"Hey, does your head feel a lot more better now? Can you walk properly?"

"Y-Yeah, I think I'm doing better than I was earlier."  answered Saeyoung who had her left arm on her head as she sat up straight, facing Nina. Saeyoung just woke up from her small slumber.

Nina frowned a bit. She felt worried about Saeyoung, she doesn't know if she should still let her friend be here, helping them take photos rather than sending her home to rest. Or at least take her to a small clinic for a small check-up.  "It's lunch break for everyone right now. The second round of the competition will continue by 1:30 pm. Ni-ki and his team are already eating in a restaurant 5 blocks away from here."

"Oh okay. How about you, Daniel and the others? Have you guys eaten yet or not?"  questioned Saeyoung who was concerned about Nina and her friend's stomach.

Nina shooked her head. "We haven't. We're waiting for you to join us eat. So let's go! I will treat you this time."

Saeyoung gave Nina a small smile.  "Thanks. And sure, let's go." Saeyoung instantly stood up but once she did, Saeyoung was almost in the midst of falling down since her head still felt a bit dizzy, good thing Nina was there to assist her.

Nina grabbed Saeyoung's arm and secured her grip on Nina's arm to at least help guide her and to let her refrain from falling.  "You really need to be careful, you're head was hit hard so don't do things too fast."  Saeyoung nodded.

Right now, Saeyoung was sitting down in a nearby restaurant with her team. While they chatted about random topics, Saeyoung did not dare to speak and would just listen to them laughing and all, while she sat quietly and stared down her hands. She was still stuck at the thought of what happened earlier in the bus with Ni-ki.

She wanted to believe that all of it was a dream but no, she was awake at that time. It was nowhere near a dream at all.

Saeyoung felt herself heat up a bit. While she was asleep, she somehow felt Ni-ki's hand on hers. It was warm, and the thought of it made Saeyoung's stomach tingle. She felt weird that she actually liked the feeling but the feeling was immediately erased when she was woken up by Nina to see that Ni-ki wasn't there.

But then again, why would she expect such things? They aren't even together anyways. They're just friends.

"Hey Saeyoung!" called Songyee.

Saeyoung hummed in response.  "Is there something wrong?"

"No. We were just wondering if you and Ni-ki hyung are dating! Because you two seemed close, there must be something going on between you two right?"  questioned the excited Daniel. What surprised Saeyoung, is that her team looks happy and excited. All eyes were on her.

Saeyoung laughed nervously. "Whatever you guys are thinking, it's not true. Me and Ni-ki are just friends, seriously! He probably just sees me as a sister, you know?" she answered, not wanting to give her team false hope. And hopefully, she isn't giving herself false hope as well.

Ze Yu raised his left eyebrow.  "Are you sure about that Saeyoung? Because I really feel like there's something going on, and I am not aware of it."

Saeyoung shooked her head.  "No. You're wrong. There is nothing going on, I swear. Plus! If he were to end up with someone, it'd be Yasuda Takara. They have far more better chemistry than anyone I know."  as she says those words, Saeyoung was hurting herself. But at least it's better than being given empty promises right?

"Are you really sure about that Saeyoung? Because if he does see you in a sisterly way, then explain why he looked so furious when Soul wanted to be close to you? If you are a sister figure to him, shouldn't he be a lot more supportive rather than be protective like he was earlier?" Songyee pointed out, making Saeyoung bit her inner lip. Saeyoung didn't know how to answer.

"So is Sae-ki, a thing or what?"

"Sae-ki? I was thinking of Ni-young, I guess?"

"Sae-ki? Ni-young? Young-ki is probably a lot better ship name." the three argued.

Saeyoung felt like she shouldn't stay here any longer. She somehow felt attacked by her friends and it's making her uncomfortable, she didn't like where the conversation is going. It's not actually they're fault, Saeyoung just wanted to avoid topics, especially when it's between her and Ni-ki, now after remembering what she saw between Ni-ki and Takara last week.

The girl quickly took a last sip of her drink and unexpectedly stood up from her seat. Her leg slipped a bit, good thing she held on to her chair before she could actually fall down to the floor. Her team got worried.

"Saeyoung, take it easy."  Nina said who immediately went to her friend's side. But Saeyoung refused her assistance.

"It's fine Nina, I can manage. Can I be alone for awhile?" Nina and her fellow teammates just stared at the girl. Saeyoung did not wait for them to answer, so she started walking out of the restaurant with her teammate's eyes following her as she leaves.

But it wasn't only her teammates who watched her leave.

Saeyoung slowly sat down in a bench that's somehow just right near the performance dome. She looked down and stared down at her lap, she feels so discouraged and confused, she didn't know why.

The relationship she has with Ni-ki sounded so questionable.

If only she has that high of a confidence to ask Ni-ki on who she is to him, but at the same time it's better if she didn't know the answer at all. But curiosity just kept ringing and ringing back to her head making her more scared and nervous.

Why try to get an answer to a question when you, yourself seems so afraid to see the answer itself.

Sometimes, there are questions that are best to remain, unanswered.

"Oh what am I saying? Takara is the answer to everything."  Saeyoung mumbled to herself. She sighed, leaning back as she sadly stared at the view right in front of her.  "This is the reality Saeyoung, face it."

"A-Are you okay?"

The sudden question of the voice startled Saeyoung, making her jump in shock. The boy noticed how surprised she was, and it made him chuckle.

"S-Soul?"

Soul nodded. He moved closer to where Saeyoung was.  "May I?"  he gestured to sit beside her. Saeyoung nodded and scooted over to the side. She wasn't aware that from all the people who could've been with her right now, it had to be Soul.

"Is there anything wrong?" he questioned with concern. Soul turned his head to meet Saeyoung's eyes but she continued to stare down and avoid his. She shooked her head in reply.

Soul could tell that Saeyoung was lying.  "You sure? You seem uncomfortable back at the restaurant?"  not aware of Soul and his team's presence in the restaurant, made it a lot easy for him to watch the girl. He admits that he's interested in Saeyoung and would love to more about her, sadly Ni-ki is somehow against their friendship.

From Soul's view earlier, at first he was happy to see that Saeyoung is doing fine. He expected to see her bond with her friends but she had her head in the clouds instead and didn't seem to pay attention to whatever topic her team was talking about. And it made Soul curious on what's going on.

He did not want to invade her privacy and he totally respects that, but he was really eager to know. Soul wanted to be there for her.

Saeyoung's eyes widened.  "H-How did you know?"

"I was eating in the same restaurant as you. You just didn't see me and my team there."

"S-Sorry, I didn't notice you guys." she said scratching her head.

"It's okay. You looked a bit dozed off anyways."  Soul grabbed something from his back pocket, he took Saeyoung's hand and held it.  "I'm here for you too, Saeyoung."  Soul smiled sweetly. Saeyoung felt touched, and she could feel some butterflies swirling around inside her.

Soul immediately stood up and ran off. He didn't know why he had the confidence in holding her hand and just by thinking about it, made him shy. But he needed to do it. For Saeyoung.

Saeyoung sat there dumbfounded. She was surprised to see that Soul just ran off just like that, but instead of being confused she found it adorable. Saeyoung still was clueless on why he took off, but she just brushed it off and directed her eyes to her hand. And there she saw a small snack with a little note sticked right to it. . .

Saeyoung, you weren't able to finish your food earlier so eat this.

p.s I'm here for you too :)

Saeyoung chuckled. Right behind the note, there was Soul's number written. What a great move, she thought.

"Soul, if I fall, would you catch me?" she questioned, staring at the direction on where Soul ran.