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❝—third pov.❞

  it was a bright early tuesday morning. everyone had just risen up from their slumber and got dressed into their uniforms. some students, however, did not get enough sleep due to some complications: the fact that they had to sleep with crying babies.

some even had to apply more make up than the usual to hide the bags under their eyes.

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  "eunmi-unnie!" jihye called the girl as she speeded across the sidewalk, "wait up!"

  eunmi turned around to face the younger girl who had a baby wrapped around her arms, she looked at heryim and raised an eyebrow. "you're bringing it to school?"

they started walking towards the entrance if the school when jihye nodded. "of course. i can't just leave it alone at home."

they walked into the school doors: the hallways were still nearly empty at seven 'o clock, just their luck.

"why don't you just make jimin take care of it?" eunmi responded, like it was the most obvious answer to retort her with.

"..–i don't know, really." jihye realized, and gave her a shrugged as they neared their lockers. fortunately, their lockers were on the same floor and were nearby, so they didn't have to end their conversation there.

"mhm.." eunmi hummed as she took out her textbooks and binders for homeroom and the next few periods. "do you like jimin?" she was suddenly curious and asked.

"i don't know." jihye said again. when finally finished taking everything out of her locker, she closes it and walks over to eunmi, "do i like him?"

eunmi gave up in trying to know and sighed before hearing the sound of her phone ring.

BAD A$$ RIRI

SONGRI:
hey
are u here early?

EUNMI:
yeah
im with jihye
2nd floor

SONGRI:
k
we r all here @ the entrance

EUNMI:
we're on our way
bye bby ♡

SONGRI:
go away rat,,

  eunmi shut her phone off and told jihye to follow her. they walked all the way downstairs to the front entrance to see all five girls who carried their electronic babies.

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  after school, heryim decided to invite all the girls to a sleepover just for laughs. jaedam tried to resist by saying having a sleepover on a tuesday is a bad idea, but the other girls eventually persuaded her to attend.

  everyone was dressed up in their pajama's and laid on heryim's bedroom floor. they watched a few romance-comedies with all their babies laid beside the window sill. it was only after the movie when everyone was tired that they really had a personal conversation.

  "you know," jaedam started, "i'm almost glad i met you all through that class."

  "why? you aren't glad now?" songri shouted as she threw one of the pillows at her.

  jaedam laughs, "i am glad!" she laughed some more as the others got themselves a pillow each to start hitting jaedam with. "you're almost family." she tried to say through all the pillows she was being hit with.

  after they had calmed down, jaedam tried to speak again. "i don't get why others think i'm rich." the others look at her confused.

  "it's only half true." she commented. "i was born into a family of a successful stock broker father, a bank teller mom, and two older brothers. but others think i live in some luxurious abode."

  "still seems rich to me." eunmi admitted. she stood up from heryim's bed and sat down next to jaedam on the floor, "let's do some confessions. i mean, we are almost gonna be family right?"

  jaedam smiled as the others gathered into a circle. eunmi decided to confess next. "i've never really opened up about my parents." she looked at the others, who looked at her intrigued. she took a deep breath and continued, "i was born as an only child. my parents always indulged themselves to their vocation that they might as well date their jobs."

  "i would get whatever i want, but as a child, i taught myself everything i needed to know. all i wanted was to make my parents proud, which is why i try to get good grades. they're probably still at work right now." jaedam side hugged her as another spoke to confess.

  "the only reason that i like to daydream a lot, is because it keeps my mind off of the cruel reality happening in this world." jihye looked down as she confessed, leaving some shocked.

  "deep." heryim whispered.

  "well.. i was always envious of my older brother." hyesoo started, scratching her neck like she was unsure whether to confess or not. "he always out shined me in the family. my parents often praised him more than me. i guess that's why i'm such an attention seeker." hyesoo looked deeply in thought after that. fenjing enveloped her into a hug to make her feel better.

  "don't be sad." she said, "i know it's ironic i said that, but don't be."

  she sighed, "i might as well confess next." she removed her arms from hyesoo and apologized to everyone. "i'm sorry for being such a downer most of the times."

  it was silent. no one spoke, no one interfered with her time.

  "..–i was always a trouble maker back then. i was a happy bright kid. i guess when i opened my eyes to the dark reality, i realized the real color of the world." she paused before continuing again, "i used to spend a lot of my time at the roof of my house. i guess you can say it relaxes me. we should all try it one day."

  again, silence.

  "what about you, ri?" eunmi finally spoke.

  songri looked at everyone as she thought of something to say. "uh..-i don't really know what to confess.."

  "oh c'mon songri!" jihye nudged her, "you're ruining the moment!"

  finally, songri thought of something, "well.." she started, "my mom left me and my dad when i was only four months old. my father cared for me alt his time. being a single father was hard for him, he didn't know what to teach a girl. so instead he taught me what was common for a boy."

  "i guess that's why i'm not so 'girly' as you all might like me to be." she shrugged like it was nothing, "i love my papa." all the girls awed until songri glared at them.

  "finally, my turn!" heryim jumped from the floor and shouted.

  "bae heryim, quiet down!" they heard her mother shout from the outside of her door.

  "oops." heryim winced as she sat back down on the floor and started, "i think the only reason why i like shipping others is because i can't get a boyfriend myself." she admitted as the others laughed at her.

  "okay, calm down y'all." jaedam said with her arms trying to wave their emotions off, somehow. "i have another confession to make."

  "tell us!" heryim laid herself down with both her palms on her chin.

  "i.. well, me.. we.." jaedam tried to put her words to sense but couldn't.

  "spill it!" jihye said.

  "me and namjoon are dating!" jaedam covered her mouth after announcing it. everyone was shook. heryim screamed and hugged her while the others squealed.

  "okay, calm." jaedam instructed them to take deep breaths, and so they did. "now spill, do you guys like your partners?"

  "taehyung is 'alright' i guess. he seems to be interested in this girl named, hyuna though." eunmi shrugged.

  "whose that?" jihye asked her.

  "jungkook's cousin." a lot of oh's spread across the room.

  "well, i think jungkook hates me." heryim smiled, quite proud that someone hates her.

  "you know, i almost fell for the man if he wasn't such a narcissist." fenjing admitted, obviously referring to seokjin.

  "i don't really know. i'm known to easily fall in love.." she didn't say who she was referring to, but kept grazing her fingers on the necklace she wore.

  "i think jimin is weird." jihye raised her hand. "what about our little songri here?" she teased songri and pinched her cheeks.

  "i don't like hoseok, okay? we're just friends." she tried defending herself, but she knew her ears were turning pink. she was eunmi give her a look.

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when they awoke the next morning, they all had a gut feeling that something was wrong. their first instinct was to remember what happened last night and to check up on their babies.

songri was still asleep until she heard the noise of a baby crying. "someone, make it stop." she groaned.

but no one responded, and the baby was still crying. "make that mechanical baby shut the hell up, before i make it."

songri was so frustrated with the noise that she threw a near by pillow at the stupid baby, making it fall off the window sill and out of the house. "shit."

jihye came into the room with her baby in her hands. it looked like she was having difficulty controlling her's since it made this creepy noise. "guys, does anyone know how to turn this thing off?"

eunmi popped out of nowhere with a worried face, "uh, guys.."

"i used mine as a makeup tester, now mine looks like a pink glittery baby.."

"it won't. scrub off." she cried on heryim's bed, knowing her grades were doomed.

fenjing entered the room looking gloomy as usual, expect it looked like something was wrong with her baby. "it won't cry or do anything. i'm pretty sure mine's dead."

she sighed, "i have a feeling that we're gonna fail this project. it was nice knowing you all."

heryim entered the room with a breakfast tray in her hands and smiled, "don't think so negatively unnie, mine's doing just fine."

jaedam decided to correct her, "uh- i just saw yours inside the washing machine." she coughed, "your mom said she was doing the laundry tonight."

heryim dropped the tray and looked around the room like it was her last day. "jungkook is going to hate me now." she cried with eunmi on the bed.

"don't cry, you two." jaedam tried comforting them, "if it makes you feel better, i just found out that namjoon broke one of the baby's limbs before i took it from him yesterday."

it was chaotic in heryim's bedroom. but out of the seven, the last was possibly the worst:

"friends please give me all your attention. i just lost mine."

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i tried to write before this week starts, since i won't be able to write this week due to studies. sorry if this chapter isn't the best or seemed rushed, but now the real problem has been revealed! who knows, the next chapter might reveal the solution or a sub-problem :")

i'll be writing the next chapter soon!

any guesses on a sub-problem for the next chapter? maybe the solution to their problem right now? suggestions overall?

*this is only a goal, it is not necessary for us to reach it. ♡

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