[it's the baby and eomma ship in iz*one!]

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[rain, teasing, and you]

On their way back to the IZ*ONE's Dorm 1, the rain started to fall heavily and with no sign of settling down anytime soon. 

Water came down from the darkening sky, drenching the flowers and trees and the softening ground underneath them in no time at all.

Eunbi considered running as she and Nako unfortunately spent all their won buying groceries, which meant they could not possibly pay a cab to drive them back to Dorm 1, but decided against it.

They were carrying goods from the market, which they might drop in their haste. Running over mud and slippery stones weren't safe. 

And above all else, Eunbi would never want her beloved Nako to grow tired.

"It'll let up soon," Eunbi told her, letting her Nako stand close to her under a large tree. It wasn't the best shelter, but it was surely better than nothing. "once it calms down a little bit, I'll carry you back home, Nako-yah."

"Are you as strong as Chaeyeon unnie now? You can't carry all these persimmons and me, Eunbi unnie," Nako said, teasingly.

Once she learned to tease the older, she did not stop. 

It wasn't something the leader disliked, though. It's far from the silent, timid her from when they first met in Produce48, and an even farther one from how everyone was after the announcing of the final members- broken and disbelieving of a future where they can poke fun of each other like this. Their struggle and constant training in all categories had already ended, and they all recovered somehow. 

Now everytime Nako teased her about something, she jokingly says a little prayer that they got this far in front of the smol.

"Yah! I'm just as strong as that dancing feather!" Eunbi said, her expression determined. "The tubs of ice cream, the potatoes, the meat and eggs and you! I'll carry them all! It won't be a problem. Watch me!"

Nako laughed and feigned worry, "I dunno... it sounds like a disaster waiting to happen, ne unnie?"

She gently took her hair out of her ponytail, squeezing the water out and letting the drops of water trail along her pale arms and elbows. 

God, Yabuki Nako. She looked dazzling with her hair down, always has, even though they were both soaked and chilled to the bone like that. 

It distracted Eunbi exactly for a beat before she attempted to form a retort in her head.

"I-It's not," She began meekly, then her voice started to raise a bit with confidence, "What, you think the greatest, most amazing leader, Kwon Eunbi can't carry a few measly baskets and her member in the rain?"

Nako couldn't hold back a tug on her lips. Of course her unnie acted the way she would when the members try to playfully tease her. She was the oldest in IZ*ONE, but man can she act younger than Wonyoung, who was younger by a few years.

Nako loved that about Kwon Eunbi.

The older saw her change of expression and instantly her heart's pace increased. 

It always amazed Eunbi seeing Nako smile. 

Her face lit up and both her eyes shone the brightest. Oh how she could permanently imprint that in her mind.

"Your girlfriend, you mean."

As always, Eunbi's heart went bam! like it does every time she remembered Yabuki Nako, this wonderful girl right here, was her girlfriend. 

"And I believe you, unnie. You've always been good at carrying me, even when I was a heavy burden, so..."


Nako looked down, suddenly bashful.

It somewhat resembled the first time they met. 

The sight made Eunbi's heart make another strange loud noise in her head, just as the hiss of rain around them came to a complete stop.

Nako blushed at the look on the older's face. "Oh, hey look! It's not raining anymore. And I can walk, unnie. No need to carry me or anything, so-"

She's right. 

The sun was out, the sky was clear, walking wouldn't be a problem. 

However, Eunbi ignored all that nonetheless, suddenly making Nako stammer and clutch the bag that in her hands tightly as the former started to walk home with her own bags hanging from her arms. 

And Nako in her arms, just as she promised.

This leader, I swear!- "Eunbi unnie!" Nako cried, her blush only worsening.

"See, Nako-yah? Not heavy at all!" Eunbi declared cheerfully, happily revelled the way the younger's face heated up close to her own. "I can carry you everywhere you need me to. Just say the word!"

Oh, Kwon Eunbi. You're persistent as ever.

"You're so embarrassing, geez," Nako whined, but she laughed in the end anyway.

And even though Eunbi had a hell of a time with the midget's teasing after wheezing all the way to the latter's dorm, she thought that carrying all that weight was more than worth it. 

If it came to Yabuki Nako, to her everything was worth it.

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word count:

863

sorry it's boring and short and boring

 i wanted my new friend's reqs posted as soon as i finished writing it my notepad :DD

gotta say this is the fastest i came up w a oneshot :)

stay safe always!!