Love Team
The noisy clanking of glasses.
The loud platters of drunken ahjussis.
The distinct smell of salty broth in the air.
It had been a while since the girl had visited such a place, one she used to hang out in all the time with her friends. The grubby and rowdy place she used to dislike only brought comfort to her now, and she couldn’t help but just take a deep breath of appreciation before sipping on her soju luxuriously like it was some class A wine.
“Yuri, what do you think about homosexuals?”
Off the soju goes into the air ala shower style.
“Yah! It’s my first taste of soju after months!!! Why should you waste it??!” The tanned girl mourned, dabbing the wet spots on the wooden table which were once the tasty liquid she had in her mouth. Ever since she debuted in the entertainment industry, the managers have been all strict and paranoid about her image.
The other girl who asked the question could only raise an eyebrow as a reply, while the third one who was sitting beside her continued to drink like nothing happened.
“Why are you looking at me like that when you’re the one who wasted such a heavenly drink!!” Yuri stated in disbelief when she finally looked up to see the expression Sunny had on her face.
“I didn’t know you were homophobic…” The questioning look on the short haired girl’s face turned into one of judging, and she again raised a brow at the girl in front of her before snatching the green bottle from Hyoyeon’s hands.
“Heyyyy I’m still not *hiccup* done with that!”
“You’re drunk.”
“No *hiccup* I’m not!”
“Yes you are, now go wipe the floor clean of Yuri’s soju and saliva!”
Hyoyeon stared groggily at the tiles beneath Yuri’s feet and when she saw that there was indeed a small pool of liquid, her eyes widened in horror before proceeding to kneel down to wipe it.
“Aish… Kids nowadays don’t know how to keep the bathroom clean… My poor, poor tiles… you must be sad from all the dirt…” Hyoyeon mumbled on as Yuri gawked at her, bewildered not by her friend’s inebriated state but by the way her other friend had easily taken advantage of it.
“As I was saying, you have a problem with gay people??”
Yuri’s right eye twitched before she could respond, “No! NO! I-I don’t have any problems with them!”
“Then why’d you have to spray a cup of soju right at my face?”
The tanned girl stared at Sunny’s face… No, you don’t have anything on it! Even a drop!
“I was just surprised y’know!? Can’t people react without thinking nowadays?! Sheesh.” Yuri retorted defensively, acting like she was badly offended and hurt.
“Okay. I’m dating Sooyoung.”
There was another spray of soju seconds after.
“W-What!?!!!” This time, Yuri had forgotten about another wasted cup of soju.
“I don’t need to repeat what I said.” Sunny glared at her before picking up Hyoyeon by the neck of her shirt.
“Now I’ve told you the reason why I invited you to drink, I have no more business left with you.”
The tanned girl watched in daze as Sunny stood up from her seat, pulled Hyoyeon by the collar, and lifted her off easily to swing to her back like some sort of a sack. It wasn’t until the duo was by the exit of the tent that Yuri got back to her senses and remembered there was something she needed to consult with the girl.
“Hey Sunny wait!!!”
*slip*
*boom**pow**clink**wompwompwomp*
“Aww…”She slowly felt for her lower back before opening her eyes to see which connived with gravity in bringing her down. “What the hell???” Picking the wet fabric up to her face for closer examination, she saw the capitals KHY embroidered in one corner.
“…”
“KIM HYOYEON YOU BRAT!!!!!”
---
“WHAT SHOULD I DO SUNNY!! I mean, she’s a girl after all!!!” Yuri expressed wildly, that if her hands weren’t full at the moment, Sunny was so sure she would’ve flailed them already like a stoned octopus.
Hyoyeon, who seem to have heard all the noise, stirred a little on Yuri’s back before hitting the girl on the head. “Bad Ginger! Baaaaaaad!!!”
“YAH IM NOT A DOG!”
Sunny was clapping in mirth by now, stopping for a moment to lean on a wall for a breather before resuming their walk.
“She must’ve thought you were Taeyeon’s dog because you’re both black! HAHAHAHA!!!!”
The tanned girl almost cried as her friend’s words shot through her like an oversized arrow.
With a pout and teary eyes, she mumbled on, “I’m not as dark as ginger…”
The reaction only elicited another round of laughter from the shorter girl who in the end, stopped after having enough of that pitiful puppy expression on her friend’s face.
“Okay, okay… So you were saying the President has agreed with your managers in making a couple out of you two?? Was that it?”
The walk towards Hyoyeon’s apartment continued, with the now pensive Sunny walking slower than her usual pace beside the struggling Yuri.
“Something like that. They said it was for fan service! But what about us!? Have they thought of how awkward that would be between us?! We barely know each other for Pete’s sake!” Yuri huffed in annoyance.
“Woah, woah, woah. No need to get so fired up Ginger!”
“DON’T CALL ME GINGER OR I’LL DROP HYOYEON TO ROLL ON THE ROADS TO DEATH!”
“YAH stop that you know she’s Youngie’s favorite cousin!”
“Youngie?”
“Sooyoung.”
“Oh.”
There was a moment of silence before Sunny spoke up again, this time with a lowered head to hide the faint blush on her cheeks.
“What’s so bad about the idea anyway, it’s a quick way to gain a solid fanbase PLUS it’s not as if any member of your group is ugly. Who was it again?”
“Who’s who?”
“The one you’ll have to be pretend-pretend couples with.”
“Uhm... It’s Jessica” Yuri said with her voice just above a whisper.
“That girl who always glares like an angry dragon!?” It was Sunny’s turn to wildly express herself.
Yuri spun the girl on her back to knock Sunny to silence. “SSSSSHHHHH someone might hear you!” Yes, that’s my girl! I-I mean, that’s THE girl!
“Arasseo, Arasseo!”
“Wow. That’s why you’re so against it huh?”
Yuri nodded meekly. Also, I don’ t think I can take it if I were to have any skinship with that very smooth and sexy---
“Yul your nose is bleeding!”
“WHAT!?”
“DON’T DROP HYOYEON!!”
---
Yuri can be seen repeatedly doing the sign of the cross backstage with eyes tightly shut. Although there were no mirrors around to check her face, she was so sure bullets of sweat were already running down her forehead like she was in some Coke commercial.
“Are you okay?”
An angelic voice startled her and she jumped back like a frightened cat away from the owner of it.
“Hey it’s fine, I know it’s our first variety show and all but no need to be nervous! We can do it! Believe in our group!” The girl’s encouraging words along with an eyesmile that has probably already broken a thousand hearts slightly calmed the wave of emotions in Yuri’s heart.
If only she knew why I’m nervous like this…
“Thanks Tiffany” As a form of gratitude, Yuri offered the girl a smile which she didn’t intend to but probably looked a little constipated.
“Anytime Yuri!”
The staff was already signaling them to come out to the set of the show and with a slight smile, the tanned girl took her steps with a little more confidence than a minute ago, thanks to the support of her co-member…
“I hope you do well with Sica today!”
…But she just had to ruin it the last minute.
---
For Yuri, it was like playing charades; only that she wasn’t supposed to guess what her manager was doing but actually mime them.
The first action her manager did was little slapping movements with his palms. Yuri tried to decipher it and slapped the girl beside her on the arms as they laughed. After receiving a glare in return, she shifted farther from the girl and gave a puppy look to their manager.
Manager’s facepalm #1.
The second time, Yuri saw her manager curving his arm in the air. She thought he was telling him to dance so she grabbed Jessica’s hand, and out of the blue, waved their arms hiphop style. It was the most random moment on the show ever, and not to mention Yuri’s most embarrassing one as she would find out in the future that the director had thought it worthy not to cut.
Manager’s facepalm #2.
The last Yuri could remember (since there were too many) was when her manager grabbed one female staff beside him (probably so that Yuri could not misinterpret no further) and held her hand. He raised it in the air for the tanned girl to see, with the bashful staff seeming to like it, obvious from the lack of resistance. A lightbulb in Yuri’s head suddenly lit up and she gave a broad grin to her manager as if to say she understood it. Standing up, she suddenly yelled with both hands cupped around her mouth,
“Manager Oppa and Miss Park are together now! Let’s all give them a round of applause!”
Everyone turned their heads towards the two and seeing their linked hands, thought the announcement was real and cheered for the couple. Yuri winked and gave a thumbs up to her manager before taking her seat again with a wide smile of accomplishment on her face.
Manager’s face-Oh, never mind, he fainted already.
---
“Are you stupid?!? The first time I was asking you to move closer to her, that was why I was doing slapping movements with my hand! The second time I was telling you to put your shoulder around her! Not to dance like an octopus! And don’t even remind me of that time you announced Ms. Park and I-“
“You liked it anyway!”
“That’s not point! You were supposed to hold Jessica’s hand!”
Knuckles flew and landed on Yuri’s head. The pain was bearable, but being told that she dances like an octopus wasn’t. It was hiphop my homie, hiphoppp!
“Aish. I need to do something about this. You’re making my job harder arggghhhhh!!!!” Her manager was already about to rip his scalp off if someone didn’t open the door of the dressing room they were in.
“Jessica?! Oh my, I’m so glad you’re here!” The sudden change of the room’s atmosphere made Jessica’s brow lift a tiny little bit, but her facial expression remained cold.
“What’s up?”
---
“You need to spend one whole day together. Like a date. To build some sort of chemistry whatever.”
Her manager’s words were a nightmare that permanently sat in Yuri’s head.
Even as she sat on the marble mouth of a huge fountain in the middle of a busy mall, her manager’s voice just won’t stop ringing in her ears!
“Yah! Stop! I don’t want to hear you ever again! No no no no!” She didn’t know she was acting like a lunatic until she heard a familiar voice not so far away.
“I didn’t know you liked talking to yourself.”
When Yuri opened her eyes, there was Jessica, in front of her in all her ice princess glory. Except for the fact that instead of indifference, there was amusement written on the girl’s face. The tanned girl can feel herself slowly melting as she gazed adoringly up the other girl to take in all her well defined features.
“Hey, you there?”
I haven’t noticed she’s this pretty.
“Yuri?”
The way her blonde hair shines bright like a diamond!
“Uhm…?”
The way her eyes sparkled, the way her skin glows, the way her--
“YAH!”
*splash*
Yuri didn’t know what to feel when she saw Jessica giggling cutely at her; probably thinking that she looked so silly as she resurfaced from the fountain waters.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah laugh at me all you want I know I look so stupid right now. Way to ruin our first date.”
First date?!?! I.DID.NOT.JUST.SAY.THAT. KWON YURI YOU BETTER HIDE UNDER YOUR MOMMAS SKIRT OR YOU’RE GONNA BE TOASTED ALIIIIIIVEEEEEE
“No, Yuri. I think you’re cute.”
Seeing Jessica smile at her bashfully yet stunningly like that stirred something inside Yuri she couldn’t quite place a finger on.
“Kyaaaaaa!!!”
The itch to pull the girl in the fountain with her was actually resolved.
---
fin.
I know you were all like, "what the hell the ending's so stupid."
Well, the author was too lazy to put a warning at the beginning of the story which would probably be something like read at your own risk. She was also too lazy to think of a more proper ending.
It was a random story. And so the ending has to be random too.
Why am I even justifying myself when I know it wouldn't help in appeasing an angry mob of shippers who are thirsty for some yulsic fluff.
i'll just hide in a cave then.
adios amigos!
The loud platters of drunken ahjussis.
The distinct smell of salty broth in the air.
It had been a while since the girl had visited such a place, one she used to hang out in all the time with her friends. The grubby and rowdy place she used to dislike only brought comfort to her now, and she couldn’t help but just take a deep breath of appreciation before sipping on her soju luxuriously like it was some class A wine.
“Yuri, what do you think about homosexuals?”
Off the soju goes into the air ala shower style.
“Yah! It’s my first taste of soju after months!!! Why should you waste it??!” The tanned girl mourned, dabbing the wet spots on the wooden table which were once the tasty liquid she had in her mouth. Ever since she debuted in the entertainment industry, the managers have been all strict and paranoid about her image.
The other girl who asked the question could only raise an eyebrow as a reply, while the third one who was sitting beside her continued to drink like nothing happened.
“Why are you looking at me like that when you’re the one who wasted such a heavenly drink!!” Yuri stated in disbelief when she finally looked up to see the expression Sunny had on her face.
“I didn’t know you were homophobic…” The questioning look on the short haired girl’s face turned into one of judging, and she again raised a brow at the girl in front of her before snatching the green bottle from Hyoyeon’s hands.
“Heyyyy I’m still not *hiccup* done with that!”
“You’re drunk.”
“No *hiccup* I’m not!”
“Yes you are, now go wipe the floor clean of Yuri’s soju and saliva!”
Hyoyeon stared groggily at the tiles beneath Yuri’s feet and when she saw that there was indeed a small pool of liquid, her eyes widened in horror before proceeding to kneel down to wipe it.
“Aish… Kids nowadays don’t know how to keep the bathroom clean… My poor, poor tiles… you must be sad from all the dirt…” Hyoyeon mumbled on as Yuri gawked at her, bewildered not by her friend’s inebriated state but by the way her other friend had easily taken advantage of it.
“As I was saying, you have a problem with gay people??”
Yuri’s right eye twitched before she could respond, “No! NO! I-I don’t have any problems with them!”
“Then why’d you have to spray a cup of soju right at my face?”
The tanned girl stared at Sunny’s face… No, you don’t have anything on it! Even a drop!
“I was just surprised y’know!? Can’t people react without thinking nowadays?! Sheesh.” Yuri retorted defensively, acting like she was badly offended and hurt.
“Okay. I’m dating Sooyoung.”
There was another spray of soju seconds after.
“W-What!?!!!” This time, Yuri had forgotten about another wasted cup of soju.
“I don’t need to repeat what I said.” Sunny glared at her before picking up Hyoyeon by the neck of her shirt.
“Now I’ve told you the reason why I invited you to drink, I have no more business left with you.”
The tanned girl watched in daze as Sunny stood up from her seat, pulled Hyoyeon by the collar, and lifted her off easily to swing to her back like some sort of a sack. It wasn’t until the duo was by the exit of the tent that Yuri got back to her senses and remembered there was something she needed to consult with the girl.
“Hey Sunny wait!!!”
*slip*
*boom**pow**clink**wompwompwomp*
“Aww…”She slowly felt for her lower back before opening her eyes to see which connived with gravity in bringing her down. “What the hell???” Picking the wet fabric up to her face for closer examination, she saw the capitals KHY embroidered in one corner.
“…”
“KIM HYOYEON YOU BRAT!!!!!”
---
“WHAT SHOULD I DO SUNNY!! I mean, she’s a girl after all!!!” Yuri expressed wildly, that if her hands weren’t full at the moment, Sunny was so sure she would’ve flailed them already like a stoned octopus.
Hyoyeon, who seem to have heard all the noise, stirred a little on Yuri’s back before hitting the girl on the head. “Bad Ginger! Baaaaaaad!!!”
“YAH IM NOT A DOG!”
Sunny was clapping in mirth by now, stopping for a moment to lean on a wall for a breather before resuming their walk.
“She must’ve thought you were Taeyeon’s dog because you’re both black! HAHAHAHA!!!!”
The tanned girl almost cried as her friend’s words shot through her like an oversized arrow.
With a pout and teary eyes, she mumbled on, “I’m not as dark as ginger…”
The reaction only elicited another round of laughter from the shorter girl who in the end, stopped after having enough of that pitiful puppy expression on her friend’s face.
“Okay, okay… So you were saying the President has agreed with your managers in making a couple out of you two?? Was that it?”
The walk towards Hyoyeon’s apartment continued, with the now pensive Sunny walking slower than her usual pace beside the struggling Yuri.
“Something like that. They said it was for fan service! But what about us!? Have they thought of how awkward that would be between us?! We barely know each other for Pete’s sake!” Yuri huffed in annoyance.
“Woah, woah, woah. No need to get so fired up Ginger!”
“DON’T CALL ME GINGER OR I’LL DROP HYOYEON TO ROLL ON THE ROADS TO DEATH!”
“YAH stop that you know she’s Youngie’s favorite cousin!”
“Youngie?”
“Sooyoung.”
“Oh.”
There was a moment of silence before Sunny spoke up again, this time with a lowered head to hide the faint blush on her cheeks.
“What’s so bad about the idea anyway, it’s a quick way to gain a solid fanbase PLUS it’s not as if any member of your group is ugly. Who was it again?”
“Who’s who?”
“The one you’ll have to be pretend-pretend couples with.”
“Uhm... It’s Jessica” Yuri said with her voice just above a whisper.
“That girl who always glares like an angry dragon!?” It was Sunny’s turn to wildly express herself.
Yuri spun the girl on her back to knock Sunny to silence. “SSSSSHHHHH someone might hear you!” Yes, that’s my girl! I-I mean, that’s THE girl!
“Arasseo, Arasseo!”
“Wow. That’s why you’re so against it huh?”
Yuri nodded meekly. Also, I don’ t think I can take it if I were to have any skinship with that very smooth and sexy---
“Yul your nose is bleeding!”
“WHAT!?”
“DON’T DROP HYOYEON!!”
---
Yuri can be seen repeatedly doing the sign of the cross backstage with eyes tightly shut. Although there were no mirrors around to check her face, she was so sure bullets of sweat were already running down her forehead like she was in some Coke commercial.
“Are you okay?”
An angelic voice startled her and she jumped back like a frightened cat away from the owner of it.
“Hey it’s fine, I know it’s our first variety show and all but no need to be nervous! We can do it! Believe in our group!” The girl’s encouraging words along with an eyesmile that has probably already broken a thousand hearts slightly calmed the wave of emotions in Yuri’s heart.
If only she knew why I’m nervous like this…
“Thanks Tiffany” As a form of gratitude, Yuri offered the girl a smile which she didn’t intend to but probably looked a little constipated.
“Anytime Yuri!”
The staff was already signaling them to come out to the set of the show and with a slight smile, the tanned girl took her steps with a little more confidence than a minute ago, thanks to the support of her co-member…
“I hope you do well with Sica today!”
…But she just had to ruin it the last minute.
---
For Yuri, it was like playing charades; only that she wasn’t supposed to guess what her manager was doing but actually mime them.
The first action her manager did was little slapping movements with his palms. Yuri tried to decipher it and slapped the girl beside her on the arms as they laughed. After receiving a glare in return, she shifted farther from the girl and gave a puppy look to their manager.
Manager’s facepalm #1.
The second time, Yuri saw her manager curving his arm in the air. She thought he was telling him to dance so she grabbed Jessica’s hand, and out of the blue, waved their arms hiphop style. It was the most random moment on the show ever, and not to mention Yuri’s most embarrassing one as she would find out in the future that the director had thought it worthy not to cut.
Manager’s facepalm #2.
The last Yuri could remember (since there were too many) was when her manager grabbed one female staff beside him (probably so that Yuri could not misinterpret no further) and held her hand. He raised it in the air for the tanned girl to see, with the bashful staff seeming to like it, obvious from the lack of resistance. A lightbulb in Yuri’s head suddenly lit up and she gave a broad grin to her manager as if to say she understood it. Standing up, she suddenly yelled with both hands cupped around her mouth,
“Manager Oppa and Miss Park are together now! Let’s all give them a round of applause!”
Everyone turned their heads towards the two and seeing their linked hands, thought the announcement was real and cheered for the couple. Yuri winked and gave a thumbs up to her manager before taking her seat again with a wide smile of accomplishment on her face.
Manager’s face-Oh, never mind, he fainted already.
---
“Are you stupid?!? The first time I was asking you to move closer to her, that was why I was doing slapping movements with my hand! The second time I was telling you to put your shoulder around her! Not to dance like an octopus! And don’t even remind me of that time you announced Ms. Park and I-“
“You liked it anyway!”
“That’s not point! You were supposed to hold Jessica’s hand!”
Knuckles flew and landed on Yuri’s head. The pain was bearable, but being told that she dances like an octopus wasn’t. It was hiphop my homie, hiphoppp!
“Aish. I need to do something about this. You’re making my job harder arggghhhhh!!!!” Her manager was already about to rip his scalp off if someone didn’t open the door of the dressing room they were in.
“Jessica?! Oh my, I’m so glad you’re here!” The sudden change of the room’s atmosphere made Jessica’s brow lift a tiny little bit, but her facial expression remained cold.
“What’s up?”
---
“You need to spend one whole day together. Like a date. To build some sort of chemistry whatever.”
Her manager’s words were a nightmare that permanently sat in Yuri’s head.
Even as she sat on the marble mouth of a huge fountain in the middle of a busy mall, her manager’s voice just won’t stop ringing in her ears!
“Yah! Stop! I don’t want to hear you ever again! No no no no!” She didn’t know she was acting like a lunatic until she heard a familiar voice not so far away.
“I didn’t know you liked talking to yourself.”
When Yuri opened her eyes, there was Jessica, in front of her in all her ice princess glory. Except for the fact that instead of indifference, there was amusement written on the girl’s face. The tanned girl can feel herself slowly melting as she gazed adoringly up the other girl to take in all her well defined features.
“Hey, you there?”
I haven’t noticed she’s this pretty.
“Yuri?”
The way her blonde hair shines bright like a diamond!
“Uhm…?”
The way her eyes sparkled, the way her skin glows, the way her--
“YAH!”
*splash*
Yuri didn’t know what to feel when she saw Jessica giggling cutely at her; probably thinking that she looked so silly as she resurfaced from the fountain waters.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah laugh at me all you want I know I look so stupid right now. Way to ruin our first date.”
First date?!?! I.DID.NOT.JUST.SAY.THAT. KWON YURI YOU BETTER HIDE UNDER YOUR MOMMAS SKIRT OR YOU’RE GONNA BE TOASTED ALIIIIIIVEEEEEE
“No, Yuri. I think you’re cute.”
Seeing Jessica smile at her bashfully yet stunningly like that stirred something inside Yuri she couldn’t quite place a finger on.
“Kyaaaaaa!!!”
The itch to pull the girl in the fountain with her was actually resolved.
---
fin.
I know you were all like, "what the hell the ending's so stupid."
Well, the author was too lazy to put a warning at the beginning of the story which would probably be something like read at your own risk. She was also too lazy to think of a more proper ending.
It was a random story. And so the ending has to be random too.
Why am I even justifying myself when I know it wouldn't help in appeasing an angry mob of shippers who are thirsty for some yulsic fluff.
i'll just hide in a cave then.
adios amigos!