GIRLS ON TRACK || Ryeji

Chapter 63: Art Aficionado And The Museum

Yeonjun's P.O.V

My keen sight probed into Yeji and Ryujin's interactions, appraising their every movement and gesticulation as they made several poses in front of the Champs Elysées / Arc of Triumph. I tilted my head sideways and squinted my eyes contemplatively to fathom the real scale between the two of them, based on their affectionate gazes on one another and pristine laughters they shared, while Chan's words kept recurring in my head like a broken tape. Shaking my head vigorously and smacking the side of it to cease my rumination, I tore my eyes away from the two girls— who may or may not be in love with each other more than the level of intimacy they've claimed to be in.

"Dude, do you still not believe me?" I flinched when Chan suddenly swung an arm around my shoulders— of course, tiptoeing— and adjusted my body back to the direction of the two girls.

"Y'know that girls are much more affectionate to their friends more than boys do," I tried to convince myself rather than explaining the fact to him, thus making the shorter guy take a deep breath and sigh. He briskly removed his arm from me and stepped back with an expression that was full of pity.

"I'm not gonna say anything anymore, dude." He shook his head and walked away from me.

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Ryujin's P.O.V

After coming back from Arc of Triumph and Notre Dome, we visited the Eiffel Tower, which was built by Gustave Eiffel to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution, and it was presented at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889. With the height of 324 meters, it is one of the most visited monuments in the world with nearly 7 million visitors a year. Hehe. I read that from the pamphlet and imprinted it at the back of my mind to use that in the essays for the upcoming examinations. On the way back to the hotel at Dieppe beach, the night sky was already aglow with city lights.

Now, I'm taking a shower in the bathroom of Yeji and my shared bedroom, humming to a self-produced melody, scrubbing the dirt off my bareback as the warm water slithered down my body from the shower head, releasing the stiffness of my muscles from sitting on the bus for approximately two hours. The moment I was splashing the water on my face and slicking back my wet hair, the bathroom door flung open unexpectedly. Hence, I had to grab the tower from the handle in the shower stall and covered my body as quickly as possible before Yeji could take a good look at my bare body.

"Yah! I told you I'll shower first!" Yeji shouted at me, loosely wearing a bathrobe, hence revealing a small area of her cleavage. Abruptly, I averted my sinful eyes to anywhere inside the bathroom but her.

"Well, early bird gets the worm." I shrugged with a smirk, but I didn't let go of the tower being wrapped around me. "Now, get out and lock the door behind you. I'm showering."

"I can get in and lock the door behind me," she countered, leaving shuddering gazes up and down my body as she stood by the sink with a cheeky expression.

"Get out when I'm asking you nicely." I clenched my jaw and glared at her. However, she just arched her eyebrows amusingly, crossing her arms across her chest.

"What will you do if I don't?" She purred like a cat preying on a mouse, and I felt goosebumps appearing on my skin, with the hairs becoming erect.

"I..." I trailed off, my linguistic ability malfunctioning alongside my sanity, as a result of the darkened feline eyes that are solely trained on me.

"We can just shower together, y'know? I'm really impatient to wait for you to be done." Yeji wiggled her eyebrows in mischief, gradually striding across the room toward the shower stall.