the sun settled down and the night came fast. after playing rounds of different activities and games, they decided to have dinner.

ni-ki remained quiet throughout the dinner, except for the tight smile and quiet laugh that he was forced to show every time someone jokes around.

sunghoon raised an eyebrow when he noticed that riki keeps on avoiding sunoo. normally, the boy would always be at sunoo's side, tailing him like a puppy.

something definitely happened, sunghoon thinks, looking at heeseung who is talking to sunoo and jay. i'm sure that menace did something again.

"okay! let's have a 10 min break, then we can gather around the lounge area for our game." chenle announced, beaming happily. the others just nodded as they left the dining area one by one.

"can't we just sleep? i'm tired already," ningning whined.

"are you sure? this game involves alcohol though, but okay. do what you want-"

ningning's eyes lit up at the mention of alcohol. "who said i'm tired? i'm totally fine! can we start now?"

yuna side-eyed her. "do you have a split personality or something?"

sunoo chuckled behind them. he was already cleaning up the remaining trash inside the kitchen. "she doesn't have a split personality, what she has is alcohol addiction."

"sunbae! how could you say that to me?" they laughed again while ningning looks frustrated.

from the corner of his eyes, sunoo saw riki glanced at him. he was about to call his name but the boy walked fast outside of the kitchen.

he's probably not feeling well. i should go and find a medicine cabinet later, sunoo notes to himself.

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jw ✌🏻 @yinyang tweeted.

chenle hyung when he finally arrived at the lounge area after 20 mins:

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@yinyang why is there suddenly alcoholic beverages 😭 i thought this is gonna be a wholesome team building 😭
↪@parkwrites welcome to college, where every org related event is just an excuse so that students can drink freely 😊

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"sorry, that took a longer time."

chenle puts all the drinks that he just brought from his father's stash. he takes a black mug and placed it in the middle of the coffee table.

the others are seated around the coffee table. ningning and yuna are sitting on the carpet, while jeno is standing behind them.

on the other hand, sunoo is seated on the sofa- in between sunghoon and jay. jake is on the bean bag beside taeyoung, and heeseung is quietly sitting on the recliner chair. jungwon and ni-ki are also sitting on the other sofa, facing the table.

"chenle, did you steal these from your dad?" jay asked while examining one of the bottles. "holy shit, this bourbon is expensive."

"i didn't steal, i just borrowed! and i'm sure he wouldn't notice anyways." chenle shrugged. "okay! i'll discuss the game."

all of them listened intently, anticipating.

"you guys know how to play two truths, one lie right?"

the others nodded. chenle then clapped his hands, "good! basically, one person will tell three things about themselves and the others will guess which one is the lie."

"now, here's the catch." he opened the bottle of antonov and poured it into the mug.

"if you guess the wrong answer, you'll have to drink what's inside this mug. if there's two or more of you who got it wrong, then much better- because you can divide and share the drink."

sunoo's eyes widened. "but that's a huge mug, what the fuck..."

chenle clicks his tongue. "then try to answer correctly, if you don't want to have a shitty hangover tomorrow."

the guy takes the mug and holds it on his right hand. "shall we start? i'll go first."

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girl on 🔥 @yunaaa tweeted.

LMAO NOT @ TAEYOUNG FAILING TO GUESS CORRECTLY FOR THE 3RD TIME NOW 😭😭😭 HE'S GONNA BE KNOCKED OUT IN A SEC WJEK

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@yunaaa i am tweeting while currently sweating bc i do not want to chug down a mug of bacardi just bc i didn't guess which one's the lie tyvm

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"fuck! my throat's burning-" jeno thrashed around the floor after drinking half a mug of tequila.

after a few rounds of playing, only sunghoon, chenle, and yuna hasn't drank anything yet. while the others have already failed to answer correctly.

"jeno please shut up," ningning shoves the guy away from her. "even ni-ki's a better drinker than you."

sunoo glanced at riki in front of him, who just straight up drank the tequila without any word.

i know he can't drink, and he'll probably get knocked out after a while. sunoo observes him.

"who's next?" jake asked, his cheeks are already red from all the alcohol that he consumed.

sunghoon shifts on his seat, thinking. "okay. i'm giving you all an easy one."

"first one, i don't like cats. second, i got into detention back in high school because i punched heeseung. and third, sunoo's my first kiss."

sunoo coughed at the last sentence, glaring at sunghoon who seems unbothered.

jay laughed beside him. "this is so easy."

"okay, raise your hands and show me which number you think the lie is." sunghoon stood up and took the mug, filling it up with whiskey.

"it's definitely the second. i don't think you have the balls to punch heeseung." jake mutters, looking a bit spaced out.

heeseung chuckled but didn't say anything.

"my bet's on the first one. who doesn't like cats?" jungwon turned to look at ni-ki. "what's your guess?"

riki just groaned and shrugged. the alcohol's slowly getting into his system, and he's been feeling dizzy. he raised three of his fingers, choosing the third option.

sunghoon smirked. "okay times up! the answer is number three. only sunoo, jay, heeseung, and nishimura are correct."

jungwon whined. "huh? don't you like cats?"

"no sweetheart, i don't like cats." he gives the mug to jungwon. "now drink up."

after a few more minutes, taeyoung and ningning are already drunk since they keep on guessing the wrong answer.

it was sunoo's turn now. he yawned, suddenly getting sleepy. "wait, let me think first."

"number one, i have a tattoo on my back." he giggled. he's getting a bit tipsy that he didn't even notice ni-ki is staring at him intently.

"number two, i still have feelings for my ex." the room fell quiet. jay and sunghoon eyed each other, not knowing what to do.

sunoo continued, ignoring the awkward atmosphere that he just created. "and lastly, my favorite color's purple."

jay's eyes widened a bit. he bit his lower lip while glancing at ni-ki and heeseung's reaction. he knows what the lie is, and he's sure that heeseung knows it as well.

should i answer? jay contemplates. it feels like heeseung isn't fazed by sunoo's statements. his eyes fall on jake, who is oblivious. gods, poor him.

of course, heeseung knows even the little things about sunoo. so saying the second sentence, is like he's telling heeseung a message.

sunghoon cleared his throat. "uh, so what's the answer?"

"but you guys didn't even guess yet! come on, raise your hands." sunoo pouted while gesturing them to answer.

the others raised their hands awkwardly.

"okay, good guess. now, the answer is- wait riki what are you doing?" sunoo stops talking to grab the mug in front of him, but the freshman beats him to it- taking the drink away from him.

"what- hey! don't drink all of that!"

they all watched in shock as ni-ki finished drinking the antonov from the huge mug.

"what the hell rik?" jake mumbles, looking concerned towards his cousin.

"i figured i should just drink it all," ni-ki finally meets sunoo's hazel brown eyes, staring at him.

"but you don't even know which one is the lie...." sunoo replied back.

"that's not gonna be necessary." if it's the truth or not, does it matter? i'm tired of guessing.

pain flashed on riki's face, but it was gone in a second- replaced by a blank expression.

"i'm giving up, i lost the game anyways."

at the end of the day, i still can't win you because you already belong to someone else.

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song on the media above:

Too Little Too Late by JoJo

also, for reference, here is the mug that they used :)