GANGSTA ▪︎ Hwang Hyunjin

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"I can't"

You were asking for a death wish, the signals were clear, say yes, but you couldn't accept it.

"Oh sorry, thought you would be available since it's Friday night, and it's not like you have classes tomorrow"

You scoffed at the guy, did he know everything about you or something?

"What would you know?"

He gave a sly smirk, it seemed to him that you were challenging him to something you weren't guaranteed to win.

"Enough to know, that you don't have classes until Monday at 3pm, give and take since your professor tends to be late and early randomly, he's hardly ever on time"

That settled it for you, he was a stalker and a creep much like your assumptions. No normal person would know your schedule for school, unless they were in your class, but you would surely recognize a guy like him in class.

"What are you, a stalker?"

You retorted maybe gaining too much confidence against him.

"No, but I'm sure that's all you're thinking"

"Am I supposed to think otherwise? I've never met you"

This guy was testing you, why wouldn't he just let you leave.

"Sure you have plenty of times, like last Friday, we drank til it was almost morning"

"What are you talking about? I went home early last Friday to study"

"You were supposed to, but you ended up drinking with me"

"I'm sure I would remember if I did such a thing"

You said bluntly, pushing past him. You clearly weren't in the mood to talk anymore. One more push from the guy and you might lose your head.

"But you don't"

Hyunjin retorted turning to grab your arm in one slick movement.

"You don't seem to ever remember, why is that? Are you the type who forgets everything?"

"Listen, Hyunjin, I have a great memory, and I don't get drunk easily. So if any of these so called stories of yours did happen, I would remember"

That smirk was plastered once again on his face, suddenly you realized the trap you were putting yourself in.

"How about you prove it then"

Hyunjin challenged you. He knew you had some since of pride to protect, so your response was predictable. But it's not like he would let you win so easily.

"Okay then, where should we go?"

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The place was huge, tables were filled with couples drinking, groups of people, and to your surprise your own friend was there.

You wanted to call out to your friend, Jisung who sat at a table with a couple other guys. He was taking drink after drink, but by the looks of it he would be out cold in any minute.

Early the same day you had invited him to come hang out, but you now understood why he declined your offer. No hard feelings though since you had later been called to do an extra shift.

Which you regretted deeply for accepting since that now brought you to this horrid situation.

Hyunjin pulled you to the back of the pub to an empty room which wasn't as loud as the rest of the place. Within the room was a small table with a couple of bottles of soju and a few bottles of beers too.

You had to admit you weren't actually any superstar drinker, but above all you hated the bitter taste of soju. It always gave you an awful headache the next day, so you often avoided it, but beer on the other hand was like your best friend.

Chugging down a bottle was as easy as breathing for you. Though you weren't the biggest fan of it's taste, you found a sense of comfort you can't find all that often.

But you couldn't be discouraged, you were going to prove the asshole wrong.

All those days you spent drinking with your classmates were going to put to good use now. It was all or nothing at this point.

"What do you want to start with?"

He asked you his eyes daring.

What you chose now would determine your fate for the rest of your night. If you chose beer you might come off as weak to him, but choosing soju might throw you off.

Courageously you grabbed the bottle of soju and poured you and him a shot. Even if you might regret it you knew this was your best shot on dominating the challenge.

Each of you took the shot easily, well more or less for you. Hiding your expression would be the hardest part, but if it was all you had to put up with maybe you'd win without a doubt.

Hyunjin continued pouring you two drinks of soju until the first bottle was empty. Each of those drinks making you dizzier by the minute, but you still had to push through.

Soon enough the night was fading away with you two on the last bottles of beer. You couldn't believe you allowed yourself to even drink that much. You knew for sure you would regret it all in morning. You'll hate yourself for putting yourself through this, but in the name of your pride you had to let it go.

He uncapped the last two bottles and handed over one to you. Honestly you didn't believe you would be able to drink the whole thing. And if it came down to it you wouldn't be able to continue.

You were far past your limit; surprising yourself that you were even able to hold out for so long.

"Cheers"

Hyunjin and you said in unison and clinked the bottles together. You began gulping down the beer as if it was your last chance to survival.

Ironically enough it was.