jeongguk rubs his eyes with the back of his hand and sits up from his bed. the fight with his sister the other day makes him nauseous and he almost gags. he gets a whiff of his morning breathe and alcohol and it makes him recoil even more.

gosh, i'm a mess.

he winces once again as he sees his sisters face in his head. he knows she's better off with her optimistic attitude but he always bit his tongue before he would admit that he was jealous.

but the least he could do is clean himself up and take care of the house. maybe finally properly fix that light box.

and maybe fix things up with raena?

jeongguk shook his head. ugh. she'll hold it over me forever, he thinks.

"whatever," he mutters to himself before pushing himself off the bed and heading to the bathroom.

he felt a heavy weight on his head causing him to reach out for the air in front of him for support. he found none and instead tumbled his way to the floor.

"ow," he groaned.

the rug of his room was stained with different foods and juices and one fresh one had kissed his cheeked. the squish as he removed himself from the floor made him gag once again. this time he ran to the bathroom and relieved the burning contents of his stomach.

"oh crap!" he exclaimed as he wiped his mouth of vomit.

panting he sits against the bathroom wall. "i need some soup!" he yelled like a little kid to no one in frustration. well, perhaps to raena who usually made some for him. but she wasn't here now and he definitely didn't need her. or so he thinks.

—
"why'd you tell raena my old insta?" yoongi asked suddenly when the word insta was thrown around as a potential lyric.

"um..." taehyung shrugged sheepishly. "we were talking one day and i happened to bring it up! what's the issue. that was a good year—"

"senior year wasn't a good year," yoongi corrected quietly.

tsehyung paused and glanced at the change in demeanor of his friend. "uh...well i meant it was a good year for selfies. we all took some really good ones that year. our instas looked really...cool." he quieted down.

yoongi noticed the tension and sighed. "sorry. i just—"

"—i get it man. i wish everything ended different but at least we both ended up here. and if it makes you feel better, raena thinks your selfies were adorable."

yoongi's burning face made taehyung laugh.

"i don't know why I keep coming back here."

"honestly me neither, yoongs because raena also showed me the selfie she took of you guys," taehyung teased.

"oh my gosh i'm going to kill her!"

"what are you going to do? throw her off the bus?"

"you know maybe i might," yoongi says stifling a laugh.

"we absolutely cannot tell her we've been secretly planning raena's murder."

—
raena had finished a babysitting job from taehyung's house. now she would be headed for her other job at the go go restaurant she decided to take the bus as usual but this time she was feeling too jittery and nervous after her encounter with seokjin yesterday. just thinking about it has caused her hands to shake. the awkwardness, the tension! she almost lost sight of where she was.

but remembering that yoongi might be coming on the bus made her feel much better. maybe she can talk to him like she does with tae. or maybe they aren't at a point in their friendship yet.

since they haven't completed one of their friendship rules yet of completing something together each day, maybe talking to each other could be one of them.

but the time was 6 and she wasn't sure what yoongi would be doing by the time she got off of work. she sank down on her seat, frowning.

it was also then raena realized she didn't even have his number yet. that was her next mission. get his number!

thankfully, as she sat on the bus she noticed the bus had stopped near taehyung's house which yoongi probably still was.

her leaned against the window as her eyes followed the people at the bus stop stepping inside. she eagerly waited for yoongi's dark clothes to peek out from behind and she could call him over.

he didn't appear and her lips formed another frown.

"where is he?" she mumbled to herself.

she looked at the stop again then back towards taehyung's house. no one seemed to be on their way.  she pressed her left cheek to the window to see if she could see even farther down tae's house.

"where is he?" she mumbled again this time with smushed lips.

"here," a voice answered her.

raena twisted her head around to see the person who's voice it belonged to but her head bumped into the window as the bus lurched forward and embarked on its route.

"ow..." raena muttered, rubbing her head while biting her lip.

the voice next to her stifled a laugh.

she slowly turned her head this time and was face to face with a semi-smiling yoongi. she still wasn't used to his smiling and was almost lost for words at the sight. she could even feel her cheeks warming up in embarrassment at her sudden quietness.

"are you okay?" yoongi asked. his smile turned into a concerned frown.

"yes!" she quickly pipes up. "i'm fine but you know what's not fine, you laughing at me! you're breaking rule number five—"

"—four—"

"—shh yoongi," raena shushed him. "you really can't stop breaking the rules. we have to come up with some punishments or consequences or something yoongs. this is getting out of hand," she joked.

"i'm not breaking the rules, raena," yoongi rolls his eyes at her playful antics, but he was enjoying them, seeing as he was satisfied with the lyrics he and tae came up with. "but i think that selfie you took of us yesterday is a violation of rule four."

raena gave a dramatic gasp, making a passenger in front of her turn to look at her , then change seats until she was closer to the front.

"well that was weird," raena shrugged. "anyways yoongs. it's not a violation of the rules we were taking pictures together as friends!"

yoongi scoffed and crossed his arms revealing toned, muscled arms through his black long sleeved shirt. "hmm i don't remember you exactly asking for consent. this is also the second time you've done this, raena."

he's right, whoops.

"why do you keep saying my name like that? you make it sound like i'm getting in trouble," she frowned, trying to throw him off the conversation.

"i don't know it's fun, and you know what's not fun," yoongi raised a brow as he imitated raena from moments ago. she stuck her tongue out at him as she knew what he was doing. "having my picture on your phone. so delete it."

raena pouts. "but yoongs, i put it as my wallpaper." she fished out her phone from her hoodie pocket and shoved it in his face. her face was smiling on the screen while he had on a confused face. the picture was blurry but she loved it.

yoongi's eyes softened and the corner of his lips quirked into a small smile. before she could notice, he cleared his throat and rolled his eyes.

"whatever."

raena clapped her hands in excitement and reached out her hands to hug yoongi.  his eyes now widened made her squeak in embarrassment. she cowered in her seat. "um...i was stretching?"

"i didn't think you were—"

"whatever it was nothing yoongs no worries! anyways! i realized there was something wrong with the last rule," raena pointed out, avoiding his gaze. she explained, "we don't have each other's numbers to hang out!"

yoongi, still fazed by their second time of an almost hug and feeling bad for causing raena's embarrassment, just nodded his head.

raena raised a brow. "so can i have your number?"

"yeah i guess," yoongi replied, giving her his unlocked phone to type in it.

she passed it back after labeling herself best person ever and shooting herself a text to save his number.  (he would definitely have a hard time contacting her).

"so do we have to hang out today? i'm a little bit tired—"

"yes please! i have to go to work right now but i finish at 8 so i was thinking maybe you can have dinner at the restaurant and then when i'm done we can go to the park and hangout there," raena pleaded with hopeful eyes.

"the restaurant with your annoying boss?" yoongi rolled his eyes.

"um he's not annoying. well annoyingly handsome but don't worry about him. he's not going to hurt you or anything," raena scoffed before another large gasp. "but oh my gosh. i should tell you what happened yesterday. we shared a moment, and not jsut any moment but a romantic drama moment. like we were so close to each other and we were the only ones there" yoongi rolls his eyes, "and i was being so awkward but it was still cute, yoongs."

um, what the heck do i say to that? he thought. he wasn't a fan of seokjin, even thought the man was kinda sketchy. but he didn't want to hurt her feelings.

"that is...so cool." yoongi awkwardly states.

raena noticed the wariness in his voice in laughed.

he frowned. "what?"

"you have no idea how to respond, do you?" she asked, shaking her head in disbelief. "you're too adorable yoongs, yoongs."

yoongi hid a shy smile and honestly replied. "i seriously don't understand the boy talk so just tell me what you want me to say and i'll say it. i'll even say he's cute or something if you want."

he instantly regretted that.

raena, glad there wasn't any tension between them, giggled again making him purse his lips to stop them from doing the same.

"okay then call him cute."

"i was just kidding, actually," yoongi shot her a look.

"min yoongi making a joke?" raena gasped, feigning her surprise.

wow this girl must be in desperate need of oxygen for huffing and puffing every five seconds, yoongi thought.

"i can be funny, you know," he retorted.

"i know, i know you're face is absolutely hilarious."

"shut up," he rolled his eyes.

"ha ha. you know i'm just kidding." raena grins.

"yeah, yeah."

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