MANIA

Part 27

Twenty minutes later, and Y/N finds herself in the foodcourt sitting around a table with the eight of them, cups of bubble tea in front of each of them.

Again, Y/N had a little pushback when she went to pay for their drinks, but with one stern look from her, they backed off. For now.

Y/N take a sip of her drink, placing it onto the table in front of her as she observes all of them sitting before her.

From left to right, she has Irene, Sana, Jennie, and then Jisoo and Nayeon almost both directly across from her, followed by Lisa, Mina, and then Rosé to her right.

Y/N licked her lips before she spoke, "I want to know more about you." her voice cuts through the small silence that has settled around the nine of them as they sit at the table.

They all cannot help the way that they smile once more in response, the giddiness bubbling in their chests at the thought of finally being able to open up to their beloved, as she have slowly been opening up to them.

"What would you like to know?" Jisoo meets her gaze, eyes shining as she takes a sip of her own drink.

"Fair warning, some of my questions might be really dumb," Y/N answered, shifting slightly in her seat so that she's more comfortable.

"My love, you could never ask us dumb questions." Nayeon assures her.

Jennie grins and nodded in agreement, "We're just grateful that you want to know more about us." she said, her hand resting around her drink on top of the table.

"Not to mention unbelievably happy," Rosé adds, heart warming at the mere thought of the conversation happening right now.

A moment passes in silence where Y/N simply smile at them. Until Sana speaks once more.

"Ask away." Sana grins, taking a content sip of her drink as she looks to Y/N with wide eyes.

"Okay," Y/N nod. "Let's get some basics out of the way first. How old are all of you?"

Irene blinks, "I honestly haven't thought about that in years."

On the way Y/N's brow furrows, Lisa is quick to add, "When you get to be our age, everything tends to blend together."

"Which is?" Y/N tilt her head forward expectantly.

"We're all over a few millennia old." Mina tells her, swirling her drink in her hand.

"Okay," Y/N nod slowly, skeptically. "And I was the first thing in years to peek at all of your interests?"

On the way Y/N see them all begin to respond, she raise a hand.

"Don't answer that one, it was rhetorical." Y/N place her hand back onto the table before her. "Do you at least remember your birthdays? Or creation days? How does that work?"

"Yes, we were born," Jennie tells her.

"We remember our birthdays, too." Lisa adds with a grin.

Y/N look at them expectantly, "Which are?"

It takes them no time at all to tell her, listing them off in age order from eldest to youngest. It takes Y/N only a minute longer to be putting that information in her phone.