Bullet With Butterfly Wings

the problem with hwang yena

Everyone seemed tense that Yena was back. I had no idea why that was but I didn't want to get myself involved in past issues. I was walking down the hallway, a text from Hansol telling me that he was getting his skills configured when my phone buzzed and I saw that it was a text from Jeno.

Jeno: wait up

I frowned when I saw the text, wondering what it meant when there were sounds of thumping against the floor. I looked behind me to see that it was Jeno, the male jogging towards me with his backpack. He had arena shoes on and I looked around, expecting to see Jaemin but Jeno shook his head.

"Jaemin's trying to change his main character, considering Aurora is off his list," Jeno told me and I nodded. "Jaehyun hyung is there with him."

"Ah," I answered, Jeno tightening his backpack strap. "Does it hurt for you to call me 'Noona'?"

Jeno was taken aback by my question, the male suddenly chuckling.

"Do you want me to?" he asked. Jeno had called me 'Noona' a couple of times but then again, I've always felt as if Jeno treated me more like a friend than an older person. "I can. It's just weird."

"Why?"

"You're friends with Dana and Aera. Not to mention Bunny. I don't even call Dana 'Noona'. Don't even get me started on Aera," he told me, shrugging. "I just call her Shin Aera."

"Mhm," I hummed. "I guess just Nabi will do. You're going to the arena, aren't you?"

"Yeah. I need to stop by the Control Center to give Doyoung hyung his lunch first."

I nodded, deciding to accompany Jeno when we took a sharp turn to the Control Center when we heard two voices speaking. I strained my ears, Jeno grabbing my elbow to hold me back for a moment. I glanced at him to see that he was telling me to keep quiet.

"What did I tell you?" a voice demanded and I recognized it as Hwang Yena's voice. "I told you that if you want your unit to succeed, you have to do whatever it takes for you to reach the top. I told you, didn't I? Why don't you ever listen?"

"Sorry, unnie." The voice that answered was soft and Jeno frowned, both of us peeking from the side of the wall.

"Look, to be a permanent staff in the control center is hard, Yeji. You can't just reach the top by following the rules," Yena said to the younger female who was wearing a control center suit. "Lee Haechan's zipline has to be configured, right? You know what to do?"

"Yes, Unnie."

"You've done it before, right? You told me you've done it."

"Yes, Unnie. Aera Sunbae took the blame," the voice answered mildly.

"Then you can do it again."

"Yes, Unnie. I'll do it."

"Good. No one knows you're my sister, Yeji. We're going to the top and I'm bringing all the people I care about with me," Yena said and Jeno's jaw fell open, the male pulling me away for a while when he cleared his throat and he pounded his feet against the floor to feign footsteps.

Both Jeno and I showed up from the side, Yena seeing us. If she was surprised to see us, she masked it well. She broke into a smile and I smiled back, Jeno staring at her from beside me.

"Oh... Hello," Yena said, tilting her head to the side. She waved a hand and her sister scurried away. "Jeno."

Jeno gave her a nod and Yena's eyes fell on me.

"Park Nabi, isn't it? I haven't gotten the time to properly introduce myself. Hwang Yena." She offered me her hand and I shook it, the female giving me a very sweet smile. "How are you, Jeno?"