Jia-Jia!! Morning! Did you sleep well?" Xiao Xia, Jiajia's best friend, called out to her, joining her on her run.
"I'm fine!! You too?" she replied to Xiao Xia's surprise.
"What's with you? You never replied to me until we reached the training ground. Did something happen?" Xiao Xia asked, feigning worry.
"What?! I wanna reply for a change, anything wrong?" she asked.
"No. You must remain like this. Did you know how depressed I was when you didn't reply?"
"You were? You looked just fine to me." Feng Jia said, shocking Xiaxia to the point that she tripped and fell face first. "Are you alright?"
"How would I be!? Your EQ really hasn't improved!!" Xia-Xia said angrily.
"What's with my EQ?" She asked innocently.
"You see!! I'm angry right now and you still can't tell! Just who did you inherit this bad trait from?" Xiao Xia said.
"You're angry? Why?" She asked.
"You!... Nevermind. Hmph!" Xia-Xia said and got up to continue running.
"Pfft!! Xia-Xia, you're so cute! Let's go."Jiajia said smiling.
"You!!... You smiled!!!!?? Tell me! You're not the real Jiajia are you!?" As Feng Jia never smiled, laughed, or said anyone was cute before, Xiaxia was shocked and suspicious.
"What can anyone possibly do to me? I'm your Feng Jia! Come on, the others must be waiting. I have something important to tell all of you." Feng Jia said, half-sarcastic, half-serious.
"Alright. Thank goodness nothing happened to you."Xia-Xia replied relieved
***At their training ground***
"Hey!! Jiajia!! You're here. Oh, Xia is here too." Gai Chu said.
"What? Am I not supposed to be here?"
"Meh... Probably not. You being here or not doesn't exactly make a difference does it?" Qiao San said.
"Hey!! What does that mean!? I'm Jiajia's best friend!! Besides, you're all boys. I can't leave my Jia-Jia in you guys' rough hands!" Xia-Xia replied, somewhat smug….and proud.
"You've forgotten me? So fast…. I wasn't here for just two weeks and you've already forgotten me. Besides, we're not all boys, I'm a girl. So Xia, if you're here or not doesn't really matter." Zhi Shi said.
"You always dress like a boy, you're not a girl at all!" Xia said.
"At least, I'm better than you. You wear skirts and act like an innocent person when you know deep down in your heart that you're tougher than most boys out there." ShiShi said.
"Jia also wears skirts!!" Xia said in defense.
"She wears both skirts, trousers, and shorts!! Unlike you who only wears skirts." They both started arguing.
"At least I behave like a girl. you're full of boyish character. Unlike you, I'm a mix of both!" Xia said.
"...Pfft! Hahaha! Stop! Let's just stop!! Enough arguing for today till tomorrow." ShiShi said.
"You're right. It's enough." Xia replied, smilingly placing her hand on Shishi's shoulders.
"Shishi!! You're here! Oh, thank goodness! I thought I'd never see you again!" Feng Jia said and hugged Zhi Shi to the shock of the others.
"Heck!! Jiajia never hugged me before, what makes you think you're qualified to be hugged by her!?" Xiao Xia Xia shouted and attacked Shishi fiercely.
"Oh my... You really don't take me as a girl like you at all." Shishi said and started defending against Xia's attack. "Say.. don't you see it weird that she hugged me and said she thought she would never see me again?" Shishi said again.
"Hey! That's true!! Jia said she wanted to tell us all something on our way. And now that we're all here, Jia, you're free to talk." Xia said, restraining herself from hitting Zhi Shi.
"Thought you'd never ask. You actually forgot. You were having so much fun arguing and sparring against each other, so I decided not to interrupt." Jia said in reply.
"Besides, not everyone's here. Rourou Isn't here yet."
"Oh! She's coming today!? Thought she was going to drop out with us." Gia Chu said.
"Well, not anymore she'll be back. You'll see. Anyways, while we're waiting, let's play rock, paper, scissors!" Jia said.
"You!!!!! You???? You… You want to play rock, paper, scissors!?" Everyone exclaimed, shocked, surprised, and happy. "Also, you said PLAY!!?"
"Yeah, so what!?" Can't I change?!" Jiajia asked.
"Not that but, this change is too.... Bad? Absurd? Look, what happened? Tell us. We don't need to wait for Sheng Rou. She'll probably not come." Qiao San said.
"Who said I'm not coming? Look, guys, I know I said I'm not coming again….. I… I've never said this to anyone before, not even my parents, but, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for shouting at you, I'm sorry for telling you you're not real friends, I'm sorry for not taking your advice, that my other friends are not sincere. I'm sorry for everything. Can I join you guys again?" Sheng Rou said, apologising.
"We forgive you, and of course! You can join us again." Shishi said. "Now Jia, Tell us what happened."
"What happened? What do you mean? Did something happen to Jia!?" Sheng Rou asked.
"Nothing happened. Just listen." Jia replied.