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In her bedroom, Ryujin stared intently into the camera as she and Yeji read the endless comment stream on their Insta live. Lia and Yuna had already gone to sleep for the night, as it was already 12am, but Chaeryeong sat quietly to their right as she watched the live from her personal phone.

"뽀뽀," Ryujin mindlessly read before realising exactly what she had said, "hang on, what?"

"No matter how close we get, Ryujin and I will never kiss," Yeji laughed.

"You guys did kiss once, didn't you?" Chaeryeong added in, her voice sounding hoarser than normal.

"Shhh, jagiya~" Ryujin teased with exaggeration, "that was ages ago, okay~?"

Chaeryeong enjoyed provoking her girlfriend for a laugh every now and then, but knew when to stop. Especially with ddaengddeong's history of having single comments spiral into some very interesting arguments (for instance, their conversation about whether the butt is one or two segments), she understood the risk of her relationship with Ryujin accidentally slipping out of their mouths. "Yup!! Got it ;;))"

Yeji (who along with Lia and Yuna was one of the only ones to know about the 01z relationship) ended the topic of conversation by laughing, "even if we did once, let's keep it that way, okay?", before going back to reading fans' comments.

Still watching her phone, Chaeryeong soon got a notification on the top of her screen. It was a message from Ryujin.

jagiya ❤️

are you feeling okay jagi?

your voice sounded really husky just then

yeah, i'm okay, i just have a bit of a sore throat

i might go to bed since it's late anyway

Read 12:10am

Ryujin knew not to answer, in case the fans noticed them texting one after another and started speculating; as much as she loved MIDZYs, she knew that rumours could often be started without much substance. Instead, she put a supportive hand on Chaeryeong's under the duvet as she watched her girlfriend leaned forwards to speak to the camera.

"MIDZYs, I'm gonna go to bed now," she said, raspy yet charmingly as ever, "if you've got work tomorrow, don't stay up too late! I love you!"

And with a flying kiss to the camera, and a reassuring squeeze of "don't worry about me" to Ryujin's hand under the bedsheets, she slipped gracefully out the door.

♥♥

Ryujin was feeling a little tired before Chaeryeong had left, but was wide awake after Chaeryeong left. Yeji noticed it too, watching Ryujin for rest of the live, as she fiddled with her hands more than normal, and decided to ask her about it once they'd said goodnight to MIDZYs at 1am. "Hey Ryu, is everything okay?"

"Yeah, it's just," Ryujin began, still fidgeting, "Chaeryeong told me she's not feeling well."

"Ohh," Yeji realised, "is that why she went to bed early?"

"Yeah," Ryujin answered, "I'm just worried 'cuz I've never heard her voice like that before, or seen her have to leave early even when we're talking to MIDZYs. I just- I just want her to be well, you know?"

Unlike the confident, calm and charismatic Ryujin the public often saw, while still a part of her, Ryujin was also someone who was deeply, deeply sensitive, considerate and caring towards the people she loved. The prospect of someone close to her getting hurt, or feeling sick made her feel anxious enough, but when it was her own girlfriend, it made things significantly worse. However it wasn't like she didn't know how to theoretically care for someone who was sick, rather the panic in the moment would impact her clear thinking. And Yeji - who Ryujin would often confide in when she was feeling emotions she didn't even know - was understanding and familiar with this side of her.