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Chapter 14

"Unnieeeee!" Seulgi yelled excitedly as she wave her hands to welcome moonbyul. Sooyoung on the other hand smile widely, telling how grateful she is for moonbyul's surprise appearance.

And Irene.. she's in daze?

Moonbyul speculated that Irene will act cold and uninterested towards her and will just go with the flow of what is written in the script, but little did she know, her presence completed Irene's day.

The first thing moonbyul noticed when she saw Irene is how shocked the latter is when their eyes met. Moonbyul wanted to laugh at her reaction since that's what she always does when they are together. But this time, she's kinda nervous, breathless, and she doesn't know why.

"Wait let me breathe first. It's exhausting climbing up here." Moonbyul playfully stated as she slowly massaged her chest when she feel that she was out of breath.

She didn't realize she was panting on her way up there because she was busy thinking of this specific person in her mind.

Moonbyul manages to breathe normally before she slowly lifts her feet towards the red velvet members who still can't believe she's one of the guests for today.

"Yah! There are three red velvet members here. Should I call my members now for backup?" Moonbyul said as she walk towards their direction, lifting the bag of tteokboki she bought on her way.

"What's that? Tteokboki?" Irene absent-mindedly asked that made moonbyul's breath hitch. She immediately composed herself and answer Irene with the widest smile and nod. It's not like she remembers how Irene likes tteokboki back in those days that's why she decided to bring some on her way.

Yup, it's not like that. She just doesn't want to appear empty-handed, that's why.

Moonbyul wanders her eyes at the surroundings and notices the simple decoration hanging on the wall. She's 100% sure Irene and Seulgi decorated it when she saw how messy it is, but it looks cute in some other ways.

100% for the efforts.

"Unnie thank you for coming," Seulgi said and gave moonbyul a friendly hug.

"No problem seulgi-ssi." Moonbyul answered as she walk towards the sink to wash her hands.

She knows on her way there she might interact with Irene, but she needed to wash her hands to avoid getting the popular virus (corona, fuck you - Hyejin 2020). Safety first, just like people always say.

Despite not looking straight in Irene's direction, she knows Irene is lowkey watching her move. She can assure that because that's what she's doing right now, feeling and studying the people that surround her. 

Moonbyul slowly washes her hands while taking small glances in Irene's direction on her side. The latter is busy stirring the food she's making and moonbyul couldn't take her silence anymore. She's not used to this kind of treatment, it's suffocating her.

"Hi" moonbyul attempted to make a decent conversation when she notice the other two are busy making stuff. Irene flinched from the sudden greetings. She didn't think moonbyul will initiate talking to her. Irene secretly smile as she quietly cleared her throat before answering byul's greetings.

"Hi" Irene timidly answers, enough to make moonbyul smile. She felt relieved all of the sudden, and she doesn't know why.

"Your hands are now 1000 percent clean, if you wouldn't stop washing, it will increase to 2000." Irene stated not looking at moonbyul and chuckled.

Moonbyul's face blushed at the thought of her washing her hands for more than a minute because she was out of her mind for a second, but still, a small smile formed on her lips at the sudden thought...