Lifeguard on Duty [MINQI] | ✓

02: What a (gay) tragedy

Shuhua eventually returns after getting her precious ice cream and surprises the three by showing up with two large tubs and a wafer cone. She had considered ordering for her unnies as an afterthought, claiming to have "done it out of the goodness of my generous heart" and even got their favorite flavors. How she managed to balance them all by herself is a complete mystery to them.

"This is strangely nice of you, Shu..." Soojin studies the maknae carefully, taking the wafer cone that was handed to her and examining the black cherry ice cream on it. "... but why do I feel like you're up to something?"

Shuhua gasped. "Jin-Jin! How could you ever doubt my sincerity?!" She feigns a hurt expression while clutching her chest. "And I thought you were better than this!"

Miyeon giggles as Soojin rolls her eyes at the younger's dramatics. Shuhua can be a total actress whenever she wanted to. "Yeah, whatever. Thank you."

"You're welcome!" Shuhua then turns to her girlfriend and hands her one of the tubs. "Here, unnie. I got this for us to share."

The eldest lit up at the dessert she receives, heaping with thick scoops of both Shuhua's rocky road and her caramel ice cream with two plastic spoons wedged in the middle. "Thanks, Shu-Shu." Miyeon says sweetly, leaning up to kiss Shuhua's cheek before she dug into their frozen dessert.

"And this one's for you, unnie." The other tub is shoved into Minnie's hands, and it nearly drops when she fumbles for it. "I even added an extra order!"

The Thai eyes her container that is loaded with four servings of matcha green tea and vanilla ice cream, a little confused by the additional flavor and the single spoon jammed between them. Not that Minnie hates it, but she doubts that she could finish the entire thing on her own.

"Isn't this too much for one person?"

Even the products made in China aren't as fake as Shuhua's reaction. Especially when she pretends to only realize it now and looks utterly flabbergasted.

"Oh, of course! Silly me! What was I thinking?" She magically produces another spoon out of nowhere (Minnie doesn't want to entertain the thought of Shuhua keeping them in her swimsuit somehow) and stabs it into the dessert. "Good thing I brought a spare! If you want, you can always share it with Yuqi over there!"

Ah, so that's the reason behind all this.

The girls just facepalmed. Shuhua and subtle never did fit together in the same sentence anyway.

"That explains the extra flavor."

Minnie deadpans before glancing back at Yuqi. The lifeguard is currently facing away from them as she reads through some files on her desk. While the humid weather isn't too unbearable, it did incite one's cravings for something cold—like ice cream. Surely, Yuqi would appreciate the offer. Right?

"I don't know, Shu... She seems kinda busy."