"Momo-chan, do you know why Nayeon-unnie is avoiding me?" – after the red carpet for the honor of the “…” event, which was attended by the group, Mina approached her friend with sad eyes.

Momo turned to her, then quickly found their friend in the crowd, meeting her gaze from afar, not noticing anything in the behavior of the girl (Nayeon, as usual looking at Mina in love) shrugged her shoulders:

"Why did you decide? Her gaze hasn't changed, it's the same.

“I thought so too, until I just walked up to her, and she looked away from me and pretended to be very busy,” Mina said, looking in the same direction as Momo, noticing how Nayeon’s gaze slightly caught her and immediately switched to another member.

“I don’t know, but if you want, I’ll ask you,” Momo offered this option, becoming sideways to let the costume designer fix her stage costume.

“Don't tell me I asked you questions,” Mina realized, shifting her gaze from Nayeon to Momo.

"Of course, don't worry, unnie won't understand that I'm only asking at your request," Momo assured her, placing her hand on her friend's shoulder and gently squeezing it. - Let's go on stage, let's show super class.

Mina followed Momo, let her go ahead, while she herself waited for Nayeon to appear next to her. Her heart skipped a beat, as it always did when Nayeon was around, the words stuck in , her head was spinning, and a pink blush painted her cheeks. Mina's gaze caught an indecisive look from Nayeon, tried to find out herself, although she understood that in such a short time (less than a minute before going on stage) the girl would not say anything.

"Nayeon-chan, what have I done?"

"Nothing, Mina"- Nayeon did not deny that she did not understand the question from Mina, so she answered quickly, with a halt in her voice.

No, I did something after all , Mina thought as she followed Nayeon onto the stage, involuntarily admiring the girl's retreating back as she went to stand in her position.

The first chords sounded, and the music sounded in the headphones, drowning out all the uncertainty and unresolved questions.

After the performance, the girls were taken to the hall, they indicated the place where they would sit until the end of the event. Mina's place turned out to be opposite Nayeon's place. Their eyes constantly crossed, lingered, furtively caressed each other, holding back their emotions.

"Minari, be careful, the camera pans to us." She heard a soft warning from Sana, who was sitting to her left, showing a smile as their eyes turned to them.

"Thank you"- she thanked with her lips, modestly lowering her gaze to the table, sitting half-turned to the stage.

"Listen, I wanted to ask, how do you know that model?" Sana asked in the same whisper, waving at the camera and making her hearts.

"Model?" she asked, raising an eyebrow in surprise, turning to Sana. "Who are you talking about?"

"Well, that beautiful Japanese model, a tall girl in a long silvery dress", tried to describe Sana, remembering the details.

"I don't understand what you're talking about, Sana-chan."

“Sana-unnie is talking about the model who came up to you during the photoshoot and stood next to you,” Dahyun explained to her, who was sitting on her right side, politely listening to the unfamiliar language from the stage.

"Ah, are you talking about Ayaki Hyoshi-san?" Mina realized, nodding, smiling at the pleasant meeting. "We worked on one project with her, it is still in development, it will be shown on the screens a little later than the appointed date. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw her here. After all, her last stay was in Kyoto a couple of days ago."

"Are you interested in her, Mina-unnie?" Dahyun asked after a pause, shifting her gaze from the stage to her older friend.

"Yes, no, I accidentally found out when I leafed through a magazine lying on a table in the waiting room," Mina simply answered, not really delving into the question asked.

"So, you don't keep in touch with her?" Still not satisfied with the answer from Mina, Dahyun asked.

"Of course not. We only know her in absentia, we met twice at work, and then she came when I left the shooting. What are your questions, Dahyunie?"

"Does Nayeon-unnie know about that project? Does she know about your collaboration with this model?" Dahyun answered the question with a question, glancing towards Nayeon who was puffing up when the same model that flirted with Mina appeared on the stage.

“No, I didn’t have time to say it,” Mina slowly began to speak, briefly glancing at the stage, quickly turned her gaze to Nayeon, trying to catch her gaze. “So that’s why she’s avoiding me,” Mina said to herself, but Sana and Dahyun heard her and confirmed with their quiet “yes.”

Her heart thumped happily in her chest as Nayeon's behavior showed that she was jealous of that model.

Which means, 100%, Nayeon-chan likes me.

To explain everything, you will have to wait a little more than an hour and a half until the event ends. But it's too long. Mina didn't want Nayeon to be in the dark all the time. I had to think of a way to tell her. The only thing that came to mind was to catch Nayeon's eye and speak directly. If only Nayeon was looking at her.

"I heard one of the staff say that there will be a short break now. Advertising. This is your chance, Mina-unnie, to tell Nayeon-unnie everything you wanted to say,” Chaeyoung, who was sitting next to Dahyun, suddenly said, holding her hand under the table, making her friend smile happily.

“Chaeyoung…” Mina blinked a couple of times, but then nodded gratefully, smiling weakly at her, “thank you.”

Indeed, one of the managers approached them and said that they were given a couple of free minutes. A couple of girls immediately rushed to the toilet, someone went to have a bite, someone just to stretch the body from a long stay in one sitting position. It so happened that this person was Nayeon, but Mina simply joined her, remembering that there were slot machines in the hall.

They walked in silence, their shoulders almost touching, as were their little fingers. Staff and entertainers scurried back and forth around them, bowing to some of them, smiling timidly in response to the greetings. Mina mustered up the courage to tell, and when she was about to explain everything, the figure of the same model appeared in front of them. The beautiful girl smiled affably at Mina, approached, slightly pushing Nayeon aside, stood in Mina's personal space, and asked:

"After the event, are you busy, Mina-san? I will still have time before the plane, I know a delicious restaurant here, and if you are free, I invite you to come with me", the voice itself was charming, as was the attractive smile on her lips, but Mina almost missed everything by her ears, looking only at one person.

“I'm sorry, but I have a busy schedule,” Mina lied without dishonesty, bowing politely to her, walking around the model, standing next to Nayeon, taking her by the arm. “Sorry, but we must go. Goodbye.

"It's a pity, then I hope to see you before the release of our project in Kyoto,"  the model did not hide a slight disappointment in her voice, she left, waving her hand in farewell.

"Common project, Minari?" Nayeon chuckled as she led them from the lobby back to the auditorium as the staff announced that advertising time was coming to an end." If I wasn’t here, you could talk longer…"

“Nayeon-chan, I like your communication more,” Mina said softly, still not letting go of her friend's hand, instead intertwining her fingers with Nayeon's long fingers, gently squeezing them. "I wanted to tell you this morning about my new Japanese project, but I forgot."

“Or just didn't want to focus my attention on the beautiful model you were working with.” Nayeon's gaze was directed forward, but her fingers were firmly squeezing Mina's fingers in her hand.

"No, not like that, I just forgot to say. If you are interested, I can tell you everything over a cup of hot coffee in my room after this event is over," Mina said boldly, with a loud heartbeat in , looking straight at Nayeon's blushed cheeks.

"I'm very interested, Mina. I'll tell my manager that I'll be staying at JeongJiMi's dorm tonight…” Their eyes finally met, their lips stretched into a goofy love smile that didn't leave their lips until the end of the show, earning further teasing from their members.

"Momo-chan, do you know why Nayeon-unnie is avoiding me?" after the red carpet for the honor of the “…” event, which was attended by the group, Mina approached her friend with sad eyes.

Momo turned to her, then quickly found their friend in the crowd, meeting her gaze from afar, not noticing anything in the behavior of the girl (Nayeon, as usual looking at Mina in love) shrugged her shoulders:

"Why did you decide? Her gaze hasn't changed, it's the same."

“I thought so too, until I just walked up to her, and she looked away from me and pretended to be very busy,” Mina said, looking in the same direction as Momo, noticing how Nayeon’s gaze slightly caught her and immediately switched to another member.

“I don’t know, but if you want, I’ll ask you,” Momo offered this option, becoming sideways to let the costume designer fix her stage costume.

“Don't tell me I asked you questions,” Mina realized, shifting her gaze from Nayeon to Momo.

"Of course, don't worry, unnie won't understand that I'm only asking at your request," Momo assured her, placing her hand on her friend's shoulder and gently squeezing it. - Let's go on stage, let's show super class.

Mina followed Momo, let her go ahead, while she herself waited for Nayeon to appear next to her. Her heart skipped a beat, as it always did when Nayeon was around, the words stuck in , her head was spinning, and a pink blush painted her cheeks. Mina's gaze caught an indecisive look from Nayeon, tried to find out herself, although she understood that in such a short time (less than a minute before going on stage) the girl would not say anything.

- Nayeon-chan, what have I done?

- Nothing, Mina - Nayeon did not deny that she did not understand the question from Mina, so she answered quickly, with a halt in her voice.

No, she did something after all , Mina thought as she followed Nayeon onto the stage, involuntarily admiring the girl's retreating back as she went to stand in her position.

The first chords sounded, and the music sounded in the headphones, drowning out all the uncertainty and unresolved questions.

After the performance, the girls were taken to the hall, they indicated the place where they would sit until the end of the event. Mina's place turned out to be opposite Nayeon's place. Their eyes constantly crossed, lingered, furtively caressed each other, holding back their emotions.

"Minari, be careful, the camera pans to us." She heard a soft warning from Sana, who was sitting to her left, showing a smile as their eyes turned to them.

- Thank you - she thanked with her lips, modestly lowering her gaze to the table, sitting half-turned to the stage.

- Listen, I wanted to ask, how do you know that model? - Sana asked in the same whisper, waving at the camera and making her hearts.

- Model? she asked, raising an eyebrow in surprise, turning to Sana. - Who are you talking about?

- Well, that beautiful Japanese model, a tall girl in a long silvery dress - tried to describe Sana, remembering the details.

"I don't understand what you're talking about, Sana-chan.

“Sana-unnie is talking about the model who came up to you during the photoshoot and stood next to you,” Dahyun explained to her, who was sitting on her right side, politely listening to the unfamiliar language from the stage.

"Ah, are you talking about Ayaki Hyoshi-san?" Mina realized, nodding, smiling at the pleasant meeting. - We worked on one project with her, it is still in development, it will be shown on the screens a little later than the appointed date. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw her here. After all, her last stay was in Kyoto a couple of days ago.

- Are you interested in her, Mina-unnie? Dahyun asked after a pause, shifting her gaze from the stage to her older friend.

- Yes, no, I accidentally found out when I leafed through a magazine lying on a table in the waiting room - Mina simply answered, not really delving into the question asked.

So, you don't keep in touch with her? Still not satisfied with the answer from Mina, Dahyun asked.

- Of course not. We only know her in absentia, we met twice at work, and then she came when I left the shooting. What are your questions, Dahyunie?

Does Nayeon-unnie know about that project? Does she know about your collaboration with this model? Dahyun answered the question with a question, glancing towards Nayeon who was puffing up when the same model that flirted with Mina appeared on the stage.

“No, I didn’t have time to say it,” Mina slowly began to speak, briefly glancing at the stage, quickly turned her gaze to Nayeon, trying to catch her gaze. “So that’s why she’s avoiding me,” Mina said to herself, but Sana and Dahyun heard her and confirmed with their quiet “yes.”

Her heart thumped happily in her chest as Nayeon's behavior showed that she was jealous of that model.

Which means, 100%, Nayeon-chan likes me.

To explain everything, you will have to wait a little more than an hour and a half until the event ends. But it's too long. Mina didn't want Nayeon to be in the dark all the time. I had to think of a way to tell her. The only thing that came to mind was to catch Nayeon's eye and speak directly. If only Nayeon was looking at her.

- I heard one of the staff say that there will be a short break now. Advertising. This is your chance, Mina-unnie, to tell Nayeon-unnie everything you wanted to say,” Chaeyoung, who was sitting next to Dahyun, suddenly said, holding her hand under the table, making her friend smile happily.

“Chaeyoung…” Mina blinked a couple of times, but then nodded gratefully, smiling weakly at her, “thank you.”

Indeed, one of the managers approached them and said that they were given a couple of free minutes. A couple of girls immediately rushed to the toilet, someone went to have a bite, someone just to stretch the body from a long stay in one sitting position. It so happened that this person was Nayeon, but Mina simply joined her, remembering that there were slot machines in the hall.

They walked in silence, their shoulders almost touching, as were their little fingers. Staff and entertainers scurried back and forth around them, bowing to some of them, smiling timidly in response to the greetings. Mina mustered up the courage to tell, and when she was about to explain everything, the figure of the same model appeared in front of them. The beautiful girl smiled affably at Mina, approached, slightly pushing Nayeon aside, stood in Mina's personal space, and asked:

"After the event, are you busy, Mina-san?" I will still have time before the plane, I know a delicious restaurant here, and if you are free, I invite you to come with me - the voice itself was charming, as was the attractive smile on her lips, but Mina almost missed everything by her ears, looking only at one person.

“I'm sorry, but I have a busy schedule,” Mina lied without dishonesty, bowing politely to her, walking around the model, standing next to Nayeon, taking her by the arm. “Sorry, but we must go. Goodbye.

- It's a pity, then I hope to see you before the release of our project in Kyoto - the model did not hide a slight disappointment in her voice, she left, waving her hand in farewell.

- Common project, Minari? Nayeon chuckled as she led them from the lobby back to the auditorium as the staff announced that advertising time was coming to an end. – If I wasn’t here, you could talk longer…

“Nayeon-chan, I like your communication more,” Mina said softly, still not letting go of her friend's hand, instead intertwining her fingers with Nayeon's long fingers, gently squeezing them. – I wanted to tell you this morning about my new Japanese project, but I forgot.

“Or just didn't want to focus my attention on the beautiful model you were working with.” Nayeon's gaze was directed forward, but her fingers were firmly squeezing Mina's fingers in her hand.

"No, not like that, I just forgot to say. If you are interested, I can tell you everything over a cup of hot coffee in my room after this event is over," Mina said boldly, with a loud heartbeat in , looking straight at Nayeon's blushed cheeks.

"I'm very interested, Mina. I'll tell my manager that I'll be staying at JeongJiMi's dorm tonight…” Their eyes finally met, their lips stretched into a goofy love smile that didn't leave their lips until the end of the show, earning further teasing from their members.