i'll be that somebody for you

4. Les Misérables

The first rain of November was stroking the window of Wooyoung's flat. The black-haired boy was at his desk, working on some editing work his professor gave him while Yeosang was reading a med book on the sofa. There was silence, which was rare when Wooyoung and Yeosang were together, but it was peaceful. Wooyoung took off his glasses for a few seconds to rub his tired eyes. When he put them back his gaze met the white wall of his flat. The white wall that was between his apartment and San's.

Wooyoung didn't hear much of him since the Halloween party. He was barely a ghost in the group chat where Yunho added Wooyoung's friends. The boy wrote several messages but never sent them. He simply didn't have the courage to send him a text to ask him if he was okay. He didn't want to ask Hongjoong, Yunho or Mingi either, it'd be weird. He started asking himself why he cared so much.

"Wooyoung-ah," Yeosang called him out.

Wooyoung almost jumped when he heard his best friend's voice. He noticed Yeosang was standing in the open-plan kitchen, in front of the fridge. Wooyoung was too caught up in his thoughts that he didn't hear or see Yeosang getting up off the sofa.

"I asked you if you wanted Coke?"

"No, thanks. I'll... I think I need coffee." Wooyoung answered before going to the kitchen as well.

Yeosang nodded and poured Coke into his glass while Wooyoung switched on the coffee maker. Wooyoung was still caught up in his thoughts and didn't notice Yeosang's gaze on him. When the coffee maker stopped, Yeosang sighed and ran his hand through his hair.

"What's between you and San?" he bluntly asked.

Wooyoung almost dropped his cup full of hot coffee.

"A wall, as you can see," he replied pointing to the wall behind him.

Yeosang rolled his eyes and drank a mouthful of his Coke.

"So, nothing happened between you two?" he questioned before Wooyoung shook his head "Don't you find him attractive?"

"Why are you asking all of these questions?" Wooyoung lost patience.

"I'm just trying to understand something,"

"San is just my neighbour, there is nothing to understand,"

"Then why did he seem so worked up when I told him you left with someone at the Halloween party?" Yeosang revealed.

"What?"

Halloween party

When Wooyoung entered to go to the toilet, Yeosang offered Jongho to go back inside since the temperature was getting lower. They joined the others, well mostly Yunho since Hongjoong and Seonghwa seemed to be in their bubble, San was nowhere to be found and Mingi left an hour ago.

Ten minutes passed, then fifteen, twenty and still no news from Wooyoung. Yeosang took his phone and saw a text from his best friend that was sent ten minutes ago.

Wooyoung: Sorry to ditch you, I left with someone.

Yeosang chuckled, he bet it was the guy from earlier. At that moment, San joined them knotting his Slytherin tie. His make-up wasn't as fresh as it was when they arrived but Yeosang pretended not to notice.

San looked around and asked Yeosang where Wooyoung was. Yeosang Quinn laughed and said he left with someone. Everyone was shocked or excited to know that, asking for more details. Everyone, except San.

"With who? The guy who was drooling on him?" he asked, bitter.

"I don't know. Maybe." Yeosang shrugged.