Thion 3XQ: Journey [ON HOLD]

Mina had been getting ready for bed when she heard Chaeyoung come in. Chaeyoung practically lived in her apartment so she already knew the passcode for it. They’d been dating for three years and Mina wanted to ask the younger girl to move in with her but she was a bit afraid Chaeyoung wouldn’t want to. Chaeyoung was very protective of Tzuyu, she says its because she knows Tzuyu’s fragile and sensitive deep inside, despite how she may look on the outside. Which is why Mina had reason to doubt Chaeyoung would want to move in, the two best friends have been inseparable ever since they were kids. Both protected each other. So when Chaeyoung walked angrily in, she was a bit surprised. 

“Chae?” She asked when she heard Chaeyoung mumbling under her breath and pacing back and forth near the door. 

“Hey I thought you went home?” 

Chaeyoung looked up at her and Mina could see her visibly shaking. “Hey, hey what’s wrong?” 

“She-she’s there” 

“Who’s there? Did something happen to Tzuyu?” 

“No. Sana.. she’s there in our dorm she’s there” 

Mina was confused. “Well what is she doing there?” 

“She’s in there with Tzuyu and I caught them. I caught them kissing” 

“What..?” Mina was in disbelief. Tzuyu wouldn’t do something like that.. right? By the way the two would speak about Sana made it seem that they both hated the girl. It had to be a joke. But the way Chaeyoung was visibly angry told her that it wasn't. 

“Yeah.. my best friend and my ex girlfriend, making out in my fucking apartment” she sat on the couch and held her head. She had a headache already. Mina followed her but remained silent. She was still trying to process everything. 

“Her face makes me so angry and I just-“ Chaeyoung sighed. “I just can’t believe Tzuyu would do that to me” 

“Do you still like her?” Mina asked, she wasn’t really looking at Chaeyoung. 

Chaeyoung looked at her incredulously. “How could you say that? I love you. It’s been years now Mina. You’re the only one I love” Although Mina knew already, it was still nice to hear some reassurance. 

“I’m just upset because Tzuyu’s my best friend. We grew up together and for her to this.. it’s like a betrayal. You can’t just be with one of your friend’s exes it’s in the girl code. I mean if she’d ask me and talk to me about it first then who knows I might be okay with it” 

Mina eyes her. “Would you really?” 

“No. But that’s not the point. The point is I’m angry at both of them” 

“Tzuyu is going through a lot right now and she needs you. I think you guys need to talk about it” 

Chaeyoung felt a bit guilty about it but she was too petty to do anything about it. “She doesn’t need me. She’s doing just fine with Sana. And I don’t want to talk to any of them” 

Mina sighed. There was no getting through Chaeyoung tonight. She hated when they fought, though their fights never lasted long. Tzuyu was always the one to seek and apologize to her first. She could understand why Chaeyoung was angry, she’d be angry too and she was a little upset with Tzuyu as well. 

“Okay. Go take a shower to cool off” 

“No” Chaeyoung grumbled. 

Mina gave her a look and Chaeyoung sighed, she got up off the couch. “Can we cuddle after?” 

Mina gave her a smile and nodded. Chaeyoung then went into the bathroom. Mina sat back on the couch and stared at the ceiling. She needed to meet this Sana girl to see what was so great about her. How did this girl manage to make these best friends fall for her… 

-

Sana went back to her tent after that night at Tzuyu’s apartment. She was lost in thought when Momo had woken up and asked about where she’d been. She said it was nothing and jumped into bed with her. She liked the feeling of Tzuyu’s lips on hers.. she liked it way too much. Despite what Tzuyu may say, she knows that the girl is not okay. She knows that the girl is dealing with a lot of things and she really wants to help her. Tzuyu frustrates her but she wants to be around her to make sure she’s okay. Much like Tzuyu, Sana barely slept that night as well. She wanted to speak to the younger girl again tomorrow but knowing Tzuyu, she’d be likely to avoid her. 

Momo had woken Sana up to get some breakfast at the base’s cafeteria. The now rescued captives were free to use the base’s facilities, Jihyo had informed them that they were free to leave whenever they wanted and they were free to stay longer if they wished to as well. Most stayed for the therapists and doctors since they had been traumatized by the experience. The students had stayed since Sunmi was still getting treated and they didn’t want to leave without her. 

On their way to the cafeteria, Momo noticed that Sana seemed distracted by something. She judged her and asked “You’re awfully quiet this morning. What’s wrong?” 

“Huh? Oh nothing..” 

Momo eyed her suspiciously. “Uh-huh. You know you can talk to me about whatever” 

Sana hesitated a little, but Momo’s her best friend and she had seen them kiss before. “Well.. Tzuyu and I kissed again..” 

Momo nodded and smirked. “Well what’s wron-“ 

“Chaeyoung caught us” Sana interrupted her. Momo’s smile faded and she mouthed an ’Oh’. They both reached the cafeteria and sat down at a table. 

“Well what happened next? What did she do?” 

“Well she stormed off and Tzuyu chased after her.. I don’t know what happened between them but Tzuyu came back looking even more exhausted that she’d already been” 

“Guess it didn’t go well.. well I guess I can see where Chaeyoung is coming from” 

“Huh?” 

“I mean wouldn’t you be mad if I dated one of your exes, if I dated Miyeon?” Momo asked. 

“W-well I guess it would make me a little uncomfortable” 

“Well you and Chaeyoung sorta ended on terms. Of course she wouldn’t be okay with it” 

Sana held her head in her hands. “I feel like a homewrecker but with best friends” 

Momo chuckled. “Well you kinda are. But have you talked to Tzuyu about it?” 

“No and I’m pretty sure she’ll avoid me like last time” 

“Hmm do you like her?” 

Sana didn’t know how to respond. She wasn’t sure what exactly she felt for the younger girl. “I-I don’t know.. “ 

“You guys have kissed more than once already. Obviously you have some sort of attraction to her” 

“Maybe that’s it. I’m just attracted to her that’s all” 

“So you’re horny for her?” 

Sana shook her head. “No! I just-I don’t know. I mean she’s pretty and her body is amazing. You should’ve seen the way she kicked ass back on the planet. It was amazing how she fought them all on her own trying to save everyone”

Momo giggled. “I think you do like her” 

Sana rolled her eyes. “Whatever”

Momo stood up. “Well I’m going to get some good. How about you?l 

“Not hungry”

“Well I’m gonna go check out what they have. I saw Taeil carrying a bowl of oatmeal on the way back” Sana nodded and Momo walked away. 

The moment Momo left, Sana felt someone sit right next to her. 

“Hello” the girl said in a sweet voice while smiling. 

“Hi” 

“I’m Lisa, a SGT.And you are..?” 

“Oh I’m Sana” 

“Sana.. what a nice name” she smirked. “So,never seen you around here before” 

“Uh I’m not from around here. I’m staying in one of the tents” 

“Oh you’re one of the captives. Yeah I heard about that. Heard that Chou saved all of y’all. What a hero” 

Sana wanted to ask what she meant by that when she said that last part but Lisa spoke before she could say anything. “Have you eaten yet?” 

“Oh no I’m not really hungry” 

“Oh that’s too bad. I’d treat you to some food. Besides, I wouldn’t eat the food from this place” 

“Why?” 

“I mean it’s organic. Sometimes I just want to eat a little grease sometimes you know?” 

Sana lightly chuckled “I guess” 

“So a few friends and I are going for a few drinks tonight at the Grub Pub near the base. You should come. Get some real food” she scooted closer to Sana and smiled. 

“Uhmm..” Sana looked towards Momo who was now sitting at another table. Lisa looked towards where Sana had been looking at. 

“Oh you can bring your friends if you like. It’s no problem. I just hope you can make it” she placed her hand on Sana’s shoulder. 

“I’ll think about it” Sana said. 

When Momo came back from getting food, she noticed a girl was sitting flirting with Sana so she moved to another table. After a few minutes, Elkie sat beside her. “Look, Tzuyu’s jealous” she giggled. Momo looked up to see Tzuyu walking towards Sana and Lisa. “I think Tzuyu likes her” 

“Oh it’s obvious they’re both into each other” Momo said while playing with her spoon. The oatmeal wasn’t as good as she’d thought it would be. 

“Yeah but Tzuyu’s too much of a pussy to do anything about it” 

“What do you mean?” Momo looked at her.

“Tzuyu’s too worried about other people. She’s worried about Chaeyoung” 

“Well, I mean Chaeyoung’s her best friend. That’s like girl code. You don't date your friend’s exes” 

Elkie rolled her eyes. “Yeah, yeah, yeah.But don't you think they look cute together?”

“They do but…” Momo shrugged and rolled her eyes. 

Well it doesn't matter, I ship them. Elkie thought. 

Meanwhile Tzuyu had walked up to Sana and Lisa and cleared her throat. “Excuse me” 

Both girls looked up at her and Lisa said “Oh hey Chou, what’s up?” 

“I need to speak to Sana for a moment” she said pointedly. 

Lisa looked between the two. “Oh? You two know each other?” 

“Yes” Tzuyu quickly answered. 

Lisa eyed Tzuyu for a few seconds who looked a bit annoyed, before she turned to Sana and said “Huh guess it's a small world”. She then stood up and fixed her shirt, while looking at Sana “I hope to see you tonight, beautiful” she said with a smile and a wink. She then turned to Tzuyu and gave her a rough pat on the back and smirked “See you, Chou”. She walked off and Sana noticed Tzuyu looking irritated. 

“Well what did you want to talk about?”

“Huh? Oh we should probably go talk to the Captain about the plan. Y-you said you’d go with me” 

“Oh right, I did” She stood up. “Well let’s go” 

Tzuyu nodded and led the way. 

They were walking towards Jihyo’s office in silence when Tzuyu spoke up. “So Lisa..” 

“Yeah?” 

“She wants to see you tonight?” Sana looked up at Tzuyu who had been avoiding her gaze. 

“Yeah.. and?” 

“Well are you going to see her?” 

Sana crossed her arms. “Why do you care?” 

Tzuyu scoffed. “I don’t care. I’m just trying to make conversation” 

Sana rolled her eyes. They arrived at Jihyo’s office and Jihyo let them in. They both bowed towards her.

“Oh SGT Chou and Ms…?”

“Minatozaki.. Minatozaki Sana” 

“Ms. Minatozaki” Jihyo smiled. “What brings you both to my office?” 

Sana nudged for Tzuyu to talk. “Uhh well Captain I know we told you what happened on the mission but we left out some parts” 

Jihyo set her papers on her desk and leaned forward. “Go on” 

Tzuyu told her about Dayun and what all she did for them. She also told them that she wanted to go back and to free all those different species that are in those containers. 

“Well.. I don’t know what to say” 

“Please. I just can’t leave them all there. I’ve got to help them somehow and who knows if someone will save them” 

“Well we can contact the Aomian government and tell them what happened. They can do their own rescue mission” 

“Actually the Aomians are pacifists and although they do have an army, they wouldn’t stand a chance against any Thions” Sana chimed in. 

“It’s not only the Aomians that need saving it’s all those other species that are in those containers. I’m not sure how many there are but they’re countless containers. It’s not right. The other planets are not aware of this yet and this could get bad if someone doesn’t stop them first” 

“And how do you propose to stop them? You’re one person all on your own. You want me to risk the lives of my SGTs for other species and a Thions? Even if you did take a team how would you stop them?” 

Well that did stump Tzuyu, she did think about that before but she never really thought too deeply about it. “I-I’m not sure. For now, we just want to rescue our friend. We can work out the other plan later. Please if she’s found she’ll be marked as a traitor and she’ll die. I can’t let that happen” 

Jihyo looked at her and then at Sana. Both girls seemed serious about this. “I don’t know. This is a big decision. I need some time to think about it” 

It’s not the answer they wanted to hear but they were satisfied with it. “Thank you Captain” both girls bowed and closed the door leaving Jihyo to think about this new information. The way Dahyun has cared for both of them despite being strangers and different species was so fascinating, a part of her wanted to meet her but another part of her knew it was wrong. She can’t put lives in danger for one Thions. She thought about how many of her people she’d lost to one of them.. she thought about Saerom. Jihyo thought Tzuyu was a lot like Saerom, they both had a big heart which was too good for their own good. She knows that Saerom would want to go back as well. Jihyo groaned as she thought about what to do. 

-

After walking from Jihyo‘s office the two girls bid farewell to each other. Tzuyu had to see the doctor for a check up on her shoulder and Sana was supposed to meet up with the other girls to shop for some stuff. 

Elkie had asked for Tzuyu’s card to lend her some money to buy some necessities but what Tzuyu didn’t know was that she was actually going to use it to buy some clothes to go to the bar tonight. Lisa has also invited her and Momo, Nayeon and Jeongyeon had agreed to go. Tzuyu wasn’t rich but they did get paid well enough for any mission they did and since Tzuyu’s mission was grand, she got a bonus. Though she didn’t need much money since the base provided them with everything they needed. 

After they had shopped around,Elkie went back to Tzuyu’s apartment. She found the girl sitting on the couch staring at the wall. Tzuyu was a bit odd sometimes but she was used to it already. 

”Hey Tzu” she said and handed Tzuyu her card back. 

“What’d you buy with my card?” 

“Oh nothing much” 

Tzuyu finally turned to face her. “Where’d you get the outfit?”

“Never mind that. So, you wanna come with us to the Grub Hub tonight?” 

Tzuyu shook her head. “Not interested” 

“Oh come on, lighten up a little. You could use this time to relax instead of staring at a wall” 

“This is relaxing” 

Elkie rolled her eyes then thought of an idea. “Well fine, I’ll just leave you alone then and go to the bar along with the other girls and Sana who’s going with Lisa” she teased. 

Tzuyu looked at her “What?” Tzuyu couldn’t believe that Sana had actually accepted the invite from that prick. 

“Well I’m going now” Elkie took a step towards the door. 

“Wait. I-I guess I could take a few drinks” 

Elkie smirked. “Okay well get dressed. I’ll wait for you outside”. She giggled when the latter went into her room to change. Tzuyu you’re too easy 

A few minutes later Tzuyu was ready. She didn’t throw on much since she didn’t want to be out too long. 

When they got to the bar her eyes scanned the place for a certain orange haired girl. Until finally she found her at the back, sitting next to Lisa who was talking to her. The other girls were sitting on a table a few distance across from them. Elkie and Tzuyu walked over to where Momo and the rest were and sat down. 

“Can I offer you a drink?” Momo asked. 

“Uh yeah I’ll take whatever” Tzuyu said as her gaze never left Sana. 

Meanwhile Lisa had been talking about her last mission where she supposedly saved this ship from a meteor shower. Sana had only been pretending to care about the conversation, she really only accepted the invitation because Momo and Elkie wanted to come. Now she was stuck talking to Lisa who was a little drunk already while Sana herself was a little tipsy. 

“Oh. I can’t believe Chou is here” 

Sana looked up when she heard Tzuyu’s name. She looked back at Momo’s table and saw Elkie trying to force Tzuyu to chug her drink. She smiled a little at the scene, which didn’t go unnoticed by Lisa. “So how do you know Chou?” 

“Oh Tzuyu? Uh we went to the same high school” 

“Oh that’s nice. You know people are calling her a hero?” Lisa scoffed and mumbled some hero who could save her squad” 

“Excuse me?” Sana wasn’t sure she heard exactly what Lisa said. 

“Do you want another drink I’ll get you another drink” Lisa said as she stood up and went to the bar. Sana wanted nothing more than to go back to her tent. She looked back at Tzuyu who was staring at her. She stared back at the girl for a few minutes until Lisa came back with another drink. That’s how the night went, they would steal glances between each other and would drink a few more drinks. Until Lisa had to go to the bathroom and excused herself. After a few minutes Sana got up and decided that she’d go back to her tent. Tzuyu was alone sitting at the table since all the other girls wanted to dance. She noticed Sana clumsily walking out of the bar and decided to follow her. 

“Where are you going?” 

Sana looked at her, both their faces were red. They were both really drunk. 

“Home” was all Sana said before she continued to walk again. 

“Where’s your date?” Tzuyu was following behind her. 

“Dunno” 

Tzuyu grabbed her arm “I’ll take you home” 

They both walked towards the base which wasn’t really far. Tzuyu didn’t want anything bad to happen to the older girl, she knows they were both drunk. 

“You know your room was nice and your bed seemed comfy. It was way better than the bed in the tent” Sana slurred. 

“You can sleep on my bed for tonight” 

“You’re such a good person Tzuyu you know that?” Tzuyu tried so hard to keep herself straight and prevent them both from falling. Sana was just giving Tzuyu random compliments along the way until they finally reached her apartment. She led Sana into her room. 

“You can sleep here and I’ll sleep on the couch okay?”

Sana shook her head and pouted. “Sleep with me” 

“No” 

Sana walked closer to her and held her arms. “Please.. sleep with me” she gave her a knowing look as her eyes traveled down to Tzuyu’s lips. Tzuyu was growing weak by the second and it didn’t help that she was drunk out of her mind, she caved. 

Tzuyu pinned her against the wall and kissed her messily, her hands firmly holding Sana’s waist. Tzuyu wanted to feel more of her. But, Sana slightly pushed Tzuyu off her and onto the bed. Tzuyu sat on the edge of the bed looking at the older girl. Sana walked over to Tzuyu and planted both legs on each side of her, straddling Tzuyu. She crashed their lips together and wrapped her hands around the back of Tzuyu’s neck to pull her closer. Tzuyu took that as a sign that the older girl wanted more. She moved her hands down to Sana’s waist.  

“Mmm..” Sana moaned in between their heated kiss. Tzuyu thought that it was so hot. After a few minutes, Sana broke the kiss and started making her way down Tzuyu’s body. She trailed wet kisses down Tzuyu’s jawline and then down to her neck, she skillfully nipped and sucked on the younger girl’s sensitive skin. She began grinding on her thigh, spurring Tzuyu on.

“God..Sana” Tzuyu couldn’t think straight. Besides the fact that they were both drunk, Sana was driving her insane. Sana clumsily took off her blouse as well as Tzuyu’s. She wanted her so badly. After she unhooked both their bras, Sana began nipping at Tzuyu's neck a bit more aggressively. She felt Sana bite down on her just enough to leave a little mark. Tzuyu wanted to switch their positions but Sana wouldn’t let her. 

 “Close your eyes and let me make you feel good” she slurred in a whisper in Tzuyu’s ear. Her voice sent chills down Tzuyu’s spine. She was too drunk to protest, and Sana was just so hot. She let her do whatever, from the way Sana’s tongue felt on her clit to the mess she became when she slid her fingers inside and finally to the way they both came together. She drove Tzuyu mad. 

After their high, both admittedly still a bit drunk, Sana laid her head on Tzuyu’s chest as the latter softly stroked her hair. Both with eyes closed drifted off to sleep. 

A faint scent of jasmine with a mix of alcohol had woke Tzuyu up. She stirred awake and slowly opened her eyes, all she saw was a head full of orange hair. Huh what.. Where am I.. oh I’m home but who..who is-oh fuck. Tzuyu basically had her arm wrapped around Sana’s waist, spooning her. She freezed for a second before she slowly retracted her arm. She noticed that both of them were naked. Oh God Tzuyu what did you do. She slowly sat up, leaning her back on the headboard, her head was throbbing. She tried to recall what happened last night but her mind was still a little fuzzy. After a few seconds of staring at the sleeping girl, the memories of last night came back to her. Fuck. What did we do oh my god 

Tzuyu quickly sat off the bed and began putting on a sports bra and a black shirt. She put on training pants. She wanted to go out for a run before Sana woke up. Her headache was excessive so she got some pills from the kitchen to ease her hangover. She placed the pills and a cup of water next to her bedside table for Sana when she’d wake up. She then sat on the bed again to put on her socks and shoes. 

Suddenly, Sana stirred awake. “Hmm.. Tzuyu?” 

“I left some pills for you. You should take them” 

Sana nodded sleepily, she had not fully been awake yet. Tzuyu was still getting dressed when Sana asked what time it was. 

“It’s around 9 am” Tzuyu said as she looked at the clock. 

“That’s way too early” Sana yawned. “Don't you want to sleep more?” she finally opened her eyes fully to look at the girl. She noticed that Tzuyu was fully dressed and was tying her shoe laces. “Wait where are you going?” 

“For a run.” 

“A run? Aren't you hungover?”

“I’ll be fine” Tzuyu stood up and went to her closet to grab a cap. 

“Wait shouldn't we talk first?”

“About what?” Tzuyu didn't want to talk about what had happened between the two last night at all. A part of her wished it never happened. 

Sana sat up and leaned on the headboard, she pulled the blanket up to cover herself even though Tzuyu was avoiding eye contact. “About last night… about us?” she said the last part in a low voice. She could see Tzuyu visibly stiffen. 

“Sana, that was a mistake. It shouldn't have happened” she finally turned to look at the older girl, she could see Sana was a bit hurt by her words. It’s what’s best for the both of us.  

“Is this a game to you? Am I game to you? You lead me on and then push me away.. That’s not fair” Sana crossed her arms. 

“Which is why it won't happen again. It can’t happen again. I can’t do that to Chaeyoung. I-I just can’t” she said as she put the cap on. “We were both drunk” 

Sana scoffed. “You wanted this just as much as I did” 

Tzuyu didn't want to admit it because it was the truth, she did like it and wanted it. However, she was adamant in ignoring these growing feelings inside her, she didn’t want to confront herself or Sana about it. So she did what she does best, run away. “I’m gonna go” she said as she began walking towards the door. 

“Wait” 

Tzuyu stopped and turned to look at the girl in her bed. “Before you run away again, can you at least get me some clothes to wear? I refuse to put on my old clothes”

Tzuyu eyed the girl then the clothes on the ground, she didn't want Sana to do the walk of shame back to her tent in those clothes. She walked to her closet and grabbed a hoodie and sweats and neatly placed it on the bed. She knew Sana was staring at her intently but avoided her gaze. “Well, bye” was all she said as she bolted out the room. 

Sana groaned in annoyance after the girl left. She thought Tzuyu was frustratingly stubborn. But as she watched her go, she thought that maybe she did like the younger girl, besides the feelings of attraction. I like you, Tzuyu. She’d have to talk to Chaeyoung sooner than expected. 

She slowly got off the bed and decided to take a shower in Tzuyu’s bathroom, she then took the pills and got dressed. She left the apartment to go back to her tent to get some food. 

“Where were you?” Momo asked as soon as she entered the tent. Nayeon and Jeongyeon were also there too.

“Uhhh..” 

“Don’t even try to avoid it. Were you with Tzuyu? Elkie said you two went out the bar last night together?” Momo eyed her clothes. “And whose clothes is that?” She gasped. “Don’t tell me..” 

Sana shyly nodded, she knew what Momo was thinking. 

“Oh my god” she squealed along with Momo.

“Wait what’s going on..” Jeongyeon asked. 

Nayeon lightly slapped her shoulder. “Come on Jeong, keep up!” 

Jeongyeon held her shoulder. “I don’t know what's happening” 

Nayeon rolled her eyes. “Isn’t it obvious?” Jeongyeon looked at them obliviously. 

“Sana and Tzuyu?” 

Jeongyeon thought about it for a while until she caught on. “Ohhhh now I get it”

“Well whatever now tell us what happened”

Sana sighed as she sat down and grabbed the slice of pizza that Momo had been eating. Her head was still throbbing a bit but she was okay. She told them all what occurred between the two. 

“What about Chaeyoung?” Momo asked. “Yeah isn’t she like her best friend or something?” Nayeon said. 

“Yeah..” Chaeyoung was a big obstacle between the two, the only thing stopping her and Tzuyu from being together was Chaeyoung. 

“Wasn’t she your ex girl too?” Jeongyeon chimed. 

Sana nodded. “But she hates me” 

“Why”

“We kinda ended things badly..” 

“What happened?” Jeongyeon moved closer to where the three girls had been sitting. 

“Sana dumped her on graduation day and left” Momo said while taking another slice of pizza. 

Jeongyeon winced. “That’s harsh” 

Sana pouted. “When you put it like that it sounds bad” 

“Well it kinda is but I guess you and Chaeyoung need to clear the air” Nayeon said. 

“I know. I know..” Sana looked solemnly towards the ground. The three girls suddenly heard someone throwing up and went outside to see who it was. Their tent was close to where the running track was and when they went outside they saw Tzuyu throwing up next to a tree. 

Tzuyu had only been running for a few minutes before she started feeling sick and threw up. Turns out jogging does not go well when you have a hangover. The girls that were watching her urged Sana to go and help her. They handed her a bottle of water and pushed her towards Tzuyu. 

“Hey are you okay?” Sana asked as she got closer to the younger girl. 

Tzuyu was leaning against the tree panting, she was covered in sweat, she looked a mess. “What.. are you.. doing.. here?” 

“Here drink some” she handed her the open bottled water and Tzuyu took a few sips. After she had calmed down a little she asked “How did you know I was here?” 

Sana pointed to the little tent near the field “My tent’s over there”. Tzuyu looked to where she was pointing at and found Momo, Nayeon and Jeongyeon all staring at them, they did a small wave before Nayeon pushed them all inside. 

“Oh” 

“Did you think I was stalking you? You’re not that special” Sana teased. 

“No I just thought you’d stay at the apartment” 

“Why?” 

“Figured that’d be the best way to trap me in or something to talk” but now that I think about it I’m glad you got out in case Chaeyoung went home to get any clothes or something” Tzuyu walked along the track and sat on one of the benches while Sana followed and sat beside her. 

“Yeah well.. here I am” Sana said pointedly. She wanted to talk to Tzuyu about them, about Chaeyoung but she figured Tzuyu wasn’t ready yet and she’d just run away. So she avoided bringing it up again for now. 

They sat in silence for a few minutes watching the other SGTs train. Tzuyu was slowly sipping the water. 

“We should probably go and talk to the Captain again. To see her answer” Sana said. 

“Hmm I guess you’re right. It’s just been a day but the faster she makes up her mind the faster we can move and head out” 

“Yeah so let’s go right now” Sana stood up. 

“Right now?” Tzuyu looked down at herself then back up at Sana. “I’m a mess” 

“Oh come on it’s fine. We just need to hear her answer” 

“Well, okay” Tzuyu stood up and they both walked towards Jihyo’s office in silence. It wasn’t too far from where they were and Tzuyu was glad for that because the silence was getting awkward. Sana knocked one the door and Jihyo let them in. 

“Chou and Ms. Minatozaki, what can I do for you?” 

“Hi Captain, we’re here to ask you about your decision regarding the plan we told you about” Sana spoke up when Tzuyu hadn’t said anything. 

“Well I thought it over and I’m still on the fence about it. But I’m afraid if this happens again, a war will break out like you said. We need to stop a war from happening. However, I’m starting to think that a war will be inevitable once the other planets are aware. Millions of lives will be lost, we need to prevent that. And about your friend...” Jihyo leaned forward on her desk with her elbows propped up.

“Yes. We can stop it before it gets worse. Who knows what exactly they're planning. Please Captain, all we’re asking for is a chance” Tzuyu said. 

Jihyo pondered and stared at the two for a moment. “Well even if I wanted to help you, it’s out of my hands. You’d need that kind of permission from the Queen” 

Tzuyu knew that it would be harder to convince the Queen and King. But it was worth a shot anyway. 

“Okay well let’s go ask them” Sana perked up. 

“Sana it’s not that easy, we can’t just walk in there and demand to speak to the Queen” Tzuyu said and Sana frowned. 

“Well, I can go with you and get you an access into the Royal Palace. If you manage to convince them then I will accompany you on this mission” Jihyo spoke up. 

“Really? You’d do that for us?” Sana smiled. 

“Yes. I’ll schedule a meeting between the Royals at once” 

“Thank you Captain” Sana moved to shake her hand. Jihyo was surprised by the action but shook her hand back and smiled. Tzuyu nodded and bowed towards Jihyo as they both walked out of the office. She couldn’t believe they’d manage to kinda convince the Captain. Now all that left was to convince Queen Siyeon.