Aera's pov
"So much work,"I sighed. I put the dough in the microwave. I remebered how  Mrs. Bora emphasized on the words creativity and uniqueness.

Next day
"Heya...are u done with the cookies?" Mrs. Bora came just when I woke up.

"Yes, but that group is left"

"Good job, Aera, I'm here to help u....voz U have done almost most our work".

"I'm ur most precious student right?"

"Yes....Aera," she replied and chuckled.

10 hours later
"I hope everyone has arrived here," Jin spoke.

"So, today is a very special day. We have two events once again. Lets wish our beloved Min Suga's birthday"

Everyone cheered and clapped as Suga walked up.

"Good evening to everyone here, I know most of u don't like me becoz of my introvert personality but what keeps us together is the trust amd belief. You all still trust and believe that I won't do some extreme bad things,  and I wanna keep that trust. Thank you so much for arranging my birthday every year like this. Hope we can stay together like this,"Suga spoke.

A gift was given.

"Now, to begin our.....", Suga stopped suddenly and looked at me. There was no expression in his face. I felt Taehyung's hands pressing mine tightly.

"Well, our traditional game of Hide and seek. We choose 4 people for 4 balloons. So lets....choose by lottery,"Suga said and gestured Jin to choose from the pot of papers.

Jin walked and took one..

"Hyuna..."

I saw Hyuna as her name was called. Like this 3 other names were called too.

"Hobi
Aera
Joseph "

We got up.

"Pls be in line and privk a balloon one by one,"Suga spoke.

Hyuna went and pricked.  She wasn't the theif. Hobi wasn't too.

In my turn ,I stood before the 2 balloons . Heart racing inside my chest.

"Aera", Jin whispered making me realise that I was taking too much time. So I pricked.

"So with this, Joseph becomes this year's theif. Make sure to hide well," Suga ended the speech but with a anonymous gummy smile.

Joseph was taken inside a house for counting and the crowd began to hide. And in between the crowd something caught my eyes.

"Where's Suga going?" I askes to myself.

"Hurry up Aera, ignore him," Taehyung said and pulled my arm.