about time

Beside her head, Sana could feel and hear her phone ringing, loud and annoying. She cracked one eye open and groaned, muffled against her soft pillow. Sana's kissy face, while adorable, wasn’t cute enough to make Sana want to wake up.

But. Being the amazing girlfriend that she is, she answered it. “What time is it?” She demanded, sitting up to rub her still sleepy eyes.

“Good morning to you too.” Tzuyu chimed. Sana could hear the smile in her voice. And it made her smile too. “It’s already eight in the morning. See, I was nice enough to let you sleep for thirty more minutes even though I’ve been awake for hours…”

Yawning, Sana threw her legs over the side of the bed and stretched. She smiled to herself and stood up. “So why’d you call again?”

“I need a reason to call my girlfriend?” Tzuyu gasped, and Sana could just imagine her clutching at her chest, all affronted-like.

“You’re cute.” Sana laid back down and closed her eyes, arm spread out on the bed. “Wait. Today’s Saturday.”

“Mmhmm.” Tzuyu sounded giddy.

“And you said your parents were going to be out of town to visit Nayeon's parent, leaving you all by your lonesome and they gave their very enthusiastic permission for me to stay with you during the weekend.”

“Mmhmm!!” Tzuyu was shrill and Sana couldn’t help but laugh. “You know what this means, Sana. No mom barging in with tea and offering to read your palm. Sana!” She half-yelled, half-whined.

Sana grinned, Tzuyu's excitement infecting her too. “Give me half an hour and I’ll be over.”

“Ten minutes.”

“Tzuyu. Twenty minutes.”

“Fifteen, and no more!”

Sana rolled her eyes. “Fine, but you’re feeding me.” She hung up and headed to the bathroom for a shower. Mina was no longer in the house, probably out with her friends, but whatever. It meant peace and quiet for Chaeyoung. At least, until she saw Tzuyu again.

After her shower, she grabbed her overnight bag and her phone. She texted her mom that she left the house to stay with Tzuyu for the weekend and walked to her house a few blocks away, relishing the warm, autumn day. Rounding the corner, she took the few steps up the Ashcroft residence and walked in and immediately saw her girlfriend in the kitchen, singing and dancing along to the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack blaring from her phone.

“There goes the baker with his tray like always. The same old bread and rolls to se—Sana!”

Tzuyu was clutching a wooden spatula, pancakes on the girdle in front of her. Sana grinned and walked over to her, swooping in for a kiss, tasting milk and coffee on her lips. “Keep singing. I love it when you do.” She sat down on the breakfast table, facing Tzuyu while she flipped the pancakes. She grinned, blew Sana a kiss, before continuing her song without missing a beat.

She danced over to the table, two plates of pancakes in her hands. She slid one over to Sana and gave her a fork and the bottle of maple syrup. Drenching her pancakes in it, Sana stabbed a pancake and took a bite. “So, instead of watching a marathon of Orphan Black, I thought we’d do something else today.”