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Pairings: Saida, Michaeng, Namo

Summary:  The one where Kim Dahyun and Son Chaeyoung have a thing for sublimely beautiful Japanese pop idols.

Kim Dahyun’s heart raced wildly.

She stared at the sweat covered phone in shock. Could this be real?

New Group Chat Started

fiftyshadesofsana is typing…

fiftyshadesofsana: Hello my name is Sana 

  One week earlier

"No, I don't like this one."

"This color looks good!"

"Aw cuute."

"Hmf, why so expensive."

"You spend too much on snacks, Jeongyeon."

Jeongyeon looked at Dahyun and huffed, putting down the lip color sadly. Ah, the reality of the broke student life.

The shopping mall was starting to get busier as university students like themselves were getting off class for the day, and the crowd started to filter into the trendy clothing and cosmetic stores blasting catchy pop songs over the speakers.

"Maybe next time,” Jeongyeon sighed.

The two girls, who were close roommates, strolled next door to the music store, whose dazzling lights and flashy displays promoted the newest hit music.

"Look, look!" Dahyun was practically giddy with excitement as she jumped up and down while pointing. "Jeongyeon, look!"

"Yes, I see, I see it," Jeongyeon tried to calm down the fangirling Dahyun.

"It's TWICE!!!"

The giant posters of their favorite three-member Japanese girl group, TWICE, were plastered all over the front of the store. The famous and beautiful members－Sana, Mina, and Momo－graced the cover of the promotional materials decorating the shop facade.

Dahyun felt her breath stop for a brief moment as she gazed up in awe at the twinkling eyes of Miss Minatozaki Sana, her ultimate bias.

"I love them so so much, now we just have to go in," Dahyun determinedly dragged Jeongyeon into the store.

"Dahyun, I swear you are like obsessed with these girls," Jeongyeon rolled her eyes.

“You like TWICE too, unnie! I saw you streaming Momo’s dance solo on Youtube yesterday.”

“T-that’s different!” Jeongyeon sputtered. “She’s just so talented with her...movements!”

“I know you wanna take a closer look,” Dahyun winked, knowing Jeongyeon was a soft stan on the inside, as if she didn’t notice the photo of Hirai Momo was Jeongyeon’s phone background screen.

Jeongyeon proceeded to examine the nearby rack of CDs as Dahyun gushed on about the subtle yet unmistakable elegance of Mina, the mesmerizing allure of Momo, and most of all, the enduring sexy-cuteness of Sana. Her hands clasped together and her eyes took on a starry, faraway look as she enthused over Sana. Oh, Sana. Sana this, Sana that. Dahyun could never stop talking about her favorite TWICE member. The girl’s heart was completely and utterly given to this Japanese pop idol.

“And the way Sana looks soo cute when she dances...” Dahyun squeezed her cheeks, usually pale but now blushed rose pink, clearly adrift in her own daydreams.

“Hey Dahyun, look,” Jeongyeon pointed out the giant contest signs to shut her up and capture her attention.

“Huh?”

The enormous glass box perched atop the front counter was over a cubic meter in size, filled about two-thirds of the way with countless paper slips.

The signs decorated all around screamed “Lucky Draw: Win exclusive concert tickets to see TWICE live in Japan + backstage access to meet the members, upon purchase of new TWICE album.”

“Is this...what I think it is??” Dahyun grasped Jeongyeon’s arm as she realized what it meant.

“Yeah, let’s enter and try to win.”

Dahyun looked at Jeongyeon incredulously, as if those words even needed to be said. She rushed over and greeted the bored employee behind the counter, who seemed used to seeing giddy fangirls crowding up the store.

“How do we enter?”

“Read the sign, you gotta purchase at least one album to enter,” the employee answered tiredly, hardly looking up from his phone.  

Dahyun turned anxiously to Jeongyeon. “Unnie, what’s our food budget like for this month? I can afford to buy a couple right?”

Jeongyeon looked at her, unsurprised. Of course, this crazy fangirl would be willing to give up a few meals just to afford to enter this contest. The math-savvy student did some quick calculations in her head. “You can’t buy any more than ten. We’re already over budget from last month, not to mention Jihyo’s birthday will be next week and we should get her something nice.”

Dahyun pouted. “Oh fine.” She turned back to the counter. “Can we buy ten please, that would give us ten entries into the contest, right?”

The employee started totaling up the amount on the register and gave her a form to fill out.

“is it okay if I put your cell phone number?” 

“Why mine?”

“Remember? I’m getting a new phone next week. We have to make sure we’ll get notified if we win.”

“Sure,”Jeongyeon watched the younger girl intently filling out her name and address. “You sound so certain like we’re gonna win. I mean...it’d be daebak to get the chance to go to Japan and meet them in person. But…” Jeongyeon gazed hopelessly at the numerous entries already filling the giant container.  “What are the odds?”

“Kamsamnida,” Dahyun bowed and handed the form back to the employee, who verified the number said '10 entries' and dropped it into the box together with the thousands of other submissions.

Momentarily, she stayed silent, but inside she knew what she had to do. It was cheating, a bit, but when would a chance like this ever come again? She could probably never afford to visit Japan and go to concert in the near future, not to mention this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to actually meet TWICE in person? Only a complete fool wouldn’t do it.

The Gift she always had, ever since she could remember. There was no definitive explanation for it, or clear boundaries for what she could or couldn’t do with the Gift. But from time to time, she could influence small events, push circumstances to occur in this way or that to make things happen.

It was the little things, from the time she broke a neighbor’s window hitting a baseball and could repair the cracks with a strong stare, to the time last week when she messed up in chemistry lab but could still change the solution to the right color by just focusing on it.

This was the perfect chance. She felt the sensation tugging, as if the feeling was too intense to bear and was meant for it to happen. With a sharp inhale of breath, Dahyun concentrated her eagle gaze upon the paper behind the glass wall.

Like magic, the numbers written on the slip vanished then changed, from 10 entries to 1000 entries. It was the simple addition of two zeros, that could make all the difference. Dahyun had now entered a thousand entries into the contest, using Jeongyeon’s phone number.

"Wow what are we gonna do with ten TWICE albums?" Jeongyeon took the bag of albums from the cashier. 

"Display them proudly on our shelf, of course," Dahyun answered smoothly, as though nothing out of the ordinary had occurred.

“Come on, let’s go,” Jeongyeon didn’t seem to notice anything amiss as she lead Dahyun out of the store. “I heard Tony Moly has some sales today. And let’s invite everyone out for dinner tonight.”

  Thursday, January 18

Unread messages below

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adorkable.dubu : ATTENTION PPL

  adorkable.dubu : THERE’S A LOTTERY AT THE PARK MALL MUSIC STORE TODAY

 adorkable.dubu: TO SEE TWICE IN JAPAN BC THEIR NEW ALBUM IS OUT NOW

 adorkable.dubu: asdhfjsadhgkjhkds we entered and i cant

  queennayeon01 : say whaat??

  taller_than_you : slow down, whats happening?

  chef_jokesalot : sigh ok everyone PSA

  chef_jokesalot : dahyun and I went to the mall today and entered some contest to win twice concert tickets

  queennayeon01 : O_O

  adorkable.dubu : everyone help us win and go there to buy more entries pleaaaase

  chef_jokesalot : no guarantee we’ll win obviously

  voiceofhoney : i love TWICE’s new album!! that would be so amazing if you won~

  queennayeon01 : i’d be so jelly jelly

  queennayeon01 : also momo forever my bias

  taller_than_you : i’d kill you both to get the winning tickets

  babycub99 : …….

  taller_than_you : jk ily teehee

  babycub99 : HELL YES. I neeeed to enter now

  babycub99 : i mean, when else would we get the chance to see twice live?

  chef_jokesalot : ah chaengie you wanna meet mina-senpai right ^-^

  babycub99 : ..uhh well yeah!!

  adorkable.dubu : chaeyoung likes mina heheheh ~~~

  taller_than_you : its true, she has pictures of mina all over her room in our dorm

  babycub99 : um excuse me dahyun we can’t go a day without hearing you talk about sana

  adorkable.dubu : she’s mine forever <3 <3 <3 no one can claim her ok

  queennayeon01 : jeongyeon buy me some more entries so my dream of meeting twice can come true

  chef_jokesalot : what. we are broke. go buy it yourself -_-

  taller_than_you : nayeon unnie i can enter for you. just made another $1000 in the stocks today so i can buy more albums yay

  queennayeon01 : THANK YOU

  chef_jokesalot : woaah tzuyu why you gotta be such a stock market genius

  taller_than_you : i study business remember ^.~  anyway my dad taught me a lot so that’s why i’ve been investing more on my own

  taller_than_you : yeah i’ll buy entries for anyone who hasn’t gotten any yet

  queennayeon01 : TZUYU OUR SAVIOR

  voiceofhoney : thank you tzuyuuu ~<3 this is awesome!!

  taller_than_you : np (>//<) it’d be more fun if we go together

  babycub99 : yaaaaay!!!

  adorkable.dubu : I CANT WAIT ASDSASFSJDXLKFDGHJD SANA IM COMING FOR U >3<

  chef_jokesalot : hey we’re going out for ramen now, anyone wanna join us?

  voiceofhoney : singing lessons tonite..but definitely wanna meet up later~ been a long week bc our chemistry prof keeps giving us so much hw! T_T

  adorkable.dubu : aww jihyo we miss u :(

  queennayeon01 : lets hang soon! also i’m dying from my anatomy class workload

  chef_jokesalot : who is gonna come? also which place

  babycub99: let’s go to the one from last time with the really good miso

  taller_than_you: ok see you all there ~

  voiceofhoney: love you girls <3

  adorkable.dubu: I LOVE MINATOZAKI SANA

  queennayeon01: =_=

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TWICE fanfic: Epilogue chapter to the original story New Year’s Flirt

Pairing: SaiDa (Sana x Dahyun)

The morning sun streamed in through the windowpanes upon Sana’s face, her features aglow in the dawn of a new day.

“Mhmhmhmhhhhh…” Sana groaned and blearily opened her eyes. “Where am I?”

“You’re in our dorm, dummy.”

“My head kind of hurts, Dahyununnie.”

“Cause you drank too much last night,” Dahyun, ever her favorite dubu, sat by her bedside with a ‘how do I put up with you’ expression on her fair face. Subtle lines of worry creased the pretty Korean girl’s brow. “Do you remember anything?”

Sana pondered her question. Then, the memories of last night’s events came flooding back to her. Her pupils first shrank in horror at the bad memory, then she relaxed with a goofy, contented smile at what happened afterwards. “Heh…”

Dahyun watched her closely, with the concern of a lover, relieved that she seemed okay. Sana glanced back and held her stare, the drowsiness now fading away, and the thought crossed her mind that Dahyun still looked insanely cute while worried.

“Oh, I still remember what happened,” Sana winked and rolled over in bed on her stomach, propping herself up on her elbow and resting her head on her hand. Dahyun could never tire of admiring that tousled, caramel colored hair, messy from sleep but somehow beautiful, and her anime-like eyes that sparkled in the sunlight.

“Promise me you won’t do something stupid like that again. ”

“Only if you promise to love me forever”

“You’re so corny,” Dahyun tried not to smile at her mushiness.

“And you’re one hell of a beautiful angel,” Sana attempted to kiss her on the cheek.

“Why do I even put up with you,” Dahyun, pulling away at the last second, was embarrassed yet enormously pleased remembering the events of last night.

“Because...” Sana pretended to think cutely by placing a finger on her chin and tilting her head. “You love me?”

Taking in each other's gaze, the pair’s deep look could last for a thousand years, a snapshot frozen in eternity, and perhaps neither would ever notice the time pass.

Sana playfully traced her finger on Dahyun’s thigh, like she was carving her name onto her. Dahyun gulped nervously and took a deep breath.

“Hey, she’s awake!” A voice from the hallway made Sana withdraw hastily.

Momo came into the room, yawning. She was followed closely by Jeongyeon, Chaeyoung, Mina, Nayeon, Jihyo, and Tzuyu, who came streaming into the room in their PJs and bunny slippers, hanging off each others’ shoulders in a sleepy train of aegyo.

“Sana unnie, are you okay?” Mina asked concernedly.

“We were so worried!” Jihyo exclaimed.

“Don’t do that again, you pabo,” Jeongyeon shook her head, previously having been worried out of her wits.

“JYP abeoji was asking us about you too,” Tzuyu said, rubbing her anxious eyes tiredly. “Unnie, we... heard some gossiping last night.”

“Ahhhhhhhh,” Sana cried out in embarrassment at the trouble she caused and covered her face. Several caring members closest to Sana hugged and comforted her. Dahyun continued to cling to Sana like she was a castaway’s life preserver.  

“But it’s okay now,” consoled Jihyo, who concluded, “We chipped in and sent Sunmi a bouquet of apology flowers this morning, and she sent us a message saying don’t worry about it.”

“She probably laughed it off, actually. Judging by all the smiley emojis she gave us,” Mina gave a slight smile.

“But now you owe us big time,” Momo joking tried to look tough, like a mafia boss demanding payment.

“Yeah,” Jeongyeon added, laughing as she massaged Momo’s shoulders playfully.

“Oh, thanks!” Sana relaxed and lit up with a sweet smile of relief. “I can pay you back…” She fluttered her eyelashes as a suspiciously coy look flashed across her face, right before she pounced in for her sudden attack, “...with lots of kisses!”

The members all shrieked and laughed to get away from Sana’s kissing attack, as she chased everyone around with puckered lips. Dahyun could only narrow her eyes in half-jealousy and pout.

  Afterwards, TWICE sat down at the breakfast table to eat the food that Jeongyeon, the expert chef who often cooked meals for her fellow members, made for them this morning.

Momo began eating intently.

“Stop fighting!” Jihyo reprimanded Nayeon and Tzuyu, who had both reached for the jar of strawberry jam at the same time and were bickering over it comically.  

“These eggs are so yummy, thank youu~” Mina joined her hands together in gratitude to Jeongyeon, who beamed back.

“I’d rather be eating tofu for breakfast,” Sana said with a straight face while looking directly at Dahyun, who froze in mid-chew.

Nayeon cleared her throat loudly next to them. Jihyo shot her a warning look that read ‘our kids are clearly in love, let them be’.

There was an awkward silence afterwards, as most still ate intently, since everyone was hungry and slightly hungover from the party last night. Then Chaeyoung and Momo started talking about a funny instance when they were talking with so-and-so and one of their sunbaes from another group fell in the pool last night. Nayeon excitedly fangirled over a short interaction she had with IU, along the lines of “OMG she noticed me!” while the others listened amusedly.

Sana slipped her arm around Dahyun’s waist, partially covered by the table, when the others weren’t looking. She took it away, like a guilty puppy caught doing something naughty, when Jeongyeon gave them a grossed-out look.

  The breakfast concluded and the two youngest members Tzuyu and Chaeyoung were on dish duty. When the the other members retired to their rooms to get ready for the day, Sana and Dahyun were alone in the living room.

The two cuddled on the couch next to each other, with Dahyun resting her head on Sana’s shoulder and their arms intertwined like two garden vines grown together.  

After a hesitant silence, neither knowing what to say to the other, Sana grabbed Dahyun’s hand.

“Thanks again for saving me last night,” she spoke with a watery gaze that could melt chocolate. “And for putting up with me all this time.”

“Oh stop.”

“No, really, I’m too flirty sometimes...I’m sorry Dahyunnie, I get a bit too much when I’ve too much to drink, and I didn’t know I could hurt you too.”

Dahyun didn’t immediately respond, instead processing this and letting her feelings settle down before finally speaking.

“Don’t mention it, jerk.” She punched her playfully in the arm and looked down, fidgeting a bit with her feet. For once, TWICE’s dubu couldn’t think of anything funny or strange to do to alleviate the shy unease of the moment.

Sana could only think about how dreamy Dahyun looked, baffled at how she could be simultaneously a weird dork and ridiculously attractive at the same time. Time after time, she was drawn to her like a magnet without fail.

“You’re so good to me, I honestly wonder what I did to deserve you. And you’re beautiful, all the time,” Sana said sincerely, being the overly possessive girlfriend she was by slinging her arm around Dahyun’s shoulder, causing Dahyun’s blush to be apparent on her milky-pale skin.

Sana finally drew her in for a long kiss, drinking her in like she was all she needed in the world. Dahyun was her elixir, the love of her life that could still send tingles down her spine like electric sparks and fluttering butterflies.

Suddenly, Nayeon walked into the common area looking for her phone. At the sight of the two, she made an annoyed face.

TWICE one-shot New Year’s theme fic

Pairing: Sana x Dahyun / Saida

“Jjang!!!” The members of TWICE clinked champagne glasses and downed their drinks.

As Dahyun tasted the bitter bubbliness of it, she tried to appreciate the pulsating beat of the dance music and the night ambience of the famous crowd around her. People talking, murmuring, and laughing as glasses of drinks clinked together. Everyone was dressed to the nines in formal black-tie attire and the classiest of evening gowns.

“Heck yeahh!” Sana, the clumsy-as-ever, Japanese flirting queen of TWICE, still looked too slyly cute to Dahyun’s eyes when she was possibly honest-to-god drunk.

“Ya! Sana, don’t you think you’ve had enough to drink?” Jeongyeon supported Sana as she was about to stumble again. The gruff yet caring Jeongyeon, stunningly pretty with her stylish blonde hair, was both annoyed and concerned that, of course, Sana wouldn’t be able to control herself this time and be unable to tolerate too much alcohol.

“Sana, let’s go find some food! I saw an appetizers table we passed earlier and it’d help you feel better!” Momo, also beside Sana, said with a slightly concerned look. The energetic, dancing queen of TWICE always found a way to look on the bright side of things, usually encouraged by delicious things to eat.

“I’m like TT, just liike TT!!” Sana sang, swinging Jeongyeon’s arm back and forth endearingly, like a babo fool. “Tell me that you’ll be my babyyy!”

“I think you’re supposed to eat before you drink so it slows down the effect, Momo,” Mina, whose elegance was only enhanced by her sophisticated evening gown, covered her smirk with her pale fingertips as her cute eye-smile narrowed from amusement at Sana’s antics.

“I’m fiiiine, unnie,” Sana whined cutely as she made the effort to stand up straight again, hanging on by the support of Jeongyeon and Momo’s arms. “Saranghaeee!” She puckered up to kiss Jeongyeon, who held her back at safe arm’s length, then made an attempt at Momo who playfully pushed Sana off before grabbing to steady her again. Sana fluttered her long lashes and pretended to pout at their rejection.

“Aish, what am I gonna do with you,” Jeongyeon shook her head and couldn’t help but laugh a little as she and Momo exchanged knowing looks, and Mina kept smirking. Dahyun looked on from across them, observing the scene and simultaneously thinking how ridiculously cute Sana was and also wanting to help, but then..

“Maknae line! Let’s take a quick photo!” One of the event’s photographers ushered the three youngest members of TWICE to the photo wall. Dahyun put her empty glass on a nearby tray held by a uniformed waiter, as Chaeyoung dragged her reluctantly from the disorderly scene being caused by Sana, saying “Come on, unnie, they want pictures!”

"Hana…dul…set!" The photographer counted down. The cameras went click and the photoshoot lights flashed as Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu posed against the backdrop for a quick take at the JYP 2018 New Year's Gala. "Great! You ladies look daebak!"

Dahyun blinked at the bright lights in her eyes, giving her charmingly cute smile and posing fabulously like the natural she was. But inwardly, a certain Japanese girl had put a damper on her mood. Though this Korean beauty with her radiant white skin and disarmingly good looks was in the spotlight as always, Dahyun just couldn't feel at ease, at the crashing thoughts of Sana giggling and drunkenly flirting with every girl within reach.

No, those thoughts were just eating away at her inside, but if there was anything she had learned in the famous life, it was to control what inner turmoil lay within and keep her poise and cheerfulness for the camera, to adapt to the glamorous surroundings and forget what troubles sometimes stirred in her heart.

"Fantastic! So beautiful!" The words in their cheers felt so commonplace to hear now, yet the members put their best face forward for the event photos sure to be seen later by adoring fans. ONCE was the reason they could stick together, to work and survive through the hardest training and routines, yet still feel renewed hope and joy every single day. It was hard to forget that, even for one second.

The brief photoshoot ended with much enthusiasm, and the maknae line headed back towards the party, while continuing to captivate with their dazzling presence.

"Where is Mina unnie?" Chaeyoung asked. TWICE's baby cub looked all grown up and particularly stunning in a haute couture dress and her wavy locks of obsidian-black hair. For a girl still so young, she was perfectly at ease like a natural born star. “Let’s go look for the others.”

"Probably with the others by the podium where we were before," Tzuyu replied, never breaking her tall, modelesque posture. The exquisitely pretty Taiwanese maknae seemed slightly nervous but excited within the famous ambience as she nodded politely to passerby.

All their sunbaes in JYP were here, along with many other renowned stars in K-pop. JYP himself, commanding a cool yet fatherly presence among the company’s stars, was out mingling with the crowd.

At the moment, Dahyun was trapped within a glass cage of feelings. Her disappointment mingled with vague guilt. She was supposed to be enjoying this party, right? It wasn't just another glitzy event, but a time to welcome in the new year with the classiest celebration possible. But without Sana by her side right now, it was like a miniscule yet irreparable hole puncturing her heart.

"Dahyun unnie, come on, let's go find them," Tzuyu said, pulling Dahyun towards the front of the podium where a large crowd of important people were gathered. Chaeyoung went slightly ahead of them. She lost sight of Sana since before the photoshoot started.

“Oh, there they are!” Chaeyoung jumped up and down slightly to get their attention. Nayeon waved them over. The oldest member smiled, always with her enduring aegyo charm, even when dressed in elegant dark green with cat-eye evening makeup.

“You won’t believe what Sana’s doing now,” Nayeon struggled to hold her giggles while pointing. “She even tried to kiss Suzy just now. Otoke, what do we do with this girl?”

Dahyun didn’t say anything as Tzuyu smirked, but thought back to the night of Sana’s birthday that happened only just a few days ago. The noise of the party felt momentarily drowned out and distant. Dahyun thought she was promised to be hers, to forever and back. After the gifts, the cake, the big celebration on stage, they went back to the dorm and fell fast asleep lying next to each other, their fingers intertwined like the two would never be separate. She could always fall asleep easily while listening to Sana’s steady heartbeat. Not to mention the endlessly playful, fun memories over the past few years together were never far from Dahyun's mind.

Just hours ago, everything seemed busy and normal when TWICE got ready for this New Year's Eve event together. Sana always knew what kind of looks suited Dahyun best and vice versa, with the tenderness she gave when helping Dahyun put on silver earrings, or when she helped zip up the back of Dahyun’s new dress for the occasion. The two were cheerful and inseparable, and always there for each other ever since the beginning of TWICE.

But now, ever since the party began, Sana seemed to be ignoring her. It was the worst kind of torture.

“Where is she now?” Dahyun asked, as her thoughts came back to the present. She let go of Tzuyu and pushed her way through the crowd to the direction Nayeon was gesturing. Some people stared as she walked past alone, but she didn’t care.

“Heey, how you doin’...Ooops!” Sana's familiar voice was close by.

The splash and the shock. The echoing crash of the glass to the marble floor.

Dahyun had come just in time to see Sana spill her drink on a very taken aback Lee Sunmi. People were now staring, some looked amused by the spectacle. Sunmi blinked in disbelief and backed away from Sana, who only giggled shyly and could hardly look at her in the eyes. 

“Sana unnie, let’s go,” Dahyun charged forward from the circle of onlookers. A staff member rushed to help Sunmi clean up the slight stain. Dahyun gave Sunmi a sheepish apologetic look, bowed embarrassedly, and went to Sana, determined to take care of her.

Who cares what people were going to think the next day? Yes, she felt jealous and hurt tonight, but she wasn’t going to leave Sana behind. Dahyun grabbed her hand and hoisted her arm over her shoulders, as Sana gave her a dazed puppy dog look.

“Dahyun, I thiink I spilled on someoneee?” Sana sounded grateful but still slightly out of it as they walked away together.

“Yes, you did, but let’s find a place to sit down,” Dahyun looked forward and scanned the surroundings, eagle-like. She soon zoned in on a quiet, unoccupied bench overlooking the hills and the city. They sat down. The colorful neon lights of Seoul shined brightly in front of them. The night was theirs. The full moon beamed down on them, ivory-white and luminous. Dahyun checked her phone. It was ten minutes to midnight.

“Th-thanks, Dahyunnie,” Sana spoke softly, breaking the awkward silence. She was looking at the ground but her voice was tender, broken almost. She leaned on her shoulder and reached for her hand. 

“I’m just glad you’re sobering up,” Dahyun mumbled hesitantly, still a little hurt by Sana’s flirtatious betrayals, which happened on a regular basis but not usually out in public like this.

“Do you think Sunmi unnie is mad at me now? Aigoo, I’m embarrassed...”

“You don’t need to worry about it now.” “I-I like being here with you,” Sana gazed at her savior lovingly. She hugged her tightly and swayed a little. “My soft dubuu.”

Dahyun didn’t reply at first. 

“You’re so pretty, Dahyunnieee. Are you mad at me?”

The rest of the world seemed so far away when Dahyun looked back at Sana. Even with her makeup smeared on her angelic complexion, she was heartachingly beautiful. Time could stand still and Dahyun would be forever happy in this instant.

“No, I’m not mad. I’m glad you’re okay,” She took a deep breath. “Don’t worry, I still like you a lot.”

“Awww, are we still...girlfriends then?” Sana winked and wiggled her eyebrows flirtatiously. Dahyun rolled her eyes at her attention-seeking manner, but she couldn’t help herself from smiling, looking down at the ground, and wondering how did she get together with this adorable dork.

“Of course. We’ll be together forever.”

Sana buried her face in the crook of Dahyun’s neck and whisphered, “You’re so prettyyy. You’re like...you’re like the radiant moon in the sky.”

“Oh! It’s nearly midnight!” Dahyun’s face was burning a little, so she spoke to combat her blushing. Sana sat up and looked at the phone Dahyun was holding. The time read 11:59, just one minute until 2018. There was also an influx of new messages from their fellow members. One from Jihyo read, “Where r u guys? Fireworks starting soon!”

“Let’s stay here a little longer,” Sana murmured. Their hands found each other, like two chain links interlocked as one.

The fireworks began to light up, small and fragile like the first kisses initiated by Sana. Little pecks. Sana curled her mouth into a sly grin at Dahyun’s touch which belonged only to her; their contact was sweet and sudden, like candy pop rocks bursting. Then the bright, sparkling explosions of color and light painted the midnight sky.