notes: jungwon just wanted to keep ari company like the good leader he is... but the baby sheep duo spice things up with a bet for... free food?
setting: november 2021
word count: 840
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A dilemma had just appeared for Ari, and she wasn’t talking about her most recent comeback album.
“Ari, have you decided if you want the lowlights, the bottom half, or the whole head yet? And in blue or purple?”
“I’d prefer it if my groupmate kept her whole head on, thank you very much,” Jungwon sat in the makeup chair next to her with a teasing smile on his face.
“Very funny, Yang leadernim,” she deadpanned at him before smiling at their hair stylist, “I promise I’ll decide in thirty minutes!”
The stylist lightly patted the two Yangs on their shoulders with a smile before heading off to tend to Jake. With a sheepish smile, the elder of the two Yangs slowly turned to the leader, fully expecting the look he was giving her. He had a set hairstyle ready, and he was just waiting for her to start ahead of him so she wouldn’t be the last one to go home. Well, at least not alone.
Going home last was the punishment their manager had given her for making Sunghoon panic. (It was amazing, the fear she could cause with just some spare foil and bleach while her member fried his hair multiple times in one day.) Jungwon, being the nice leader that he was, decided to stay back and keep her company.
But it didn’t seem like she needed the punishment to be last. Deciding on what she wanted was hard, which is why she might have preferred it if the stylists just went and dyed her hair.
“Don’t look at me like that,” she scrunched her nose while hitting Jungwon with the back of her hand. “I know I want my whole head to be dyed and I can just put lighter colored extension highlights if I want more dimension in it, I just can’t decide if I want blue or purple.”
“One of those colors matches me,” Jungwon told her. “How about we make this interesting? I bet you choose the one that doesn’t match.”
She raised an eyebrow at him. “And if I do?”
“Loser pays for dinner later.”
Looking suspiciously at Jungwon, she thought about what could possibly happen. It was half and half, with only two colors to choose from, and she wouldn’t normally mind treating for dinner, but they had just finished a rigorous schedule of practice and hair dyeing with only little snacks and lunch to have filled them up in the day. That means dinner would be a lot more than usual. Knowing her members, they’d even order things twice or thrice.
The other six members all turned their attention to the two’s bet.
“How about we be more practical,” she suggested. “Dinner’s gonna be a feast, so why don’t we have three on my team and three on yours to split the bill?”
Jungwon smirked. “Already scared, huh? Fine by me. Who’s on the leader’s side? Ari and I won’t match.”
She watched as Jay, Jake, and Sunghoon all decided to agree with Jungwon. That meant Heeseung, Sunoo, and Riki were on her side. She have them a confident look.
“I got you guys, we’re gonna eat like kings,” she grinned as she ran over to the hair stylist. “Unnie! I’ve decided! Let’s do it somewhere else, though. I don’t want Jungwon’s team to see it until we’re done!”
The stylist chuckled but nodded and led Ari to another room.
Nearly three hours later, and Ari is surprised to learn that the other six members had decided to wait for her and Jungwon just to see the results of their bet. They had been sitting in the practice room, and, as the staff announced she was going to walk in, they had covered their eyes.
She jumped just a little in shock when someone put a sleep mask on her. Footsteps came and ended right next to her, so she poked the person on their side. The yelp of surprise assured her it was Jungwon.
“Alright,” their manager called, “you six can look first. Ready? Go!”
Before she knew it, the room was filled with yelling of both disappointment and victory. She felt herself being lifted up and spun around, causing the sleep mask to fall off her head. Riki had excitedly thrown her over his shoulder. Once he set her down and she gained her bearings, a flash of blue met her eyes. Blue that wasn’t on her.
“Ha!” She laughed in triumph at Jungwon’s shocked face, accompanied by the 02z. She ran to a group hug with Heeseung, Sunoo, and Riki. “We’re being treated today!”
Jungwon just stood there staring at her blue hair in surprise. He really expected her to choose purple since a lot of the things she owned were in some shade of purple. Jay patted his shoulder comfortingly.
“Well, you tried.”
“I should’ve gone with my gut and trusted Ari,” Sunghoon muttered to himself.
Jungwon pouted and looked at Sunghoon. “Just for that, hyung, you’re paying 40% while we each pay 20%.”
“Yah!”