𝔹𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕐𝕠𝕦//_[𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧]

19: ᴄʜᴀɴɴɪᴇ'ꜱ ʜᴇʀᴇ

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Underlined-Italics is English from Minho's POV.
Italics is when someone's on the phone or in another room.
Regular text is Korean.

Sunday comes at last. 

The days after Althea came from Lorraine's passed by so slowly. Mainly because the female was actively avoiding them. Which is difficult considering she's bound to her room to watch them them. But she went out as often as possible and found any excuse to talk to her family.

When they came back Thursday, she immediately locked herself in the bathroom. Minho nor Jisung could see it but very, very faintly--from gluing their ears to the door--they heard muffled sobbing. 

Minho had to subdue the Quokka so that he wouldn't barge in there. Bang Chan told them to watch out for her and the dancer knows Jisung's only trying to do his best after finally getting a breakthrough with the female. He saw how happy the rapper was at being able to laugh with Althea. Not getting the vibes that she hated him anymore made him excited. 

And now she's shutting them out for God-knows-what. It's an emotional whiplash in under twenty-four hours. 

But that was only day 1. 

Day 2, Friday, she was even more withdrawn. Hardly able to look them in the eye even with Jisung forcibly getting into her face. Minho had to hold him back then too. He couldn't communicate since he didn't speak English but he hoped his eyes gave away how worried he was. 

When Jisung asked if she was okay, she merely nodded with a fake smile before leaving. She didn't come back unless it was to give them food or check if they needed anything. And it went like that all day. 

Day 3, Saturday, Minho actually stepped up and approached her. She was swaddled in a blanket cocoon until noon when the dancer decided she'd slept enough and poked at her insistently. Althea couldn't even glare at him properly. Jisung tried to talk to her again but it was unsuccessful. 

Day 4, currently Sunday, they've had enough. 

Jisung crouched beside the bed once the female showed signs of waking up. As soon as her eyes opened, he beams at her with a silly face.

Jisung makes a bunch of silly noises and gestures and even winds up next to Minho to rope him in. Of course the dancer declined but the pleading look from the Quokka and the sight of Althea getting misty-eyed, even though she tried to hide it, made him cave. He reeled his hand back and gave a hard slap to Jisung's ass. The rapper yelps and covers his mouth while rubbing the bruised area. 

"What was that for?!" He whines.

"You wanted me to help," Minho shrugs. 

Both of them perk up at a slight snort and see Althea's back facing them. But it's trembling in a way that shows she's laughing. Jisung brightens and crawls to sit at the foot of her bed. 

"Oh? Someone's laughing?" He says in English. 

"Stupid..." she huffs. 

Althea finally sits up and sighs while wiping her eyes. She beckons Minho to come over and pats his arm with a small smile. The dancer stiffens at the contact and Althea immediately retracts. 

"S-Sorry....wanna say thank you..." she says slowly. 

He only understood sorry and thank you but he got the gist. He ruffles her tresses--black hair is really curly--before she turns to Jisung. The rapper having a very serious pout. 

"Hello?? What about the victim?!"

Althea quirks a smile and pokes Jisung's cheek. The male bats her hand away and stretches Althea's cheeks. The female whines at the act and Jisung's expression shifts to something serious.