Chaerin’s POV

“Oppa!”

He stopped and turned around. I could see he was a bit shocked to see me.

“Oppa?” he said questioningly pointing to himself.

“Oh I… sorry it came out naturally.” I mentally smacked myself. I always had to remind myself that he wasn’t my older brother but just looking at him reminded me of that person I miss a lot.

“No its okay.” He chuckled. “Technically I am your oppa.”

“Heh.” I tried to laugh but it just sounded awkward. “Sooo, what’re you doing with that?” I pointed at the sacks on his shoulder. I don’t know what they are. But they look heavy.

“Oh, we’re doing some work for the school.”

“Ahhh” I didn’t know what type of work in the school required him to carry such but I didn’t think too much on it and just walked with him. He surely is a gentleman. He still held the door open for me even if he was carrying a heavy load.

“Is that?” I squinted my eyes to get a clearer view. “Oh my God. This is your punishment, isn’t it?” I looked at Youngbae and he just scratched the back of his head.

“Yup. Part of it.”

Just outside the building were sacks of what looked like soil and I was pretty sure it was what Youngbae was carrying right now.

But what really caught my attention was him. He was sweating like crazy. His shirt was pretty much part of his skin now. And he was wearing a thin white shirt so each line and muscle in his body was emphasized. He wasn’t as muscular as Youngbae but his body had its own charm.

“He looks like he’s going to pass out.” I said, chuckling a little but actually feeling just a bit worried. I know Daesung, Seungri and Youngbae can pretty much handle the load judging from their bodies, but Jiyong?

“Who? Jiyong? Psh! That one’s a tough dude. He can handle more than what his body shows. Don’t underestimate his abilities just yet.” He winked at me and left, placing the two sacks he was carrying on top of the others already there.

“Here.”

Jiyong turned around. His tired face immediately changed to a grin when he saw her standing there.

“Thanks.” He took the bottle of water she offered.

“So this is your punishment huh?”

“Yup. But I’m happy to do it now if it means that you’ll take care of me.” He winked at her and took a big gulp of the water.

“Don’t think too much on it. I’m only here because they are.” She pointed to their table and he saw Minzy wiping Daesung’s sweat and Bom feeding TOP.

It disappointed him a bit, thinking that she wasn’t there on her own.

“Oh…”

“Yah. Wipe that sad look off your face. It doesn’t suit you.” She said walking back to the table. He just followed her.

“Until when are you doing this?” Bom asked. She wouldn’t outright say it but she was worried for her special friend. They have been carrying heavy loads all day. Her and TOP became closer over the period of time they knew each other. They just clicked together. They really fit each other well and the others could see that too. The others were always amused when they were together because it was always fun seeing Bom bully TOP since he was usually the one bullying others.

“I don’t know. They just said ‘Do it until further notice’.” TOP said imitating their principal.

Everyone laughed at his crazy antics. It was what Bom liked about him. Yes, he was super good looking and kind too but what really drew Bom to him was his child like behaviour which was always fun to see.

“You know we should all hang out.” Bom said getting excited.

“Yeah! That sounds like a good idea.” Minzy chimed in.

“No it’s not. Exams are coming.” Chaerin said, ultimately killing the happy vibe.

Everyone groaned as they were reminded about that.

“Ugh right. You’re all still in school.” A frustrated Bom said.

“Are you suddenly feeling old, Bomnaaa~?” TOP said cutely beside Bom.

“Yah! Shut up…” Bom said rolling her eyes.

“Then let’s do it after.” Youngbae suggested.

“Yeah!!” Everybody got excited after hearing that. Well, except for Chaerin. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to hang out with them. She did. She just wasn’t sure she wanted to hang out with him. And it wasn’t like she could turn down their offer now. She just had to come up with some excuse to not go later on.

“Yasss! I’m excited.” Bom said giddily.

It was time to go home. Well actually it was way past going home time but of course the five of them had to stay longer in school to finish their punishment. Not only did they need to carry those sacks but they also had to do some janitorial work and before going home, they had to report to the Head of the School and they had to wear suits. It was a really tiring day for them.

“Oh my God, I can’t feel my arms.” Seungri said. They just finished talking to the principal and it went pretty well. Their labor time was cut shorter since they did a good job but they still needed to work the janitorial hours.

“I wanna sleep for a ing year.” TOP murmured. It was the first time in his life that he had to carry sacks of soil and it is something he wouldn’t wanna do again.

“I just wanna go home and take a bath and sleep.” Daesung tiredly said. They were near the parking lot already and only their cars were left there.

“Yo Ji. Your fan girls have something for you again.” Youngbae said pointing to the very small box on the hood of Jiyong’s lambo.

Jiyong went in front of his car and suspiciously looked at the small box. On top of it was a small piece of paper neatly folded in to two. He cautiously took the paper and opened it.

I know you’re all tired. You should pop this if you don’t want to have aching muscles tomorrow. Share it to the boys if you want. P.S. Don’t think much about this. Bom unnie forced me to buy it.  –C

Jiyong opened the box and he can’t stop the face splitting grin forming on his face. In it were pieces of what he could guess as painkillers.

“Who’s it from? And what is it?” Youngbae asked, sticking his head out his car. The rest of the boys were only waiting for him to get in his car too so they could all leave together.

“An angel.” He replied “Here!” he tossed a pill to Youngbae who managed to catch it. He had superb catching skills and reaction time afterall.

“What’s this?” he eyed the pill.

“Just take it.” Jiyong said. He then went on to the other three and personally gave it to them. He knew they were all tired as hell and wouldn’t bother going out of their car anymore.

They all took the pill without even drinking water but no one cared. They were too tired to care.

To: Cat eyes 9:15 PM

Thank you. You’re an angel. I’ll see you tomorrow BABE.

Sent.

He was grinning all the way to his house.

……

It was only a week before their exams and Chaerin had done nothing but prepare for it. She even asked for time off in the club so she could focus on school plus she couldn’t really go to the club since her dad was still there.

“Chaerin-ah, you’ll perfect everything already! Come on, just come with us!” Bom whined while rolling on the younger’s bed.

“Just go without me unnie~ Mingkki is going anyway. You’ll have someone to save your if you get drunk.” She wasn’t interested in partying tonight.

“But it won’t be the same without youuuu~”

“Unnie’s right. Just come with us tonight then you can study again later.” Minzy said.

“You still have a long time before your exams anyway. What’s a night out?”

“They’re right Pudong-ah. You haven’t done anything but study the past week. You should go out.” Her dad was leaning on her bedroom door.

“Dad, are you actually pushing your daughter to go party instead of to study?” Chaerin said with an eyebrow raised.

“Well… I guess I am.” Her father coolly said.

“You’re the best Uncle!” both Bom and Minzy said.

He winked at them and left.

“See. Even your dad’s tired of you studying,

“Ugh! Fine!” she said removing her glasses and closing the book she was reading.

“I’ve already picked out a dress for you! It’s in the bathroom!” Bom excitedly said.

Chaerin just went to the bathroom and took a shower. When she was done, she looked for the dress Bom said and had her eyes practically as wide as saucers when she saw it.

“Unnie! What is this?! Is this even a dress?! It’s practically a shirt!” Chaerin said, screaming from inside the bathroom.

“Oh stop overreacting. Of course it’s a dress.” Bom giggled.

Just by looking at it Chaerin knew. She knew it would probably go just below her cheek. She groaned as she wore it and she was right. The dress was just enough to cover what was important. It was a sleeveless dress but she was thankful it wasn’t backless too. If it was then she would just go there .

“Witwew!” she heard as soon as she went out the bathroom.

“You look hot unnie~”

“I knew it would look good on you.” Bom said proudly as if she was the one who made the dress.

“Unnie, do you want me to be exposed? This is way too short!”

“It’s not. I’ve worn shorter ones and guess what. My little baby has never been exposed.” Bom said patting her private part and Chaerin just rolled her eyes.

She put on some make up and after about 20 minutes they were all ready to go.

“Where are we going anyway?” Chaerin asked while buckling up.

“To a party.” Minzy said, busy texting at the back.

“Where?”

“I’m not sure where exactly. Seunghyun just texted me the address and I’ve already placed it in the GPS.” Bom said, busy checking the side mirrors and ready to drive.

They already heard music and saw the lights even from quite a far distance.

“Wow. The neighbors are probably mad.” Chaerin said, in awe of where they’re entering. It was a gated house and it was a big one.

“You college kids sure know how to throw a party huh.” Bom said, parking the car quite far because there were a lot of cars parked there already.

They started to walk and bit by bit Chaerin became more and more conscious of her dress. She kept pulling it down but it just won’t go down.

“Stop that or you’ll ruin it! “ Bom said, slapping away her hand.

They entered the premises and could practically feel all eyes on them. Well, who wouldn’t look anyway? Minzy was sporting a cropped top with super fitted jeans that hugged her luscious , Bom was wearing a very short tube dress and her legs were emphasized by her Christian Louboutins, and Chaerin was wearing a red hot short dress which was hugging all her curves paired with a five-inch high white Chanel heels.

“This is such a bad idea.” Chaerin mumbled as they found their way to the kitchen.

“It’s not. Just chill okay?” Bom said already pouring punch on three red cups.

“Where are they?” Minzy said looking around.

“Probably goofing around.” Bom handed out their drinks and started gulping hers.

“Who’re we talking about?” Chaerin couldn’t follow their conversation.

“Come on, let’s go to the back.” Bom said, leading the way. And leaving Chaerin’s question unanswered.

They managed to move out of the kitchen with much effort because the house was basically full even if it was huge. It seemed like the whole university students were there.

“Oh God, it feels so sticky here!” Chaerin said over the very loud music.

“I know right! I wanna go to the restroom.” Minzy clinged on to Bom’s arm as if asking her to accompany her.

“Ugh. This kid really. Come on.” She said holding Minzy’s hand and pulling her through the crowd. “We’ll be right back Chae!” she practically screamed.

“Oookay…” Chaerin squeezed herself through bodies and bodies to seek comfort in the little space she saw at a corner.

“Ugh.” She groaned when she reached her destination which was in the window area of the living room. She put down her almost empty cup and adjusted her dress and fixed her hair. She enjoyed the feel of the wind on her skin because the house was practically a boiling area. She felt relief in every breath she took. She looked at the area where she was at and saw beside her, picture frames. She took one to get an idea whose house this is and was shocked to see the five guys she recently knew. They were all doing goofy poses. It was a funny picture and she couldn’t help but smile. Who knew those cool and chic dudes at school would do this kind of stuff?

“Hey there, beautiful.”

She looked up and wasn’t surprised at who she saw. Ever since they stepped in the house she was actually wondering if he was here because it seemed like this was his kind of scene.

“You stalking me now?” Chaerin said, placing the frame back neatly.

He smiled at her ever so welcoming response. “Uhm nope. Well, not yet anyway.” He winked. ”Because last time I checked, this was my house.” he took another frame from beside her and showed it to her. It was a cute boy smiling proudly and happily in front of what she could guess as this house. He brought the picture frame beside his face and copied the close eyed, gummy smile the kid did. Chaerin couldn’t help but chuckle. He looked ridiculous doing it. Ridiculously cute.

“See?”

“I don’t see any resemblance at all. Nice try though.” she said, stopping herself from laughing. He looked like a mixture of ridiculous and handsome.

“Psh. Whatever.” He placed the frame back.

“What’s up with the party though? It’s a week before exams.”

“Exactly why we need to party!” they were practically screaming because the music was too loud there. “Let’s go out!” he said.

She looked at him weirdly. “No!”

“I don’t mean go out, go out. I mean let’s go out of this room! I’m becoming deaf here! And it’s too hot!” the sweat glistening on his face was proof of that.

“Oh okay.” She said feeling a bit shy at her misunderstanding of his words.

He smiled and held her hand and started pulling her pass what seemed like endless bodies. By the time they got out back, both were already sweating like crazy. He looked back at her and suddenly flushed.

“What?” she said looking at his weird face.

“You should probably…” he pointed at her dress. She looked down and saw what was supposed to be the strap of her dress hanging and the top half of her right practically exposed for the world to see.

“.” She said pulling her dress up to cover it but it didn’t help because as she pulled it up then more of her legs are being exposed because her dress was hiking up making Jiyong feel hotter and hotter every second.

“Stop pulling it.” He can’t handle it anymore. “Here.” he took off his jacket and gave it to her.

“Thanks.” She immediately put it on and zipped it up. The problem was the length of his jacket was almost the same length of her oh so short dress, just a bit longer, making her look like she was only wearing a jacket and nothing inside. The fantasy didn’t help Jiyong cool down at all.

“What?” she asked again because he was just staring at her.

“N-nothing. Let’s go.” He said. ‘At least, it covered her s.’ He thought. He started walking and looking for their friends.

“Oh my God Chae! What are you wearing?! What happened to your dress?” An overly exaggerated Bom said running towards her as soon as she saw her coming.

“Oh please unnie. You made me wear a freakin’ shirt. Don’t over exaggerate.”

“I mean what’re you wearing?!” Bom pulled on the jacket.  “You look like you just had and wore your boyfriend’s clothes.” Bom intended to whisper to her but it came out too loud making all of them hear it and causing Chaerin to turn into a tomato.

At this point, all eyes were on Jiyong and Chaerin who both looked flustered and shy at the situation.

“Unnie! What’re you talking about?! Of course not!” Chaerin said, walking fast to the table the others were seated in. She can’t take the looks anymore.

“What? It’s a valid question!” Bom said following from behind. “So you two didn’t?” she said pointing at both of them making the situation worse.

“NO! Of course not! Unnie! Please stop talking. Ugh.” Chaerin wanted to be swallowed by the ground right now. Of course Jiyong was a bit embarrassed by the public announcement of his noona but watching Chaerin be flustered and be all shy was enjoying so he didn’t say anything.

“Really? Then why is your dress torn and why are you wearing his clothes plus I can totally see a bulge down there. “ she pointed at Jiyong’s crotch. Bom really had no control of right now. The tequila was taking its effect.

“Oh my God unnie…” Chaerin just wanted to disappear right now. Everyone was practically staring at her. Jiyong who was previously enjoying the scene was now shyly and uselessly trying to cover himself making the situation more awkward for them but more enjoyable for their friends.

Youngbae and Seungri were practically tearing up trying to hide their laughter, Daesung and Minzy were both getting red feeling embarrassed for their older pals, TOP was trying to stop Bom from saying any more things but was visibly enjoying the situation and both of them just sat beside each other unable to look at each other.

The awkwardness didn’t last longer though because the oldest started the drinking game to which she would probably lose since she was already tipsy. So they decided on another game.

“Okay guys! We’re gonna play king’s wish! Wooo!” Bom said, raising her cup. “So basically all 8 of us would pick from these cards here and whoever picks the king gets to be the king and the others would have numbers 1 to 7. The king would pick any number from 1 to 7 or he or she could pick all of us to do whatever he or she wants. Got it?” Bom said looking at all of them and they all just nodded because who would want to argue with a tipsy Bom?

“Wait wait! So we won’t tell number we picked?” Minzy asked. It was her first time playing it. Actually it was all their first times except for Chaerin and Bom.

“Yup! Keep it a secret if you don’t want to be ordered around. Okay let’s go! Pick one!” she pointed to the 8 overturned cards on the table.

Everybody got their cards and 7 groaned because they weren’t king.

“Yes!” Seungri said placing his king card on the table.

“Yah, you better not ask us to do anything illegal.” Jiyong said.

“Of course not, hyung. Where’s the fun in that?” the youngest said rubbing his hands together. “Okay. So, numbers 1 and 7...” Seungri eyed them all, he was trying to see who would react but unfortunately everyone had a great poker face. “Wait. I can ask them to do anything right?”

“Yup.” Bom said.

“So all of you come and—“

“You said 1 and 7!” Minzy suddenly said.

“Well, I meant to say numbers 1 ‘TIL 7. Come and kiss me on my cheek.” Seungri said and smiled as if he had won the lottery.

“Wait. Can he do that?” Daesung asked.

“Well, he’s king.”Bom said already going to Seungri and giving him a peck on the cheek, leaving an obvious kiss mark, TOP eyes widened at the view and Seungri’s smile widened when he felt it. Minzy followed suit and shyly pecked the other cheek, Daesung was about to retaliate but was able to stop himself on time. Jiyong’s jaw tightened when he saw Chaerin get up and walk to Seungri. She touched her lips on his cheek making Seungri grin more and the rest of the guys groan in frustration.

“Lee Seunghyun, you do realize that WE would also kiss you right?” TOP said already standing up and going his way followed suit by the others. ‘Revenge time’.

Seungri didn’t think his wish through. He just wanted kisses from the chicks but he also had to get some from the guys and that wasn’t something he wanted.

The rest of the guys stood up and openly their lips in an over exaggerated manner making it glisten with saliva.

“Oh my God. I change my wish!” Seungri tried to push them of but it was no use. Youngbae and Daesung held him still and not long after he felt a series of super wet kisses on both his cheeks. “EW!!! Stop please. Ew! I’m sorry! I won’t ask you to do anything like this again!” Seungri was practically shouting and wriggling trying to get away from the guys and their wet kisses. The girls just laughed at the view of a helpless Seungri. ‘Serves him right for asking such things.’

After a good minute (which felt like hours for Seungri) of abuse… “Thank God.” Seungri said, wiping his face fervently.

“Want another kiss, Seungri-ah?” Youngbae said wetting his lips again.

“Oh God, please no more.” Seungri said. He was exhausted. He tried to stop them all but he was no match against the four of them. “I feel like my whole face has been . It’s disgusting.”

“Well you wanted kisses right? Your wish is our command, king.” TOP said.

“Okay okay, next round!” Bom started shuffling the cards and placing them again on the table. They had a good three rounds of it and Jiyong couldn’t wait to be king. There were lots of orders that were thrown from singing to dancing in front of all the people. But Jiyong just wanted one thing.

“YES!” he placed his card on the table. Finally he was king.

“I want number 1…” he saw TOP shaking his head slightly “no not 1, number 2…” he saw Minzy shake her head “oh sorry, not 2, number 3…” Youngbae shook his head a bit. “Oh wait no, I meant number 4…” Jiyong saw Daesung shake his head.  “Oh no wait…”

“Just pick a number!” Chaerin said impatiently. She was oblivious to all the head shakes from the others because she was a bit tipsy herself from all the tequila shots they did.

“Fine. Number 5…” no heads shook. He smiled and became confident. “I want number 5 to go on a date with me.”

‘.’ Chaerin sat up in her seat sobering up a bit. ‘How the hell did he know my number?’