23-Social Experiment

Kyeom pov.

"Okey what's wrong with that guy?" Asked Hoshi to Joshi behind me as I continued to avoid talking to him.

"Oh nothing. Just having some problem with the new girl last night. And he keeps on avoiding me. Sulky about all the things she said which I surely have no part in but I'm getting all the fire thrown at me." Joshua said to Hoshi and I rolled my eyes.

"Could you both shut up? Or get away from me." I snapped at both of them as I glared directly at Joshi.

"See what I mean? Just catching fire here and there." Joshi said.

"Come on Kyeom. You can't be mad about something I have no control over?" Joshi said as he tried his best to  be clingy with me by poking my cheeks and all. I swatted his hands away from me.

"You dated her right?" I said even if I knew full well that it was his brother's ex.

"What?— I didn't— wha ughhhh nevermind I'll go find Vernon. He told me he was gonna go show Woozi some clothes he bought." Joshua said in confusion and then I looked at him as he stomped away like a kid.

"You know you're being petty. Just because you have no idea that your dream husbando is a little bit of a playboy, you can't just throw a fit. AND WOOZI's STILL ASLEEP! " Hoshi said to me and shouted the rest to Joshi.

"He's not a playboy. I just hate the girl." I told him honestly and he looked at me.

"Denial much?" He said.

"Why are you even here?!? Woozi's spending all his time with other people except you. You should worry about your own love life. " I told him. I can't just tell him Joshi's different than Joshua because that would defeat the purpose of the lie.

"Worry? Nahhhh Woozi likes me he's just a little confused." He said confidently.

"Why do you sound awfully confident?" I asked in confusion. There must be something that happened yesterday.

"Alright I took advantage of Woozi last night." He said and my jaw fell to the floor. He then realized what he just said and panicked.

"No!!!" I said in the most low voice ever.

"Wait! I just heard that phrase coming out my mouth! Scratch that! I don't mean in that way!  I just took advantage of the fact that people tell the truth when they are drunk.." i said.

"Oh he confessed?!?!" I asked with excitement scratching earlier conversation.

"Not really.." he trailed off.

"What? Don't leave me hanging now!" I asked curiously.

"You seee... what happened was... he kinda kissed me again. But I didn't initiated anything. I was just trying my best to get him ready for bed. I started asking him questions about his feelings. He started rambling some stuff about friendship. I asked him stuff about his relationships and all. Just so I wont feel awkward after what happened to both of us on the beach. I don't know! The night was a blur! He told me he wanted to make sure! And then we started making out.!.." he rambled and literally my jaw was on the floor I can't even remember what I was fixating earlier.

"WHAT?!?! You did took advantage of him!" I shouted and he covered my mouth with both his hands!

"Dude Lower your freaking voice! And I did not! I would never take advantage of him physically!" He said and I looked at him judgingly.

"Okey! Explain! Now" i demanded.

"Just like I told you! I asked him some serious questions but he kept on steering the conversation to my confession which I wanted to avoid because I don't want him getting pressured." He continued.

"So?!?" I asked him.

"Then I told him to forget my confession and forget that I liked him. You know to make him feel more comfortable with me again. Even if I keep avoiding him, I don't think I will last another day so I told him I'll stop." He said.

"Oh you closed the door on both of you.! And locked it." I told him and he looked confused.

"What the hell are you talking about. I just told him that I can try not liking him to make him feel better." He said and I looked at him like he was crazy.

"And he was okay with that?" I asked.

"I thought he was! But then when I started to go out he pulled me and kissed me! And then we made out and I stopped myself again. And now I wanna die. Should I continue to avoid him?!? Or continue to turn off my feelings? I'm talking a bit fast aren't I?" He said in panic.

"Okey dude relax. You are freaking me out too. I don't understand what's happening to the both of you but you probably both need to talk this out.." i said.

"But I don't wanna...I can't see him cry again!" He said.

"Damn! You made Woozi drink and Cry. You might be special dude." I told him sarcastically.

"Stop being mean and tell me this is all going to be alright." He said and I just looked at him like he was crazy.

"You know lying is not my best forte right?" I asked him.

"I hate you!" He said and I laughed.

"I hate you too but seriously dude i think Woozi and you are past friendship if you guys are making out. Given that he's drunk you should probably be the first one to talk to him." I told him.

"I hate it when you seem right! But Vernon's with him right now." He said.

"Dude it's Vernon. He probably showed all his shopping haul to Woozi in a span of 5 minutes." I told him.

"True... alright I'll update you." He said and left me on the seat.

"Ahhhh finally peace." I said as I closed my eyes to enjoy the breeze and the smell of Italy. If that even make sense.

"I'm back! But I can go back if you wanna be alone." I heard Joshi suddenly saying beside me. Seriously i got peace for like a second.

"Still angry at you." I said to him nonchalantly.

"I know that's why I brought you this." He said as he handed me a plate of lasagna.

"What— where did you get this?!?" I asked him.

"I knew you were gonna act like this all day so I already told Auntie to make one earlier this morning." He said and I almost smiled.

"Dude we just ate pasta last night." I said as I grabbed the plate from him and he chuckled a little just because I smiled while grabbing the plate.

"Doesn't stop you anyway." He joked and I punched his arm.

"So we good?" He asked again as I continued to eat.

"Lasagnaa??" I asked if he liked to eat some.

"Nahhh.. i ate some of the food Vernon brought for Woozi. I didn't even know they were close. You should have seen Vernon modeling all his caps and new clothes while Woozi literally just woke up." He said.

"Oh they are close." I added.

"Not as close as we are.." he said and I cringed at his face.

"I'm still a little bit angry than you." I said and he looked confused.

"Still??? Even if I don't know her."he complained.

"Yup. And also because she's coming right here probably to talk to you again." I rolled my eyes as Joshua looked at her direction and I just got up and walked away. Leaving him with her.

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"Kyeom!! Don't leave me here!" I shouted as I saw my boyfriend getting angry and walking out on me again.

"Joshua... I wanted to talk to you but you seem to be avoiding me." She said as she pressed her breast into my arm. I immediately took a step back and cursed my brother in my head. Like how did he even think that she was a good idea?

"That's because I am avoiding you." I told her honestly.

"Silly! Stop joking around. Wanna make out?" She asked and then I literally pushed her away using her arms.

"I don't know why you can't just take the hint but I am seriously telling you that I have no interest in you whatsoever." I told her and then she smirked.

"Not even a little? I can be very very persuasive." She said while twirling her hair like a crazy bish.

"I already said no. Didn't we broke up already? I don't think I wanna start dating exes. And I just had a fight with my boyfriend so stop this." I said to her frankly and she chuckled. Little creepy.

"Broke up? Didn't we just met?" She asked with her crazy eyes and I looked at her. This time she caught my attention what was she talking about?

"What?" I asked her.

"Nothing at all babe. I'm gonna go freshen up. Don't hide from me again. Because I'll find you. Always." She said and my hairs all stood up in chills. She's batshit crazy and I should go to Kyeom.

"You are definitely crazy!" I told her and ran away. As I was running away I made sure she wasn't following me that I ran into Cheol.

"Woah. Dude are you alright?" He asked me right away.

"That crazy girl's driving Kyeom insane." I said.

"Oh right.. the one that Jeonghan pushed down the indoor pool because she was looking at me? She also made me and Jeonghan fight." He mentioned.

"Is she just here to annoy everyone?" I asked and chuckled.

"There is something weird about her too. Earlier this morning Mingyu caught her roaming around the place beside our rooms. I thought she was looking for you but then you were in the lobby and she could have easily saw you but she didn't." He added.

"She's lurking?" I asked.

"I think you should tell everyone about her before she becomes a problem." Cheol said.

"I will. Most of them already know but I'll text the group." I said.

"Better yet let's just all go out tonight. Then we can help you guys out. Plus it's been a while since all of us have been together." Cheol said.

"I know. It felt like we were just in our own worlds since we got here." I added while still contemplating what to do with that crazy girl. I forgot her name already.

"Alright I'll go tell them. We have 2 days left in the trip. Let's enjoy tonight." He said and I nodded.

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"Do we really need to go??" I asked Wonu. Oh yeah I went with Wonu this time just to avoid my idiot boyfriend. He's not actually. I'm just enjoying making him stressed out.

"Yup." He said while playing with his phone.

"Hey Wonu I got you some chocolates from Auntie. She told me to give you one." Mingyu suddenly entered the room and handed Wonu the chocolate.

"Oh sorry Kyeom, I didn't know you'll be here let me grab you some too." He said as he rushed down. Then Wonu grabbed the chocolate and ate it slapping my hand away as I was about to grab some.

"Sooooo... what's up with you and that guy?" I asked him.

"What?" He asked nonchalantly.

"Come on.. don't pretend like you guys don't feel like a domestic couple.." I said teasing Wonu.

"He wanted to serve me so I agreed. No problem." He said and I just laughed.

"The table turned so much on the two of you." I said and he chuckled and continued to play his game while I get ready.

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"Is everyone ready!!!!?!?!" Kwanie said as we all took a seat. We are currently at the beach as Cheol suggested. Away from the bad things happening in our trip. We have barbecue, seafood boil, ramen. Any food on earth. Probably because we let Vernon and Mingyu do the shopping and they literally could buy the whole store if not for Mr Hao and Sir Jun stopping them.

Oh yup. Dino invited them since they were on the trip too. Mr. Hao decided to cook fried rice and Woozi started on the Kimchi Stew.  Mingyu was in charge of today's grill and Hoshi was assisting them but not really. He wanted to be involved so we assigned him leader of the cooking team.

"Wow you guys it's smells good." Wonu said in the background as  I helped Woozi with the stew.

"What's your role?" Asked Joenghan.

"He's in charge of compliments since he just wants to sit down and enjoy the beach vibe with Joshua." I answered for him and he nodded and smiled.

"Alright I'll help set up the table." Dino suggested and Sir Jun helped him too as they talked about Dino's dancing career. He is really a fan of his teacher and wants to spend time with him all the time.

"Is the food almost ready?" Asked Jeonghan.

"Yup. Just a second. Wait why aren't you helping?" I asked him.

"Well we bought the ingredients. That's my addition." He said confidently and Wonu laughed.

"Yeah with Cheol's card." Wonu added.

"Exactly so I don't need to help out. Also I was a little carsick because of the trip. Didn't know beaches were a little far in italy." He said as he ate his appetizer.

"Where is Cheol by the way?" I asked as I placed the stew on the table.

"Oh he got his hair done." Dino said.

"Oh really? I hope he arrives soon. I'm starving." Hoshi added.

"Dude the food's not ready yet." Mingyu said and laughed at Hoshi who is now helping Woozi with the side dishes and the fresh kimchi. They seemed closer and no awkwardness anymore. I wonder what happened to the both of them.

"Kyeom..." Joshua suddenly said.

"Huh?" I asked.

"We good now?" He asked probably still worried about my earlier attitude towards him and I just chuckled.

"Are you scared of me? Nahhh it wasn't your fault. I was just being petty." I said as I poked his nose.

"Love you" he said as he gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"Gross" i said as I wiped my cheek. He smiled right away and got back to his seat beside Wonu as They happily enjoy the vibe of the waves.

After a few minutes Cheol arrived with his bright purple hair.

"Dude you look awesome." I said jokingly just to mess with his head.

"Jeonghan do you like my hair?" He asked his boyfriend without even glancing at me or acknowledging my comment.

"It's cute it suits you." He said as Cheol leaned in to give him a kiss on the lips. They are so married couple coded.

"Alright now that everyone is here. Why don't we start eating." Hoshi said and I chuckled. He really is taking his leader role seriously.

We all sat down and eat everything that was prepared. We even opened a bottle of wine that Joshua brought from the day shopping earlier.

"This meat is crazy. I could eat this every day." Dino commented and Wonu nodded in agreement.

"To everyone here. Salute!!!" I said and they laughed and cheered with me as well, raising their glasses and clinking it with each other.

"SALUTEEE!!" everyone said in chorus. We ate happily talking about the trips we are planning to join since we only have 2 days left.

"So who's going wine tasting?" I asked to start the party talk.

"Why don't we all go?" Cheol asked.

"Yeahhh!! I'll go if Seungkwan goes." Hoshi said as he downed another sprits.

"You should probably slow down on the drinks." Woozi suddenly said and I just laughed at my friend.

"You're right. I'm a little tipsy already." Hoshi said with a smiling face obviously going out the earth already.

"Alright then. Let's all go wine tasting." Cheol said.

"Okey but maybe let's play a game." Jeonghan suggested.

"Oh he's not tired yet.. what game are you thinking?" Asked Wonu.

"How about a guessing game." He said.

"Since we all gathered here thanks to My boyfriend.. let's have a trivia quiz. I'll ask questions about Cheol and you guys guess. Those who wins gets a price." Jeonghan said enthusiastically. Really out of character.

"Alright how about we do it by pairs?" Mingyu suggested.

"Alright then. The prices can actually be for two so let's do it." Jeonghan agreed and then we all sat together while Jeonghan decides who gets who as a couple.

"Alright, Mingyu and Wonu. Vernons and Kwannie obviously. Woozi and Hoshi. Kyeom and Joshua. Dino and Cheol. Mr Hao and Sir Jun could join too if they want." Jeonghan said.

"Well well well. Don't we all look cute" i teased my friends.

"How do you choose who answers first?" Asked Wonu.

"Just say your names and then your partner answers." He suddenly said.

"Alright then... first question. When is Cheol's Birthday?" He started with an easy question.

"Vernon!" He suddenly said with full conviction. Some of us also tried but he was first.

"August 8!" Kwannie said.

"Alright you get a point!" Jeonghan said. Im surprised he's not tired at this point in the night.

"Next question. What's his favorite animal??" He asked us all.

"JUN!" Sir Jun suddenly said leaving Mr. Hao in a confused face and panicked too.

"Sir you need to answer..." Dino teased.

"Why would you?!?— Wah—- I don't know... jeonghan's wearing a rabbit shirt right now and it looks like it's not his so probably from Cheol so I'll say rabbit." He said and surprisingly he was right and we all knew that. We were just shocked he knew just from clues.

"Woahhh impressive I think I'll give you guys two points" he said.

"Oh he's just drunk with power now." Joshi joked.

"Alright next... what's his favorite body part?!" He asked.

"Joshua!" He suddenly said beside me.

"Hair! No! Butt! No! Final answer eyes!" I panicked and rambled on some parts. Joshi was enjoying beside me and laughing with my friends because of my sudden outburst.

"It was a long way from there but he made it so I'll give you a point too." He said.

Then we continued to play and play. In the end this is the score.

Vernon- 8Joshua- 5 Wonu - 3Hoshi - 2 Hao - 2

Dino just gave up and told us he was gonna watch the game instead.

Alright for the winners.. Vernon and Kwannie! the price isssssssss... A HOT AIR BALLOON DATE!" He said excitedly. All of our mouths went open wide.

"Dammmnnn I wanted thatttt!" Hoshi continued to sulk since he lost.

"Sounds fun.. let's join that" Mr. Hao suggested.

"Sure." Sir Jun just agreed and Jeonghan nodded as well.

"Alright.. for the 2nd placer... we prepared..... a Florence tour!!! All expenses paid as well!" Jeonghan said.

"Alright we can finally be in a proper date just the two of us." Joshi whispered beside me and I just smiled.

"Let's get some gelato." I said and he actually was shocked by my sudden enthusiasm.

"We should!" He said and smiled genuinely like a little child.

"Can we join the Hot air balloon couple??" Mingyu suddenly asked.

"Aren't you afraid of heights?" Asked Wonu.

"Yeah but i haven't tried it yet and it seems romantic— i mean exciting as well too." He said trying to correct himself. Wonu just laughed a little and rolled his eyes.

"You guys can enjoy the wine tour with Hoshi, Dino and Woozi." Jeonghan said and they cheered. I don't know about Woozi because he doesn't drink that much.

"Then Scoops and I will join the Florence couple." Jeonghan said and I smiled knowing it would be fun to have a double date.

"Don't get my brother too drunk Hoshi! I'm talking to you." I said as I grabbed the pasta prepared by Joshi.

"I will!" He said with a salute.

"Alright then now that everything is set, you guys enjoy the night with some music and food! I'll be on my bed resting." He suddenly said and we all laughed. He's just as tired as he always is.

"Good night guys!" He said and we waved him goodbye.

"Let's go walk down the beach." Joshi suddenly said as he grabbed me and we went to the beach without waiting for an answer. Some of them just continued eating and some went in to rest.

"What's up with you?" I asked.

"I want us to spend more time together." He said as he continued to hold my hand as we walked in the beach. It was already night time and the pathway is a little dark so I was partly just holding on to him to avoid falling down.

"We literally do everything together since we got here in italy." I said to him and chuckled.

"Yeah but you told me to keep it lowkey when we get back. I only have like 48 hours to be your boyfriend openly." He said and I just looked at him.

"You know I won't break up with you if we get back right? You're talking as if we wont be together when we go back." I said and this time he laughed.

"I know that." He said and there it was again. I just know he's sulking about being public with him. So I sat down the little rock by the beach. He sat down beside me and placed his head on my shoulders. He's being extra clingy.

"Do you really need us to be open?" I asked him and he looked at me shocked at my question.

"I do." He said honestly.

"Like you really reallyyyyyy need it?" I asked and laughed.

"Kyeom stop that. I know you don't want to... I can adjust..." he said and then kissed me on the cheeks.

"I'm so sorry. I've been thinking about this a lot. I know the problem this goes with but it's better for my peace of mind. I think.." I said.

"Alright then but when it's just the two of us I can do anything to my boyfriend right?" He said and I pushed him.

"Stop being a pervert. It doesn't go with your gentleman face." I said and he laughed.

"Pervert? I don't think I said anything remotely naughty. You're the one that keeps on thinking dirty about me and my body" He said innocently and I just rolled my eyes.

"Shut up." i said and he stood up and suddenly took of his shirt.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"Come on! Take off your clothes too." He said and I stood up in shock and crossed my arms. 

"Who's not the pervert now?" I jokingly asked him and He laughed.

"Come on! Let's go swimming." He suggested and I shook my head.

"We don't have extra clothes." I told him but he just smiled and waved to me as he went into the water.

"Alright then. Just doing this because you're cute." I said and then took off my clothes and joined him in the water.

The moment I went in the water I regretted my decision. It was so freaking cold I almost wanna retreat back into the shore but then I felt Joshi's hug behind me.

"Wanna run away?" He asked as he continued to give me a back hug and placed his chin on my shoulder. Then I removed his hands from my waist and faced him. He smiled again and I smiled at him too. I don't know why but I wanna kiss him so bad right now.

"Do you wanna kiss me?" I asked because I was shy to initiate.

"Do you want me to wanna kiss you?" He smirked and I glared at him and he just cupped my cheeks and kissed me on the lips. His hands then traveled to the back of my neck and pulled me closer as if he was about to swallow me whole.

I closed my eyes and enjoyed the kiss. I placed my arms around his shoulders as well and reciprocated his kiss. It felt like we were so in sync that when he tilted his head to kiss me deeper I did the same thing. I could feel him smile into the kiss and then I pushed him away trying to catch my breath.

"You're gonna kill me." I said and smile.

"You're the one that doesn't wanna stop." He teased me and I splashed water on his face trying to cover my embarrassed faced.

"Come on!" He said as he swallowed some of the water.

"You wanted to bond right?" I joked and He laughed.

"Love you kyeom." He said suddenly and I just laughed.

"You're so random." I said.

"Say you love me back!!!" He pouted and I just ran away. He tried catching me and end up falling in the water more. I laughed and he did as well.

"You love birds should start drying yourself up. We are going back to the hotel!!!" Hoshi suddenly shouted which caught our attention. Wonu was just standing beside him. Lost, probably had too much to drink as well.

"I thought we were staying the night?" I asked shouting as well.

"Change of plans!" He shouted and then ran away with our shirts. Wonu stood there and ran away as well following Hoshi. Who is now obviously drunk.

"My friends are a handful." I said and Joshua just laughed and held my hand.

"Let's go back then." He said as we both tried to catch both my drunk friends and get our clothes back.

This atmosphere is what I needed. Just carefree and nothing in mind. I hope this last. I laughed as Hoshi tried his best not to stumble to anyone and then ran to get my clothes. Drunk idiots.

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Author's note:

Just got back!!! I am currently watching nana tour so some of these are inspired by it. Not 100%. Hope you like it! Enjoy reading.