Temptation [ Min Yoongi | ENG ]

E I G H T Y N I N E

I slid down the corner bench with my beer glass in hand while I realized that the voice that dominated the conversation was Dirk's.

"... And then everything, absolutely everything, was a reference to poop! Do you imagine such a thing?"

"Yes, Dirk." Maud said flatly. "We imagine and visualize it. You already showed the photos too."

"Oh, did I?" He asked awkwardly.

"My love, you've been telling this story for almost a month." Lotte warned him.

"Dude, it's because it was surreal. A poop-themed restaurant! Only in South Korea!" He exclaimed, completely willing to continue. I laughed, thinking that a man his size was too much like a child at times.

"Let's hear someone else's travel stories now." Maud said, changing the focus of the conversation for me. "Good night, Miss Roosje."

"Good night Maudje. What do you want to know?" I replied, pretending to be casual.

"Well, how's Paris?!" Evi intervened.

"Still beautiful!"

"And what did you do over there?" She asked again.

"We visited several touristy places." I said, very obtuse.

"Only that?" Maud looked at me suspiciously.

"No, we also ate a lot." I smiled a big smile.

"And..." Evi asked again.

"We had so much sex." I drank my beer.

"Ah! Please, Roos!" Lotte exclaimed, shocked.

"Huh?" I was laughing at her reaction when Dirk spoke again.

"He asked her to move in with him." He spoke and made everyone look at him. Me included. "And she said yes." All eyes turned to me and I felt my cheeks burn.

"Is this true?" Lotte spoke, her voice denouncing another kind of shock.

"Dirk would have no reason to lie." I answered briefly.

"Ah, sis! I can't believe it! Congratulations?!" Maud exclaimed from across the table.

"Thanks!" I thanked her energetically. They knew that made it all real.

"And when do you move?" Evi spoke again, with a question.

"The real estate agent said I must hand over the keys two weeks after the formal notice of vacancy is sent."

"And have you sent it yet?" Dirk wanted to know.

"Not yet. I'm going to talk over it with Yoongi properly. Maybe I'll send it on Friday."

I was smoking in front of the bar when Grietje appeared.

"Hi cute, are you ready for the move?" She greeted me.

"Didn't you just arrive?" I was confused.

"Yeah?"

"And how do you already know?"

"Evi congratulated Yoongi in the group and took the opportunity to tell everyone, you know?" She shrugged.

"Ah yes! I'm almost ready for the move, all that remains to be done is everything."

"Everyone is already available to load boxes over the weekend, okay?"

"All my friends are angels." I smiled sweetly at her.

I finished my cigarette and turned to go back to the bar when I got to the door at the same time as Nanook.

"Oops!" He exclaimed when our hands went to the solid wood of the door at the same time. "Hey Roos."

"Hi Nanook, how are you?" I said, noticing a woman standing beside him. He noticed the direction of my gaze.

"This is Hannah, my girlfriend. Hannah, this is Roos, a good fellow."

"Hi, nice to meet you, Hannah." I held out my right hand in her direction.

"Nice to meet you, Roos." She offered me a lovely smile and I realized that she had extremely similar features to him. "Are you Yoongi's girlfriend?"

"Am I?" I said, a little confused and Nanook laughed. "I am, I am, do you know him?" I asked, ready to hear that she has hooked up with him in the past.

"Yes, my brother is a very good friend of Yoon, Remko."

"Ah, yes! I didn't know Remko has a sister."

"I went to college in the UK, I just came back recently."

"Luckily for me, she came back hotter than ever." Nanook popped into the conversation. I looked at him a little incredulously.

"Shut up, Nan." She put a hand on his chest, laughing. "We dated before, when I was in high school, but now it's no longer strange." She smiled at me and I figured she must be 7 or 8 years younger than him. I returned the smile.

"I was waiting for you to come back." I rolled my eyes at hearing his words and then I was surprised by Yoongi's voice coming from behind me.

"Nanook..." He paused briefly. "Hannah?" I turned to look at him and he stopped by my side, sliding an arm around my waist, bringing me closer to him. "I didn't know you were back."

"I finished the semester earlier. I just need to be back in two months for the final exams and that's it!" She exclaimed excitedly and he smiled slightly.

"Nice." He spoke before turning to me. "Do you wanna smoke with me?" I nodded and followed him in silence to the edge of the sidewalk, willing to end that interaction as soon as possible.

"So is she Remko's sister?" I asked as he handed me an already lit cigarette.

"Yes, she went to college in Cambridge. Is she here with Nanook?"

"He introduced her as his girlfriend and she said they dated before, when she was at school." He made a face at my words.

"I'm not wrong to find it strange, am I?" He looked at me and I shook my head.

"He told her that he waited for her."

"Oh?" He just said. We were silent for a while. "I'm not looking forward to staying here tonight. I'm just going to have a beer and leave."

"I'll go with you."