"Five years."

Chungha turned to see Sejeong grinning at her in that way that made her eyes crinkle and showed just the tiniest bit of her gums. She stayed silent, knowing what Sejeong was talking about, but not really.

"That's a long time, isn't it?" Sejeong continued, sighing and coming around the side of the couch to flop onto the cushions.

Chungha shifted a little to remove Sejeong's elbow from where it had weged into her ribs uncomfortably. "It is."

"We said we were going to have those IOI days, though, so I suppose that's going to be a nice little thing for us. But it really is different." Sejeong rolled her shoulder back to make it easier for her to rest her head on Chungha's shoulder. "To be honest, I didn't want to make friends when 101 started. I thought it would be easier to let things go if I didn't have them at all. That's how losing my dad worked. I didn't have him, so I didn't miss him. I guess that's not what happened."

Chungha grabs Sejeong's hand and lifts it into her lap, absentmindedly playing with it. Chungha had never understood the appeal of casual touches until Produce 101, then she was surrounded by it. She had been uncomfortable at first but had come to crave it.

Sejeong chuckled. It wasn't her bright, loud uncle laugh, but something quieter, maybe a little sad. "You know, I wasn't even that close with the other Jellyfish girls. Nayoung always had Hana and Mina always had Hyeyeon. I don't really mesh with anyone there. I didn't think I'd mesh here either." Sejeong wriggled a little further into Chungha's side. "I'm not an extrovert like Somi. I don't have showstopping talent like Yeonjung or like you." 

Chungha started to deny it, but Sejeong was quick to stop her. 

"Don't say you're not talented. Everyone saw your placement dance." Sejeong paused for a minute and Chungha knew she was wetting her lips in that way she