My best friend, Yerin, will be having her birthday party by tonight and I only have less than an hour and a half to prepare for it 

I’m not a person who likes to party and I rarely go to one since for me, the purpose of a party is just to fully let go of yourself, get drunk, and get high. Even sometimes people hook up with persons they barely know, a stranger would be the right term

And I don’t want that kind of relationship. I mean why would you want to hook up with a person you don’t even know? Even if you do know them, why would you do that? It’s just plain stupid and dumb

I would only do that with a person whom I truly love and who loves me back

Later, at the party, I’ll probably just stand or sit at the corner where no one is around or would leave early since I’m pretty sure the sight of the place would be gross. Unless... it’s not like any usual party? I would be so relieved if I would see no gross pair making out at the place or else I will really leave early

My phone buzzed and picked it up from the desk and it was the birthday girl, Yerin, calling me.

I answered the call without hesitation and heard loud music playing in the background

“What time would you be here?” She was shouting and fighting the music so that she could be heard

“I thought the party would start in an hour and a half? Why is it starting already?”

“Oh, I forgot to tell you. The schedule changed since many of the guests requested for it to start early!”

Of course, they’re party maniacs just liker her. Yerin has always loved going to parties and to be honest? She’s one of the people who hooks up with anyone as long as she thinks the person fits her standard—which is being hot and all

She even told me once that if I wasn’t her best friend, she would totally do it with me and I found it so disturbing and gross

Yeah, I admit that she’s a pretty face but... nope... even if we’re strangers I would not attempt that with her and she’s not my type even if she will be the last person alive in this world, I still won’t. Not a chance

I started walking towards the bathroom with my body towel hanging on my left shoulder and my right hand holding the phone on my ear “Of course that can happen. I’ll hang up now since I don’t want to hear you complain later that I’m late” I said as I rotate the knob and open the door of the bathroom

I didn’t wait for her reply and just immediately hanged up the call after I said that

“Please let her not be drunk when I arrive” I whined as I hang the towel on the hook of the wall

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I parked my car at the parking lot where the venue was taking place, a nightclub, and I wore a black crop top and a black ripped jeans

I handed my invitation letter to the guard that was standing at the entrance since you won’t be able to enter without one

Yerin reserved the whole place for tonight just to celebrate her birthday and it’s not her first time doing so. She does this every year with a different venue and I attended all of them of course

If she wasn’t my best friend, I wouldn’t even dare go to it

As I enter the venue, loud music—EDM is the specific genre and people were dancing jumping all over the place and I had to squeeze through just so I can go forward and start finding Yerin

I have been walking and looking around the place for quiet a while now and I can’t seem to find her... even just a trace...

“Where the hell is she?” I whispered while the loud music is playing in the background

I explored and explored the venue until I felt someone tap my shoulder making me turn around and there she is—the girl whom I’ve been searching for since I’ve arrived

She looked at me from head to toe with a glass of liquor raised on her right hand

It made me uncomfortable the way she did it. It was like she was checking me out and I am definitely getting creeped out by her

She leaned closer to me and went to me ear to say “You look look gorgeous and hot as always”

I rolled my eyes at what I heard because I’m really starting to question myself ‘Why did I became friends with a person like her?’

“Whatever”

“Wanna join the game that we’re doing?”

I looked at her with my left eyebrow raised and both of my arms crossed in front of my chest. I had that And-what-is-that-supposed-to-do-with-me look

She sighed in disbelief of what my face was trying to say “Oh come on. It’s my birthday! You can stop drinking when you’re reaching your maximum alcohol capacity”

Yeah, that game she’s telling is a drinking game and she’s using her birthday card again as usual

I stared at her for a while and gave up in the end “Fine. Where is the stupid game?”

She clapped and jumped like a kid when I said that and grabbed my wrist to start dragging me to where it was

She dragged me towards the second floor and made me sit on the semi-circle couch with her group of friends who welcomed us enthusiastically

At first, I was hesitating to drink the glasses they were giving because not only I was not a fan of parties, but also not a fan of the taste of alcohol.

Alcohol is just too bitter for me. For others, it tastes delicious but for me? It tastes too bitter and I don’t like bitter stuffs. Even in coffees I put a lot of sugar to remove the bitter taste of it

I gulped the glasses the were giving me—lost count of how many I’ve drunk—and now my head was slowly starting to spin so I decided to stand up and they let me take off

I went to the comfort room since I was really in the verge of vomiting and inside, I saw a tall red-haired woman on the sink, washing her face

I rushed inside the cubicle and kneeled in front of it and then I started throwing up non stop

‘I should really stop agreeing in playing that game every birthday of hers’ I said in my mind

Opening the door, the girl was still there and I was walking weakly like my body was already giving up and my vision was slowly getting blurry and dark

I stumbled on the way out of the room but surprisingly, I didn’t fall on the ground. Someone grabbed me and supported me

“Must’ve drunk a lot huh?” The tall girl said with a smile on her face and I couldn’t help but also smile at her

“I did not... drink a lot... in fact... I can show you... let’s drink together and see who’ll go down first” And my voice sounded like a complete drunkard that moment and my vision went black

The last think I remember was her gorgeous and pretty face

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I woke up lying in bed and my eyes went wide as soon as I remembered that I got completely drunk last night

I sat up from the bed and looked around to check if I’m not in a stranger’s house and a sigh of relieve went out when It was my room where I am sleeping but how did I manage to get here?

After a moment of questioning how I got here, I searched for my phone on the bed and dialed Yerin’s number to ask her how I got here

As soon as she answered the call I said “How did I get home last night?!”

“You drove by yourself remember? And you should’ve seen how drunk you were last night. I haven’t seen you that drunk in the entire time we’re friends” She then laughed at the end and I was slowly turning red because what exactly happened last night?! What things did I do?

Please tell me it’s not severe... I don’t want to a public humiliation

I shook my head to erase the thought “But how could you let me? What if I got into an accident?”

“Oh please. I’ve tried stopping you tons of times but you were like a rebel and a gangster who can kill anytime if you can’t do what you want”

What the— how wild was I last night? Please no humiliating stuff... I might get in trouble in work... or worse, I might get fired because I might affect the company’s image

She continued “Well I know you’re probably scared right now, based on how fast and panicking you talk, but I’ll say it to you, I don’t think you did anything stupid other than being a rebel”

I personally don’t know if I should be relieved at what she said because how she said it—the ‘I think’ part—was not sure... but I won’t find that out unless a few weeks have passed

Please, Hwang Eunbi. I hope the drunk you didn’t really do anything stupid or else I don’t know what to do if that happens

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Author’s Note: I know... this chapter haha... but do let me know what you think about it since feedbacks help me how to write the next chapters ^-^