Disclaimer: This chapter contains explicit content, but as it is a long chapter, I divided it into shorter parts signaled with *** to separate them. So, I will be signaling the part containing the mature content with a [M], so you can skip that part if uncomfortable and continue on reading the rest of the chapter.
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"What do you mean 'another shot'?!" Kazuha practically shouts right into her ear.
Chaewon grimaces and moves a few inches away from her in the king-size bed. She's been sleeping over since the party on Friday and it's now Sunday morning.
Well, Sunday lunch time because Kazuha's little siblings know not to interrupt her beauty rest.
"And all this happened at the party and you're only telling me now?!" Kazuha adds, volume still in way too good health.
"I'm sorry!" Chaewon says, turning Kazuha's face away from hers to redirect the screams somewhere else. "I just didn't know what to think of it so I didn't want to say anything."
"Stop pushing me, let me talk!" Chaewon laughs at that and arches a brow, doubtful Kazuha will stick to just talking. "So are you guys dating now? What is this 'shot' supposed to be?"
"I don't know, Kazuha." Chaewon sighs. "We like, made out for a bit after that conversation, and it was good, you know? But then she got up to go to the bathroom and while she was gone we had to leave so I just sent her a text to say bye and she didn't reply." She looks at the ceiling, trying to find strength with|in her not to feel sad. "And she hasn't texted or called or done anything at all since that night. I have no idea what she's thinking."
"Is it possible she didn't get the text?"
Chaewon grabs her phone from the bedside table and shows Kazuha the 'read' sign on her last text to Yunjin.
"Damn, and it was a cute text too!" Kazuha scoffs, offended as if it had happened to her personally. "I'm gonna kill her in practice tomorrow."
"No, Zuha, enough of that." Kazuha glares at her, but Chaewon ignores it. "Maybe she doesn't remember seeing it, so she thinks I'm the one who's at fault," she offers, half-heartedly. "Or maybe she regrets that conversation. I really don't know."
"I mean, no offense, but going from mortal enemies, to mortal enemies who have sex, to mortal enemies who don't talk to each other, to friends on very shaky ground to girlfriends is kind of a big jump of faith," Kazuha says, stroking Chaewon's shoulder in a comforting gesture. "Maybe you just need tomorrow at school to clarify the pace and you guys will be okay again."
"I'm not even sure she meant dating?" Chaewon twists around to hide her face in the pillow. "It's all so unclear and now she's not even talking to me so remind me not to take not-sober people at face value."
"You said she mentioned the Winter Ball?"
"Yes, but not in a 'let's go together' way. We just talked about it as... a topic, I guess."
"You could ask her to the ball, no?"
"I don't want to. The time isn't right." Chaewon sits up in the bed, moving so her feet hit the floor and her back is to Kazuha. "We'll see how it goes tomorrow. Now call Kkura and tell her we'll be late for the study group session at her house."
"I don't get why there's a week left until Christmas break and you wanna be having study group sessions, but sure, Ms. Overachiever."
Chaewon just shows her the middle finger before she disappears into the bathroom.
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"Chaewon?"
She turns to see Yunjin walking towards her, freshly showered after ballet practice. "Hey." She feels herself blushing, and fixes her hair behind her ears to disguise it somehow.
