Chapter 18: I've Missed You, So Much

Sunday | October 29th, 2023 | 10:54 AM

“Fuck,” I murmured into the air as I rolled over onto my side. My hand reached down my side and pulled my blanket closer to my head, hiding my face from the bright sun-rays shining through my bedroom windows. Hmm, I don’t remember my alarm waking me up? Wait, isn't it Sunday? What time is it even? I stretched my arm out from underneath my blanket towards the direction of my nightstand, where my phone should be. Hmm, but my phone isn't there.

Ah, that’s right. I don't remember taking my phone out of my pockets before taking my clothes off last night. I rolled over, stretching my body as I reached for my jeans laying on the floor. After a bit of struggling, I was able to pull my phone from the pockets of my pants. Pressing the home button, the screen lit up and showed me the time.

I sighed, throwing my phone onto my bed beside me and rubbing my face. There’s no way I'm going to be able to fall asleep again now that the sunlight is seeping in through my windows and my mind is now fully awake. My head started throbbing, a familiar pain of a hangover. The pounding headache was only a dull ache right now, and hopefully I could ease it before it gets any worse.

All my moving around must've woken up Nakyung, who started to softly groan out loud behind me. I turned over to face her side of the bed. She shifted her body around, pulling the blanket off her head, exposing her bare back and shoulders to me. I sighed into the air and rolled back over, blinking my eyes while I stared at the ceiling.

"Ugh, I don't feel too well," Nakyung muttered from her side of the bed. Her voice was dry, and she was mumbling her words. "What time is it?"

"Almost 11, we've been asleep for a while," I yawned. Nakyung rolled over, facing me. I glanced over, and saw her looking over me with a sleepy expression. Her bangs were messy and her makeup from yesterday had smudged around her eyes. Her skin was bare, and the blanket covered her torso down.

"What about you? You were more drunk than me last night," she laughed. Her voice was hoarse, probably from her dehydration and her sore throat.

"I'm fine, I think. My head hurts, though," I groaned.

"Mine too," she sighed, closing her eyes. Her eyebrows furrowed and she frowned. "Ugh, why did I drink so much?"

"Same here," I sighed. I looked back to the ceiling and tried to remember what had happened last night. The last thing I remembered was that we drove back to Wooyoung's apartment, where we took a breather before we all left to go home. The drive home was pretty tough, I was exhausted and still sobering up. Thankfully, we safely got back to my dorm and just passed out.

Nakyung groaned from her side of the bed and rolled over, getting up. She sat up and stretched her body out, her back popping as she raised her arms above her head and let the blanket fall down, exposing her light pink bra. I turned and looked up, admiring her beautiful, petite frame. She looked over her shoulder, glancing at me, her eyes half open.

"I'm starving," she whispered, her voice quiet and rough. My stomach seemed to react on cue, grumbling loudly. "Me too, but I don't think I have anything at home," I chuckled. I rubbed my neck and blinked a couple times, "I'm pretty sure the student union should be open today, we can eat breakfast there."

"Yeah, that's fine. We should probably shower before we go because we smell like straight alcohol," Nakyung groaned, wrinkling her nose. I didn't have to confirm her statement, the stench of alcohol was definitely wafting off of us. We reeked of it. "I'll go back to my dorm and shower, meet up in about 20 minutes?" She wrapped around the bed, moving towards her discarded pile of clothes that's been sitting in my room since yesterday afternoon

"Sure, that sounds good," I agreed. She put her pants and shirt on, and gathered her other things like her phone, wallet, and keys, "Alright, I'll let myself out. See you in a bit." With a final wave, she left the room and shut the door behind her. I let out a satisfying groan as I crawled out of bed, getting ready to start the day.

Sunday | October 29th, 2023 | 11:27 AM

I stood outside of my dorm building, waiting around in the Student Village courtyard. A light breeze swept across the grass, rustling the leaves on the trees. There weren't many people around, maybe a few scattered here and there, but it was quiet and calm. I spotted Nakyung coming towards me from her dorm building.

Her hair wasn't fully dried, but she had her split-dyed, baby blue and pink locks in a high ponytail. Together, we started our walk to the Student Union building. It was a nice day out, a cool breeze in the air and a cloudless sky.

"So, what are you hungry for?" I asked her as we walked. She looked over at me and shrugged, "I don't know, I'm not picky. I'll eat whatever."

"Mhm, same here," I sighed. For a bit, it was silent between us, and I had time to gather my thoughts. Last night was definitely eventful, to say the least.But if I’m being honest, it was a little bit hard to process it all. My brain felt scrambled, like the events of yesterday were either blurry or out of order. Now, I'm just feeling overstimulated, confused, and a bit conflicted. Nakyung noticed the look on my face and tilted her head to the side to grab my attention.

"Something's bothering you," she pointed out. I blinked, snapping out of my trance, and looked down at her. "What's wrong? Is something on your mind?"

I felt slower in the head this morning, so her questions floated around in my head without a response. 

"Hey," she murmured, nudging my shoulder, "You okay? Whatcha thinking about?" I shook my head and shrugged, "I don't know. I can't really recall much from yesterday."

"Well, what do you remember from last night?"

"I don't know, we got to Wooyoung's right? We drank with the group and then I was suddenly dancing in the club, and then we were heading home."

"You don't remember the car ride to the club? Like at all?" She questioned.

"No, not at all," I sighed, scratching the back of my head. She hummed and nodded, "Hm, okay. Well, nothing really happened. Do you know what happened while we were at the club?"

Fragments of memories were floating to the front of my head, but I knew there had to be a concrete timeline that I was missing. Nakyung was looking at me with a patient expression. Her head tilted to the side as she patiently waited for an answer. "I-I think, um, well, no, I'm not really sure. We were dancing together, right?"

"Yeah, we were dancing together. It was really fun," Nakyung nodded, smiling. "What else do you remember?" I held my hands to my face and let out a small groan, "Fuck, um, I was with you, and you were jumping around, and I was jumping around with you. I think we... uh.. fuck..." I trailed off, furrowing my eyebrows as I tried to dig deep in my mind.

"So, do you remember seeing Sana or Tzuyu? We danced with them for a bit," Nakyung reminded me, trying to help jog my memory. It became clearer. I do remember Sana and Tzuyu were dancing with us as well. Although, there was some point when the girls had disappeared and Nakyung was alone with me. We were outside at this point though, so everything in between was lost to me.

"I think we left them and went outside. Did I throw up?" I asked, my face dropped in premature defeat. Nakyung started giggling, a nice laugh escaping her lips, "No, thank god. You just got overheated so I took you outside to cool down."

"Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for saving my ass," I laughed. Nakyung bit her lip, looking up at me. Her face was scrunched up, as if she was deep in thought. Seeing her face told me I needed to remember something that had happened, and that it was important. It started small before the fragments started piling up.

"Wait, Tzuyu," I mumbled, blinking, "Onlyfans... Panties...," I looked back at Nakyung, my eyebrows raised. "Holy shit, didn't we find out Tzuyu has an OnlyFans? Was that actually for real?"

What I thought was an alcohol fever dream turned out to be a reality.

"Oh, my god," I groaned, hiding my face. Nakyung was laughing now, her laughter filling the air and ringing in my ears. "Yeah, it was a bit of a shock, wasn't it?" She grinned, a teasing look in her eye.

"Yeah, just a bit," I grumbled, rolling my eyes. Out of all the girls in the goobers, Tzuyu was the last person I would've thought to be into cam-work and panty selling. She wasn't exactly shy, but she wasn't super open about her sexuality. She seemed like she had a pretty innocent view on sex, and was rather reserved. To be fair, her Onlyfans was just as tame as she talks, but still it was still shocking she was able to hide this. I'm assuming the others don't know either, not even Sana.

"What are we going to do about Tzuyu?" Nakyung questioned, a playful smirk on her face. I thought for a bit and shrugged, "I mean, I don't exactly know. Are we going to tell anyone?"

It was definitely exciting at the moment, but what can we really do with her secret? I could only think about maybe buying her panties from her account, but I didn't feel like giving up money for her underwear. I could guess Nakyung was thinking of something else because her face was contorted into a mischievous smirk.

"Well, what if we were to use her account for... personal pleasure?" Nakyung giggled. "Wouldn't that be fun?"

"Well, yeah, duh," I laughed, "But what do you mean by that?"

"Think about it," she grinned, "If she's hiding this from the world, her friends and family, then imagine how embarrassed and mortified she would be if someone were to expose her Onlyfans and her panty-selling business?" Nakyung's voice was low and her expression was suggestive. I was sure where she was going with this but I let her continue.

"How about we message her one day and tell her that since we have access to her account, we could threaten to expose her if she doesn't do what we say. We can make her do whatever we want," Nakyung suggested, a teasing tone to her voice. I was taken aback, thinking about how bad I would feel for Tzuyu but one look into Nakyung's eyes and her devilish grin, and I decided I'll play along with her fantasy.

"I see, we can make her hand deliver her own panties to us," I murmured. Nakyung scoffed at my idea, verbally rolling her eyes at me. 

"C'mon, this discovery is bigger than panties, Minjae. Whatever we want, do you know what that means? Anything, I mean anything! We can make her strip for us, tease her and even exploit her nudes as our final demand," Nakyung's eyes lit up. Her grin was wider than ever, her eyes twinkling with mischievous ideas. I awkwardly laughed, "W-We can?"

"Of course," she giggled for a bit before stopping after seeing the shocked look on my face, "Why, do you not want to?"

"It's just that, well, do we have to go that far?" I questioned. Nakyung raised her eyebrow and tilted her head to the side, a teasing smile spreading on her face, "Are you going soft on me now, Hwang Minjae?" She cooed.

"Shut up," I grumbled, blushing slightly, "I-I just don’t think we should go that far. I just want her underwear."

"Why? Is the idea of using your friend as a sex toy a bad thing? Is it weird or gross? I'm surprised," Nakyung chuckled, obviously describing our current relationship as of lately. "I thought you were getting bolder after that little story you told me yesterday. Guess I was wrong," she giggled, patting me on the chest and walking ahead.

"It's not that. I just want her underwear. I don't need to see my friend naked," I mumbled, catching up with her. "But you could, and that's the point I'm trying to get across. Why are you settling for less right now? This is a chance to explore, have fun, and feed that horny voice in your head," she insisted, raising her voice in excitement.

"Nakyung, are you not worried about Tzuyu's feelings?" I asked, "This is her secret. And she's our friend."