never say never | minqi

welcome back

"You can't ignore her forever; besides, you do miss her anyways." Shuhua told herself, before taking a deep breath and started to walk towards Soojin who was having a conversation with Jennie and Lisa about the choreography.

Shuhua was now standing directly behind Soojin, and tapped on her shouder. Soojin turned around, and her eyes widened once she saw who it was.

"Shu?" She whispered, while Shuhua let out a pained smile.

"Can we talk please? Somewhere else?" Shuhua asked Soojin, who immediately nodded.

"Of course!" Soojin exclaimed, rather excited that she would be able to talk to the younger girl again, while she excused herself from her previous conversation.

Soojin pulled Shuhua into an empty room, before she closed the door, leaving the two alone inside the room.

"I'm sorry Soojin unnie—-" Shuhua started, but got cut off when Soojin pulled her into a tight hug.

"I've really missed you, Shu. Don't ever leave us again." Soojin whispered to the girl in her arms, who let out a small nod.

"I've missed you too, unnie. I'm sorry for not talking to you guys for a while. I've been dealing with some stuff, and I needed time away since I knew that you guys would try to investigate it. I should have been more civil, but things have been hard for me, unnie." Shuhua explained, and Soojin felt her heart pang.

"Why didn't she tell me? I could have helped her." Soojin thought, upset that Shuhua was going through a rough time.

"Hey, don't apologize. I respect that you needed space. Are you gonna come back to the table and the club now?" Soojin asked, a bright smile overwhelming her features.

"The table, yes. The club, not for a while." Shuhua answered, and Soojin pouted. "Why not?" She asked, and Shuhua laughed.

"I'm way better at photography than I am at singing and dancing. That's actually part of the reason that I came here in the first place, actually." Shuhua responded, and Soojin raised her eyebrows.

"We need to take pictures for the winter issue, and I needed your permission since you're the president. I also missed you, and this was a good opportunity to explain myself." Shuhua added, and Soojin grinned again.

"You always have my permission, Shu. I'm really happy you're back." Soojin laughed, wrapping the girl into one last hug. "Go take your pictures now." Soojin pushed Shuhua out of the door, while Shuhua laughed.

"I'm assuming that went well?" Yeri asked Shuhua, while they were sitting on the auditorium chairs, while watching the new choreography.

"It did, for her, yes. I'm still gonna have a hard time, but I really did miss her, so I guess it's worth it." Shuhua responded, adjusting her camera to a new filter.

"Ah, the things you do for the one you love!" Yeri jokingly sang, and Shuhua smacked her shoulder.

"Just take some pictures, will you?" Shuhua responded, while Yeri was too busy laughing her ass off.

Yeri and Shuhua took pictures for the remainder of their dance practice. The process only took about half of the time, but Shuhua and Yeri wanted to watch Yuqi struggle to follow the choreography.

"Come on, Yuqi. It's two left taps, not two right ones!" Shuhua shouted, making Yuqi roll her eyes. Minnie, Miyeon, Soojin, and Soyeon were hysterical from Shuhua's comments.

"Song Yuqi, you're better than this!" Yeri added, while Shuhua fell out of her chair from tears in her eyes.

"I'm gonna kill them once this shit is over." Yuqi thought, while Minnie was still laughing, despite trying to help Yuqi with the moves.

"I'm glad that Shuhua seems to be happier again. I feel horrible that she's going though that." Miyeon whispered to Soyeon, who nodded.

"Me too. I'm glad she's happy again, that's all we've ever wanted for her. I just hope that Soojin will realize things someday. I'm certain that she subconsciously likes Shuhua, and isn't aware of it." Soyeon whispered back, to Miyeon who laughed.

"I bet you $25 that it'll take 3 weeks for Sooshu to become a thing." Miyeon retorted, and Soyeon laughed.

"Game on. I'll bet the same, but it's gonna take 2 weeks and not three. Soojin is dumb, but I don't think she's that stupid." Soyeon responded, and Miyeon shook her hand. "We have a deal, then."

Soojin looked over into the seats, to find Yeri and Shuhu taking photos. Yeri was making Shuhua laugh, so much to the point that the poor girl had to put her camera done completely to stop tears from falling out of her eyes.

Soojin wanted to be happy that Shuhua was making new friends; she knew how difficult it was for Shuhua to adjust to Korea. She wanted to be happy, but she couldn't. Something about Shuhua being so close to Yeri was bothering her, and she couldn't figure out why.

"Why am I bothered by this? The girl is allowed to have friends!" Soojin scolded herself, shaking her head and riding herself of those thoughts. They had a dance competition coming up, and she needed to prepare, being the president and such.

"Take it from the top, everyone!" Soojin ordered, and they began doing the dance again, giving Shuhua and Yeri more room to laugh at Yuqi.

(the next day—lunch time)

The table, after weeks, had finally been complete again. Shuhua returned fully, after thanking Tzuyu for the much needed favor.

"I couldn't stop laughing at Yuqi yesterday. Yeri and I couldn't breathe." Shuhua told Minnie, who smirked.

"I saw! It made me laugh too, she's so funny." Minnie responded, while the two waited for the others to join them at the table.

"Can I ask you something, Minnie unnie?" Shuhua asked, and Minnie nodded.

"Do you like Yuqi? As more than a friend?" Shuhua asked, and Minnie's face turned into a strawberry red.

"I fucking knew it!" Shuhua cheered, and Minnie smacked her arm. "Be quiet, she could show up at any second." Minnie responded, and the other four joined them at the table.

"What's up hoes?" Soyeon smirked, and Miyeon rolled her eyes. "You're not cool, please stop." She responded to Soyeon, who pouted.

"I'm gonna ignore that. Anyways, I have a funny story to tell you all!" Shuhua cheered, while Soojin sat down next to her, putting her head on Shuhua's shoulder.

Yuqi winked at Shuhua who blushed. "Let's hear it, you comedian." Yuqi added, while Shuhua tried to glare at her, but failed miserably since her heart was on fire.

"Yesterday, I managed to get the funniest photo of Yuqi, right?" Shuhua started, and Minnie was already laughing.

"So guess what? I convinced Mark to make that the cover of the winter issue!" Shuhua laughed, and the whole entire table roared in laughter. Shuhua got up, and rushed over to the tables of bp, itzy, twice, and red velvet to go tell them the funny news.

"Why am I friends with her?" Yuqi asked Miyeon, who just shrugged.

Right now, everything seemed at ease; ok again. Yuqi just hoped that it stayed that way.