two players; lin yanjun

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third person pov

Scarlett stared up at the ceiling as she laid in her bed. It was eleven fifty at night and everyone else was asleep. Her still being awake at this time, wasn't something new it was actually somewhat regular for her.

She usually went to sleep at nine thirty then woke up with her body sweating and her lower back burning in a certain spot. The time she woke up depended on how long she was stuck in her dream, which varied. This time it just so happened that she woke up in the middle of the night.

Scarlett sat up from her bed and ran her hands through her sticky hair. She wiped the hairs that cling to her due to her sweat before wiping the tears that had slipped from her eyes.

"It's okay," she whispered to herself even though whimpers left her lips. She let out a shaky breath after calming down and swung her legs over to the side of her bed before slipping off. She grabbed her fury navy blue blanket off her bed and brought it along with her through the bathroom and into her small studio.

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In the morning, Scarlett took a shower and got ready to go to the mall with some of the boys. She wore a brown laced bralette, a cozy white woven sweater, and a pair of jean capris with white converse.

Her hair was down in waves and she decided to do her makeup today since she looked tired and was tired from staying up all night.

She grabbed her phone and keys then slipped them into her pocket along with her small wallet before taking her laptop. She left her room, shutting it behind her then went down stairs.

"Jiejie, where you going," Justin asked his sister when she was halfway passed the living room. She stopped and turned on her heels to see him sitting on the couch with Yanjun and Zhangjing. Xukun was laying on the other with his feet on Ziyi who had his eyes glued to the screen.

"I'm going to help Zhengting run some errands. Groceries and stuff, did you want anything in particular?"

"I...want a bunch of snacks," Zhangjing told her and she nodded her head although she already knew that.

"We'll text you if we need anything else," Justin told his sister who nodded her head. She turned to leave, but Xukun called her.

"Scar, didn't you want me to listen to your song," he asked seeing the MacBook in her hand. She looked down at it and her eyes widen, she forgot she had it.

"Oh. Yeah," she said quickly going over to him, getting in the way of the tv for a moment. She handed him the laptop quickly went back to get out of the way. "If you could listen to it before I get back that would be great. Thanks, Kunkun," she smiled before leaving.

She made her way into the kitchen and saw Zhengting writing a list of what they needed to buy while Nongnong, Chengcheng, and Linkai were looking on their phones to find something to get Justin for his birthday the upcoming Monday.

"I'll drive," Scarlett smiled pulling her keys out of her pocket.

"You don't need to rub it in our face, Jiejie," Nongnong pouted playfully.

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The movie that the boys were watching had ended an hour after the grocery group left. Ziyi was flipping through the tv channels to find something to watch while Xukun opened Scarlett's laptop.

"Scarlett looked nice today," Zhangjing awkwardly commented, unable to handle the small silence in the room. Everyone's eyes moved to him including Yanjun who hadn't talked to the girl in a while which everyone noticed. He didn't know how to talk to her anymore though.

"Really, Jing-ge," Justin asked, shaking his head at the oldest, but mentally youngest.

"I'm being honest," he defended throwing his hands up.

"It's fine. It's not like Crimson and I were dating," Yanjun spoke up closing his eyes and letting his head fall back.

"But you like her," Ziyi pointed out putting the tv remove down.

"And you guys act like you're a couple," Xukun nods his head. "More like an old married couple."

"No we don't. We just flirt with each other. Or we did," Yanjun replied with his eyes still closed. "It doesn't matter though."

"Yeah it does," Zhangjing spoke out. "Cause you actually do like her."