Painted With Your Smile | Lim Jaebeom & Lee Donghyuck

Breathe in, breathe out

   Heavy was the only word that could describe the atmosphere in the silent living room. The three girls were sitting on the couches and armchairs without speaking, all of them clearly drunk, rubbing the sides of their head or looking at the cieling. Things had taken a turn for all of them tonight, the aftertaste of it all creating a lump in their throat.

   The slow creaking and the sound of the door closing drew their gaze towards the entrance, facing a now very-worn-out-looking Danny. She looked at them, sighed and then headed towards the kitchen, returning soon afterwards with a bottle of gin and 4 shot glasses.

    After sitting down with the rest of the girls and recieving their worried looks, she stated:

 -" If we can't have fun at a stupid party, let's have a party of our own. God knows we need it."

   After a moment of silence, the girls started laughing out loud, the feeling of resentment flooding them all utterly. 

   Once they had quited down, Danny asked:

 -" Kat, can you tell us now what the heck happened with Yuta before??"

   The girl looked at her, her smile fading, now giving it's place to a frown, tears threatening to spill down her big chocolate eyes.

 -"I... I looked so stupid, you guys. You don't even understand-", she answered, the end of her sentence now being cut off from her cries. "I... just went up to him and his friends, and after I stood there for like, at least 15 seconds while they were all looking at me like the weirdo I was, you know?, I looked at him and said something that I think was a hey. Or that was my intention at least. I think my, my exact words were... HLAEYYYYYY", she bursted out crying, folding herself over her knees, sobbing like crazy, the girls rubbing her back at the same time.

 -"And what did he do then?", Ivy asked in worry.

 -"Well, I wouldn't know. I literally turned around and ran to Danny immediately after that. GOD I AM SUCH A WEIRDO.", she cried out, a new and more intense wave of sobs coming through.

 -"Listen, that, obviously, didn't go great, but it doesn't sound like an unfixable situation right? Just think that if he asks Johnny, or anything, he will say the best things about you, plus, you can just tell him you were really drunk and thought he was someone else on the roadtrip.", Danny went, looking at Katnya and holding her protectively.

 -"WAIT. OH NO NO NO. I had forgotten he was invited to the road trip. Omg what am I gonna do?"

 -"What do you mean you had forgotten??? You were the one who kept begging Johnny over and over again to invite him!!!"

 -"Wait, you guys, what road trip are you talking about?", Mariji asked, clearly confused.

 -"What, did you think you were coming to spend summer vacation in Seoul? We, and when I say we I mean both our friends here and also Johnny's friends go on this trip every summer to Jeju island. Basically, we all stay together in Mark's house and all sorts of summery things together, like drinking till dropping every night. Just enjoying ourselves, away from the city you know?", Danny answered, now facing Mariji.

 -"HOW AM I EVEN SUPPOSED TO FACE HIM AGAIN?", Kat continued, clearly overwhelmed.

 -"Darling, I swear to you I am gonna help you deal with this. We all are! No backing down, until, Yuta is yours, okay?", Danny looked at the rest of the girls in a signal to cheer their friend on.

 -"She's right Kat, we're gonna get it!!"

-"Thank you girls, really."

 -"You know what I think could help? We are all clearly drunk, and have more drinks... I think the situation calls out for a game of truth or dare...", Mariji proposed.