‘Get up.’

Baekhyun groaned as someone pulled his makeshift blanket (his jacket) off of him.

Of course it was Kyungsoo who’d dragged the thing off.

Baekhyun winced as he sat up straight, feet sliding onto the floor while he stood up sluggishly.

‘Ahhh.’ A growl ripped from him as he stretched. His back ached, but of course it was going to – the couch wasn’t as comfy as your bed.

Your bed.

His eyes grew larger.

A hand clasped to his mouth before he quickly recollected himself, worried Kyungsoo’s hawk-eyed vision would catch him.

Everything he’d said last night, he remembered.

‘Aishhh.’ Baekhyun hissed, slapping his hand to his forehead in embarrassment.

He was such a sap.

Baekhyun shuffled over into his room slowly, entering his bedroom much to Chanyeol’s dismay.

‘Oh, you’re back.’ Chanyeol’s eyes narrowed to slits while he pulled a hoodie over his head roughly and shoved a cap on.

‘Yeah I’m back.’ Baekhyun answered just as gruffly while he got dressed, throwing a diamond-designed jumper on.

‘Did you sleep well?’ Chanyeol snorted with blatant sarcasm in his voice.

‘No, why do you ask?’ Baekhyun replied, looking evidently puzzled for a few seconds, he could tell Chanyeol was hiding something.

But Chanyeol just snorted and nudged past him.

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‘Ahhhh my back’s killing me.’ Baekhyun could be heard whining at the back of the van while he pressed a knot in his back.

‘What are you smiling about?’ You poked Kyungsoo’s shoulder, slightly alarmed at the devilish smirk on his lips.

‘Nothing.’ Kyungsoo toned it down an inch, but sat quite comfortably in his seat while you readjusted his checked collar.

‘Ohhh there’s girls waiting for us!’ Tao exclaimed, pointing at groups of girls dotted near the gates.

‘How do you know they’re for us?’ Luhan asked from the other side of the van.

‘The signs are kind of a give-away.’ Minseok replied with wide eyes, face pressed to the glass in dismay.

You groaned at the sight of them, but of course Junmyeon was relishing it.

‘Oh should we take pictures with them? That’s the least we should do if they came all this way to see us.’ Junmyeon stated, puffing his chest out, of course everyone ignored him successfully, but you knew he was right.

You looked out the window again; how on earth did they know?

‘Man they’re sharp.’ You muttered in shock after getting out the bus. You walked past them cautiously, hoping none of them would attack one of the boys or something crazy like that. Hopefully they would keep their distance.

‘Ok well I got to get our tickets, so you guys just wait here, entertain yourselves whileeeee – Kevin comes with me.’

‘Me?’ Kevin asked shrugging but not defying your decision.

‘Yep, seeing as you speak English.’ You stated, gesturing him to join you.

‘Sure.’ Kevin replied, meeting you by the booth.

‘Couples ticket?’ A smiling woman immediately asked.

‘Sorry?’ Your eyebrows furrowed as if you didn’t hear her question properly.

‘For you and your boyfriend, we do a discount couples-‘

‘NO THE GROUP TICKET PLEASE.’ You almost yelled it at the vendor. Kevin stood beside you obviously holding back a smile. It was your mistake for bringing him as he could understand what was being said.

‘Oh ok sure thing Miss, for how many?’ She didn’t seem phased by the mistake, meanwhile you had to fan yourself, excusing it for the heat as to why your cheeks were pink.

’Thirteen people.’ You sighed, realising you had your own goofy football team to manage.

‘Here you go, have a magical day.’

‘Thanks.’ You mumbled, taking the tickets and handing them back to the others.

They were far too excited as Baekhyun, Tao and Sehun were already at the gates, sliding their cards over the machine that would allow them in. Even Junmyeon was getting into the spirit of things as he almost skidded through the machines.

You had to count them all as quick as you could, and of course there was one missing;

‘KYUNGSOO!’ You yelled off in the distance, he was being left behind. Not because he was lost, but because he was POSING with two security guards.

Tourist – You couldn’t help but think it.

‘Yah Kyungsoo keep up!!’ You signalled at him as he scurried as fast as he could, meeting with Jongin.

‘Oh my God I’m going to lose you all one by one.’ You could see stars as panic began to rise in your throat. You were never in charge as a full blown manager on your own until this trip. Manager Yuna or Manager Kim were always nearby, making sure you didn’t mess up. But now…

‘You’re not alone.’ Kevin stated, you forget he was beside you the whole time. He gave you an encouraging nod;

‘I’ll help as your assistant.’

You couldn’t help but beam at the guy, he was your knight in shining armour in this occasion.

‘Spoken like a true leader, Duizhang.’ You said brightly, knowing he’d earned his title.

Kevin smiled back, retracting his lips and revealing his gums.

‘Well, seeing as I am your boyfriend, I should pull my weight in the relationship.’

You nudged him in the side, Kevin chuckled victoriously. He placed a hand against your lower back which unintentionally sent shivers up your spine as he pushed you slightly forward.

‘Come on, otherwise we really will lose them.’ He said, eyes straining to keep an eye on those eleven fools.

‘_____-ah can we get snacks first?’ Sehun asked as soon as you joined the group. The Maknae lifted his blue cap over his head before sliding it backwards and pushing it back on. He readjusted his denim jacket and pointed towards the popcorn and cotton candy stalls.

‘You just had a buffet breakfast!’ You exclaimed while Tao flung his arm over Sehun’s shoulder.

‘Please _____-ah I’m hungry too.’ Tao whined, pouting effectively in your direction.

‘You too Zitao?’ The boy closed his eyes and nodded, annoyingly, the gesture made you want to  pet him.

‘Fine…you bottomless pits.’ You mumbled the last bit to yourself, earning a crooked grin from Kevin.

‘We’re going to get coffee, want one?’ Luhan specifically asked you while he and Minseok were pointing to the ‘Bibidi-Bobbidi-Boutique.’

‘No it’s fine, and-‘

‘-I want to look at the souvenirs!’ Jong Dae exclaimed, walking over to a shop.

‘Wait look at that stuff at the end-YAH, PEOPLE!’ You exclaimed as Baekhyun and Chanyeol hurried inside. Even Kyungsoo had walked in on his own accord while Jongin followed. Meanwhile Sehun and Tao ordered four hotdogs between them (forcing Junmyeon to pay), Yixing remained quiet nearby on his phone.

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Jongin scanned through the merchandise piled on top of each other throughout the shop.

It was strange being in a foreign country and hearing people talk in a language he couldn’t begin to understand.

For the first time he thought about how you must’ve felt.

You were thrown into a similar situation the day you arrived in South Korea. You had no one to talk to for the longest time and yet somehow you survived, befriending everyone in the group.

He well and truly admired you for that.

Jongin picked up a small Minnie Mouse plushie. He played around with the small thing that could’ve easily fit in his pocket. He kept twirling it around absentmindedly before he paused for a second, spotting you;

Even you had hovered over to the outside of the gift shop with Wu Fan hyung by your side. You’d managed to convince the M leader to pull a large Goofy Hat on top of his head and model it. His hyung obviously looked embarrassed and took the thing off immediately, laughing along with you.

You laughed and smiled with such vigour.

He used to be able to make you do that…before that awful night.

His chest tightened while he watched, he couldn’t fight back the hope that someday he’d be able to go back to the way things were with you…

Jongin pouted looking unamused while he crossed his arms, resting against a stack of shelves lined with jumpers.

‘What are you staring at?’ Kyungsoo asked, walking past Jongin who followed him to the till.

‘…it’s nothing.’ Jongin muttered, breathing out a deep sigh and shaking his head, tossing the plushie back onto the shelf in annoyance.

‘Wait, what are you buying?’ He asked, pointing at Kyungsoo’s merchandise he was so keen to shove into his pocket before Jongin could analyse it further.

‘Nothing.’ Kyungsoo stated coldly.

‘That didn’t look like nothing.’ Jongin replied, eyebrows raised.

‘It’s for my brother.’ Kyungsoo replied a bit too quickly, walking towards the exit while Jongin tailed him inquisitively.

‘So…your brother likes pink stuff?’ He may have been clueless but Jongin wasn’t blind.

‘Yep.’ Kyungsoo shrugged.

‘Yah Kyungsoo, if it’s for someone else you could just say so-‘

‘-you’re still wearing that thing?’ Kyungsoo interjected, pointing directly at the brown interwoven band along his wrist.

Jonging retracted his arm instinctively;

‘Oh, this thing? Yeah…thought it…looked nice.’ He mumbled, feeling his heart racing in his ears while he pouted, evidently he’d been played at his own game…

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The adventure finally began!

At first, the boys went on the Tower of Terror, which you instantly knew you weren’t getting on (sharp drops were a million percent not your thing). Then it was on to something you actually could go on; a water raft ride.

Of course people wanted to split up and go elsewhere, leaving you; Kevin, Jongin, Yixing, Tao, Jong Dae and Kyungsoo heading to the water ride.  

‘Make sure we rendezvous back here as soon as you’re done.’ You called out to the others while they scattered. Luhan looked unsurely back at you, evidently looking worried at the rides he’d be forced to go on in your absence, but Minseok kept pushing him forward encouragingly.

‘Are we going to get wet?’ You thought out loud as soon as you got to the queue, realising a few people were wearing plastic ponchos, which was probably a good idea.

‘Well that’s half the fun isn’t it?’ Jong Dae chuckled, chucking his phone into Yixing’s back for safe-keeping.  

Your eyes scanned the queue, it didn’t look like there were any fan girls around which was good, they must’ve been following the others (seeing as those two loud-mouthed fools would be attracting attention by themselves no doubt). These American fans didn’t seem to be as touchy-feely as the Korean girls, so as long as they remained civil, you didn’t have a problem with Yixing volunteering to take photos with a few of them before queuing.

‘I’m sitting with ____-ah!’ Tao called out as soon as you reached the front of the queue.   

The raft was round and just about fit the whole group. Everyone stored whatever they had underneath the seats and off you went.

‘Scared?’ You called out to Kyungsoo and Kevin who sat beside each other quietly.

‘Nah.’ Kevin replied, giving a thumbs up, while Kyungsoo gave you a crooked smile, he obviously was enjoying himself.

It was fun at first; Tao screamed in a pitch you couldn’t even process, Yixing who sat beside you, yelled in and out of moments, and Jongin who sat beside Kyungsoo, seemed to be having far too much fun.

It was great, until the ride started roughly hitting the sides of the walls as you sped down the river.

It would’ve all been fine had there been seatbelts, but there weren’t any.

Your whole body kept shifting to the left and right, leaning forward before slamming back against your chair each time the raft banged against the walls. Not to mention you were getting splashed with water each time the raft hit against the wall.

The smile on your face was replaced with a grimace as you clenched your teeth, trying hard not to fly off your seat and into the water. It took every muscle in your body to keep still.

The others were too busy having fun to notice, but you were panicking slightly.

When was this ride going to end??

Suddenly, the ride jerked violently forward and the momentum completely flung you off your seat.  

Fear rushed through you as you fell forward. A scream ripped out of you. The only thing you could do as you shut your eyes was reach out and grab onto anything for dear life.

And

Yes!

You’d managed to grab onto whatever you could to steady yourself, feet stepping over each other, eyes shut tight while you leaned over, catching a breath or two…

‘____-ah.’

You opened your eyes the moment he called your name. Your jaw dropped and your eyes widened at the realisation that your face was at an unsettling distance away from Jongin’s. He stared back at you in alarm, it was evident he’d seen you fall out of your seat as the concern was evident all over his face. You’d clutched onto the armrests of his seat by accident, but the stability of them saved you from falling off the raft.

‘Oh!’ You squeaked, leaning back immediately, taking your hands off his armrests.

But the ride jerked forward once more, and this time, Jongin grabbed you.

He pulled you towards him before placing your hands on his shoulders. He positioned his arms under your elbows. Jongin leaned forward, trying to keep you steady against the bumpy current.  

‘Hold on.’ Jongin ordered, firmly grasping onto you tightly. It was then you realised not only was he keeping you stable, but Jongin was acting as a shield against the splashes of water that threatened to soak you.

His hair dripped, and his arms were slippery to hold onto…but you could do nothing except nod as he leaned closer towards you unintentionally.

Of course you’d turned bright red, allowing yourself to be protected…ironically by the same guy that hurt you…

Curse my reddening cheeks

‘Oooh.’ Jong Dae cooed, much to Tao’s dismay, but you weren’t paying attention. Your sole focus was to keep your absolute cool while Jongin remained far too close for comfort, holding onto you tightly…

You weren’t even paying attention to the fact that Kyungsoo was watching right beside you both, his face unreadable as usual.

Then

The alarming thought that fan girls could easily have been watching, panicked you.

Thankfully, the ride was over the moment you became aware of the situation.

‘Thank you.’ You muttered, bowing slightly as you tried to shake Jongin’s grip off, taking an uneasy step backwards. Jongin let go of you calmly before holding your hand;

‘No problem, come on.’ He escorted you off