Invite To Play

생일 파티 몇시 이에요?

Republished: 2.2k words, the longest so far! I hope you cringe, squeal, or throw your phone (jk)

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So now I stood outside her apartment, which was quite nice, holding a cake and a bag full of booze and mixins.

It was 7:35 but I was fully planning on standing there until 7:59. I could only imagine her surprise when I would walk in with a candled up cake singing happy birthday.

She hadn't texted me back yet. I was worried that she was disappointed in me.

I checked my phone again but only a minute had passed from when I'd last looked. Patience was one thing, self restraint quite another. Well, she doesn't know you like her yet. Winning, kind of, in one aspect. Another person walked up to the door, hitting the button buzzer.

"Yongsun! It's Seokjin." I perked up at that. He must be going to the party. He noticed my movement and pointed to the door,"You coming in? I don't think we've met."

"I'm planning a surprise with So- Yongsun. I'm Moonbyul's friend." He laughed. If he had stopped in the bar, he would have turned a few heads.

"Well, we're all Byulyi's friends. I'll let Yongsun know you're here with the-" he stepped forward to peer into the box. Startled I took a half step backwards."cake." He winked.

"Seokjin! Leave her alone! You know exactly who she is!" A girl's voice called from behind me. Two sets of feet approached.

A girl with dark brown hair walked next to a taller man with black hair. The yellow fuzzy coat made a statement from her otherwise plain black pants. The man wore a jean jacket. (Later when I asked at the party, Do you not get cold? It's fashion, Moonbyul said) The man greeted them loudly calling them "Heeyeon" and "Jaehwan."

I repeated them in my head in an effort to remember. It would be mortifying to call them the wrong thing. "Hello! Yongsun said you'd be by with the treats!" Heeyeon was all smiles, and incredibly upbeat.

"Yeah, and drinks." The bag clinked when I raised my shoulder. Jaehwan's eyebrows shot to his hairline. "Hyejin's gonna be you new best friend. Didn't she say her new dream is to own a Japanese izakaya?"

Seokjin added,"If she would cook instead of order in. She would be successful."

"Wheein thinks she should gamble instead," Heeyeon shook a bag of what could only be change. "I'm gonna win back everything I lost!"

"Pride included?" Jaehwan teased, the three bursting into laughs. I stood there, confused as hell and wondering who these two other names belonged to.

They waved goodbye, saying they would let Yongsun know I was here. The group went into the building.

I checked my phone 7:40. This was going to be the longest wait ever.

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