never grow up.

4.bad boy

(bad boy-red velvet)

(a/n: i just started my college courses and i dare say...fucking lovely)

Soojin's car arrived at my apartment promptly at 6:59. I rolled on the most expensive lipstick that I owned. I checked in the mirror to make sure I was revealing enough skin (but not too much, I like to dress modestly) and then slid on my heels. I made sure my hair looked good before I left the apartment. I was told that I would meet everyone else at the club since they already had their own rides. It's crazy how quick relationships formed already. If you could call it relationships...they were better off deemed as situationships.

I climbed into the front seat of Soojin's car which smelled of her sweet perfume and a twinge of cigarettes. She gave me a charming grin as a greeting before pulling off. "So...I think I'm going to call you Miss Taiwan."

"Miss Taiwan?"

Soojin opened the sunroof while keeping her eyes on the road. "Yes. Miss Taiwan. You're the prettiest girl in Taiwan. That I met anyway."

"Have you been?"

Soojin shook her head. "I've been around the world but I haven't been there yet. Maybe you should take me."

"I won't be going back until the holidays," I say. "Plus...my internship doesn't really make me that much money to be hulling us both over there."

"I'll pay for it," Soojin offered. Something about the way Soojin drove was just fascinating to me. The one hand on the wheel. The seat pulled back. The way she had a cigarette hanging from her lips. She noticed me staring. "I know you see something that you like..." She handed me the cigarette. "Wanna hit?"

I raised my eyebrows. I never smoked before. Let alone, hang around those who smoked. The only people I saw smoking in person were the thugs near the store around my school at night. I was told to stay away from those people. I took it anyway because, well, you only live once. I took a long drag and began coughing loudly. Soojin laughed at me. I handed her back the cigarette.

"You're cute." She took a long hit and made O's with her smoke. As we pulled into her parking spot, the valet opened the door for me as Soojin tossed her keys to him. Soojin interwove her fingers into mine and then we walked into the club. The music was bumping loudly with people dancing. Soojin held her close to me. "It's very active tonight."

Note: This was a fucking weekday. Soojin seemed to navigate through the crowd effortlessly. Once we got to the VIP section, I saw familiar faces of my friends already partaking in the beverages and merrily discussing God knows what. "Oh hey! It's our baby!" Yuqi yelled happily.

I walked over to them. "Hey guys!"

"Pretty soon, our Shushu will be grown. Look at what she's wearing," Minnie pouted. "Who are you wearing that for?"

I glance over at Soojin who was ordering us drinks at the bar. She pulled out a black card and the bartender went to work. "I'm still baby. This party scene is still new to me." I sat beside Yuqi and Minnie as I waited for Soojin. "Do you think Soojin is into me?"

"That's a no-brainer," Minnie said, taking a sip from her glass. "She picked you up in her two-seater and also has her eyes always on you whenever you aren't looking."

"Really?" I blush. How could I not have noticed?

Yuqi pursed her lips. "I heard a lot of things about Soojin...you might as well be careful. They don't call her the Fox Wolf for nothing. She always likes going for the sheep...but that's just a rumor...also Soyeon told me that." She folded her hands atop her lap. "But, I say if you like her, let her make moves...you don't do shit until she makes that move."

Minnie nods. "I think Soojin will make a move tonight."

Soojin walked over towards me with a beverage and she pulled me to stand up. "Care to dance?" she asked. "Or we could just sit down and chat."

Drinking and dancing? I guess this is what club life is like. She pulls me to the dance floor and she holds me by the waist with her free hand. I take sips of my drink, hoping that I wouldn't be drugged or anything. But there was no salty taste or anything. Soojin seemed safe. But, I knew this was not the girl I would introduce to my parents. I wondered how Soojin was like during the day. I saw her once when the sun was out. But, she seemed like a person of the night. This was her 8am.

"Miss Taiwan...can I be in your plans for tonight?" she asked in my ear. Goosebumps were all over my arms. In my stomach, there was this exciting feeling.

"I thought you already were," I say.

She snickers darkly and puts her head on my shoulder as we danced to the beat. I felt like we were in our own world. I felt myself falling for this stranger. The strobe lights were red and sultry. After we finished our drinks, our hands just explored each other's bodies as we danced. I saw her tattoos. Her lips touched mine a couple times. I didn't want them to stop touching me. I wanted more of them. As we kissed and danced on the dance floor, I got more drunk off them than the drinks they gave me.

This stranger became my object of affection in no less than 24 hours. I wanted to fall in love with them, regardless of the consequences. Even if they were to not be in my bed tomorrow morning, I know this moment will be replayed in my mind forever. It would hold me over until the next time they decide to grace my presence.

I almost forgot about my friends who were in the club with me and I scanned the crowd for them. They were no longer in the VIP section. I decided to text Yuqi to which she replied that she would be going to Soyeon's penthouse tonight. Minnie was MIA but allegedly with Miyeon. I was way too intoxicated to focus. It was going on 1am and it felt like the night had just begun.

Soojin tilted her head. "Wanna get out of here?"