Strawberries & Cigarettes- Meanie

II

Play; Wires by The Neighbourhood

Wonwoo stuffs the white plastic bag into the backpack he brought with him and walks into the building. He sees Mingyu laughing with a few people he didn't recognise. Atleast he wasn't in the dorm was what Wonwoo thought until.

"Wonwoo Hyung!" The tan male calls out.

Wonwoo curses under his breath. "Ah! Hey Mingyu, who is this?" He asks walking over to him putting on a smile.

"Everyone this is Wonwoo my roommate and Wonwoo this is my Seungcheol, Vernon and Dino. Seungcheol is in his 3rd year while Vernon and Dino are in mine." Mingyu introduces everyone.

"Nice to meet you all, I'm sorry but I'm a bit of a rush right now so I'll see you later." Wonwoo says bowing and scurrying off.

He quickly unlocks the door and shoves the bag under his bed. He catches his breath quickly before standing up and brushing his shirt smooth.

He checks his phone and sees it's already 3pm, the club opens at 6 so he should get there at 8 or 9.

He sits on his bed pulling out his book to continue reading.

He is in his own world, surrounded by the images the words of the world he has opened, until the door slams open.

"Jesus Christ Mingyu, scared the shit out of me." Wonwoo says.

"Sorry, im gonna go to that party now, do you wanna join?" Mingyu asks.

"Nah, I'm okay. I think I'll head to my friends house tonight." Wonwoo replies not looking up from his book.

Mingyu changes his shirt as he says. "Okay then. Have fun"

He opens the door and leaves after grabbing his jacket.

As soon as Wonwoo sees Mingyu get in his car from the window he starts getting ready.

He puts on a sleeveless graphic shirt, black skinny jeans and a leather jacket, he also quickly applies smokey eyeliner and a lipgloss.

He slips on a few rings and a chain around his neck. Putting in his tongue and septum piercing. He quickly checks himself in the mirror and slips on his black boots.

Quickly grabbing his phone, keys and wallet slipping them into his jacket pockets. He heads off to walk to the club, he's knows he's gonna get wasted either way so their no point bringing a car.

After a 15 minute walk he arrived outside the club, he can hear the music blaring and the rainbow lights streaming from the windows, this is where I belong he thinks as he sighs longingly. He opens the door and is greeted by the regulars and a few of the workers.

"Hello kind sir, welcome to By The Moon, the best bar and club in town, what may I get you?" The black haired bartender asks with an awful British accent.

"Shut up Jinyoung hyung, just get me whatever." Wonwoo chuckles sitting down by the bar.

"Awwe, Wonwoo you should have kept the concept going, had to ruin the fun," Jinyoung says sarcastically.

"Hey! Don't ever insult my Wonwoo like that!" Another voice shouts from a few metres away.

"Hey BamBam! How are you? Haven't seen you in ages!" Wonwoo shouts getting up to greet the younger.

"Great, even better now that I've seen you! Come over to our booth, leave Jinyoung to do his job. He lost the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors so he's on work duty." BamBam says grabbing Wonwoo by his shoulders and pushing him over to the other side of the room.

"Bring my drink to the table okay!" Wonwoo shouts over the music to an unamused Jinyoung.

Wonwoo follows the silver haired male into the booth to be greeted by 5 other men.

"Hey Wonwoo! You haven't dropped by here in a while have you!" Jaebeom greets.

"I know it's been way too long! I feel more in my element here." Wonwoo shouts over the music.

"Okay then! Next rounds on me okay!" Mark shouts a smile etched on his face.

"Let's fucking go!" Yugeom shouts.

The 7 men spend their night catching up, drinking and smoking weed. By 10pm they are all wasted but they all know Jinyoung who's on bartender duty will take care of them, so they continue drinking with no worries and no stress on their minds. But on the other side of the dance floor another group of men drink too.

"Hey Coups hyung, who's that guy over there?" Mingyu asks pointing to the lanky man on the other side of the room, he's easy to notice with his toned arms showing as he is wearing a sleeveless shirt, the Smokey eyeliner surrounding his eyes enhance his natural cat like eye shape. Mingyu also notices the metal around his neck and fingers, there is also a piercing in his tongue as every time he opens his mouth to laugh or drink the metals glistens in the bright lights, the septum piercing decorates his nose and suits him perfectly. Mingyu found himself captivated by the mans beauty and considering he was straight, he himself found it weird to be so attracted to the same sex.

"Oh him! He's a regular here, he's friends with the owners and employees here too. I don't know his name but he goes by Beanie. I've spoken to him a few times and he seems like a nice guy." Seungcheol answers.

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"Mark hyung, I'm gonna head home now, I have class tomorrow I don't want to get too wasted." Wonwoo says standing up and putting on his jacket.

"Let me take you home, I need some fresh air anyways." Jackson offers grabbing his keys.

"If you don't mind," Wonwoo says as he grabs one more shot and chugs it. "I'll see you all soon yeah?"

"Of course! Next time you're here I'll buy!" Youngjae shouts over the music.

"Remember you promised this okay! Can't back out when the time comes!" Yugyeom says gleefully.

"I'll see you all soon!" Wonwoo says as he waves goodbye and leave with Jackson.

He gets into the passenger seat of Jackson's Range Rover.

"It's so nice seeing everyone again, I guess I was just too lazy during summer." Wonwoo says laying back into the comfort of the leather seat.

"How could you not visit your hyung! I don't care if you leave the other 6 useless things but ME?!" Jackson dramatically says jokingly. "I'm too amazing to leave behind like that!"

They both laugh at his theatrics and the rest of the car ride is surrounded by a comfortable silence, until they arrived at Wonwoo's building.

"Here we are!" Jackson exclaims unlocking the doors.

"Bye hyung see you soon," Wonwoo says getting out.

He walks into his building knowing no one would be out, he's used to this by now. 10.30 is too late for people staying in to not be in their rooms but it's too early for people partying to leave. The perfect time to sneak home and now blow his cover.

He gets into his room with no difficulty, he changes, removes all his jewellery and makeup. He takes a quick hot shower to relax and heads to sleep.