3:00 AM

"PAPAPAMPAM PAPAPA PAPAM PAPAM PAPAPAM— OUCH HEY!" yena complains, carressing her buttocks after being smacked by a pillow, ending up falling on her ass.

"shut up, too early!" sakura groans, switching to the other side of the bed. chaeyeon was still asleep with a big pillow covering both sides of her ears.

"IT'S CORONATION DAY!"

sakura groans even louder. "coronation what now?"

"THE WINDOW IS OPEN SO IS THAT DOOR, I DIDN'T KNO—" yena's face greeted a pillow from chaeyeon. "OH COME ON"

"IT'S 3 AM YENA WHAT THE FUCK"

"TODAY'S THE DAY, DUMB GAYS," yena snapped. "OUR PERFORMANCE AT MSNAKE STARTS TODAY!"

"right, it's today."

"and three..." yena smirks. "two...one—"

sakura jolts from the bed with double the size of her eyes wide open. "IT'S TODAY"

the latter smacks chaeyeon with a pillow, who ended up sitting right up. "WAKE UP, IT'S TODAY"

"WAIT, IT'S TODAY?"

"YES IT'S TODAY"

"OH MY GOD IT'S TODA—"

"YES IT'S TODAY NOW SHUT THE FUCK UP" their mouths automotically zipped as soon as they saw eunbi on the door, glaring at them...

and with a plushie on her other hand.

"anyways, everyone's awake, you need to go to the living room." eunbi leaves the room right after.

the three stared at each other for a good three seconds before whisper-yelling 'it's today'.

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both sakura and chaeyeon were expecting a sight of the girls looking all sleepy and tired like them, but instead, the living room was full of noisy people.

"i'm so excited!"

"can't wait to look for hot chicks—"

"can't wait to k word you"

"babe i was kidding!"

"well deserved, i'll join you on killing your girlfriend, yuri!"

"i lost my specs!"

"huh?"

"i said i lost my specs!!"

"it's right on your head you giant tree!"

"geez, it's not my fault your genes aren't tall—"

"do you want a taste of yabuki nako's punch, ahn yujin?"

"i'm joking— ow hey! hiichan~ nako is hurting me!"

"go baby you can do that"

"traitors!"

sakura couldn't process every sentence they try to say, the girls are very hyper, while she's so drained she just wants chaeyeon— to sleep.

cuddling chaeyeon while sleeping?

"alright, please minimize your voices, it's 3:06 in the morning for crying out loud." eunbi sighed, leaning on the wall.

the rest became quiet, which made eunbi start speaking again. "i was supposed to wake you all up at 4:30, but the reason why i woke you up early is because,"

eunbi grabs something from the pocket of her piggy pajamas. "we found this on hyewon's pocket."

the members went to eunbi to see it clearly. they were confused. "that's a—"

"tracking device." yujin speaks, earning everyone's attention.

the rest widened their eyes, couldn't believe that a tracking device was on hyewon's pocket the whole time. "a tracking device? are you sure?"

the puppy nods. "my... step mom used to uh, put it on my bag."

the members' expressions changed into pity, but yujin shrugged it off with a small smile. "but i eventually found it and broke it into pieces. anyways, im okay now... thanks to you guys."

"awww"

"gimme a hug"

"brush your teeth first"

"rude!"

wonyoung borrows the black device. "there's a red light blinking, which means that whoever put this on her pocket is currently locating her."

they slightly gasped, worried and confused.

"wait— who the hell put it there?" chaewon questioned, although she wasn't expecting any answer since everyone was equally confused.

hitomi raised an eyebrow. "where and how exactly did you find that device, unnie?"

"on hyewon's leather jacket. we were looking for her wallet, but we found that instead." eunbi replies, pointing at the device currently on wonyoung's hand.

"hyewon unnie," yuri shook her shoulder, but the latter was staring into nowhere, spacing out. "hyewon unnie!"

"huh?" hyewon answered, finally going back to her senses. "what is it?"

"are you alright?" nako asked. "we're asking when was the last time you wore that."

hyewon tries to remember the day she wore it. "ah! it was when we went to the cemetery in the middle of the night."

"huh? then who'd be able to put that there?"
 
 
 
"the cat in the cemetery."

"gyuri."

yena and wonyoung says at the same time.

the members went silent as they realized what wonyoung said.

while yuri facepalmed.

"yuri, are you sure you're okay with having a stupid girlfriend?" sakura "sincerely" asked with a concerned face.

"hey! i may be right though!" yena grunts.

chaewon sighs. "prove it."

"well," yena took a dramatic deep breath before grabbing a whiteboard out of nowhere.

"first of all, the cat surprised us from our backs, which means that" she starts drawing a poorly sketched cat. "the black cat is part of the illumati!"

mind blown.

the members felt like the need to transfer some of their braincells to yena, even though they barely had one.

"o-okay... first off, where did you get that whiteboard" nako questions, scratching her ear.

"i don't know" yena chuckles, her hand on her nape. "but did you guys get my point?"

"yena unnie, you're like a broken pencil." hitomi sighed.

"huh? because i'm crooked and not straight?"

"no, you're pointless." hiichan deadpans.

the members laughed, cheering on hitomi's roast as they started to mess with yena.

"OOF POINTLESS"

"poor yena"

"she's rich though, i remember seeing a thousand dollar—"

"that's not what i meant, chaewon"

"sorry minmin love u"

"dude don't flirt here!"

"tch, right infront of me"

"guys." eunbi snaps. "wonyoung's right."

"huh?"

"wonyoung said it was gyuri, i don't know how she put it there but wonyoung might have an explanation."

everyone went silent, staring at wonyoung as they waited for her words.

izone's last braincell, everyone.

"remember when she went crazy and tried to hug hyewon unnie? she must've done it on purpose to put the device to where it is right now—"

"it's in my hand right now-—"

"oh come on! can you please atleast use your brain unnie?"

"oop—"

"anyways, i'm also clueless as to why she did that but i'm sure she was the one who put that device on unnie's pocket."

"guys did you hear that?" minju suddenly asked out of nowhere, the members stared weirdly at her.

"hear what?"

"oh, nothing. i thought i heard something open."

the girls talked for almost an hour more about it until eunbi decided to settle down.

"it's currently around 4 in the morning right now, we need to prepare and go to the venue before 6 am." eunbi says, as the girls nodded.

"chaeyeon, are the outfits ready?"

"yep, it's on the garage"

"yuri, the song sheets?"

"all in one binder!"

"wonyoung, the flash drive device for our performance songs?"

"already in my bag"

"ah, minju, the make up?"

"already packed in three bags!"

"alright, nako?"

"the hair, accessories and etcetera are already in the bag"

"yena, can we really trust you in driving?"

"of course! i'm a good driver!"

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"IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL A GOOD DRIVER?!?" eunbi frustratedly snapped, while being told to calm down.

yena groaned. "the tires were already flat right before i drove!" she points at the two holes in the left tire.

wonyoung squints her eyes, staring at the holes while mumbling something. "...must've used something like a glass." she mumbled, taking a picture of the hole.

"what do you mean?"

"who could've done that?"

"we might've stepped on one maybe?"

"then it wouldn't cause a hole, if the tire stepped on it then it wouldn't possibly be the pointed part of a pen"

"gosh why are you so smart"

"i'm just using my brain"

"i'm hurt."

"great," yuri glanced at their situation. eunbi, yena, sakura, chaeyeon, and wonyoung were outside, while the rest were inside.

"this is my fat ass' fault." yujin sighed, looking sorry while the members facepalmed.

"your confidence is annoying me" hitomi deadpanned, again.

yuri stood up, going outside. "shouldn't we call a cab or something? or maybe a mechanic?"

"today's monday, cabs will take an hour to escape the traffic and our performance is at 8, it's currently 6:30 and the traffic is already shitty." chaeyeon explains, looking equally as frustrated as the others.

"try calling a mechanic?"

"i don't know any mechanic though, do you?" sakura asked, yuri shakes her head. "no, but i'll try asking the other members."

"please do, thanks yul"

the cold breeze of december wasn't helping them at all.

yuri walks back to the van, but right before she could step front, a loud beep rang through their ears.

in sync, they all turned their heads to the parked van behind theirs. colored black and it looked really new.

rent? maybe.

curious, the rest of the members in the van went outside to see whoever the fuck owned the other van.

but hell, life may be playing with them.

because as the driver exited the van, their eyes widened.

"looks like you have some trouble going to the venue."

"gyuri."

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the trip was silent and let alone, awkward. they're currently inside gyuri's car as gyuri drove their way to the venue.

no one dared to talk, they were thankful yet uncomfortable.

at first, they didn't wanna ride, but well, they had no other choice. there were barely cabs available and it would be a pain in the ass to look for three cabs and another one for the baggages.

gyuri glanced at the front mirror with a creepy smile. "y'all ain't thanking me or something? i literally saved your day."

"who would thank a creepy motherfucker" yena mumbled under her breath before getting kicked by yuri.

"...thanks for saving our day gyuri." sakura smiled with a faint hint of sarcasm. "what a greaaat coincidence that you rented a van to go to God knows where and saw our van dead in the right time."

"you're very welcome, guys!" gyuri cheered, smiling. "what a coincidence, hmm?"

"why did you rent a van?" chaewon questioned.

"why are you curious?"

"jeez, i was just asking." she mumbled, rolling her eyes as she glared outside the window.

"i'll make sure her tires would be flat today too" chaeyeon hissed, although whispering.

"count me the fuck in" chaewon mumbled from behind.

"say, anyone wanna listen to music?" no one answered anyway, so gyuri just chose a random song.

no, not random.

hyewon's eyes widened. boombayah. her favorite song.

the rest also noticed it, since hyewon usually plays her music on a loud speaker almost everyday.

"ignore it, who knows it might just be a coincidence."

hyewon wanted to believe that it was just a coincidence, however, as the next song played, hyewon just wanted to jump out of the window. "i-is there any other music?"

gyuri suddenly stops the car before turning her head sweetly to hyewon. "of course! anything for you bab—"

"play the music" eunbi cuts her off.

the members silently laughed at the pissed leader.

gyuri starts the engine once again before playing another song.

third time in a row, her favorite song played again.

it was simply enough.

"the songs in your playlist sucks, you got any other songs?"

the girls snickered on their seats while gyuri's eye twitched. "but... aren't these your fav—"

"how can you say that? stop acting like you know shit about me, gyuri."

"but I KNOW shit about you, kwangbaby"

"KWANGBABY" yena and yujin shouts at the same time before acting like they're about to puke.

"shut the fuck up! do you want me to pull over!?"

"IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN YE—"

"don't mind them, please go on." eunbi sighed, she had to lower her pride for the sake of their early arrival in the stadium.

"excuse me, gyuri. do you have a mirror?" wonyoung suddenly 'politely' asked, which caught everyone off guard.

wonyoung smirks, noticing how gyuri got caught off guard the most.

"she ain't like that to us, tch." yena pouts.

gyuri glanced at the mirror before raising an eyebrow. "w-why don't you ask your rude friends?"

"bitch?"

"you're going to do a make over without a damn mirror?"

"ah, i have to fix hyewon unnie's face."

"what—"

"...alright."

it was so faint, yet wonyoung didnt fail to notice how gyuri gulped, before grabbing a square mirror on her bag.

suddenly, it fell, causing the mirror to shatter into pieces. gyuri's attention went to that for a while.

"motherfucker watch out!" yena screamed, gyuri, alarmed, focused on driving again before grunting.

"oh now i get it, you're planning to kill us all, huh!?" yena angrily stands up, but yuri and wonyoung did the same and made yena sit back down.

"im sorry, i'll grab it." wonyoung walks towards the shattered foundation powder kit, kneeling down and picking up all the glass shards.

"careful, wonnie." yujin flinched. "let me help—"

"it's alright, im done." wonyoung smiled, walking back towards her seat with all the glass shards in her palm.

the girls didn't pay much attention to what wonyoung did next, except for yujin. "you have something in your mind, don't you?"

"you know me very well." wonyoung winks, and proceeds to connect the glass shards like a puzzle.

the pieces were luckily big, since the distance from where it was held to where it fell wasn't too high for the glass to shatter into millipieces, and the van's floor texture was carpetized.

it went on, until wonyoung finished connecting all the broken pieces back.

it was missing a big, triangular glass piece specifically on the corner, triangular means that it was pointed.

wonyoung is indeed, a bit too smart.

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"we're here." gyuri hazards the van infront of the venue as the members stared at the place.

CJ&M Stadium

"so big, i'm scared." sakura sighed.

"y'all aint getting out or something?" gyuri asked, rolling her eyes before glancing at hyewon with heart eyes. "except for you, hyewonnie. you can stay here—"

"let's go" hyewon simply ignores her before opening the door. "thanks for the ride"

"you're welcome!!" gyuri flew a kiss.

"thanks bitch"

"fuck you"

as soon as everyone exited, their eyes widened in excitement and nervousness. "this is it, guys."

their eyes roamed everywhere and saw many people, some were holding banners and fans. "say, do we even have supporters or something?"

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eunbi unlocks the door to their room, which will serve as their makeup and outfit room.

"alright, we have 10 minutes to change and another 10 minutes to wear our make up—"

"let's go!" the rest of the members, with yena's lead, excitedly rushed inside and did what they had to do. eunbi sighed before chuckling.

  
  
 
chaeyeon, with hitomi, nako, and sakura's help, unpacked the bag with their outfits and distributed it to each of the members.

there were a total of five travel luggages for their outfits, since they'll be changing outfits for three times and four times for the triplets, yuri, yena, and chaewon.

choosing and buying outfits were a piece of cake since they had enough money to buy and that there are a lot of sales since it's almost christmas.

after successfully distributing the outfits, they decided to change and take turns at the dressing room by age, which means that wonyoung will change first.

their first outfit was for their opening song, "beautiful colors" which was ironic since their outfits were white. however, nako suggested that white is an elegant color and that it will fit their concept, in which the members agreed.

as wonyoung was changing, the members started doing their make up, which was a relief since atleast almost all of of them knows how to do so, they don't need to do heavy make up anyways.

wonyoung exits the changing room wearing a very elegant white dress, that made the members eyes widen in awe.

"wonyoung, you look so beautiful!" chaeyeon coos, faking her tears as the members agreed.

yujin was stoned, for particular reasons, her heart was rapidly beating.

is it because she's nervous of the outcome of the dress on her?

or the beautiful sight infront of her?

yujin was surprised when yena nudged her. "why is our yuding having heart eyes?"

"SHUT UP" yujin stormed off with the outfit she'll change into.

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"MINE'S YELLOW"

"NO, YELLOW'S MINE!"

"BUT WE ALL AGREED ALREADY"

"JUST GRAB THE COLOR YOU WANT"

"BUT I WANT THE YELLOW."

"I GRABBED IT FIRST!"

"JUST SETTLE WITH PINK DAMN IT"

"FUCK YOU CHOI YENA"

"I HATE YOU SAKURA UNNIE"

"mine's white"

"...no one really wants white."

"I'LL TAKE THE BLUE ONE"

"NO, YOU GET THE CORAL!"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP"

only 15 minutes left 'til the competition starts and the girls were fighting over the color of their microphones.

well, they already settled their colors, but some of them weren't pleased so they tried to exchange and ended up fighting.

it took them a solid 3 minutes before hyewon ordered them to line up for their ear-piece sets.

luckily, there were staffs that helped them  wear their ear-piece, while eunbi and chaeyeon were talking to the staff leader about their performance orders and formations.

a week ago, they were able to come here and rehearse, and they had to practice facing their fears on standing on a highly elevated stage.

their school is prestigious, the biggest school in seoul so no wonder their budget is clean and well-prepared.

seriously, all they have to do is to get on their asses, do their best and perform their hearts out. everything else, the outfits, microphones, and everything they needed was the school's money, though they had to do some sketching in the outfits.

luckily, chaeyeon and hitomi can draw well.

"guys, if your done, gather around here!" eunbi orders, to which the members followed as soon as they were done with fixing their ear-pieces.

 
they formed a circle, closing the gaps and standing close to each other as they smiled.

"alright, once we step outside, we cant help but be nervous. but like i've always told you, consider it as adrenaline. let's give our best!"

"let's not worry about the possibility of nobody cheering on us, because our classmates and friends are there!"

"i think we've done well"

"my geese are bumping"

"what?"

"i'm having goosebumps"

"you couldve just said that, so extra."
 
  
"let's take a picture of our microphones!" yujin suggests. the members smiled in unison and agreed, pointing their mics, which formed a pretty circle.

"ah, yes, beautiful colors indeed."

 
 
"WHO ARE WE?"
 
 
  
 
"WHO RUN THE WORLD, GI—" welp, yena just got smacked.

eunbi raised her eyebrows.

"I-I-IZONE!"

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i promised i'd update soon, i missed you guys. <3