Maenboong - A SkyDragon fanfic.

Day 1.4

CHAERIN AND MINZY

After Yang Sajangnim signed off on her updated routine (with a few refinements here and there. There was rarely ever a dance routine the Sajangnim completely approved of), Chaerin had taken one look at Dara's bouncing eye brows and Bom's super sized smirk and asked Minzy if she felt like going to the cafeteria.

The maknae shrugged and went with her. She too had noticed the Unnies' anticipation as well as the sudden absence of the BigBang Oppas. As was her way, she kept thoughtfully silent.

Her quiet way was why Chaerin was escaping with her. She knew that too.

Chaerin was not ready to talk about why, even though this was just a standard review session, there had been a weird heaviness about everything up until when Jiyong Oppa had left before she was even done. Minzy didn't need to ask questions that no one was going to answer when it was all too easy to just observe.

They ordered the new berry wheat grass smoothies that the Cafeteria was now serving which, thanks to the masterful touch of an excellent celebrity nutritionist/chef, somehow managed to be good for you and taste amazing. At their table, they sat across from each other and Minzy pretended to be on her phone texting but she surreptitiously watched her young leader.

In her blonde on black get up, the skin of her neck and shoulder on show as well as all that leg, Chaerin kind of glowed. If Minzy didn't know better she would have thought it was the work out she'd just had.

Chaerin was studying her smoothie and playing with her straw, clearly lost in thought.

"Unnie, is it good?" Minzy asked breaking the silence.

Chaerin looked startled by the question. Faint color suddenly tinted her collar bones. She stared at Minzy then laughed.

"You mean the smoothie?" she asked, "I actually forgot to try it," she dutifully took a sip and nodded, "as expected. It's delicious. I wonder if I can ask him for the recipe."

Minji wondered where her mind had been.

She had her suspicions but since Chaerin wasn't saying anything, she wouldn't say anything either.

But then Chaerin suddenly folded her arms in front of herself and leaned forward. "Minji-ah..." she began in a low voice then paused.

"Unnie?" Minzy urged her.

Chaerin looked at her for a moment. Her gaze, usually so cool and sure was somehow softer with indecision. The color at her throat deepened. She glanced back down at her smoothie, "it's - never mind."

Minzy frowned. "Is something wrong?"

Chaerin shook her head, blonde locks fell forward half obscuring her face. "Don't mind me. I'm being silly. The floor routine - it went well, right?"

"It was - " Minzy circled her thumb and forefinger and Chaerin grinned because she knew. "But," Minzy tilted her head, "Unnie, you added some things on the fly didn't you?"

Chaerin took another sip of her smoothie and gave the maknae an innocent glance, "I did?"

"Mhm," Minzy nodded, "that part near the end where you were stroking your thighs..."

The young team leader wrinkled up her nose, "too slutty?"

Minzy gave Chaerin the wise look that the Unnies always teased her about. "I don't like that word. It's so demeaning. When a woman is truly connected to her own body and can express the truth of her sexuality, it's wrong to belittle it with a word like that."

"Minji-ah!" Chaerin chuckled because she was used to Minzy the fountain of wisdom, "you're really the best!"

Minzy just smiled at her.

"I surprised myself too," Chaerin continued once again playing with her straw. "I don't know about connecting with anything though. It was more like something took over me and - it just felt right. So I did it."

"Well, it looked right too. And Yang Sajangnim didn't hate it."

"And...," Chaerin was swirling her barely touched smoothie around now, "Yongbae Oppa... and Jiyong Oppa..." round and round the straw in the smoothie went, "...do you think they liked it?"

Minzy's smile came slowly because she was trying not to grin. She nodded instead.

"Yeah... I think they did."

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