Mina smiles at Chaeyoung playing along giving her a curt bow before entering the car.
Chaeyoung happily skips to the other side, gets in the car and they start driving.
"Where are we going? Mina asks as soon as the car starts moving forward." Chaeyoung chuckles at her eagerness but decides it's better not to tell for now.
"It's a surprise baby. You'll just have to wait and see." Chaeyoung says.
Mina was going to whine about that but something snatched her interest away from the whining.
'Baby' the word keeps repeating in Mina's head. This was the first time Chaeyoung had called Mina that. Mina was already addicted to it. She wanted to hear it again. She wanted to hear it louder, Faster, Slower, In a hushed whisper, she wanted to hear it anyway and anywhere.
It was safe to say that Mina was freaking out inside. And from what she can observe from Chaeyoung who's trying her gosh darn best to play it cool, she can see the obvious blush on her cheeks and her knees bouncing up and down. She was nervous.
Mina realised that Chaeyoung was asking permission in her own quirky way. She called Mina that to see how she would react. Mina wanted nothing more than to ease the girls nervous mind. To tell her just how much Mina liked it. However she was way too shy to just say it straight on to her. So Mina did the next best thing.
"Okay." Mina whispers back to Chaeyoung as she rests her head on the girls shoulder for a few seconds before lifting her head up and giving a kiss on the girls cheek.
The bouncing of the knees stopped. Her cheeks got redder if that was even possible and her lips curved up to a shy smile making her dimples make an appearance.
Mina had succeeded.
***
After a 20 minute drive the girls parked near a small coffee shop. Mina had already deduced that they were going to that same one due to some of the things she saw on the way here.
She recognized a lot of it from the time the both of them visited the same shop in the simulation of the city.
This was different though. There were people walking around. A lot of people. And Mina was looking around taking it all in. This was infact the first time Mina had been out in the real world in 6 years.
Chaeyoung was enjoying the bewildered look on Mina's face. 'She looks like a puppy lost in an alien world' Chaeyoung thought. It was the cutest thing ever.
The two girls walked into the cozy coffee shop hand in hand. Chaeyoung was taking the lead dragging Mina along as she was looking at everything around her with her mouth slightly open in awe.
The girls ordered some coffee to get their date day started. Chaeyoung had plans of going to many places but this little shop had to be the first one.
In Chaeyoung's mind it was only right that the place where her and Mina had their first unofficial date is where they'll be having their first official one.
The girls sat down at the same table they sat at the first time and started relishing in each other's company.
Unlike the first time they came to the shop, the place was now filled with customers. Office workers and students alike coming in to grab some much needed sustenance after or before a long day.
For the new couple however it didn't make any difference. Because if you ask either of them they'll tell you that whenever their partner starts to speak or when they look into each other's eyes, the rest of the world just seems to dissapear.
For a moment or two it's like they're back in the simulation world. Only Chaeyoung and Only Mina. Nothing else.
After a lot of talking about the future, a lot of giggles, constant hand holding even when they have to eat and pinch of shy kisses here and there.
They were ready to leave. But Mina wanted to take a drink along with them to wherever their next destination was.
"Umm.. Baby. I want another drink before we go. Can I?" Mina asks Chaeyoung shyly. Chaeyoung chokes on her food coughing quietly as she heard what Mina had said.
They surely need to some practice to get used to calling each other things like that. This was surely a good start and despite the embarrassment of having the people around her look at her because of her coughing, she was indeed truly happy.
It's not like she needed permission but the cute gesture certainly tugged at Chaeyoung's heart as well.
"Sure I'll have one too. I want you to choose for me though. Surprise me." Chaeyoung says with a wink. Mina giggles to herself leaning in to give Chaeyoung a quick kiss before walking back to the counter to get her order.
Chaeyoung leans back into the chair as she let's out a sigh of content.
The past days have felt like heaven for her. Like she's constantly on cloud nine.
After Mina was discharged from the hospital Chaeyoung bought and apartment where Mina would live in. She stayed there with the girl slowly but surely nursing her back to health.
When Mina was able to comfortably walk again. Chaeyoung asked Mina to go out on a date with her and ofcourse the Japanese girl said yes.
Chaeyoung was sitting there silently reminiscing when she heard someone talking to her.
"Well well what do we have here." A group of four girls approach Chaeyoung as she was sitting there at the table alone.
"It's Son Chaeyoung." One of the girls say in an annoying and mocking voice.
"Umm.. do I know you?" Chaeyoung asks confused.
"Uh no. But I know you. Girls, you remember that weird lesbian chick who got busted for being in a relationship with an AI." The girl asks the rest of them and they reply with nods and faces of disgust.
Chaeyoung was now aware who these people were. They were girls from her college. She just sits there not saying anything.
"That's right. This is her. In the flesh. Our resident lesbo freak." The girl says slowly as she leaned down to see Chaeyoung's face. The bully wanted to see fear on the girls face. She wanted to see sadness and pain. She wanted to see regret. She wanted to see Chaeyoung ne disgusted by herself. But she got none of it.
Chaeyoung's face showed no emotion. None at all. Just a polite smile as she sat there.
"By the way. Where's that girlfriend of yours? Didn't you bring her. Oh I forgot you can't!" The girl says like it's the funniest thing in the world and her goons immediately start force laughing.
"Her girlfriend is here." They hear a voice speak as the group turns around. The girls' jaws drops wide as she sees the person who just talked to them.
Standing there was the most beautiful girl any of them had ever seen. She was holding two drinks in hand. Mina walks closer to the table setting down the drink she picked for Chaeyoung.
"Hey babe." Mina confidently greets her girlfriend as she leans down.
"H-hey." Chaeyoung managed to stutter some words out before Mina placed her fingers under Chaeyoung's chin, lifted her head up for a kiss. A kiss that lasted a few seconds to long to be considered a greeting.
Chaeyoung.exe had stopped working by this point so Mina just gives her an amused smirk before Standing up straight and turning to the people who were just talking to Chaeyoung.
"I'm her girlfriend. Is there a problem?" Mina asks sounding menacingly polite. The group of girls just shake their head and goes back to the counter with their tails between their legs.
Mina sits back down infront of Chaeyoung but she was turned back looking at the group of girls. Chaeyoung couldn't see Mina's face but she was sure Mina was looking at them.
So Chaeyoung too turned to look at the group of girls.
"Oh my god what is happening to my phone! Ugh!." One of the girls says as she was frantically tapping on the screen.
"Oh my god girl, check Insta ASAP." Another one of the girls said as she looked horrified.
"No! Why are those on there!" The girl who had just talked to Chaeyoung screams as she sees all of her private pictures being uploaded to social media. From embarrassing pictures to Nudes to straight up documented criminal acts. They were all going up on Instagram for all of their followers to see.
Chaeyoung tries not to laugh at the whiny bitch who was currently on the verge of crying.
'That's some instant karma for you' Chaeyoung thinks to herself. Unbeknownst to her it wasn't karma at all.
Chaeyoung turns her attention back on to Mina just in time for her to see the girl turn back around.
What Chaeyoung saw made shivers run all over her body.
Mina's eyes, had an intricate design all around the sides of her iris and the lines were glowing blue. She had a mischievous smile.
Chaeyoung's eyes turn wide and her jaw drops as realization hits her.
"Holy shi.........."