Lover Next Door

Chapter 20

"Yujinnnn"
"Yes Jiyoung?"
"Are we sleeping over at your place again" she giggles
"Sure" I sigh
The rest cheer as if they won the lottery

It was getting more late into the night. By now almost everyone is drunk. This time Mark actually stayed a bit more awake
"You wanna help me take them?" I ask
"Yeah" he says as he helps Johnny walk out

We all walk to the apartment and successfully get everyone in
"Are you going to your apartment?" I ask Jaehyun, who's also intoxicated
"No I wanna have a sleepover too" he says and stumbles inside mine
"Okay, I guess" I close my door

"Okay let's try to figure where you all will sleep"
"Do you have any beer?" Mina asks
"We just had a bunch of drinks and you still want more?"
"Yes" she giggles hysterically
"Yeah I have some in the fridge" I sigh
They all rush to get whatever's in my fridge

"Are you sure you're okay with everyone staying here?" Mark turns to me
"I can't just risk letting everyone go home alone"
"Whatever you say"
"I'm gonna grab some blankets"

I look in my closet to see if there enough blankets
"My Yujin" I hear someone come up from behind
"Your Yujin?" I laugh
"Mhm"
"You're funny Jaehyun"
"What are you doing?"
"Grabbing blankets"

"I wanna cuddle"
"Are you okay?"
"You act like we don't cuddle"
"I think you had a lot to drink" I say

He's very needy when he's drunk, at the same time very entertaining

"Please?"
"I need to give everyone their blankets"
"You can give it to them later come on"
Before I can say anything else, he grabs my hand and we go to my room

"Oh you're being serious"
He stays silent and just lays on my bed, patting the empty spot next to him
"Fine" I lay next to him
He immediately wraps his arms around me
"You smell nice"
"Thanks"

I feel him told on tighter. I lay my head on his chest, his heart beating against my ear
"I like this" he says
He's more affectionate with me when he's drunk, I wonder how he is with other girls

"So your friend didn't come"
"You don't like to consider him as a friend?"
"No. I don't trust him"
I click my tongue, he's being completely unreasonable
"What's your deal with him?"
"You're too good for him"
"So it's about me?"

"I don't like him"
"He's a good guy, you're just waiting for him to get caught slipping"
"Yes I am"
"Jaehyun not everyone is perfect, you of all people should know that"
I don't want to look up at him, I just know he's frowning upon me

"I just think there's better options"
"Oh yeah, like who?"
Suddenly he gets quiet. Seems like he wants to take back what he said

"You know if you were my girlfriend I'd make sure I was always at any hangout especially if you were there"
"Really?" I laugh
"Yeah"
"That's too bad that you're not my boyfriend then" I answer sarcastically
"We can always change that"
I finally look up at him. He seems serious about what he said, but I can't tell
"Okay calm down it was a joke"

"You know sometimes people hold in their true feelings towards someone, to avoid hurting their relationship" He goes on
"Yeah, but that's not good. Any relationship should be an honest one"
"But what if one persons true feelings end up ruining the bond they share with the other person" He's being very sentimental for a drunk person
"In a way, it's better to find out than to keep those emotions to yourself"

"Do you think you'll ever get over Taeyong?"
"What?"
"Do you think the feelings you have for him will ever pass?"
"Um...I don't know. I like him a lot"

His eyes look more and more tired. He can barley keep them open at this point
"You should get over him and open your heart for someone else"

Someone else? This is getting weird

"Um, I'm gonna go give out the blankets" I break free from the abrace and leave the room.

The whole conversation has me confused. Is he pointing out a real life scenario? But with who? Why does he want to know about my feelings towards Taeyong?

"Sorry guys I couldn't find blankets for a second" When i look up practically everyone is asleep
"Shhh, you're gonna wake them up" A drunk Yuta laughs
I wrap everyone with a blanket to help them feel more comfortable
"Goodnight Yuta" I say as I hand him his blanket
"Night Yujin"

I enter my room and realize that Jaehyun went from speaking deeply on whatever was in his mind to completely knocking out. I lay on the other side if the bed. Luckily, the bed is big enough for there to be a gap between us

I look at him. What is he hiding?
I could think of more questions but I feel my eyes get heavier and heavier.

Maybe I can talk to him in the morning

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