Stuck With You (Jinjoo)

Chapter 16

"A time of exactly 1 minute for Eunbi and Hyewon, currently making them in the lead!" Tiffany announced after the two finished their turn.

They were already with the two pairs below the slide, a towel wrapped on their shoulders.

Eunbi held Misses up with her right hand, sighing. "I guess I used too much of her luck yesterday by beating you on your game." She tells Hyewon. "1 minute is good, but it was still a minute. We could've did it a few seconds earlier."

Hyewon stood by Eunbi's side, listening. "Misses did help us, it just seems like we lacked some luck. But a minute is not that bad. We're first now, aren't we?"

"Hmm, I guess." Eunbi says, putting Misses away. "Let's see how the other teams will do."

From the top of the slide, Chaewon and Hitomi were now preparing for their turn. They both got inside the boat as the ones behind them started pushing it through the tube's slide, the others closely watching them.

Hitomi closed her eyes the entire time. Chaewon was screaming excitedly behind her. "Hitoma! Open your eyes! You don't wanna miss this!" She shouts excitedly behind Hitomi.

Because of Chaewon's words, Hitomi didn't close her eyes anymore. As soon as she did, she was shouting in joy the same way Chaewon did.

Soon, their both reached the bottom. They swam as fast as they could over to where the balloons were. Hitomi picked up the first balloon, put it between her and Chaewon, and squeezed it. It instantly popped the moment they did.

"Come on, come on. Let's go for the next one." Chaewon instructs. Hitomi quickly went for the second one, them popping it as easily as the second.

"Woah, they pop those balloons really quick." Yena says from above.

Both the teams from up the slide and the ones next to the pool were watching them with anticipation. It looked like they were about to beat the current time that Eunbi and Hyewon had. And after a few seconds, they actually did.

"56 seconds!" Tiffany happily announced. "We now have a new first placers!"

Chaewon and Hitomi jumped happily in the pool, hugging each other as they did. The other teams clapped their hands for the two.

"Two remaining pairs to go. Will they beat the current time of 56 seconds?" Moonbin asked. Hearing this made the two pairs even more nervous.

"Ahh, Yuri! I really want to win! We have to beat their time!" Yena whines, bouncing on the balls of her feet anxiously.

"Don't worry. I have a feeling we'll beat them." Yuri says with a determined look on her face.

Yena stopped bouncing when she saw how Yuri looked. "Okay. I trust you. Let's go."

Both Yuri and Yena went over to the boat to get ready for their turn. Yuri got inside first as Yena came after her. Minjoo and Yujin watched at the side. There were the only contestants left on top of the slide now that Yuri and Yena were having their turn.

"Ready?" The staff asked them.

Yuri and Yena were both holding the railings on the slide, nodding their head at the staff's question. As soon as the time started, they pushed themselves in.

"Bye bye." Was Yena's last words before their boat slid down the tube towards the bottom.

Their boat got inside the dark tunnel as the two girls began to scream. Yujin and Minjoo changed positions to see Yuri and Yena's boat descend down from the slide.

After a few seconds, the boat came out of the tunnel. Their faces were both splashed by a strong gust of water mist. They then reached the point where their boat soared high on the slide and the next thing they knew, they were already sliding backwards towards the pool.