TWINEMY (Hyunjin FF)

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~ Bangchan ~

I ended up being stuck with Changbin, Ryujin, and Chaeryeong. I knew Changbin slightly well, but not Ryu or Chae.

Luckily Changbin knew them both well so I wasn't left with the pressure of making them feel included. I was now the out-of-place one.

"Hi," Chae said with a hesitant smile.

"Hey." I did the up-nod thing.

Ryu and Chang were already deep in conversation; something about some girl that kept bothering her was said.

"Yeji again?" Chae chimed in, sounding unhappy with whoever "Yeji" is.

"Yuup. I swear.. She keeps staring at me every time I come out of fucking making out with Yuna. And she's always there! It's like she waits outside."

This was some interesting tea.

"What's wrong with her waiting? Who's Yeji?"

They all gaped at me. Changbin finally chuckled and explained. "She just keeps bothering Ryujin about everything, especially the fling with Yuna. And Ryu's made it clear she wants her to leave her alone because Yeji hurt her before. But she won't, apparently."

I nodded and continued to listen in.

"I don't know what to do at this point. It's not direct enough to be harassment, so..."

"Try to get a restraining order," I suggested.

"Well.. Yeah, I can. But I might not be able to since she's just there, not intensely doing anything."

"Try," Changbin concluded. "I'll go with you when you're available to. Probably just go to the police station."

The ride stopped and the gate opened, abruptly ending our conversation as we filled onto the mini train ride.

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I laughed at Minho shivering helplessly the second he took his shirt off.

"This is fucking dumb. I can't believe I agreed to this," he muttered, not really meaning it.

I smiled and took my shirt off to wait for the rest. We all changed after the amusement park, so now we just had to reduce the layers.

Chaeryeong slowly approached, me only noticing right when she stepped in front of me. "Hey, sorry to bother you, but I think my hair got tied in my top and I can't reach it well. I'd ask Ryujin, but she's in the car still."

I made an "o" expression and set my hands on her shoulders to turn her around.

"Uh. I need to untie it to get your hair out. Hold it to make sure it doesn't like fall." This might be really awkward.

She was wearing a bikini, her top coming together in a knot behind her neck. If I untied it, it might expose her chest. I'd die of guilt if I did that.

She put her hands over the outfit on her chest and I untied it carefully. After getting all the hair out and pushing it over her shoulder, I retied it, double-knotting (double knot on my yeezies) just in case.

She turned around and half-hugged me before scurrying off to Ryujin, who finally came back with a handful of towels.

I heard Minho spit out a tiny laugh from beside me, and I turned to see him red-faced with puffed-out cheeks.

"What?!" I complained, blushing as well.

"You just untied her bathing suit. You looked so awkward. That was so hilarious." He patted my back as he laughed some more.

I whacked his arm and rolled my eyes. "I was just helping her."

"Suree."

I scoffed, not really being serious, and went off to stand with HyunLix.

"Y'all ready?"

Hyunjin nodded enthusiastically while Feix stared at the ground, mumbling out a, "Yep."

"You good, Felix?"

He nodded and wiped whatever thoughts he was previously having away.

"Alright!" Changbin called out, with what he calls his "chest voice".

"Line up! That little dude over there will count to five and we'll jump!"

I lined up with Sam on my right and Seungmin on my other. The space in front of us was already devoid of ice since it was a popular place to go ice swimming.

"Hey! I'm not little! I'm taller than you!" one of Jisung's friends whined.

"I'm older, though."

Everyone laughed at their argument before the countdown began.

I ruffled Seungmin's hair, since I knew he'd be nervous. He's not the type to do dumb shit like this.

"5!"

I flew forward and my body went rigid before I even registered the water on my skin. I swam frantically to get to the top and continuously gasped in place of breathing.

I've never felt this cold before. Remind me why I agreed to this?

Water was thrashing beside me, where Sam should be. I could see him just below the surface.

I pushed myself down a bit, being overtaken by freezing water once again, and yanked the boy upwards with me.

He coughed up water and looked at me with frightened eyes.

I immediately dragged him back to the dock, helping him up before myself.

"God. Do you not know how to swim!?" I laid back, breathless from the task of keeping us both moving and not drowning.

He looked away with a pink face, shame evident.

"Hey." I set my hand on his shoulder and laughed softly. "I'm kidding. I'm right, though, right?"

He nodded and stood up, looking for someone. I bet "someone" is Jisung.

"Uh. Thanks for helping me." He walked over to who I correctly guessed and smiled weirdly at me, his way of being thankful, I guess.

I slowly got up and trudged over to Ryujin, handing out towels. The second it was wrapped around me, I stumbled purposefully into Minho, hugging him tightly.

"That was so fucking cold."

"No shit."

He hugged back, even though he usually dislikes skinship. I guess body temperature is more important.