~Maru~
I watch as she tries to force my hands to stop tickling her. I wasn’t even using half of my strength and she stops, staring down at me. I think she’d realized how close we really were. Flipping her over, I grab her wrists, pinning them above her head. She looks up at me with fierce eyes, reminding me of when I’d first seen her in Jungkook’s class. It looked like she’d recognized me when she saw me, but she’d stared at me with these eyes that said they didn’t want to meet me. Later that day, we’d gone to the bus and she’d been talking into her headphones. When we were all sitting down, she’d started swearing and Jungkook was alarmed because she was his seat partner. She even saw me almost naked, but respected that I wanted her to close her eyes. She had the mouth of a sailor but the heart of the kindest person. “Why are you staring at me?” I’m snapped out of my thoughts and I let my arms collapse, almost crushing her. “Ahh, get up, get up!” She whines and I balance half of my weight on the bed while the other half is on her. “You’re heavy, Maru!” “Nope, I’m comfortable.” I bury my face in her neck and can feel her chest rising underneath me. “I might just die from suffocation.” She gasps and I look up at her from where I was. “Are you suffocating? Are you sure?” “G-get your face away from my neck, that tickles!” I graze my lips against the base of her throat and her breathing speeds up. Her reactions weren't what I'd been expecting. Smirking, I sit back and look down at her face. She’d started to sweat and her eyes were closed, her cheeks were tinged pink. “Just kidding!” I fall back onto the empty space next to her and she brings her arm up to cover her eyes. “Don’t joke about that.”
~Hana~
Getting up, I slowly make my way to my room. I could hear my heart beating, it was loud, almost deafening. I quickly shake my head. I can’t love. I can’t fall. But I knew that I’d already fallen for him. Slamming my fist into my door, I keep myself from falling to the floor. I needed to stop. I couldn’t love him, I couldn’t. I didn’t want him to get hurt. “Goddammit Maru.” I mutter, going into my room. “Who’s that? Your boyfriend?” I jump as I hear Min Ah’s voice. I see her sitting on my now clean bed and she smiles. “So you’ve been sort of adopted?” I shake my head. “It’s complicated. These people are my real parents and dad had adopted me.” Min Ah looks down at her feet. “Are we still friends? Even after I slapped you?” “Min Ah, you didn’t slap me. Someone that looked like you slapped me.” “But I felt pain in my hand and it was swollen and red! I’m sure it was me, but I can’t remember it!” “Min Ah, our slate is clean. Let’s start over, hm?” She slowly nods, looking around my room. “Wow, you sure have a better life than at your old house. You didn’t answer my question, who’s Maru?” “I am not going to talk about that subject.” Min Ah shrugs and starts walking around. “Your mom told me you guys had a pool, can we go swimming? Do you have a swimsuit I can borrow?” I nod and go to my closet, pulling out the one she always borrowed whenever we went swimming without notice. I grab mine and we quickly change.
<---(Hana's Swimsuit)
<---(Min Ah's Swimsuit)
I toss Min Ah a dress and I grab Maru’s sweatshirt, zipping it up. “Whose sweatshirt is that? It’s too big for a girl’s size.” Min Ah asks me, nudging me as we walk to the pool. “M-Maru’s.” I mumble and she clicks her tongue. “He must really be your boyfriend then, if you have his clothes.” “Ya! Don’t say it aloud!” I look around us, making sure none of the boys were around. “Whatever, let’s just go swimming.” We arrive at the pool and I’m surprised no one was there. Usually a maid or someone was cleaning it. “I’m going to put on music, jump in first.” I plug my phone into the speakers and turn it down so it doesn’t kill our eardrums before playing the playlist we’d put together for when we were together. Going over to the pool, I jump in and splash Min Ah. “Getting in the pool doesn’t mean you have to splash me!” I shrug and duck under, swimming around her, pinching and poking at her legs. “What are you doing in here?” I hear BamBam’s voice and quickly surface, shoving my wet hair out of my face. The boys stare at me and Min Ah nearly faints, seeing the five most eligible guys in the school. She had a list of guys in our school that would be great boyfriends and I’d forgotten they were all on it, and at the top. “Oh, you want us to get out?” I ask and guide Min Ah to the side of the pool so she could stay afloat and stare at them. “No, the ch- I mean your father told us to go swimming to relax.” Yugyeom gets my attention and jerks his head at Min Ah before mouthing “Who?” Coming back to myself, I turn to Min Ah. “Min Ah, these guys live here too. There’s Yugyeom, Jungkook, BamBam, Myung Ho and Maru.” I point each of them out and her mouth opens slightly. “Guys, this is my best and childhood friend, Min Ah. Please treat her well when she visits.” The boys wave and I get distracted by Maru being shirtless. I know I’d seen him when I first came here, but still. Quickly looking away, I duck under the water to cool off my head and nearly lose the breath I was holding as I watch the boys land in the water, not far from me. Coming up, I see Min Ah happily talking and splashing around with Myung Ho, Yugyeom and BamBam. Looking around, I see Jungkook swimming under the water, towards Myung Ho. I don’t say anything and watch as Myung Ho yells, trying to keep his swim shorts on as Jungkook tries to pull them down. “Why aren’t you joining them?” I look over at Maru who’s standing on the patio. “How about you?” “I just don’t really feel like it.” “You know what Yugyeom told me?” I ask and his eyebrows go up. “Come down here, I can’t say it out loud and I’m not getting out.” He sighs and leans down to hear me. “Psych.” I grab his shoulder and pull him in. He crashes into me and something hits my lips before we quickly swim to the surface. “That is not fair.” Maru takes a deep breath before pointing at me. “Your lip, it’s bleeding.” Reaching up, I touch it and see the blood on my finger. I look at him and my eyes widen. “Yours too!” I freeze, realizing what that meant. “Oh well. But guess what, I need to exact revenge.” I stare at him as he starts towards me. He lunges forward and grabs my waist, dragging me down to the bottom of the pool. Suddenly, he starts tickling me and I quickly cover my mouth, trying to keep the air in my lungs. The tickling intensifies and I panic as the breath leaves me. Maru smiles before leaning forward and pressing his lips to mine. His tongue parts my lips and air enters my lungs. He breaks away before swimming up to the surface. In shock, I’m frozen until someone pokes me. I turn and see Jungkook. He points up and I quickly surface, gasping for air. “We thought Maru had killed you, from how long you were down there.” Min Ah laughs. “She can hold her breath for a few minutes, a few seconds won’t kill her.” My phone’s ringtone echoes throughout the pool room and I lift myself out of the pool, not bothering to grab a towel. Grabbing my phone, I unplug it and answer. “Hello?” “Hana, you have been missing many days of school, so I am going to send you the homework from the past month. Please turn it in by the end of this week.” My homeroom teacher states and hangs up. Rolling my eyes, I plug my phone back in. “Fucking bitch,” “My Hana’s back!” I look over at Min Ah as she cheers. “Since I got here, you haven’t sworn once! It got me worried.” Laughing, I jump into the pool and swim over to her. “After this wanna go see the garden? It’s really pretty. Then we can play that racing game that you love.” I knew I was trying to make it up to her for the possession demon. Even if it didn’t work, I wanted to treat her the best I could. “Really?” I nod, smiling. “And whose permission do you need to use my gaming console?” I flinch as Maru appears behind me. “Whose?” He grabs my sides and I quickly say “You, you, please don’t!” He lets go and smirks before going over to the others. “I can see why you-“I cover Min Ah’s mouth with my hand. I knew that the war reapers especially had good hearing. “Hey guys, we’re going back to my room, see you later!” I quickly get out, grabbing my phone and a towel. Min Ah follows me reluctantly. “You can see them as much as you want if you visit me a lot, okay?” She nods, starting to dry herself off as we walk. Getting to my room, I tell her she can use the shower. “Than what about you? Won’t you catch a cold?” I shake my head. “I’ll use one of the boys’ showers. They’re swimming so I might as well.” I grab some clothes from my closet and wave at her. Going straight to Maru’s room, I’m surprised that it’s not locked. Going into the bathroom, I shed my swimsuit and get in the shower, turning the hot water on. I’d brought a smaller bottle of shampoo, but I’d use whatever soap was in the shower.

Notes

Stopping it here for now so there's more chapters ^.^