the sun is almost setting, the dance team and sunoo's friends are still having a blast while playing on the pool.

"geonu omg do you need some floaters?" jake yelled, laughing at his friend who's swimming on the other side.

"haha very funny coming from a short aussie like you," geonu talked back.

sunoo giggled, his friends really like to roast each other. he's sitting at the edge of the pool while eating barbeque. beside him is jungwon, who's busy talking to taki.

"sunoo, you want some?" daniel handed him some chips which he gladly accepted.

"let's play a game! c'mon, form a circle," hanbin suddenly announced, holding a plastic cup in one hand. he gestured the rest to gather and form a little circle.

sunoo was about to transfer and sit beside jungwon, but taki held his arm and dragged him to sit beside him. hanbin sat on his other side.

he laughed a little when he saw jungwon sitting beside jay, looking completely grumpy. his friend has been avoiding the guy all this time and now he couldn't escape him.

sunoo's eyes fell on sunghoon, who smiled at him. he smiled back, unaware that ni-ki is staring at them.

"okay, we're gonna play the clichést of the clichés game, which is truth or dare." everyone grunted at nicholas' statement. it's a boring game, who would play that?

"wow thanks for the enthusiasm guys. anyways, it's truth or dare, but with a twist."

"for some reason, i don't trust you." they laughed at daniel's remark.

nicholas stood up, his hands on his waist. "so basically, the person who's gonna be pointed by the bottle is the player right? the player is gonna be the one to choose the person that would ask him a question. after the player answers the question, the rest of us will act as judges and decide if his answer is true or not. if the majority will say false, then the player will do the dare."

sunoo nodded after comprehending the instructions. somehow, it seems like a fun game.

the rest of them agreed (jungwon objected, but he was ignored by hanbin), so the game started. hanbin was the first one to spin the bottle.

kei sighed when the bottle stopped in front of him.

"ooohhhhh~ choose me hyung! i'll definitely ask a good question!" heeseung yelled, raising his hand up.

"no, he's gonna ask you some weird question. pick me instead," taki pointed at himself.

"i'm choosing someone who looks like he's gonna ask a decent one." kei pointed at jake, who was smiling the whole time.

"oh no...you chose the wrong one.." sunoo mumbled, but ni-ki and taki heard it and chuckled.

jake stood up, still thinking about what question to ask. "uh, how about this....you have a terminal illness and you only have 1 month to live, who among us here would you want to spend your last month with?"

"jake where did you even get that depressing question?" jungwon commented.

"okay, who's your answer?" everyone turned their heads to kei, expecting his answer.

"uhm.." kei cleared his throat. "h-hanbin.. because you know, he has great motherly instincts and he can definitely take care of me-"

ni-ki cut him off. "that was sweet but let's stop there please."

after that, the majority agreed that kei's answer was true. hanbin got quiet and just laid his head on sunoo's shoulder.

"did you hear his answer? that was definitely a confession." sunoo whispered at his hyung.

"no it's not," hanbin denied, but he looks flustered.

after a couple of spins, jungwon and heeseung also got their turns to answer a question. it was almost 10 PM but the game is still going.

"this is the last one because we have to sleep and go home tomorrow," jay spinned the bottle and it landed exactly in front of sunoo.

he closed his eyes. so much for being lucky.

"choose a person bestie!" geonu cheered. he was clearly happy that sunoo finally got his time.

"you'll pick me right?" jungwon smirked. oh hell no. he's definitely gonna ask me some question that will expose my darkest secrets.

"i choose daniel." so far, he's the only one who he thinks will ask him a nice question.

daniel sighed. what should he ask him?

"ask him something that you wanted to ask for a long time now, go for it," geonu tapped his back and assured him.

daniel took a deep breath before speaking.

"the person that you like......who is he?" sunoo froze when he heard the question.

everyone fell silent. jungwon looked at daniel, not expecting him to ask that kind of question.

meanwhile, sunghoon and ni-ki are quietly waiting for sunoo's answer.

"i..." i don't know...

sunoo struggled to find an answer. when he raised his head, his eyes met ni-ki's.

i....

his heart skipped a beat. he got nervous and looked the other way but then, his eyes also met sunghoon, who was looking at him.

"i li-"

"oh would you look at the time! it's almost midnight haha let's sleep guys! we still need to go home tomorrow!" hanbin laughed awkwardly and started to pack up their things.

the others complained while sunoo let out a sigh of relief. thank goodness hanbin saved him.

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[ yang wonnie ]

yang wonnie:
what the hell was that question?
u are brave but at the same time so stupid

daniel:
idek why i asked that question
is he mad?

yang wonnie:
dude does he look like he's mad
just look at him

daniel:
should i switch rooms with hanbin hyung?

yang wonnie:
nah it's okay
sunoo's not angry at you
but for some reason he looks like he's thinking about smth

daniel:
go ask him if he's okay

yang wonnie:
mf he's literally lying on the bed beside yours
you go ask him

daniel:
no i'm scared

yang wonnie:
duryeopgin hajiman

daniel:
wtf
will u pls stop

yang wonnie:
lmao i'm kidding
fine i'll do it

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[ 🐑 with an attitude ]

🐑 with an attitude:
hey bestie

sunoo:
ew since when did you call me bestie
that sounds so fake

🐑 with an attitude:
btch istg
anyways
you good?

sunoo:
wdym
i'm fine

🐑 with an attitude:
okaaayyy
bc you look a little lost

sunoo:
nah
i'm just thinking about smth

🐑 with an attitude:
spill it

sunoo:
maybe later
after i find an answer

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jungwon's brows furrowed after reading sunoo's reply. he doesn't get it. before he can even send his reply, someone knocked at the door.

"dan, did you really ask hanbin hyung to switch with you?" he suddenly asked daniel who's scrolling through his phone.

"what? no i didn't. just go open the door," daniel grunted.

jungwon rolled his eyes and got up.

i swear if it's jake or hanbin hyung, i will literally throw hands at them for knocking at this hour.

"bonjour motherfu-" he stopped completing his sentence when he saw sunghoon behind the door.

"hi, can i borrow sunoo for a minute?"

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sheep 🐑 @wonnie tweeted.

should i sneak up and follow them? i don't wanna die of curiosity

17 likes

replies:

@geonuyah trust me, if you follow them you're not gonna die of curiosity but sunoo will def skin you alive ☺️
@dongkyu yang jungwon you are not getting out of this room
↪@wonnie don't act like you don't wanna follow them too 🤡

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"so, what did you want to tell me?" sunoo brushed his hair up, they stopped in front of a garden which is beside their cabin.

"are you enjoying this trip?" sunghoon asked, taking his jacket off and putting it on sunoo's shoulders.

sunoo got taken aback by his gesture and then he just smiled. "yeah, it's fun. how about you?"

"i'm happy as long as you're enjoying too."

silenced enveloped the two. the only sound was the wind that's brushing the trees' leaves.

"sunoo...about that question earlier," sunghoon paused. "can i-"

his words were cut when they heard someone cursed.

"o-oh fuck sorry for interrupting, i thought no one was here-"

sunoo turned his head only to see ni-ki running back towards the cabin. wait, why did he went back? did he see us?

"wait ni-ki it's-!"

sunoo was about to chase ni-ki but sunghoon was quick to grab his arm. his eyes widened when he felt sunghoon's arms around him, hugging him tight.

"s-sunghoon? are you okay?"

"...i like you."

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alexa, play that should be me by justin bieber 😔🤟