"Save me, save me. I need your love before I fall, I fall."

We were all literally bounced up and down in the car when the music reached the chorus. After that, all of us burst out in laughter. The songs kept playing on shuffle as we were all being hyper throughout the whole journey.

"Summer feels so greaatttt!" Jimin shouted as he popped out his head through the small window on top of the car. He stretched out his hands and touched the wind with his palm.

Since it was Summer, we planned a trip for two days one night at Sokcho Beach near the Gangwondo region. It was actually Soojung's brilliant idea. Surprisingly, Namjoon supported her idea and asked Bangtan boys to tag along and like usual, the boys were okay with anything.

On the other hand, I had to ask permission from Chang Wook to go with them since he did not really trust the boys. But as soon as I told him that we actually wanted to cheer Jungkook up, he finally let me go because he was aware of Jungkook's depression. As much as he hated it, he still cared for Jungkook like what he had promised to Jeon Jiyong.

After the little incident with Jungkook, I tried to convince Chang Wook so that he would let Jungkook stay with me because I got worried of him. I was afraid that if he was left alone, he would do stupid things again, so I wanted to keep him safe beside me. After a little argument, Chang Wook finally agreed.

A few days after Jungkook had moved into our apartment, I could see that Chang Wook actually started to treat him like his own little brother. That was one thing that made me really happy. I watched Jungkook fell asleep on my shoulder. He is so cute and fluffy. Who wouldn't want to protect him?

"Let's grab something to eat. I'm hungry." Jin pulled over and we all agreed with him.

It had been a two hours drive. Everyone scurried out of the car. Hoseok was the first one to jump out of the car with his round black shade. Jungkook was still in dazed, so I patted his back to wake him up. While Jimin grabbed my hand and swung our hands together back and forth. He sang to a melody randomly and it was really soothing. I just smiled at him and let him be.

I took a glance over my shoulder to look at Taehyung. He was just being his grumpy self while scrolling down his phone. Despite the incident with Jungkook, I still remembered that we had a small misunderstanding that needed to be resolved.

Ever since that day, he had not talked nor explain to me what did he mean when he said he hated me. So, I was actually mad at him and this time, I would be the one who would ignore his entire existence.

After a few minutes of walking, we finally reached inside a restaurant. Well, to be honest, I wouldn't call it a restaurant. I examined the interiors and most of it, it looked old and it gave out a creepy vibe — broken chairs, scraped wallpapers and they actually played a classical music in the background. To add more, there were no customers, except us.

We went to the counter hesitantly, and a red hair girl with a lot of piercing greeted us with a grouchy expression. We all looked at each other, having the thought of escaping.

"Welcome to Danger House. May I take your order?" She asked in monotone, raising an eyebrow to us.

Great. Even the name perfectly matched the place. We were still hesitating but only Taehyung looked through the menu. Don't tell me he was planning to–

"I'll have set B. Large." He said but his eyes still glued onto his phone screen. Now that he have placed his order, we have no choice but to eat here.

"Taehyung, next time, could you please look around your surroundings?" Namjoon reminded him, feeling irritated. Taehyung finally looked up and his eyes widened after he had scanned the whole room.

"What the hell, this place is so creepy." He cringed and we could only roll our eyes at his late reaction.

We placed our orders and waited for a few minutes. The service was fast. But then, probably it was because we were the only customer.

I took a bite of my burger and surprisingly, it tasted good as it was newly-cooked and warm. I watched as the others enjoyed their food too, especially Jin. Suzy chuckled and wiped the sauce off his face.

What a lovely scene early in the morning.

I found it unusual when I saw Soojung and Namjoon were talking rather happily about something. They would always fight with each other. And the next thing I know, Soojung smacked his arm.

"I told you not to talk about him!" Soojung glared at Namjoon. Namjoon bit his lips.

"Sorry, it just slipped." He tried to cheer Soojung back with his adorable dimples. A smile spread across my lips. They're so cute.

Jungkook casually fed me some french fries while I tried to stop Jimin from biting onto my food. Suddenly, the slow music inside changed into an upbeat one which was Bang Bang Bang by Big Bang and the light was replaced by the blinking disco light.

Even though we were quite surprised, but instinctively, everyone started to sing and dance excitedly to the music. Taehyung and Jungkook lip-synced to the music while Namjoon and Yoongi rapped to the song.

When the music reached the climax, Jimin and Hoseok climbed up the table and danced to the beat while we threw the leftover french fries to them.

When the song changed to Hot Summer by F(x) next, the atmosphere became more heated up as Bangtan boys danced in synchronization to the girly dance while Soojung, Suzy and me were laughing uncontrollably from the side.

Namjoon and Jin suddenly pulled Soojung and Suzy onto the dance floor while Taehyung pulled me, asking me to dance along. I was surprised so I kept shaking my head because I have never danced in my entire life.

"Come on, show us what you got babe!"

Before I could realize, now we were in the middle while Bangtan boys surrounded us, kept insisting for us to dance. Giving up, we danced along without a care of how we would look like.

Then, I heard whistles from Bangtan boys as they wore a proud expression. We laughed and enjoyed ourselves to the music, fully aware that we looked like drunk teenagers when we were actually not.

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"That was crazy." Hoseok commented when we were back in the car.

"Now it made sense why the chairs and tables were mainly broken." Namjoon said as everyone laughed at his reasoning.

I couldn't stop smiling as they kept on chattering at how amazing and unique the restaurant was apart from the appearance itself. The staff were kind enough to refill our drinks afterwards. They said it was part of the service to make their customers enjoyed themselves. Now, we didn't regret anything, thanks to Taehyung.

The journey continued for another hour with Namjoon as the driver. Yoongi and Jimin were giggling at the back while playing Snapchat. I thought that Yoongi was possessed or something, since he was always asleep whenever he got the chance to.

Soojung and Namjoon were arguing again at the front while others taking their nap after the breakfast and little party. I was all quiet while facing the window, looking at the scenery outside, because of one reason — Taehyung was sitting beside me.

I was startled when I felt him plunging one of his earphones into my left ear. I turned to look at him but he only pretended to play with his phone. I frowned as I was wondering what was he trying to do. I faced the window again as I listened to the song playing.

Insecure again, dangerous again
So bad, us,
Enduring more, holding out
So hard, we can't
Even if you already know, we couldn't stop
No way, no way, no way, falling
As time passes by, we only mess it up even more
No way, no way, it's collapsing again

I furrowed my eyebrows, thinking hard. This song sounded familiar... It wasn't my first time hearing it.

A house made of cards, and us inside
Even if you say you see the end, even if you say it'll collapse soon
A house made of cards, and stupidly, us
Even if you say it's a useless dream, JUST STAY a little more like this

"Taehyung..." I called him. He immediately turned to look at me with a questioning look.

"This song..." I stared at him. "It's the song that you sang for the first time in the music room, right?" I asked out of curiosity.

I remembered the time when I heard him singing this song with his deep voice, that I barged into the music room and met with Bangtan boys.

He nodded and smiled teasingly. "You remembered." My cheeks instantly flushed at his comment.

"It's one of my favorite songs." He expressed quietly but I still managed to catch that. My mind drifted as I listened to the sad song.

"Get up people. We've arrived." Namjoon said as he halted the car.

Everyone got out of the car feeling excited. I looked up to the blue sky and inhaled slowly. It was a nice weather and the smell of the sea instantly awakened my soul. I let out a warm smile as I was looking at the view in front of me, the never ending of crystal clear sea.

I gasped suddenly when I felt the cold water touched my warm skin. I looked up to find Jimin and Jungkook were smiling mischievously at me while pumping their water guns.

"Gotcha!" Jimin exclaimed like a little kid he was and they guffawed at my reaction. I narrowed my eyes at them. Then, I ran to Jin to grab another water gun and chase the two kids who just ruined my peaceful moment.

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"Okay, listen up. The maximum score is 15. And the losing team will need to cook for dinner tonight. Since we have ten people, so five people per team. Blue Team, Namjoon, Soojung, Taehyung, Jin, Suzy. Red team, Hoseok, Yoongi, Jinhee, Jiminie and Kookie." Namjoon announced as everyone stood in their own positions.

"Urgh... Why am I stuck with these two couples." I heard Taehyung groaned in annoyance.

"Aw, be jealous." Namjoon teased.

"We're not a couple!" Soojung retorted as she frowned.

"Looks like we're gonna win!" Jimin yelled, teasing the other team.

"In your dream shortie, Yoongi is in your team." Jin remarked. Yoongi's sleepy eyes suddenly turned into a glare.

"Are you talking about me pinkie guy?" Yoongi mocked back as he pulled up his sleeves, showing his determination.

"Oh yeah, sleepy head." He smirked.

"I'll start the serve." Suzy cut them off as she held the volleyball up. When everyone was ready, she gave a good serve to our team.

The game flowed with laughter, screams and groans as everyone started to feel competitive because by now both team have the same score which was 10 points.

For the blue team, the black hole was none other than, Namjoon. And for our team, it was obviously Yoongi. He was so bad, like really bad.

"Oppa, hit the ball!" I shouted at him because I knew he could reach for the ball.

But instead of hitting the ball, he fell onto the white sand and the ball hit him, earning mocking laughter from the blue team. Feeling frustrated, Jungkook, Hoseok and Jimin kicked the poor Yoongi who had curled into a ball, lying on the sand pathetically.

"He's a no-no." Hoseok grimaced and picked up the ball to serve back.

The game continued with us teasing and mocking each other as the point already reached 14 for the other team and 13 for our team. Instantly, Jungkook managed to gain a point and now we were head-on-head with the blue team. Everyone was sweating and breathing heavily.

"Last round. Ready?" Jimin served the ball and it went to Taehyung. He easily hit the ball back, but as if in slow motion, the ball touched the top of the net, not knowing which side it would fall.

We all watched nervously at the ball and it landed... back to their side.

"Yeahhh!!" Our team cheered loudly as we hugged and jumped in circle while the other team frowned and rolled their eyes, admitting their loss.

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"What are you thinking?" His voice knocked me out of my daydream. It was Taehyung again, the guy that I said I would ignore all day.

"Surely not about you." I replied coldly as we were both walking along the beach. I tried to not look at him, but it was hard to do when he was practically not wearing any T-shirt, showing off his toned abs.

"Aw, someone is checking me out."

Crap. I swallowed hard. I was trying my best not to check him out but my eyes were being stubborn.

"I'm not," I denied.

"Suree." He teased again. I rolled my eyes.

It was strange about Taehyung. He kept having the bad boy vibes around him these days. Back then, he did not even spare a glance at the girls around him, but now I kept catching him talking with the girls in the school, which he totally drove all the girls crazy because of his popularity.

On the other hand, he treated me very differently from the other girls, in which he still ignored me. I hated to admit it but I guessed I liked him.

Okay, fine, I really liked him. I had a crush on him ever since the first day we met. I felt butterflies everywhere when he was with me, even now. I had come to realize about my feelings during that night when he had saved me. He was like my knight in shining armor...

Cliché, I know.

I yelped when suddenly I was being lifted from the ground. And the next thing I knew, I was in Taehyung's hold.

"Taehyung, what are you doing?!" I totally freaked out with his sudden action. He smirked at me as he went deeper into the sea. My eyes got widened at this. No. No. Nooo.

"That's what you get for not focusing on me." He stopped until the water reached his chest level, which mean it was on my head level.

"I'm sorry! I won't do it again. Just go back, please." I pleaded as I hugged his neck now. At the same time, I was amazed that he could carry me effortlessly even though my whole weight was on him.

"Not until you answer my question," He smiled ever so widely. It seemed like he had fun teasing me right now.

"What is it? I-I will tell!" I panicked as I looked down at the sea water.

I wasn't scared of the water. But the sea level looked really deep, which mean there would be some weird fishes down there, so I was scared he would let go. Well, with his personality right now, I bet he would.

"Remember the day when we were at the basketball courts?" He questioned as his eyes locked into mine. I tried to think back.

"Uh-huh. Why?"

"You said you would tell me something." He raised his eyebrows. I tried to think again.

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Flashback

"Are you laughing at me?" Taehyung asked as his voice muffled by the towel.

"No. I just thought that..." I stopped myself and quickly covered my mouth. Pabo Jinhee, you would not tell him that you just thought he was cute.

End of flashback
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I looked at him again after I remembered. "Weird. I don't remember anything." I lied as I kept a nonchalant look.

"Nice try, Jinhee. Tell me or I will drop you." He threatened with his boyish smirk.

My cheeks instantly turned to bright pink, whether it was because we were too close to each other, or because I had to admit that he was cute or again, because of his adorable smirk.

"You wouldn't let me go," I said as I clung onto him more, smiling so confidently. He was taken aback as his smirk was now gone.

"Oh, I will." He warned as he put up his usual serious look. Slowly, I sighed in defeat.

"Okay, okay, I will tell you." I distanced myself a bit from his chest. He waited for my response.

I looked straight into his eyes and told him, "I thought that you're really a loser that day."

I saw a glint of hurt across his eyes that immediately made me feel guilty. But before I could even feel, he already let me go and the sea engulfed me completely.

I tried to go back to the surface but it wasn't working. Oh, I forgot to tell that other than I was afraid of the fishes, I also didn't know how to swim.

I flapped my hands desperately, trying to make myself float and managed to see the sea surface once. "Taehyung!" I could only shout that. Then, the sea current pulled me again.

𝓚𝓲𝓶 𝓣𝓪𝓮𝓱𝔂𝓾𝓷𝓰

I watched how Jinhee struggled to catch her breath while fighting the sea current. I looked at her, confused. Was she just pretending? The water level was not that deep though. I saw her resurfaced once more.

"I can't swim, idiot!"

It took me a whole second before realization hit me. Immediately, I rushed to her and grabbed her waist. She clung onto my neck and coughed out the water on my shoulder. I became panicked. I thought that she was only pretending, now I feel bad.

"J-Jinhee, are you okay?" I asked worriedly as she was still trying to catch her breath. I quickly stepped out of the water while carrying her and went to our shade.

"What's wrong?" Jimin approached us, looking concerned. He glared at me, obviously annoyed that I was carrying his precious Jinhee.

"I almost..." He would surely beat me up if I told him of what just happened. I looked at Jinhee, her face was so pale right now. I remained silent as I was feeling guilty as hell.

I felt Jinhee tapping my chest lightly. She opened her eyes, asking me to put her down. Gently, I put her down and she stabled herself. She was about to faint but Jimin quickly caught her. I wanted to help her but Jimin already carried her into the tent.

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I stared at Jinhee as she looked like she was in deep sleep. Since Jimin went to help others with the dinner, I sneaked into the tent to check on her.

I couldn't take my eyes off her. She looked beautiful even though her face was still colorless. I gently brushed away her little tendrils from her face and rubbed her cheeks with my thumb.

"I'm sorry." I whispered to her, not knowing whether she would hear me or not. Suddenly, she fixed her sleeping position by facing me and curled a little bit, probably she felt cold. I scooted closer so that she could feel the warmth.

"You know, Jinhee... The lying game that we played, actually I was telling the truth all along." I smiled weakly at her. I didn't mean to hurt her, but for now, I think I had to. (A/N: Feel free to re-read their lying game in chapter 36)

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Flashback

• • • The night at the clinic • • •

"Why did you save me?" Jimin asked. He looked so serious, somehow annoyed.

"You're still my best friend, bastard." I told him as I wrote something on his casted leg.

"But don't expect for me to back off from the fight just because you've saved me." He stated firmly.

"I didn't say anything. I told you, I will not fight you." I shrugged it off. It was silence for a while.

"I'll confess to Jinhee soon." He suddenly said and I snapped up to look at him.

"If she rejected me, then I will give up. But if she accepted me.." He stared at me, giving me a meaningful look.

I knew I would have to let her go, for real.

End of flashback
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𝓚𝓲𝓶 𝓙𝓲𝓷𝓱𝓮𝓮

After we had our dinner, Namjoon had prepared a bunch of fireworks for us to play on the night.

I held onto one, watched it as the fire sparkled beautifully. Jungkook, Jin and Hoseok ran around the beach, drawing the sky with the fireworks. I smiled at the scene, they looked like happy kids. More importantly, I was glad that Jungkook was able to smile genuinely right now.

I was sitting on a chair while wearing a blanket to keep me warm. I turned around when I heard a stick cracked as someone stepped on it.

"Are you feeling alright?" A bright voice asked me. It was Jimin. He squatted down in front of me.

"What did Taehyung do to you?" He asked, furrowing his eyebrows together. I chuckled at him because he looked so cute with that expression on.

"Nothing. I nearly drowned myself. Then... Taehyung saved me." I assured him with a smile.

He raised his brows, didn't seem to believe it but he ignored it anyway. A moment of silence passed by as I watched him holding a firework and wrote something with it.

I miss you, J.

The sentence made me think and I was being curious again.

"Who is J?" I asked. Jimin snapped up, as if he just realized something. Then, he just laughed out nervously.

"Ah, nothing! I'll play with Jungkook for a while!" Before I could even ask, he already ran away and joined the others. I couldn't help but feel curious about that capital J.

"Why you didn't tell him?" I was startled by that deep voice. It was the man who nearly killed me. He handed me a new firework but I ignored it.

"Go away, Taehyung..." I said, feeling mad but then I still want his company. He squatted down beside me and lighted up the firework. I only watched him playing with the firework. Then, he held up the firework, slowly writing something. I read it before the word faded.

I'm sorry

Then, he looked at me and smiled apologetically. Like always, I was captivated by it, especially when his smile was lighted up by the fireworks in the darkness.

"I didn't mean it. Really." He added.

"The part that you said you hated me or the part that you almost drowned me?" I asked as my voice came out strong. His eyes dilated momentarily, then he looked down as I could see he was hesitating for a while.

"Jinhee..." He called my name softly. Everytime, it sounded so perfect to me.

"I don't want to make you confused but I have to do this. Please, forget about what I said.. about my feelings towards you. For now, I could only say that I'm sorry."

I felt my chest tightened and suddenly breathing became foreign to me. I couldn't move an inch as I kept exhaling heavy breathe.

Why did he keep making things hard? With him sitting beside me, I felt even more suffocated inside. So... in the end, he took back his words. I couldn't help but feel disappointed.

He dumped me, not even knowing my feelings towards him.

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𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮𝓻

"He is so fat and ugly. I can't believe I had a crush on him!"