Then she ran the bath, setting her phone on the edge of the tub.
The bathroom filled with steam slowly. She poured the small hinoki bath salts from the amenities basket into the water because she was in Tokyo and it was Tuesday and she had genuinely earned it.
She lowered herself in carefully. Rested her head back. Stared at the ceiling.
She let herself think through the day in order, putting things in their right places the way she did before sleep. The prep room. Doyun in the chair. Taekyung's words delivered flat and factual before walking out. Yura in that dress while giving her the not so good news. Manager Park's quiet: you're holding up well.
Haejin's jaw setting by exactly the right amount when Yura walked in.
Most important person in my life. On camera. In Tokyo.
She had been carrying that alongside everything else all day.
'You're holding a lot,' she thought to herself.
She was aware.
She picked up her phone instead.
