Flowers of Despair || Haruto from TREASURE

special chapter: 03

Before y'all read, I wanna tell you guys not to k-word me for what you are about to witness. They're fictional characters anyways HAHA.

August 30, 2024

Yedam pushed away the members walking in front of him and ran going to the pool excitingly. They all watched him jump to the pool in his rash guard and board shorts and felt a good amount of water splashing on their bodies.

Asahi tried covering Kyungmi's tall figure with his body but failed to do so, she still got wet and her denim shorts were quite soaked. 

"Ah Yedam, be more careful," He sighed. Kyungmi and Yedam stifled a laugh after seeing his reaction.

The mischievous Hwayoung copied Yedam and jumped into the pool as well, soaking Asahi and Kyungmi's clothes even more. Asahi just closed his eyes and took a deep breath while Kyungmi laughed even more. 

"Why don't you just swim with us, Asahi hyung?" Junghwan invited the older member while taking a few steps to the stairs of the pool.

"We're fine, we'll swim later night." Asahi replied. Junghwan just nodded his head and went down deeper into the pool.

Caihong, Junkyu, and Bahiyyih joined the three others inside the large, cold pool while Kyungmi and Asahi went to the garden area nearby to take some pictures with his camera. A pink flamingo inflatable was floating around the deeper part of the pool which made Junkyu quickly try to ride it. After multiple attempts of getting on it, he decided to give up and push the flamingo away. Bahiyyih laughed at his cute actions like pouting and folding his arms across his chest due to annoyance.

"Hyung, do you wanna race?" Junghwan approached the only member who wasn't busy playing around. His eyes lit up and he excitedly nodded his head.

"Bahiyyih, can you monitor us and see who won?" Junkyu asked her while pushing his wet hair backward.

"Yup sure." She nodded her head and took a few steps nearer to the two boys who were about to race. 

"First one to do three laps back and forth wins!" Junkyu told him while they walked towards the left side of the pool.

Junghwan confidently smiled at him. "You're on."

They both got ready as Junkyu did a countdown. "1, 2, 3!" The two boys went underwater and swam quickly, trying their best to reach the other side of the large pool.

Junghwan went up and gasped for air as he neared the other side while Junkyu was in the middle, swimming a little slower than the younger member. Junghwan turned and was already on his way to the other side while Junkyu just arrived at the other end of the pool. He stayed there and took deep breaths. 

"Shouldn't you be swimming back there already?" Bahiyyih asked him.

"It's hard to breathe underwater, you know?" He continued breathing heavily while placing his arms on the side of the pool.

"You shouldn't breathe underwater, you should go up then breathe." She chuckled.

"I'm not gonna go back down there again." He laughed.

Someone from above came near them while holding some pool toys. "Here you go, the flamingo looks lonely," Doyoung said while putting the small toys in the pool.

Junghwan arrived at the side of the pool where Junkyu, Bahiyyih, and Doyoung were. "Wait, you won?" He asked in disbelief. Doyoung and Bahiyyih looked at each other and tried stopping themselves from laughing.