Catalina starts college in a small town all the way across the country. She doesn't know anyone and isn't exactly looking for friends. She just wants to focus on dance. But when she meets fellow dance major, Jimin, and adventurous, fellow freshman...
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Despite complaining about walking to work, Catalina was sort of looking forward to the hike. She could see the mountains from wherever she was in this town, and they were beautiful. It was seven in the morning and Catalina was half dead. After a cup of coffee and a hearty breakfast though, she was ready to go. Jungkook had texted her the day before giving her a time, eight am, and his home address. No other details, such as what to wear to work, which would have been helpful. She had texted him back but he never answered, so she wore a plain black t-shirt with jeans. She figured that was neutral enough.
Jungkook's house turned out to be right around the block, so it was a short walk. The house was old, two stories, grey brick, square and narrow. Catalina knocked on the door and waited. Jungkook opened the door right away.
"Hey, come on in," he said, holding the door open. Catalina closed the door behind her and looked around. The inside looked like it hadn't been redecorated since the 70's, but it was still cozy and homey. Jungkook led the way up the stairs to a small bedroom at the end of the hall. His hair was still a mess and he wasn't wearing shoes.
"Are your parents home?" asked Catalina.
"No, they're at work. They'll come home in a few hours," he said.
"The night shift?" asked Catalina.
"Yeah, they're nurses. They've worked the night shift ever since me and my brother started high school," said Jungkook. He was sitting on his bed, lacing up a pair of Timberlands.
The bedroom was a mess, clothes scattered across the floor, piles of tangled wires in the corner. A bookshelf was against the left wall filled with video games and stuffed animals. Beside the bookshelf, a surfboard, a snowboard, and a skateboard all leaned against the wall. A glass of milk sat on the desk by the door and there was a hole in the wall right above that. Catalina could see into the next bedroom through it, which looked similar to this room. The whole bedroom stunk like...
"Dude, this milk is bad," said Catalina. She scrunched her nose and shuffled away from it.
"It is?" asked Jungkook. He picked it up and sniffed it. He reared back and gagged loudly. Catalina threw her head back laughing.
"Why did you sniff it?" she asked.
"I don't know! Shut up!" he said. He took one last tentative sniff of it before setting it down and grabbing a hairbrush.
"Have you eaten yet?"
"No I just got up, like a few minutes before you got here," he said. "I was thinking we could stop somewhere on the way."
