Citrus

Chapter 35

"Jeongyeon-ssi, we're staying at this hotel, too. I hope we could run into each other again some time." Chaeyoung said as they walked inside the building.

"Okay." Jeongyeon agreed, still not showing any expression. The twins bid their goodbye as they both rode the elevator up to their room. Jeongyeon was about to go out again until she heard a familiar voice yelling at the lobby.

"I can't believe you!" When she turned to them, she saw Jihyo standing up while scolding a certain red haired girl while Miss Jessi was sitting on the other side of the couch, dozing off caused by the long train ride. She didn't have enough energy to scold Nayeon and let Jihyo do the work. Nayeon, on the other hand, was silently sitting there and let Jihyo scold her. "Think about what 'group activity' means!"

Nayeon turned her head when she saw Jeongyeon's figure from the entrance. But then, she was disappointed when the younger girl looked away and proceeded to walk towards the hallway, disappearing from Nayeon's sight.

Jeongyeon...

She didn't hear Jihyo's nagging  as she became occupied with her thoughts. She remembered when Chaeyoung comforted her when she told the short girl what happened to her and her sister. "I imagine you just weren't feeling well that day." Chaeyoung's voice lingered on her thoughts as she clenched her fists on her lap. She couldn't take it anymore.

"...could've happened to— are you listening to me!?" Jihyo scolded but was startled when Nayeon suddenly stood up, her face was gloomy and her head was hung low.

"Excuse me for a moment." She coldly said, clearly not in the mood to bicker with the short-haired girl. "There's something I need to take care of." Nayeon ran away after saying that.

"Wha— hey! Im Nayeon, where are you going!?" Jihyo tried to stop her, but it was too late. Nayeon already disappeared from the hallways. She sighed and looked at Miss Jessi, who is dozing off on her seat and left her to run after Nayeon.

Nayeon ran after Jeongyeon, and luckily, she was still walking on the hallway. "Jeongyeon-ah!" She shouted, but the younger girl didn't turn around. She ran faster until she caught the younger girl's hand, making her stop walking. "Hey... do you think we could talk alone for a bit?" Nayeon pleaded while panting.

Jeongyeon just looked at her with piercing cold eyes and didn't respond.

"Im Nayeon!" Jihyo called from behind. Jeongyeon took the chance to get away from Nayeon's grip and turned around to walk away again. Jihyo looked at them in confusion as Nayeon sighed. But then she was surprised when Jeongyeon responded to her question before disappearing behind the lift.

"Some time later."

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Tzuyu and Chaeyoung were both walking on the hallway of the fifth floor of the hotel. They just got scolded by the teacher, mainly Chaeyoung, for not being able to catch up with the whole class.

"Wow." Tzuyu started as she put her hands on her nape while they walked to their room. "Getting lectured while sitting on our knees..." She sighed before continuing. "Thanks to you, I got yelled, too."

Chaeyoung unamusedly looked up at her and frowned. "You're the one who followed me inside her room. Why are you blaming me? I told you to stay outside but you insisted." The short girl sighed and closed her eyes. "You didn't have to come with me." Chaeyoung felt that Tzuyu was not beside her walking, and when she turned around, she saw the tall girl was in the verge of tears. "Tzuyu? Hey, what's wrong?"

"M-my... my limited Yoda keychain..." She started to tear up as she tapped her hands on her pajama dress and checked her pockets. "I think I lost the Seoul-exclusive limited Yoda keychain you bought for me!"