The Brightest Star in the Night Sky || 时代少年团

🖤CHAPTER 26💛

The next morning, Meiqi got up earlier than usual to move. The car came and she was planning to leave without waking up the rest since she would see them later anyways. Chengxin was still sleeping on the couch, she glanced at him and saw his blanket had fallen. She quietly went over to put it back on him but he had woken up since he was a light sleeper. "Why are you up so early", he asked.

"I'm moving out today, remember?"

"Oh right, I forgot.", Chengxin immediately got up. "It's still early, you can go back to sleep.", Meiqi said. Chengxin shook his head, "I'll help you move. There's so much you need to bring." Meiqi wanted to decline but it seemed like Chengxin and her were better now so she just nodded and went into the car with him.

Meiqi's dorm room was not far away from TNT's house, in fact it was much closer than she realized. Chengxin was relieved seeing that she hadn't moved away that far. They began unpacking and moved some of the furniture around.

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TNT POV

Members went downstairs for breakfast that morning but not only were they greeted no breakfast, there was also no Chengxin. Chengxin was usually the one that made breakfast with Jiaqi but Jiaqi didn't want to interact with Chengxin so he had not gotten up.

"Guys where's Ding Ge!!", hollered Yaowen. "I'm starving."

"Is he not on the couch", asked Zhengyuan. Yaowen shook his head. "See, this is why we need to learn how to cook ourselves. We starve every time Ding Er isn't around."

"Also where is Meiqi's luggage, did she leave already?"

Members looked around confused but figured they'd see her later anyways. As for Chengxin, there were only a few places he could go, maybe he went to practice early, they thought. But they were wrong because both Meiqi and Chengxin were nowhere to be found.

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Meiqi and Chengxin were so busy moving and arranging things around Meiqi's dorm that they lost track of time. They sat down, tired from all the moving. Meiqi looked down to check her phone and exclaimed, "Oh shit, it's 11 we're two hours late for practice! Jackson is going to kill us". Chengxin looked at the clock and his eyes widened, "Crap, let's go let's go. We'll finish later."

Meiqi and Chengxin burst into the practice room that they usually went to, Jackson was with TNT which was odd because he usually taught them later in the day. "Well, well, well look who it it", Jackson said turning to them.

"We're so sorry. I had to move today and Chengxin came to help me but we lost track of time.", Meiqi said panting. Chengxin stood beside her breathing heavily as well, "I'm sorry. This won't happen again".

"Thank the lords, we thought you got kidnapped or something", commented Yaxuan. Haoxiang nudged Yaxuan to stop talking. Jackson stopped the music and took a few seconds to stare at them. He noticed Meiqi was wearing Chengxin's sweater. Meiqi had forgotten to give it back to Chengxin and ran out the door with it on when she realized they were late. Yaxuan squinted, "Isn't that Ding Ge's sweater", he whispered to Yaowen. "It is", Jackson replied. Yaxuan was startled, he didn't think Jackson would be able to hear.

"You two, come see me later", Meiqi and Chengxin looked at each other scared but nodded. Chengxin went on to practice with the rest of TNT while Meiqi was told to come back later since they switched dance times.

Meiqi went around wandering the halls to try to calm herself down. Jiaqi had came out to use the bathroom and bumped into her. "Hey", she said. Jiaqi looked at her face to face, for the first time in a while. "Hey", he replied. Meiqi wanted to say something else but she didn't know what. Suddenly Jiaqi said something that surprised her.

" 今天晚上不见不散" （Tonight at 8. Old place. I won't leave till I see you), Jiaqi thought it was about time he solved this tension between him and Meiqi. Meiqi couldn't even say anything in response, because he left right after. There was only one place that Jiaqi could be referring to, the rooftop.

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TNT ended their practice for lunch while Chengxin stayed behind to speak with Jackson. Meiqi entered, seeing that the other members had left. Jackson was sitting in his chair, staring at both of them. The silence was killing them. He finally got up. "So, can someone tell me what's happening?"

They looked at each other. "What do you mean?", Chengxin asked. "You know exactly what I mean, dance practice yesterday, being late today, Jiaqi fuming off yesterday. Who's going to explain", Jackson asked with a stern tone.

Meiqi and Chengxin avoided eye contact, what were they even supposed to say? "Do you know how much trouble you're going to get into if the media finds out you guys are dating?"

"We're not dating!", Meiqi exclaimed. Chengxin nodded.

"Then what the hell is this, why are you wearing his sweater. And why is Chengxin the only one helping you move. Also why the hell would he kiss you yesterday?!", Jackson's voice was rising. Jackson didn't particularly care about whether they were dating or not, in fact, he was happy to see those around him happy but he needed to remind them they were putting a lot on the line.

"I'm sorry. That was my fault. I shouldn't have done that", Chengxin said.

"That's not the answer that I want, I want an explanation". There was a moment of silence. "So what is this? A love triangle?", Jackson asked shaking his head. There was silence again, Jackson stood there with his arms folded. "I'm sorry", was all Meiqi could muster up the courage to say. Jackson knew this was going to go nowhere, so he dismissed Meiqi and told Chengxin to stay. Meiqi quietly left the room with her head down, Chengxin couldn't help but still a pain in his heart. "So now can you explain to me?", Jackson asked once again. Chengxin didn't want to go into detail but explained the fight between him and Jiaqi, and this so-called love triangle that was going on. He figured if there was anyone that he could ask for advice it would be his senior.