A week had passed since the school year started and so far, everything was going smoothly for our protagonists.
Classes for today just ended and J-Trinity was in the choir room together with Blackpink's Rose and Lisa, talking and laughing about random topics when the door opened.
"Woah! Look who we have here!" Jeongyeon exclaimed as she entered the room, followed closely behind by Jihyo and Nayeon.
Sana squealed and ran up to the three girls while Momo went to her girlfriend giving her a side-hug. Mina stood up and greeted Jeongyeon and Jihyo with a single nod, the two returned back the action.
"Jihyo!" Sana called.
"Minatozaki Sana!" Jihyo said, equally excited as Sana hugged her.
"Jeongyeon and Nayeon unnie! Gosh I missed you girls!" Sana said to the three as she happily clinged onto Jihyo's arm.
Jihyo scoffed. "No you did not! You are always busy with someone." She said, pouting.
"Hi Sana." Nayeon smiled then she slowly shifted her gaze to meet the eyes of the girl behind Sana, her smile grew wider. "Mina."
"Nayeon." Mina plainly said.
Nayeon stared into Mina's eyes, trying to search for something but to no avail, as Mina's eyes reflected nothing, lifeless.
All eyes were on the two. They all started feeling that sudden tension in the atmosphere when the door opened again.
"Jisoo! Jennie! Finally!" Rose blurted out, relief evident in her tone.
"Hi girls! Did we miss anything?" Jennie said.
"Nothing much." Jeongyeon was quick to answer.
Mina walked past Nayeon, straight to Jisoo. "Hi." She quietly said and gave her girlfriend a quick peck on the cheek.
Jennie made her way to Nayeon and put a hand on her shoulder. "Sorry if we made you all wait."
"We just arrived also actually." Nayeon said with a small smile.
Mina clenched her teeth. She and everyone knew that Jennie has a huge crush on Nayeon even before the so-called "MinaYeon" ship had sailed.
The tension suddenly became thicker and everybody shifted uncomfortably on their respective spots.
"Let's get down to business, shall we?" Jihyo, being the leader she was, said, trying to ease the tension that was building up, and everybody in that room was internally grateful to her.
Jihyo, Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Rose, Jisoo and Jennie were all part of the school's musical band so they gathered there to discuss upcoming events, activities, etc.
On the other hand, Mina, Momo, Sana and Lisa, who were part of the school's dance troupe, were just there waiting for their respective partner / friend(s) but throwing their own suggestions every now and then.
After an hour of discussion, they have decided to call it a day.
"By the way, Rose will be the one hosting this year's beginning of school year party." Jennie said.
"Woohoooo!"
"Looking forward to it!"
"Include Jokbal in the menu please!"
"Soju! Soju!"
The girls excitedly shouted.
"Yup! So see you all this coming Friday night!" Rose said.
"We are expecting perfect attendance from our beloved friends, ok?" Lisa added.
"Oh please, we wouldn't miss it for the world." Jeongyeon said then winked.
"Can we invite lower year students?" Sana asked.
Jihyo rolled her eyes as she knew who Sana was referring to.
"Why not? Besides, we can't exactly say no to you, right?" Rose said with a small laugh.
"Yay!" Sana cheered, doing little dance moves.
"Any rules or dress code?" Jihyo asked.
"Nah. Only one rule and you all know it already." Jennie replied as she picked up her bag.
"No boys allowed."
They all said in unison.
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The following day...
Tzuyu, Chaeyoung and Dahyun were on the way to their next class.
"Hey, are you girls attending the party this coming Friday?" Dahyun asked.
"That one at Rose-ssi's house, huh?" Chaeyoung asked back.
"Yeah! Sana invited you both, right?"
"I'm not going." Tzuyu said.
Dahyun suddenly stopped in her tracks which made the other two girls stop as well.
"Wae?" She furrowed her eyebrows.
"I'm skype-ing with my parents and Gucci. I already promised them."
"But you can chat with them the next day, no?" Dahyun said, corners of her lips drooped down.
"I really can't, Dahyun. I don't want my parents to think that I'm already out there partying when the school year just started." Tzuyu explained. She reached out for Dahyun's shoulder and gave it a light squeeze. "Sorry."
Dahyun sighed. "How bout you, Chaengie?"
Chaeyoung shrugged and scratched her head.
"If Chewy's not going then I'm not going also."
"Aish you two! No fun!" Dahyun dejectedly said.
Tzuyu and Chaeyoung both linked an arm to Dahyun's, trying to console the girl as they dragged her to continue walking.
"Next time, Dahyunnie. We promise."