✓ NIGHT DRIVE ━ kim dongyoung

🌑 . . chapter six.

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❝ you met my friends. ❞

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( june 04, 2017. )

"your new car is cool as fuck, bro."

"why must you cuss after each sentence?"

"you say that as if you don't do it too, hypocrite."

the emphasis on the last word was unintentionally comedic due to the voice's tone. "ooh, burnt and roasted like chicken."

one commented, "bye, that's so facebook humor."

"i didn't know something my deceased father used to say was facebook humor."

"oh."

raeil was half-asleep while buried in her reviewing materials for her summative assessments held the next day before hearing these unfamiliar yet loud voices of males (along with doyoung's) overtake her house's range. this was enough to make her feel a rush of agitation to prepare herself quickly and treat these unexpected visitors with her signature hospitable smile.

with a modest wave, she greeted, "hey!"

and boy were doyoung's friends intimidating.

maybe it was because of the height?

"meet my bandmates! this is mark . . you know taeyong . . and you also know sicheng . . that's xuxi . . jaehyun . . and jungwoo!" he introduced them like a proud kid showing off his christmas presents. the pureness had a dangerous tendency to make you melt. "can they stay with us for a while? we need somewhere to practice."

after his six friends' individual 'hi hello's, it was shown that they were in fact, far from intimidating. you know what they say about auras being deceiving.

in curiosity, she asked, "what's your band name?"

"doyoung said it's neotech."

"if you find it ugly, blame doyoung."

the girl chuckled.

"are you a really band or a telecom company?" another question was shot, but it was less serious this time. "no i'm kidding, make yourselves feel comfortable!"

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"what should i get for you to drink?"

during her so-called study break, raeil decided to step out of the dining table (which already served as one for studying too) onto the kitchen to get some refreshments for both the band and herself.

"water will do, love!" doyoung replied.

jaehyun couldn't help but snort. "you call each other love?"

"what's wrong with that?"

"you seem like the type to call your girlfriend a bitch in a loving manner," xuxi was the one to respond this time.

"well, i'm not." without hesitation, he pointed to their youngest inclusion, a sly grin seen on his lips. "that's mark you're talking about, but boyfriend version."

"excuse—"

"make it senior high school version too."

"who cares about shs and college differences? in mark's defense, dude's not a minor anymore."

"i—"

she genuinely laughed after hearing what they began (unseriously) arguing over, handing each their glasses of water. a memory then bounced back into her head. "what happened to that lee donghyuck guy you said you met online?"

said guy was actually a person of talent—marking his ability to captivate with his high-pitched voice—the group of friends saw somewhere. as much as they wanted to recruit, his status in education was pulling him back.

"he didn't tell us he's a high school student. wouldn't work out for now since has to focus on his final school year," taeyong began, "but it seems like our mark here has a crush on the guy."

"i do not! i don't even—"

she decided to play along (no malice attached), "no offense, but judging from what i see now, it does lowkey seem like you do."

"even she sees it oh,"  jungwoo's hand was there to lightly pat the boy's back, "mark's sooooo whipped."

the youngest only sulked, his arms crossed. but his expression was no use in removing those disgustingly irritating stares. "i am this close to ditching your asses."

"don't ditch them, bro. they're just stating the obvious."

their noise grew even louder once this was fired by raeil, and it only made mark's jaw clench even firmer. well, as much as he wanted to just laugh along with them as they teased him about this donghyuck guy, there was some part of him saying no.

"she's so cool," sicheng managed to blurt after a tough round of laughing his ass of and his legs threatening to give up so he falls on the floor.

and of course, doyoung wholeheartedly agreed.

talk about a proud boyfriend.

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