Broken

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Turns out, Nayeon was adamant into always being as weird or, whenever possible, weirder than Mina, something about asserting dominance, and that the two were her bestfriends now, and vice-versa. She didn't accept any objections, and the girls learned, early on, that it was best to just agree, if they didn't want the eldest to just go on and do something stupid just out of spite.

Mina, on the other hand, was just socially inept, to put it lightly. She would think too much and then do something totally unreasonable because she focused too much on her objective and forgot the proper process of getting there, cue taking your pants off in front of a stranger to show something she could just pull up the pant's leg for. Jihyo found it endearing, seeing the girl fumble her way through things and trying to avoid much social interaction, simply because she was thinking about what to do. Nayeon would swear she found it annoying, but the other two never believed her.

Jihyo was supposed to be the level headed one, but she was too much of a hopeless romantic and too kind for her own good. She usually found herself being pulled out of trouble, or being barred from giving too much to anyone by her two best friends. She was an innocent and optimistic soul, the one who would give all of herself to assure the ones she loved would never need to be missing a single part, Nayeon and Mina would constantly worry over that, the younger one being much more vocal about her concerns, while Nayeon would be more of a doer.

It was sometime into their second year in middle school when a untimely transferee freshman came by and their little trio became a quartet. Tzuyu was a mysterious beauty, much like everyone believed Mina to be. Two people were very dubious about the newcomer, though, they saw how the young one's eyes filled with mischief from time to time, and a playful smirk would, discreetly, try not to spread on her lips. Nayeon, as expected, was the one to approach the girl first.

"Hello there! I'm Nayeon, and you are my friend, so you sit with me!" She proclaimed during lunch period, seeing the girl was looking a little lost.

"Nayeonnie, will you stop with the screaming that people are your friends all of a sudden?" Jihyo protested, then turned to the tall girl with a kind smile. "I'm Park Jihyo, this is Myoui Mina, it's nice to meet you."

"Chou Tzuyu, thanks for the invite." The girl answered a little awkwardly and proceeded to shake the others hands.

Nayeon, who was behind the newcomer, let out a loud gasp when she shook Mina's hand. The other three were more than confused when they saw her eyes were filled with tears and she had a disturbingly fond smile. Jihyo and Mina got the chills immediately, while Tzuyu was trying to get the girl to calm herself and sit down, other students were looking at them funny.

"Okay, will you tell us why you are like that, now? It's creeping us out." Mina said, still very disturbed.

"Tzuyu is your soulmate, Minguin!" Nayeon manages to let out on a whisper.

"What?" The three synchronized.

"Tzuyu's flower just bloomed when she shook your hand. You must have felt something." Nayeon said in a small protest.

"Well, it did feel different, and I did feel some unexplainable warmth. But I guessed it was just Tzuyu's charm." Mina explained too naturally.

"Okay, and how do you happen to see my flower blooming?" Tzuyu decided to ask something else and not question Mina's answer.

"You do realise you are wearing short sleeves, and your buds are in plain sight." Nayeon explained, gesturing to the girl's outfit.

"Oh, right. I forgot they are there. But did it really bloom?"

"Turn around and lift your sleeve, I'll take a photo and show you." Nayeon offered.

"Can we see it too?" Jihyo asked, truly curious.