#roomie

When you heard from your friend, Yujin, that her friend’s friend needed a roommate, you were ecstatic.

You were in need of an apartment before the end of the month.

After frantically searching for weeks and realizing that you couldn’t afford to live on your own since, well, Seoul is pretty expensive and you were about to start your first job ever, the best option was to rent with a roommate.

Days before moving in, you were told that Junmin’s friend was a guy. And not only that, aside from him, another guy lived there as well. You would have preferred to room with girls but you couldn’t allow yourself to be picky right now.

“Aaand, that’s the last one.” You exhaled after placing the box that you were previously holding on the floor.

“Thank god.” Your best friend dramatically let herself fall onto the ground. “My arms are gonna fall off.” She whined.

You rolled your eyes playfully. “Don’t be dramatic, there weren’t that many boxes.”

“Still.” Yujin pointed at you.

“Here.” You passed her a bottle of water.

She grabbed it and sat down. “Thanks.”

“So, are you excited to live with not only one, but two boys?” Yujin moved her eyebrows up and down.

“Honestly, no.” You laughed. “I’ve never lived with one before, let alone two. And from what I’ve heard, they tend to be messy.”

“True.” She nodded. “Most of the guys I know are, minus Junmin. He’s kind of a neat freak.”

“Maybe I should live with him instead.” You joked. “Have you met his friends?”

“Minjae and Jaehyun.” Oh, so those were their names. With the move and all, you had forgotten to ask for them. “And a few times, both of them are chill.”

“Good to know.” You sipped from your own bottle of water. “Come on, let’s move these to my room before my roommates arrive and see a mess.”

“Ugh, fine.” Yujin pouted and got up, grabbing the nearest boxes.

After a few hours everything was cleaned and organized in your new room. It took a lot of energy and procrastination but with the girl’s help things got done faster.

“You owe me breakfast tomorrow.” She said with closed eyes as you were laying side to side on your bed, her arm covering them.

You laughed. “Okay, we’ll go to your favorite café.”

•

A few days passed until you were able to meet your roommates properly since your schedules didn’t seem to match.

From what you’ve heard, Minjae was a producer at KQ Entertainment, the same company you were about to start working in, and Jaehyun was a choreographer on a different one.

The day that you three finally met was a Friday night. You were coming back from a girls’ night with your girlfriends, Yujin by your side since she was going to sleep over.

You opened the front door and took your shoes off. Then you saw the two guys plus their friend sitting on the couch in front of the tv; they all turned to look at you after you entered the apartment properly.

“Oh, you must be our new roommate, Y/n.” The guy with shaggy brown hair and glasses spoke, pretty enthusiastically.

“Yeah, hi.” You responded a little shyly.

“I’m Jaehyun, this is Minjae and our friend, Riku.”

“Nice to meet you all.”

“Hey, guys.” The other girl greeted. Both of your roommates greeted her back.

“You’re Junmin’s friend, right?” Riku asked.

“Yep, we’re childhood best friends.” Yujin nodded with a smile.

“Cool.”

“Oh, we’re watching Bloodhounds if you guys want to join in.” Jaehyun spoke as he sat back down in his place.

You looked at Yujin and she nodded. “Yeah, sure. We’re just going to put our things in my room first.”

“‘Kay.”

You walked to your room and closed the door behind you.

“They seem nice.” You spoke. “A little shy, which is totally understandable.”

“Yeah, you apparently have that in common.” She laughed.

“I gotta say, I love Jaehyun’s energy. It reminds me of a puppy.” You smiled.

“He so is. I think he’s an ENFP.”

“Makes sense.”

“Did you see how Minjae was looking at you?” You tilted your head. “Like he was intrigued by you.”

Your cheeks turned red. “Shut up, he was not!”

“He was totally checking you out!”

“You were just seeing things.”

“Pleaseee, you know I have a sixth sense for these kind of things and have two working eyes as well.”

You laughed and threw a pillow at her.

“Your sixth sense is bull.”

She gasped. “How dare you insult me like that? I give it a few months until you realize that I am right.”

You rolled your eyes playfully and crossed your arms over your chest.

“Yeah, right. Come on, let’s go back out there before someone comes get us.”

That night ended up being pretty fun; you bonded easily with them. You were excited to see where these friendships would head.

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