˗ˏˋ sickly in love ; gyuricky

# - vi.

  THE EVENING OF THE spring formal finally arrived, with everyone excitedly lining up at the entrance, taking photos with their friends and gushing over each other's looks. the atmosphere was lively, paired with the light-up flowers decorating the venue along with the clear night sky, exposing the glowing up stars.

ricky wore a white button down with his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, a black waistcoat with embroidered flowers on top. hiyyih matched with a black dress that reached down to her knees, flowers and vines identical to those on ricky's waistcoat stitched onto her puffed short sleeves.

"i really have to treat you sometime, ricky," hiyyih sighed. "i can't believe you had these outfits tailored for us."

"of course, it's not easy to find floral-themed formal clothes for men, and we wanted to match, right?"

"you're crazy. crazy rich." ricky chuckled at her.

the rest of their friend group joined them in the line.

"hey! you guys are early," junhyeon said. somehow, he actually did end up matching with the girls, hair styled to imitate yellow diamond's hair from steven universe.

"not really," ricky said, gesturing to the long line ahead. they were literally at the back. "just earlier than you guys."

"we came a few minutes ago."

"still, there isn't until another thirty minutes before the event starts," jungwon says, eyeing the long line.

"i guess everyone's trying to get themselves a table before it fills up," hiyyih remarks.

looking around, ricky noticed that gyuvin (and his date) still haven't arrived. he made eye contact with hiyyih, who raised her eyebrow questioningly.

"where's gyuvin?"

"oh, i'm not sure. do you want me to call him?"

"it's alright, i'll just send him a text."

once they all signed into the venue, they found themselves lucky when there were still a few vacant tables, and quickly settled themselves around one.

the lights were on, but dimmed to fit the atmosphere, as decorative lights projected around the place in the shape of roses. vines and flowers wrapped around the legs of long tables, presumably for dinner later on in the night, as well as the photobooth set up near the entrance.

"won, we should take photos there!" wonyoung, jungwon's date, pointed. honestly their friendship was so cute, but it was starting to annoy ricky how they'd do a handshake and shout their iconic 'won-won cross!' line every time they met up. he heard it at least thrice a day.

"oh yes! let's take ones of just us two for now. we'll ask the rest after gyuvin and miri come," he said, already making his way towards it.

"speaking of gyuvin and miri, where are they?" minji asked. hiyyih looked to ricky for answers, but she wasn't the only one.

"what?" ricky asked when everyone turned to him.

"you two tell each other everything, you'd know where he is," gunwook says. ricky scoffed and rolled his eyes light heartedly.

"okay, you're right. they're running a little late because miri's still not ready. at least, that's the last i was told, but that was fifteen minutes ago, when we were still outside."

"they're probably on the way now," gunwook concluded.

i'm fact, they'd just arrived. the pair arrived, as if summoned by the conversation, joining them at the table.