"The answers 62, what do you need to correct this time?" Namjoon sighs. Funny how he just assumes I got it wrong. But he's right to assume. "I got close," I say vaguely. "What do you mean?" Namjoon asks and I can see he's excited that I'm not off by a 100 or something. "I got close," I say again. "Then let me see-" He reaches over the small table to get my paper but I pull back defensively. "Are you lying?" He asks as we continue to fight for the paper. "Why would I?" I say. "Well, there's no need to hide then." He grabs for the paper again, but I quickly scrunch it and shove it in my mouth. "What the hell-" Namjoon says as he gives me a bewildered look. "I will never tell you-" I choke on the paper and spit it out on the table, a few people around us give me a weird look. "I got 361," I say quietly. He bangs his head on the table. "How-?" I shrug my shoulders. "Can we just stop Namjoon?" I yawn. "But what did you do to get that?" He says ignoring me. "At least it's got 6 in there, 62 and 361, I must be right somewhere right?" I shout. "Jin was right, you are stupid." He says tiredly. I'm about to shout back, but my phone ringing stops me. I quickly take it out of my coat pocket to see Jin ringing me, confused I answer. "I'M ON LOUDSPEAKER SO DO NOT CUSS BECAUSE THE STAFF ARE SICK OF US AND WILL LITERALLY KICK US OUT," Jin says immediately."When the fuck did u call me stupid- You know loads of people call me stupid every day I've already learned how to handle it- its not like its a big deal anyways..." I say as I trail off trying to convince myself. I'm quiet for the next few minutes, thinking about the number of times I've been called dumb, as Jin repeatedly tries to call my name. "Are you okay Lisa, are you facing a mid-life crisis or something?" Jin says again and I hear someone laugh, sounds like Ji Sung. "Wait, where are you guys? Are you lot going somewhere without me?" I scream over the phone. "You don't need to scream everything you know, there are people here looking at us weirdly." Namjoon says quietly. "Oh my god Lisa are you with a boy?!" I hear Boram scream and Jin over the phone saying "Just shut up Boram." Before they break into an argument. There are a silence and me and Namjoon stare at the phone. But there's a sudden scream over the phone, that makes Namjoon jump and drop his water over the papers we were working for almost four hours. "ARE YOU BEING SERIOUS Lisa? WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU AT THE KARAOKE ROOM FOR ALMOST-" I quickly end the call knowing they were right when they called me stupid. I look up at Namjoon, who's staring at me with a concerned face. "Is that Mi Sun?" He asks. I nod. "I thought she was the quiet type, you know?" He looks thoroughly shaken. "Well...I'm going so... bye?" I say as I grab my phone and clumsily run out of the door. Lucky for me, the karaoke place is near since we were in a cafe which was in town, where the karaoke place is. It would be a five-minute walk from the cafe, but since I practically run there, I get there within two minutes.
I even risked getting run over by a bus by running across the road on a green light. (a/n: For real kids don't do this.)I think this just explains, how scared of Mi Sun I am.When I get there, I see all of them standing outside and when they see me, I give them a weak smile, avoiding eye contact with Mi Sun. "If you are wondering, the reason I'm late is that-" I feel someone tap my shoulder behind me and I turn around to see Namjoon. What? "You left your coat, keys, wallet, and your math textbook, worksheets, and pencil case in the café oh and your gloves." He says panting. "Typical." I hear Mi Sun say. "And why are you so fast at running? I swear I turned the corner and you were already two streets down." He says. "And hey did you nearly get run over by a car?" Namjoon says, and I hear both Ji Sung cover up a laugh. "She's done that too many times." Ji Sung laughs. "You two have done that too many times." Jimin corrects. He says as he leans down, hands on his knees, catching his breath. I grab everything off him, muttering a quick thanks as I do so. He starts walking away, saying something about sending me the rest of the answers. "So you were with Namjoon?" Mi Sun asks. I nod. "Don't make it sound weird, we were just studying," I say. I know she wants to say more and rant at me, but she doesn't. "Let's go," Jimin says and they all starts walking towards the entrance of the karaoke place. There was a lot of people outside and it looked pretty crowded. "We were originally supposed to have 8-9, but since you came late, we shifted it to 9-10, you're lucky we already booked it from before." Jin says, but I still haven't moved from where I'm standing. "Is Jungkook not here?" I say. Jimin instantly turns on the spot, smiling. "Why are you asking, I thought you didn't like him?" He says. "No no, it's because he told me he was coming." I say. "Well clearly not." Jimin says, but he's still smiling. "Did you want him to come?" Ji Sung says. "No." I say, maybe a bit too fast, and quickly my cheeks heat up. "Well, he's not here anyways so lets go." Jimin says and they continue walking.I go to the toilet first since I had been sitting in that café for way too long, so after putting all my belongings in the small karaoke room we're all supposed to fit in, I find my way to the toilet. That's when I see him. Jungkook. I'm going to fricking murder Jimin. But he's with a girl. Typical. "So you're a Busan boy, I like it." The girl says in a supposed-to-be seducing way. But Jungkook's expression stays the same. I want to laugh, but I know if I did, then they would know I was here. He looks at her bored, like he couldn't care less, and for some reason, I find myself smiling. "I'm from here, Seoul." She says. "Nice." Jungkook says, and even from a simple word, her and the other few girls start giggling. But then, the girl starts to fidget with his clothes, playing with his buttons, and I find myself getting annoyed. Why do I care? I want to say something, but nothing comes out. I notice as she continues to go closer to Jungkook, close enough to able to kiss him. I just stand there, wishing I could do anything to stop it from happening, but I can't. Jungkook's his own person, he can do whatever he wants. I think to myself and repeatedly say it over in my head, before deciding to walk away.And I do. I turn and take a step forward, just as their lips brush, repeating the small sentence in my head. He's his own person, he can do whatever the fuck he feels like- But I'm so confused by the sudden feeling of anger it doesn't stay long. So this time I force it, so I can stop thinking about emotions. He can do whatever the fuck he likes, why do I even care, I have a boyfriend, yes, you do Lisa, so just leave him alone- "Lisa when did you come? I was waiting for you." Jungkook suddenly says as he pulls away from the girl, leaving her glaring at me. He knew I was here the whole time. The asshole. I'm too angry to say anything, so instead, I grab his hand and pull him away angrily. "Why are you so angry babes?" He asks and I answer with the most rational explanation in my head. "Why do you Jungkook, feel the need to play with every girl you see? Just date a girl you actually like." I say. "But what if she doesn't like me back?" He says. "Then though luck." We enter the karaoke room, both of us still arguing about him and that girl. Ji Sung greets us, singing BBI BBI by IU. "." He says as he does the dance. The funniest thing is his face is so serious and everyone starts laughing. "It's mine, please keep the la la la line." He immediately turns to us, and before I can even process what's happening, he sings, "Hello stu p-i-d." Whilst doing the dance. This is my second time being called stupid. "You let him sing IU without me?" Jungkook starts, but Jimin interrupts, "So you found him?" I stick my tongue out at him. "You should've seen her, we told her that you weren't coming, and she literally was so sad, I kinda felt bad we were lying to her." Yoojung says.
"No I wasn't-"I start to defend myself, "You missed me Lisa?" Jungkook starts teasing and I hit him lightly on the shoulder.
"I didn't miss you, idiot." Boram squeals and I feel like punching her. "Are you holding her hand?" Jin says and Jimin stops laughing, and everyone stares at us. Well, everyone besides Ji Sung who's in his own world and continues to sing. I quickly let go of his hand, wiping it on my jeans.
"He was flirting with some girl so I had to umm.. take him here, because yeah..." I say quickly. Jin just nods slowly and as Jungkook turns his back to sit, Jimin winks at me making a small heart sign with his hands and annoyed, and I grab the tambourine in the middle of the table and chuck it as hard as I can where it hits him in the nuts.
He winces, and Jungkook turns to look at both of us, before seeing Jimin silently crying and starts laughing. "Karmas a bitch." I mouth to him. After Ji Sungs dope version of BBI BBI, Boram snatches the mic off Ji Sung and Yoojung grabs the LED tambourine as Boram aggressively types in the number for the song, the first one being 'Miroh' by Stray Kids. The song starts as Yoojung screams, "Yesss, this is my shitttt."
And we all laugh.
Boram has already started screaming at the start of the song. Yoojungs aggressively headbanging to the song as she shakes the tambourine. Just as the intro finishes, Yoojung walks up to me and starts pulling my hand. "I don't want to go." I say. "Why? We've practiced this a million times." Yoojung pulls me up anyways pushing me to the front, "You'll be fine, it's only us anyways." Yoojung says as Boram passes me the mic. Yoojung starts to do the rap, as I nervously wait. I turn around to Mi Sun who smiles at me, and suddenly I'm not that nervous anymore. I start to do Changbins rap, it goes pretty good, until I feel my tongue going too fast, and laugh "STRAY KIDS WOO." Boram screams. Everyone claps, shouting praise at both of us. "When could they rap?" I hear Ji Sung say. Boram continues to scream the lyrics for the rest of the song.
You would think, that after three minutes of aggressive headbanging, they would be tired and wore out, but they weren't, not even a bit. They continue to do the exact same thing, for another five songs. They dance to Momoland's Bboom Bboom, BTS' Fire which Yoojung dances to the whole whilst still managing to aggressively headbang, Blackpink's Boombayah, which I and Mi Sun decide we want to join in with. I know I can't sing for shit, so I do the rap at the beginning, well scream it. Yoojung goes on to do the second rap, "Middle finger up, f you pay me." She says as she puts the middle finger up to Ji Sung, and we all die of laughter. At the chorus, Boram and Yoojung, both do Rosè iconic hair flip, but with ten times more energy. As I sit back down, Jungkook says to me, "You girls are crazy." But I see a smile behind the phone he's been recording everything on. The next song they sing to is Sunmi's Gashina. Boram immediately steps down, knowing Yoojung loves this song. When it gets to the chorus, everyone screams as Yoojung starts dancing. But she isn't done yet. Boram chooses another song, Fancy by Twice. Ji Sung immediately gets up as Yoojung proceeds with her tambourine shaking and headbanging, whilst Boram continues screaming her lungs out.
'Dal kom han, chocolate ice cream chorom, nok ah bo ri neun, ji geun na gi bun so lovely."
He says in a perfect representation of Sanas iconic lines, doing the exact same moves as her. "So this is what he does at 3am, when he says he 'can't sleep." Mi Sun whispers to me. Jin joins too, him and Boram belting out the chorus. "GEOGI NEO I FANCY YOU, AMUNA WONHAJI ANHA HEY I LOVE YOU." Jungkook then proceeds to join with Jin as Boram decided to take a break. All of us are smiling as we watch them sing. I quickly get my phone out, to record both of them. "GEU RAE NEO I FANCY YOU KKUMCHEOROM HAENGBOK HAE DO DWAE, CAUSE' I NEED YOU." Jungkook points at me on the last few words, and I almost choke on my saliva, he winks straight after, and I know he's teasing. Jimin looks at me again and this time I threaten to throw a can at him, so he stops. "FANCY YOUUU." Everyone screams together. "." Jungkook does Chaeyoungs part, being extra sassy. Both him and Ji Sung rap Dahyuns and Chaeyoungs part, Jungkook trying to flip his none existent long hair, leaves us all in tears. Beside them, Yoojung is still banging the tambourine, whilst flipping her head round and round.By the end of the songs, everyone's exhausted, including both Boram and Yoojung. She flops down next to me, saying, "We should do this again sometime." Jimin said, " What the hell did you take before you came here?" Yoojung just smiles.We sit for a bit talking as everyone catches their breath and as I take a sip from the water bottle, Ji Sung speaks. "Guys, I have an idea." We all turn to him. "I dare one of you to dance to..." He grabs the song catalogue, searching through it before typing the number into the remote. And when we see the song, all of us make noises of protest. "Part 267 of Ji Sungs clever ideas." I say. "Excuse me, you dirty piece of-" Boram says, "I don't know what goes on in his brain, I really don't." Jin says as we continue to protest. "I'll buy your food for a whole month." That was honestly a good offer, but I would never take it to dance to that. But I guess, someone must love food much more than I do."I'll do it." Jungkook says and I choke for the second time today. Ji Sung, Jin and Jimin start clapping as if it's an achievement, but I don't understand how it can be. Ji Sung hesitates for a moment before saying, "Are you sure?" Jungkook nods.The song starts and immediately Mi Sun grabs her phone, pretending to text someone. Boram covers her face with her hands as Yoojung hides behind her, already screaming. I take my phone out, eyes squeezed shut as I mentally prepare myself.EXID's Up and Down starts playing and he starts dancing. And we all scream. Even if we aren't looking. Yoojung and I both hold each others hand silently praying as we both open our eyes to see Jungkook basically, well you know what "OH MY FUCKING EYES." I scream and Jungkook stops and starts laughing, his face red.
"It's a girls song, but he does it MANLY." I hear Jimin say and me and Yoojung scream again. Boram looks thoroughly shaken, and Mi Sun stares at her phone unbothered. "Those 0.3 seconds I opened my eyes-" Yoojung says as I continue, "And I feel so fricking unholy." I say as I try to smack the memory out of my head. I hit my head multiple times, but the image keeps appearing. "Let me do it too!" Jimin says, and the screams and protest start again. "This is going to be blackmail for when you decide to be disrespectful to your hyung." Jin says to Jungkook. "Y-You do?" Ji Sung says and he sounds worried now. "Haha, you're going to be broke by the end of this." Mi Sun says, but Ji Sung looks too depressed to say anything. The second chorus comes up and Jimin starts to get ready. This time we all stop being the babies we are and stop screaming like we did before. He has a smirk on his face, as he adjusts his top. Right before the chorus, he turns to Ji Sung and winks, "You're paying for my lunch for a full month right?" And he winks.I immediately regret not closing my eyes.But I think not as much as Yoojung. Her screams are so piercing, its like shes giving birth. Instead, me not being in my right mind, hides behind Jungkook, my hand gripping the sleeve of his black top as I mentally scream. I stay in that exact position for the rest of the song. I hear him give a cute laugh under his breathe. And when the song stops, I stay because it's weirdly comfortable. But then I remember myself and as I debate whether I should move or stay because it's warm, Jungkook says quietly. "He's finished you know." He said it quietly so no one else would notice. I awkwardly move out of the way avoiding eye contact with him. "Did Jimins dancing make you go red?" Mi Sun says and I hear everyone laugh, which makes me go redder. "I mean that was some 18+ shit." I say, "I mean actually, look at Yoojung." Yoojung stares at the wall her lips quivering. "You boys are..." she trails off. "Who's younger, Lisa or Yoojung?" Ji Sung asks. "Lisa, though you'd be surprised to know that Yoojungs actually one of the older ones, but she gets babied by all her protective older brothers." "Let's sing a slow song now, I'm tired of all these loud songs," Boram says and I quickly pipe up. "Make Jungkook sing!" Everyone turns to look at me, before looking at Jungkook. "Jungkook doesn't sing." Jin says. "He sings so good when he sang to me-""He sang to you!?" Jimin stands up, a shocked expression on his face, "He never sings to anyone!" Jimin shouts again. "Are you jeonlous~" Mi Sun teases? "I'm not!" There's a small arguement where Jimin shouts at Jungkook, for never singing even when he begged him to which Jungkook shouts back 'all you would do is make fun of me anyways!' Jin quickly moves back Jimin who's getting slightly too close to Jungkook before saying, "This argument is over, no one will ask why Jungkook sang to Lisa andwhyheneversangtoanyofusbutthatsokayweregoingtobematureadultsaboutit - he takes a huge breathe and turns to Jimin - so Jimin stop getting so butthurt about it and move on, so what do you want to sing Jungkook?" He says in a fake pleasant voice. He grabs the song catalogue, looking through it to find a song, before pressing the number into the remote. When we see what he's singing, everyone claps and cheers, me the loudest because I know its going to sound good. I don't remember much from that day, but I do remember his singing. And honestly, I could listen to it all day. And I would fall asleep to it any day, but its a shame I can't.
He chose the song 'Perfect.' As the song starts, Jungkook gets shy, but nobody laughs, so he starts.
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"I can't do this anymore." He says, and he stops the song. "YOU WERE SO GOOD WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?" Boram practically screams in his ear. He gives a shy smile at her before everyone starts showering him with compliments. The only person who isn't is Jimin. As I look at him, I swear he's wiping away tears. I silently annoy him, but he refuses that he ever cried in the first place.
"He was definitely thinking of someone when he sang that." I hear Jin say. Jimin and I immediately turn to Jungkook, who meets my eye before quickly turning away. "He was definitely thinking of someone." Ji Sung says. "Tell me, who is it?" Boram asks, "I'll set you up with her, I know EVERYONE, and if I don't, Yoojung will." She says again, winking. "AND if she doesn't know her, Lisa definitely will." A small laugh escapes his lips, though I don't really know what's so funny about that. "Did you not see him? His eyes were shining, his skin was glowing-" Jin exaggerates. "Shut up Jin." Jungkook says. "The girl probably likes him back anyways." Ji Sung says. "All the girls like him." He adds on. "Not all of them." Jungkook says and he sounds sad. "Stop lying, all of them like you, think you're cute or something... I don't know what they think." I say trying to comfort him. "Exactly, you hate me because I'm a what do they call it? Player." Jungkook says. And for once, my heart goes to him, he genuinely sounds like he doesn't like it when people call him that. "Not everyone has to like you-" I say but realise I'm not helping. "I mean... I don't hate you, you're nice I guess?" This is followed by an awkward silence, in which Ji Sung looks at me trying not to laugh. "I mean, you're kind of annoying, but no other girl thinks you're annoying, they fricking worship you, so besides me, you should be fine." I say as words of comfort.
Jimin finally gets out of the little corner he was crying in and speaks. "Jungkook you're still a baby, you can't like a girl." Jungkook scoffs, "We're literally the same age." He says. "No we aren't, you're still fifteen," Jimin says. "And?" I can tell he's getting annoyed by being the youngest out of the boys, I can lowkey imagine all the boys annoying him about it, especially Taehyung.
Jimin walks up to Jungkook and pinches his cheeks, "Our Jungkookie is growing up." Jungkook, snaps his hands away, cheeks blushing red, "Stop Hyung."
I literally hate myself for having such a cringy ff, anyways, this is honestly a chapter to just include a bunch of kpop songs.