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“Sana wants us to go on a trip with her this weekend,” Tzuyu informed them over the breakfast table. Mina and Chaeyoung looked up at each other and then at Tzuyu.

“Sana wants to do what?” Chaeyoung repeated, then narrowed her eyes at her friend.

Tzuyu looked at them confusingly and showed them her phone. “She texted me. She said ‘Let’s go to a hot spring. My dad’s friend owns one and I can book the weekend for all of us.’”

Mina furrowed her brows and checked her phone to see if Sana messaged her. But to her surprise, she didn’t. “Hm. She didn’t text me about it,” she said, raising a brow at Tzuyu and placing her phone down.

Tzuyu paused for a bit and then shrugged. “Maybe she hasn’t messaged you yet?”

On cue, Mina’s phone rang and sure enough, it was Sana. Chaeyoung was quick to press the green button to answer and placed it on loud speaker.

“Mitang!”

Mina thought for a moment and decided to play with her. “So, is Tzuyu your new best friend or something?”

“W-what? What are you talking about?”

Mina’s voice was a bit lower than usual and leaned closer to the phone. “I feel like you’re forgetting about me, you were never like this before.”

Chaeyoung had to stifle a laugh at how Mina was teasing Sana. Tzuyu just sighed and waited for her response.

“Sweetie, I would never do that!” There was a muffling noise on her end, and they could hear cars zooming by in her background. “Is this about the hot springs thing I texted Tzuyu about? You know I would rather call you about the details than sending a dinky message.”

Chaeyoung turned to Tzuyu and whispered. “Ouch.” Tzuyu just rolled her eyes and punched Chaeyoung on the arm.

“I’m just kidding.” Mina decided to drop it. “But what’s this about?”

“I extended my stay in Kobe, my dad said he has things to do, and I don’t really have a reason to go back so soon. So I thought why not bring everyone out for a vacation or something. Even just a small trip.”

“Well that’s considerate. But I don’t know if I can leave Yuki alone here at the house.” Mina looked up at Chaeyoung and pouted.

“That’s okay! I was gonna invite her too! Maybe even Hanako!” Sana responded back excitedly. “I already invited Momo but she’s being a butt and said she can’t leave work. Or her boyfriend.”

Mina hummed after a light chuckle. “Just let her be. She’s been really happy since they got together.”

“Yeah but chicks before dicks, remember?” Sana huffed and then started giggling.

“What?”

“Speaking of dicks. I’m assuming Chaeng liked the lingerie we bought? You texted me days ago that you couldn’t walk straight after—“

Mina's eyes went wide, she hurriedly grabbed the phone and took it off of loud speaker as she ran out of the room. Chaeyoung dropped her head on her hands as Tzuyu snickered at her.

“Wow. I don’t even know where to begin with that,” Tzuyu said, still trying to hold in her laughter. “Fuck dude, is that why you were running around the house doing all of Mina’s chores?”

“Yeah and you should shut the fuck up.” Chaeyoung glared at her. But then she decided to try to make things even. “Wait, what’s going on with you and Sana?”

She could see how Tzuyu froze with that question. “What do you mean? Nothing's going on with us.”

Chaeyoung raised a brow. “You’ve been spending a lot of time with her and a lot meaning, you see her almost every day since you guys met.”

“What, are you taking notes or something?” Tzuyu scoffed and then looked away from Chaeyoung, obviously avoiding eye contact. “I don’t see her every day. You’re exaggerating it.”

“Mina noticed it too. So we’re just trying to figure out what’s going on between you two.” Chaeyoung tried her best not to sound nosy or impatient. She just wanted answers.

Tzuyu furrowed her brows as she finished her breakfast. Chewing her food before she could say anything, then she drank her tea and gulped everything down.

“Look—” she cleared her throat before speaking again. “As much as I want to explain whatever is happening between the both of us, I can’t either cause I don’t even know what’s happening.” She looked at Chaeyoung. “But what I know is, we both like each other’s company and that’s pretty much it.”

Chaeyoung knitted her brows together, not entirely convinced by it. She felt like there was something more. “Okay?”

“She said she wants to help me get over Ri. I said no at first. Because that probably wasn’t a good thing.”

“Obviously.” Chaeyoung deadpanned.

“Shut up.” Tzuyu glared at her. “So we decided to just hang out a lot. Maybe she’s taking me to different places so that I can make new memories over the ones I want to forget.” Tzuyu fixed her plates and then sighed. “It’s helping? But if I’m being honest, I do feel weird and squishy things for Sana now.”

“That could be because she’s a beautiful and charming lady who’s been keeping you company while you’re getting over a heartbreak.”

“I know and I’m very much aware of it.” Tzuyu took a deep breath, she got up to place her plates in the sink and looked back at Chaeyoung, leaning on the counter. “I don’t think I want to have feelings for her because I’m vulnerable and she keeps me company. She doesn’t deserve that.”

Okay, Chaeyoung was starting to understand the situation. It wasn't the entire thing, but was enough to know what Tzuyu felt about it. But Chaeyoung was slightly worried at the same. 

“You’ve always been the wise one in our group,” she mused. thinking that was the safest thing she could say to not make Tzuyu feel even more uncomfortable of the topic. They could talk about it another time. “Some people would take the opportunity and just jump in. But we all know that’s not gonna end well when you use someone as a band aid.”

“I know," Tzuyu responded, taking a moment to think but then she let out an exasperated sigh. “But she’s so cute," she said with a whine as she threw her head back. “It didn’t help that I wasn’t wearing my compression shorts the first time we went out and she gave me a boner.”

Chaeyoung suddenly spat her water out and then coughed profusely, pounding her chest with her fist. “W-what?!”

Mina then ran back into the kitchen with the phone still glued to her ear. “Baby? You okay?”

Chaeyoung whipped her head at her and frantically waved her hands. “Yeah, baby. I’m okay." Then she looked at Tzuyu with a glare. "Tzuyu told a stupid ass joke.”

Tzuyu was still taken back at how responsive Mina was to her friend. But she didn't want to repeat what she said to Mina since she knew she was still on the phone with Sana. So she simply shrugged and flipped her middle finger at Chaeyoung. The older woman furrowed her brows and looked at them, narrowing her eyes. “Okay, if you say so.” Then she turned around and went back to the living room.

Once the coast was clear, Chaeyoung quickly brought her bowls and plates to the sink, leaned towards Tzuyu and then whispered. “She gave you a boner? Did she like—suck your dick after?”

“No, no! She didn’t notice. I hope.” Tzuyu sighed again. “It wasn’t intentional. It was just… you know…”

“No I don’t, Tzu.” She deadpanned again.

Tzuyu took a deeper breath. “We were getting into her apartment building, she needed to swipe her card to open those gate thingies, but the sensor was on my side of the car. So she leaned over me and grazed her hand over my thigh.”

“And that gave you a boner?”

“Well she could’ve just asked me to swipe it for her! Her hand was really close to my dick.” Tzuyu started to blush as she was recalling what happened. “Again, I wasn’t wearing my compression shorts okay?”

Chaeyoung raised both her brows when she started to understand the situation. “Oh right. Cause you really like wearing those even though they fucking hurt.”