Teeter totter (2SHIN one-shots)

Stick to juice boxes, baby

Yuna opened the door and crept quietly along the wooden floorboard. She liked coming back to the dorm past midnight and finding it all quiet. She wasn't "drunk" because Yeji had laid the rules down onto everyone and everyone knew that when Yeji set boundaries it meant that she meant it, so by no means was Yuna "drunk".

"Yuna." Uh- oh caught already? The lights were flicked on and Ryujin stood, hands on hips a good metre right behind Yuna who slowly spun herself around to face her unnie.

"Hi." Yuna greeted lazily, her eyes half lidded and a drunken smile spread across her lips.

"Where have you been?" Ryujin questioned already knowing the answer. The glaze in her eyes gave her away. Baby Yuna was old enough to drink now, it had been a long time coming, still, the thought didn't sit well with Ryujin.

"..Yenno, here and there." Ryujin frowned in disapproval, everyone broke rules occasionally, but Yuna coming home past midnight, drunk and on her own? That was new. Ryujin trailed her eyes down to Yuna's shoe, the left one clearly not hers because it was several sizes too big, worn out and the right was just a sock.

"And who's shoe are you wearing?"

"Its my shoe now... and can I go to sleep? I —" Yuna cut herself short and firmly covered her mouth, doubling over. Ryujin had seen this too many times and anticipated what was going to happen next. She gripped Yuna's wrist and dragged her into the bathroom holding her hair back as she led her in front of the toilet.

Yuna poked her head out of the bathroom checking if Ryujin was still waiting outside.

"Did you brush your teeth?" Yuna nodded and Ryujin hummed in approval before shooing her off.

"Go sleep, You'll probably get scolded tomorrow." Ryujin rubbed her eyes proceeded to head to bed before Yuna snatched her by the waist and pulled her back into her.

 "You're just going to leave me?" Yuna questioned the hurt in her voice betraying her.

"You need to sleep and I'm tired too." Ryujin felt Yuna's hands leave her waist.

"But if it was someone else you'd stay with them right?" Yuna mumbled.

"What?" Ryujin turned to face her drunk, little maknae trying to make sense of the situation, but instantly regretted it when she saw her bottom lip quiver and tears build up in her eyes.

"If It was another member you'd stay." Yuna's voice shook unable to stop that one wretched tear from slipping down her cheek. "You always leave me." Yuna was about to brush the tear away when she felt Ryujin's fingers do it for her. Ryujin sighed and wiped another leaky tear before cupping Yuna's face.

"So this is what you're like when you're drunk."

"You don't like me." Yuna stated sniffling.

"I like you." Ryujin countered.

"Not the way I want you to." Yuna grabbed Ryujin's hands and pulled them down and off of her face. Ryujin felt her heart stop maybe even skip a beat, she had to remind herself that this was not what Yuna would be saying if she was sober. "Its a different kind of like, Its not the same and I don't think it ever will be." Yuna held one of Ryujin's hands in her own and entwined her fingers into her own. "I know I shouldn't, but can I? Just for a moment?" Yuna leaned in closer and Ryujin couldn't even bring herself to move. How could she?

"You're drunk and... and what are you doing?" Ryujin's back was pinned against the closest wall in an instant while Yuna's eyes were glaring daggers at her.

"These days you're giving everyone love, but you're forgetting me. I'm tired of it, I'm not going to let you forget me." Ryujin watched blankly as Yuna pulled her face down and inched her own closer to her lips. Ryujin's eyes moved from Yuna's towards her lips, very aware of how soft they looked and how close they were to her own. Her heart was thumping way too loud for her liking and she felt her cheeks heat up. This was pure torture. Ryujin broke the tension by pecking her quickly on the lips much to Yuna's surprise before she wrapped her arms around Yuna's legs, picked her up and over, carrying her like a sac of potatoes and rushing off into the corridor.

"And, what are you doing?!" Yuna's voice muffled against Ryujin's shirt.

"Are you trying to make things hard for me? I mean if you want to be an emotional rollercoaster tonight, fine, but don't make me ride with you! You have no idea what you're doing to me, do you?" Ryujin ranted half half angry that her emotions weren't in check and half embarrassed that she just kissed the girl who she was currently lugging around. Yuna beamed wondering how in the world she got Ryujin to kiss her first.

"Where are we going now?"

"I'm going to tuck you into bed and don't you ever come back to the dorm drunk again." 

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I remember writing that one chapter where Ryujin was tipsy or something in "Grasping at straws", so if Yuna was old enough then this would be the vice versa-ish spinoff. Thank you for giving these rushed little oneshots a chance and continuing to read them! Ya'll are the best. This will go on hiatus soon so I can finish up other stories. 

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