"I DON'T LIKE this one bit." san whisper-yelled.

"then why did you come...?" sighed seonghwa.

ah, let's set the stage: so, there they were, seonghwa, san, and wooyoung, ducking behind the bushes on the front facade of the house. they were watching into the window like spies, keeping their eye out for kim chaerim.

truthfully, seonghwa wanted to go by himself to just grab chaerim and leave the party immediately. but of course, wooyoung and san found out about his plan and begged to come along. seonghwa was extremely annoyed because he was worried that these two idiots would somehow complicate his plan.

"i see a lot of alcohol in the kitchen. seonghwa, what if the cops come? we'll get in trouble just for being here and we'll go to jail! jail is not fun, i'll say that much." san panicked, pulling up the hood on his jacket more to hide his identity.

"you've been to jail before?" wooyoung asked, stunned.

"yeah. one time in monopoly... never again," san shook his head and shuddered as if he was getting scary flashbacks.

seonghwa wasn't paying them any attention, "there's chaerim!" he pointed at the window.

chaerim walked next to hyunjin, both holding red cups. but don't worry. our girl chaerim wasn't stupid. she didn't take a single sip of alcohol all that night, and she wasn't planning on it.

he took her to sit on the couch in the corner, the perfect place for them to get a little bit of privacy... but also the perfect place for the three stooges outside to see them.

he told her "let's get to know each other more, yeah?" chaerim simply nodded.

at first, she was sort of interested in hyunjin, the way he seemed so eager to see her. it felt good to be praised for once. chaerim was a normal human being who liked affection, just like everyone else.

but ever since she talked with seonghwa and he you-know-what-ed her, chaerim didn't look forward to seeing hyunjin as much. she felt off-put by him. it was true; hyunjin didn't even know her name, and that's why he called her pretty girl.

"pretty girl?" hyunjin snapped his fingers in front of her face, making her blink. he laughed at her, "did you zone out?"

she just nodded, "oh... yeah, sorry. what did you say?"

"i asked if the drink was too strong for you? you've barely touched it..." he tilted his head.

"yeah," she shrugged, "i'm not much of a drinker."

"that's fine but, you know this is a party, right?" he laughed, and it made her want to roll her eyes. she was beginning to believe seonghwa that hyunjin wasn't a good guy. "you'll have more fun if you drink."

chaerim shook her head, "no thanks."

"seriously?" he asked, with a scoff, "well, we can still have fun without 'em..."

she wasn't quite sure what he had in mind, but she just nodded. hyunjin smiled, "come here." he grabbed the drink out of her hand and placed it on the side table next to them. he then wrapped one hand around her waist, and placed the other on her face.

hyunjin leaned forward to where their lips almost met.

"AHHHH!" san freaked out and threw his cell phone at the window, making the most loud, most startling noise ever to exist. the two on the couch flinched.

"what the hell was that?" hyunjin backed away. he stood up to check what had hit the window. as he turned his back to her, chaerim sighed in relief and clutched her heart. she wondered to herself, what am i really doing here?

after glaring at him accordingly, seonghwa whispered, "shit. we gotta move!" he grabbed his two friends' shoulders and ran to the other side of the house. meanwhile, wooyoung was screeching in pure terror.

they had their backs on the brick wall, panting heavily. seonghwa turned to san and half-smiled, "good aim, sani. but you're an idiot."

"thanks! and i'm sorry! i panicked, but don't worry, i picked my phone up." he nodded, eye-smiling.

"let's just get chaerim out of there," wooyoung told them, "hyunjin is getting too into this. and i can tell chaerim doesn't want to kiss him."

seonghwa nodded then handed wooyoung his keys, "get in the car. i'll get her myself."

"hm, weird. sorry, pretty girl. now where were we?" said hyunjin as he sat down again.

as hyunjin reached for chaerim's hip once more, he was stopped by a hand grabbing his wrist.

"trying to kiss my girlfriend, hyunjin?"

chaerim slowly looked up to see seonghwa, who jerked hyunjin away from her. seonghwa then motioned for her to "get up, kim."

she did as she was told with a lost expression ever on her face. she was confused, maybe a bit afraid, and angry all at once.

"your girlfriend? why's she coming to parties alone and hanging out with me? looks like she's bored with you." hyunjin spat.

seonghwa waited for him to get his little temper tantrum out, "none of your business. let's go."

"fine, go! keep living your life as a failure! it's funny. even your own 'girlfriend' seems to walk all over you." shouted hyunjin as the two began to walk towards the door. seonghwa paused. his chest rose and dropped as he breathed in heavily.

before anyone could blink, seonghwa spun around and punched hyunjin square in the nose. chaerim gasped, as hyunjin staggered back to fall on the couch in overwhelming pain. seonghwa then grabbed chaerim's hand and began to run, knowing hyunjin and his friends would definitely come after him now.

"seonghwa, what the fuck is happening?! why are you here?" chaerim asked as they ran towards his car. as they jumped into the backseat, seonghwa just said, "i should be asking you the same thing."

"oh, hi chaer!" san enthusiastically waved at her. wooyoung also said, "hey, chaerim."

"you guys, too?" she groaned, then glanced out the window to see a few angry guys running outside, "um, could you step on the gas?"