"Hmm?" Dami snaps out of her thoughts at the way Jihoon shook her. "It's the 3rd time you've been zoning out like that" Jihoon replied, patting her back gently while Dami stares at the computer screen, letting out a soft sigh.
"Are you okay, chewy?" Hyunsuk ruffles Dami's hair while the younger nods her head slowly, the boys exchanging looks with each other. It was just Hyunsuk, Jihoon, Yoshi, Junkyu and Asahi present in Hyunsuk's studio. "If you need a break just take a small nap" Asahi suggested, his eyes filled with concern for their young maknae. "I'm fine guys, I was just wondering... It's been really long since my hiatus and many things have changed" Dami responded, her voice trembling slightly as she watched her older male's nod their head in agreement.
"But I know, you're going to do good anyways!" Junkyu cheered up making Dami smile for the first time in this week. "Thanks, Kim Junkyu" She replied with a soft smile playing on her lips.
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Their new dorm, Dami sighs while unpacking her belongings from carton boxes. "May I come in?" The knock of the door draws her attention as she smiles and nods. "Everything good, so far?" The older male asked, as Dami nods with a smile. "Yeah, but the old dorm had more memories but I think it's fine, Doyoung" She replied, lowering her gaze.
"You're right, the other one of course" Doyoung smiled, shaking his head as if it's going to shrug off the memories as well while Dami watched him sincerely. "Ah, it's time for lunch though" Doyoung stood up, reaching out his hand to Dami to help her stand up as she gratefully accepts. "Yeah, let's go".
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The lunch was full of chitchats, Dami probably missed having lunch with Treasure like this. But finally she'd be able to start and end her days with Treasure again. After the departure of Mashiho and Yedam from Treasure, Dami went through an mental breakdown and had to take a hiatus for that. She had gone to Japan with her family for a vacation just as her therapist told her to, as it could help ease her mind a little.
"We have shooting for our 'Hello' mv tomorrow" Declares Hyunsuk while taking a spoonful of soup in his mouth. "I'll be on-cam after like... 4 Months-" Dami spoke with a slight laugh and Jaehyuk added her with a chuckle. "Everything is going to be alright" Jeongwoo replied, glancing at Dami.
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Typical evening in Treasure's new dorm, everyone were minding their own businesses while Dami, Junghwan and Asahi snuggled next to each other on the couch.
"Ruto, you can join us" Dami suggested in a playful tone while looking at Haruto, waiting for his response. He just shaked his head, looking down at his phone once again. "What's wrong with him?" Junghwan whispers lowly, while Asahi shakes his head in response. While the youngest female stared at Haruto with a heavy heart. Haruto eventually noticed that and stood up, heading to his own room.
"Why's he acting like that?" Jaehyuk asked, coming to sit on the floor. "I don't know" That was only thing Dami could respond. "You two got in a fight?" Yoshi asked, approaching the others with a bowl full of popcorn. "No... Haruto's been acting like that since my hiatus" Dami replied honestly, looking at Yoshi for a second. "But he used to miss you a lot during your hiatus" Yoshi said back, exchanging looks with the other boys. "That's right, he used to call you every day, every hour" Junghwan took his time to guess the right amount of time Haruto and Dami used to talk on facetime. "Or maybe we lost our own connection" Dami said, lowering her gaze while Jeongwoo furrowed his brows. The others left speechless.
"What do you mean?" Jihoon tilted his head, leaving the vacuum machine aside. "You don't like him anymore?" Asahi asked calmly while Dami took her while to respond. "We're both now old enough to realize our own choices and it's normal if we don't find any love-related connection with each other" she replied, her voice slightly cracked and eyes glassy when she lifted up her head to look at the other boys.
"You're crying?" Doyoung comes out of nowhere, kneeling down to reach Dami's height when she was sitting on the couch. Dami shrugged off with a fake laugh, "Besides, I was only 14 and Haruto was 17 when we started dating... Isn't that stupid?". The guys again exchanged concerned looks at each other. "Are you okay?" Hyunsuk asked curiously, rubbing his palm gently against Dami's back soothingly. While the younger female lowered her gaze, shaking her head.
"I wanna go back to the old days" Her voice was barely audible yet the emotions were strong enough.
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Yes, I'm not dead yet :] But y'all I'm sorry for making this such an emotional chapter— TT
