UNEXPECTED // P. JIHOON

six

it was finally saturday which means i could get more sleep and have a nice relaxing day with my roommate.

"how are you doing with the whole moving thing?", chris asks as we sit at our table in the living room and eat breakfast.

"pretty good actually. i only have to bring over some of my clothes, make up and some other stuff. but that should only be about 2 bags."

"that's great. what do you have planned for today?"

"a friend of mine invited me to a birthday party of some girl. it's the one that owns that one cafe near my working place, i think i told you about her."

chris looks up, "oh yeah, the nice girl. you should introduce me to her sometime, she sounds like a great person."

"yah", i flick his forehead with my finger, "she's basically the only person i have here so don't mess around with her."

"pff ... what makes you think that i would do that?"

i finish the last bite of my food and stand up, "do you really want me to talk about your past relationships with women?"

he shakes his head and follows me to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

chris has had one serious relationship that lasted almost 4 years. but he found out that she had been cheating on him with another friend of theirs so he wanted to end it.
she somehow changed his mind and so he gave her a second chance, only to be cheated on again. with the same dude.

he didn't want to get hurt again so he only had hookups or regular dates. i really wish him only the best and hope he can trust someone one day and finally be happy again, but i know how hard it was for him to get over the last girl. i tried to introduce him to a few girls that i knew but it always ended the same. he never went further than one date or, .. sometimes just one night together.

that's why i don't think introducing him to lia would be a good idea.

-

"- just tell me what to wear, lia. i know people won't care but i still don't want to be over- or underdressed", i've been talking to lia on my phone for the past twenty minutes to find something to wear.

"okay, okay. what about a nice and simple skirt.. and a t-shirt? or a blouse maybe?"

i look at the clothes in front of me and surprisingly found some nice pieces that would look pretty good on me.

"wow. i can't believe i found something. i'm going to get ready and do my makeup. thanks for your help, bye."

"byee, see you later."

-

"so you must be kaia?", the birthday girl gave me a quick hug and showed us to our table at the pöace that she rented for the night.

"i'm seohyun, thank you so much for coming and for the presents."

she left almost immediately because other guests arrived and she went to greet them.

"she doesn't seem to bad", i tell lia while looking at the menu card in front of us.

"-yet. you'll see once she takes a few shots this whole place will soon turn into a stripclub", she says and looks around the bar.
her eyes suddenly stopped at the corner on the other side of the bar.

"isn't that jihoon?"

i immediately turn around to see jihoon and three other guys sit at a table. they are taking their jackets off which means they must have arrived at the same time as us.