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As soon as Jurin says her goodbye, late and hurried up by staff, she runs to catch up with the members that are already on their way out of the building. By the car, Jurin is one of the last ones to jump in, waiting patiently for her seat companion until Maya is the last one to enter the car, door quickly closing behind her. They click their seat belts in place and the driver starts the car, waiting for the last of the staff to pull in the front seat. Jurin looks out of the windows but the second car is also ready to drive off.
“Amy not going with us?”
From her seat, Chisa looks at Maya then looks at Jurin, “I guess not.”
Maya waves her hands and shakes her head, “She didn’t say anything to me.”
They spend a few minutes in silence after waving goodbye to the fans waiting by the sendoff area. Chisa clears her throat but is kind enough to lower her voice when she turns to Jurin, “Did you guys agreed to come back together today?”
“I- no, I just thought we were gonna go back in the same car.” Jurin lies and she knows that Chisa is aware of it.
They were good, right? It’s been a while since they had an argument. They literally got off stage talking about riding home together and taking a nap on Jurin’s room after a proper breakfast to prepare to hit the gym and head to late practice after. But Jurin got caught up by an idol from another group wanting to meet and staff was okay to let them talk for a few minutes in the hallway. They had exchanged a glance when Harvey got out of the green room and looked for Jurin in the hallway. Jurin received a squint of eyes and a raise of eyebrows before turning her attention back to the conversation she was in.
All the members gather for a late breakfast and Harvey deliberately avoids eye contact with Jurin. On the way to practice, Jurin doesn’t look away, trying to catch her eye only to receive a tight smile and small nod in return. At the message received, Jurin finally slumps on her seat and watches the city movement our of the window. They would talk about it soon.
Except that Jurin was slightly annoyed and maybe worried. Having no idea of what triggered Harvey to change her demeanor in such a short period of time, she starts to rewind the previous day, searching for a reason. Which only maddened her.
It was a no dance practice day so they sat to study English and tried to practice with each other for a total of one minute before engaging in a silly thumb fight that ended up with them breathless, lips swollen and cheeks flushed. Hinata had busted in distracted, eyes on her phone, before noticing them sitting in front of each other on the floor, arms locked around each other, legs overlapping one another. Embarrassed by how she clearly interrupted a very private moment, she spent the rest of the day apologizing quietly to both every opportunity she had. Later into the night, with a familiar tug on her feet, Jurin woke up briefly to make space for Harvey to sleep with her on the twin bed. What happened in the space of half a morning?
….
Jurin takes the gym as a way to lessen her frustration, decides to go through Chisa’s training routine, making her eldest smile ear to ear while they lifted weights in front of the mirror.
Chisa is quick to notice how Jurin watches Harvey sitting on the corner of the gym, asbsently engaging in a conversation with Hinata and Juria. She helps Jurin set the correct weight on the weight station, resting her arm high on the equipment, “Trouble in paradise?”
Jurin lets out a sigh and looks at Harvey again, “I’m not sure.”
“Do you think she was jealous? About earlier?”
Jurin turns her head to Chisa so fast she almost got whiplash, “You know she doesn’t really care about you annoying her”.
Earlier on the way to the show Chisa had insisted in holding hands with Jurin while teasing Amy about how Jurin was hers for the day. Something she always did when she wanted to get on Harvey’s nerves for the sake of her being cute on her jealous mode.
“Juriko… I’m not talking about me.”
“Chisa, what the fuck.” Jurin frowns, returning to her series of pull ups.
“That girl was all over you back at Inkigayo.”
“Gir-What are you talking about?”
“Oh my god, you really are clueless.”
“I’m not!”
“I wouldn’t mind being in your place, she’s very pretty but hey I’m not the one with a girlfriend here.”
“Fuck off.”
Chisa shows her the tongue and sends a kiss to Harvey who was caught watching them before getting back to her series of exercises.
…
They finish practice a little later into the night than expected. Jurin stops the music by the sound table and picks up the phone to watch the last round, looking for any gaps or adjustments that still need to be made while the members take a breath.
Jurin sighs in relief and welcomes the goosebumps that make the way up her neck as soon as a warm hand wrap around her waist and a chin rests on her shoulder from behind.
“Hi.”
“Hey.”
“All good?”
“I think we just need to adjust space. Chisa was too close to you on the second chorus. We still have time for it though, watch it later and we can fix it tomorrow.”
“Hmhm” Harvey nods.
Jurin turns around and Harvey corners her slightly against the table, thighs and waist touching each other. The leader automatically watches the members, all distracted with each other. They usually weren’t heavily affectionate in front of everyone and while the members didn’t care, they were still on the clock with cameras on after all.
Harvey makes a noise and Jurin turns her attention back to the taller girl, eyes focused on dark ones. Harvey smiles until her eyes squint and Jurin can’t help but trace the line of her jaw, thumb dedicating a moment to caress a full flushed cheek.
The cold shoulder from her girlfriend shouldn’t bother Jurin as much. It was their thing, tease and annoy each other a lot of the times at work, Harvey playing hot and cold just for them to enjoy their connection as much as they could in public. In private it would be a whole other history. Jurin wants to rip off the bandage, to get rid of the lump of anxiety she has stuck in her throat since Amy decided to not communicate what was bothering her.
“Why are you mad at me?” Jurin asks as she takes a strand of blonde hair out of her girlfriend’s face.
Harvey’s thumb caresses her hipbone and Jurin tries not to falter, not to lean into her too much before getting an answer. The blonde girl shakes her head, leans down to leave a kiss on her cheek, “It’s just that-“
Harvey is interrupted by Chisa and Maya shrieking loudly and Jurin wants to kick them out. She takes a deep breath and swallows the frustrated groan that threatens to come out. Harvey doesn’t seem phased by the commotion, keeps her arms around Jurin’s waist and nods at Jurin before letting go. Later then.
…
They go straight to Jurin’s room and nobody thinks about following. Chisa was also discreetly summoned by the leader to not let anyone interrupt them. Harvey sits calmly on the bed, bare toes toying around the wooden floor, Jurin paces around, thinking about how to continue their conversation. Honesty was always her best police though.
“I’m not sure what I did but I love you and I want to fix it.”
“So you can sleep with me in my bed tonight?”
Jurin rolls her eyes at the teasing and steps in between long legs, takes Harvey’s face in her hands and decides to use her mortal weapon, her big begging eyes. Harvey groans, lays her head on Jurin’s chest with a huff.
“I love you and you didn’t do anything wrong.”
“Chisa said that earlier at Inkigayo-“
“Yeah.”
“Amy, baby, what is this? She was just nice-“
Harvey groans, “Jurin…”
“No, let me finish. She was nice and I was being polite, you know it’s important for us to do as much networking as possible.”
“She was touching you all the time, she doesn’t even know you.”
She shouldn’t find it cute, though Harvey being Harvey just does it for Jurin every time. Her girlfriend wasn’t that jealous, but they usually weren’t that much around new people their age. Everyone knew what people talked about Jurin online, how many girls confessed their undying love and attraction for her. A fellow idol taking her chances at Jurin though, it seemed to be a whole new level for Harvey.
Ego affectionately stroked, Jurin is humored by her girlfriend’s attitude, “She kinda does now.”
“Shut up.”
“Yeah, well, while she was talking to me all I was thinking about was getting back home for our nap.”
Jurin smiles, makes sure Harvey understands there is no threaten in sight or on their path. A weight is lifted then.
“Just the nap?” Harvey smirks, thumbs toying with the end of Jurin’s t-shirt.
Jurin bites her lower lip, “Maybe.”
Harvey makes her job easier when Jurin touches under her chin and leans closer. Still sitting on the edge of the twin bed, the blonde gives a few inches for Jurin to tower over her and kiss her so softly she feels her heart skip a beat. They break the kiss slowly, lips lingering near each other.
“I love you.”
“I love you too.”
At late night snack time with the members, before going to their respective rooms, Jurin sleeps a piece of paper on the pocket of Harvey’s pajama pants. On her room and with her phone’s flashlight on and Juria sleeping soundly below her, Harvey opens the folded piece of paper. Only one phrase written in glittery blue on the pink paper.
“Be my girlfriend forever?”