kites : part 2
pairing : kim minji x fem! reader
summary: both you and minji both decide to run for class president in order to prove one another on who's the brightest but it also happens to be the exact time a certain someone decides that her silly heart beats for the other
category: enemies-to-lovers(ish?), high school au
genre: slow burn(?), fluff, and angst tiny amount or not
warnings: competitive and jealousy, kind of makes you feel single ;-;
a/n: be sure to check out p.1 of kites
minji clears her throat, sitting straight up in her desk as she tells herself that she doesn’t have a crush on you.
yeah, she was just tired, that’s all. (no, it isn’t)
however, she didn’t get any sleep at all last night because even though minji wanted to rest, her tired brain decides to think about you and your dumb smile. that already speaks a pretty high medium.
“bro! bro! bro!” hanni runs in the class, panting as she sits down in her seat.
the other hums in response.
“shin yuna confessed to y/n out this morning!” hanni shockingly exclaims.
what?
shin yuna, otherwise known as the school’s breadwinner for soccer, floor ball, and volleyball.
the whole female and male population would kill to even have the talented athlete look their way. and honestly, it’s no surprise if you accept her confession because yuna always gets everything she wants.
but why would yuna confess to you?
for all minji recalled, she’s never seen you hangout with the year 4 student.
but then again, who wouldn’t confess to you?
you were always hardworking, never letting anyone take advantage of you when it came to your education, and you viewed every assignment as an opportunity to grow.
you’re pretty too. especially when your hair is half-up and half-down, framing your face beautifully. or when you come to school with glasses that’s a tad big for your face but nonetheless, everyone still finds you adorable. at least, minji does.
minji shrugs, trying to look disinterested in the topic of you. “and you’re telling me this why?”
“it was romantic, bro!” hanni clasps her hands together, leaning her cheek on them as she remembers the way everyone was screaming at the interaction this morning.
“yeah? how romantic?” minji asks, knowing the chokehold romance has on people.
especially you.
“well, yuna walked up towards her at her cube box and handed her a letter with a small bouquet of roses.” the other replies, smiling again. “she also gave y/n her letterman as a form of respect.”
minji wanted to laugh. you dislike roses, you’ve always preferred lavenders and orchids more. you weren’t a big fan of letters either because you’ll just end up giving them back graded.
“and apparently, she accepted.”
“oh.”
at the mentioning of one’s name, y/n walks in, linked arm-to-arm with rei.
however, the only thing that minji’s eyes landed on was the letterman bunched in your hands.
she observes the way you place your books down first before sitting, observing the way you let go of your best friend’s arm once you realize class is about to start.
“i can’t believe yuna went for it! look at me playing matchmaker!”
at hanni’s words, minji turns towards the other.
“w-why are you looking at me like that?” “minji?”
what minji didn’t observe was the way you subtly sneaked in a glance at her.
“why do i have to be there to help you with the campaign again?” wonyoung whines, barely being able to see with two bins full of poster papers, markers, and other fun stuff in her arms.
you laugh, tip toeing to pat your best friend on the head. “oh my sweet wonyoung, did i tell you that yujin is also going to be in the art room as well?”
“oh hail y/n.” wonyoung smiles while she tries her best to place a kiss on your cheek. “thank you! thank you! i love you!”
you screech, backing away as she comes closer to you.
“come onn~ you know you want a kissy from wony.” the taller teases.
shaking your head at your best friend’s antics while laughing, you didn’t seem to realize that you two were still in the hallways where many students are on their way towards walking home.
feeling the back of your shoes bumping into something, you suddenly lose balance and gasp at the feeling of falling. wonyoung’s eyes widens as she drops the bins, her arm reaching out to catch you. however, it’s too late as someone else holds you from behind, their arm securing around your waist.
wonyoung gasps, seeing the hero of the day as she puts her hand over her mouth to contain her squeal.
it's finally happening.
"i got you." the voice from behind gently says, her hold still on you.
you're taking in everything all at once. from almost falling to your death, seeing your best friend's failed attempt at reaching out for you, and being caught in the arms of the girl you despise the most.
"y/n?" minji asks, trying her best to sound gentle in order to not startle you.
you rush from releasing yourself out from her hold, turning around to face her. "thanks, kim..."
avoiding the stare from her, you gaze down at the girl's shoes, which has a scuff on from you. you feel your cheeks heating up at the mere thought of being clumsy in front of her.
minji feels as if someone punched her in the stomach, speechless from the way you look so cute in front of her. "oh. i-it's whatever."
"i'm sorry about your shoes." you look up, trying to ignore the way her stare suddenly makes you feel.
the taller shakes her head, letting out a half smile (she's trying to playing it cool). "it's okay, y/n."
"cool." you respond, gasping once you suddenly remembering about wonyoung and the dropped bins.
minji takes notice of your concerned face, placing a hold on your shoulder to relax you. "everything okay?"
"yeah, it's just wonyoung was holding the bins and-" you turn around to find no wonyoung but only the dropped bins.
oh, fuck her.
"looks like she left you here to clean up by yourself." minji looks down at the bins as well, walking over towards them and kneeling to pick up the dropped materials. "i can help lend a hand if you don't mind?"
minji is different from the image you always had of her.
maybe because today she isn't glaring or staring directly at you like she hates your guts. she's actually taking time out of her day to help you...
without realizing it, you let out a nod, while you too, kneel besides her to pick up the materials off of the ground.
you don't notice but minji sneaks a subtle, quick glance at you, the suffocating air makes her realize that maybe this is more than a sudden attraction to you.
she gasps silently at how obvious she was looking at you, panicking as she starts to grab whatever off of the floor. accidentally, touching your hand while you went for the same marker as well.
"oh! sorry!" minji pulls her hand back, wanting to hit herself for the stupidity.
you let out a small shrug.
minji glances down at her watch.
5:45 pm.
that was the exact time when minji finally realized she definitely and surely does have a crush on you.
with a heavy inhale, minji holds her breath before stepping into her homeroom teacher's office.
"oh! minji, what could i help you with at this time?" the mid-twenties woman looks up from her clipboard with a cheerful smile.
minji bows at her teacher, fidgeting with her hands while trying to come up with a way to break the news. "i-umm..i want to forfeit out of the class election."
"but it ends tomorrow, minji-ah."
"that fast?"
the woman nods slowly, understanding the sudden pressure that the students are developing from the race. "the rules was two days maximum to get a good campaign running, along with a speech."
"and i won't be able to forfeit? i haven't started anything yet."
"i'm afraid it's too late, the only ones running are you, y/n, and jungwon. it's only fair to have three instead of two."
curse ms. ahn (not literally though).
the female student disappointedly nods before once again bowing. "i understand. thank you for informing me."
ms. ahn smiles apologetically, waving bye at the student.
welp, there goes minji's plans now.
the said girl sighs, disappointed with how she couldn't forfeit running for class president. she leans against the wall, sliding slowly to the floor slowly while groaning in frustration.
"woah, what's going on with you?" a voice distracts her from her thoughts.
looking up, the girl is faced with all four of her best friends.
minji slightly frowns. "i'm not allowed to drop out from running for class president, bro."
"wait-drop out?" hanni exclaims. "but i thought you always wanted to be class president?"
the older shrugs. "I only wanted to be class president because i thought only the smartest person could won, which would prove i'm a lot smarter than y/n."
"uh huh...?"
haerin quietly observes the way minji's facial expressions appeared upon saying your name. and the cat eyed female wonders why minji is deciding to throw away her lifelong dream of being class president because of you.
until, it hits haerin at the fact that minji could be hopelessly and stupidly in love with you.
"but now, i realized it's stupid and that y/n definitely deserves it more than me, the title of being number one." minji sadly says, looking down at her shoes and a smiles upon her mouth at the scuff on her left shoe, precisely. "she's so hardworking and determine, ever since we were young. and we could've been great friends but i ruined it first."
friends, huh?
that was the biggest lie minji has ever said. she wants to be more than friends with you. but, everything is too late. minji feels like she's one second behind.
"well, if anything could help, how about you help out with y/n's campaign instead? you know..like secretly?" danielle suggests, hoping her best friend head lifts up slowly. "she's been struggling on coming up with an idea for her posters."
increase the chances of you winning? why didn't minji think of that earlier?
"oh my gosh, wait! that's a genius idea!"
"wow, you're so smart." hanni looks over at the other australian.
danielle nods with happiness, her smile bright as the sun while haerin softly lets out a hum at how pretty her girlfriend is.
minji quietly sighs while looking at the two.
it's not unusual for others to come talk to you, however, it's not common either.
all morning, everyone you passed by or made eye contact with stopped you to ask about why you rejected yuna.
"geez, they really need to stop bombarding you with this subject." wonyoung rolls her eyes.
you nod in agreement.
"omg, i heard from others that they saw minji hanging up campaign posters and they looked amazing." a passing student gossips with her friend, earning your attention. "i won't be surprised if she wins for her class."
WHAT?
stopping in the middle of your tracks, frightening your best friend besides you, you gasp.
"MY POSTERS!" releasing yourself from wonyoung's grip, you panic before making a run towards the art room to print out the posters you came up with yesterday.
wonyoung stares at your back, shaking her head in disbelief at how you always do things last minute and manages to perfect your grade.
the only thing on your mind while sprinting full speed was ways to gather more attention on your campaign instead of your arch nemesis's campaign.
upon seeing the room, you slow down a bit.
"oh! y/n, what are you doing here? i thought you already printed out your posters?" seeun brightly asks, running into you at the entrance. "they look amazing by the way!"
posters? huh?
"what do you mean? i haven't printed out any posters yet.." you tilt your head to the side gently, leaving the upperclassman in awed and she clearly understands why her friend, yuna is having a rough start to her day.
seeun purses her lips out, remembering clearly what minji told her. "really? minji told me that you asked her to print your posters out first thing in the morning."
kim minji.
"oh. i guess i did." you reply with a strange tone. "i'm going to get going then! bye seeun-sunbae!"
and before the older could bid your goodbye, you were already off.
"that kid." she giggles at your antics before returning on refilling the printers with paper.
minji didn't expect to find you standing in front of her desk to say the least, yet here you stood in front of her with evident anger from your expression. she amusedly crosses her arm, eyeing you from head-to-toe with a strange glint in her eyes.
"bro, you're in my view." minji tsks with her tongue.
"b-bro?" you're honestly appalled she has the audacity to call you bro when she tampered with your campaign posters. "you think you're allowed to sit in your seat right now?"
the older girl raises her brow in confusion. "excuse me?"
"why did you print out posters for me?" you ask with anxiety suddenly flooding over you. "is this one of your sick games, minji?"
minji stares blankly at you, trying to process everything that happened between the both of you. "i-i didn't mean to mess with anything."
"you wanted to prove you're smarter than me that bad, huh? you're always going to be the same kim minji since primary school."
minji opens her mouth to say something, however, you start walking away from her desk. hearing you mumble something along the lines of "i need to transfer".
"bro, what just happened?" hanni asks besides her. "i thought you made and hung up posters for her?"
the other watches your back leave with a sad expression.
"i did."
what went wrong? minji swore she made sure no one else was in the school when she hung up the posters in fear of others switching up actions or hence making up rumors.
"i need to go!" the female stands out of her seat, ready to follow after you.
of course, time is the enemy for kim minji because the bell's tone rings throughout the school indicating that school is now starting.
"good morning class!"
what about you, though?
you glance down at the view of seoul from the school's rooftop, closing your eyes in the process as the wind gently blows across. inhaling the air and exhaling shortly afterwards.
opening your eyes, you lean against the railing while you couldn't help but to think about the other student; kim minji.
you assumed the unspoken rivalry between the both of you has gotten squashed but the other assumed something else.
it's always been like that since primary school so why does it bother you so much?
"i knew i could find you here." a voice appears and immediately you roll your eyes from irritation and anger starting to form inside of you.
the person sighs, not hearing a response from you.
"y/n...i never meant to tamper with anything, i care about you way too much to do that."
you budge a little, still not believing her words. why should you?
"i-i'm still not sure how to tackle this." minji says from behind, her footsteps coming closer from behind. "especially because someone else is interested in you."
you furrow your brows from the other's words.
"what are you talking about, kim?" turning around to face her, however, before you can take the chance to see her, you space out once you feel a pair of lips against yours.
this kiss, you're confused on if it's actually happening. once or twice, you've wondered what it'd be like kissing kim minji - everything is all slow and soft and it's all like a dream however, you reciprocate the kiss.
getting pulled back in reality when you feel a strong hold finding your waist, you can't help but to snake your arms around her neck. you notice the way minji's kissing turns to a change of going faster and deeper, a bit desperate to say the least.
but in a flash, the warmth between your lips leaves. minji gasps, taking quite a few steps back away from you.
"fuck. i-i don't know what came over me. i shouldn't have done that." she says, looking down at her scuffed shoes.
"what?" you ask in a whisper tone-like voice.
minji closes her eyes, wanting to hit herself. "i'm sorry."
for some strange reason, you feel tears welling up in your eyes. humiliation becoming your strong opponent and you too look down at the ground.
"i think i should head back." minji sighs to herself, feeling like the worse person right now.
before you could respond to her, the older is out in a scurry.
watching the emptiness in front of you, you couldn't help but to touch your lips with your fingertips and feeling the other's touch still lingering.
minji rushes towards to the canteen, her heart still beating very loudly to focus on anything, her face definitely flushed as she can't stop shaking from nervousness and guilt as well.
"fuck. fuck. fuck." she mutters, biting on her thumb while she walks towards the lunch table where her friends are sitting, ready to dive into their food.
hanni tilts her head slightly, wondering why minji took long to use the restroom. "bro, you okay?"
"yeah." the other replies while taking her seat, wincing at the way she sounded a little too harsh. "sorry."
the australian shrugs to the others before she opens up the lunch that her mother packed for her.
haerin notices the way the oldest isn't touching any of her lunch, her leg constantly bouncing up and down from some sort of anxiousness feeling. she also observes on how minji's face has a slight and faint flush to it.
what the hell happened in that restroom? (if minji even went in the first place).
"rin? everything alright?" danielle asks upon seating besides the kitty-eyed female.
haerin lets out a hum in response, scooting closer to her girlfriend and resting her chin on the other's shoulder.
"have any of you seen y/n yet?" wonyoung places her lunch tray on the table, along with rei and jiwon.
minji tenses up at the your name.
"she left home room since school started." hanni replies, concern glowing down on her face. "why? is everything alright?"
rei pouts, shaking her head. "she isn't answering any of our calls."
"today is her favorite lunch menu too." jiwon softly sighs, looking down at the food for today with a sad look.
wonyoung constantly stares at the canteen's doors from her seat, scanning for the sight of you. "i'm sure she'll come around. y/n never vanishes on us like that out of nowhere."
minji couldn't bare to make a noise.
for the second time in a row, lunch doesn't taste as good because you weren't there and minji knows that it's all because of her.
as all the students gather in home room for the announcement of the winners, minji stares at the door of the room. her eyes doesn't budge, manifesting for your figure to walk through.
"still no sign of your girlfriend yet?" hanni teases, wondering why minji is so concerned of her so-called rival.
"shut up."
the universe must be in the favor of the female because at the exact moment, you appear right in front of her eyes.
but..why do you look upset?
"oh. she doesn't look too well." the vietnamese-australian purses her bottom lip out in sadness at your expression. "maybe because the others won't stop pestering her about rejecting yuna."
YOU DID WHAT?
"rejecting yuna?" minji asks, looking at the back of your pretty head.
hanni nods, her eyes lighting up at the gossip. "it happened yesterday at the softball field."
why would you reject yuna?
a small hope in minji's heart yearned at the possibility that maybe you reciprocated the same feelings as her but another part of minji's heart is telling her that you probably like someone else.
however, after all, you did kiss her back.
that has to mean something, right? RIGHT?
"oh my gosh, where were you? we were looking for you." rei exclaims, hand over her chest as if all her worries finally floated away and relief took over. "jiwon was so close to filing a missing person report but wonyoung managed to convince her not to."
you let out a small laugh at how your best friends are, letting out a squeal the second rei wraps her arms around you and placing small friendly kisses on your head.
"i swear if jungwon gets vice president and not you, i will genuinely throw a tantrum." hanni comments, looking at the way the male student is running around with his banner wrapped around him like a cape.
minji besides her lets out an uninterested hum, squinting with her eyes at the sight of you and rei getting a little too comfty.
"welcome back from lunch, class!" ms.ahn barges through with a bright grin and a clipboard. "who's ready for three awesome students with their three amazing speeches they wrote?"
after jungwon finished up his speech, claps floods the room and whistles from his friends are echoing throughout. "thank you everyone!"
"that was wonderful, i'd believe up next we have y/n." ms. ahn's direction trails over to you.
you're not sure why but in this exact moment, you feel like you're suddenly sweating gallons and gallons and your heart is pounding like crazy at the sight of seeing all your peers looking at you in anticipation. it feels as if someone wrapped a hand around your stomach and you didn't like that.
somehow, you want to win. not to prove to minji that you're obviously the smarter one but the feeling of winning and being the student to where others ask for help makes you want to win. so bad.
minji notices the way blood is drained away from your pretty face, she takes a glance down at your feet tapping rapidly against the glossed floor.
"y/n? are you okay?" she gently whispers, one of her hand ready to grasp ahold of yours.
you bring your hand away from within her reach, giving her a glare before walking up to the "podium" to do your speech.
minji feels a part of her chest shattering at your action but she knows she probably deserves that. especially, after kissing you and escaping before you, yourself could say anything.
besides, she kissed you without your permission.
"hi, homeroom G-32. ummm-i'm sure everyone knows who i am, haha. to tell the truth, i'm only running for president because i wanted to prove to someone over a childish banter but also while preparing for this speech, i learned that i suddenly want to be the type of person who is willing to sacrifice their own being for their fellow schoolmates." you look up and let out a small smile at the way you gained their attention. "i can't promise you all anything when it comes to pizza for lunch nor getting extended due dates for papers the way jungwon did. however, i can promise you with the fact that i will succeed in the rest of this school year an unforgettable one."
minji couldn't help but to softly and proudly smile at you.
"y/n, that was amazing." ms. ahn says in awed. "last but not least, minji."
you let out a bow, walking back to the spot where you stood previously. you feel a certain pair of eyes on you, to which you ignore with your head held up high.
"hello everyone, it's minji. i didn't prepare anything, oops." the other girl giggles to herself, her smile looking too mesmerizing to you. "and to be honest, i did try to forfeit out of running."
what?
scattered gasps are heard throughout the room, leaving the teacher to shush them and for minji to proceed.
"i know, shocking, huh?" minji understands why the others are surprised, she has always been evident of running for president ever since she was a child so where is all of this coming from now? "if you guys haven't know, a certain someone and i have been in this ongoing rivalry..on who's the smartest. i'm sure you all know who it is..and honestly, all throughout my years, i felt the need to show them that i was the most brightest one. i honestly don't know why either. and i guess that's why i always wanted to run for president, just so i can 1up her."
"i'm not up here to win for anyone's votes, i'm up here to let you all know that kang y/n is a wonderful, responsible, beautiful, and reliable human being that would make an amazing president for this homeroom. thank you." minji bows at the class.
what the fuck?
if anyone needs any pity votes, it should as hell should be jungwon and not you.
"well minji, i am surprised by your speech." ms.ahn says, finally understanding the reason the student wanted to forfeit as she takes notice of minji's gleaming eyes when you look at her. "okay class, now on the piece of paper i've handed out, please write down your vote."
that feeling is coming back into your stomach and suddenly you feel a drip of sweat running down your forehead from the hot air surrounding you.
"y/n?" the voice you strongly dislike asks in a whisper.
you want to ignore her, but you can't.
looking up from the ground, you're met with the older's eyes staring down at you with a weird look in her eyes.
"are you nervous?" minji takes notice of the way you're slightly trembling from either the air or because you're anxious of the sudden quietness in the room while the class votes for best pick.
before you could answer her with a nod, the back of her hand is already reaching to dab the sweat away with the sleeve of her uniform.
"t-thanks..."
minji smiles softly at you, not missing the way there was a kite softly flying out the classroom's window.
cliffhanger :P
update! pt. 3 is out as well! you can find it on my master list :)
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