Worth The Wait

CH 11

"I'm gonna be late! Need to call Chaeng."

Tzuyu frustratingly said to no one as she hurriedly got out of her dorm building. She searched for her phone in her bag as she passed by the gate and made a right turn onto the sidewalk when...

"Good morning beautiful!"

Tzuyu whipped her head so fast she felt dizzy for a second. She gasped in horror when she saw Mina leaning on the side of a bordeaux black Nissan Juke car, grinning widely and waving at her.

"What the..." Tzuyu murmured to herself. There it goes again, her heart was starting to race and she didn't quite like it.

"What are you doing here, Mina unnie?" Tzuyu asked in disbelief.

"Thought I'd pick you up so we can go to school together?" Mina said.

Tzuyu shot her an 'Are-you-kidding-me-look?' before looking over at her wristwatch, "How did you even know I live here?"

Mina shrugged and put on a lopsided smile, "I have my ways."

Tzuyu rolled her eyes and turned back on her heels. She quickly walked away from Mina.

"W-wait!" Mina exclaimed, but the younger just ignored her and kept on walking further. "Aish this girl!" she mumbled to herself then she hurriedly hopped into her car and followed Tzuyu.

She drove slowly just beside the sidewalk and slid down the window of her car, "Come on Tzuyu hop in!"

Tzuyu didn't even glance at Mina; instead she continued walking even faster.

"You're running late!" Mina yelled once again. The cars at the back are now honking at her as she was driving really slowly just to keep up with Tzuyu's pacing.

Tzuyu, feeling embarrassed, took a turn at an alley in an attempt to lose Mina which indeed was successful. But internally cursed herself as the route would make her reach school even later.

Mina, on the other hand, tousled her hair exasperatingly when she lost sight of Tzuyu, "Damnit!" she huffed as she started driving properly along the way to school.

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Tzuyu ran as fast as she could along the empty hallway towards her first class; thankful for having long legs during this kind of emergency. She heaved a sigh of relief upon reaching the door of their classroom and seeing that the teacher was not yet inside. She made her way to where she and Chaeyoung usually sit near the back of the classroom, ignoring all the good morning smiles and greetings her classmates were giving her. She wasn't having a good morning after all. She tiredly plopped down beside her best friend.

"Morning Chewy-ah." Chaeyoung started. She carefully examined Tzuyu's features.

"Morning." Tzuyu replied as she fixed her hair using her hand.

Chaeyoung placed a caring hand on Tzuyu's forearm with a concerned look on her face, "Are you okay? You look tired and you're almost late."

"Yeah I'm fine. I just overslept." Tzuyu simply replied.

"I thought you slept early last night cause you didn't answer my messages."

"I did, but I woke up past midnight and I couldn't sleep again until dawn." Tzuyu half lied. It wasn't in her nature to lie but she didn't know what to say and she was tired and all to even think of a proper excuse.

30 minutes before lunchtime...

"Tzuyu," Chaeyoung whispered as she bumped her leg against Tzuyu's leg under the table. "Tzuyu wake up."