Welcome To The Nightmare (Book 2)

Chapter 29: Blooming Flowers of Hakone

Joy gaped as she saw exotic cars lined up in front of her. Suddenly Siyeon came out from one of them, running at her. Siyeon hugged Joy tightly, while Joy still stuck at her first thought.

"Joy!!!! I missed you! How have you been?" Siyeon was so happy upon meeting Joy. Joy's eyes still at the cars.

"Okay. Are we going to a supercar expo or something?" Joy looked at Siyeon.

"What? No. Cal oppa wanna have a convoy over Japan. So we're taking a car each." Siyeon explained to Joy.

"Ouh... Eh? What? Eh?" Joy still couldn't believe her eyes. Siyeon dragged Joy and put her stuff in the trunk. Joy put on her seatbelt, still in a daze.

"Okay. First we go to Gifu, and worked our way up city by city until we reach Wakkanai. Jay, whose driving in the lead car?" Calintz spoke through the car comm.

"Naachan. Race you to Gifu?" Nana giggled.

"Ouh, you're on, unnie!" SuA shouted, revving her Veneno.

"Calm down. No racing here. Just leisure driving. I'll book Fuji Speedway when we enter Tokyo for us to have some fun later." Calintz chuckled.

"Hey, oppa. A question. Where is Akina and Gunma anyway?" SuA asked Calintz.

"No such thing. But Mount Haruna is on our way later to the north. I already put that in our itinerary, just in case you girls wanna drift your way uphill or downhill like in Initial D." Calintz laughed. SuA yelled in happiness.

"Alright. Let's go!" Nana kicked the gas, starting their journey to Gifu.

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They arrived at a ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) in Hakone. The couples each got their own room, leaving Yoohyeon, Siyeon, and Joy in one room. The air around SuA and JiU improved a bit, but traces of ice still can be seen between them. Handong and Dami were in full lovey dovey mode, making JiU desperate to fix her relationship.

"Well, why don't we christen the room first?" Handong hugged Dami and winked. Dami just chuckled and closed the door behind them.

"Urghh.... Good thing Oppa set our room far apart from each other. Those two really can't control their sound outputs." Siyeon rolled her eyes as they entered their room.

"Well, we got Yeri and Wendy for that." Joy gave an awkward laugh.

"Yoohyeon ah, you pick first where you want to sleep." Siyeon smiled at her.

"Oh, I'm fine anywhere, unnie." Yoohyeon politely declined.

"Come now. Don't be reserved." Joy locked arm with Yoohyeon, making Yoohyeon blush.

"Okay... I'll take that side." Yoohyeon pointed where she wanted to sleep.

"Alright. I'm the middle then." Joy unpacked her belongings.

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JiU and SuA unpacked their things in silence. Until JiU grown fed up of the silence. She started throwing her things and slamming them on the floor. SuA was startled at first, looking at her lover. She just shook her head at JiU's action.

Suddenly JiU stood up and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her. SuA sighed and arranged JiU's stuff neatly for her. JiU walked quickly towards the garden, scratching her head. She took out her cigarette and smoked them. She exhaled the smokes furiously.

The trip was agonizing for her. She tried everything she could, but SuA wouldn't give her a chance. Her patience really have grown thin, and she was about to snap. The only thing stopping her from snapping was what Calintz told her in the kitchen before.