Pleasant Imagines (Jinjoo)

Late nights

"Look here please!"

"How was Taipei?"

"How was the concert?"

"Please tell us how you feel!"

Waves of reporters shot their questions at IVE who has just landed back in Korea. Though the flashes were overwhelming, they kept their distance from the artists who were exhausted after the two-hour flight.

Exiting the airport, they bid goodbye to the journalists and entered the white van.

"I don't think I can last till Friday." Rei plunges into the back seat, holding onto the back of her neck. She might've regretted taking a nap that only causes her to be drowsy. "I'm going to sleep the moment we reach."

Jiwon squeezes next to her. "Sleep now. Use my shoulder." She brings Rei closer, letting Leeseo sit with them.

The rest of the members managed to fit a single van—different from their usual arrangement since it was late in the night.

Wonyoung takes off her hoodie and turns to Gaeul. "Unnie, do you have lip balm?" The older girl fetches one from her purse and hands it to her. "Thank you." Flights are dry.

While moisturising her lips, she glances at Yujin who has been on her phone from the moment the van doors closed. The girl was smiling, light reflecting off her face.

"What is it?" She asks out of curiosity.

Yujin turns to her. "Hm?"

"Why are you smiling like that?" She returns the lip balm to Gaeul who peeked from the back.

"Why else? There's only one person who could make her smile like this after our hectic schedules." She snorts, leaning back into her seat.

"Minju unnie?" Wonyoung got answered with a nod from Yujin. "She's still up? At 2 am? Why?"

"I don't know." Yujin waits for a reply from the said girl.

Yujin fails to keep her smile to herself, still getting the butterflies after five years. Wonyoung didn't bother asking and decided to take a short nap.