Unexpectedly

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chaeyoung's POV

"What's your favorite planet?" I looked at Mina, waiting for her to speak up. She paused for a moment, thinking of an answer.

"Saturn, I guess?" She chuckled as she glanced at me, then immediately looked back at the stars above us.

"Are you unsure of your answer?" My gaze went back to the stars as well.

We're currently here at the loft's roofdeck. We already have our beers and fried chicken. Most of us are minding our own business, having talks, drinking beer, eating fried chicken, and especially Momo who's enjoying her jokbal.

Mina and I are currently lying down on the thin mattress over the wooden floor, stargazing and talking about random things.

"Mhm. I think it's my favorite since it has a cute ring around it." Her eyes squinted as she laughed. I laughed with her.

"Good thinking." I raised my hand and showed a thumbs up.

"What about you? What's yours?" She asked me back. Oh, I already know my answer.

"Jupiter will always be my favorite." I sighed.

"Why?" She shifted her position, facing her left side and looked at me. I did the same, but I faced on my right side. I raised my hand and started explaining.

"First, it's the biggest planet. Second, the planet is mostly made up of swirling gases and liquids, which makes it sound cool. Third, it's appearance is a tapestry of colorful cloud bands and spots. I could go on and on about the beauty of Jupiter, but I'd rather not. It'll take me a whole day to finish listing them off." I poked the mole that's on the bridge of her nose. She scrunched her nose as I giggled.

"Yo, lovebirds. I was the one who saw you both a while ago." Tzuyu interrupted and suddenly sat between us. Mina and I hurriedly sat up straight.

"Oh my gosh. Lower your voice!" Mina scolded her. My eyes widened at Tzuyu. Shit. Did she tell the others?

"You didn't tell the others what you saw, didn't you?" I squinted my eyes at Tzuyu. She just looked at me in disbelief.

"Of course not! It's not my business and I'm not in the place to tell the others." She crossed her arms and huffed. As soon as she said those words, a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. On the other side, Mina just sighed and pretended to wipe a fake drop of sweat on her forehead.

"Thank you Tzuyu-ah." I hugged Tzuyu. She didn't move, but she did pat my hair. Mina smiled at the sight of us.

"You guys are really close, no?" She asked Tzuyu and I. I pulled away and looked at Tzuyu, who's already looking at me.

"Are we?" Tzuyu tilted her head to the side. I flicked my finger on her forehead.

"Of course we are!" I crossed my arm at her.

"Hey, that hurt! Do you want me to expose the both of you?" She threatened. Is she actually blackmailing me right now?

"Fine, I'm sorry. Now don't expose us." I sighed in defeat as Tzuyu ruffled my hair. Mina just laughed at our childish behavior and whispered something to Tzuyu. Her eyes just widened at something that the penguin whispered to her. What the heck did she say to the maknae that made her react like that?

"Hey, what is it?" My eyebrows furrowed at them. I look at Mina and she just shook her head, refusing to answer my question. I diverted my gaze to Tzuyu, but she just acted, pretending to zip her mouth. 

"Curiousity kills, you know." I crossed my arms and rolled my eyes at them. Tzuyu opened her mouth and was about to say something but Dahyun interrupted us. What's up with people interrupting people?

"Hey guys, Nayeon wants to play a game with everyone. C'mon." She immediately left after she said that.

"Let's go guys." Mina stood up from her position, and we followed her actions. But before Tzuyu can walk after Mina, I grabbed her wrist and made her face me.

"We're not yet finished." I glared at her. She just kept a straight face.

"Noted." She nodded as I let go of her wrist. She put an arm around my shoulder and we followed after the waddling penguin ahead of us.