Dahyun refreshes the page. Chaeyoung has posted another artwork, consisting a surreal collection of lines and spirals into her unique but stunningly iconic style. Dahyun has always wondered what's going around in the girl's brain while she's drawing.
There are days where Dahyun just sits on her bed in their room and curiously watches the girl draw by the table. And every time, she gets amazed at how Chaeyoung is always sure of exactly what to draw and how to draw it. Maybe it is a metaphor for something Dahyun doesn't or can't understand. Or perhaps an inner abstract thought. Regardless, she is in awe of Chaeyoung's imagination and talent.
Dahyun double taps and reposts the art onto her story, wanting everyone to get a chance at seeing such artwork. She adds the caption: "That's my best friend!"
She refreshes the page. Jihyo is posting bad selfies with Sana again as usual. Dahyun thinks they are a little too cute to exist and she might be just slightly jealous. The post has four selfies that look like they have been taken in a single burst due to the blurry progression. Sana leaning in, kissing Jihyo's cheek, and both their faces squeezing into smiles that reach all the way to their ears. The caption reads: "My partner." with a purple heart.
Dahyun double taps and contemplates commenting a vomiting emoji just to be annoying. But she decides to leave them alone this time. These two girls are always in their own world, just like Chaeyoung, but unlike Chaeyoung, they always end up creating chaos. It's proof that there can be many different types of the same personality.
She refreshes the page. Scrolling down leads her to Jeongyeon's post where she's surrounded by the animals she was helping in a shelter last week. A cute fluffy dog is in her arms, pressed up to her masked but visibly beaming face, a husky is sitting to her right, a German Shepard to her left, and a toy poodle is standing at her feet, looking up at her, seemingly begging for a cuddle. Jeongyeon is, without a doubt, the kindest person Dahyun knows. It makes her heart warm to see the older one's smile as she's doing what she loves.
Dahyun double taps before commenting: "Invite me along next time, Jeong!" She would love to support the cute little puppies too, and on the other hand, she wants to see Jeongyeon's eye smile up close.
She refreshes the page. However, it's not doing much any longer, so she presses on the stories above the feed instead. Nayeon's comes up first, a picture of her hand with nails freshly painted in lilac, holding bubble tea. The text beneath her hand reads: "Peach sister bought me boba!" Dahyun's lips form into a small smile at the bond between the two older girls.
Tzuyu's is next, and Dahyun doesn't even need to look at the username to confirm that its her due to how simple and random the story is. Some white bold text upon a black background: "I am so sick of my phone spazzing out every few hours, but at least Sana unnie buys me kimbap for lunch." There is a single smiley face after the text. Tzuyu is just so cute and no one can say otherwise.
Then up pops a video of Sana laughing on Mina's story. "She makes me laugh." is the caption. Sana's eyes are crescent moons as she squeals in laughter, reaching out to tug the camera away from her face. "Leave me alone Minari!"
The video is followed by a selfie. Mina's perfect expression, pouty lips and furrowed brows. She looks cute and sexy at the same time, making Dahyun wonder how that is even possible.
Dahyun refreshes the page one more time after tapping on the rest of the stories at the top of the page that are from random pages she doesn't quite remember following. She thinks it's too much work to unfollow them.
Eventually, she gives in, tapping on the grayed-out circle surrounding Momo's profile picture at the top of the page. Dahyun remembers the time Momo took that picture. It was a few weeks ago, when they were sitting next to each other after a exhausting dance practice, both just scrolling through their phones. But the next second, when Dahyun looked to her side, the older one was taking pictures from every conceivable angle. Then, they also took one together. Nevertheless, one of those pictures is now her profile picture. A cute smile and her short black hair framing her cute yet attractive face.
Anyway, the story was posted yesterday when Momo and Nayeon were out shopping. A selfie with Nayeon and her. Dahyun chuckles at how they're almost always together, finding them as cute as Jihyo and Sana. Their heads are pressed together, hair mingling and intertwining. The collars of their shirts are collapsing against the other. Their expressions are peculiar, almost bored, but Dahyun knows they had fun, because they always do. They're also holding up peace signs, Nayeon's sign against Momo's cheek, pressing two perfect indents onto her soft skin. Another sigh from Dahyun because it's just such a cute picture. A sigh because she is a little jealous that Nayeon and Momo didn't invite her on days out.
It's funny how it might seem like it's a night where the members are out and about, but they're literally just in the living room, posting from there. Dahyun is in her room at the moment, but she wants to see what they're up to, so she leaves her bed, moving to the living room.
Hellos from left and right can be heard when she steps inside, and Mina, being the considerate person she is, immediately pats the empty space on the couch between Momo and her for Dahyun to join them. When Momo notices, she lifts her head up from her phone and shoots Dahyun a subtle smile before scooting a little to the edge of the couch to make more space. And how could Dahyun refuse these two sweet girls? She strides towards them and drops onto the couch.
Then, everyone is focused on their phones again and silence fills the room. Dahyun moves only her eyes to catch a glimpse at Mina's phone, not surprised when she sees a game on the screen. It's either the one with the swords, the one with the guns, or the one with the farm, but Dahyun can't really tell, so she stops before Mina can become aware of her and most likely get all shy.
Next, she raises her head a little to peek at Momo's phone, since she is holding it a little higher. But the brightness is low and she can't really make anything out, so she guesses that the older one is browsing Instagram due to the way she's scrolling. As she tries to get a better view, she subconsciously leans in closer, accidentally making Momo notice her. Momo startles Dahyun by nudging her with her arm, receiving an eye roll from the now pouting younger one.
"Could have just said something instead of snooping all secretly," Momo says with a chuckle.
She turns her phone to an angle where both of them are able to see clearly before continuing to scroll. The girl's feed is quite fitting to her, Dahyun thinks. Every other post is about dancing, the gym, and food, but mostly about food. The one's between those are just pictures from Momo's friends and so on. The profile picture in the bottom right corner catches Dahyun's eye again and she smiles.
"Your profile picture, it's very pretty. I remember you taking it after practice."
"Ah, right. Who doesn't remember that practice? I thought I was gonna die in the middle of it."
They both laugh silently, not wanting to disturb the others, even though they aren't actually doing anything important, but that's just how they are. Well, back to where they were, Momo proceeds to scroll and scroll, until they reach a point where the feed starts to get filled with rather weird stuff, so Momo just puts her phone away before anything disturbing can pop up.
In the meantime, the clock has struck eleven a.m. and most of the girls have already gone to their rooms and off to sleep, leaving only Momo, Dahyun and Chaeyoung behind, who are now getting up to do the same. They tell each other goodnight and split up, Dahyun and Chaeyoung to their room with Tzuyu, and Momo to her room with Jeongyeon.
The night goes by quickly and Dahyun wakes up to a wonderful morning. Although there's no difference between this one and the one from yesterday, she feels more energetic and cheery. But no matter how bubbly she is feeling, there's no way she can get out from bed before checking Social Media. So, grabbing her phone from the nightstand, she starts with Instagram as usual.
She refreshes the page. This time, only once is enough to make her satisfied, because what she sees next makes her feel so refreshed, so happy. It's very unusual to see a post instead of a story from Momo, but this time, its a post, a very special one it seems, because the picture is also set as her profile picture. It's one of the pictures from that exhausting day again, however, not a picture of Momo, but the one they took together. The caption reads: "We look prettier together."
