Don't Say You Love Me (SaTzu)

Chapter 15 (Part 1)

Tzuyu's POV

To be honest, she didn't know how they'd had found her and Sana.

Tzuyu had been wearing very minimal makeup, her hair tied up in a messy ponytail while wearing a hat tugged low over her eyes.

Chou Tzuyu was becoming quite a prominent photographer, but not so well-known that the paparazzi would follow her around. That left only one answer: they had to be following Sana.

"Excuse me!" A paparazzi hollered out. "When did the relationship with Miss Chou start, Sana?!" He yelled while Sana and Tzuyu tried to evade the crowd. It was then that Tzuyu realised it wasn't just Sana that was catching attention. It was her and Tzuyu. As a couple.

Tzuyu turned to her side where Sana was clutching her arm, seeing how she would respond. Sana smiled at the paparazzi. "We've actually been pretty steady since high school," Sana replied. eyes twinkling.

Tzuyu wished she was as comfortable as Sana around the paparazzi but she soon began to feel claustrophobic. She tugged on Sana's arm.

Realising her girlfriend wanted to leave, Sana bid the paparazzi farewell. "I'm sorry, we have to go," she said. Dragging Tzuyu along, they ran to Sana's convertible and entered the car, paying no attention to the even bigger mob of paparazzi standing around it.

Tzuyu shifted the car into reverse to back out of the parking spot, then to drive as she pressed the gas pedal, wanting to get out of there as fast as she could.

The car ride back to their apartment was silent for the most part. Tzuyu reached her hand across to lay it over Sana's.

"I'm sorry", Sana said softly. "I shouldn't have pressured you to go public." She was doing that thing where she was anxious. Biting her lip. Sometimes, the action drove Tzuyu with desire. But now, she realised her girlfriend was hurting.

Tzuyu gripped the steering wheel with one hand, squeezing Sana's hand in reassurance with the other. "Don't be. I'm fine with it. I'm just not used to all the attention."

Tzuyu pulled up to their driveway. Just as she was about to turn off the car engine, she felt a hand on her thigh.

There was Sana, in all her teasing glory.   She smirked, her hand inching further down Tzuyu's thigh.

Tzuyu breathed heavily. "If you keep on going, I won't be able to control myself", she whispered in a strained voice.

Sana leaned forwards so that her mouth was right beside Tzuyu's ear. "So don't."

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Unknown POV

A rustling of papers. A knock on the door. And an answer. "Yes, come in."

No response.

"I said, come in," in a firmer tone.

They sighed. All this work is never going to get finished with all the constant interruptions.

Getting up from the chair was a tedious task. So was the turning of the knob.

Nothing. And then a cloth, over the mouth.

They struggled, but it was of no use. The faint smell of chemicals was the last thing they remembered before everything went black.