"Surprise!" Seungwan nervously smiles at her boyfriend,

"Beer?" Minseok asks, holding an armful of cans.

Jongdae grabs one, popping it open and taking a long sip.

"Have you guys had dinner?" Heeyoung asks, noticing the bags of snacks on the coffee table,

"We have." Chanyeol answers, "You should freshen up."

Heeyoung nods, turning to Seungwan, "Would you like something to change into?"

Seungwan takes up the offer, following Heeyoung to her bedroom.

"I hope they talk this out, Dae's been unstable since their fight." Seungwan tells her when Heeyoung hands her a set of clothes,

"Let's hope. You can use this bathroom. I'll use the guest room." Heeyoung states. 

Heeyoung hears whines from the living room as she shuts the door behind her.

~

"Jongin wouldn't mind you borrowing his clothes, if you want." Heeyoung tells Jongdae,

"I don't want his clothes." Jongdae scoffs,

"If not Jongin, Jackson's clothes are also an option." She says,

"Jackson Wang?" Baekhyun voices, "Why do you have his clothes?"

"He's staying in the guestroom." Heeyoung answers, texting Jackson.

I'm letting someone use your clothes. ~ Hope. 9:58pm

anything in the dresser is fine. the closet is off limits, unless its for you. ~ Wang 10:01pm

"So?" Heeyoung looks at Jongdae,

"I'll use the beanpole's." Jongdae mutters, heading off to the master bedroom.

Heeyoung looks at Junmyeon, "Would you like some ice cream? We have chocolate raspberry."

"Really?" Junmyeon asks, surprised.

"Of course. Since it's your favorite, I made sure to get some." She grins, ignorant of all the amused eyes on her,

"Thank you. I can go get it." Junmyeon moves to stand,

"No. I'll get it for you." Heeyoung says, heading off to the kitchen.

"How lucky." Baekhyun sulks,

"Here you go." Heeyoung hands Junmyeon a cold treat, before turning to Baekhyun. "Oppa likes strawberry, right?" She hands him a pink dessert, next, tossing Chanyeol a green colored one and handing Seungwan a chocolate flavor.

"I'm not sure which ones you prefer, so help yourself." She informs the rest, plopping on the couch.

~

"We're home." Sehun walks in with Jongin.

Jongdae ignores his twin, while Jongin heads to his room,

Sehun gives them a wary look, following after the CEO,

"How long are you going to drag this out?" Kyungsoo asks Jongdae,

"Until I want to." The younger replies,

"Dae." Baekhyun starts, but he silences him with a glare.

"Honey, Heeyoung was telling me about the light fixtures they installed on the balcony. Have you seen them?" Seungwan starts,

Jongdae seems uninterested, but his girlfriend drags him to the balcony.

A few minutes later, Jongin and Sehun walk back into the living room when Seungwan runs inside, "Jongdae's hurt."

Jongin immediately sprints to the balcony, failing to notice none of his friends have moved.

"What?" They hear Jongdae yell,

Jongin doesn't try to explain himself, relieved at the sight of his uninjured younger brother. He turns back, but finds the door locked. Seeing Jongin struggling with the door, Jongdae pushes him away to try his luck, but it's locked so no matter how hard he tries, it doesn't move.

The people inside wait with bated breaths as the twins pound on the door. 

"Work on your issues." Sehun yells, walking back into the living room with ice cream.

"Babe." Jongdae calls for his girlfriend,

"Talk it out." She replies,

"Heeyoung." Jongin copies his younger twin,

"It's her plan." Sehun happily reveals,

"Byun Heeyoung." Jongdae yells, but the mastermind continues scrolling through her phone.

Without any response, the twins quieten down.

"No noise means they're not fighting." As soon as Yixing says that, a loud slam startles them, followed by more grunts and slams,

"They're adults, they'll work it out." Minseok turns up the volume to block off the noise.

"Let's celebrate tomorrow." Sehun suddenly says,

"I'm taking Hyeri on a date." Minseok declines, 

"Correction, We're taking Hyeri on a date. We're having a ladies day tomorrow." Seungwan tells Minseok,

"Are you fu*king serious?" Minseok asks,

"We planned it weeks ago." Seungwan states.

"We're on for tomorrow." Sehun cheers at Minseok's dejected face,

"So, what are you doing?" Yixing asks them,

Heeyoung shakes her head as she's unaware of the schedule, Seungwan hesitantly lists out, "Shopping, spa and dinner."

"Again! We just went shopping." Heeyoung blurts,

"That was weeks ago."

"I'll meet you after shopping, I have to drop by work first." Heeyoung lies, not wanting to aimlessly walk around for hours.

"The building's closed for maintenance tomorrow." Baekhyun exposes,

"Oh. I need to drop by Channie's cafe, he-"

"No you don't." Chanyeol cuts her off,

"Ask me for help with Sunmi." Heeyoung growls at Chanyeol,

"Who's Sunmi?" Sehun asks,

"My girlfriend." Chanyeol says as Baekhyun and Heeyoung point at the taller, "His girlfriend."

"You're dating someone?" Chanyeol nods,

"Why didn't you tell us?"

Chanyeol visibly flushes, "We only started dating recently."

Heeyoung snorts, "Since when is three months recent?"

"Since a few weeks ago." Chayeol sasses,

"Can we ask her to join us?" Seungwan asks,

Chanyeol shakes his head, "She's currently out of the country."

"Should we let them back inside?" Seungwan glances out the window,

"They have a blanket, heater and hot packs to get them through the night." Heeyoung informs her, glancing at the lady laying beside her,

"But still..."

"The weather for the night is not too chilly. They aren't going to freeze to death. Don't worry." Heeyoung assures her, plugging her headphones back in,

"But-"

"Fine." Heeyoung sits up, tossing her headphones off and getting off the bed,

"Huh?"

"Let's go." Heeyoung walks out, Seungwan hurries behind her,

"Jongdae really doesn't like the cold." Seungwan fidgets, as they walk into the living room, Heeyoung internally sighs, choosing to not comment.

Peeking through the curtains, they see the twins fast asleep while sharing the blanket.

"Aww." Seungwan coos, snapping a few pictures of the scene.

"What are you doing?" They're startled at the sudden voice, turning to see Kyungsoo sleepily blinking at them,

"Can we let them back inside?" Seungwan asks,

"Have they made up?"

"Seems like it." Heeyoung answers, holding the curtain open for him.

"Might as well. I don't want to hear Jongdae whining about sleeping outside." Kyungsoo shrugs, laying down and pulling the blanket over his head.

Seungwan doesn't waste any time unlocking the balcony door,

"Honey." Seungwan softly whispers, crouching beside her boyfriend,

"Dae." She gently shakes him, while Heeyoung watches from the doorstep,

"Babe." Jongdae yawns, sleepy eyes blinking at his girlfriend,

"Have you two worked things out?" She asks him,

"Yeah." Jongdae nods, letting Seungwan pull him up. The lack of warmth wakes Jongin, squinting his eyes at the couple standing above him,

"Do you plan on sleeping outside tonight?" Jongdae teases, extending a hand to Jongin,

Jongin looks lost, glancing over his surroundings when his eyes land on his wife, "The wife kicked me out, what choice do I have?" He jokes,

After a long stare, Heeyoung silently turns around and heads back inside.

Jongdae and Seungwan snort at Jongin's fallen expression, not even slightly terrified of his glare,

"Good luck hyung!" Jongdae taunts, leaving behind a sulking puppy.

"Cheers!" A loud clunk sounds when the nine men clink their glasses together,

"I'm glad the two of you finally made up." Sehun yells, swinging his arms around the twins shoulders,

"It was getting stuffy with all that tension." Kyungsoo looks between the twins,

"Did you think we were happy with the situation either?" Jongdae sasses,

"With the way you behaved..." Junmyeon answers, resulting in loud laughter,

"Why are we here?" Minseok asks, looking around the new location,

"They recently opened and I wanted to check it out." Sehun answers,

"The fu*k!" Baekhyun spurts his drink at the group climbing up the stairs.

"What are they doing here?" The men are surprised to see their partners,

"Did they mention clubbing?" Minseok raises an eyebrow, looking over his girlfriend,

The women, engrossed in their conversation, don't bother to scan around their surroundings as they're led to the booth adjacent to their partners.

"Keep the shots coming." Sera tells the server, "Where were we?

"Never have I ever!" 

"Take a shot if you have and first to 5, does a dare." Sera screams over the loud music, half the group cheers and the other half silently contemplating their choice in friends.

"Never have I ever slept with a professor." Jihyun starts, surprisingly Hyeri and Sera reach for a glass. 

"We didn't realize it until the morning after." Hyeri says, her friends wince imagining the awkward situation.

"Same!" Sera exclaims, getting a light scoff from Heeyoung.

"Is that why you kept going back?" Heeyoung asks,

"He was amazing." Sera defends, earning chuckles from the women.

"Never have I ever gone out with a friend's ex." Aejung asks, everyone but her takes a shot. 

"Many, many times." Sera points between Heeyoung and her,

"Jongdae dated my high school friend during middle school." Seungwan says, 

"Half of the girls in school." Yiming scoffs,

"Wasn't it weird? I mean, seeing your ex with your friend?" Aejung wonders,

"Not if there's no feelings." Heeyoung answers,

"And dating someone your friend was with?"

"Jongdae and I were already together when I found out and I loved him too much to break up over something that trivial." Seungwan says. Her boyfriend gives her a soft smile, not that she can see it, as the men are secretly listening.

"It was, especially when many girls chased after him, but I learned to live with it." Yiming sighs,

"Hope usually picks good guys, so for me it was reassuring." Sera jokes causing Heeyoung to roll her eyes,

"Never have I ever kissed a friend's sibling." Seungwan asks. Hyeri, Aejung, Sera, Yiming and Heeyoung take a shot.

"Never have I ever had a friend with benefits." Yiming wiggles her eyebrows looking over the group as Hyeri, Sera, Aejung and Heeyoung take a shot. Jongin is learning many, many new things about his wife.

"Hyeri and Sera are in danger." The women are excited, as the two are one shot from danger,

"Never have I ever done it in a dance studio." Sera smirks at Heeyoung. The latter glowers at the former, taking a shot. "You're done."

"Never have I ever joined the 'mile-high' club." Heeyoung deadpans.

Sera has already taken her shot, but surprisingly Seungwan, Jihyun and Hyeri reach for a glass.

"Woah! Doh Hyeri. Oh Sera." The women cheer,

"Hyeri has to smile for the next 20 minutes and Sera has to get 20 numbers." Seungwan winks at the oldest in the group,

"Or they both have 20 minutes to get as many numbers as possible and the loser needs to dance on stage." Yiming proposes,

"I don't want to face Minseok's wrath." Seungwan shakes her head,

"How would he find out? Hyeri's not going to tell him, and neither are we." Sera questions,

"Still."

"I also have a boyfriend, why do I have to flirt with others?" Sera growls,

"How about Sera and Hyeri get someone to buy them a drink?" Heeyoung steps in,

"Deal!" Hyeri and Sera agree, strutting out of the booth and heading to the bar. Within seconds, men start approaching the two ladies. Heeyoung smiles to herself as she makes sure to take several pictures of Sera smiling at the men flirting with her. Feeling the questioning eyes on her, Heeyoung explains the pictures are for her safety.

"Safety?"

"Sera is fu*king vicious, these are to ensure she doesn't go bat crazy on me." Heeyoung nods to herself,

"Success." Sera skips back inside with Hyeri, both holding onto a drink as they take their spot,

"What are you talking about?" Sera asks, looking over the silent women,

"The coffee incident." Heeyoung smirks,

"I was jealous and immature." Sera admits,

At the confused look on the women's face, Sera realizes she's been tricked and explains, "During college, Hope's handsome 'friend' would drop off coffee for her. When I found out they weren't dating, I took my chance. And even after, he continued bringing coffee for her, only her. It made me so jealous, because I was his girlfriend until I realized that as*hole was dating me because I asked him out. I only liked him because he was handsome and was so caring towards his friends. Who knew, he only cared about his close circle." Sera narrates.

"She would take out his anger on me. I was another tantrum away from cutting you off." Heeyoung reveals, causing Sera to cling to her,

"I can't believe I behaved childishly for that as*hole." Sera pouts at Hope.

"Is that Junmyeon oppa?" The men's breath hitches and Junmyeon's head is shoved between his knees at Hyeri's comment,

"It is." Heeyoung confirms, holding up her phone for the others to see her lock screen,

"He looks so handsome." Seungwan swoons, pulling Heeyoung's phone closer,

"Does Jongin know?" Jihyun asks,

Heeyoung gives her a weird look, "What does he have to do with my lock screen?" The men give Jongin sympathetic looks, while the CEO looks defeated.

"He's your husband."

"Roommates, business partners, and maybe friends are acceptable terms to define CEO Kim and my relationship." Heeyoung states,

"For the world, he's your husband, and Junmyeon your cousin-in-law."

"From all the pictures taken that night, I look prettiest in that one." Heeyoung ends all further talks about the picture,

"If only you had met Junmyeon before...." Hyeri teases, causing Heeyoung to chuckle,

"No matter when they met, they would never work out. They're too different. Hope is a thrill-seeker with high ambitions, while Junmyeon is content and unvaried." Sera explains for her, 

"Did you indirectly call Myeon boring?" Aejung asks, causing Sera to flush,

"Other than Chanyeol, Jongin, Sehun and maybe Yixing, can you seriously say they're not boring?" Hyeri asks, the men's jaws touch the floor.

"You can't." Seungwan tsks, shaking her head.

A soft whine from the adjacent booth gets Hyeri and Heeyoung's attention since they're seated closest. As Junmyeon's self-proclaimed fan, Heeyoung recognizes him and Jongin's watch as she helped pick it, and of course Hyeri recognizes her fiance.

"Hey." A loud voice gets their attention towards the booth entrance to see Jackson dragging a familiar male with him.

"Dr.Yoon?" Seungwan recognizes,

"Jackson." Heeyoung calmly greets, slowly turning her eyes to the male with him, "Doc."

"My Queen." Jackson softly smiles, hugging Sera and kissing her forehead.

"I didn't give you permission to kiss me." Sera frowns,

"I'm sorry, but you look too gorgeous. I couldn't help myself." Jackson flirts,

Heeyoung gags.

Sera pokes her tongue at her, loudly kissing Jackson's cheek.

"I can't." Heeyoung stands, asking the other women, "What are you drinking?"

"Heeyoung." Dr.Yoon follows her, but the loud club music silences his voice,

"Hope." He grabs her wrist,

"What?" She yanks her hand away,

"Heeyoung-"

"What's going on?" Jackson frowns,

"Let's talk." Dr.Yoon asks Heeyoung,

"Not interested."

"Heeyoung, please, hear-" Heeyoung straightens up, holding her palm out in front of the doctor,

"Your phone and I'll hear you out." She negotiates,

Sera has a eureka moment, identifying the doctor and understanding Heeyoung's hostility towards him, "Jackson, help Hope with the drinks."

After Jackson drags Heeyoung away, Sera stuns everyone by slapping Dr.Yoon across the face,

"How fu*king dare you?" Sera snarls,

"I don't know who you are, but mind your own business." Dr.Yoon grits, rubbing his throbbing cheek.

"Oh, but I know exactly who you are." Sera scoffs,

"Listen.-"

"No, you listen. You're not getting aunty's whereabouts, especially not after getting exposed for the trash you are." Sera chuckles,

"I don't have to explain myself to you." Dr.Yoon rolls his eyes, trying to step past Sera,

"Of course you don't. But, do you think her family will stay quiet after they find out the truth or even Jackson?" Sera asks,

"Think whatever you want."

"Stay within your limits, Dr.Yoon. There won't be another warning." Sera warns as the doctor walks away.

~

"When are you two moving in together?" Hope asks, bumping shoulders with Sera, attempting to lighten up the somber mood.

"As soon as the apartment is ready." Jackson answers, handing Sera her drink,

"Jackson has already met my parents and gotten their permission." Sera informs them,

"What about your brother?" Yiming asks,

"Sehun, uhm, we're waiting until the apartment is ready, so even if he's upset, he can't do much about it." Sera tells them,

"If he's upset, I'll do my best to get his approval." Jackson tells his girlfriend, Heeyoung loudly sighs looking at the couple,

"Why did you two break up?" Hyeri asks, finding it hard to believe, with the way Jackson looks at Sera as if she's his world.

"We had a pregnancy scare. Jackson left the choice to me on whether I wanted to keep it or not and if I did want to keep it, he proposed we could get married. I didn't want either, so we fought a lot. When I found out I wasn't pregnant, I was too embarrassed to face anyone and ran away." Sera confesses, shocking her friends as they were unaware of her past with Jackson.

"It was my fault too. I knew you didn't want to get married, but I kept bringing it up, even after the rejections." Jackson jumps to his girlfriend's defense.

"You didn't even tell us you were dating." Seungwan shakes her head,

"It was my first serious relationship after...., I didn't want to jinx it." Sera defends, "I haven't even told Hun, how could I tell others?"

"And that's completely okay." Jackson wraps an arm around his girlfriend's shoulder.

"How sweet." Heeyoung deadpans,

"Jealous." Sera teases,

"Of what?"

"I have a handsome boyfriend and you don't." Sera pokes her tongue out at Heeyoung.

"Speaking of, remember the cafe we stopped by?" Hyeri suddenly asks, subtly glancing at the adjacent booth,

"The one with the hot guys?" Aejung slaps a hand over ,

Hyeri nods, "The cashier asked me for someone's number."

"Whose?" Jackson asks, interested,

"What if it was mine?" Sera asks,

"They have amazing taste." Jackson beams,

"It wasn't you." Hyeri shakes her head,

"Yiming?" Seungwan guesses,

"No. The guy who bought our food gave me his number." Yiming tells them,

"You too? I had a number on my cup." Aejung gasps,

"Wow!"

"I'm not sure if I should be upset or relieved at not getting hit on." Jihyun muses,

"You have a ring on your finger." Yiming points,

"So do Aejung and Heeyoung. Did you forget that man paying for our brunch, just to get Heeyoung's number?" Jihyun recalls,

Kyungsoo was already annoyed hearing someone make a move on his fiance, but hearing Jihyun's words, fuels the angry fires more, while Jongin doesn't seem to be any better, first with his wife simplifying their relationship as business partner and now hearing about the advances.

"Ladies, focus." Sera snaps, looking at Hyeri, "It was Seungwan." Jongdae whips his head to look at his blushing girlfriend.

"The hot cashier wanted my number?" Seungwan flusters,

Hyeri nods, "Obviously I didn't give it, but he gave me his number. You want it?"

Seungwan regretfully shakes her head, "If I was single."

Hyeri internally smirks, counting down,

5.4.3. "What!?"