The Late Night Game
1098 Words
"Once the female residents had finished selecting the gifts prepared by the male residents, some of us chose to rest. I, who am accustomed to sleeping late, couldn't sleep and decided to walk around the house. I saw Seok-Hoon sitting at the dining table, making me want to stop by the dining room for a while. I don't know what I'll do or talk to him about, I'm just bored to go back to my room on the 2nd floor, also feel lazy to be asked about how I feel, or I suspect the women will ask me that.
"What time should we leave tomorrow?" Seok-Hoon asked, referring to the time of the date tomorrow.
"I know it's 11...
"What time do you usually go to bed?
"As sleepy as I am..." wasn't my answer very apathetic? I felt guilty about my answer, but meeting strangers made me unable to speak well. "Don't you sleep?" I asked back.
"Not yet..."
"And you're going to drink?" I saw three bottles of alcohol in front of him. He nodded. I saw some other men come out of his room and join the dining table here, I felt quite uncomfortable being here, it seems like they had made an appointment to drink together tonight and I, their uninvited guest.
"We're going to play cruel tonight, before the date tomorrow... do you want to join?" Yoong-Jae asked me. Before I could answer, Hana appeared out of nowhere and said...
"I'm ready to join..." in fact while sitting next to me and covering her back with the scarf she brought. I failed to answer and ended up joining them. The seven of us investigated each other and the loser would drink alcohol, which I pointed out earlier when I was with Seok-Hoon. I settled into a different seat at the dining table, with my back against the wall, Hana to my left and Hae-il to my right. Across from me, facing the living room and the staircase leading upstairs, was Kang-Min. Seok-Hoon sat to Kang-Min's right, Yoong-jae to his left, and Yohan at the far end.
"We'll use this empty bottle to determine who will be the answerer" Hae-il explained while bringing a bottle he found on the kitchen island. I really hope that luck will be on my side this time, so that I don't have to drink a single gulp. I chose the smallest glass, a shot glass of course to make sure I drank as little as possible. I don't like to get drunk and I also don't like alcoholic drinks, whatever they are.
The first spin of the bottle pointed to Kang-Min, and after the previous negotiation, it was Hana's turn to ask a question.
"How many women are you interested in here?" Hana asked.
"Isn't your question too simple?" grumbled Yoong-Jae, who had said he wanted to 'play cruel' today but was ignored by the others.
"Right now?" Kang-Min asked Hana again, followed by the other men's eyes scrutinizing Kang-Min. Hana nodded.
"For now, I think only 1..." After successfully answering Hana's question, Kang-Min had the opportunity to spin the bottle, and as if turning back, the bottle pointed to Hana again. Of course, it was Kang-Min's turn to ask this time.
"If at the last choice you know that the person you like more will choose someone else, and you also know that there is someone else who will choose you at the last choice, who will you choose in the end?" Kang-Min's question was clearly much heavier than Hana's previous question. Hana took some time to think about the right answer before finally answering Kang-Min.
"I will choose the second one, I feel safer and more comfortable with the second choice," Hana finally answered.
Hana spun the bottle again and this time we really hoped the bottle wouldn't point to Kang-Min again. This time the bottle pointed to me, I really hoped the question wasn't as difficult as the men's.
"If you like someone, will people around you immediately realize who you like?" Hana asked, making me breathe a sigh of relief after for a few seconds I felt like I wasn't breathing.
"It seems like other people never know who I like until I declare it." I replied, I took the bottle in front of me and spun it again. I spun the bottle and the bottle pointed to Yohan.
"Who among the male residents do you think is your toughest competitor and why?" I asked Yohan.
"For me, Yoong-Jae... I feel he's a friendly guy who will make him easy for women to like..." Yohan answered quite quickly, I thought.
"Isn't the one who likes him?" Hae-il teased Yohan.
"If I liked a woman, maybe I would like..." replied Yohan, responding to Hae-il while spinning the bottle to determine the next answerer, Yoong-Jae.
"You're really directing it at me?" Yoong-Jae responded when he saw the bottle pointing at him.
"The bottle can stop right in front of Yoong-Jae..." commented Hana with a little laugh.
"What strategy do you apply to approach the female residents in this house? Are you going to focus on the woman you've liked since the beginning? or are you going to try to get to know all the women first, or what?" Yohan asked in great detail until I was quite surprised by his long question.
"hmmm... I've never thought about that before, and that question is like a lot..." Yoong-Jae replied with a laugh. He took a gulp of the alcohol, I think with or without answering the questions of the male residents would still drink the alcohol.
"if I like someone I usually focus on that person, until I feel that I really can't be with that person...
The sixth turn of the bottle, targeted Seok-Hoon,
"Why me?" he asked while laughing at his bad luck, even though he would enjoy the drink.
"What is your reason for joining this event..." Yoong-Jae asked.
"The initial reason? Because of the honor that was given..." he answered as honestly as possible, even though he seemed hesitant to say it. I felt that we (Hana and I) should not be here, they would be freer to express their thoughts. I chose to leave this place.
"You don't regret leaving this, it's just the first question..." Yoong-Jae said jokingly, maybe because of the drink he drank, or maybe he was just being mean to me. I still walked away without saying anything.
Questions: Was I quite shocked by Seok-Hoon's statement? How many men in this place are only oriented towards the honor?
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