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Jiyeon ignored him. Apollo and the film crew had come to investigate. “Arthur fell in,” she said. “Can you help? He’ll need to borrow a coat, at least. And I have some beach towels in my car. I’ll go get them.”

Denny snorted, but the guys were already on the move. Namgyu shucked his jacket and went pelting down the dock. Nicky jogged after him, catching Jiyeon’s eye as he passed. “Hurry, Zu,” he bawled over his shoulder. “Arthur can’t swim!”

“What? Are you joking?”

There was another splash, the sound of a heroic, if unnecessary, rescue. Eunjae pushed through the jumble of people and equipment to reach her, but Jiyeon was searching for a face in the crowd. Sure enough, she found him: Eric in his teal jacket, the Prism logo clearly visible on his chest. She could hear Denny already, berating her for the lack of subtlety, but shedidn’t care. When Eric noticed her staring, Jiyeon stared right back.

From the group chat shared by eight of the nine members of Apollo, originally namedTalking Behind Ari’s Backby someone who thought it would be so funny. This has since been changed to the less incendiary but far more boringGroup Chat 2.

Kazu: Anyway the suits are purple and we have to wear them or my cousin will kill us

Kei: Wrong chat, old man.

Kazu: Wait, what?

Kei: Did you seriously type half of that in the other chat and half of it in this one?

Kei: Do you use your phone blindfolded?

Kazu: This chat was at the top of the list!

Jesse: omg can't believe we have a secret group chat now

Jesse: get me out of here, i can't keep secrets, i don't have the willpower

Jaehwan: ?????

Jesse: just kidding, don't kick me out, I need the info

Jaehwan: You know what? I’m muting this. I don't want to know what you people are doing. I'm on vacation. This is not my lookout right now.

Jaehwan: Godspeed, Kazuhiko.

Namgyu: awww! nobody deserves a vacation more than leader-hyung, i love that he's on vacation, i can't wait for my turn

Kazu: What

Kazu: No come back

Max: Can someone explain how Jungwoo knew before the rest of us did

Max: Why tf was he included

Jungwoo: What plan? Nicky was blackmailing me!

Nicky: Ooooh it's busy in here

Nicky: Jungwoo, nice job

Nicky: I like the part where she grabbed your wrist right back

Jesse: omgomgomg REVERSE WRIST GRAB

Nicky: No time for a back hug? What's another small betrayal after the big betrayal?

Max: What the FUCK hyung

Jesse: REVERSE!!!