Snow and Ice || 태국

A chance encounter

The two of them played for a while more on the ice rink, this time with Jungkook closely following beside Taehyung and not leaving his side for even a moment. Taehyung did not see Jaehyun again and thought that he left.

When they left the ice rink, they saw Jaehyun at the exit.

Jungkook smiled grimly in his heart. This is a good game he's played.

Since they met, the three of them headed out together. The amusement park was still buzzing with activity. Taehyung was quite keen to have fun. He wanted to ride both the roller coaster and the drop tower but there were long queues everywhere. Everyone was out to play before the New Year.

He did not want to waste his time queueing and chose to shoot balloons in the end.

The game used toy guns with plastic bullets. The balloons varied in size and the smaller balloons came in different colors. Different balloons gave different prizes; there were large and small stuffed toys and all kinds of popular toys.

Among all the balloons, the small red balloon was the most valuable. Anyone who successfully hit it could freely pick among all the large toys.

Taehyung spotted a pink dinosaur on the prize rack. In the past, he did not believe in love at first sight but now he was convinced.

"I want that." Taehyung pointed to the dinosaur.

"Buy it on Shopee." Jungkook showed him the light.

However, Taehyung had already passed twenty won over. "I'll play a twenty won round first."

And another, and another, and another.

The more he played, the deeper he sank. Each round made him more frustrated than the last.

One hundred won was gone like this. At the last shot, Jungkook suddenly pressed down on his shoulder.

Taehyung turned to look at him. He thought that Jungkook wanted to play as well and held the gun out.

Jungkook did not take it. He did not believe that the toy gun could hit the tiny balloon at all. Though he could not explain why he felt that there was something fishy going on.

"Let's go. I'll buy one for you," Jungkook said. He paused before emphasizing, "One that's the same."

"Let me give it a try." Jaehyun who has been observing silently from the side suddenly spoke.

The two of them looked at Jaehyun.

Jaehyun stepped forward to take the toy gun. He aimed at the balloon and explained, "The gunsight for this gun is not accurate; it's slightly off. Therefore, you won't be able to hit the things that you've aimed at."

Taehyung was astonished. "Ah? So what can we do? Just shoot blindly?"

Jaehyun shook his head. "Nope, the deviation is fixed. You just have to calculate the angle difference and adjust it according to when aiming to make up for it. For example, this..." As he spoke, his hand that was supporting the gun moved slightly below. His left eye was closed while his right eye was fixed on the gun sight. After a while, he raised his head and gazed at the target. This is repeated several times.

Taehyung felt very amazed. He stretched his neck and leaned over to Jaehyun's side to take a closer look.

Then, Jungkook wanted to see what was going on as well. He suddenly squeezed over and wedged his large body in between the two of them, crowding up space at once. After a while, he seemed to feel that Taehyung was obstructing his sight and tugged on the back of his collar to toss him to the side.