In Our Next Lives

Word count: 0.6 K“Niiiaaa!  You’re getting married today!  How do you feel?” Sua asked the moment Nia opened the front door to let her in.“Nervous?” Nia laughed. “Hi, Jungkook,” she…

Word count: 0.6 K“Would you like to go out to lunch?” Moon asked Jin after they were done shooting.“Yes, please!  I’m starving!”“Are you?  I know a great place near here. …

Word count: 0.5 K“Hey, Nia?  How would you feel about starting training with your replacement tomorrow?”“Tomorrow?  You found someone already?”“Yeah.  He was the first person I interviewed who actually sounded…

Word count: 0.5 K“How could she treat him like that?  He didn’t do anything wrong!” Taehyung exclaimed as soon as they were out of earshot of the toddler and his…

Word count: 0.8 K Lunch on Saturday had become a weekly ritual now.  Nia, Moon, Sua, and Hyuna would all meet around noon at whatever place they’d picked for lunch…

Word count: 0.6 K“Nia, guess what!  I found him!” Moon exclaimed as she sat down at the table Nia had snagged.“Found who?”“Jin!”“How?  Didn’t you just start looking for him?”“Well, it…

Word count: 0.5 KTaehyung shuffled through the pile of mail he’d just collected.  It was mostly junk mail.  As usual.  But at the bottom of the pile was a letter. …

Word count: 0.6 KMrs. Choi stared at her shelf of snow globes.  Each year since Nia’s surgery, she’d received one on the anniversary of the surgery.  Mrs. Choi wasn’t entirely…

Word count: 0.6 KNia sat down on the couch.  She was worried now.  This wasn’t anything like the Moon she remembered.“What’s up?” Nia asked.Moon sighed. “I have OCD…and the week…

Word count: 0.5 KNia was halfway through her sandwich when she decided to ask again.“What’s the surprise?”Sua sat there chewing for a few moments before stating simply, “I’m pregnant.”“You’re what?”…