The heat that momo was feeling inside her was disappearing while a new one came on her cheek. She put her hand where nayeon slapped feeling the warmth that soon was through all her face, caused by embarrassment, turning it red. She couldn't really see nayeon because it was a little dark, but she could hear the oldest breathing heaviy, like she was angry or about to cry. Momo wasn't happy with neither of the options.
"I'm sorry nayeon." momo said feeling ashamed, and even if nayeon couldn't see momo too, the blonde wanted to run away.

Nayeon tried to calm herself first to be able to talk, but her heart was beating so fast that it took a while to do that. She wanted to say too many things to momo but when her mind finally decided, someone turned the lights on.
It was tzuyu.

"Hey!" tzuyu started looking like she was about to scold nayeon and momo for waking her up, but when she saw momo looking down and nayeon almost crying she reformulated what she was going to say. "Is everything okay? I heard some noises..." tzuyu said now seemed worried.

Nayeon was the first to move. She rubbed her eyes with her hands and with a fake smile on her face she said "Yeah, I just came to drink water, I'm going back to my room now. Good night."

Tzuyu nodded to nayeon as the latter went back to her bedroom. As soon she was out of sight, tzuyu turned to momo who didn't make any move since the younger appeared.

"You didn't answer me unnie." Tzuyu shouted as she was getting closer to the blonde.

Momo looked up feeling that she was about to explode, to avoid that she started "I am screwing up everything."
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Both foreigners were thankful that korea had these convenience stores that were open 24 hours. Therefore they could talk alone without worrying about waking up someone, or, most important, that some of the members could hear their conversation.

While tzuyu sat at a table outside the convenience store, momo was inside preparing an instant ramen on the microwave. The truth is that momo wanted a bottle of só just but tzuyu didn't allowed, they have schedule on the next day. Tzuyu was observing momo getting out of the store, already slurping noodles, and sitting in front of her.

"So unnie, you can continue now." Tzuyu shouted with her elbows on the table supporting her head. That's when momo expression changed from 'happy while eating' to 'sad because of whatever is the problem'.

Momo sighed " I don't know how to start..." now playing with her food.

"Let me guess... Mina or nayeon?"

"What?" Momo replied shocked "Are you using your powers on me master Yoda?"
 

Tzuyu pouted "It looks like you're not that bad since you can make jokes."

"Laughing is the best medicine... at least it's what people say."

Tzuyu didn't replied, she kept looking at momo waiting for a serious conversation.

"Fine." Momo said dropping the cup of ramen on the table "I will start with Mina. She likes me."

"I know. Sana told me."

Momo was surprised at first but remembered... is sana.

"And her mother suffered an accident..."

"I know that too."

"Do I really need to tell you something or your girlfriend already told you everything?"

"Sorry, go on."

"So... I thought that I had to be with her, after all she needs someone now and she can't be alone..."

"But the problem is that...?"

Momo sighed again "I like nayeon and... we had something..."

Tzuyu smiled "I could see this coming."

"But everything happened at the same. And I can't hurt Mina even more, refusing her love, tô be with nayeon, it's too selfish. So I decided to avoid nayeon, before things get deeper, and be with Mina everytime I can."

Tzuyu got closer to momo like she was going to whisper something, but instead, she gave a light tap on momo's forehead "You're really dumb."

"Eh?" Momo was confused, she was sure that she was doing the right thing, isn't she?

"You don't want to hurt anyone but in the end you hurt nayeon, ignoring her, Mina, not being totally honest with her, and yourself."

"I didn't think this way..."

"Of course you don't. You should talk to them. Honestly." Tzuyu sighed this time "Unnie, Mina is not alone, all the members are here for her, you don't have to be the one in charge of taking care of her. And nayeon... things got deeper a long time ago, and if you wait a little more you can lose her."
 

Momo took the cup of ramen to finish it while saying "Are you really the maknae?"

"You are welcome." Tzuyu replied with a teasing smile.
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The courage that nayeon had to slap momo quickly disappeared. Everytime that momo called nayeon to talk, the oldest says that she’s busy with something and runs away (she’s thankful that most of the times is true, but when it’s not she just wants to hide in jihyo’s pocket). But momo seems determined now, nayeon can tell by looking into momo’s eyes, she seems decided. However, nayeon doesn’t want to know her decision. Deep down she prefers a complicated relationship than none.

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Nayeon is in the kitchen in front of the open refrigerator drinking a glass of water and thinking about the next excuse that she will tell momo.Too late. When she closes the door momo, that was waiting behind the door, pops up.

“I think you’re not busy now.” Momo said with her arms crossed.

Nayeon choked. “Momo! You scared me...” the older had to calm herself down first to continue

“Ac-Actually, I ha-have something to do later so I need to get ready.” After stuttering, nayeon knew that momo would not believe, but it's not her fault, she was taken by surprise.

When nayeon quickly turned around to leave, as she was running for her life, momo grabbed her arm and pushed her against the wall. “Don’t worry, I will not kiss you again, I don’t want another slap...” momo said with a light laugh.

Nayeon opened to speak but momo’s face was so close to hers that any reply that nayeon thought vanished.

“But I don’t like when you lie to me.”

Nayeon closed her eyes, if she doesn’t look at momo’s eyes (or lips) she can talk. “I am not lying, I’m going to meet... someone.”

“Who?”

“Why do you wanna know?”

“Come talk to me that I will tell you why.” momo said smirking, like she knew that nayeon would not decline this time. At least, she was hoping to.

Nayeon wants to say yes but at the same time she doesn’t. She doesn’t know what to do but she didn’t need to decide. Someone was calling her. Whe she took the phone from her pocket, they both saw who was calling. It was Jennie.

‘Momo's expression changed from excitement to jealous?’ nayeon asked to herself but was interrupted by momo's question.

"Aren't you going to answer?"

"Ye-yeah"

Nayeon turned her back to momo to answer jennie, but payed more attention at the blonde who was staring at her all the time. Nayeon barely listened to what jennie said, only agreed with everything.

When she turned around to look at momo again, the blonde stood still waiting for an explanation. But nayeon didn't have one. Things just happened like this.

"I.. need to get ready." Nayeon said. She was nervous, the way momo was looking at her seemed that she was ready to scold the brunette.

"To meet her."

"Yes."

"I get it." Momo said and left before nayeon could notice the pain in her eyes.

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After days of busy schedules, full of performances and appearances in tv shows, december holidays arrived. However, twice had only two days to rest. The members that lived in korea harnessed to visit their families, but, sadly, the foreign members couldn't go back to their countries for just two days. They prefered to stay at the dorm to save money and energy. The only foreign member that traveled was Mina, because of her mother condition.

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Jihyo and Nayeon were the last korean members that were at the dorm.

"Unnie, can you do me a favor?" Jihyo said while finishing packing her things.

"Anything leader."

"I needed to check momo before I leave because she's kinda sick but I'm already late. Could you do this for me?"

Nayeon was expecting something like carry jihyo's suitcase or lend money... but not this.

"I don't know... I'm not good with this medicine thing."

Jihyo rolled her eyes "Don't overreact, you just need to see her. I wouldn't ask if I didn't need to. Sana and tzuyu didn’t return yet from their date, korean members already left and mina went to japan."

"Now that you talked about it, why only mina went to japan?" Nayeon was curious, even more because momo stayed.

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