judge me once, love me twice | 2yeon

6 | uptight

Jeongyeon makes her way to the door, looking around the estate which she had been invited to.

It's large, and seemingly fit for someone like Hirai Momo and Minatozaki Sana who are housemates.

The '96s had invited Jeongyeon and a few other schoolmates over for a study group.

She was initially hesitant to join, but Jihyo told her, and she quotes, "Mix yourself in with a friend group so it doesn't make you seem suspicious."

"That quote thing only works if you're quoting someone else." Jeongyeon retorts.

"Well, I've changed it up now."

She rings the doorbell and waits until Momo rushes over to open the door.

She mentally frowns when Momo opens the door, because it seems like the girl has something against her.

She just doesn't know what it is, yet.

She enters and goes to the living room, which took some time because the house was like a goddamn maze.

"Jeongyeon!" Sana warmly smiles and pats a beanbag next to her. "Come sit!" Jeongyeon makes her way next to Sana, accidentally making eye contact with Nayeon, who is giving a very high strung death glare.

Chaeyoung makes her way from the kitchen and places bowls of snacks in the middle of the glass coffee table. Dahyun follows behind with a pitcher full of water.

Jeongyeon looks around the room for Tzuyu, but she's nowhere to be seen.

"Tzu had to pick up a close friend from the airport. So she won't be here with us today." Chaeyoung informs her, and she gives a thumbs up as a response.

"Okay, everyone," Nayeon claps her hands, looking at everyone in the room with the exception of Jeongyeon. "Let's get to it. We all have a bio test, even if we are in different years. Let's use this to our advantage and teach the kiddos."

Everyone in the room nods their heads to agree, and Nayeon walks straight to the whiteboard to start off with the topic on asexual reproduction.

*****

Chaeyoung's finished about three worksheets at this point, Dahyun's finished four (and a half), and Momo and Sana have finished a worksheet and three paper aeroplanes.

Jeongyeon's on her tenth worksheet, and Nayeon's on her ninth.

The other four have given up and are just watching Nayeon and Jeongyeon racing each other (They're not even the ones doing the worksheet but their brains are aching).

An alarm buzzes, and Jeongyeon jumps in victory.

"Technically, it wasn't even a race." Nayeon side-eyes her.

"Just admit that you lost." Jeongyeon laughs, dancing around the room. Nayeon holds her head down and some anger flows through her. "Jealous much, I see."

"Why would I be jealous?" Nayeon scoffs, standing up. "You've only beaten me like three times."

"Four." Sana calls, and Nayeon ignores her.

Jeongyeon can't help but grin.

Nayeon doesn't like that grin one bit.

"You know what, Momo was right." Nayeon calls out, and Sana realises what's about to happen next, so she tries her best to pull Nayeon down, but to no avail.

Jeongyeon leans onto her left leg and raises her eyebrows. "Right about what?"

Nayeon points her index finger at the girl. "You are a spy!"

Jeongyeon is taken aback, she can't even make a shocked face.

"Me? A spy?" Jeongyeon lets out a breath. "How did you come to that conclusion?"

"No reason." Momo comments, and Jeongyeon rolls her tongue around her mouth in thought.

"I'm not a spy-"

"THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT A SPY WOULD SAY!" Momo points, and Jeongyeon face palms, turning to Sana afterwards.

"Sana, don't tell me you believe them too?" Jeongyeon asks, and Sana shakes her head, allowing Jeongyeon to finally take a breather. "I swear on Zeus' life, I'm not a spy."

"No, but you have to be!" Nayeon growls, angry. "How are you so good at everything?! It's annoying the heck out of me!"

"Oh? So you think I'm a spy just because I'm naturally good at things you prided yourself in before?" Jeongyeon doesn't even hold back. "Face it, Im Nayeon. You're not the top anymore."

Nayeon looks like she's about to strangle the daylights out of Jeongyeon, so Sana drags her out of the living room and into the kitchen.

"What was that all about?" Sana grips her friend's shoulder.

"I don't know, Sana." Nayeon admits, calming herself down with a glass of water. "I can't help it, why is she annoying me like this?"

Sana purses her lips. "Are you sure that you're only mad at her because she beats you in everything?"

Nayeon doesn't reply to that.

"Momo wasn't wrong about her being gorgeous," Sana begins. "She's an all-rounder too, if I had to describe her. So tell me, Nayeon.

Is it only because she's just as good as you?"

****

The rest of the session is tense.

When Nayeon and Sana walk in, it's so quiet that you could literally hear a pin drop. Everyone is sulky and sitting on the ground, staring into the unknown.

"Let's wrap it up here then." Sana claps, trying to lift the mood. "Let's go out for Karaoke, yeah?"

Everyone just mumbles a yes, and Sana goes to prepare the car.

However, the doorbell rings, and she rushes to get it. "Tzuyu!" Sana giggles.

The echoes of her laughter reach the living room, where Jeongyeon has just left to go to the front door.

"This is my friend, Unnie." Tzuyu says, and Jeongyeon peeks around the corner to see who Tzuyu is pointing too.

All the colour drains from her face the second she sees who it is.