Rosie is standing in front of her house, waiting for Nayeon to come pick her up for their group's night out. She is having a sparkly gold dress on, a dress that she saves for a suitable occasion. What can be more fitting than a party at a new bar after a hectic school year? About the location of the place, well, Nayeon refuses to share that information with everyone. Having grown impatient of waiting, Rosie dials Nayeon's number on her phone.
"Where are you? We're gonna be late." Rosie taps her foot hastily.
Nayeon chuckles loudly. "Honey, it's 6. Just so you know, we're gonna be out pretty late tonight. And hold on, we are picking Tzuyu up." Rosie hangs up and takes a seat on the bench. Soon enough, two cars pull up in front of her house. Momo and Tzuyu are in one car, Nayeon pokes her head out from the other. "Come on, let's go princess." Rosie quickly hops in to the passenger's seat and Nayeon drives away with Momo following close behind. Nayeon wolf whistles while looking at Rosie. "Nice dress. You can be the second most beautiful girl tonight."
"Really, who's number one?" Rosie asks Nayeon. The bunny just simply raises an eyebrow and smirks. "Ugh, forget I ask. Where exactly are we going anyway?"
"I found this place on Instagram, it's probably the hottest bar right now and I got reservations already. Wow, I didn't realize I sound so formal."
After a short drive, they arrive at a bar named YKW located at the busiest district of Seoul. A long line of people can be seen along the sidewalk. Rosie has to admit, she's impressed that Nayeon managed to book a table at a place like this. "What does YKW stand for anyway?" Momo scratches her head.
"Why do we care anyway, right? If this place is good, then it's fine." Tzuyu shrugs while stepping out of the car. This is the first time tonight that Rosie has a clear look at Tzuyu.
"A suit? Seriously, Tzuyu?"
"What? I think it looks great." Tzuyu looks at her grey suit while smiling. "I don't wear dresses anyway."
"Watch it. The girls are gonna all over her in the bar." Nayeon walks past them towards the bouncer.
"I have a reservation under Im Nayeon." The bouncer checks his list and lets the girls in. Nayeon leads them to a booth in the corner. The bar looks really posh, probably too much for Rosie but she'll let time be the judge of that. There's a DJ booth, a bar filled with every drinks she can think of and finally one big dance floor in the middle. Right now, there's only a handful of people dancing but she's sure as the night goes on, the dancing will get way more wild and possibly dirty. It doesn't take long after they are seated when Nayeon stands up to get drinks. "What do girls want?"
"I'll take whatever. Just not too strong." Tzuyu shrugs while eyeing the dance floor.
"So, tequila shots." Nayeon nods and points at Momo.
Momo shakes her head. "No, no. We'll start slow."
"Like I said, tequila." Nayeon turns to Rosie.
"Not tequila." Rosie deadpans.
"Definitely tequila. I'll be right back." Nayeon walks to the bar without another word. Rosie turns to Momo. "What's up with that?"
Momo snickers. "I don't even know. Just let her order that, we'll enjoy ourselves tonight. I think we all deserve it." Nayeon returns to the table a few minutes later, carrying four shot glasses and a huge bottle of tequila. A part of Rosie tells her that it's gonna be fine but the other half tells her to stand up, run and call for help immediately. She looks around and sees her three friends are laughing and joking around so she shrugs off her uneasy feelings and joins them.
Three hours later
'I should have called for help.' Rosie sighs and looks at her friend. They are now at the fourth bottle of tequila, Nayeon and Momo are completely hammered, Tzuyu is holding on to whatever is left of her sanity and Rosie is debating how she is gonna get these three in the car to go home later tonight. Speaking of worried, Rosie just realizes that her three friends haven't eaten anything the whole night, their stomach is full of alcohol. While herself has gone through possibly ten shrimp cocktails. She is now worried about the well-being of the group and their budget, the bill is going to be nightmare fuel.
"Like I said, I'd date anyone right now. I feel so fucking lonely." Nayeon returns after her restroom break.
"Just hang on, Nayeon. You'll find someone sooner and later. Look at me, I'm fine all by myself." Rosie says simply while munching her shrimp.
"That's easy for you to say. You're opposite to me. Someone is falling for you Rosie." Nayeon gulps down another tequila shot. "You know what, I have an idea. Each of us will say a sentence describing our love life at the same time. Okay? One, two, three."
"I want her to like me."
"I wish I didn't love her."
"I'm incredibly happy."
"I don't know what to do."
All eyes turn to Tzuyu, then Nayeon and then Rosie. Nayeon pulls out another tequila bottle out of nowhere and starts pouring. "Why don't you start, Tzuyu?"
Tzuyu takes a sip of her drink, first time feeling the stinging sensation of the alcohol in her throat. "He doesn't treat her right but she still wants to be with him. I can feel my inner self shatter into pieces that time I saw her cry. I want to hug her tight and comfort her. But it kills me to know that the person in her heart will never be me." Tzuyu sobs quietly and downs the rest of her drink. "Sometimes I wish I didn't care that much. I tried but somehow I always need to see her, to see her voice, to feel her warmth." Tzuyu sniffs and wipes her tears.
"Now I feel a little more lucky." Nayeon speaks slowly, obviously drunk. "I like Jeongyeon, a lot. I can't tell if she feels the same or not. As you guys can see, I'm drinking to forget this feelings. But that's not helping apparently. Somehow I even think about her more, something tells me she would love this place despite it being so loud." Nayeon chuckles bitterly. "I don't want anyone else, I want her." Nayeon leans her head on Tzuyu's shoulder while sobbing, the taller girl doesn't flinch like usual but instead pats Nayeon's head slowly.
Momo and Rosie exchange worried glances, they know that Nayeon and Tzuyu have something on their mind the whole time but they didn't know it hurts them that much. They look at the bottles of tequila and shot glasses sprawl across the table and completely understand why Nayeon acts so wild tonight. They have never seen her breakdown in front of them like that, Nayeon have always been the strongest one in the group, the one for them to lean on shall anything happen.
"How about you Rosie?" After a long moment, Momo turns to Rosie. "You said something about you don't know what to do? What did Lisa do?"
Rosie downs her glass, her first glass of the night. "Well, she didn't do anything and that's the whole thing. I think she's interested in me and we had a bet on her Math scores, if it's good enough, I would let her take me out on a date. And as things stand, we're definitely going out."
"That's great, I mean, you like her right?"
"That's another thing. She's very sweet and she makes me laugh a lot and I feel safe with her, you know. But I'm so uncertain about my feelings, I don't know if that was love or not. I don't want to hurt her, she's my best friend. Aside from you three, of course." Rosie stares into her glass, doubting herself.
"We're all figuring things out here, Rosie. Lisa is a great girl, I can see how she treats you. I think you should go on the date, enjoy yourself and don't overthink. Trust your heart, I can see you are very important to Lisa, she's not gonna let you go just because you don't like her back." Momo pats Rosie's shoulder. Nayeon reaches over the table and holds Rosie's hand while Tzuyu gives her a small smile.
"Why do you guys still comfort me while you are having bigger problems?" Rosie is about to cry again.
"Oh no. Don't cry. That's what we do, we look out for each other." Nayeon assures the sobbing girl.
"Okay, enough. We're here to have fun, right. I'm going to hit the dance floor, feel free to join me, okay?" Momo stands up and walks to the dance floor, where the party is going strong. They dance together for an hour with Momo being the main attraction of the whole bar, people chanting her name and challenging her to dance battle. After an hour of dancing non-stop, Rosie and Tzuyu walk back to their table to rest, leaving Momo and Nayeon on the dance floor, still full of energy.
"Oh God, look at Nayeon. After that much tequila and she's still going." Tzuyu chuckles while massaging her feet
"I'm just glad she's having fun or maybe she's too drunk now." Rosie shakes her head, feeling a little dizzy. "Tzu, I'm going to the restroom for a little. Watch the bags for me." Tzuyu nods and leans her head back.
Pushing the door of the restroom open, Rosie is immediately hit with a disgusting smell. "Ugh, I don't even to know, this place has just opened, why does it even smell like this. Freaking club toilets." She pinches her nose and slowly pushes open one of the stalls. 'Please don't be having sex. Please don't be having sex.' She narrows her eyes and starts praying in her head. She breaths a sigh of relief and gets inside when she finds out the stall is empty. As she is washing her hands, the restroom door opens revealing one of her friends from school. "Hey, Yongsun."
"Oh hi, Rosie, are you here with your friends?" Yongsun smiles brightly and waves back.
"Yeah, you too?" Yongsun nods and starts washing her face.
"I'm trying to stay sober to get those crackheads home. They're all hammered and I'm thinking how to get them to the car." Yongsun chuckles.
"Tell me about it. We're on our fifth bottle now and I'm losing my sanity." They step out of the restroom slowly, trying to get back to their friends.
"Fifth? We're on the fourth only and they all passed out. I'm-" Yongsun is interrupted by a voice from the DJ booth.
"How are you all feeling tonight? MC Rail in the house!" Rosie follows Yongsun's gaze and sees Nayeon at the booth with a microphone. The crowds cheers loudly and starts dancing. Momo runs up to the booth and starts grinding on Nayeon. Rosie looks to her table and sees Tzuyu asleep, mouth hanging open.
"You should call for help." Yongsun says and runs to her table, hoping her friends aren't out of control. Rosie opens Tzuyu's bag and sighs when she sees four phones tucked safely inside. She pulls out her phone and finds a quiet corner. The person picks up after a few rings.
"Lisa! Thank God you're awake. I need your help!"
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A/N: Lisa will be the hero and save Rosie from the hectic situation. That will be in the next chapter. I hope you enjoy this one.
Have a nice day, readers. And thanks for 1k reads again.