A Place Called You

CHAPTER FIVE

The boys left as soon as Tati returned from the apartment next door, May went with them. Tati was very grateful for the help, and made a mental reminder to thank her brother laterfor sending his friends to gelp. Only Seonghwa was left in the apartment wit her.

With her grandmother's patchwork quilt lining the bed, the pile of pillows, and the books arranged on the new shelves she got as a gift, Tati almost felt at home. Some things still needed to be put in it's places. The clothes needed to go into the new wardrobe and a few boxes of CDs and paintings were still by the door, but by then she was too tired to do anything.

Seonghwa had gone out to buy groceries after seeing that the kitchen cupboard and fridge were practically empty. The last thing Tati wanted after spending the day taking care of moving things was to go to the grocery store, so she stayed home with the excuse of finishing her room, which she had practically finished doing.

To be honest, all she wanted was a really long shower, but she felt guilty about relaxing while Seonghwa was shopping for her.

But wow, how she wanted a bath! It was already dark and there was no sign of Seownghwa or Tati's roommate, who she hadn't even met yet, so the girl ended up deciding to go to the bathroom.

Yunho went upstairs with the shopping bags. He was in the gallery when he remembered that there was probably nothing in the fridge and cupboards, which probably wouldn't make a good impression on his new roommate he didn't even know.

He wasn't at home when Hongjoong took the girl to see the apartment for the first time, she had classes. But that day, moving day, which was a Saturday, besides not having classes, it was his day off at the gallery, but he offered to work because he was nervous.

It was weird having someone else living in the apartment. He agreed to let the girl stay after talking to Joong and spending a few days thinking about i. He finally understood the situation, but for him to let someone else occupy Mingi's room was like betrayal.

So he was acting like a child, avoiding the girl as long as he could. But it was too late now, at some point he would need to go home. So there he was, standing outside apartment 1117, hesitating to enter his own house.

"Come on Yunho, this is ridiculous." he said to himself. So he mustered up the courage and entered the apartment.

There was no sign of anyone in the living room or in the kitchen. But he noticed the large dark wood bookcase filled with books that took up the previously empty space on one of the walls of the room and was completely out of step with the rest of the furniture. Maybe the girl was in the room. Yunho left the shopping bags on the kitchen counter and went to the door that used to be Mingi's room. He knocked on the door but got no answer. Maybe she had left. Well, he would have a little more time.

He then headed to the kitchen to put away the groceries, he was going through the cupboards under the sink when he heard a voice.

"Oh you finally arrived, I was worried."

Yunho stood up, stepping out from behind the counter and into the sight of the girl, who was very small and was wrapped in a fluffy pink towel while she dried her hair with another towel .The two froze. Yunho widened his eyes, not knowing what to do. The girl was also speechless.

"You're not Seonghwa, what means you're Yunho, right?" she asked, her face as red as a ripe tomato.

The boy nodded.

"And you're Joong's friend" he commented.

"Yeah... huuum... How about I go get dressed and we pretend you didn't just saw me wrapped in a towel? Then we start over and introduce ourselves in a less embarrassing way?" She asked.