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Ricky flops down on his couch. He’d just dropped his parents off at the airport and they’d be gone the entire summer. He takes his phone out and texts the group chat:
PICS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN📸
Ricky🐱
My parents left for the summer.
Pool party tomorrow?
Hao 🦝
I’ll be there!
Hanbin🕺🏻
I’ll bring alcohol.
Jiwoong🍷
I can finally bring seobin to meet you guys
Taerae🎸
I’ll come!
Gunwook and Matthew are down too!
Yujin🧩
I’ll come if I have somewhere
to crash because my parents
Will kill me if I come home smelling like alcohol.
Gyuvin🐶
A Ricky party? Wouldn’t miss that.
Ricky🐱
You can crash here.
Be here at 6 tomorrow!
Ricky sends a quick text to his parents to let them know his friends are coming over the next day and then goes to bed.
Hanbin walks in with Hao trailing behind him. Ricky yelps in surprise “Why didn’t you knock? I could’ve been naked or something!”
“Says the guy who sent his nudes to the group chat.” Hao laughs.
“That was one time and it was an accident! I was trying to send them to myself!” Ricky whines.
“That doesn’t make it better, that’s just sad.” Hanbin says as he sets the alcohol on the counter.
“Are we talking about Ricky’s nudes incident? I got grounded for a week because my mom accidentally saw it.” Yujin says as he walks in and sits down. The four of them make small talk before Ricky announces he’s going upstairs to change. “So, bets on Gyuvin finally making a move tonight?” Hanbin asks.
“No chance. Unless he gets totally sloshed.” Yujin says picking at the skin around his nails.
“He’s actually never making a move unless we sneakily push him to, we should play spin the bottle.” Hao remarks.
“I will not be playing. I don’t want to kiss any of you.” Yujin says, clearly disturbed by the idea. Hanbin pats his head lightly.
“Not even cheek kisses?” He asks and Yujin laughs sarcastically before going deadpan.
“No.”
Jiwoong and his boyfriend Seobin arrive just as Ricky comes back downstairs. He’s in a mesh tank top and swim shorts. It puts his newest piercing on display. “When’d you get your belly button pierced?!” Hao asks loudly.
“I got it done when we were still in school so it’d be healed by the time summer came around.” Ricky laughs.
The rest of the group arrives shortly after and they make their way out to the pool. Ricky turns on his speakers and puts on his party playlist. Ricky pours himself a drink and immediately makes his way to his favorite pool chair. He watches Yujin and Gunwook argue over a pool noodle and laugh. He fails to notice Gyuvin creeping up behind him and before he knows it he’s being carried bridal style towards the pool.
“Your new piercing looks pretty.” He says as he carries him closer towards the edge.
“Kim Gyuvin put me down! Don’t you dare throw me in the pool! I’ll kill you!” Ricky yells as he tries to squirm out of his arms.
“Throw him in Gyuvin!” Yujin yells through giggles.
“Do it!” Gunwook urges.”
Ricky yelps when Gyuvin jokingly tries to throw him. The next time however is not a joke. Ricky does get revenge in the form of yanking Gyuvin down with him though. When the two surface Ricky immediately begins whining. “Now my makeup is probably messed up. My mascara isn’t waterproof.”
“Who wears makeup to a pool party anyway?” Gyuvin says, brushing Ricky’s hair out of his face. Ricky scrunches his nose and pouts as he lightly punches Gyuvin in the arm. Gyuvin laughs and sinks down to put Ricky on his shoulders. “Let’s play chicken!” He says and soon Ricky is laughing as he fights with Yujin.
“We should go inside and play a game.” Matthew says getting out of the pool.
“Let’s play spin the bottle!” Hao answers, oddly enthusiastic.
Ricky groans as he attempts to sit up in his bed. He quickly realizes a few things. One, there is someone in his bed and they have their arm around his waist. Two, he’s not wearing any clothes and considering all the skin he feels neither is the other person. Third, the person in his bed is one hundred percent Gyuvin. Ricky wiggles himself free from Gyuvin’s grasp and makes an attempt to stand up. He yelps when pain shoots up his spine and he finds himself sitting back down and burying his face in his hands in embarrassment. He’s known for a while that there was more than just a friendship between him and Gyuvin. He’d just assumed that tension would snap when they were sober. He sits in silence for almost ten minutes before he hears Gyuvin gasping and feels him shoot up into a sitting position. “Holy shit.” Gyuvin whispers and Ricky lets out a little laugh.
“Do you remember what happened last night?” Ricky asks,rubbing the back of his neck.
“Hao suggested spin the bottle and you landed on me and I think it escalated from there.” Gyuvin answers. They’re both quiet for a minute. “I didn’t hurt you did I?” He asks quietly.
“No..” Ricky lies.
“Get up then.” Gyuvin says and Ricky tries, he winces and sits back down. Gyuvin gets up without another word and disappears for a couple minutes into Ricky’s en suite bathroom. He comes back and carries Ricky into the bathroom and steps into the bath adjusting himself so Ricky can sit comfortably between his legs. “I’m sorry. I don’t think I took very much time preparing you.” He says and leaves a kiss in his hair.
“It’s ok Gyu. It’s not your fault. We were both pretty drunk. If anything our friends are dumb for letting us do anything while we were drunk.” Ricky says, leaning back against his chest. Gyuvin buries his face in the crook of his neck and nods. Ricky smiles and pulls Gyuvin’s arms around him. They bathe in a comfortable silence and by the time they finish Ricky is able to walk on his own. They make their way back into his room and get dressed.
“Be my boyfriend?” Gyuvin asks and Ricky nods at him with a smile. Gyuvin pulls him in for a kiss. Ricky relaxes into his arms and Gyuvin eventually pulls him back to his bed into his lap.
When the two finally make their way downstairs they’re greeted by Jiwoong and Seobin making brunch. Hao and Hanbin sat at the breakfast bar conversing and Matthew and Taerae picking up last night's mess outside. Yujin and Gunwook both sit on the couch playing the Nintendo switch. Hanbin whistles and goes wide eyed when he catches sight of them. “Holy shit Gyuvin! Did you try to eat him?” He asks and Ricky slaps his hands over his neck, he’d only briefly looked at himself in the mirror but he’d seen enough to know that Gyuvin had left hickies on practically every inch of available skin (including his thighs). He can feel his face get hot and out of the corner of his eye he can tell the tips of Gyuvin’s ears have gone red.
“Shut up Hanbin! As if we haven’t all noticed the suspicious red bruises on Hao’s wrists before!” Gyuvin says as he guides Ricky to sit on the couch. Hanbin splutters and attempts to defend himself from the accusations as Hao laughs and pats his back comfortingly. Ricky scrolls through his camera roll and posts his photos from the previous night’s party. “We’re dating now by the way.” He says to the rest of the room.
“Congrats guys.” Taerae says as he joins them on the couch.
“Oh thank god. Gyuvin never shut up about you when we were playing League and it was so hard to focus.” Gunwook says. Yujin nods in agreement as he wins their game of mario kart with a cheer. Gyuvin grumbles something and pets Ricky’s hair. Ricky drifts off to sleep, content and happy.