there should be a song up there^^ that's the song that will play later on in the chapter i hope it shows up if not this is very awkward 😆

after about a half hour of straight music and dancing, the band decided to take a small break from preforming, so the friends that had stopped eating to dance (which was about half of them) went to sit back down with the others.

isla sat back down at her seat, breathing heavily from the jumping around.

sicheng, who was seated next to her, noticed her forehead slightly glistening with sweat. "you party rocked too hard."

isla laughed and nodded in agreement. "as i should." she said before leaning her head onto his shoulder. she shut her eyes for a few seconds to gain back her energy, then suddenly feeling her phone vibrate in her pocket.

sicheng felt it too, because he looked over to make sure it was her phone and not his. "someone's calling?"

"yeah, its sunwoo, i'll be right back." she replied as she stepped out of the table booth. she clicked answer as she pushed open the doors to the bar to get hugged with cold air.

"hello?" she said to the phone.

"hey.. i'm just calling to check on you. i miss you." the boy on the other end admitted romantically.

isla smiled and felt heat rush up towards her face, wanting to slap herself for blushing when he's not even there. "i miss you too. i wish you were here."

"me too. i'd literally do anything to get out of work right now. are you having fun?"

"yeah! the band is great, the food is great, and everyone seems to be having a good time."

"that's great..." sunwoo replied, but the tone in his voice had shifted all of a sudden, causing islas eyebrows to scrunch together with confusion.

"you alright?"

"honestly, just kind of annoyed that you're hanging out with a bunch of guys when i'm not there. but it's alright." he sounded just as irritated as he was, which made islas entire mood drop.

"oh..." she said, not sure how to respond, "you don't trust me?"

"its not that, i don't trust them. they're just too touchy with you, and you probably didn't think i noticed, but i'm not stupid. you're oblivious, isla."

"i'm not oblivious, i just didn't realize giving them hugs was considered touchy... but i'm sorry."

"nah, you wouldn't want me all over other girls like that, would you?" he'd started to get passive aggressive, which the girl didn't like.

"um.. i don't know."

"nevermind, lets drop it. call me when you get home alright?"

"okay—" her sentence was stopped not even half way because he'd hung up the phone before she even got a chance to speak fully. she didn't know what to feel from the conversation, was she really too touchy with her friends? she'd always showed affection by being a touchy person, but no one ever saw a problem with it.

maybe i need to lay off a little bit, she thought. she shook her head and ran her hand through her hair, quickly clearing her thoughts before heading back inside the bar.

"hey," xiaojun had almost completely popped out of nowhere, gently grabbing her arm from the side, startling her, "what's wrong?"

"shit, dejun, you scared the crap out of me. why are you standing there?"

"sorry, sorry. iseul told me to go get you because she was getting bored but didn't wanna get up. but seriously, what's got you looking all stressed like that?"

isla pursed her lips and shoved her hands into her sweater pockets, deciding to tell him what was up because she was overthinking it more than she should've been.

"sunwoo. he sounds mad."

"huh? why?"

"i don't know..." she muttered, "he was annoyed at how i'm hanging out with a bunch of guys when he's not here.. and some shit about how they're too touchy with me. are they? am i? do you think i'm overstepping?"

xiaojun raised a single eyebrow in aggravation, not at her, but at the boy she was venting about. "isla, in the most respectful way possible, that is the biggest pile of bullshit i have ever heard."

"i'm serious dj, i feel like i am being too touchy. he wouldn't say that if i wasn't."

"i'm serious, too. i'd understand if you were completely all over the guys, but you're literally not. the most i've seen you do is hug them, maybe even hold hands but that was long before you and sunwoo were even dating."

"and if he's mad about you hanging out with other guys without him, he is really insecure. sorry but thats the truth."

isla nodded, not fully convinced but enough so she wasn't about to freak out over the situation.

"i'm not about to let this ruin your night, dude, come on," he demanded, grabbing her wrist and pulling her back to the table.

"hey man, care for a drink?" lucas asked, holding out a colorful beverage to the boy the second they got back.

"is this alcohol?"

"hell yeah, me, you and sicheng are the only people legally allowed to drink here, so c'mon."

xiaojun huffed and pushed the drink from his sight. "hen and me are the designated drivers, dingus."

the lights dimmed like the first time the band came out, signaling their little break was over as slower music started to play. this song was different from the others they had just played, this one being a bit more sensual.

"isla," iseul said, standing up to her and looking her dead in this face, "this is the sexiest song i think i have ever heard. we need to go look sexy, lets go."

iseul being a more provocative person, wasn't afraid to show off her amazing body rolls, not even in a crowd of people. isla watched has the girl grabbed onto islas shoulders and moved her hips seductively, isla unable to control the giggles.

when iseul realized her friend wasn't joining, she stopped, "you're not about to let me dance by myself."

isla thought for a second before huffing dramatically, picking up her best friends hands and moving to the beat. iseul squealed excitedly, joining in again.

"yo, why is iseul like really hot?" haechan asked from his seat as they all watched the two from afar.

xiaojun glanced at him, "you want her? she needs a lover, the only attention she gets is from us. do us a favor and take her out of our hands." he joked, hendery nodding in agreement.

"yeah the only attention this one gets is from me," renjun joined, side-eyeing the boy next to him as his arms were completely wrapped around renjun, making it almost impossible for him to move. "as you can see."

"guys, i'm having trouble breathing," jeno said, dramatically covering his mouth as he tried to pry his eyes away from the brunette, who was mindlessly swinging her hips to the song.

"don't say anything that will get you beat up." jaemin warned his friend.

"woooooo! look at my girls go!" zara cheered loudly over the sound of the music, and the rest joining in with howls and claps causing the two girls to look over and burst out laughing.

jaemin moved his shoulders to the rhythm of the music, scanning everyone in the room, until they landed on none other than johnny. he froze. "you gotta be fucking with me."

lucas heard the boy cursed and turned over to him, "what?"

"johnnys here. and i may be over exaggerating but i think he is completely eye fucking isla."

lucas reverted his eyes to try to find the guy jaemin was glaring at. soon enough, he did. "nah, he's completely locked in." he laughed.

finally the music stopped. "that was our new single called i can't even! it's a lot different from our usual sound, so we hope you liked it!" yuta spoke to the mic, pushing his light orange hair back out of his face as the crowd cheered for the band.

"i heard that song before it dropped!" shotaro shouted excitedly, clapping his hands together.

"he flexin on us."