summer love / af

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the muffled screams and cries from areum were carried to the beach, everyone stared at the patch of water that was the source of the ruckus.
"i got you. areum, stop hitting me. i got you, you're safe."

chan's arms were tightly wrapped around areum's waist, who was still kicking and screaming, not realizing that she wasn't in high seas anymore. she was in a frenzy, chan didn't know what to do, except to try and talk her down.

"hey, areum. look at me, look at me!"
her reddened, wide eyes stared down at him, tears streaming down her cheeks, not seeming to stop any time soon.
"you're safe. i got you, i won't let you go."

"you're an asshole chan. i-i hate you."
her shaky voice cracked chan's heart a little, he really messed up their thing already? way to go chan. but what she did next wasn't exactly following the plot her words had just set up. she leaned down and pressed her lips against chan's.

he almost dropped the girl from the impact of her lips and before he could kiss back, she had disconnected their lips again and acted as if nothing had happened.
"why'd you just kiss me? i thought you hated me?"
chan's confused face and his puppy eyes caused areum's pulse to rise.

she shrugged and finally set foot on land again.
"you're kinda cute, i guess."
she turned on her heel, leaving chan baffled. he still felt her soft lips on his and his heart was still racing.

"sungie, come here!"
yedam called out for the boy, who was running around the beach, chasing seagulls.
when he finally came to a halt in front of yedam, he was heaving, beads of sweat running down his forehead.

"sit."
she patted the huge beach towel she was already sitting on and jisung gratefully plopped down next to her, face red from the heat and from yedam's presence, but that was for jisung to know and for everyone else to never find out.

she handed him a huge bottle of water, which he gladly took and almost emptied completely in one go.
"you really know how to drink."
yedam dryly stated and scooted closer to jisung, resting her hand on his neck and immediately started playing with the strands of hair of his mullet.

"can i braid your hair? please, please, please?"
yedam's lips were puckered up, forming a pout. jisung laughed and agreed.
"want to go down to the water after this? i brought my inflatable unicorn."
yedam asked, while tugging on jisung's hair, putting them into tiny little braids.

"ouchies. don't pull so hard. but sure, let's go down to the water."
jisung whined, causing yedam to chuckle.
"you're a wimp, sungie."
finishing up the braids, she put the top part of his hair in two little pigtails and jumped up.
startled by the sudden movement, jisung fell back, arms flailing in the air.

"dork!"
yedam exclaimed and began to laugh loudly, her window wiping laugh entertained the whole beach, but especially jisung.
he laid on his back and held his stomach, yedam's laugh was one of his favorite sounds in the world.

when he stood up, he saw her giddy and ready to jump into the water. a huge inflatable unicorn tugged under her arm and snorkeling glasses dangling from her hand made her look extra cute and tiny.

"jisung what the fuck is on your head?"
jeongin suddenly screamed and the heads of their group all turned around, mustering jisung up and down.
"you look horrendous, a full on tragedy."
seungmin added and caused the group to snicker.

"you look gay."
changbin added, snapping a quick picture of this historically tragic moment.
"are you all fucking stupid? leave jisung alone."
yedam tried to look angry, but instead, looked like a bunny.
"it's not that deep yedam, calm down."

minho retorted, but yedam was already furious. they not just insulted her artwork, but also made fun of her baby.
"stop calling him names. it's mean, so stop bullying my sungie!"
she got progressively louder and ended her complaint with a loud exclaim.