i expected vernon to lead me to a nice, shiny lamborghini or other of the sort, but i was surprised to see that he had a simple, 4-door, black lexus. classy.
"okay, well i've never really known my way around busan, so i kinda need you to direct me to the fair," vernon said.
"bitch, you have a built-in gps," i replied.
"oh." he looked at the gps, which i pointed to. "you're right."
he then began looking up the closest fair to us. the closest one happened to be only 20 minutes away, giving me enough time to calm myself. i was still overexcited, yet a teeny bit uneasy at the fact that he still thought i was his cousin. i was so tempted to tell him it wasn't true, but i held it back.
"let's go to your house after the fair! i wanna meet my aunt and uncle," he suggested cheerfully.
after panicking inside for a quick moment, i simply refused. "well, since they're kinda busy now with moving in and stuff, i don't think it's a good time. sorry."
"oh, i see."
"said the blind man to his deaf wife," i joked, attempting to make the atmosphere a bit more comfortable.
he let out a chuckle as he started the car and backed out of the parking space. "well, if you want, you can come stay at the dorms with me and the others since you most likely won't have a habitable place to stay yet," he offered, which made my eyes widen. i was also tempted to say yes because, i mean, it's seventeen. but i didn't think it was much of a good idea.
"nah, it's cool. i should help my parents out later, anyways," i nicely declined his offer.
"okay," he understood. "so, do you have any friends you wanna invite to join us at the fair?" he asked kindly. i opened my mouth to speak, but he interrupted me. "wait, you dont have any friends."
"um, for your information, i do have friends," i argued.
"your favorite cousin," he pointed to himself, "doesn't count."
i rolled my eyes and only decided to have him win. after all, i didn't want him to meet yejin, bora, and jangmi, and i was sure that if i brought them up, he would have begged to meet them.
"anyways, i only brought like forty-thousand won," i stated, "i didn't think we'd even go anywhere expensive."
"well, i didn't bring much either, but i'm sure if we combine all our money, we'll have enough for everything!"
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once we arrived at the fair, i was a bit nervous that someone would recognize vernon, even with his mask on. we did receive a couple of weird looks from strangers because of his disguise, so he pulled out an extra mask from his pocket and let me wear it.
"it's so that you don't feel embarrassed just walking around with a masked guy," he told me as he handed it over to me.
i took it from his hand and thanked him before seeing the ride that caught my eye. it was the largest roller coaster, with the largest line. luckily, we decided to use up a great amount of our money to buy the v.i.p tickets, so we didn't wait long to join in on all the fun that is the rollercoaster.
we made our way up the ramp with my heart pounding like crazy against my chest as we reached the top. there was only two pairs of seats empty: the front (which is a no-no) and the third row.
i began to walk towards the third row until hansol grabbed my wrist and shot me a mischievous glare. "let's go in the front!"
"no!"
"please!" he gave me a pout. ugh, how could i say no now?
i sighed. "sometimes you give me brain cancer."
with shaky legs, i managed to walk to the front with hansol. he took the right side, and i took the left side.
i spent the next two minutes attempting to calm myself with hansol's help. just as i was becoming sure that i was calmed down, i felt the cart begin moving forward at a slow pace. i flinched, thinking it would start at an immediately fast speed.
upon being introduced to a slow speed, i opened my eyes. "oh, this isn't so bad," i breathed out, followed by a series of relaxing pants.
"you're not gonna say that when we reach the hill," hansol responded with a sneer painted on his face.
my eyes went from hansol's smirk to what was in front of me: a tall, probably deadly hill in the rollercoaster.
and this is where i die.
