Satzu one-shots + incorrects

Run away (1)

It's somehow funny to think how someone can mean so much for an instant in our lives and yet vanish in the back of our minds with time.

That's what happened to Tzuyu in Sana's world...or that's what she tried to convince herself of as she saw her ex make her way between the crowd of anxious paparazzis and screaming fans, her lips curved in a tender smile as her suit accentuated her long legs, like she belonged to another world, one that many wished to have a taste of.

"Shall we go in, honey?" Dex's deep voice called softly, his hand landed over the exposed skin of her back pulling her out of her own thoughts.

For an instant the string of guilt was pulled inside her as she turned to meet the hazel eyes that looked back at her in adoration, Dex was always close to her, close enough for them to give each other a chance for a relationship. It was all still too fresh between them, the phase of dating where her cheeks still blushed and she laughed at every silly joke, Dex was a good man... good enough for her to nag at herself for losing her breath at the mere sight of Tzuyu.

Sana had sworn to herself it was over, she forced herself to remember the nasty fights and the tortuous breakup that ended up with her sobbing in hotel rooms where Tzuyu's perfume still lingered in the air, all the things she tried to forget during the last three months came back to her the second she got invited to that festival. Three days of fashion, arts and the finest things money could buy, from movie directors to singers, only the elite of the entertainment business were invited...of course Chou Tzuyu was on the list.

The party started after a welcoming speech that ended with the sound of champagne glasses clicking all across the room. It wasn't exactly a place where Sana could make friends, she had to learn that in the harsh way, those gatherings were mostly political and with business intentions. Gossips usually arise in those events and with Dex already by her side, Sana knew she had to keep herself from committing any possible mistake, the premiere of their upcoming series was just a few weeks away and a big part of their marketing was pushed by their public relationship.

"I'll go greet some people, baby," Dex hummed as he stood from the table, his lips softly pecking hers.

"Don't leave me for too long or I'll get bored," Her mumble made him laugh, he was in love with her, Sana knew it and it made everything even worse.

"I won't," he leaned in for another kiss before disappearing between the crowd.

Her fingers reached the glass of wine in front of her as her eyes looked around the room and before she could even start to think about where to go her gaze met the only person she was trying to avoid.

Tzuyu had always had a gift for people, she liked to blame it on her beauty and Sana knew it was just the half of the trick, from the soft smiles to the way her slender fingers squeezed their arms when she laughed, everything about Chou Tzuyu seemed made to enamour people and the group of strangers around her seemed to had fallen for it.

What kept Sana's attention over the scene across the room wasn't the way Tzuyu's suit fitted all the right places or how her make up never looked better, it was the fact Tzuyu's gaze was over her as well. Almost like she wished to hear what was happening inside Sana's thoughts, she looked back at her without fear or a glimpse of shame in those dark eyes the actress had forced herself to forget. Taking a sip of her champagne, her lips curved almost in a mock to the idol, the people around her exploded in a laugh Tzuyu almost failed to catch as her attention drifted to the woman on the other side of the room.

Sana used to enjoy moments like those, when everybody had her attention over Tzuyu and yet all the woman could think about was her, it used to make her feel special, loved even...but enough time had passed for her to know it was yet another trick under Tzuyu's sleeve.

"Oh here you are!" Her manager's voice took her out of her own thoughts, maybe for her own good, "The agency wants you to give a couple of interviews with Dex."

She could still her eyes over her the moments she stood up with a wide smile, like she had nothing to worry about, like her heart wasn't jumping against her ribs at the mere imagination of Tzuyu making her way across the room simply to meet her. All practised politeness and even shy protocols, like they barely knew each other...like they didn't break each other's hearts.

She walked out of the room without daring to look back at her, because she knew that would give whatever was crossing Tzuyu's mind an excuse for her to carry on any game she thought about.

Tzuyu watched Sana leave as she swallowed the rest of the wine on her glass to shut the irritated chuckle that threatened to leave her lips. Minatozaki Sana owned her a talk and there was no way that festival ended without her getting at least a proper greeting.

- - - - -

Tzuyu hadn't realised how tiring it was to keep up with her own emotions until her eyes spotted Sana between the crowd and the hungry clicks of the paparazzis.

During the past three months of her life all Tzuyu had allowed herself to think about was work, from promotions to shootings, international meetings, her upcoming tour...anything useful that could fill up the blanks on her schedule, anything that kept her from thinking about Minatozaki Sana. She had tried to convince herself that their relationship ended for the best of both, she had replayed their last meeting in the back of her mind over and over again like it happened just the day before, the way Sana's wide eyes filled with tears, how small her own voice turned when she said her last goodbye.

In their world there weren't many people they could be honestly close with, there always seemed to be a rumour ready to jump over their backs or a camera ready to put all they've worked for in risk and maybe it was a part of what made what she had with Sana so unique in certain aspects. So she couldn't help but wonder how it was possible for the actress to start over so soon. Did she think about Dex when they were together? Was she really that easy to forget?

Was she the only one who fell in love?

"Staring at her won't make her disappear, you know," Dahyun's mocking voice almost made her jump in surprise hearing Momo laugh behind her.

"Tzu, you're doing a terrible job playing pretend," Momo hummed, her hand finding its place over Dahyun's, "Also half of the models are asking for your phone number"

"I know that, trust me," Tzuyu's giggle made Dahyun smile back at her, in moments like those she was grateful to have her members around, "I'm trying to keep it clean these few days anyways, I'd rather save myself another nag from the PR team."

Momo chuckled at the memory of Tzuyu's face turning furious red the second Sana's name was dropped in an unusual private meeting with some company members. Dahyun and her had held Tzuyu back most of the time but the second one of their guards decided it was a good idea to reveal where exactly Tzuyu spent her weekends, everything went downhill.

That one meeting and many other mistakes was what Tzuyu liked to blame on the end of her relationship.

"You'll get over it," Dahyun hummed as she patted her shoulder. Momo was the one to pass her a glass of wine to replace the empty one between her fingers.

"We have just two more days here, let's try and enjoy it."

The bright side of her situation was there was always something to do next on her schedule in those events, many people didn't understand how big their band was until they heard the crowds yell their names and it was always fun for Tzuyu to see those who underestimated them realise how much of a mark the three of them was making. People that didn't even talk to them in past events and even a few who looked down at them suddenly seemed happy to greet her and her members. Tzuyu was determined to make their name and her own stand out positively by the end of the festival and she wished it was enough to push the aching thoughts of her ex to the back of her mind. 

authors note: see what i did there with the title :>>>