"how many?" the clerk at the karaoke place asked looking at a grumbling yoongi and a cheery raena.

"just us two! we're a couple so we'd like to do the couples free combo please!" raena exclaimed.

the clerk glanced at yoongi and narrowed his eyes. "he doesn't look to happy about that. are you sure you're a couple?"

raena gasped dramatically. yoongi made a mental note that this had been the third time today.

"excuse me? me and my yoongs are absolutely a couple. he's just mad because he doesn't want to sing. but he will do anything to make me happy, right yoongs?" raena yanked yoongi close to her, and looked up at him, batting her eyes.

yoongi internally groaned. "yes r-raerae."

raena slapped his shoulder playfully and squealed, "isn't that cute!" she turned to the clerk. "aren't we so cute, like look at our matching hats! we got them at the thrift store because we're pulling an all nighter and we just wanted to get some really cools stuff at the thrift store like this funny shirt my boyfriend got me..."

yoongi flinched at the word.

"...but—oh hey! do you want to know when we first met. i have selfies of us too from our first date!" raena pulled away from yoongi and pulled out her phone. in her quick hand movements, she managed to add heart stickers to the picture of them in the bus before showing it to the clerk.

he sighed. "whatever, you're in room 3. order of one platter is also on the house. if i find out you're not a couple, you're out and banned and you have to pay. "

raena jumped up and down making yoongi roll his eyes. the two walked to the room 3 and went inside.

yoongi sat himself on the couch and narrowed his eyes at raena as she excitedly went to the microphone. "you know you didn't have to be so dramatic and over the top with your acting? it made it seem like you have no idea how to like someone."

raena scoffed, "puh-lease he's probably seen crazier. plus i had to make sure i sold it," raena turned behind her at the little tablet where you could pick the song you want to sing and quickly muttered her breathe. "i also have no idea what it's like to be a girlfriend. i have only tv and webtoon experience so..."

yoongi raised a brow as he felt his heart skip a beat in fear at the thought of having said something offensive. he quickly calmed down.

"wait you don't—i mean you haven't been a girlfriend before—i mean in a relationship?" he asked.

she shook her head and avoided his gaze, "no...i haven't!" this is embarassing, she thought. she raised a brow curiously and turned back to him. "have you? because then i wouldn't have to have done all the work just now!"

yoongi sighed as he thought about his past girlfriends. he has only had three. 1 when he was much younger and another in high school. the last one whom he spent a much shorter time with than the rest was a few years ago. no messy breakups or hard feelings but the things he felt for them in his relationships have been an inspiration for his writing. he wasn't sure if he could call it love but they all incited a different feeling in him that allowed him to produce music. good music.

"i had been in a few relationship before but nothing serious and it ended fine," yoongi said, glancing at raena who was rolling her eyes. he managed a chuckle. "what? do you think i'm lying?"

raena shook her head at his chuckle and flipped her hair over one shoulder. "no but i just find it extremely hard to believe that someone would actually want to be in a relationship with you."

if it had been someone else he would have been offended but he could tell from that small smirk she had and the playful tone that she had been kidding.

he scoffed playfully, "excuse me? what's wrong with me?"

"your hair, your face, your feet—"

"woah woah, how'd you get from the top of my body to the bottom. you skipped everything in between!" yoongi protested.

raena rolled her eyes, "okay would you like me to mention everything wrong with your torso? number one, i can't even see it you always wear black so you're basically a shadow to me."

"excuse me, black is thinning."

"i-" raena began. she stopped and looked at yoongi's smug face. she couldn't help but laugh. she could feel her slight sadness she felt about not being in a relationship leave. she brightly smiled at him per usual. "you know you are awfully goofy today yoongs. share the drugs."

yoongi did his best to ignore that comment and simply shrugged, "i'm probably delirious. i haven't slept since yesterday. so i probably won't be like this tommorow. this is a once in a lifetime opportunity."

"welp you're not sleeping tonight because the first song we are going to sing is a really hype song and if you don't sing it and win there will be a penalty!"

yoongi frowned. "penalty? like what?"

"it can be whatever you want and ooh! if you get the song wrong or can't rap the rap fast enough, the other person gives you a penalty. and! whoever has the most points before our two hours are over, is the winner!" raena explained. her eyes were glittering with excitement as she typed away on the tablet.

"okay but—"

"one more thing! we have to play a romance song when the food comes just to go with our story mmkay?" she nodded to herself before getting up and grabbing the other mic."mmkay! let's do this!" she threw the mic at yoongi who caught it effortlessly.

"i haven't actually gone to one of these in a long time..."

raena scoffed, "me neither but we're going to do this and i'm going to win."

yoongi frowned like it was the most ridiculous thing he ever heard. "uh huh i'd like to see you try."

suddenly the song started playing.

rae na was the first to sing, and her voice came out clear and clean like birds in the spring, making yoongi almost caught of guard. he thought it was a bluff when she said she can sing but she clearly could. she wasn't perfect but her voice was enchanting and charming in a way and he knew with practice there was lots she could do.

when she finished her part, she did a little dance because she had been proud of herself.

he rolled his eyes when he was brought back to reality.

the next part had been a rap part and though yoongi knew he could do this quite easily he had not performed in front of someone other than taehyung. was he about to reveal his skills in front of her now?

he cursed under his breathe before bringing his lips to the microphone. he hit every syllable at the right moment with the right tone and such cadence. even the most difficult part he did well also making raena dramatically gasp. she began to nod her head up in down to fit the beat and making very good stank faces.

yoongi glanced at her and quickly glanced back at the words on the screen so he can close his eyes as he finished the last part without having to see raena doing whatever it was she was doing.

raena continued the next part this time, and yoongi would be lying if he said he wasn't leaning over a little to listen closely to her voice. when she caught him in the act, she erupted in a laughter, completely disrupting the nice tone of her voice and evidently losing points for that. she stuck her tongue out at him for causing her to lose focus.

yoongi rolled his eyes, resisting the urge to laugh and brought his microphone to his lips again. this time it had been a singing part and yoongs knew how to sing but he didn't know how it would sound with his voice. he didn't want to show any part of him that would make raena make fun of him.

his voice came out soft and low and smooth. he sounded a little hesitant on the parts with high notes but he hit them all well, earning a startling pat on the back from raena.

"good job yoongs," raena winked. "you know with a little help you can sing like a bird just like me."

yoongs narrowed his eyes at her, "you don't sing like a bird you sing like a—"

at the sound of the door opening with what raena guessed was the staff with food, she moved quickly and hooked her arm around yoongi's neck, bringing their cheeks close together. she began whispering and cooing at him as if they were a couple. "oh my little yoongs," she said, causing little yoongs to have his eyes pops out of his head as her voice vibrated into his brain. he tried to resist but the minute raena spin the two around to face the staff coming through the door with trays of food, he rested his hands where they were...on raena's.

the staff, the same man from the front desk faced the "couple" with narrowed eyes. with some hesitation, he put the trays on the table behind them. with one last look, and a "i'll be watching you," he left, slowly closing the door behind him.

yoongi was about to pull away, but raena held on to his hands whispering, "wait he's still at the door." it was also at this moment that she became aware of their closeness. yes, she was the one who ensued it but she hadn't realized what that would mean. two new friends being extremely close to each other. when she began feeling her heart beat faster than usual at the awkwardness, she unhooked her arm from yoongi's shoulders and pushed him away from her "I think he's gone now!"

yoongi stumbled onto the coach, coughing out all his nerves. "uh..um should we eat first? we kinda both lost the first round."

raena avoided his gaze and nodded quickly. soon the two were munching silently on their food, commenting here and there about how good it was. at some point, raena felt it was necessary to apologize for how touchy she was being. she had a feeling yoongi wouldn't feel too comfortable with it especially since they were only just friends.

"hey, yoongs?"

he hummed in response. his eyes flickered all over the wall in front of him as he nervously waited for her to continue. he was still rather shaken up from her touch.

"i just wanted to say sorry if i made you feel uncomfortable by hugging you and stuff, i know i hugged you earlier when i found out you didn't leave and then when we got here i was really touchy and just now and i realized i didn't even ask if you were okay with it. i guess falling asleep on you multiple times just made me feel...comfortable enough to—well, you know," raena said sheepishly, feeling absolutely horrible. she felt she was being too much again and that she desperately wanted to avoid doing. he was smiling a little bit here and there and playing along with her jokes, she thought she was doing fine! "and also if i was being too much always let me know."

yoongi almost groaned, at her words. he hoped he wasn't sending off those vibes. yes he wasn't used to it yet, but the entire few days in which he's known her and the some that tae has said, that is part of her personality. she's a hugger and he admitted before he'd like to get a chance to hug her again just not like this. definitely not when they had to pretend to be dating.

"nah it's fine," he said avoiding her sorry eyes, " I think I can deal with a few hugs if it means free food."

raena chuckled, "if you said that earlier, we could have made a much more convincing argument." yoongi lowly chuckled along with her. "i'm serious yoongs—yoongi—that if you are uncomfortable at all let me know because i just get a little you know?"

yoongi nodded. "i haven't exactly been pushing you away entirely so don't worry too much. as a friend who made an agreement to be friends this is part of it". he recalled the first time he met her and her eagerness to be close to him. "i actually..." he decided against it. "never mind, we're good."

"okay next round!"

competition amongst them really fueled their energy and soon they were jumping up and down (well yoongi really only swayed his body side to side but raena was having a blast).after a couple of rounds, yoongi ended up winning because raena kept hiccuping during the entire thing from food. at some point raena let out another dramatic gasp of the day.

"yoongi let's take pictures! and send them to me!"

"do not post them anywhere," yoong rolled his eyes. "and you know what? let's add that to the rules." he flipped out his phone and opened to camera. he passed it to raena.

"pft yoongi i don't even use social media. this are all for memories! now get in the frame and stop moving so much my face can only hold this pose for so long."

"fine."

then raena used some funny customes while they ate in hopes of getting yoongi to spit out his food out of laughter.

"you wearing a beard isn't funny. especially since you already have a belly full of hair." he said referring to her shirt.

raena narrowed her eyes at him playfully. "how dare you look at my belly." she covered her shirt from his eyes.

"it's almost 11, wow this has barely started." yoongi noted, looking at the time on his phone. the corner of his eyes crinkled when he saw a notification he hadn't seen before. at the sight, he rolled his eyes and put his phone back in his pocket.

"i know! let's go do something else!" raena exclaimed excitedly. "you can choose the next one since i chose karaoke and that can count as the winner's choice to make the loser do something."

"yeah," yoongi said absentmindedly before he realized what she said. "wait no! i still get to make you do something and choose the next place."

raena pouted, "aw man. please don't make me do anything stupid."

"nah i'm not like that but next place is the 24 hour bookstore. we've been in too many noisy places I want some peace and quiet," yoongi said, gathering his things and yawning.

"what kind of things can we possibly do at a bookstore?" raena frowned.

"lots of things."

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