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“Hey Wonwoo,” Junhui disturbs the silence.
“Yeah?”
“What was your high school experience like?”
“It wasn’t…bad,” Wonwoo says, slowly.
“What do you mean it wasn’t bad?” Junhui closes his laptop.
“I mean high school wasn’t great nor was it bad. I had friends but we never really hung out to do anything but study. All we talked about was studying mostly too.”
“Did you do anything but study?”
“Honestly, I don’t remember if I did anything worthwhile except studying. I just remember studying for tests, working on assignments, and preparing for entrance exams. I was just very caught up in studying, but all of us were,” Wonwoo isn’t all that sad though, it’s the norm for him.
“Did you even have fun?” Junhui, on the other hand, is bewildered that Wonwoo only remembers studying.
“I…don’t think I truly knew what ‘fun’ was,” Wonwoo admits.
“That sounds pretty terrible to me.”
“To you maybe, but to the rest of us it was the usual. You studied most of the time unless you wanted to fail.”
“High school is supposed to be about exploring yourself! Studying is a big part but you also have to make time for friends and extracurriculars too! Grades could mean everything to you, but the most memorable memories that a person has of high school doesn’t usually contain studying 24/7.”
“Tell that to the education system,” Wonwoo is a bit weirded out at Junhui for saying that.
“But seriously, I hope uni is better for you,” Junhui shakes his head.
“I’ve made new friends. DIdn’t you also study here for high school?”
“Yeah,” Junhui confirms.
“Did you not study most of the time? You should be able to get why I and many others study a lot.”
“I sure as hell studied, except I also made time to do other things that I enjoyed besides studying. I ate out with friends and filmed short videos with them, and I practiced piano, etc. etc.”
“I get it Junhui, you’re saying I should have cared about other things beside studying,” Wonwoo is a bit annoyed.
“That’s not what I’m saying,” Junhui defends himself. “I know you care about other things. I just want you to hang out with friends more, do things that you like more that isn’t studying, and enjoy your university experience.”
“We’ll see…,” Wonwoo pauses, “thanks Junhui. I mean it.”
“You’re always welcome,” Junhui is smiling a bit.
Wonwoo doesn’t like to admit it, but Junhui has been more quiet and distant lately. Sure, they made up and stuff from their fight last week, but…things have changed between Junhui and him. It’s like Junhui is trying to conceal himself? Wonwoo doesn’t know how to describe it, although he thinks he knows the reason why Junhui is being like this.
Junhui still talks to him, but its more small talk then what they used to talk about before. Junhui is rarely at the apartment either besides in the morning and late at night. Wonwoo knows its his fault for making Junhui be this way, but at least he’s more comfortable now. He uses that as an excuse whenever he feels guilty.
Wonwoo knows what he’s going to do in five minutes will be a huge dick move, but he’s still going to do it.
“Can I bring my girlfriend over?” Wonwoo looks over at Junhui sitting at the table.
Junhui just waves a dismissive hand, “Yeah, whatever.”
“Cool, thanks.”
Junhui sighs and texts Soonyoung.
Can I come over? -Foodhui
It’s 9am right now, Junhui thinks, why does Wonwoo invite his girlfriend over so early? Junhui is angry at Wonwoo, but he doesn’t let it show. Instead, he packs up his stuff from the table and into his backpack.
Dude, it’s so early in the morning. -Soonsoon
Please? I’ll pay for your dinner next time. -Foodhui
Junhui knows that Soonyoung will allow him to come over either way, so he doesn’t bother really getting a “yes” from Soonyoung before going.
I’ll order the most expensive thing on the list. You owe me. - Soonsoon
The most expensive thing at Macdonalds is their $12 burger. Whenever you need something, msg me. ʢ◉ᴥ◉ʡ -Foodhui
I ain’t making your rich ass pay a meal for me at Macdonalds, idiot. Hurry up and come over, Jihoon is here too. -Soonsoon
Patience is a virtue. -Foodhui
Tell that to starving kids in Africa. -Soonsoon.
Junhui rolls his eyes at that. He hopes that he didn’t have to meet Wonwoo’s girlfriend, but of course, she had to arrive just as Junhui was about to head out the door.
Knock, knock. Fuck me, Junhui thinks.
Junhui watches Wonwoo literally run over to the door, “Moonbyul-ah!”
Junhui is three seconds away from locking himself up in his room until he hears what Wonwoo says next.
“You should definitely meet my awesome roommate, Junhui-ssi!” Wonwoo lets the girl in.
“Junhui! Wonwon has talked a lot about you! It’s so great to finally meet you!” She sounds so excited.
All Junhui can think is a) who the heck calls Wonwoo “wonwon”?, and b) why is his girlfriend so pretty? He’s jealous of the girl and he damn right knows it.
Junhui awkwardly turns around and even more awkwardly introduces himself, “uh…hi, I’m Junhui.”
He glances up and down at Wonwoo’s girlfriend. She’s short, big brown eyes, has a playful smile, and long hair. Exactly the type of girl that Wonwoo likes. Wonwoo has never told Junhui his preference, but Junhui is pretty sure it’s 100% this girl.
Junhui feels anger to the girl even though she’s done nothing wrong. He takes a few deep breaths. It’s not Moonbyul’s fault that Wonwoo likes girls like her, Junhui tells himself.
Everything about Moonbyul is dislikable to Junhui, but it’s mainly just Junhui’s jealousy brewing up. He hates himself for being this jealous and acting this way. Who the hell did he think he was? Be nice, Junhui.
“I have to go, uh, over to my friend’s place to, uh, work on our project,” Junhui announce. “It was nice meeting you, Moonbyul.”
It’s like his excuse was made up either. Soonyoung, Jihoon, and him did have a project that they need to work on.
“Oh, okay. Maybe next time we can all study together?” Moonbyul smiles.
Of course, Moonbyul is probably also excelling in her grades and goes to SNU. What a perfect couple, it makes Junhui want to roll his eyes.
“Sure, next time. Bye,” Junhui says, opening and closing the door behind him.
Phew, he thinks. He finally is not the elephant in the room anymore. Junhui drives quickly over to Soonyoung’s dorm. He knocks on the door.
Soonyoung opens it, “oh man, here he is, ‘Mr.Can I Come Over at 9am’.”
“Thank you Soonyoung and Jihoon for allowing me to come over,” Junhui tries on being polite.
Junhui hears some grumbling in the background and assumes it’s Jihoon.
“Yeah, well, you owe both of us now.”
“You can count on me.”
“So…why are you really here?” Soonyoung prods.
Junhui doesn’t exactly want to tell them, but they are allowing him over so, “Wonwoo brought his girlfriend over and I didn’t want to be the thirdwheeler.”
“Oh man, I can’t believe he’s actually straight.”
“It’s not that surprising.”
“Sure, Jun, sure.”
“Hey Jihoon,” Jun waves.
Jihoon waves a backhand to him, clearly engrossed on his computer.
“Don’t bother talking to him, he got a music composition due in two days,” Soonyoung fills Junhui in.
“Ah, okay. We should start doing more planning of our project too.”
“That’s what I was thinking since we’re all here, except Jihoon doesn’t want to be interrupted so it’s going to have to wait.”
“Don’t you worry about the time, Soonsoon, I’m probably going to be staying here all day.”
“Says who?” Soonyoung lifts both his eyebrows.
“I’ll buy you guys both meals for two days.”
“Make it three,” Jihoon says.
“Thank you so much,” Junhui bows down to Jihoon.
Jihoon ignores him.
“How does heartbreak feel Junhui?” Soonyoung mimics his heart breaking in two.
“Better than your cooking,” Junhui retorts.
“My cooking skills has improved! You will never receive a complete burnt meal from me ever again,” Soonyoung almost sounds whiny.
“Says those takeout containers in your garbage.”
“You know there ain’t a stove in here, dude.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
“But on a more serious note, are you going to move out or something? You’ve been spending more time over here to mine and Jihoon’s dismay,” Soonyoung stares at Junhui.
“To your dismay, huh? And I don’t know. I guess we’ll see. I can’t really afford a apartment by myself-“
“By yourself?! Dude your family is worth more than a billion of what I’m worth,” Soonyoung says, a bit too loudly.
“Shut up,” Jihoon says.
“I don’t like asking too much money from my parents,” Junhui defends himself.
“Okay, but I don’t think you should move out. Just get laid with another guy.”
“Real great life advice, Soonyoung,” Junhui rolls his eyes.
“Try it out, it might actually work,” Soonyoung makes little finger guns.
“‘Might’.”
“If you ain’t going to bother listening to my advice, I don’t know why I’m still talking to you,” Soonyoung turns his head away, but is smiling.
“I’m actually listening, but I don’t think I’ll follow through with it,” Junhui laughs at Soonyoung.
“Whatever.”
Junhui laughs some more, leave it to Soonyoung to cheer him up.
Moonbyul is just about to leave after studying with Wonwoo for what seemed like two hours, but actually is four hours.
“The time goes by so fast,” Wonwoo says, looking at the window.
“Yeah, I can’t believe I spent five hours over here listening to your boring ass,” Moonbyul jokes.
“Oh please, like you didn’t enjoy it.”
“Jokes on you, buddy,” Moonbyul grins.
Wonwoo smiles and gives a wink to Moonbyul.
“What’s the wink for?”
“Jokes on you, buddy.”
“See, this is why you’re terrible.”
“Well at least I'm better than you.”
“Wanna bet?”
“Sure.”
“Whoever gets the highest grade with professor Kim?”
“Game on, Moonbyul,” Wonwoo makes a gesture of spitting on his palm.
Moonbyul too makes that gesture and laughs, “you’re such a dork.”
“Whatever you say.”
“Okay, but I got to go.”
“Okay, see you on Monday.”
“Oh, your roommate didn’t look too happy back there. Perhaps ask him why?” Moonbyul is concerned.
Wonwoo sighs, “I think I know why, but I’ll ask on your behalf.”
“Thanks Wonwon! Always knew that I could count on you.”
“I hope so. Kay, bye Moonbyul!”
“Bye!”
Wonwoo closes the door. He saw that look on Junhui’s face as he made up his excuse to leave. Wonwoo, why are you such a jerk? He knows inviting Moonbyul over right in Junhui’s face was going to be a grave mistake, but he did it anyway. Why was he such a jerk?
He decides to text Junhui though, asking when he is coming back.
Hey, when are you coming back? If you want, I can get us takeout. -1MillionWon
Wonwoo gets a reply after ten minutes.
You don’t need to get takeout for me. I think I'm going to be staying over at Soonyoung’s for a night or so. I’ll be coming back to get some of my clothes though at 7pm. -Foodhui
There goes his roommate, Wonwoo thinks. What the hell did you do, Wonwoo? You ruined your relationship with your roommate. He probably wants to move out now.
Then again, what exactly did Wonwoo do wrong? Sure, he invited his girlfriend over, but Junhui knows he’s straight. He can’t possibly be moving out because Wonwoo brought his girlfriend over. Junhui is not that type of person.
Wonwoo waits impatiently as the clock strikes ten after 7pm. He needs to ask Junhui if he is going to move out or not.
He sees the doorknob twist and the door opening. He had so many things to say, but it all disappeared all of a sudden.
“Hey…” Wonwoo says.
“Hey,” Junhui replies.
“So…uh…how was your day?”
“I finished one of my papers so it wasn’t bad. Do you want me to cook you any dinner?”
“No, it’s okay, I used the microwave.”
“Next time use the stove,” Junhui goes into his room.
Wonwoo follows him, “uh…yeah, I’ll try. So…are you, um, going to move to Soonyoung’s place?”
“No, absolutely not. I am not living in a dorm again. I’m just going to stay with them for a night or two to get some stuff sorted out,” Junhui answers.
Wonwoo feels relieved that Junhui would not be moving out, “I’m sorry.”
“For what?” Junhui looks bewildered, “You didn’t do anything wrong.”
“For hurting your feelings when I invited Moonbyul over. I should have taken in consideration that you might not have wanted her here.”
“That? You shouldn’t feel sorry for bringing your girlfriend over. That’s stupid Wonwoo. I’m staying at their place for a situation of theirs, not because I want to avoid you.”
“Oh…okay,” Wonwoo mumbles.
“Don’t worry about it, okay? If you want to know about the situation, you’re going to have to ask Soonyoung ‘cause I don’t know if he’d want me to tell you it. I’ll be back either tomorrow or the day after.”
“Okay.”
“Take care, and please, please start using the stove instead of the microwave. Search up some recipes online and cook those. I don’t want you to have to eat all microwaved meals or takeout while I’m gone.”
“I know how cook eggs and stuff, Junhui. I’m not a complete loser in the kitchen. Although, you still have to teach me how to cook good,” Wonwoo smiles.
“I will. I’ll make you the best cook between you and Soonyoung.” Junhui grins.
“Something tells me Soonyoung can’t cook.”
“You’re absolutely right about that. Okay, I’ll message you if I’ll be coming back tomorrow or the day after.”
“Okay, bye,” Wonwoo waves goodbye.
“See ya,” Junhui waves after him.
Wonwoo watches Junhui disappear down the hall and closes the door. He still feels kind of mad and guilty at himself. He doesn’t think Junhui made that up and Junhui didn’t sound or look mad at him either. Maybe Wonwoo can help with whatever the situation is. So he decides to text Soonyoung.
Wonwoo told me that there’s a situation? I’m not sure at all what it’s about, but he told me to ask you?? -1MillionWon
He waits for Soonyoung to reply as he does the dishes.
Oh yeah,,,I think Jihoon is becoming to centred on the amount of weight he is. He literally has only eaten an apple at breakfast, a yogurt at lunch, and is refusing to eat the food that Junhui has bought. I seriously think he is becoming anorexic, but he won’t listen to what we have to say! Anyway, Junhui thinks you can help so if you can say anything to Jihoon about how he is being a complete dumbass by starving himself, please do. -Soonsoon
It’s that serious? I’ll message him and try to help him, if he’ll listen that is. -1MillionWon
Thanks Wonwoo. -Soonsoon
Gosh, Wonwoo thinks. No wonder why Jihoon rarely ate anything when all four of them went out to eat after a late night study session at the library. It never really bothered Wonwoo, he just thought that Jihoon didn’t like all those greasy foods at Burger King or Macdonalds.
It’s the little things that go unnoticed, he thinks. Except those little things make up one big picture.