【反击】counterattack // s.xiaoting

43 : threats

The ride home was tough for Xiaoting. No one tempted to talk to her. She was on the same van as Su Ruiqi, Ziyin, Y/n, and Dayeon. She was crouching on the last row alone while the four sat with 2 people each row. Y/n was all quiet as well but still talks to the others sometimes.

The team is going to have lunch but Xiaoting isn't feeling well. All-day, she was traveling without rest. 4 am she woke up then 6 am she flew back to Korea. At 7 am she reached the house and got ready then at 8, she finally got into the meeting. She was feeling very weak and dizzy but no one looked at her.

As they reached the private hotpot restaurant, the first thing she did was to go to the toilet. Y/n lowkey was observing her the whole time but didn't provoke an interaction. To be honest, she's being soft again but she can't just go back on babying Xiaoting again.

"I'll just go to the restroom" Screw it, Y/n thought.

Going to the restroom wasn't a bad idea after all. She got in hearing some retching sounds. She bent down to see who's the person in the stalk and as she saw the heels that person was wearing, she went outside then called for Jia.

"Hey, who's missing? I heard some throwing up sounds in the restroom, I'm afraid it's our member" She pretends that she doesn't recognize it was Xiaoting so Jia won't get wary about the fight. Y/n told herself not to tell it to others except those who knew already so it won't furtherly affect the group's performance. "All of us-- wait, Xiaoting unnie is not here... wasn't she on the same van as yours?" Y/n just bobbed her head then waited for Jia to do some action but she only stared at her unnie.

"What are you doing, unnie? You're her best friend! Come on!" Jia grabbed Y/n's arms then dragged her back to the restroom. Both of them heard the sound and then knocked on the stall.

"Unnie? It's Jia. Are you okay? I can hear you throw up"

"I- uh... yep, all fine. I was just dizzy" Xiaoting went out of the door, wiping her mouth and eyes.

Did she cry again? Y/n thought.

Xiaoting on the other hand was surprised to see Y/n in the room. She fake coughed then smiled at Jia. "You need water? Here" Jia handed her the water bottle that magically appeared on her hands. It was Y/n's. The other girl was holding it ever since they rode the car. Just like Xiaoting, Y/n gets sick while traveling sometimes.

"Thanks" Xiaoting drank up, tasting the lip balm on the lid, realizing it was Y/n's. She's very familiar with Y/n's lips so she knows.

"Don't thank me... Y/n unnie brought me here. She told me she heard someone in the restroom then went to ask who was missing with the members so here we are, tada!" Xiaoting glanced at Y/n who was awkwardly looking around.

"Right, unn- unnie! Are you counting the tiles?" Jia joked because Y/n was looking at the wall everywhere in the room. "Yeah"

"It's not time for math, unnie. But anyway, I will leave the both of you here" Jia shook her head then head out of the room leaving the ex-couple inside of the small room. Both of them were shyly gazing at their foot, don't know what to do next. Y/n decided to head out but Xiaoting did the same thing that made them stop, making it awkward again.