Accidental Friends | A BTSxReader friendship fic

Chapter 41: Surprise! Pt. 3

Locating the restroom, taking off the zipper at the back of the suit, then putting it back on when I finished my business take forever. Maybe I'm just not flexible enough to do this, or the others are somehow secret contortionists who work for an underground circus community, but fifteen minutes is cutting it close. From the restroom, which turns out to be on the third floor, I ran downstairs—not advisable, I know—and reach just when everyone starts to gather around this wall of small crane machines.

I found Hunnie on the edge of the circle and I nudge her on the side.

"There you are."

"Is everyone here?"

"I think so? One, two, three—"

"I think Monkey D Monkey is still in the restroom." Eunseok Hyung appears from behind.

"He went too? I didn't see him."

"Where did you go?"

"Third floor. That's where the restroom is."

"Why? There's a restroom right there," he points at the small sign on the corner of the room that, when I squint really hard, says, sure enough. 'Restroom'.

"Damn it."

Below the sign, a monkey walks out, quickly spots the big group and dashes our way.

"Hey, you started yet?"

I shake my head. "No. Calm down, er, Monkey D Monkey."

"Finally," he folds his arms. "I finally got a cool nickname, but no one was calling me. I've been waiting for someone to call me." Byul Unnie apparently heard that and wades through the group towards us just to laugh.

"Aww, don't cry."

"Now we have everyone," Hunnie puts her thumbs up. "I'll start." She turns and heads straight to the clear space around the middle of the length of the crane machines wall. "Y'all ready for the next game?" Everyone answers with excited 'yes's. "Round three, toy crane, otherwise known as claw machine. As you can see, there are seven toy crane machines lined up on the wall with dolls in them. These are some of the easiest toy cranes in this area. Definitely one of the more doable ones for the general people who are not arcade maniacs. If you try hard enough, you should manage to get at least one little plushie. In the previous two rounds, you get points based on your ranking. This time, however, one plushie equals one point." She sticks out her finger to show one. "Okay, like before, seven machines, fourteen people, two people are going to take turns with each machine. Before we start, Myself and I will swipe all the machines and then we'll take the cards with us. If you need it, just ask one of us. It's simple. The time limit is fifteen minutes, get as many as you can, and points will be given according to the number of dolls you get. Any question?"

A hand shoots up.

"What if we get a lot but we don't want them?" Sura Unnie asks.

"We'll gather them, put them in a bag, and we'll give them out at the next destination."

Another hand shoots up. Moonsik's this time. "And that will be..."

"Nope. It won't work. I'm not telling you."

"Alright. Worth a shot."

"I'll start swiping the card. Myself, come here."

Together, we swipe the cards in all seven machines and we end up at the two opposite ends of the machines.

"Come on everyone, choose a machine. Remember, two people per machine."

I watch as the groups join up. Eunseok Hyung naturally goes to Hunnie and Moonsik and Byul Unnie pairs together. I see Suga talking to the guys and quickly following Namjoon wherever he goes 'just in case' which Jin answers with 'Good, Yoong— I mean Cutie G. I'm counting on you', or something like that. Everyone else walks randomly and I somehow end up with Jimin. Playing on the machine next to us are Hobi whose Blushing monkey is staring down at the machine to intimidate(?) the machine and win(? Is that what he's doing?), and Jin who is clutching the control stick with a death grip, itching to start.