Dreams of Arcadia

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As soon as I broke through the surface of the water, I was pushed down again, the last thing I heard was Yeosang's laughter. The water next to me started to move strongly and then my best friend shot past me, a little into the depths, trying to paddle back up quickly, but I was back on top faster. Taehyung grinned at me.

"I avenged you." he said proudly, making me giggle, having someone stronger and bigger so I could keep being cheeky without always being chased wasn't so bad.

"Thanks, hyung." I winked at him seductively and he turned a little.... nawww.... had he really just blushed?

"All good...there-thank you too.... for just now, underwater... you saved me really well from a panic attack.... very creative.... but effective." he smiled slightly sheepishly.

"Then when you're done flirting, maybe we should figure out how to get further... Do you see any ladders? The posts to the platforms are all made of metal, we'll slip down them without mercy." Yeosang had reappeared and after his words we looked around. In fact, there was no way to get out of the water, only at the end of the hall did I see a staircase sticking out of the water... the problem was that we were separated from it by a glass wall.

"Kookie's already over there." Taehyung said, pointing to the last platform where Jungkook was sitting with his legs dangling down while grinning cheekily at us.

"The passage must be underwater... We have to look for it and dive over." I suggested and Tae looked skeptical, as he was probably still a little uncomfortable about having to dive down again.

"We can search comfortably, we don't have to breathe." Yeosang said and dived down.

"Hyung, let's search, I'll come and get you when we've found the passage." You could tell that he wasn't keen on searching the glass wall underwater and he nodded gratefully at my suggestion. So I dived down too and swam the glass surface. After a short while I found it, but it wasn't a simple passageway, instead it was an airlock that was closed, the switch was of course on the other side. Frustrated, I emerged again and my eyes fell on Jungkook, who seemed bored by now.

"Jungkookie hyung... we can only get to the other side if you jump into the water and dive down, there's a switch... Please press it for us, I called out to him. As the wall already ended below the platforms, he could hear me.

"Why should I?" he replied with a laugh and Taehyung gave him a dirty look. Nevertheless, he jumped into the water and dived down. I breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise we would have had to take the emergency exit at the beginning and would probably have had to get out of the building completely just to try everything from the beginning. Not exactly easy, soaking wet.

"Come on, swim after me, it's not too deep down there." I told Taehyung before diving back down to the door where Yeosang had just dived through after Jungkook had opened it. We barely made it through before it closed again. We swam the rest of the way comfortably and then climbed up the ladder, dripping all over the steps, which were fortunately non-slip.

"Do you think we can find towels and spare clothes around here? I'm feeling decidedly disgusting..." Yeosang asked and Jungkook, who had run ahead again, called out to us when he reached the top.

"Don't worry, Yeosang. There's a changing room with showers... and clothes." he added as he stepped through the door.

"A hot shower is really tempting right now." I announced and undressed completely after entering the changing room.

"Um..." came from Taehyung, his mouth hanging open as he looked at me closely.

"Yah, Tae hyung... if you give him a hunny, maybe he'll dance naked for you too." Yeosang laughed.

"No shit... I'll do it for you for free." With that, I winked at Taehyung and shook my hips, whereupon he didn't seem to know what else to say...