24 Dates || SOOSHU

Date three

Place: Gavin's Gallery Premiere Party

Time: April 19th, 8:00 pm

Yelp: N/A | Date: 3/5 really pretty girls not that Soojin's jealous or anything

There are cameras everywhere. Soojin can't even blink without opening her eyes just to see another flash beaming towards her. Some are focused on the other guest, but most are on her and Shuhua.

Shuhua who is at her side and waving politely with a vaseline smile. She's very good at this, this whole making people believe that she's genuinely enthused to be bombarded. And that's when Soojin realizes that she isn't faking it.

Her arm is grasped around Soojin's side, and she's not particularly hiding the fact that they're a thing. Though it would be kind of pointless since in almost every magazine across the country there is a picture of them on the front kissing.

It's embarrassing, but Soojin knew this would happen. Although seeing herself reduced to the famous Shuhua Shuhua Nii's new lesbian lover will never not piss her off.

It annoys her father too. Or, a part of it does at least. He'd called to ask about it, and when Soojin explained his voice had grown distant. He didn't mention it much, and Soojin doubts he will, considering when he called this morning for her birthday the subject didn't even come up. It's a bridge she'll cross later.

Shuhua hasn't done one of the 10,000 interviews asked of her yet, but said she would next week once things cooled down a bit. From the looks of the paparazzi, the reaching of hands, the loud murmurs - Soojin doesn't see things cooling down anytime soon.

"Sorry," Shuhua mutters out of the corner of her mouth. "I knew they'd be crazy but this isn't even that big of an event..."

Soojin smiles, nudges Shuhua with the side of her hip. "It's okay."

"Really?"

"I asked for it."

Shuhua turns to face her, softens the edges of her lips into a more natural smile. She grabs Soojin's hand and gives it a tight squeeze before walking towards the entrance.

The music inside is low. Not classical, but elevator; synthesized jazz that makes Soojin want to cover her ears at first.

"What is this all about by the way?" Soojin asks as they edge to the door. The doorman looks at both of them, then lets them through with a curt smile at Shuhua.

"Dunno. But Minnie said it was important."

"You weren't listening?" Soojin says, her voice flat.

"Yah! I'm a very busy woman, and in my defense - half the stuff that comes out of Minnie's mouth is--"

"What, Shu?"

"Ah!" Shuhua turns to face Minnie who is side by side with Miyeon. Both of them look amazing, not that Soojin would expect anything else; but wow. "I was saying how important this event was for, uh, my career - and that you said so yourself!"

Minnie sighs and places her fingers on the bridge of her nose. "I said that the event wasn't that important, but might be good for publicity given that (G)I-DLE will be here. Yuqi is friends with the owner."

Shuhua's mouth goes slack. "(G)I-DLE?"

"Did that conversation even register with you?" Miyeon asks, her smiling widening to show the perfect, white lines of her teeth.

Minnie tilts her head to the side. "No - she was too busy looking at her phone and grinning at the time. I wonder why that is."

"Minnie, I swear," Shuhua says, her fist balling up. It's admittedly amusing. She's so small, Soojin can't really see her being able to take on a child let alone Minnie. Her hands drop though as a taller woman with purple hair walks up to them. "Tzuyu!" she says, her lips back up. "It's been so long." She gives a chalky laugh.