Absinthe

Faye dragged me to the side as the guys were removing the volleyball net, her grip a tad too strong for my liking.

"I heard from Vivi that you guys were late for kitchen duty," Faye began. "And your man's face is practically screaming: I just got laid!"

I felt my cheeks suddenly become hot and I tried to open my mouth to deny it but there's just no way I'm getting past Faye's scrutiny.

"Oh my god, you slept with him!"

My hand shot up like lightning to cover Faye's mouth before she repeats herself over and over again, in gradually increasing volume. She struggled with me and I could hear her muffled voice threatening to bite my hand so I had to give in.

"Spill, BJ! I'm not – "

"Yes, I slept with him! Now can you be quiet about this, please?"

"So are you guys dating now?"

"I don't know." I said, which wasn't exactly a lie.

"So it's just a one-night thing?"

"Actually, we did it this morning," I said, then realizing that I wasn't being completely honest again, I added, "and we did it twice. So it's not really a one-night thingy."

Faye rolled her eyes and pinched my left arm hard enough to make me cuss aloud.

"You have to know what you're doing BJ," Faye said. "I don't want you getting hurt again."

I watched Faye's back as she walked her way towards her teammates. What she said couldn't really be called advice. Heck, it was confusing at best! What did she mean I have to know what I'm doing? I mean, who said I was going to date Jiwoo? Can't I have a nice fuck every once in a while?

around and it was Jiwoo. Of course it

holding out a pair of

you guys come up with

idea. She brought

it shut on my

it on his other hand. Then he leaned

"Thank you."

Seriously? This dude is not thanking me

said. "Thank you for being happy again... for coming back

he said, I found myself being dragged gently back

***

first few minutes of the dodgeball match was now but a frenzied memory of balls flying out in all directions, with Faye, Derrick, Rob, and Janus' faces showing nothing but determination to hit us and kick us out of the

No.

I could now see was a zeal to smack one of us with those dirty balls

least that's how

flying straight to Vivi's face. Fortunately for her, Nico managed to block it at the last minute. He still failed to catch the ball, though, leading to their elimination. And now it's just me and Jiwoo, handcuffed together, in

I was expecting that it would, especially since there should be a lot of pulling whenever Jiwoo and I decided to go different directions in our frantic efforts to avoid the balls thrown at us. For some reason, we're luckily in sync. And then I felt that familiar sensation of Jiwoo's big and strong hands yanking my hips up and steering me

bounced menacingly and headed for Robert who was more than eager to catch it. Seconds

didn't expect him to be this strong. God, was the man

but there just wasn't enough time! I barely landed on my feet and was just beginning to recover my balance after that lift from Jiwoo – there's no way I'd

to do really, besides spending the next few milliseconds calculating how much money I would have to spend on plastic surgery,

God, let the

I opened my eyes and saw Jiwoo standing right in front of me, shoulders as wide as they have always been. The ball was sitting harmlessly on the grass, his left foot keeping it

this stupid, open-mouthed face. And nobody spoke for what seemed like eternity until I heard Robert clearing

out," Robert