meizhen was awoken by two of her dwarf members at past 2 am. she could clearly remember that she announced that she had just came back from eight schedules and said that she would kill anyone who wakes her up without a valid reason as she will be needed for her morning radio show by 6 am— all she needed was rest.
the dong stared at the choi and the im that was both pouting at her, stressed and sleepy. how could she kill these two when they both know that they are her favourites. ❝what do you two idiots want..❞
❝...can you reach the snacks for us?❞
mei groaned in mild annoyance at their stupid request, rolling away to face the wall instead. yerim whined at her refusal and laid on top of the chinese, shaking her with a bigger pout.
❝c'mon, zhenie!❞ she dragged out, only earning a grunt from the older one. ❝go ask sol...❞ the younger ones were somewhat surprised by how deeper the ice skater's voice have gotten.
❝sol is dead asleep, she wouldn't budge!❞
mei groaned once more and internally cursed herself for being a light-sleeper, sitting up after gently pushing yerim away from her body and rubbing the sleep away from her eyes.
❝i will kick the two of you out of the dorm if you bother me again.❞ the young duo knew that it was an empty threat with how soft the 98 liner's voice had gotten.
meizhen forced herself to stand up and leave her bed's comfort, grabbing her phone and gesturing for the two to follow her. the trio carefully went down the halls and approached the kitchen, knowing enough that every members were all dead tired from practice. ❝which snacks do you guys want to have?❞
yeojin pointed at the cookie filled jar that heejin made before, it was placed at the top shelf whilst yerim pointed at the chips haseul intentionally hid and secured on the same section;
knowing her members well enough to know that they would have midnight snacks when they were supposed to be dieting. meizhen can just heave a heavy sigh and easily reached for the shelves due to her height, taking two cookies for yeojin and a bag of chips for yerim— one cookie for herself too.
the dong gave it to the grinning duo and stated, biting into the cookie. ❝now, let's go and sleep before haseul—❞ she shared her secret plan, both the younger ones nodding in understanding.
❝me?❞
the trio froze at their spots in between of fear and panic. jo haseul shook her head in disapproval as she pushed herself away from the wall, arms crossed with her eyes narrowed. ❝dong meizhen.❞ mei unconsciously gulped, not used to hearing the jo call her full name. ❝i thought you were going to rest?❞
meizhen resisted the urge to frame im yeojin and choi yerim.
calmly, she bit on the cookie she was eating and responded in faux innocence. ❝i was going to, but i was getting hungry since i skipped dinner and went out to find food.❞ haseul tried to find any lies in the dong's dull eyes and her deep voice, but found nothing. sighing, she averted her gaze towards the younger duo and raised an eyebrow.
yerim and yeojin gulped in fear of being scolded.
❝oh, about them. well, i saw that they were still up, practicing for round 3. but said that they were hungry as well so i helped them with their hunger.❞ mei smiled in faux reassurance, knowing that yerim would just be very suspicious while making an excuse and yeojin would just straight out be honest.
the jo stared at the trio longer before shaking her head and walking away. ❝be sure to sleep after eating.❞ meizhen waited for the closing of the door and sighed in relief, leaning her body towards the counter. the choi and the im both placed their hands in their front and heaved a heavy sigh.
❝mei mei, you're the best.❞
they muttered as they both went to hug the older's waist, only earning laughter from the dong.
