Chances

Chapter 11: Two out of Three

At first,  Hyejin's words brought Dahee comfort, it sounded like the eldest one was finally giving her a chance to explain herself and atone for what she did. She just never knew her atonement would be this. The first pub they went to on their bar crawl was a classic irish pub, with stools surrounding the bar, dim flourecent lighting, the smell of cigarettes and oil wafting around the place and the small area at the corner of the bar where a pool table and darts were added as a form of entertainment. The group of 10 combined two standing round tables together to be able to fit all their drinks in, Irish bombs for everyone! 

This had been the atonement Hyejin thought Dahee deserved to be able earn her forgiveness. Dahee was no longer feeling comforted but uncomfortable and disgusted by the dirtiness of it all. It had been so long since she placed herself in the middle of such a rough environment, missing her cocktails in fancy glassware where soft jazz played in the cool decadent bar room of a hotel or some other high end place in New York.

She got so uptight with a stick lodged so far up her ass Hyejin initially just wanted to poke fun but realized that being in a rough place such as Irish pubs near the pier could actually be good for her and to get her closer to the loud, unapologetic, no where near graceful Dahee she knew before she started acting up.

So she pushed Irish bombs and bourbon and tequila, one shot after the other, towards Dahee not letting her taking a single breath in between shots. Rachel left to play pool with the maknae line while the older boys and girls kept chugging on. Hoseok was such a lightweight and Namjoon not being too fond of drinking hard liquor decided to play darts while Jin and Yoongi kept their eyes on the two girls, worrying that all this alcohol would get to them in no time and suddenly collapse.

But the girls could hold their liquor. One thing they leaned after school hours that the only way to survive in such a harsh world was to be even harsher and that meant building up their tolerance to the one thing men used to get women to become vulnerable. Alcohol.

So even after six round of shots neither of them wavered. "On to the next" Hyejin declared.

The second place had been much nicer, filled with people slightly older than them. Ed Sheeran could be heard being played from the speakers and booth chairs lined the room with a dance floor in the middle. Claiming a booth and ordering a bottle of vodka, they all settled down, Jungkook, Jimin, and Hobi left standing since they all couldn't fit but bopped to the music as they waited for their orders. Martinis, screwdrivers, and a lot of old fashioned served at their table with fish crackers and packs of beer were each taken by the person who ordered it. 

Dahee still wouldn't let loose, keeping her palms on her lap and her feet flat on the floor, the only indication that she'd felt somewhat intoxicated was her unbuttoning her cardigan. This wasn't good enough, Hyejin thought. She wanted Dahee to put her guard down, to stop being well calculated about her actions and just have fun. "Open up." Hyejin was kneeling on the cushion of the booth, tequila bottle in hand wanting to pour the contents into Dahee's mouth, in true college fashion. Before Dahee could decline their group had already started chanting "One shot." over and over and as if on instint, Dahee opened her mouth letting the strong scented and warm liquid enter her not so teenage body. 

But that had done the trick.

10 seconds of the liquid being poured in her mouth had her taking off the stupid cardigan and chugging a beer as a chaser right after, not needing Hyejin to hand it over to her. Hyejin smiling after seeing the fire in Dahee eyes claimed "There's the Dahee I know." and pouring some of the tequila in her mouth as well. Rachel squeeled and grabbed Dahee dragging her out of the booth saying "Let's dance." and finding a spot on the dancefloor. Hobi and his younger members went out to dance with them and Hyejin continuing to drink with the other three.