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I close my eyes and hope for the best, because whatever is about to come out of his mouth has the chance to make things super awkward.

"No, I did," he says, surprising me.

His eyes jump from hers to mine as his smile grows, and I know we're not in the clear. Especially as she lets out a soft laugh. "Well, come on then. This place is a lot bigger than you think it is."

When she goes to move away this time, I release her and watch as she walks over to Dav En, engaging him in conversation about the turtle he's watching.

"Is it weird watching your best friend with your girl?" Yoon Ji asks quietly so that only I can hear.

I watch the way Dav En grins down at her when he says something making her laugh before she wraps him up in a hug. "Not at all, Yoon Ji. It feels right."

"Hmm," is all he replies before we all start making our way over to the tunnel that leads into another room.

We've all grouped back up to walk through, so it's easy enough to hear Liz say, "Dav, see if you can touch the top."

He complies easily without stopping to think about it, but he's a few inches shy.

"Here," he says crouching down, "get on my back."

"No," she argues like she does every time. "I don't want to hurt you."

"Babe, how many times do I have to tell you that you aren't going to hurt me," he retorts.

"It's true," In Se throws out there. "He's used to carrying Jae-un's weight. You should be a breeze."

Jae-un turns a frown toward In Se, even though he knows he's just teasing like he always does.

Liz rolls her eyes playfully before climbing on Dav En's back. He stands to full height so that she can reach for the glass. Just as her fingers touch it, a stingray glides over the surface, making it appear that she's grazing his belly.

"Dav," she whispers, pulling his attention upward.

"Woahhh," he says, quietly.

We all stand amazed as the ray glides all the way across and carries on his way. She drops her arms around his shoulders and buries her face into his neck, making him smile even wider.

I'm standing close enough that I hear her whisper a thank you before kissing his cheek and climbing down off his back. Dav En gives off this persona that he's such a player all good with the girls, but it'd take one of us to know just how shy he actually is. Clearly shown by the color that spikes in his cheeks the moment her attention is on him.

When she passes me, she reaches out to run her fingers across my stomach and that feeling hits me again. I have no choice but to follow her wherever she decides to lead us next

TRACK 10

EIGHT WAYS

KYUNG

"This is my favorite room," she tells us as we walk through a curtained off area where it's almost pitch black inside.

Instead of being able to look through the water to the other side, it looks like a solid black wall. The only color is the small pink jellyfish swimming around. I'm not sure where she's going to take us next, but I have to agree, this will probably be my favorite room, too, by the time that we're done.

We all get distracted watching the jellyfish and Seong and Yeon reading one of the info plaques about them that none of us notice when she lies on the floor in the middle of the room. It's Yoon Ji who catches my eye when he moves over to lie down with her. Just like he would do with us, he lays his head on her stomach and gets comfortable. Her hands are propped behind her head to keep it off the floor, but she takes one and places it on his chest. Knowing her, she did it without even thinking about it.

I shake my head with a smile and turn back to the jellyfish. In Se, next to me, turns when I did, but he didn't turn back around. He watches them until he finally makes up his mind and moves to her other side, laying down with his head next to Yoon Ji's on her stomach.

The others have finally started to notice, even Dav En. When she takes the other hand from behind her head and places it on In Se’s chest, leaving her head on the floor, Jae-un makes an unhappy grunting noise. Sliding over next to her, he reaches down to clear her hair out of the way before positioning his shoes behind her head. That's one way of doing it, I guess. I look away so he doesn't see my smile and think I'm laughing at him, because it really is sweet and considerate of him. I was just planning on sitting down and putting her head in my lap, but both work.

"How many jellyfish do you think are in the ocean, Liz?" Yoon Ji asks, breaking the silence.

Her eyes track the movement of some of the ones above them as she tells him, "I don't think there would ever be a way to get a definitive answer on that since most of the world's ocean has yet to be explored."