ʟᴏᴠᴇSTAY ֶָ֢𖹭 ˢᵏᶻ ᵃᵘ

³³ 𖹭 ˢᵀᴬʸ, ᴾᵀ. ²

important note for this chapter :

there's a phrase that i use in this chapter, and i'm so used to it that i forgot not everyone knows the term because apparently "it's american" and "not necessarily universal" according to google 🙄🥴

so i decided to put a little explanation of it so u guys fully feel it when it comes in case u havent heard it before yk

↓↓↓

"gloves up" : to "have your gloves up," or to "put on the gloves," is an informal american english expression originally used in boxing that means to "get ready" or to "be prepared for what's coming."

‎

🤠
now
buckle
up

‎‎

‎

‎

「 ʷᵒʳᵈ ᶜᵒᵘⁿᵗ 𖹭 ¹³,⁴⁰⁸ 」
‎
‎

ֶָ֢
ֶָ֢
ֶָ֢

╔══⋅˚₊ ‧ ˖ ݁ 𖥔.꒰ঌᰔ໒꒱.𖥔 ݁ ˖ ‧₊˚ ⋅══╗

❝ 𝑴𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔...
𝑺𝒂𝒚 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒔.
𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂
𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅. ❞

╚═══ ⋅˚₊ ‧ ˖ ݁ .꒰ঌᰔ໒꒱. ݁ ˖ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ═══╝
ֶָ֢
ֶָ֢
ֶָ֢

‎
‎

⋅ POV⋅
⋅⊰ BANGCHAN⊱⋅‎

As the evening carried on, I found myself becoming drastically less jealous of Hyunjin or the others and perhaps even a bit smug, when we had all gravitated toward the laser tag arena; there, we had all divided into individuals competing against one another, and Hyunjin was the first target that Mei had locked in and shot square in the chest.

It was a few hours into our evening at the arcade that we were stripping of our laser tag attire and exiting the arena, Hyunjin still lingering in his tantrum due to 'this complete and utter betrayal.' Mei didn't win overall– Minho did– but she was clearly enjoying the victory she at least held over Hyunjin, who seemed genuinely altered in a negative way by the interaction of which I hadn't witnessed. I was finding it rather entertaining as the employee by the arena's entrance paid Minho in the proper amount of tickets for his ultimate victory in the game.

"Alright, you remember the deal. First one to get shot buys the winner a pretzel," Minho reminded Hyunjin smugly, causing the younger to sigh a bit exaggeratedly as they split off from the group toward the food court.

Truthfully, I grew a bit giddy like a child as I noticed the two closest members to Mei aside from myself were now busied with something else at the moment. My eyes flickered from Mei, who was laughing at the two boys who playfully bickered on their way to the pretzel stand, to the remaining members. My eyes naturally moved to Felix's, and it was almost as though he could predict my thoughts before I even realized them myself.

"Okay, maybe I couldn't defeat you guys in laser tag, but I know I'd destroy the four of you in Dance Dance Revolution," he declared in a steady and confident voice as he redirected his attention to Changbin, Han, Seungmin and Jeongin. "Have you ever heard of a little something called 'Danceracha'?"