Those days - txtzy

part 5: 二

The party was not Jisu's definition of fun. There were alcohol and snacks, but since she wasn't much of a drinker, she stood at a side with a cup of chilled water. Ryujin was doing shots like the confident girl she was, Beomgyu sitting beside her looking incredibly concerned as the number of filled bottles dwindled down. Yuna and Kai were playing a drinking game along with a few other people, eliciting many yelps and shouts of satisfaction. Yeji and her soft-of boyfriend Yeonjun were tucked in a corner, having a quality conversation as if they were on a date and not in the middle of a hectic mess of a party.

Then there was Choi Soobin. He was dashing as always, a loose carefree smile on his face and an arm slung over the shoulders of a meek small girl.

"That's Ara," Chaeryeong pointed out carefully, suddenly appearing by her side like a ghost.

"She looks uncomfortable," Jisu couldn't help but note.

Chaeryeong shrugged, "I hear she doesn't like parties. Oh well." With that, the girl toasted Jisu with her cup of most-likely alcohol and made her way through the room.

"How did we even get alcohol?" Jisu asked Yeji as she slipped over to the duo, "Aren't half of us underaged?"

Yeonjun smirked, "Ryujin's dad owns a liquor chain, no? I guess it was easy for her to just snatch a couple of bottles."

"Or boxes," Yeji added, sighing and shaking her head. "What can we do. It's her choice to get her ass whooped by her dad tomorrow."

"Not if he doesn't find out," Ryujin said in a sing-songy voice as she floated over to them, then grabbed Jisu's hands and yanked, "Come on, we're gonna play truth or dare!"

The game was rather easy and went by smoothly, seven minutes in heaven for Yeji and Yeonjun, Beomgyu's dared to drink green tea mixed with pepper and Taehyun had to confess the name of his crush.

Groans and laughs filled the room until the next person was Soobin.

Everyone paused for a second, unsure of what to make the boy do.

"Truth or dare?" Yuna helpfully started, and Soobin confidently threw out, "Dare."

Kai leaned forward excitedly, then said, "I dare you to kiss the prettiest girl in the room."

Soobin, with a mildly drunk expression, faltered. Kai then added, "Notice I said girl because if I asked for the prettiest person it would obviously be me." That earned a slap on the back from Yuna. Ara shot Kai a sharp look, evidently concerned that Soobin would not choose her. Kai, happily oblivious, instead looked at Soobin with an anticipating grin. Soobin gave a lopsided smirk, and leaned to the right, missing Ara purposely and pressing a kiss to a very startled Jisu's lips. Gasps erupted and the moment was rudely interrupted when Jisu pushed the boy away roughly, then Ara stood abruptly, wiping her eyes and taking great strides out of the room.