"Please, help me get my shoes." I grabbed my head in pain, looking at Yena.
"You really can't handle your drinks." She laughed, walking over with my shoes in hand.
"Please put your feet inside your highness." She joked, opening my shoe for me.
"Funny." I ram my foot into the shoes; I slap her hand away as she tries to tie them for me.
"I'll do it."
"You're finally awake." Beomgyu entered with Yeonjun.
"Unfortunately." I stand up, throwing my bag over my shoulder.
"Do you need me to carry that?" Beomgyu asks; I shake my head. "I've got it."
"You don't look so-"
I run toward the bathroom, pushing past them all; I suddenly felt my stomach enter my chest.
"Well..." Yeonjun finished his sentence as the sound of me throwing up echoed.
"Did anyone bring medicine?" Yena looked around.
"No.." Beomgyu says, lowering his head.
"I-I'm fine, guys!" I yelled from the bathroom, and I grabbed the toilet paper nearby to wipe my mouth with.
"Yena, please grab my toothbrush from my bag!" I yelled from inside.
I couldn't stand the taste inside my mouth...
"Here, you sure you're fine?" She opened the door, handing me the toothpaste and toothbrush.
"I will be after I get this retched taste out." I wet my toothbrush then applied to mint toothpaste.
"You'll feel better once we get fresh air." She reassured me.
I washed my mouth out and placed the items back inside my bag.
"If you throw up again, make sure it's not my direction." Yeonjun pats my shoulder.
"I'll make sure it is."
"Hey!-"
"Okay, okay, kids, let's go!" Yena cuts in.
"We'll go on ahead first." Beomgyu and Yeojun slowly proceeded inside the ski lift.
"Yo, last night, we all heard what you yelled!" Yena pulled me close.
SN: "What?"
"Beomgyu, you wanna kiss Beomgyu!" She laughed, repeating my words.
"I said that?!" I slapped my forehead.
YN: "Don't worry, Yeonjun seemed not fazed by your sudden mentioning of him wanting to kiss Beomgyu. Maybe it was true."
SN: "It needed to be."
YN:" Relax, it's all working!"
SN:" Slowly but surely, let's go." We hop on the ski lift.
"I don't want to go back to school!" Beomgyu groaned, treading in the snow.
SN: "Don't remind me."
YJ:" Don't we have the school trip in two months?"
YN:" That's right, I wonder where.."
BG:" I heard it's a camping trip."
SN:" Camping? Please tell me you're joking."
YN:" Soona tends to attract mosquitos."
YJ:" I have an effective bug spray."
SN:" None work for me; I'll be surprised."
BG: "Is your head feeling fine?"
SN:" Oh, yeah, it's better now; I just needed water." I closed the cap to my bottle.
YJ:" You were acting crazy lazy night."
BG:" You tried you jump off the balcony too."
SN:" What-?! I did?!"
YN:" No! they're just messing with you!"
Yeonjun and Beomgyu erupted into laughter that filled the bus on the way home.
YN: "Let's send the photos to the group chat later that we all took."
"Oh, I took many," Yeonjun says, going through his phone.
"Don't peek!" He yelled at Yena beside him.
"I-I'm not!" She crosses her arms.
"This is the stop: SEOUL." The bus voice spoke.
"Let's go." Yena looks her arm with mine, and we walk out into the familiar air.
YN: "I'm glad to be back. Do you all want to get dinner before parting?"
BG: "Sure!"
YJ:" Might as well."
"Oh, I want to buy a steak, can I?" Beomgyu pouts at Yena.
YN: "Of course! What are you ordering, Yeonjun?"
"Hm..I'll have a steak too."
YN:" I'm ordering....fried chicken."
SN:" You're copying me again!" I pinch her cheek.
YN:" No! I thought of this before you did!" She pinched my cheek back.
BG:" You two are something else." He laughs; Yeonjun just silently judges us, making chaos across from him.
"Is that peach tea?" Yena eyes my drink.
"Yes, why?"
"Let me have a sip, please!" She moves toward the straw.
YN: "Oh, I thought it'd be a sweater. It's nice."
SN: "I asked for less sugar; I don't like overly sweet drinks."
BG: "Oh, we ordered the same drink."
SN:" We did?." Sure enough, his drink was the same as mineâthis copycat, first Yena, now Beomgyu.
YJ:" I just ordered a coke; you both are picky."
SN:" I'm not picky; I just prefer something...different."
YJ:" So..Picky?"
YN:" Okay, you two, let's not argue. Look our foods coming this way!"
BG:" Taste this; it's better than your steak." He held the steak toward Yeonjun's mouth.
"In front of my food?" I was whispering, sulking.
Yeonjun bites the steak off the fork; he chews it for a couple of seconds before coming up with his conclusion, "It's the same taste."
"Same?! No, your steak has more blood than mine." Beomgyu pointed just fork toward the barely visible blood.
"Both of your steaks are good; now eat what I paid for." Yena butts in.
"Yes, master." Yeonjun joked.
"Hey, Why didn't you eat that piece?" Beomgyu looks at my chicken breast on the plate.
SN: "I only eat the legs."
BG: "Only?! Then, Can I have it?"
"Take it. It's yours." I pushed the plate toward him, and the glass made a clinking noise, making me shutter. I was not too fond of that noise of any ceramic or glass rubbing, and it made my skin crawl.
"Yeah, let me get some." Yeonjun takes his fork, trying to dissect some of the meat.
"No, you wanted to argue with me earlier." Beomgyu uses his fork to move Yeonjun's away.
"They're fighting how cute," Yena whispered.
"Take the photo while you can." I nudged her.
She lifted her arm, trying not to make them notice; she propped her head on her fist.
She took her finger and pressed the capture button on her watch, and it starts taking photos.
"I took 5. Is that enough?" She shows me.
"Yes." I nodded.
"Don't!" Beomgyu takes Yeonjun's fork out of his hand completely.
"Give it to me." He placed his open palm toward Beomgyu.
"Uh uh, no." He hands the fork to me.
"Guard this with your life." The fork was laid in my palm, and I slowly shut my hand around it.
"Soona, Please give it." Yeonjun turned toward me.
"Hm.. why should I?"
"I've been nice to you; when you were drunk, I helped you to your bed!"
"Did you? I don't remember." I lied.
"Ask them!" He looks between Yena and Beomgyu.
"I don't recall that," Beomgyu says, trying not to smile.
YJ: "You! Just give it, please."
SN:" Fine." I opened my palm; he takes the fork from me and, without hesitation, rams it into the chicken breast.
He picked it up with the fork, turning to the other side and biting into it.
"Yeonjun!" Yena yelled.
"My chicken!" Beomgyu started hitting his arm.
"Sorry." I was holding my laugh in; Beomgyu looked so betrayed by me.
BG: "I trusted you!"
SN:" Sorry!"
YJ:" She did the right thing, don't be angry."
BG:" Thank you for dinner and the trip!" He thanked yena by bowing.
YN:" No need, we are all friends here."
YJ:" Thank you for dinner and a good time, both of you."
SN:" You two be safe on your way; I'll see you both Monday at school!" I waved them goodbye as they walked off.
YN:" RACE YOU TO THE APARTMENT!" Yena darted off, and I chased behind her, gripping my bag tightly.
"Hey, these photos I took are so good; I'll send them to the Boss first." She unlocks her watch, chooses the eight photos, and sends them.
"I think they'll be pleased." I laid back on her bed, and I was tired from traveling.
"Oh hey, we have to send the photos we took to the group chat! Don't forget, come on!" She forces me to sit up.
I grabbed my phone, and it started to make noises from Yena spamming photos followed by the others sending.
(I blurred the faces of Soona / Yena in case you want to imagine your own! The unblurred photo will be posted at the end of the chapter!)
"YENA, WHAT DID YOU DO?!" I shouted from the bathroom.
"I DIDN'T MEAN TO SEND THAT!" OMG!" She tried to delete it, but they had already saw it.
"They're going to think you're a creep now! That photo is so old!" I panicked.
"Shit! What do we do?! I can't reply!" She puts her face on the pillow.
"Let me think, and I can't think we're screwed!" I grabbed a pillow, plunging my face into it as well.
Suddenly Yena's phone began to ring with a voice call within the group chat.
"Oh no, don't answer!" She throws the phone across the room.
"Yena! Calm down!" I reassured her.
Then my phone began to vibrate. I panicked and threw it also.
"What should we do?!" I panicked. I felt as if my life was ending as I knew it.
What If they didn't trust us now? What if I will fail my mission! No, I can't!
"Hello?" I answered the call with confidence.
"Soona, Please explain." Yeonjun's voice asked over the call; I was anxious.
"T-The photo? Oh, that's because Yena wanted to take it as a reminder of your friendship!" I blurted out.
"A reminder?" He asks with confusion.
"She wanted to remember the day you both forgave each other! It was special!"
"I see; I'm sorry for overreacting.. I'll go now, goodnight." He hangs up.
"We're fine!" I came back into the room to comfort the sobbing Yena.
"Y-You sure?"
"Yeonjun said it was fine, and I just told him you took the photo as a reminder of the day they became friends." I patted her back.
"I-Thank you, Soona. I was worried!" She hugged me.
"Don't get your snot on my shirt, please."
We can't be so reckless again; I wouldn't have a good excuse next time...
Here's the picture for those who maybe want to see unblurred if you don't want to imagine faces of your mind.
The left would be Yena, and the Right would be Soona.