“Hey, I bet you a thousand won that you can't your elbow.”

                Jong Woon scoffed and rolled up his sleeves, looking at Dong Hee with a smug smirk. His eyes are unfocused and his cheeks were flushed pink. “Alright I’ll take you on your bet.”

                He pulled his arm close to his face and with all his might, tried to his elbow, sticking out and stretching his tongue in attempt to do so. Of course, it was impossible.

                Dong Hee smirked and held out his palm to which Jong Woon slapped the money onto it, grumbling a bunch of profanities under his breath before downing a drink.

                “HEY GUYS, HOW ABOUT WE PLAY A GAME?!” shouted Hyukjae. His words were all over the place, but somehow, the others had managed to understand him.

                “Play what?” asked Kyuhyun. Even though he was fourteen, he was still drinking the alcohol, but of course it was to a minimal amount since he wanted to avoid getting wasted like his hyungs.

                “I don't know the name but the rules are simple,” slurred Hyukjae. “First player flips a coin and calls heads or tails when it is in the air. If he is right he can either pass the coin to his left or choose to go again. If he gets it right again he can choose anybody to drink and if they won't drink they must remove an article of clothing. If he is wrong on his first flip, he must either drink or remove and article of clothing. If you call it correct and choose to go 3 times in a row you may put back on an article of clothing or tell somebody to take one off.”

                “In other words, if you guess wrong you must sip or strip. If you decline to drink when told to do so you must strip. If you guess correctly you may choose to go again. If you get 2 in a row correct choose somebody to drink. If you get 3 in a row correct put back on an article of clothing or tell somebody else to remove one,” Siwon clarified when he saw the members’ confused faces.

                Donghae stared at him with half lidded eyes, a bored expression on his face before it cracked into a huge smile. “YEAH WE SHOULD PLAY THAT! I REALLY WANT TO TRY IT OUT!”

                Everyone flinched at his sudden raise of volume when he talked. For one, they were surprised that he could even be that loud. They were also surprised to see the uptight Donghae become so free and happy. But it was obvious it was just the alcohol.

                “Okay, but EVERYONE has to play! Henry, you’re—Henry?” slurred Young Woon. The maknae was fast asleep on the couch. “Never mind.”

                Zhou Mi made sure Henry was away of line of fire if everyone was going to drink, just in case he was one of the crazy drunkards to be. Everyone had gotten a drink and started downing them first to get the whole tipsy effect before they grabbed new ones.

                The first player was Jung Soo, as they were going in order by age. He took the coin and flipped it.

                “Tails!” It was heads. And like that, the game had begun with Jung Soo’s shirt off. 

                It’s been an hour since they played and they were already getting bored.  Instead of playing games, they were just having drinking contests, in which, almost all the members were already drunk on alcohol.

                Donghae especially was starting to feel dizzy as he lay on the couch to ease his spinning head. Kyuhyun, Kibum, Young Woon and Siwon were still at it with the drinking contest; Hyukjae, Sungmin, Ryeowook, Jong Woon, Dong Hee, Jung Soo, Heechul, Hangeng and Zhou Mi were playing Just Dance with their minds clouded with alcohol.

                “I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want, so tell me what you want, what you really really want, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really really really wanna zigazig ha!” sang everyone as Heechul and Sungmin danced to Spice Girls’ “Wannabe”.

                “If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends (gotta get with my friends). Make it last forever, friendship never ends. If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give, taking is too easy, but that's the way it is!” Weirdly enough, as the members all sang this song together; Donghae and Hyukjae looked to each other at this specific stanza and apparently they were thinking the same thing. They wanted to kiss.

                With half guys playing around Donghae’s living room, they couldn’t help but feel reckless and carefree. To put it simply, the atmosphere is getting them in the mood. They weren’t sure if it was the alcohol affecting how they think and acted or if it was their true feelings being revealed, but one thing is for sure, they didn’t give two s about it now.

                Donghae eyed Hyukjae and was surprised that Hyukjae had a decent amount of muscle to him.

                Well duh, he plays soccer babo, thought Donghae, shaking his head. But he couldn’t help but admire them. I wonder if mine look like that.

                “Donghae-ah!” cooed Hyukjae. Donghae looked at him and flinched a bit.

                They sat closer to each other, so close that they could feel each other’s hot breath on each other’s faces. Donghae blushed from the close proximity they were at as he stared into Hyukjae’s eyes. They leaned closer and closer before Hyukjae was pulled away by the arm and Donghae face planted onto the seat where Hyukjae sat.

                “It’s your turn to dance Hyukjae!” slurred Hangeng.

                “Yah, I don't want to dance!” complained Hyukjae, but made no attempt to get out of his grasp.

                “Why? So you could be all lovey-dovey with Donghae back there?” taunted Heechul, making kissy faces at him. Hyukjae blushed, but it went unnoticed by the others.

                “Aish, you guys are giving be a headache!”

                Hyukjae glanced over at Donghae and saw that he was staring right back at him. His expression was unreadable but Hyukjae could have sworn Donghae was pouting slightly.

                Damn it Hankyung hyung! I would have kissed those luscious lips by now! Hyukjae thought, his vision getting clouded with alcohol again.

                By now, all the alcohol was drunken by the others and if you could compare the scene with a zoo, there would absolutely be no difference.

                “WHOOOO~!” whooped an almost Dong Hee as he slid across the room on the spinning chair.

                “Dong Hee hyung, let me try!” pouted Sungmin. He tried to pry off a clinging Kyuhyun that had his lips puckered and eyes closed.

                “Sungmin hyung, give me a kiss!” Kyuhyun said, getting closer to Sungmin’s face.

                “Okay Dong Hee, let’s do this!” Jong Woon said, taking off his helmet and jumped onto Dong Hee’s back as they slid across the floor with the chair.

                “Ugh, I feel a little sleepy,” Donghae yawned. Well, you couldn’t blame him. After Hyukjae was taken away from him, all he did was sit on the couch with the others that had passed out. Kibum was lying on Siwon’s lap as Siwon was sprawled out in his seat. Jung Soo was trying to keep the others under control as he was the only sober one as of now. Zhou Mi and Henry were on the other couch sleeping and Ryeowook was doing some weird snake dance to “Jai Ho” by the Pussycat Dolls along with Heechul and Hangeng.

               It was then that Donghae suddenly felt a pair of strong arms wrap around his waist and he immediately jerked away from the touch. He turned his head slowly and saw a half Hyukjae with his eyes closed, resting his head on Donghae’s side.

                “Hyukjae?” croaked Donghae.

                “Sh, just stay still,” mumbled Hyukjae. “You’re too loud.”

                Donghae blushed a bit. His tired voice made him sound totally hot. Hyukjae’s long eyelashes were noticed as they were closed and his lips were looking even more kissable than ever. Donghae’s hand unconsciously reached out and traced it, starting from his eyebrows to his nose and then finally his lips. Donghae was certain that Hyukjae was one of the attractive ones in the group of friends.

                “Mm, Donghae, what are you doing?” Donghae paused and looked to see Hyukjae giving him a sleepy and lopsided smirk. Donghae blushed behind his glasses and moved his hand, but Hyukjae made a grab for it.

                “S-sorry?” stuttered Donghae.

                “Don't be,” Hyukjae smiled. For the umpteenth time, Donghae had blushed a bright tomato red. Hyukjae kept a strong grip on Donghae’s hand, in case he would pull away any minute, but he didn’t. Instead, Donghae relaxed a bit with Hyukjae’s touch.

                Hyukjae also followed his lead and relaxed his grip, smiling a little as he rubbed Donghae’s palm with his thumb. This feels nice . . .

                Omo, he’s so close, thought Donghae. Hyukjae sat up and stared into Donghae’s eyes and Donghae stared right back. Slowly their eyes started to close and their lips had met.

               It was just their lips brushing against one another before Donghae took the initiative and pulled Hyukjae closer, deepening the kiss. Hyukjae smiled against his lips before wrapping his arms around his waist.

♦{Author's Note}♦

Omo, I'm so sorry for not updating the last few weeks! I'm starting to get writer's block and I never have the chance to actually type out the chapter. Since I have the regents next month, my updates may get slower and slower since I will have to prepare for them to get over at least an eighty. (New York has officially tried raising the standards and I definitely don't want to take them a second time).

Again, I'm really sorry! I hoped you liked the chapter! Thanks for reading! ^^

P.S) I apologize if the chapter seems short and sloppy, I wrote the chapter when my sister was out having a sleepover at her boyfriend's house so I was the only one awake in the dark and I was scared to death xD