THE TRANSFER STUDENT

The Party, Pt. 1

"It's party time!" Hoseok yelled as he charged into his living room with five bottles of what looked suspiciously to be like alcohol. "Let's get this party started, shall we!"

Hoseok really wasn't kidding when he said he was organising a party. Because wow, this party was one of the most extravagant parties Jieun had ever been to. She should have guessed when Hoseok had shown her that watch of his, because his house was huge - almost like a mansion. His living room itself was probably the size of Jieun's entire house. Jieun couldn't stop gawking at how huge and how beautifully furnished his house was.

"No regrets, huh," Hoseok winked at Jieun as he walked past, catching Jieun with her mouth hanging open. "I wouldn't invite you guys for nothing, would I?"

"It's..." Jieun stammered. "It's pretty great."

"What you get as my friend," Hoseok shrugged. "Enjoy the party, Jieun. You deserve it."

Jieun looked around. The house was filled with familiar faces - the F5, Jennie, Doyeon, Jisoo, Seokjin, the jocks whom Hoseok was close to and... that was it. Byulyi wasn't in sight, but Jieun kind of wasn't surprised. She seemed totally out of it yesterday too, after she had returned from the storeroom with Seokjin. Something must have happened back there - but Seokjin was here tonight, which kinda surprised Jieun.

Jieun glanced to her right. There was Yoojung and Jimin, smiling at each other, trying to keep their hands off each other but failing to do so. They began poking each other and giggling, ignoring the obvious glares Taehyung was sending their way.

Jieun turned to her left. There was Jungkook, looking as handsome as ever. Today, he had worn a yellow dress shirt folded up to his elbows and ripped jeans - that style suit him more than he probably knew. Jieun couldn't help but notice how well her yellow dress matched him.

Everything had been rather normal since what happened on Thursday, the day after prom. They were still talking and everything, but Jieun was feeling more confused than ever. She hadn't questioned Jungkook as to why he didn't fulfil his promise of wearing his bracelet yet, because... it was kinda embarrassing, was it not? I don't know, but to her it was.

Jungkook didn't seem to notice how uncomfortable she was feeling though. During PE yesterday, he had automatically grabbed her hand, pulling her aside without even asking her if she wanted to be his partner. She let him do it, though, but regretted later on, because she really didn't know what was up with him. Did he want her to be his girlfriend or not? You see, he hadn't utter a single word about it since that night.

"Listen up, my lads!" Hoseok grinned, holding up the bottles in his hands. "I got us some good stuff tonight, let's drink our guts out!"

"Is that... alcohol?" Jieun muttered under her breath.

"Yes, this is alcohol!" Hoseok laughed. "Wonderful stuff, these are."

"Are we not under-"

"Thou shalt not speak of such things in the Jung residence," Hoseok continued. "I'm a year older, and legal, so I got this wonderful drink for us to celebrate tonight! Let's go!"

"Um-" Jieun had been a law-abiding citizen her whole life, who never had a single sip of alcohol before.

"The first game we'll be playing is... truth or drink!" Hoseok yelled with a slight slur in his voice, and Jieun couldn't help but wonder if he already had some of the alcohol before they had even arrived. "Come, let's sit in a circle!"

No one else seemed to have a problem with the alcohol, except Jieun. They all sat down in a circle on the spacious floor of Hoseok's living room. Seokjin sat next to Jisoo, looking slightly uncomfortable but to Jieun, it seemed clear that he was mostly bothered by the fact that Byulyi wasn't around.

"Where's she?" Seokjin whispered when he sat down next to Hoseok.

"Who?" Hoseok thought for a while. "Ah, Byulyi? She's not coming, she says she's not feeling well."

Damn it.

He had pep-talked himself the whole of last night and finally gathered enough courage to come to the party today and settle everything once and for all... in front of both Jisoo and Byulyi. But now that Byulyi wasn't around, he couldn't do it. Looks like he had to wait for another day.

Oddly enough, Seokjin was kind of relieved.