archetype | kth.

twenty four.

The girls somehow managed to discreetly decide on taking Taehyung out to a cocktail bar and restaurant, Fino, which was in Oia. Selena somehow had a blindfold in her purse and she covered his eyes once they stepped off the ferry. Taehyung held onto Selena's hand as he chatted with everyone.

"I don't get the point of this." Taehyung muttered as they were standing outside the restaurant and Nina was the one taking charge of asking for a table. "It's not necessary."

Selena placed her finger on his lips then shushed him as Nina returned back with a hostess. They were guided near the waterfront and the hostess placed menus on the table before leaving. Selena untied the blindfold from his eyes and they all watched as his face switched into amazement.

"Wow." Was all he rasped out causing all of the girls to laugh. "Thank you guys, I don't deserve any of you."

Mina snorted, "We know, we know, now let's look at this menu." Mina sat by Taehyung and Selena, Taehyung was by Nichole, and Nichole was sitting by Nina. Nichole frowned at all of the cocktails on the menu. She couldn't drink and she knew that the crew would be curious as to why except Taehyung.

"I think the ginger cocktail would do me right," Nina said as she looked over the menu, "have any of you guys decided?"

Mina immediately answered, "Yep, the apple, gin, and cucumber number sounds great."

"I'll take the ginger one." Taehyung said.

Then Selena finally spoke, "The Mojito for me. What about you, Nichole?"

Nichole, at that moment, found nonalcoholic drinks. Nichole answered, "The Long Island ice tea sounds great."

"No cocktail?" Nina questioned as if it was unusual.

Nichole shook her head, "Nope."

"Of all my time with Nichole," Mina said with a chuckle, " I have never seen her drink."

"I just don't drink," Nichole shrugged and at that time she noticed Taehyung looking at her. He was mainly looking at her to comfort her, she noticed.

"We gotta change that." Nina sighed.

Nichole found herself getting aggravated and unfortunately it showed, "No, it doesn't have to change." Nichole felt Taehyung's hand gave her left knee a squeeze to calm her down. "I just don't drink."

Nina goaded as she sat up in her seat, "Well, you're missing out." Nichole tried to give Nina the benefit of the doubt but she was annoyed by her. Nichole rolled her eyes as she replied flatly, "I haven't been missing out anything. I never said I never had a drink before."

"Then why can't you just order a cocktail at a cocktail bar for Taehyung's celebration?" Nina questioned, keeping her calm tone.

Nichole then harshly confessed, "Because I'm an alcoholic. I'm addicted to alcohol and I've been sober for a while now. That's why." Nichole saw as Nina's expression changed to deep sorrow. "I'm sorry for snapping I just got aggravated."

"It's fine." Taehyung finally spoke. "Congratulations on your sobriety. I don't know how it feels but I know it isn't easy." Nichole turned her head at Taehyung and fought the urge to kiss him right there. Nichole instead mouthed the words, thank you.

"Nichole, I hope you know that I'm here for you." Mina smiled at her. "This won't make me look at you any differently."

"I know!" Nichole assured Mina, feeling overwhelmed.

"Wait, I'm kind of confused about addiction." Selena said, curiously. "How do I know if I'm not an alcoholic?"

"If you have some dependency on alcohol then that's a sign," Nichole explained, feeling a bit weightless now, "when you allow the alcohol to take you over then that's a problem. I just avoid it because I know if I ever pick up a glass of alcohol, there's no going back."