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Has it been said that making drunken bets is a bad idea? Is it a known fact that most bad decisions are made under the influence? If so, Soonyoung is completely unaware.
He knew that Seokmin could jump across the width of the swimming pool, shit, he’s seen him do it before‒but after some drinks and a few hits from the joint that was being passed around, he figured that it would slightly alter Seokmin’s ability to decipher what is and what isn’t concrete.
Or in other words, he was basically hoping that Seokmin would fall in the pool.
But Soonyoung doubted Seokmin, as one should not do, and within seconds Seokmin was on the other side of the pool with his hands in the air. Soonyoung felt a slight pain in his chest knowing that tomorrow his nipples would be pierced and that they’d be a constant reminder that he should not doubt Seokmin in any way.
And that’s how a hungover Soonyoung, Jihoon, and Seokmin ended up in the waiting room of the tattoo and piercing shop that was a few towns over. Jihoon and Seokmin were more than thankful that the shop did walk-in piercings; Soonyoung was anything but.
“Dude, I think that’s your piercer” Jihoon nudged Soonyoung’s shoulder to grab his attention and he looked in the direction that Jihoon was looking in.
Through the window of the room next to the check-in desk stood, As Soonyoung would say, ‘the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen and I know I say that about every single attractive person I see but I swear I mean it this time’.
“Okay, I know you know what I’m going to say so I won’t even bother saying it. But I am thinking it.”
“And he’s gonna be touching your nipples!” Seokmin felt the need to say. This earned a punch to the arm from Soonyoung and a chuckle from Jihoon.
The piercer disappeared from the window and Soonyoung felt his palms get sweaty. His eyes flickered between the doorway of the piercing room and the clock on the wall that read ‘my appointment was supposed to start 7 minutes ago’ o’clock.
“Soonyoung?”
Soonyoung felt a bony hand grip his forearm and drag him off the couch.
“Snap out of it, dipshit. Just get it done and over with if you’re really that nervous about it.” Jihoon let go of Soonyoung after he shook his head as if it would help him come back to his senses.
Soonyoung and co. followed the voice that called him just moments ago and before he knew it, a door was closing behind him and the man that was in the window was patting the bench for him to take a seat. Soonyoung was staring at the back of his piercer’s head whilst the other boys took seats in the empty chairs across from the bench. Jihoon made eye contact with Soonyoung and flicked his eyes towards the piercer with a wiggle of his eyebrows.
“Cut the shit!” Soonyoung mouthed to Jihoon who instantly snorted in reply. Seokmin’s head immediately shot up from his phone and he looked between the two boys.
“What happened I wasn’t listening” Seokmin, yet again, felt the need to say.
“Nothing happened Soonyoung is just blushing like crazy. Look at him!” Jihoon managed to say followed by a small fit of giggles. The piercer turned around to see if what Jihoon said was true, and sure enough, it was. This caused Soonyoung to heat up even more than before and the piercer returned to cleaning the jewelry.
“What’s got you so nervous? If it’s the piercing then I can assure you that it’s not as bad as everyone says, well, for me it wasn’t” the piercer turned around and leaned on the back of the counter.
“Unless it’s something else? Nervous because you don’t know the person who’s about to poke a hole in your body?” Jihoon and Seokmin laughed at that. Soonyoung laughed as well, but it was more of an airy exhale along with even more blood rising to his cheeks.
“Oh it’s definitely that. But knowing him I’m sure there’s another reason why he’s like that. Isn't that right, Soonyoung?” Jihoon grinned at Soonyoung and the piercer watched his reaction.
“Well if it makes you feel any better, I’m Jun. I’m 23, and I’ve been doing piercings for a few years now.” He smiled down at Soonyoung. Soonyoung’s eyes traveled over the piercer, or, Jun, and noticed that he had a few ear piercings and a couple of small tattoos on his forearms. Nothing about him screams, ‘I stab people with needles for a living’.
“Alright, now that we’re all buddy-buddy, I need you to take off your shirt so I can start the measurements.” Jun slid on some rubber gloves and made his way over to the now shirtless Soonyoung with an uncapped marker in his right hand.
“Okay, so I’m gonna just eyeball the measurements and when I’m done you can check it out in the mirror and let me know if you want them higher or lower or whatever.” Soonyoung nodded his head and before he knew it, Jun was drawing little dots on the sides of Soonyoung’s hard nipples. (Soonyoung would argue that the room was cold, but let’s be honest. His piercer was, ‘the most beautiful person he’s ever seen and he knows he says that about every single attractive person he sees but he swears he means it this time’).
Soonyoung stood up from the bench and glanced in the mirror. They looked pretty even from what he could tell. He met Jun’s eyes in the mirror and gave him a small nod and a smile as he sat back down on the bench.
“So this is what’s gonna happen. You’re going to lie down, hands by your sides, and I’m going to use these clamps to hold your nipple in place then I’ll put the jewelry in. Does that sound good?” Jun looked back at Soonyoung as he placed the piercing and clamps onto a tray. Soonyoung nodded to the piercer and reclined himself onto the table. He looked to his friends in the corner who were too busy scrolling away on their phones. Shouldn’t they be documenting this? It’s not everyday where your friend loses a bet and has to get his nipples pierced by the new love of his life, is it?
With Soonyoung’s new nipple jewelry in place, he made Jihoon pay the eighty dollars because, hey, it’s the least he could do after making him go through that.