Seventeen Group Chat

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I can't believe that I actually agreed to this. I like work. Work means I don't have to talk to anyone, and they usually leave me alone. Jihoon stopped drying his hair for a second to look in the mirror. His face was pale, but it's normally pale. Jihoon did have some pretty bad dark circles. Jun had told him that he looked like a panda. Jihoon glared at the dark circles and pale skin that were in the mirror. Someone pounded on the bathroom door.
     "What!"
     "Jihoon Hyung! Hurry up, we picked out an outfit for you!" Seungkwan yelled excitedly. Jihoon's eyes widened and he dropped the towel.
     "WHAT?!"
     Ten minutes later Jihoon was dressed in blue shorts, a striped black and white t shirt, and a black ball cap. Jeonghan lathered sunscreen on his face. Jihoon tried to push his hand away, but Jeonghan just slapped his wrist away and glared at him.
     "I can do that myself you know."
     "You'll miss a spot, I know you will. Then you'll have a really weird red spot on your face." Jihoon glowered at him but Jeonghan just smiled and kept on vigorously rubbing sunscreen into his skin.
     Seventeen got a ride from the company to go to the amusement park since it was too far to walk. The air inside the bus was hot and sticky and it smelled slightly sweet in there, like melted candy.
     Soonyoung sat next to Jihoon with a big grin on his face that turned his eyes into slits. He was practically bouncing on the seat. Jihoon sighed and laid his head down on the seat in front of him. I knew this was going to be a waste of my time.
     Jihoon felt a sharp jab in his side but didn't move. The jab came again, harder. Jihoon raised his hand to slap the prodding finger away from his side. Without seeing anything, his hand made contact with something else. Jihoon's hand was grabbed and he sighed then looked up.
     "What Soonyoung."
     "Hyung." Jihoon rolled his eyes. "Soonyoung Hyung." He insisted. Jihoon shook his head.
     "What do you want Soonyoung?"
     "Well, right now, I want you to call me Soonyoung Hyung." Jihoon realized he was still holding onto his hand and tried to rip it out of his grasp, but Soonyoung wouldn't let go.
     "Let go." Soonyoung smirked.
     "Not until you call me Hyung." Not missing a beat, Jihoon responded.
     "Let me go Hyung." His jaw dropped open.
     "What? Why was that so easy?"
      "Because I didn't want to be holding your hand anymore, and Hyung is just a word. What did you want earlier." Soonyoung laughed sheepishly.
     "I just wanted to ask if you were excited."
     "No. I'm already expecting this day to be a complete waste of time." Soonyoung pouted then got a strange look on his face. He looked... thoughtful? But Soonyoung is never thoughtful.
     "It can't be because... you're scared of the rides?"
     "No!" Jihoon answered, flabbergasted. Soonyoung laughed.
     "You stuttered! You are scared of the rides!" Jihoon grabbed Soonyoung's collar and pulled him close.
     "Listen Hyung. If you tell anyone that I'm scared of going on roller coasters, I'll get my guitar." Jihoon whispered menacingly into his ear. Soonyoung made a strange sound in his throat, like he was trying to hold in a laugh.
     "Okay Jihoon." Jihoon turned away from Soonyoung and crossed his arms over his chest. He was quiet for a minute, but then Jihoon heard him whisper, "afraid of roller coasters. Ha," accompanied with a little snicker. Jihoon punched his leg and he was silent for the rest of the ride.
     The sun beat down on Seventeen's backs and Jihoon was suddenly glad that they picked out shorts and a hat for him. Even if they made him look like he was twelve. Seungcheol paid for the tickets and then they went in.
     Huge coasters spiraled up every direction Jihoon turned. The group of thirteen stopped as soon as they got through the front gate so Seungcheol could do a head count.
     "We should do a buddy system guys." Seungcheol announced.
     "But we have an unequal number of people Hyung." Dk held one hand over his eyes to block the sun's rays.
     "Jeonghan and I will take Dino. Then you guys figure the rest out."
     "Have fun with Mom and Dad, Dino." Vernon whispered. Dino stuck his tongue out at Vernon as he passed by. He went with Jeonghan to stand by the leader.
     Jihoon waited silently while people got into partners. Mingyu with Wonwoo, that wasn't expected, Jun with Minghao, and Jisoo with Dk. Seungkwan looked around at everyone then looked at Vernon. He grabbed Vernon's hand then pulled him away.
     "Come on let's go!" The rest of the members heard him shouting. Ah, I'm last. Jihoon looked around to see who was the other last person. Soonyoung stepped in front of him and grinned. Jihoon turned around and kept on looking, purposely avoiding Soonyoung's eyes. Jihoon made a full 360 degree turn then faced Seungcheol.
     "Looks like there's no one left. I guess I'll just be alone. Strange." Jihoon sighed and started to walk off but was pulled back. Soonyoung was holding onto his hand once again. Jihoon sighed, knowing he was caught. "There's eleven other members, and yet, I'm with you."
     "Yup. Get used to it Jihoon." The rest of the lingering pairs waved and went their own ways. Jihoon and Soonyoung were soon the last ones in the square.
     "Let go of my hand."
     "Nope."
     Soonyoung pulled Jihoon towards a ride. It was the teacups. Those weren't too bad, but they did make Jihoon pretty dizzy. They got a glimpse of Seungcheol, Jeonghan, and Dino when they climbed into the teacup, but Jihoon could hardly see anything when the ride started. He slouched down in the cup and squeezed his eyes shut.
     When the ride shut off, Jihoon opened his eyes slowly to a world of light. He looked over to Soonyoung then quickly pushed himself off of him. Jihoon flushed a light pink and stood shakily. Soonyoung laughed.
     "You okay there? You were holding onto my arm so tightly that I thought that you might even like me a little." Jihoon looked at Soonyoung, the faintest trace of shock on his face.
     "I do like you Hyung." Jihoon was off the ride before Soonyoung could even respond. Soonyoung hurried after him, still surprised.
     They played a few games without seeing any of the other members. Soonyoung won a stuffed bear, which he gave to Jihoon because Soonyoung said it looked like him.
     They walked slowly around the amusement park. Jihoon smiled faintly. It was pretty fun. Soonyoung grabbed his hand again and pulled him towards a large roller coaster.
     "I t-think that one is t-too big."
     "You'll be fine. You can hold my hand if you want." Jihoon pulled his hand out of Soonyoung's grasp and straightened, a determined look on his face. Soonyoung grinned, then ran to the line.
     Jihoon gulped as the rickety roller coaster went almost entirely vertical. He gripped the hand rail as they neared the top, and squeezed his eyes shut. Soonyoung pried one of Jihoon's hands off the bar and held it tight. Jihoon didn't open his eyes. He pressed his mouth into a thin line so he wouldn't scream as they went down.

     "So how was it? Fun?"
     "Ugh." Jihoon stumbled after Soonyoung, one hand on his head. Soonyoung laughed and grabbed Jihoon's hand.
     "Come on. Let's go find the rest of the members."

    Two people sat very close to each other on a bench in the shadow of a building. Soonyoung started to pass them, but Jihoon held him back. Jihoon felt like he recognized them. The people on the bench hadn't seen them yet. Jihoon knew that it was none of his business, but something about them seemed very familiar. They then saw that the two people were doing more than just sitting next to each other. One grabbed the other's face and kissed him gently. Soonyoung's eyes widened and he pulled Jihoon away. They ran a little bit before they stopped and leaned against a building, gasping for air.
     "I shouldn't have seen that. That was a total invasion of their privacy. Just, something about them seemed familiar. Did they seem familiar to you as well Hyung?" Soonyoung nodded.
     "Jihoon, that was Vernon and Seungkwan." Jihoon's jaw dropped.
     "No. Way."
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