Drink it up | Kim Hongjoong

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"Euna please! Go out with me tonight, you know I don't like leaving you at home." I looked up at my brother from my computer, "San you know my midterms are next month." He groaned, "That's a whole month!" I sighed and closed my computer pushing it to the sides, "Look, I'll go but I'm not gonna babysit you when you get drunk." He cheered and hugged me as I stood up, "Thanks Euna I wanted to introduce you to some friends." I rolled my eyes, "Oh god."

I heard him laugh as he walked to my door, "I'll let you get ready." I nodded even though he couldn't see me as he closed my door, I sighed and flipped onto my bed. Do I really want to do this? I don't 100% know what San does to bring money in for rent and food but he brings in a lot, he spoils me even though I know he shouldn't be spending the money, I know it's not clean money but I never push him when he tells me he'll be gone for a day or two. My best guess is a gang but I know he'd never admit to that, he just makes me focus on my studies.

Ever since I was little I've wanted to be a Doctor, so as soon as high school ended San put me in college. Growing up, it's been really hard, I was born with a low metabolism so it was always hard to lose weight and extremely easy to gain it. My body has always been big since I'm so short, my parents threw me out when my brother left, so he took me in and cared for me. He's always been there for me and I was forever grateful. It took me years to get to where I am but I don't let society or those around me affect me.

They have their opinion on my body and I ignore them, San taught me that. Well eventually after I got expelled in middle school. I got back up and headed to my closet, for a family who had little money it definitely looked like we were rich. Like I said before San spoiled me, I had to start refusing gifts to make him slow down. I grabbed a black skirt and black crop with spaghetti straps, I put them on quickly after putting on heart fishnets and black shorts on to go under my skirt. I grabbed my black cardigan and put it on, it was cold outside due to October arriving.

I laced up my black converse and fixed my curtain bangs while pulling back sections of my hair and putting them in ponytails while leaving the rest down. I touched up my eyeliner from earlier and applied lip gloss before grabbing my phone and walking out of my room. "Sannie I'm ready!" San appeared around the corner at the kitchen, "Euna you know I hate that skirt." I pulled it up to reveal my shorts, "I prepared I promise." I grabbed my pocket knife San bought me a few years ago and stuck it in my shirt for easy access.

He accepted my outfit with an attitude as he grabbed keys from the counter, "You got a car?" He winked, "Right, don't ask questions." He patted my head as I rolled my eyes, that's always been his rule. Never ask questions, just go with the flow and don't get caught. We walked down the stairs that led to our small apartment, I followed San as he unlocked a nice looking red car, "Woah, this is so nice!" He opened my door, "I try." I smiled at him as I got in before he closed my door, he walked to the drivers side getting in.

"Seat belt." I put mine on as he put his on and connected the radio to his phone before handing it to me, "Pick some music." I smiled and scrolled through his Spotify until I picked Chase Atlantic, "Oo! Yes! This is why you're my sister." I laughed and let the playlist go as we drove, I didn't ask where the party was because I know San wouldn't give me a straight answer. The thing about San was, he couldn't lie to me, he refused to; so he made a rule that if I don't ask him the question he can't lie to me. Our system has always been like that and I was okay with it.

It took us about 20 minutes to get there, it was a huge house in a very expensive neighborhood. The name on the mailbox rang a bell in my head and I realized it was a kid at my school, I didn't know him so I wasn't too worried. San parked the car and it hit me, "Wait how are we gonna get home? You're going to drink and I can't drive." He pulled the keys from the ignition, "One of my friends, Seonghwa, he's gonna drive us back and crash on the couch." I slowly nodded, "You trust him?" He stopped and looked at me seriously, "The 7 guys you're about to meet tonight, I trust them with my life and yours."