#the little pause at the end ... girl's in looooooooove.

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ANYA  &  WADE.    promise  me  a  place , in  your  house  of  memories.     ⤷    a  dynamic  study  of  anastasia  &  wade.   ( feat.  @ontheticktick. )

[skz-candy]

marathon runner

December 13th, 2019

Candy put her earphones in as she left JYP for the day, getting ready to head back to the dorm for a shower before having another girl's night with Luna and Nancy. She was listening to Congratulations by Eric Nam when her ringtone for Sunwoo started playing. With a small smile, she decided to answer him.

"The queen is speaking," she said.

"A little birdy told me the truth about Jisung and Ryujin," Sunwoo hummed.

"The news came out yesterday, it wasn't a secret."

"Wasn't it? You knew last week!" Sunwoo exclaimed. "So? Did you two talk?"

"About what? Rehearsals? Lessons? Dinner? The weather?"

"Candy, you know what. Did you tell him how he made you feel? From beginning to end."

"Yeah, about that," Candy switched which arm her bag was over. "I didn't do that."

"Did you two talk at all?!"

"He asked if I actually forgave him for lying to him about Ryujin and Jisung."

"Lying? About what?"

"It was fake," Candy mumbled, making Sunwoo let out an exaggerated gasp. Her phone vibrated, showing Renjun was calling. "Can Renjun join the call?"

"Oh, but he knows nothing!"

"I know, that's why I'm adding him," Candy added Renjun.

"CANDY! YOU'RE BACK!"

"She's been back," Sunwoo scoffed.

"Yes, hello Renjun," Candy laughed. "Sorry I haven't reached out, I've been trying to catch up on what I missed. I'm free Sunday if you guys wanted to hang out?"

"Ooh, really? Jaemin and Chenle have been talking about you recently. Well, Stray Kids anyway."

"Stray Kids is always in the news," Candy laughed softly. "And for once, it isn't my fault!"

"Jisung and Ryujin were fake, did you know that?" Sunwoo gossiped.

"I could totally tell he wasn't into her," Renjun stated.

"Of course you did," Candy huffed. "I didn't."

"Renjun, she loooooooves Jisung," Sunwoo sang.

"Oooh," Renjun laughed. "I figured that out."

"What? When?" Candy paused outside the building. "How could you possibly know?"

"Well, your solo live. The way your face changes on stage when he performs. Nancy said Jisung was the one who brought you back, too."

"What a snitch," Candy mumbled, heading to her dorm.

"I gotta get to practice, I'll talk to you guys later," Sunwoo said, hanging up.

"You two are friends?" Candy asked, slipping her shoes off.

"I guess we bonded over missing you," Renjun admitted. "But don't get used to it, I still believe I'm your bestie."

"As my bestie, do you think I run away from my problems?" Candy put him on speaker so she could grab things for a shower.

"Depends on the problem," Renjun said after a pause. "If you struggle with a dance move, you work on it day and night, hitting it head on. If someone is mad at you, you hesitate and usually it leads to a bigger conflict. If you do something to someone, you never talk about it or do anything."

"Am I really that bad?" Candy looked at herself in her mirror. "I mean, if I did something to them, isn't not being around them a good thing?"

"That's not what you do, though," Renjun sighed. "There's time to gather your thoughts, and then there's a time to apologize and talk through it. You skip the talking through it part."

"I'm going to shower and think about it, okay?"

"We're hanging out this weekend!"

"Of course. Bye Jun."

"Bye Candy!!"

-

"Any new gossip?" Nancy raised an eyebrow. Luna looked over at her from her position on the couch, even though all the blood was rushing to her head from it.

"You mean specifically from Candy, or me too?" Luna asked.

"My life has been boring this week, thank you very much," Candy put her phone down.

"Yeah?" Nancy asked, quickly grabbing Candy's phone. "Who are you texting?"

"Hey!" Candy tried to take it back, but Nancy quickly stood up.

"Ooooh," Luna rolled into a sitting up position, blinking slightly. "Who is it?"

"It's Felix," Nancy hummed. "He just said, 'I don't know how to say this. . .' so I guess we wait and see."

"What are you talking to Felix about?" Luna looked at Candy.

"HE REPLIED!" Nancy yelled out.

"Ugh,"  Candy stood up. "We're talking about me."

"Felix said, 'You do kinda avoid topics a lot.' I'm disappointed there is no tea," Nancy whined.

"He's right, isn't he?" Candy took her phone back.

"I mean, you did leave the country," Luna sat back down. Candy rolled her eyes.

"You haven't told Jisung you looooooooove him yet, have you?" Nancy guessed.

"I want to do it at the right time."

"I'm sure Jisung thought he did it at the right time when he told you," Luna mumbled, making Candy push her.

"Enough about Candy. Luna, you seemed interested in Felix??" Nancy sat beside her, with Candy on the ground.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA SO THAT NEW DRAMA HUH?!?"