Invisible String || PURINZ

06 • never have i ever

Once everyone had a cup in their hands, their attention was on the youngest.

"Never have I ever... stolen something from my members." Eunchae said.

Minji scoffed. "Hanni can down the glass, she's stolen at least two pairs of pants and five shirts from me." She mumbled, sipping on her juice.

"You take my clothes too!" Hanni objected.

Everyone except Eunchae had to drink.

Yunjin leaned forward against Chaewon, wrapping her arms around the girl and resting her chin on her shoulder.

"My turn, then? Let's see... Never have I ever broken the microwave and lied about it to everyone." Kazuha said, her eyes pinned on Chaewon.

The short girl scoffed. "That's– that's too specific!" She called out.

"Drink." The other ordered.

Turns out, Aeri had broken a microwave as well.

A good few questions later, the sun began to set and everyone had about two cups of wine or grape juice. Some more than others.

"Okay, he was hitting on me, you're telling it all wrong!" Kazuha groaned, pointing her finger at Sakura.

The other grinned. "As if you didn't like it!" She shot back.

"Well, that's a whole different story." Kazuha dismissed the subject.

Hanni had her eyes glued onto Yunjin and Chaewon. The two had a glass extra because they thought it was a good idea to mess with each other during each question. Three-glass-Yunjin wasn't drunk at all, just clingy. Drunk Yunjin was much, much worse.

Chaewon was still situated between the girl's legs. Yunjin had both arms around the girl's middle. One hand laid flat on Chaewon's stomach whilst she was playing with the girl's fingers with her other hand.

"Never have I ever had a crush on a friend." Hanni said, taking her eyes off the pair and looking around the group.

Yunjin looked around, curious who would take a sip. Sakura was the first, then both Hanni and Minji–

And Chaewon.

She felt her best friend lean forward slightly. She took the cup in her hand and took a gulp– then set the empty cup back down.

"Who's the crush?" Eunchae asked Sakura in shock.

Sakura chuckled, staring into her cup. "It was back in IZ*ONE. It was stupid, really, and I don't even know if it was– well, whatever, I used to like Chaeyeon." She confessed.

Chaewon dramatically gasped. "You're kidding!"

"No, no, it was when we first debuted– it doesn't matter, I don't like her anymore." The girl laughed, shaking her head.

Kazuha narrowed her eyes.

"Come on, you guys spill as well," Sakura ordered Hanni and Minji.

They both looked at each other; it seemed like Hanni hadn't completely thought this through. She cleared her throat and shuffled away a little from the girl whose side she was glued to this entire time.

Minji raised her eyebrows. "Pass." She said.

"It was just a silly crush on my trainee friend, nothing special." Hanni was obviously lying.

"Chae? What about you?" Sakura wondered.

The girl's smile faded. "Oh, I... I just used to have a hallway crush," She mumbled, moving her hand away from Yunjin's.

"I didn't think we'd be friends."

A few more rounds went by until the stars appeared. There was a lot of laughing and bickering, but Chaewon started to act more and more distant.

Eunchae decided to call it a night. Minji and Hanni helped her clean up, finding it their duty as the only sober ones. At this point, Yunjin's balance felt a little funny. She, Kazuha and Sakura had their arms around each other while they belted out a song.

"Alright, let's go back home, then?" Hanni suggested.

Kazuha still had her arms around Yunjin and Sakura's shoulders. "I'm not tired at all," She said, swaying one leg as she leaned on the other.

"Me neither. Let's do something." Yunjin excitedly said.

Minjeong crossed her arms. "Okay. Drinks over at ours?" She suggested.

"I could use it," Chaewon sighed.

"Oh, yeah! Let's go, I'll beat your asses at UNO, too." Sakura grinned.

Hanni stared at them in disbelief. "You guys are alcoholics. We're going home, we'll drop Eunchae off." She said.

Minji linked arms with Eunchae, whose Unnies were shamelessly abandoning her for more alcohol. "You can stay over at ours too, if you want?" She suggested.

"That seems like the better option. Last time they went out all I heard was someone throwing up in the toilet." Eunchae cringed at the thought.

Kazuha looked embarrassed. "My bad," She apologetically muttered.

"I'll pick you up tomorrow! I bet Hyein misses you as well. You guys haven't seen each other in forever." Sakura said. She let go of Kazuha, who stumbled forward a little, dragging Yunjin along with her.

Eunchae looked pleased. She gave Sakura a hug, and then the rest of her members.

"Let's move down this hill, then." Aeri sighed.

—x—

Yunjin knew this was how they'd end up. There were shot glasses on the table along with a large bottle of liquor. She was already thankful that they decided against clubbing and did this at their friend's dorms instead: each time they went clubbing, everything always went terribly wrong.

"Okay, come on, post it." Aeri urged.

Minjeong sighed loudly. "Jimin, beat her ass!" She called.

"Figure it out yourself!" The girl called from her room.

"Shouldn't have made that bet," Yunjin grinned.

With yet another sigh, the poor girl posted an ugly photo of herself to her story. "This boardgame is rigged," She mumbled.

Aeri took the dice in her hand. She shook them around in her hands before releasing them on the table. "Four? Damn it." She groaned.

Minjeong grinned at her. "Loser," She said.

She was lucky that Aeri was sitting in the chair across the table.

Minjeong sat on the ground with Sakura while Chaewon, Kazuha and Yunjin sat on the couch. It was a little cramped, but nothing they weren't used to.

Yunjin stood up when it was her turn. "Okay, please be a six," She mumbled.

Only the dice had failed her with a two, and she had to take her second shot. She knew that thirty minutes from now she'd probably be shitfaced; she was already feeling woozy.

She looked back at Kazuha, who had a grin on her face. And then at Chaewon, who seemed to avoid making eye contact.

It doesn't matter.

The girl took the shot 'like a champ', as Sakura had stated. The Japanese girl cheered for her, and everyone struggled to contain her laughter after seeing Yunjin's disgusted face.

Two turns later, Sakura made a throw so bad that everyone had to take a shot.

Half an hour later, just as she had predicted, Yunjin was unable to focus on one thing at a time. They finished the board game, which Sakura had won. All that at the cost of losing count of how many shots they had taken. Probably one too much.

But the night was still young– which was ultimately the scariest thought of them all.