777 Ways

CHAPTER 60 - MASTERPIECE

"Come on, make it spicy!" Bambam cheered, chugging his seventh beer.

"Bam, behave." Yugyeom rolled his eyes at the Thai, who simple stuck his tongue out at him.

"We'll never know if it's spicy or not if we don't drink the smoothie." Youngjae commented with a shrug.

"It's indeed a weird game. Not very challenging." Jinyoung said as he crossed his arms. The author sat in a quite elegant pose as he teased his lover across from him.

"Believe me, it's not that dull. You'll be surprised by how interesting it can get." Mark smirked at him and turned to the foreigner by his side. "Come on, Jack, give me a question." Before Jackson could reach for the American's ear, a little bit drunk Bambam pulled the Chinese closer and whispered something to him. The CEO frowned at the Thai, but nodded to him.

"Hey, Bam. You're disrupting the order of things. Jack is the one who asks Mark, then Mark asks you, then you ask Jae, who asks Yugyeom, who asks Jinyoung, who asks me, and I ask Jack." The editor said in an impatient tone.

"Relax, I was just giving him some ideas of what to ask." The Thai giggled. Jaebeom shook his head at him, almost guessing that the Thai had something dirty in mind.

"All right, let's focus on this game. Here I go! Are you ready, Mark?" Jackson announced suddenly and before the older could reply, he brought Mark closer to him to deliver his question in his ear. When he was done, Mark promptly pointed to five people in the circle, while saying everybody's name out loud, except Jackson's. The Chinese was surprised and muttered something in Mandarin, which no one in the room could grasp but the American. Mark chuckled and gave him a suggestive look.

"We can change that right here, and right now. You didn't even give me a chance years ago at 777 Ways, you could do it now, as a friendly gesture. I'm sure Jin wouldn't mind." Mark said in a mix of English, Korean, and Mandarin. He winked at Jackson playfully.

"Oh, God. I hate when they mix multiple languages. That's so not fair." Youngjae sighed.

"I like it. It's hilarious." Bambam cackled with laughter.

"Mark said all our names, except Jackson hyung's. Maybe the question was, 'who are the guys in the room who can't speak Mandarin'." Yugyeom suggested thoughtfully.

"I'm really not interested in the answer." Jinyoung said nonchalantly. "Whatever it is, I can ask my boyfriend later."

"And you won't ever get an answer." Mark gave him a sly smile. "Unless you drink the special smoothie now and then flip the coin." The American added wickedly, and the author gave him a defeated look.

"Okay. You won." The author sighed and reached for the jar. He only took a sip of it, but he already felt like vomiting. Jinyoung knew that if he was unable to keep it in, his attempt to find out what Jackson had asked Mark would fail. So he swallowed the smoothie from hell pretty quickly. The others cheered him on, clearly surprised by his courage. The coin was flipped and it landed on heads. He proudly eyed his boyfriend and demanded his prize. "I accepted your challenge, and went through the smoothie ordeal. Now the question must be revealed."

"I asked him who here he had kissed before. I assumed Jin and Jae would be the only ones." The Chinese declared a bit uneasily. Shocked faces stared at him. "Believe me, it was better than Bam's suggestion. He wanted me to ask Mark who was the best in bed."

"That's ridiculous. How could he ever know that? He didn't even sleep with all of us." Jaebeom exhaled.

"Wait! Mark hyung pointed to all of us as answers, except Jackson hyung. I've heard he kissed JB in my cousin's office, I obviously know he kisses my cousin, 'coz they do it all the time. We all know that he did more than kiss Youngjae hyung. But he pointed at my boyfriend as well. Hyung, that means you kissed your best friend too?" Yugyeom was quite disappointed, as he stared at the American. Jinyoung was agape. Youngjae gasped. Bambam had a big frown on this face.