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“Great job, ladies!”
“The cheers were so loud!”
“Please get some rest. A lot of rest!”
All of their staff greeted the members simultaneously as they packed their belongings to leave the venue. Just a bunch of people in baseball jerseys or shirts walked in different directions, in a haste, to make sure they exited the premises before they got charged for overstaying.
“Thank you, everyone!”
Nayeon, the eldest, raised her hand and waved at everyone inside the big dressing and waiting room. With her shoulder bag and freshly opened lollipop, she was good to go.
“Thank you for all your hard work!”
“See you in the office!”
Jeongyeon and Chaeyoung said as they walked with their assigned manager. The two of them were van buddies since they lived near each other’s places.
The rest of the members shouted their praises and goodbyes as well. All of them wore loose, much more comfortable, clothing compared to the fit and layered ones which were on them for almost half a day.
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By pair, they got inside their respective vans. Some immediately dozed off or glued to their phones given the length of their rides.
On the other hand, Sana was still on a high rollercoaster of emotions from all the happenings that day. She couldn’t wait to spill all of her feelings to her best friend, jjakkung of 9 years, like she always did.
“I can’t believe the day just went like that. Still can’t get used to it even after nine years.” She giggled and looked at her van buddy, Park Jihyo. The ever so reliable and responsible leader of the group.
However, Sana was met with a half smile. Not the usual eager agreeing and side comment from her favorite girl.
Jihyo was on her phone and probably checking on her family if they already got home safely. Sana was able to say a quick ‘hello and congratulations’ to Haeum and gave her a tight 'proud unnie' hug back at the venue after their last show.
Sana brushed it off. “They got home already?”
“Yeah, Haeum just sent a pic of Bbuyo then said good night.” Jihyo said in a tone that usually would imply she was just exhausted but Sana knew her—so better than everyone else in the group.
“Let me see?” Sana shifted in seat, feet folded up and shoes littered the vehicle’s floor. She hovered closer to Jihyo, smelled the remnants of her perfume (the one she bought for their 3rd anniversary as a couple).
Jihyo turned her phone towards the hovering Japanese woman beside her. She heard her coo at the gray cat shown on the small screen before leaning her head on the leader’s shoulder. The position was completely not comfortable and safe but Sana will sacrifice everything for a bit of skinship.
That was why Jihyo let her be. The younger woman used her left arm to serve as a seatbelt holding onto Sana’s torso. It was muscular enough to protect her girl anyways.
There was a few minutes of silence. In front, they could hear their manager’s snores while their driver focused on driving and listened to mellow songs on the radio.
“You good, baby?”
Jihyo couldn’t control the heavy sigh that escaped her. “Yeah. Just tired.” She felt Sana turning her head.
“Seems like it’s more than that.” The older woman poked Jihyo's cheek using the tip of her nose a few times.
Jihyo let out another sigh and signaled her girlfriend to sit properly. Sana didn’t mind since her body was starting to ache so she did return to her usual position and put back on a real seatbelt.
“It’s nothing. Just thinking about my recording tomorrow.”
“Can’t they reschedule it?”
“I already asked them to do it last week so I can’t anymore, Sha.”
Sana knew something was up right there. They were already away from the public’s eye and can be their normal selves, be the lovey dovey couple that they were.
“Hm. Just focus on getting some good sleep first, baby. Don’t stress too much.”
Sana reminded Jihyo, always there to whistle a timeout whenever the younger woman was putting up with too much, which she tended to do knowing her personality.
“Yeah. Really hope I get one.” Jihyo muttered and went back to her phone, mindlessly scrolling to whatever’s trending in Naver at that time.
Sana knew her girlfriend was holding back. Luckily, she was free for the next two days. A short break after all the filming for the MiSaMo comeback. She had all the time to figure out what was bothering her lover so much.
“Baby, what’s wrong?”
Sana asked, with the gentlest voice that she knew would work on Jihyo. Maybe the leader just needed some baby talk after all the professionalism and pro-idol acts the whole day.
Jihyo looked away from the car window. “Just worried the surprise song didn’t work.”
“Why? Onces looked so surprised and jammed with us eventually.” Sana studied her girlfriend’s demeanor, who was facing in front rather than turned towards her.
“I know. Of course–I mean…” Jihyo licked her lower lip, processing on what to say next. “Nayeon-unnie almost screwed up her lines.”
“Ahh.”
Sana saw Jihyo watching the scenery outside once again and noticed that they were almost back to their places. Her own place was a 5-minute walk from Jihyo’s but after seeing her girlfriend’s mood, she wanted to stay over hers and make sure to help her feel even a bit better.
“Yeah. I’m worried the song wasn’t sung completely as it should be–it was supposed to be a hype for our new album.” Jihyo glances at Sana before turning away again.
“Hm. I see.”
Sana grinned. Now, she knew why Jihyo was acting like that.
“People are now more focused on what happened.” Jihyo continued to talk and Sana knew what this meant.
“What happened?” The older woman sarcastically asked in a chirpy voice which earned an annoyed look and a small groan from the leader.
Sana giggled once more and reached out for her lover.
“Baby, I–”
“I’m gonna take a nap.”
In a snap, Jihyo reclined her seat more and faced away. Let out another heavy sigh before steadying her breathing.
Meanwhile, Sana’s grin turned into a teasing smile, scrunching her nose and making her eyes look like they were gone. She let Jihyo get a quick nap before they arrive at the leader’s place where she can tease her further and shower affection at the same time.
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For the meantime, Sana scrolled her phone for their fans’ reactions and wasn’t surprised to see the majority was about the accidental kiss by her and Nayeon. By then, it was a laughable memory to her. It was nothing but an accident due to her poor spatial awareness sometimes.
She also saw the small moments she had with Jihyo. Her girlfriend appeared to be normal but she was doubtful already—a jjakkung instinct.
“We’re here.”
She heard their manager say, voice still covered in sleep. Realized that if the group was tired, their managers were even more so from doing all the preparation way earlier than them. The driver parked in the basement parking drop-off of Jihyo’s building as usual.
Jihyo stirred awake at the voice of their manager waking her up. She stretched and put on her small backpack.
“Goodnight, Sha.”
Sana removed her seatbelt. She wasn’t about to let her Jihyo go like that. Minatozaki wouldn’t ever leave her girl in a pouty state.
“I’ll get your things at the back, Jyo.”
“I got it. I’ll come up to pee too.” Sana quickly put on her shoes, not even bothering to wear them properly.
On the other hand, Jihyo let out a yawn as she got out of the van. She waited for Sana and gestured for her duffel bag.
“I got it, babe. Let’s go.” Sana smiled despite struggling holding up her lover’s belongings. She can be a gentlewoman too, especially when making up with a jealous girlfriend.
Jihyo, who was tired and feeling other things, didn’t complain much and just headed toward the building entrance after saying her goodbye to their manager and driver after one last reminder of her recording the next day. The security greeted the couple, always cheerful to see them. Sana made sure to get him a gift once more for the coming Holidays like she had been doing for the past two years.
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They waited quietly for one of the elevators to open up. Sana looked at Jihyo whose cheeks became puffy from the quick nap. She squeezed them affectionately but only earned another heavy sigh from the shorter girl.
“You’re so cute.”
Sana grinned as she reached out for Jihyo’s hand, held it and swayed as they waited. The leader can get jealous and annoyed by the Japanese woman but could never deny the said woman giving her love—no, that would break Sana’s most loving and caring heart.
Once they got inside the elevator, Sana wasted no time on invading her partner’s personal space.
“Baby, talk to me.”
Jihyo felt her girlfriend lightly squeezed her waist a few times. “You did a good job today, jjakk-i. I’m just tired. This will pass.”
Sana smiled, appreciated the sincere compliment despite everything at the moment. She glanced at the monitor inside, still a long way up.
“Hm. Really?” She said, making sure Jihyo saw the little pout she did.
Jihyo gave a reassuring smile—well, tried to. Sana giggled and pressed her body even more at Jihyo’s side before peppering the shorter woman’s cheek with kisses.
“Why is my baby so jealous right now?” Sana faintly whispered to her ear.
Jihyo clicked her tongue and frowned. “I’m not.” The leader could feel Sana raising an eyebrow at her even without looking. She felt another kiss on her cheek, lingering this time. “I shouldn’t be, alright?”
The elevator made a sound but before Jihyo could move Sana gave her another sweet kiss on the cheek.
“I love you.”
The last thing Jihyo heard before they left the elevator.
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After getting inside the younger woman’s place, Sana put down the duffel bag in the living room just next to the couch with a sigh of relief then ran straight to the bathroom in Jihyo’s room.
Sue her for still getting butterflies whenever she saw her own toothbrush, shampoo and body wash inside Jihyo’s bathroom. She was really dating that insanely hot and amazing woman—who must have been pouting outside as she had an internal debate about her own emotions.
After washing her hands, Sana got out and made a quick look in the vanity area’s mirror on the way back to the living room.
Sana saw her girlfriend coming back from where she stored her miscellaneous things and a freezer for beers.Thus, the can of beer in her hand.
“Drinking?”
The can made a sound once it got opened. “Yeah. Might help me get some sleep right away.”
Jihyo raised the drink to her mouth but was stopped with a firm hand on her wrist. “Jihyo-yah.”
The serious tone in Sana’s usual chirpy voice made her look directly into the taller woman’s eyes. She made her put down the beer on the counter slash dining table.
“That kiss was an accident.”
Jihyo pressed her lips together. “Can you not call it a kiss? It’s…” An obvious annoyance in her tone and her eyes roamed around her place except for Sana's intense stare.
“Then, what is it, baby?” Sana chuckled. She hated herself for loving how Jihyo looked so small and adorable when she got jealous.
“I don’t know!” Jihyo waved her arms in the air. “I know it’s an accident and I shouldn’t feel this way.” She looked down at the alcoholic drink.
Sana stepped closer, making her girlfriend look up to her once more. “I understand if you’re jealous, Jihyo-yah. You know I’m always here to validate your feelings.”
“Yeah but this is unreasonable.” Jihyo ran a hand through her red and still curly hair. “I am being unreasonable, babe.”
Sana shook her head with a pout. “No, baby. You know how I like a jealous person.”
Jihyo rolled her eyes but didn’t attempt to step away from Sana, circling her arms around her shoulders. “Don’t tease. I’m not in the mood.”
“I know.” Sana had that teasing look which Jihyo wanted to kiss away but her jealousy was still getting the best of her. “I just wanted to give you a proper kiss, not an accidental one.”
Jihyo’s hands were already resting on her waist. “Sha, they’re waiting for you to go back down.”
Her actions didn’t mirror her words as she held on tighter to Sana’s waist.
“Can I stay the night?” Sana only had to whisper given how close her face was to Jihyo’s at that moment.
“Just don’t play those games on your IPad so loudly.”
Of course her girlfriend could. Jihyo wouldn’t want anything but to end a special day with her in bed. Her eyes darted down at Sana’s still glossy lips and developed the urge to remove the glistening for her using her own.
Sana saw the shift in her lover’s eyes, from the cold stares to the desireful ones. Made sense since they haven’t had any private moments together the whole day. They needed a recharge of each other’s warmth.
“I won’t. I promise.” Sana quickly said before closing the gap between them.
They both sigh at the contact of their lips after a long day of hard work. Sana put all her sincerity every time she captured the younger woman’s lower or upper lip. Meanwhile, Jihyo reciprocated her kisses with a drive that was close to her competitive self, almost saying ‘this is what a real kiss looks like’. The leader’s hands traveled from Sana’s waist to her arms and cheeks as if learning again the curves of her partner's body. Their respective perfumes invited them more to dive into each other until they were out of breath. Both of them existed in the heat of the moment, away from the reality where their manager and driver were still waiting for Sana to come back to the van.
Sana let her hands caress her girlfriend’s defined shoulders, so toned and strong, or slightly pull her curly hair which was one of her favorite hairstyles on Jihyo. She tried to deepen the kiss, tilted her head a bit more and traced her lover’s lover’s lip in a way that made Jihyo gasped and pulled away.
“Sha. Wait.”
Jihyo looked disheveled already, thanks to Sana’s shenanigans of playing with her hair every time they made out. On the other hand, Sana was panting given her stamina was nowhere near Jihyo’s, who worked out in the gym every chance she got.
“What?” The older woman caught her breath and fixed her girlfriend’s hair a bit. The gloss on her lips was already gone, smeared on her chin or the sides of her mouth and some were on Jihyo’s. The sight almost made her not care about the people waiting for her downstairs and continue to devour the woman in front of her.
“Manager-unnie is waiting.” Jihyo stepped back first. She didn’t want their equally or even more tired staff waiting longer outside the building.
Sana licked her slightly swollen lips and jogged to her bag which she luckily brought with her. She searched for her phone inside and almost panicked that it wasn’t there.
“It’s in your pocket, baby.”
Jihyo said still by the counter while she took a sip of the beer. A needed cold substance inside her body after that heated moment.
Sana patted her pants until she felt the familiar shape of the device. She walked back to where Jihyo was standing. The younger woman fixed Sana’s strands of hair and the hem of her shirt.
“I hope the company won’t say anything worse.”
“Baby, it was an accident.”
“You know how they are, babe.”
Sana’s nail hitted the screen of her phone at a fast speed. Eager to inform their manager to just leave her stuff with the guard and he’ll have them brought up so they can leave and rest already.
“I’ll gladly show them what an intentional kiss looks like by shoving my tongue in your mouth.” Sana glanced up at her girlfriend after she said those words so casually.
Jihyo almost choked on her beer.
There was the sound of sending a message. Sana tapped her foot as she waited for their manager’s reply.
Meanwhile, Jihyo wiped the side of her mouth and coughed after the sexual image that her girlfriend just described.
Not even ten seconds later, Sana got the reply then immediately slammed the phone into the marble counter which startled Jihyo.
“She repl–”
Sana didn’t waste time and grabbed her lover by the jaw. “Mm-hm.” Eyes glued to Jihyo’s lips as she pulled her closer and crashed their lips together once more.
Jihyo steadied herself using the counter. As the kiss intensified, Sana was back on ruining her partner’s hair and pulling on the oversized hoodie Jihyo had on. The leader wanted more contact as if they weren’t pressed into each other already. She trapped Sana on the counter table and made her lean back at the force of her kisses. Their bodies molded and warmth radiated from the both of them that kept them intact. Her strong hands traveled to places in Sana’s body that only left the older woman more breathless.
They sighed and gasped at every lick and sucked on each other's lips. Jihyo kissed and nipped at Sana's lower lip as if she was her midnight snack that night. Tanned hands stroking the Japanese woman's sides left her panting and delirious. Sana held onto her lover's neck as support while she kept herself upright from the younger woman's intense display of affection. However, Sana could be competitive too. She pulled on Jihyo's hair once more, just enough to halt her sinful acts on her lower lip, and control their kiss instead. Exploring the inside of her mouth that left the leader groaning and tightening her hold on Sana's waist and arm.
Jihyo knew they were going too far that night when she felt Sana hitching up her hoodie to caress her toned abs and hooked her fingers onto her pants.
“Fuck. Baby, we can’t. I have a recording.” The leader reluctantly broke their kiss. However, Sana wasn’t back to reality and clung onto her lover’s neck to plant kisses there, straight open mouth kisses and almost bitten that sensitive spot if Jihyo didn't flinched. “Baby. Sana.”
As much as Jihyo wanted to feel that kind of pleasure all night, it was still going to be a Monday the next day. The Japanese woman felt the squeeze on her waist and pat on her thigh. She knew those meant for her to stop or pause.
“What is it, Jih?” Sana stopped her attack on Jihyo’s neck but her hand remained on the leader’s cheek. “Want to continue on your bed?”
“Sha, I have a recording tomorrow.” Jihyo repeated, still fighting the urge to agree on Sana’s question. Screw the recording but that wasn’t her and Sana knew it too—accepted and loved that part of her.
“Aww.” Sana pouted.
Jihyo should’ve just carried her to bed at that moment but Sana was also a responsible member and she loved her for it—head over heels to be exact.
Minatozaki Sana = Park Jihyo’s voice of reason and own Mephistopheles.
How lucky of her to have found someone who kept her life balanced and so much brighter (since Sana is a literal ball of sunshine).
Sana gave a playful peck on the lips before pushing her girlfriend away. Jihyo smiled and watched her partner stride to the doorway.
“Hi. Yes, please bring it up to her room. Thank you.”
Jihyo heard Sana calling the concierge while she checked on her fridge for something to cook and eat. Honestly, she doesn’t have the energy to do it but since her girlfriend was staying over, might as well prepare them a hot dinner.
“I’ll just get changed.”
Sana announced as she marched into one of Jihyo’s closets. She looked so at home like the final puzzle piece for Jihyo’s pictured life.
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A minute later, Sana came to the kitchen in her own shorts and an oversized shirt of Jihyo’s. Of course, she already had some of her own clothes in Jihyo’s place, duh.
Sana was welcomed by Jihyo hovering over some bunch of ingredients by the sink. “Whatchu got there?”
“You want this stir fried?”
“Eh?” Sana stood beside her girlfriend. “You’re cooking?”
Jihyo nodded and folded up the sleeves of her hoodie.
“You don’t have to. I’ll order us food. Go get change.” Sana dismissed her girlfriend and grabbed the ingredients to return them inside the fridge.
“You sure?”
“Yes, baby.” Sana extended her arm to push Jihyo further away. “Goooo.”
The leader halted in her tracks. “But I don’t even know what to eat.” She rested against the counter table.
“Go ask Onces in your bubble.” Sana joked but her girlfriend took it seriously.
“Can we get that good radish side dish from last time?”
Sana headed to the bedroom once more to get freshened up. “Anything you want, baby girl.”
“Don’t call me that.”
Sana looked back with a teasing grin. “You like it.”
“No, I don’t.”
In a snap, Sana was carried and thrown to the bed instead by a familiar pair of strong arms. She screamed and laughed when Jihyo started tickling her side.
“Get off, Jihyo-yah! Get off the bed! Get changed first!” Sana begged in between giggles and snorts. Jihyo was also red from laughing at her actions and girlfriend’s reactions.
After a series of failed attempts to kick Jihyo off the bed, Sana did her final move which is to insert her two fingers inside her girlfriend’s nostrils.
“Okay. Okay. Okay. Ouuuchh, you win!” Jihyo raised her hands in surrender while she got off the bed. She felt a kick to her butt the moment she turned around. “Ow!”
“Jealous Baby.”
Sana stuck out her tongue at Jihyo.
“Needy Baby.”
Jihyo retorted and made a mocking face.
“Jealous Baby!”
Sana shouted as Jihyo finally made her way to her closet.
“Needy Baby!”
Jihyo shouted back from the next room, voice a bit muffled.
“Jealous!”
Sana teased back as she stood up to get some face mask from her lover’s drawer in the vanity area.
“Needy!”
“Jealous!”
“Needy!”
"Jeaaaalousss!"
"NEEEEEEDYYY!"
Sana couldn’t stop giggling while she tied her hair up. Before entering the bathroom, she shouted once more.
“I love you!”
Jihyo took a while to reply.
Sana frowned and jumped at the sudden presence behind her.
“I love you too.”
Jihyo whispered directly into her girlfriend's ear earning a multiple smack in the arm and deafening terrified screams by Sana.
Then, they ate dinner. Both full from the food and love by the end of that special night.
Jihyo woke up to all the inspiration that she needed for her recording the next day. It was drooling a bit and sprawled like a toddler. She took a picture of her jjakkung and made it her lockscreen wallpaper for the day.
All ready to become a pro-idol once more.