Broken

46

This was exciting, much to Jihyo and Sawako's demise, having to try and contain six bumbling baboons jumping around and finding absolutely everything interesting. Really, everything, Momo and Chaeyoung had stopped to take pictures with a water fountain and turned it into a photoshoot, until a very confused college student asked them to let him fill his bottle. Jihyo was hoping nobody she would come in contact with in two years saw and would remember her, and Sawako was just hoping she would never give another tour again (not likely, she was part of the PR committee).

The stressed out duo got to breathe a little when they arrived at the library, at least they were quiet for a few minutes, while the librarian showed them around. They even took the time to go to the bathroom, Jihyo had already toured before, and Sawako studied there, so both just agreed to trust the librarian and take care of some urgent business. Getting back to the library, they were relieved to find the librarian was still talking and none of their idiots got lost. Maybe they could manage today just fine.

"Can we climb that statue? I want to sit on his lap." Nayeon asked when they entered the main square, it was somewhere near the library and held all the administrative buildings around it.

"You can run around, not climb anything and try to not get lost. Sawa-chan and I are going to get something to drink for everyone and sit on the shade for a while." Jihyo dismisses her troublemakers.

"Are you sure we can just leave them around here by themselves?" Sawako is genuinely worried.

"They will be fine, and the machines are just over there." Jihyo points to the entrance of the administration building, really close to where they were.

"Alright, let's go, then." Their guide agrees.

It was just a matter of turning their backs to the group for two seconds and everything got out of control. Once they came back with the drinks, Nayeon was filming everything from her spot on Momo's lap, who, in turn, was sitting on the shade and sporting a amused and relaxed expression, Dahyun was sitting beside them looking a lot like Momo. Mina was holding Tzuyu back (barely), while the youngest was trying to go for Chaeyoung. The tall girl had murder in her eyes and her smallest girlfriend was terrified, curled in a ball and visibly shaking near a tree. It all connected.

"Do I have to kill you, Son Chaeyoung? I will not hesitate to murder you and hide your body so well not even god will find you!" Tzuyu was seething.

"Yu, please breathe." Mina, having to make a gigantic effort to hold the girl back.

"You know, Chae, if I e.v.e.r. catch wind of you trying to be funny again, I'll let Tzuyu do what she just promised. And be sure, I'll hide your body myself. Do you understand?" Jihyo promises, whispering 'calmly' to Chaeyoung.

"Ye-yes ma'am." The frightened girl struggles to answer.

"Good, now get up and properly apologise to them. Tzuyu is tired of trying to stop you and Mina already has enough on her plate without having to control your giant." It's still low enough so just the troublemaker #1 hears.

"I'm very sorry for what I did, and I promise it will never happen again. I'll do better in the future and just hope you can forgive me!" Chaeyoung almost shouts, getting up from where she was and dropping on her knees in front of her girlfriends.

"We heard that before." Mina says, tired, but relieved their girlfriend had stopped struggling.

"I don't trust words, I trust actions." Tzuyu had a cold voice and blank expression.

"I'll show you." the kneeling girl pleads.

"We'll see." Mina says, ending the discussion and dragging Tzuyu away to sit on the shade and calm down.

"What happened?" Sawako, although amused, was a little worried.

"Oh, they are like that, don't stress yourself too much. Chae has this thing with trees, she broke her ankle not long ago, and Tzu was the one trying to stop her from climbing. Then she tried again last week and got the same ankle swollen. Right now it seems she was about to do it again, and Tzuyu seems to have had enough. Mina is always trying to prevent a murder, she also gets very angry, but has to keep it together and try to stop one girlfriend from killing the other." Jihyo explains, watching her friends settle down.

"Oh." Sawako is still trying to process.

"Yeah."

"But trees?"

"Don't ask, nobody knows and I don't really want to find out."

"Yes ma'am. Should we get a move on, or do we wait around a bit more?"

"We are almost done, no?"

"There is only the music department building. We aren't really going to see everything, just the main areas and the music department."

"Good planning. When do we have to leave, though?"

"We have to leave around two, which gives us another two and a half hours."

"Let's let them play around for a while longer, then. Half an hour should be fine."

"Sure thing. I'm going to make a call real quick, then. You okay to watch them?"

"They are not going to give us any more trouble. And I'll be fine."

"Alright. Be right back." And so, the woman stands up and gets a little further away.

Jihyo just chuckles a little, and goes back to watching the group, things seemed to have quieted down a little. Dahyun, Mina and Tzuyu were talking, Chaeyoung was sulking, having rolled herself into a ball, close to them, but not daring to speak. Nayeon and Momo were just cuddling and letting the trio entertain them. The good part of Chae's earlier mess up, if they had to look on the bright side, was that there would be no more trouble from them.

"Nayeonnie, would you, please, tell me you didn't send that video to our parents." Mina asks.

"I didn't send the video to our parents." Nayeon says in a mechanical voice, obviously not sincere at all.

"Chae is going to be in a lot of trouble when we get back." The penguin concludes.

"At least, you could take Tzu on dates without having to worry about her, as she will be home, grounded, for the rest of her life." Momo chimes in.

"That is very true. I mean, I love her, but it gets tiring. And I want to be angry too, but Yucchan gets out of control and I don't really want her to hurt Chaeng, we all know she will feel really bad when she calms down."

"Now, that, is very true. Thanks for taking care of our youngests." Nayeon says sincerely.

"They are a handful, but they are my handfuls." Mina smiles fondly, looking at nothing specific.

They do make conversation for a while, Jihyo approaches the group, telling them to get on their feet, they were heading to the music building. Dahyun jumps to her feet and demands they leave immediately, bouncing on her heels and walking away to whatever random direction she decided was the correct one. They all laugh and get moving, Jihyo goes after the pale girl who forgot she didn't have a clue as to where to go.