Imperfectly Perfect (MiChaeng SaTzu)

18 : Stalker

Nayeon and Jeongyeon are currently sitting at a table for three inside a restaurant near the university. They are waiting for one more person before they start ordering their food.

"Babe." Nayeon starts.

"Hmm?"

"Sana told me the other day, out of the blue, that she's always there if I need someone to talk to."

Jeongyeon seems a bit surprised. "Sana? Minatozaki?"

Nayeon softly nods.

"Are you two that close already?"

"I don't think so. We never even had the chance to talk any longer than two minutes."

Jeongyeon chuckles, "You know what, she's been awfully weird with me lately."

"Like what?"

"Like she stares—"

"WAIT." Nayeon cuts in as her eyes widen. "Did she perhaps..."

Jeongyeon looks at her girlfriend with the same shocked face and completes her sentence, "Found out about Tzuyu?"

"What about me?" The person the two are waiting for finally arrives.

"Tzuyu!" The couple calls out in unison as they stand up and hugs her.

"What took you so long?" Nayeon asks as the three of them each take their seats.

"I had to submit our cheer schedule with the sports committee."

"Ahh. That's right. I also heard Sana finishing that earlier today." Jeongyeon states as she gives each of them the restaurant's menu.

"Is Sana doing fine? The Collegiate League may have just started but I heard that the juniors in her department have been busy also with their subjects." Tzuyu asks with obvious worry in her voice.

"Honestly, she's been hustling a lot lately." Jeongyeon answers, "Even Mina says that Sana's schedule is sometimes tighter than her. And mind you, that's the council president talking."

"Babe, let's order and share this one." Nayeon butts in and points out an appetizer.

"I'll just have this one." Tzuyu also points from the menu.

"Okay." The council treasurer calls a staff and places their order.

"Do you still not believe us, Tzu?" Nayeon starts.

"But Unnie— I heard her! I was sitting right behind her in the cafe when she answered a call that definitely sounded like she's talking with a lover. She even said 'I love you' at the end."

"That's why you just rushed out of the coffee place like that? The staff were still talking about you when I went in. They were saying you didn't even get your order and just went out." Nayeon annoyingly comments.

Tzuyu just looked down and stayed quiet, looking guilty for jumping into conclusions.

"Tzu— You know that we already confirmed, through Jeongyeon, that it was just Mina she was talking to, right? Sana also did not meet anyone else at the cafe that day except for that brunch meeting with the council members."

"She's just naturally like that to Mina." Jeongyeon adds in a chuckle.

"Mina is the girl who I talked to on Sana's phone, right?"

Nayeon starts laughing, "Yeah. The call where you threatened Sana and branded her as a stalker."

"Like you're not the one who's actually stalking her!" Jeongyeon adds in a chuckle. "I had to hold my laugh so hard that time because I was there when Mina answered the call."