TIME: Mark Tuan edition

Chapter 62

As time went on, we finished almost all of the food and were scattered more comfortably. Miguel was put to sleep despite his urge to stay awake. Everyone mellowed down and we decided to have some drinks.

"Christine, you drink now?" Brian asks as I take a swig of beer.

"Occasionally," I shrug. I was always one to turn down drinks, but as time passed I found no use in turning down a good drink.

"She can definitely drink. We finished a whole pack of beer and she was fine," Jackson says referring to that one time we had chi-mek.

"Who are you and what have you done to my innocent, Christine?" Jen says coming up to me and holding my face.

"Mine," Mark says half jokingly as he pulls me away and wraps an arm around my front.

"I think she's far from innocent now," Cassidy chuckles.

"Christine!" Jen gasps. My eyes widen and I straighten up and out of Mark's hold. She chuckles and winks at me. "Let's play some games!"

"Shhh! Miguel is asleep," I warn. "We can't be noisy."

"We won't wake him up, don't worry," Cassidy waves her hand cleaning up some of the trash that has littered around the floor. I sigh and lean back onto the couch.

"It'll be fine," Mark says patting my head as his arm is spread across the top of the couch behind me. I take a sip from my drink and sigh again. "Don't drink too much."

"Hm?" I look at him. "Why?"

He leans to my ear and his breath fans against my skin making my shiver. "As much as I like it when you're tipsy, I prefer you sober."

"Yah!" I backhand his chest and pull away. "I wasn't even tipsy that time!"

"You definitely were. Don't deny it," he says with a smile on his face.

"Jackson was I tipsy?" I ask out loud frustrated. Jackson looks up in the middle of bantering with Jen as his name was called and smiles.

"Huh?" he asks confused. I repeat myself. His nose wrinkles and he shakes his head. "You seemed normal. I don't think you were."

"See told you," I say and stick my tongue out at Mark.

"Did she seem different with you?" Jen asks Mark.

"She seemed a bit more compliant," he chuckles.

"Compliant?" Brian asks and looks between Mark and myself. Mark's hand moves to my shoulder possessively.

"I was not. Don't mind him," I wave a hand leaning forward. Mark's hand drops from my shoulder and to my side.

"Let's play the image game," Aaron says outloud. "I thought we were going to play a game."

"I'll start!" Bambam raises his hand. Everyone quiets down as he thinks of what to say. "This person b-boys."

It's cut in half. The members point at JB and the others point at Aaron. Me, being the odd number between the two groups pointed at Aaron. JB had crossed his hands over his chest, but Aaron did not.

"JB has to drink!" Cassidy says handing a bottle of soju.

"You can?" JB asks Aaron as he grabs the glass.

"Yeah, I use to back in the states," Aaron explains.

"Show me when you get the chance," JB says. Aaron nods and smiles sheepishly.

"I want to see!" Yugyeom adds excitedly.

"JB's turn!" Brian says patting him on the shoulder.