N E R V E

three

"hoseok! we have to go to delmonico diner." i said. "what why?" he asked over the phone.

i walked out of my apartment and there he was sitting in his car, he hung up the phone and turned his attention to me, "i signed up for nerve-"

"you what? why?" he asked.

i got into the car, closing the door and putting my seatbelt, "is it so hard to believe? come on we have 15 minutes."

he sighed heavily and began to drive, "you know some kid supposedly died in seattle while playing nerve?" he asked.

i scoffed, "i don't buy that. if kids were dying, they'd shut the game down."

"no they can't shut it down. there isn't a single server."

"um english hoseok. i don't know what that means."

he rolled his eyes, "it means that everyone that joins the game creates a new server, so it's impossible to turn the game off."

"how do you even know so much about this game? you've never even played it."

he chuckled, "look i spend a lot of time on the dark web alright?"

i laughed, "is that right hacker boy?"

he smiled, "yes it is right. you're only accessing 10% of the internet."

i smiled back. i pressed the buttons on the radio checking if there was any good songs playing, playing around with the stations.

"why are you even doing this? do you know how dangerous this game is? is this about jennie?"

"wha-no. this has nothing to do with jen."

"i'm just saying. this isn't like you."

i sighed, "that's the point."

we soon got to the diner. i kept checking my phone to see if i had been given a dare yet.

"so what's the first dare?" hoseok asked. i pulled out my phone as it vibrated in my pocket.

KISS A STRANGER FOR 5 SECONDS
$100

"kiss a stranger for five seconds? they can't be serious..." i said. hoseok sighed, "well you're gonna have to do it or you're getting kicked out."

i exhaled heavily as we started walking around the diner, looking for someone who i could kiss for five seconds.

i couldn't believe this was happening, why did this have to be the first dare? there wasn't even appealing guys. they either had girlfriends or they were really overaged.

i spotted a guy sitting alone, reading a book, "look i can kiss that guy, he reads." i smiled. hoseok rolled his eyes, "alright give me your phone, let's do this."

i exhaled deeply. my heart was beating fast, i was very nervous to kiss some random guy i didn't know. i walked up to the booth he was sitting in.

"uhm...thirteen reasons why. i-i love that book." i said. he brought the book down from his face, revealing a handsome and ethereal boy. he smirked as he looked at me, "really? can you tell me why clay has the tapes?"