𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 ˢᵛᵗ

forty four ♬

"Seungkwan - where did you get all of this alcohol!?"

As night fell, Seungkwan and his trusty comrade Vernon were hauling several crates of soju and beer into the house. They made it no secret about what they were carrying - in fact they seemed excited at the prospect of drinking tonight - and much to Seungcheol's dismay, they'd also managed to rope Chan into their devious scheme.

"Relax Hao; I know a guy," Seungkwan responded, patting Minghao's shoulder reassuringly. The boy still remained unconvinced.

"I don't mind us letting loose and drinking when we are at the company," Jeonghan put forth, glancing at Seungcheol who nodded in support. "But we are in Jeju. There's no adults around, what if something happens?"

"Aren't you, Seungcheol and Joshua adults though?" Vernon asked, pointing at the trio.

"Yeah - barely!"

"Fine! If anything stupid happens, I'll be responsible," Seungkwan stated, standing proudly as if he'd just thought of the perfect solution.

"No offence Kwan," Mingyu started. "You and the word responsible do not mesh in the same sentence."

"Not to mention last year," Jihoon pointed out. "Where Jun got so wasted that he got stuck up a tree. Do you guys not remember how we had to call Mama Boo to come and coax him down like he was a cat?"

"Ugh! What do you want me to then?" Seungkwan sulked, dropping the crate with a thud on the table. "Drag these back to the store? It's Chae-ri and JJ's first time here! Let's have some fun!"

"Uhh actually Kwan, I have been here before-"

"Not helping Ri!" He gave me a look that told me to stop talking, which I promptly did. "So what do you say, Cheol? Is it a chance you're willing to take?"

"....Fine."

The boys erupted into enthusiastic cheers, and that was when Seungcheol immediately regretted his decision.

Excitedly, Seungkwan cracked open one of the bottles of soju and raised it high for all to see.

"Let me welcome you, to Jeju island!!"

-

"Stop climbing up the bannister! How much have you had to drink?" Joshua scolded, dragging totally plastered Soonyoung who was stumbled along as he followed.

"Just 3," He whined, tugging at Joshua to let go of his arm.

"Shots? Please tell me it was only three shots," Josh winced as he noticed Soonyoung's face creeping into a huge grin.

"...Bottles."

"Oh I am not letting anybody's stomach get pumped today - Soonyoung I am getting you some water," He stormed away, leading the boy to the kitchen and striding past the rest of the party.

The initial thrill of drinking was quickly overridden with the boy's competitiveness as Wonwoo suggested a game of Twister. Now, this idea would have been perfectly fine - had there been no alcohol involved.

13 people, soju bomb penalties and one tiny Twister mat - a recipe for disaster.

"Jun put your right hand on green," I called out, thanking my lucky stars that nobody else wanted to be the person calling out the instructions.

"Ow! That was my head!" Vernon moaned as Jun's arm knocked him, sending him tumbling down on top of Seungkwan. As a result, Seungkwan toppled over into Mingyu, who accepted his fate straightaway.

"You sabotaging little cheat!" Seungkwan sulked, untangling himself from the mess of limbs and running up to me. "Ref - that calls for a yellow card; at least."