the reason why

nine

3rd Person POV

"Broooo, where you at? We're about to take some photos." Dahyun said from the other line.

"I'm on my way. I swear, this won't take that long." Chaeyoung drove faster.

"Fine. Drive safely, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah." Chaeyoung ended the call.

Days have past and today's the most important day for Jihyo and her fiancee: the wedding day. Of course, Chaeyoung is happy because the nine of them will be complete again, but at the same time, she's also nervous because Mina will be there.

"Aish. Why the hell am I even nervous in seeing her? It's not like I never saw her these days." Chaeyoung scoffed.

[...]

"Sorry. Am I late?" Chaeyoung ran inside the room, seeing the eight of them and the photographer.

"Just in time." Nayeon replied.

"You look so pretty, Jihyo! I want to steal you from Daniel." Chaeyoung laughed.

"I know, but sorry, I don't have special feelings for you." Jihyo joked.

"Ouch. I got rejected the moment I confessed." Chaeyoung acted like she's hurt which caused the others to laugh at them.

"You look pretty too, Chae. Now come here with us cause we're taking some pics." Jihyo said.

"Okay."

Chaeyoung scanned where she should stand, only her eyes to land on Mina. They had eye contact for a second, but Mina broke it first.

"Is it weird to say that she looks pretty?" Chaeyoung thought.

"Uhmmm... I guess you should stand here beside me." Dahyun scooted over to Sana, leaving a space between her and Mina.

"Nice, bro. Just nice." Chaeyoung rolled her eyes.

"What are you doing? Come on." Jeongyeon tried to stop herself from laughing.

Chaeyoung had no choice, but to stand beside Mina.

"Okay, here we go. 3... 2... 1..." The camera's flash started to flicker.

As the photographer started to take pictures, Chaeyoung and Mina started to get tensed standing beside each other.

"I have never been this tensed my entire life." Chaeyoung thought.

"Let's try a new pose. Put your arms across the shoulders of the person beside you." The photographer said.

"WHAT?!" Mina thought.

"This shit gets worse and worse." Chaeyoung gulped.

"Nice idea, Ma'am." Tzuyu grinned.

Chaeyoung glared at her with an 'I'm-going-to-kill-you' look which made Tzuyu laugh. All of them had their arms across the other's shoulder except Mina and Chaeyoung.

"What are you two waiting for?" Nayeon tried to contain her laughter.

"Why am I even nervous? Just... chill out, Chae. You're panicking over useless things." Chaeyoung thought.

"Okay, here we go."

Chaeyoung took a deep breath and placed her arm across Mina's shoulder and the other one on Dahyun's. Needless to say, Mina got startled, but she also placed hers on Chaeyoung.

"Great! Okay, let's go again. 3... 2... 1..." The camera's flash started to flicker again.

The nine of them took a few more shots and the last ones are some candid photos.