UNEXPECTED // P. JIHOON

five

it was only 3:30 pm and i was done with all my tasks for today. so i decided to go home and prepare all the things that me and jihoon are going to bring to my new apartment.

after i arrived at home, i immediately got changed into my sweatpants to feel more comfortable.
it's 3:50 and i still have time before jihoon finishes work, so i decided to eat a sandwich and then organise my boxes.

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as i was about to start the next episode of my favourite series i heard the bell ring.

shortly after jihoon was standing in my hallway looking exhausted already.

"i almost got lost on the way even though it's like five minutes away from our company", he says and runs his fingers through his hair.

"you should've called me!"

"it's okay, what matters is that i'm here now. let's get started shall we?"

i show him all the stuff that needs to be moved and we start right away. luckily my new place is only a few minutes away so we can literally walk there. it may sound crazy considering the amount of things we have to carry, but i don't want to waste money on overpriced moving companies when i could finish it in a few hours for free.

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after almost four hours and tripping over our own feet a few times, we were finally done and back to my current place.

"good thing you ordered new furniture, because i think it would've us a few days to carry those", he wipes his hands dry after washing the dust from the boxes off of them.

"i don't think you realise how much you helped me today. i literally don't need to do anything anymore except carry my own ass there at the end of this week," we burst out in laughter together before he turns to look at me.

he suddenly looks a bit more serious, "honestly, i enjoyed. even though i'm tired but i still think it was a lot of fun. especially talking about our stupid stories."

"yeah, i think so too."

the silence grew louder with every second that passed when i realised something.

"i don't know how i could pay you back but .. are you by any chance hungry? because i really am", i put my hands on my stomach listening to it growl.

he nods and takes out his phone,
"you want to order some food?"

hell yeah.

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".. so then she fell off the freaking boat into the water and i couldn't help her get up again because i was laughing so hard", i finished telling the story about my sister trying to impress a guy on another boat near us but failing miserably.

he laughed but tried to hold himself back, "i feel bad for laughing but what a story."

"no don't feel bad, she's just stupid."

jihoons smile fades away when he looks at the time on his phone.

"wow, it's almost 11:30pm. i should slowly get going because we both have to wake up early tomorrow."

even though i feel a little sad, i agree with him. i don't want us to be tired at work, especially me because i just started working there.

he helps me clean up the table and walks over to his shoes to put them on.

"thank you so much for everything today, including the great talk we just had", i bow to him.

"you're welcome, thank you for that. and please don't bow, it feels weird for me since we hugged the last time."

i laugh when i remember that, "oh you're right. then come here", i start gesturing him to come hug me.

he wraps his arms around me while gently rubbing my back a few times.

after a few seconds we step back and i look at him in the eyes.

it wasn't anything weird or uncomfortable but i could feel something between us. usually when i meet someone they either take it way too fast or tend to make things sexual almost immediately. but with jihoon it felt mutual and comforting as if we hadn't known each other for barely even a week.

"i guess i'll see you around? good night", he opens the door before giving me one last smile.

"good night."

after closing the door i get changed and laid down on my bed trying to find a comfortable position to sleep.

i thought about the last few hours i spent with jihoon and couldn't but help but smile. he's so different than the guys i'm used to. except for chris maybe but i don't really see him like a guy, more like a girly best friend i can talk to whenever i have some gossip to talk about.

suddenly i hear someone open the door in the hallway and some light footsteps. a few seconds later i hear chris quietly knock on my bedroom door.

''come in, since when do you knock? you usually just open it without checking first.''

he weirdly looks around the room and then comes to sit at the edge of my bed.

''i saw the dishes in the kitchen and it looked like you had someone over. who knows? maybe you have some guy in your bed and even though i know we're adults, i don't want to see you like that. ew'', he shakes his head in disgust.

''wow, thank you for that. i didn't know i was that gross. for your information, i did have some company here, jihoon. you met him, remember?''

he looks suspiciously at me, ''you had a date here?''

''no. he helped me to move my stuff to my new apartment and then we ordered some food in since we both didn't eat anything for dinner.''

talking about jihoon i didn't notice that i was smiling and looking out of my window as if i was daydreaming about it all over again. chris, on the other hand, did seem to notice.

''well, since he makes you this-'' he takes my face in his hands and pinches my cheeks, ''- happy, i can only approve of him. once you feel comfortable enough i would love to meet this prince charming of yours'', he winks at me and stands up to walk out of my room.

''yah, you idiot. he was just being nice, that's all. stop making everything so weird!'', i throw one of my pillows at him and it perfectly hit him in the head.

after chris left, i made myself comfortable on my bed and looked outside of my window. as i felt my eyes slowly getting heavier i remembered the talk i had with jihoon. we were sitting at my table in the living room eating the food that we ordered.

i don't remember how we got to that topic but we started opening up to each other and ended up talking about my last relationship. i don't like to bring up my past, simply because i want to move on and not cry about something i wouldn't be able to change anyways.

"so why did you guys break up?", jihoon asked and took another bite of his food.

i put my spoon back on the table and stared at the soup in front of me. i started telling the story of my ex boyfriend and the way his family was way too involved in our life, eventually ruining our relationship.

"oh .. i'm so sorry that you had to go through that", he stopped eating and looked concerned.

i let out a chuckle, "it's okay. it happened and i learned to live with it. sometimes people are just not meant to be together and i realised that he wasn't the one for me. but i'm too young to worry about this stuff anyway. i want to meet someone but i don't want to force something or look for it. if it happens it happens", i say and smile at him.

he nods and looks at me in silence for a few seconds before saying, "you seem like a really great person and i'm pretty sure you will find someone who will give you what you deserve."

i look at him and think about what he just said. if someone had said this to me when i went through my breakup i would've had a much easier time. hearing it from jihoon with his soothing voice shows me that he genuinely listens and cares about me even though we met a few days ago.

as i was thinking about jihoon i slowly closed my eyes and fell asleep.