Marry, Lust, Kiss → MLK♥
A summary of stories that I experienced while living in a dorm with 17 other people. You’ll never get bored in this dorm. I changed everyone’s names and added a little bit more spice to some of the stories. So don’t take everything literally.
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December 31, 2019
Most of your dormmates gathered in the living room to celebrate the new year. “Come on, drink at least one glass before the next year.” Wheein offered with a cup full of beer in her hand. “Maybe I’ll start drinking next year.” You politely rejected the alcohol. You would believe that as someone who majors in law she wouldn’t support irresponsible drinking behaviors. But you guess, especially with these studies you have a lot to cope with. With Wheein’s attention turning back to Johnny, your gaze wanders around the room.
Jowoon places her beer bottle on the table to join Hyejin on the balcony to get a smoke. She’s majoring in philosophy and literature and like every philosophy student she’s probably a university girl for life. You get along well with her because like your old teenager self, she’s a hobby actor.
Next to her stands Hyejin with probably her fifth cigarette this evening. She was the first one welcoming you to the dorm. Your conversation lasted for hours before you were able to unpack your stuff. Now, she’s the best friend you have in the dorm. Which is probably an advantage relating to your future essays because her majors are English and Geography for tutoring.
The guy joining these two now is Jeno. It’s actually a miracle that he’s attending this party. Whenever you ask about him no one sees or knows about him. The only fact known is that he’s studying engineering which seems to be the cause of his absence.
Right next to the balcony door stands a big couch on which three boys are seated.
On the one end Yuta was holding a vodka bottle in his hand trying to convince Mark to take some shots. You've never seen him before you met in the dorm but since he was born near your own hometown you get along well with him. He moved here to do his master’s degree in economics. Yuta might have a fuckboy facade but you believe despite his image he’s a nice guy.
On the other end sits Mark. You can definetly see he’s currently completely wasted. Mark is the type of guy who gets easily drunk with just one beer bottle. At first you couldn’t believe that the black-haird boy who seems just so unknown to this world, studies social work.
Inbetween these two friends sits Jaemin. The kindest and sweetest guy you’ve ever met. He’s from another country and moved in to study English. He’s still in language school but soon he’ll be able to go to university. You hope he’ll have the happiest life here.
Beside the three friends stands another smaller sofa. On which Kun is invading Kahei’s personal space while chatting with her.
Kun gets cuddly whenever he’s drunk. But usually he’s fun to be around and he loves cooking. Which is ironic when he’s majoring in IT security and his sleep shedule resembles that of a vampire’s. Sometimes even his jokes seem a bit off which could be the biggest sign of his subject.
You clearly see that Kahei tries to get some space from Kun but he’s too drunk to notice. You would help her if it wouldn’t be this amusing. She’s one of the closest friends you got to make in this dorm. Her major is medicine and probably becomes your future personal trainer since Kahei were a professional athlete.
Your gaze goes back to the diner table where you’re sitting at and where at the moment Johnny and Wheein are having a very vivid conversation.
Johnny is that guy who constently makes ambiguous jokes and he’s also the only one in the room who graduated. You suppose he just recently started working since he still seems very young. But because of his job you barely get to see him. Most of the time you’re eating dinner together in the kitchen.
In front of the dark-haired guy: Wheein. As a law student she most definetly process her studies with alcohol whenever she can. Her and your beliefs don’t match up most of the time but you still respect her nevertheless. She’s the mother of the house.
“Guys! Why didn’t anyone keep an eye on the watch? It’s already new year!” Hyejin screams at everyone from the balcony as you could already see the first fireworks outside. And before you can realize what’s happening everyone was already heading out of the living room to get to the roof terrace.
The only one left was you with a smile on your lips. You really found a family in this chaos of people and if you were honest to yourself: it was better than home. Well, this dorm was now your new home.
