Your Lipstick Stain

Echoes Of Our Times
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Chapter 10. Your Lipstick Stain

 

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Sana's life was going great. She has found this new weirdly friendship with a certain supermodel, her kid is healthy and happy, and her collection will be appearing in the upcoming Fashion Week. But of course, the universe doesn't want Sana to be happy long enough. It has to figure a way to mess her life up somehow.

 

Seoul Fashion Week had sent back 3 outfits because it was not impressive enough to fit the fashion week's criteria. It was all Tzuyu's fault. The supermodel had rejected Sana's original sketches and forced Sana to follow her rules. She couldn't help but blame the supermodel for her horrible opinion.

 

There are only 3 months to go to Seoul Fashion Week and they have to redo the outfits from start. Her design team was also very disappointed. They had put a lot of effort into the outfits, but now they have to throw them away.

 

 "Calm down Sana. We don't need to redo them, we just need to fix them!" Tzuyu tried to comfort Sana. 

 

"What are you talking about?! They said that the accessories and details of these outfits are too ugly anyway. No one will ever accept them! This is your fault! I shouldn't have listened to you! "

 

Sana shouted at Tzuyu then continued to draw random sketches on her notepad. But honestly, she was just scribbling nonsense. She can't even look at Tzuyu right now.

 

Tzuyu pursed her lips as she tried to contain her anger as well. That's right, you shouldn't have listened to me. 

 

"I'm sorry ... can I do anything to correct my mistake?" Tzuyu said with pitiful puppy eyes. 

 

Sana was fed up with Tzuyu's presence. She thought the girl had done enough. 

 

"I don't know! I don't need anything from you! Go home!" 

 

Tzuyu immediately winced and her heart ached with the hurtful comment. She always tried her best to correct every mistake she made but the designer never accepted her. It seemed like nothing will ever be good enough for Minatozaki Sana. Perhaps, Sana was treating her worse than an enemy. It hurts. Every time is a new wound, a new scar to add to the collection.

 

"I'm sorry Sana. I promise I'll do better this time." Tzuyu softened her voice and tried to reason with Sana.

 

"What do you mean better?! Are you going to refute my original sketches again? Do you see what your great idea has led us to? I'm so sick of how you think you are better than everyone else and refuse to listen!!" Sana was so angry that she couldn't focus on drawing the new sketches. She stood up marched directly to Tzuyu. 

 

What is with the puppy eyes?! I can see right through your act Chou Tzuyu!!

 

"Hey, don't you think you are a bit too much? You are the one who refuses to listen to people's ideas. Everyone makes mistakes. I gave you some critics and it doesn't work out. Now, I'm saying sorry. But its gonna be okay, we will fix this together. " Tzuyu approached Sana, still trying to ease her anger. But Sana didn't want to hear Tzuyu's ridiculous excuses. Even her presence made her infuriated.

 

"Don't touch me! Don't you get it?! I don't want your goddamn opinions! Who are you to tell me what to do?! You should go back to your modeling career because that's all you are! A person can only do so much with a pretty face and nice body" 

 

Every mean thing she'd thought but knew better than to say came flooding out. When she saw hurt in Tzuyu's eyes she never backed off, only dug deeper, like a hunter at the first sign of blood. 

 

But she crossed the line this time.

 

She can never take back her words just like she can never express her honest feelings. Truth to be told, she thinks Tzuyu is very talented ... in everything she does. 

 

Tzuyu doesn't deserve this. Sana was the only one at fault here.

 

Tzuyu lowered her head and let out a sigh. She didn't expect such bitter words to come out of Sana's mouth. She thought Sana was more than that. She thought that Sana doesn't fixate on her image, and could penetrating beyond her exterior. She thought that designer could see her true value. But instead, she was just like anybody else. Anybody who thinks Tzuyu is worthless without her glamour and prettiness. The ones who couldn't appreciate Tzuyu for her inner radiance. 

 

So I'm just another pretty face to you, huh?

 

She felt disappointed in Sana but she was even more disappointed in herself for letting Sana's words get to her. 

 

Sana painfully watched as Tzuyu stood still with no emotion in her eyes. 

 

Damn it, don't be like that. Say something! Don't make me feel guilty!

 

"Alright, from now on I won't get in your way. Sorry and ... good luck." Tzuyu said and quickly walked out of Sana's office. 

 

"Tzuyu, wait-" Sana whispered but Tzuyu was already gone. 

 

There was no logic to the argument. Sana winced with her face turned away, trying to hold back her tears.

 

Tzuyu wouldn't leave her, right? She will come back, right? 

 

Outside Sana's office, Tzuyu was hugging Chun-Ja while the baby girl cried on her shoulder. 

 

"Tzuyu ah, please don't go." Chun-Ja pleaded. 

 

"Be good now. Don't cry." Tzuyu gently said to Chun and wiped her tears away. 

 

"Don't go ... please don't leave me." The baby girl sobbed. 

 

Tzuyu sighed while she her hair head one last time before getting up and walked to the elevator. 

 

"Tzuyu ah!" Little Chun tried to run after Tzuyu, but Jihyo held her tight. She struggled in Jihyo's arms while Tzuyu left right in front of her. 

After that, she was so angry with mommy that she wouldn't talk to her for a week.

 

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Sana fidgeted and worriedly walked around her office. Tzuyu had abandoned the project while the company needs her most. She refused to answer Sana's calls and text messages and till this morning, Sana heard that the younger girl just got back from her trip to Hawaii. How dare she ran off just like that? And on top of everything Chun-Ja has been mad at Sana for almost a week. The little girl also refuses to talk to her unless she apologizes to Tzuyu. Why does Chun-Ja always take Tzuyu's side? Not once would she ever thinks for her dear mother. 

 

Sana was suffering from all the stress. She was so tired that she couldn't think of any new ideas. 

 

Damn it, she would blame Chou Tzuyu for all of this. She will sue the pants off of her, that's for sure.

 


"Sana unnie, what did you say to Tzuyu last week?" Jihyo frowned. 

 

Sana sighed, "So what if I accidentally said some bad things to Tzuyu? You know how upset I was. She didn't need to leave like that!" 

 

"What did you say?" Jihyo repeated the question. 

 

"I said she should continue with her modeling career because being a stylist doesn't suit her..." 

 

"WHAT?!!" Jihyo sh

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Hiraya39
#1
Y'all, after going through all the comments, I found Ms. author wattpad account misscoconut34. This story is already completed in there, but in viet language. Just use Google translate, better than nothing tbh
najnaj11 #2
Chapter 10: Dude how can you be so cruel for hanging us like this TT
-doesnt_matter- #3
Chapter 10: Please update again TT
-doesnt_matter- #4
Chapter 10: When are you gonna update author 🙏😭
K_1807
#5
Chapter 10: This was really good~
Hoping for this to continue
Satzuchaelisajensoo #6
Chapter 10: Please update authornim (-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩___-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩)
gayartthou #7
I miss this ಥ_ಥ
twicelover28
#8
Waiting for this to be update🥺🥺
Alanadellrey #9
Chapter 10: Please update soon :( miss it a lot!