Dappled Light [2yeon]

Chapter 6

Floor 1, Polaris co-op

What am I doing? Her stare on the doorknob intense but confused, her eyes digging some sort of truth she was searching for but instead she felt her legs and her hands gripping on the mug petrifying as time flows. The warmness floated and attached to her face, her cheeks was already fuming with heat and there goes the water vapour trying to show affection to her, the soft warmness dampen her and she was glad because she felt wide awake. It's normal right? Because I'm actually caring for my friend, right? Jeongyeon asked herself, her mind has been having conversation with her heart since she started her rental here, she finds it weird as she was a woman who always follows her heart. I should knock. Knuckles making music on the wooden pane, while her toes curling in badly, pulling on her tendons that it makes her uncomfortable.

"What are you doing?" Jeongyeon jumped and felt her feet leaving the ground, her soul long gone and floated to the sky. "I errr...," Her voice trembling due to the aftermath of shock, it sounded funny to Nayeon because Jeongyeon looked like a tiny Pomeranian shaking in fear and looking for places to hide. Nayeon actually headed to the balcony to breathe in fresh air, the weather turning up as soon as June is coming and the wind was soother, felt like a ticklish embrace. She dragged the slide door, releasing it halfway before going to Jeongyeon, she felt easier with wind blowing at her. "I was just here to-, to check on you!" The last four words sounded like a sigh, it went in a hurry but Nayeon caught it and placed it in a special place in her heart. She snickered, right before she spotted the mug on Jeongyeon's hand. "You seriously brought me warm water?" Nayeon took the mug over, fingers clamping around the tip of the mug and placed it under her nose, the action was smooth and Jeongyeon was stunned. "Too bad it turned cool." She said it disappointedly, but still smiled a little when she chugged it all in one breath.

Jeongyeon stared at her flabbergasted, her clammy palm wanting to reach for the mug but then surrendered and escape to her back for no reason, still fidgeting to pick the right decision. "And that's that. What do you want to do now?" Nayeon asked, the mug settled below her chest while she gazed at Jeongyeon who was panicking and avoiding her stare. Jeongyeon lowered her head, Nayeon could see the circle of her messy bun and the lighter streaks of her hair glowed, how her hands pulled on her shirt hem and creased it. "The mug," Nayeon tilted her head, Jeongyeon's voice grew tinier. "Give it to me, I'll wash it for you." Her hand touched Nayeon's , fingertips on fingertips, light as feather before her palm firmly took the mug away from Nayeon. When she can look in Jeongyeon's eyes again, the tenant has already turned away hastily, big and bigger steps where the floor creaked and almost instantly disappeared before her eyes.

She's so weird. Nayeon was still staring at the staircase, the scene where Jeongyeon hurriedly walked away still reminiscing in her brain, she found it funny about how Jeongyeon reacted whenever they talked or looked at each other, it made her happy. She's really weird. Nayeon chuckled, before going back to her room.

Ground floor, Polaris co-op

"Is everyone here?" Jihyo asked looking around while clutching some magazines under her arm. "Dahyun will be late, she has another group of tourists to send off." Sana sat beside Tzuyu comfortably after answering Jihyo while rubbing her wet hair with a thick towel. The newly promoted executive manager actually planned some events for the tenants and she gathered all of them, including the landlady in the dining area to reveal her secret events. "We can start now, I will tell her the details later." Chaeyoung who was stuck in between Momo and Nayeon suggested, still busy scribbling on her sketchbook. "I'm sure Dahyun wouldn't mind." Mina came over from the living room, as usual with a cup of tea, and decided to sit beside Momo. Jeongyeon noticed that the beverages served here are always top notch, the aroma always keep her awake and clears her mind, she made up her mind to buy some recommended brands before she returns to South Korea in the end of December. Nayeon was looking somewhere uninterestedly, she was thinking of something else.