Soojin woke up, about an hour later, alone in the bed and Shuhua nowhere to be found and the girl sat up on the bed as she looked around confused, wondering where the other went and so she quickly stood up, rubbing her eyes as she left the room looking for Shuhua around the maze that was Minnie’s house; She never understood the size of this place despite only one person living in it but according to Minnie, before her family moved back to thailand, this house was always full. 

As she made her way downstairs, hoping Shuhua was in the kitchen stealing some snacks from there, she froze once she walked past one of the doors and heard quiet sniffing; She wasn't one eavesdrop or anything but she could hear Shuhua on the otherwise and she got worried and gently knocked on the doors before entering and saw the younger quickly rub her eyes, getting rid of any evidence of her sadness. 

"Hey, are you okay?" It was a stupid question to ask, Soojin knows but she didn't wanted to force anything. She knew Shuhua was missing her parents. 

“I’m alright, just-” Shuhua looked around. “Minnie suggested for me to move over, better than live alone” She said pointing to her clothes on the bed, she was already unpacking. 

It made sense, plus she had the feeling Minnie didn’t like living all on her own that much and having Shuhua around would make her feel better too.

“Do you need any help?” Soojin asked, moving closer to the younger who just shakes her head in silence and Soojin bites her lip, she was used to cocky shuhua and angry shuhua, as much as flirty shuhua as well but this one, sad shuhua was new to her and she wasn’t quite well used to her enough to know how to behave or comfort her. “How about you go eat something? hm?”

“I just… want to be alone” Shuhua then said and Soojin tried to ignore the way her words sting; Before she can try and insist there’s a few knocks on the door and soon enough Minnie came in, with a plastic bag full of the junk food Shuhua liked and Soojin smiled, knowing she wasn’t the only one trying to find a way to comfort the taiwanesse.

"Hey, You're awake," Minnie said, to Soojin. "Can you help Miyeon in the kitchen? She insisted on cooking something for Shuhua and as much as I love her I don't trust her all alone in there" Soojin laughed at her honesty and Shuhua smiled, still focusing on unpacking. "I'm pretty sure Yuqi wanted to help too-"

"Ah, They're gonna set the kitchen on fire," Soojin said, worried before looking back at Shuhua and then at Minnie again; She decided to just go help Miyeon instead, there was still time today and Shuhua looked very distracted so things would work as she was planning. 

Still, as she walks out the room and closes the door, catching a glimpse of how Minnie pats Shuhua’s shoulder and the younger smiled, she tries not to feel bad about how the taiwanesse would rather be comforted by someone else than her. 

Once the girl was gone, Shuhua released a heavy sigh and Minnie looked at her, worried before making her sit on the bed and sitting next to her. 

"I got you some snacks," Minnie said, lifting the bag. "Chips, Chocolate bars and some cookies too. There's watermelon juice in the freezer if you want to" Shuhua could only smile at that. Minnie was a good friend. 

Then her smile vanished as she thought back on her parents. "Do you think they'll hate me?" 

"Why would they hate you?"

"Because I would rather stay here than with them" Shuhua felt anxiety building up in her chest. "Am I a bad daughter?" She asked, to herself, as she felt her eyes burn before she quickly covered them with her hands to keep any tears from coming out, now she felt embarrassed from throwing a tantrum like a child who's away from her parents for a few hours. 

Minnie held her shoulders. "Look at me" Shuhua did, blinking as to keep the tears in. "They wouldn't let you decide if you want to come back or stay if they're going to think you're a bad child" Minnie added, she remembered feeling the same when she decided to stay here instead of going back with her parents and now she gotta comfort Shuhua as she goes through the same thing. 

“But what if-”

“Hey, You don’t have to worry about this” The older said. “You can always go visit on school break, remember?, and I’m sure they’ll always call you too. I know your mom will make sure you’re not living off chocolate cake” Minnie added, rubbing the younger’s back, hoping to lessen her worries. Which seemed to work as Shuhua smiled and nodded. "Just take deep breaths and calm down, ok?" 

and Shuhua did just that.

Meanwhile as Soojin made her way downstairs, she could hear Yuqi and Miyeon argue in the kitchen and she could only sigh and roll her eyes knowing that whatever they’re fighting about was gonna be something really silly. 

"You can't criticise my cooking skills! You can't even cook!" She heard Miyeon argue and she chuckled. 

"Yeah but I know what Shuhua likes" Yuqi talked. "and that's not how aunt makes it!" She added.

"What are you two doing?" Soojin asked, finally walking into the kitchen just in time to see them trying to grab the spoon from each other's hands with no success. "Isn't it too early to argue?"

"I was trying to make pasta, but Yuqi is bothering me," Miyeon said and the younger one looked at her offended.

"Bothering? I was telling you how to do it right!" 

"and who said you can tell anyone how to cook!?"

"I-"

"Enough!" Soojin finally said. "Shuhua just got back, you two will bother her by arguing so much." She said before finally entering the kitchen. Miyeon smiled softly.

"Look at her, all worried about her girlfriend" She teased between giggles.

"When is the wedding date?" Yuqi asked, joining in like they weren't arguing over how to cook pasta just a few seconds ago; Soojin grabbed the wooden spoon and pointed at them. 

"Don't test me, now get out so I can cook it" She finally said before going to the sink and washing her hands first. Miyeon and Yuqi were quick to protest.

"We want to help!" They insisted. "It's a special day and I'm sure Shuhua will like that we cooked for her"

"Soojin-Unnie wants to steal all of Shuhua's love from us," Yuqi said. "Starting by cooking for her" 

"Shut up," The older mumbled before turning around. "If you want to help be quiet and do what I say"

"Yes, ma'am!"

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"What are they even doing?" Soyeon asked while she played video games with Shuhua while Minnie watched them, sitting in the back; The trio could hear the noises and arguing coming from downstairs and Shuhua chuckled at the sound of Soojin threatening to beat Yuqi up with the wooden spoon.

"Supposedly Miyeon and Yuqi are cooking-" Minnie started and Soyeon frowned.

"But Yuqi is a horrible cook" She said, confused by her girlfriend's sudden urge to cook something.

"Soyeon-Unnie!" Shuhua said between, trying to reprimand the older but she couldn't help laughing as she knew what she said was true. 

"It's the truth," She said. "You know, last week she wanted to make a romantic dinner and all that"

"Oh no" Minnie and Shuhua said at the same time, not liking where this was going.

"It was duck, or something like that," Soyeon s