𝗹𝗶𝗹𝘆. 𝗇𝖼𝗍 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋

𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖻𝖻𝗈𝗋𝗇

"Annyeonghaseyo."

Upon hearing the voice of a woman, the boys turned towards the door to see Wendy at the door of their practice room. They immediately greeted her back.

"What brings you here?" Taeyong asked her.

"Uh... I think, one of you need to check on Leia. I think it's better to just have one person check on Leia at the gym. She's been running on the treadmill for an hour straight." She said.

The boys looked surprised.

"We were actually searching for her too. She's at the gymnasium?" Johnny asked.

"Yeah. Did something happen to her? It's like she's daydreaming a lot." Wendy told them.

The members then looked at Taeyong. Taeyong and some of the members knew what had happened between Leia and Lee Soo Man. It just happened yesterday.

"I'll go see her. You guys continue practicing. I'll check on her," Taeyong said as he walks to the door.

"She's at the gymnasium. I think she's alone there." Wendy said.

"Okay. Thank you for telling us," Taeyong thanked her.

"You're welcome." Wendy smiles before walking away.

Taeyong then went to the ladies' gymnasium to find Leia, still running on the treadmill.

"Leia," he called her once and she turned to him.

"Yeah?" she replies while pressing on the stop button of the treadmill.

"You've been running for an hour. We've been searching for you too. Why are you here for so long? We have group practice," Taeyong told her.

She got down from the treadmill and drink her water from a bottle.

"Hey, are you listening to me?" Taeyong asked her.

"I am." She replied while panting for breath.

"Get to the practice room in 10 minutes. No excuses." Taeyong said before walking away.

Leia watches as he walks away. She went into the shower room and quickly washes up and change into another outfit. In 10 minutes, she was back at NCT's practice room to see that the members were practicing Beautiful, their whole group's song.

After the group finish practicing, they had a short break since they'd practice for some time. Leia did some warm-ups while they were taking a break.

"How's your shoulders?" Their manager asked.

"It's fine. Just a little bit stiff," Leia replied and thinly smiled.

"Where were you just now?" He asked.

"In the gym. I lost track of time." Leia replied softly.

"Don't do that again. The members were worried about your whereabouts," he told her.

Leia exhaled and nodded, "Nae."

To be honest, she did not lose track of time. She just had a lot in her mind and she can't focus on anything she is doing. To distract her, she needs to run. She can't jog outside because it's winter and super cold outside. And the path is slippery. So, she jogged in the gym.

And when Leia is not in a good mood, she would rather be alone without any distraction or any other people. And when she's not in a good mood, she can be quiet and scary. She can be frightening.

And then, the members won't bother her because they know that she doesn't like someone to talk to her when she's not in a good mood.

"Alright, let's continue practicing!" Taeyong announced.