Dreams of Arcadia

5

Giggling, I brushed a few wet strands of hair from his face. He smiled at me and again I thought he looked familiar.

"Well, I don't know if you can die here again, but, since I blew you into the water, I thought it was only fair to get you out." I explained, helping him sit up.

"I don't think I would have drowned.... It just felt weird not breathing underwater." he said, shaking his head at our condition.

"Come on, let's go to the store back there and get some new clothes to change into, we're soaking wet..." he suggested and slowly stood up, which I did.

"I'm Y/N, by the way." I introduced myself as we were walking to the store and he slapped his forehead with his hand.

"Oh man, I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself... I'm Mingi." he replied and held his hand out to me. I took it and just as I was about to shake it, he pulled it away and laughed. I looked at him in confusion and hung my head for a moment while he chuckled.

"Sorry, I'm used to it, I do it with my friends too.... I have no idea if they've ended up here and I've missed messing around with them so much." he explained and I nodded understandingly, he must have been feeling lonely... we'd been here for three days and he was alone...

"It's ok, we're friends from now on, yeah? But remember one thing... If you fuck with me, I'll fuck with you." I said with a grin and he chimed in.

"That's a fair deal. But... where the hell did an angel like you get such naughty words?" he raised an eyebrow.

"From Siyeon and Dami..." I said, shrugging my shoulders, and he laughed.

"You know the girls from Dreamcatcher?" he asked with interest.

"Yes, I'm always with them, Yoohyeon is my big sister and Minji and Bora think they're my parents... well, they're actually my best friends. They're both here too." I explained and his eyes got big.

"Oh man... I'm sorry about that... but then again, you weren't alone then... that can be really scary... it's really not funny in the afterlife when there could be ghosts everywhere." he said seriously and I burst out laughing.

"Mi... Hahaha... Mi...Mingi... oh my God... we're the ghosts here..." tears of laughter came to my eyes.

"Well, we have a body... so I don't feel like a ghost..." he sulked and I patted him on the back with my hand.

"Ok... yeah, an empty city like this can be creepy, but are you feeling any bad vibes here? Because I don't, everything here is designed to make us comfortable, so... I can't imagine that there's anything bad here." I reassured him. Not entirely convinced, he preferred to take my hand and step into the fortunately brightly lit store with me, who knows if he wouldn't have gotten scared again. Such a big guy who was such a chicken... He was getting cuter and cuter in my eyes.

"Then we'll each find something and then go into the changing room... But don't look, I'm shy." he said, grinning again.

"Oh man, and I wanted to share a cubicle with you... so I won't." I replied, giggling, and went into the women's section. As soon as I had chosen something and was on my way to the changing rooms, I heard him squealing like a teenage girl.

"Dafuq, Mingi... stop squealing, I'm not going to eat you." I heard an angry male voice. When I got there, I saw Mingi, who wasn't wearing a shirt, probably realized while changing that we weren't alone, then I turned my gaze to the guy who was scolding Mingi and my eyes widened... Han Jisung... In just a pair of tighty-whities.... yeah, hellooo...