Run Away

13. Breakthrough ✓

- JIHYO -

"Okay so let me get this straight..." Dahyun was massaging her temple indicating an incoming headache.

"You told some stories to someone and that someone made a novel series out of it?" she continued which Tzuyu nodded on half-heartedly.

"Doesn't that make you their ghost writer or something?" Sana tilted her head while looking at the tall girl confusedly.

"I don't know what you call it either, I mean, my friend just asked me if she can develop it into a book and I saw no problem with it. The pen name Z. Hall was coined from my english name Sally Zhou though."

"She? So apparently there's two girls behind that name and one of them is infront of me..." Dahyun looks like she was about to burst beside me trying to process the revelation about her favorite author or should I say authors.

"Yah Dahyun-ah! You look like you're about to explode, calm down," I joked fanning her extremely red face. The fact she's got really fair skin isn't helping.

"Sullyoon..." Sana trailed off.

"Does the character in the story represents you? I mean both of you were after an evil organization. Does Sullyoon's reason for doing so reflects yours-"

We heard a buzz from the the intercom beside Tzuyu's door indicating that someone was ringing the doorbell from the front gate. Each of our rooms aside from the one in the main door have one installed so that we would all be alerted of any visitors.

"Hey girls! Are any of you home? Could you come out for a bit and let me in? I forgot my keys back in China," someone's familiar voice echoed inside the room.

"Oh Jina unnie's back," I said.

"Can I ask you a favor first? Could you keep everything we've discussed here a secret?" Tzuyu stopped us from getting on our feet.

"Even from Jina unnie? Why?" I butted.

Wouldn't it make more sense to give the dorm owner a head's up on whatever's going on?

"I-I don't- Just please don't."

We all exchanged looks with skepticism secretly written on our faces until they all settled their gazes on me and that was my cue to speak on everyone's behalf and relay what seems to be on everyone's minds.

"Okay fine, but you still got a lot of things to clear up. Let's pack up for now." I closed today's rendezvous and everyone helped cleaning while Nayeon fetched Jina from the gate.

We all gathered by the living room to welcome the still disoriented newcomer with her cloak barely hanging on her shoulder and her beanie haphazardly places on her slightly disheveled hair.

"Unnie... you look like shit, did you wrestle a bear on the way home?" Jeongyeon looked at her disapprovingly.

"I swear to whoever's high up there you won't be getting any of the Lego sets I've brought from my travels," Jina grabbed one of her luggage from Nayeon revealing several boxes of lego sets.

Jeongyeon had her eyes and mouth hanging wide open. "Unnie have I told you how good looking you are today?"

I rolled my eyes at the two of them and ushered Jina to take a seat. I did not fail to see Mina's eyes literally sparked upon the mention of those legos and rushed to check one of the luggages on the living room floor Jeongyeon was already rummaging from.

"I CALL DIBS ON THE BURROW!!!" Mina shouted while pointing at a dark colored box giving all of us a shock.

"Yah! We didn't even hear you raise your voice when someone trespassed our dorm and here you are shouting over a toy model of a dilapidated house," Nayeon cackled out loud with Jeongyeon on her right getting smacked so hard which earned us a pout from Mina.