author's pov because she sucks at making a specific member's pov

as hyewon went inside the cafeteria, she didnt tell the girls what happened. and the only reason was because she's quite sure that gyuri might be somewhere near them and evesdropping, and that'd be a bad thing if she finds out they're suspecting her as her stalker.

so she shook it off, acting like nothing happened, she sits back down and was about to eat when eunbi held her shoulder. "something's wrong,"

hyewon tensed up, eunbi indeed knows it when the members are feeling something.

"you didnt wash your hands"

orrrrrr so she thought. hyewon facepalmed and sighed, "i already did,"

on the other hand, as the girls enjoyed their meal, sakura recieved a text message that made her pale. her reactions were visible enough and chaeyeon noticed that the japanese was about to cry. pursing her lips, sakura kept her lunchbox even if it still had rice. she grabbed her bag and ran away, making the members' attention land to her.

"hey, kkura!" they all exclaimed, worried and confused looks on their faces. "what the— what's wrong with her?" yena looked worried, rare but okay. "i dont know, she was even laughing with us earlier. why would she suddenly leave in a hurry?" hitomi looked confused, as well as the other members. eunbi was about to stand up and chase her when chaeyeon did it first.

"i'm going to go after her." without a split second, the worried chaeyeon grabbed her bag and ran to look for sakura.

the girls went silent, why did sakura suddenly run away? stay tuned for the next kissing booth— as i was saying.

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chaeyeon ran throught the hallway, went to the garden, and went to different comfort rooms only to see no signs of the bob-haired japanese. "where did she go..." chaeyeon stops for a moment, panting as she tried to think of the places sakura might possibly be. when they were still in a relationship, they would hang out on the school's fountain, or sometimes in the cafeteria, inside the library,

and the rooftop.

as soon as it came past through her mind, she didnt hesitate to go to the place where sakura is most likely to go to. "right, why did i forget about that?"

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chaeyeon opens the door to the rooftop, hoping to see any signs of sakura.

and turns out, she was indeed there, standing at the edge of the block.

WAIT SHE WAS STANDING AT THE EDGE OF THE BLOCK.

"HEY KKURA-CHAN DONT YOU DARE JUMP AND KILL YOURSELF!" without hesitation, the worried chaeyeon ran and grabbed sakura, making the older one surprised by the sudden grab on her hips. "ah— chaeyeon what the fuck?"

chaeyeon glares at her and smacked her shoulder. "yah! dont you dare run away and jump through this building! you might die and your chances of living is although 40%, your body will be swelled up in injuries—"

chaeyeon's rant were cut off when sakura hugged her tight. sakura!! hugged her!! tight!! (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

and for the first time after 5 months, chaeyeon felt the hug she's been longing on to, the hug that she missed so much.

sakura sniffed, so it made chaeyeon conclude she was crying. "hey, kkura. why are you crying...?"

"sshh, just let me hug your right now please. i need this..."

i need this.

to chaeyeon, a simply sweet gesture from sakura has been enough to make her heart beat fast. but now, this hug meant something else, it was as if sakura really needs someone to comfort her right now.

and chaeyeon was the perfect fit for it.

"hey... it's okay, sakura. let it all out and tell me when you feel alright." chaeyeon softly whispers, as the wind canned up throught he rooftop.

the hug lasted for five minutes, and as soon as sakura pulled away from the hug, she quickly apologized for the soak on chaeyeon's shoulder, specifically on her uniform. chaeyeon chuckled and told her it was fine.

chaeyeon grabs sakura's hand and led her to a bench, they both sat beside each other. chaeyeon looks at sakura, who was spacing out. the younger thinks that it was something serious.

"hey, you know im here for you right?" chaeyeon softly mumbled, but it was enough for sakura to look into her eyes. the older one sadly smiled, "i know... you've always been."

chaeyeon puts her hand above sakura's and stared at her, as if telling her to trust the younger. "let it out, saku. tell me why you're crying."

sakura was hesitant, she hated crying infront of anyone. but chaeyeon is, chaeyeon is an excemption. only chaeyeon had seen her cry, only chaeyeon had seen her bawl her eyes out while telling her the reason behind the tears. "okay..."

"mom and dad—" she didnt even finish her statement when her tears spawned from her eyes, but chaeyeon removed it. "mom and dad– broke up."

chaeyeon gives sakura a tight hug, if so, tighter than the way the older hugged her. chaeyeon heard the loud sob from sakura, she hated it when sakura cries, it makes her worry a lot. "sshh, it's okay saku... everything will be okay."

everything will be okay. for once, an amusingly sad smile appeared on sakura's features. with just that sentence, sakura knew everything will be okay when chaeyeon says the sentence itself.

the hug broke again and they stared at each other. sakura was trying not to breakthrough her tears and speak again. "m-mom caught dad cheating w-with his co-worker... i-i fucking trusted d-dad so much." sakura broke through another set of unstoppable tears while chaeyeon rubbed sakuras back to comfort her while still facing to each other. "they're fucking married f-for 20 years, yet... yet he had the audacity t-to cheat."

"they were the perfect c-couple... i looked up to them so much while praising how s-strong they were. when they look at each other, there would be pure love on their eyes." sakura sniffs as she removed the tears in her eyes. "but then one day... things like this suddenly happened. and the next thing i recieved was a text from my mom, s-she told me everything. she told me every single detail she have seen."

chaeyeon got hit by every sentence sakura had said.. it was almost exactly the same thing that happened to their relationship. sakura and chaeyeon were such a strong couple, they never had ups and downs and they always fix their problems together. until something unfixable happened.

sakura chuckles despite the tears on her eyes. "i always believe on the saying eyes dont lie. but now i refuse to do so."

"im sorry..." chaeyeon suddenly mumbled, making sakura look at her. "why? it's not like it's your fault-"

"you mustve felt like this when you saw me kissing miyu."

sakuras expression changed, it was a bitter smile this time. "of course, it was painful, you know? seeing your most trusted person cheating on you—"

chaeyeon gushed sakura. "believe me, sakura. i was not cheating on you."

sakura chuckles sarcastically, "then why did you kiss her?"

"i have my reasons..." chaeyeon replied.

"reasons? what a stupid taunt, jjaeyeon."

chaeyeon looks at her with a sad smile. "it was a dare."

"a dare you shouldve declined." sakura firmly said, anger in her eyes as she stared at chaeyeon. "it was our first anniversary, chaeyeon. you cheated on me on our first anniversary." the pain in sakura's eyes was visible enough for chaeyeon to say she was broken.

"a dare i couldnt decline." chaeyeon mumbled, her eyes meeting sakura's dark orbs. "you couldnt decline? how stupid—"

"an exchange for the kiss is the thing you wanted the most, sakura." chaeyeon had finally said it, the explanation she had been wanting to say. "the moon necklace."

the moon necklace. sakura was taken aback this time. she was surprised, very surprised. "chaeyeon..."

"i always see sparkles in your eyes when we pass through that jewelry store with the prettiest necklace. the moon necklace you've always wanted." chaeyeon had tears in her eyes as she talked. "i was broke and you know that. i had no enough money and miyu... miyu dared me to kiss her, in an exchange for her to buy the moon necklace you've always wanted."

"the moon necklace you've always wanted to wear."

sakura's tears fell, and it surely was out of guilt. shit. i should've gave you the chance to explain. "chaeyeon... im sorry-"

chaeyeon cuts her off when the younger rested her index finger to her lips. "it's okay, sakura. it's always okay."

"no, chaeyeon. i should've let you explain!" sakura loudly said out of frustration. she felt stupid, she felt like she's the dumbest person in the world for not giving chaeyeon the chance to explain.

chaeyeon bitterly smiled.

"we cant turn back time anymore, can we?"

sakura cups chaeyeons cheeks, who was taken aback by the sudden move.

"no, but we can make our past the present."

and that's when chaeyeon felt such a sweet lip on to hers. the lips she had been longing on to.

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time didnt bother chaeyeon as long as sakura was with her. she never cared about anything except for sakura. a smile escaped her lips as she looked down to the older, who was laying on the bench while her head rested on the younger's lap.

she carresed sakura's hair gently as she stared at her peacefully sleeping face. poor girl, mustve been tired for crying to much.

"you're so beautiful..." chaeyeon softly whispers as she smiled.

it was going to be a bluff if chaeyeon will say she didnt feel good. it felt so good how she got to explain the reason why she had kissed miyu.

it was almost  5pm now, classes are about to end and sakura had been sleeping since 2pm. believe it or not, chaeyeon never slept. she was tok busy looking sakura's beautiful face. she didnt care if they werent able to attend the afternoon classes. "who cares about classes when it comes to sakura..."

but classes were about to end soon, which means the members might be looking for them already. chaeyeon smiles one last time and gentlt tapped sakura's shoulder. "kkura, wakey wakey..."

a wider smiled appeared on chaeyeon's face as soon as sakura's eyes opened. her eyes were swollen for too much crying but chaeyeon still found it beautiful. "what time is it, chae?" sakura innocently asked, sitting her self up as chaeyeon stretched. "it's almost five."

sakura looks at her with a surprised pikachu face. "wait what?! oh no, you skipped classes because of me!"

chaeyeon chuckled and stood up as sakura did the same. "it's alright, when it comes to you, nothing else comes to me."

sakura smiled, but soon enough became sad again. "i... im really sorry about everything, chaeyeon. i shouldve let you explain on that day. we couldve been able to fix things."

instead of a sad face, chaeyeon gave a sad smile. "atleast you were able to hear me out, im fine with that."

"how about you? are you alright now?" chaeyeon changed the topic, making sakura sadder. "i still feel sad... i wanna go to japan and talk to my mom and comfort her."

"you know," chaeyeon starts off. "even if you go to japan or not. even if you just talk to her on the phone or text her, as long as you're sincere, your mom will feel alright."

"you think so?" sakura sadly pouted.

"i know so." chaeyeon proudly uttered. "now come on, the members have been caling me since a while ago. they must be really worried."

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"damn it, where are those two?" eunbi worriedly uttered. the 10 girls were already outside the gate and waiting for the two. minju pursed her lips. "sakura unnie didnt attend classes today, she's my classmate int he afternoon period."

"chaeyeon's my classmate and she also werent there." hyewon says.

"oh here they come!" yuri excitedly pointed at chaeyeon and sakura, who indeed came rushing towards them. "hey! where did you guys go! both of you werent in your respective classes and you skipped classes the whole afternoon!" eunbi shouted infront of their faces. the others cracked up as they looked at chaeyeon and sakura who looked like they were getting scolded by their principal.

"sorry unnie, sakura didnt feel good today so i had to accompany her in the rooftop."

"accompany? hmm" yena said, making a lenny face to yujin who also did the same. "alone in the rooftop? naughty" (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

but hitomi just had to smack both of their heads. "shut your perverted minds up."

"sakura unnie, did you cry? your eyes seem puffy." minju worriedly asks, making the girls facepalm. "oh wow minju, it wasnt obvious! really." hyewon sarcastically mumbled.

"sakura, if you're facing any problems, just tell that to us and we'll do everything to comfort you." eunbi said, almost her hand on sakuras shoulder when hyewon grabbed and held it. "i'll take that, thank you."

"what a possesive bitch" chaewon mumbles, making hyewon look at her and glare. "im just holding on to whats mine. go grab kim minju or something."

"okay" without hesitation, chaewon grabbed minju's hand and held it tightly. minju, who was talking to nako, was surprised by the suddent action. "what are you-"

"shush i know you like it too"

"thanks, eunbi. but i think i need more time before i can fully tell it to you guys. for now, i'll just divert myself." sakura tried to smile, but she just cant. especially with the sudden news.

as they walked to ride a bus, the girls tried so hard to cheer sakura up, to the point where they almost look stupid.

yena snorts out loud. "hey, remember when i told nako she's short and then she got mad and grabbed a knife in the kitchen but later on grabbed a chair because 'she cant reach the cupboard'?"

"THAT'S FUCKING CUTE HAHAHAHAHA" the girls couldnt stop themselves from laughing at nako whose eyes throwing daggers to yena. "sleep with one eye open, bitch"

sakura smiled. they all cheered when she did so.

hitomi chuckled but becasue she felt bad, she decided to help nako taunt a comeback. "no. remember when yena tried to flirt with a cute saleslady in japan but cried later on because the saleslady said she wasnt into duck-looking creatures?"

everyone laughed, like, legit laughed. it was so loud and contagious to the point where sakura couldnt help but giggle. "oh i remember that, she looked like she got betrayed"

"eyyyy sakura's finally smiling!" they all shouted a loud 'hoorayyy!' and did super random dance moves.

"why do i even love these weirdos" eunbi mumbles as she watched the girls walked like ducks, it was chaewon's idea to make yena pissed but oh well, yena joined the ruckus. a smile escaped from her lips as she watched them laugh while doing weird things that's enough to make them laugh their heads off.

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