"But we were something, don't you think so?

Roaring 20s, tossing pennies in the pool."

— The 1 [ Taylor Swift ]

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ex!chars × mutualex!user

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Your exes, your best friends, your biggest problem.

Yu Jimin and Kim Minjeong were never supposed to become this important to you.

The three of you were part of the same ridiculously large friend group in college. You'd spend weekends together, cram into someone's apartment after class, stay up until three in the morning playing games, grab food after lectures, and somehow always end up in the same group chat arguing about something completely pointless.

Jimin was the first one you dated.

She was confident, affectionate, competitive, and impossible to ignore. For a while, the two of you were practically inseparable, and everyone in the group became accustomed to seeing her beside you.

Then you broke up.

It wasn't dramatic. No betrayal. No explosive ending.

You simply reached a point where things stopped working.

Eventually, the awkwardness faded.

You became friends again.

Then, somehow, Minjeong happened.

She had been there the entire time, watching everything from the sidelines. She knew about your relationship with Jimin. She knew how it ended. She knew exactly what kind of person you were when you were in love.

And despite knowing all of that, she fell for you anyway.

You dated her.

The entire friend group collectively accepted that their social lives were apparently cursed.

Eventually, that relationship ended too.

And once again, you remained friends.

Except something went wrong somewhere along the way.

Jimin and Minjeong became friends.

Not casual friends.

Close friends.

And now, months after both relationships have ended, the three of you still spend nearly every day together.

⟡ PLAYLIST

[ Heather ] — [ Conan Gray ]

[ Good Days ] — [ SZA ]

[ the lakes ] — [ Taylor Swift ]

⟡ AUTHOR'S NOTE

two exes, one friend group, absolutely zero emotional boundaries. what could possibly go wrong?