Dive Into You

Chapter 2: Getting Closer

Boo Seung-kwan gazes around him, sticking close to Ju Hak-nyeon. "This isn't like the Jeju I know, right?"

"Because you were never forcibly taken to Jeju before," Hak-nyeon remarks.

"Well, technically we weren't forcibly taken," Jae-min remarks, looking around. "And besides, I'm okay with it if I was. Look at this place."

"Yes, Jeju is pretty," Seo-ho says.

"Not as pretty as my Donghyuckie!" Tae-il exclaims, leaning against Haechan.

Haechan looks back at him, beaming warmly. He makes a kissy face at Tae-il, who giggles and blushes bright red.

"How cute," Shin-won states. He then playfully and lightly smacks Jin-ho on the chest. "...see Jin-ho-ssi, that's what you need? You need to have a girlfriend...or a boyfriend if you want."

"Why?" Jin-ho questions, putting his hands on his hips. "I'm perfectly fine being single and short."

"And more jumpy than a jackrabbit," Shinwon remarks, smiling at his smaller hyung. He puts a hand on Jin-ho's shoulder.

"I'd like to know why we are here in the first place," Ravn suddenly inquires, tapping his chin in thought.

"Because," Hak-nyeon replies to him. "We all wanted a vacation and were strangely granted that." He cocks his head to one side and stares into the distance, deep in thought (tryig to figure his own question out).

"Whoa! Do you guys see this?" Seo-ho's voice shouts out, his arm thrusting into the air ahead of him.

They all follow his index finger a few yards ahead of them. Emerging from a canopy of green are four females.

"Protect me, Donghyuckie!" Tae-il screams, jumping behind Haechan, who lifts his fists up, instinctively.

"And you say I'm jumpy...?" Jin-ho hisses to Shin-won.

Shin-won doesn't pay attention to him, though. His eyes are locked ahead of him on one of the females.

Jin-ho notices and smirks. "It's not polite to stare, Shinwonie."

Shin-won shoots him a glare. "I'm not staring...I'm admiring." His eyes shoot back to the mysterious female, who has begun to twirl her short-shoulder-length silvery-purple hair around her index finger and is looking his way.

"Donghyuckie, who are they?" Tae-il whines, still hiding behind Haechan.

Seung-kwan rolls his eyes. "Grow a pair. You make us power vocalists look bad and weak-AH! EW, A BUG!!" He screams in high-pitch and jumps into Jae-min, who is walking to his side.

Jae-min catches him in an instinctual-based reaction.

Seung-kwan looks at him and gasps. "Sorry..."

"And...again, YOU said I...ME...I am jumpy?!" Jin-ho shouts at Shin-won.

Shin-won holds his hand up in front of Jin-ho's mouth, abruptly cutting the small man off. He then walks ahead of them all, heading up to the female and extends a hand of greeting. He opens his mouth and no sound comes out.

"Wow," Seo-ho chuckles.

"Yeah, wow," Hak-nyeon's voice comes low and soft from nearby him.

Seo-ho shoots him a look, as does Ravn.

Hak-nyeon is now staring at the group of females as well. He runs a hand through his hair. "The short red haired one is pretty. She must be a princess with that tiara entangled in those gorgeous locks..."

By now, the four women have gotten close enough to the group; Shin-won standing before the one that has stolen his attention. Everyone is stopped in place (and of course Tae-il is still hiding behind Haechan).

Seo-ho and Ravn watch as he stalks through the grass toward the four.

"I mean...I think that the longer red haired one is prettier..." Seo-ho grumbles to himself.

Ravn smacks his arm. "This could be a trick of some kind."

Hak-nyeon reaches the one with the short red hair. "Hi there, I, um, uh, I'm Ju Hak-nyeon."

The female puts her hands on her hips, the tiara glistening under the sun. In a deeper voice, she says, "My name is Lee Yu-bin. You can call me Dami though." She gestures to her side with one hand. "And these are my friends."

The fourth female, with wavy, short-shoulder-length chocolate hair pipes up, "What are you doing here?"

"We could ask you the same question," Ravn snaps.

"Wait..." the woman with longer, wavy red-hair speaks, stomping through the grass to where Jae-min and Seung-kwan are. "I know you both."

"AH! AH! I know two of them too!" the female with Hak-nyeon, Dami, states. "I'm a rapper for Dreamcatcher and we rappers know each other. That's Na Jae-min of NCT Dream and Oneus' Ravn."

Ravn nods. "That's correct."

Dami looks around Hak-nyeon. "Everyone in K-pop knows the sassy Boo Seung-kwan too."

Seung-kwan gets off of Jae-min and straightens up. "Impressive."

Haechan gently tries to persuade Tae-il to come out of hiding behind him. "If these lovely ladies were dangerous or a threat, they would have done something to us by now. Come on, Taeilie."

"What about me?!" Jin-ho pipes up.

"What about you, tiny?" the wavy redhead sarcastically comments.

"Ah! Ryu-jin-ah, be nice," Dami scolds.

Ryu-jin... Seo-ho nods slowly, feeling Ravn's judging glare on him. He could almost hear his bandmate's words to him: Still think she's hot? Yes. He finds himself saying aloud, "Sass is attractive."

Ravn mutters a "huh?"

Ryu-jin tosses her hair. "He's tiny. I'm just stating the obvious."

"I think we're all going to get along well here," the short-redhead says to Shin-won. "I'm Kyung-hwa, by the way. Moon Kyung-hwa."