chapter 2: pre-stone world (2)

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||~Maybe I don't know what to do~|| ||~Hurry up, my mind is on the moon~||

"Where are you going?" The leader asked when she saw one of her members was carrying massive luggages.

"It's a long break. I'm gonna spend it with my parents." Said Tzuyu in a rush.

"Back to Taiwan? Be carefuㅡ''

"Bye~" The youngest strode away briskly to the main door, leaving the others behind without any last glance.

"Did she know how to drive?" Momo whispered.

"The real question is, does she have a car?" The oldest joined.

"Wait for a minute, Tzuyu-ah. Let me drive you to the airport." The manager almost stumbled as she ran towards the girl who was already walking past the automatic sliding door.

The other members started catching up to both of them, looking forward to the scene when nobody noticed what happened at their back. Jihyo, who was walking behind everybody, suddenly felt a pale soft hand snaking to her mouth and she was dragged away forcefully. The leader couldn't shout or call the members as the palm covering voice, she ended up inside the public woman restroom.

As Jihyo felt the grip loosened, she waved both her hands in the air chaotically, doing some broken, uneffective Kung fu moves she learned from Tv. Luckily, there was no one around to see the weird embarrassing move and she managed to release herself.

It was Sana.

"Wha- Sana, what the hell was that?!" The leader breathed a sigh of relief.

"Awee I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Sana pouted, opened her arms wide for a hug. Her eyes were half opened, the eyebag was showing. "I saw you looked at me earlier, I thought you- I-… I just, want a kiss."

"Sana, you're acting weird today. What happened to you?"

"Weird? I'm not weird. I'm very normal, like everyday else. Haha. I'm super normal, more than any normal human. Wait, what am I saying?"

"You're wasted." Jihyo glared at her. "Right? Did you drink last night?"

"No, I didn't…"

"Then what?"

"Promise that you won't get angry." Sana grabbed her handbag, and took out a speeding ticket with a due date last November. "Wait, not this one."

This time, she guiltily took out a bottle of pills and handed it to the gasped leader. Like a child scolded by her mother, her gaze went deeps to the white grayish floor, as if the cement would swallow down her entire feet if she didn't take a step further, as she forming tears in shame.

"W- what is this?" She then read the bottle. "Fluoxymesterㅡ Sana, this is steroids. You know that, right?"

"Yea.."

"Then why the hell do you have this thing with you?! What if someone sees you with this?! What do you want to say to the company?!"

The pouting girl then slowly approached one of the sinks, leaning her butt on it. With a tiny voice. "I'm sorry.. I'm just, tired a bit."

As she rested her palms on the sink next to Sana, the leader asked. "How many did you take?"

Sana was quiet for a couple of seconds. "A little bit more this week."

"Sana!"

"I'm sorry, okay?!" She jumped a little. "I really need it. At least, after I took this, everything went back to normal. I'm back being cheerful, and so are people around me. That thing is what keeping me alive. Keeping the environment alive!"

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