Roommates | Jeon Wonwoo

9. Gossip

The rest of your day was a bit of a blur, so much had happened in the past two hours and you couldn't quite wrap your head around it. First, you wake up with Wonwoo spooning you, then you almost get fired from your job, and then you have to turn up to a plain old lecture and pretend everything is fine. You get through your lecture relatively smoothly, but on your walk back to your dorm you can hear someone shouting your name, trying to catch up to you. You can immediately tell who it is, and have to brace yourself before turning around. You thought Wonwoo had scared him off enough last time when he tried to approach you and he was there, but obviously not. While he'd never talked to you in lectures before, he was a massive teacher's pet and was the first to put his hand up for every question so you knew his voice all too well.

"Ah I finally caught up to you!" he panted

"Hiiiii Chan!" you smiled through gritted teeth, "What's up?"

"Well, I've actually been meaning to ask you something." he searches your face for any emotion before continuing. "That guy who came to our lecture with you yesterday - you're not dating him, right?"

You didn't even bother to try to hide the confusion and slight irritation in your expression when replying. "No? Did you chase after me just to ask that?"

"I went to the same school as him - if you know him then you probably know Dokyeom too, right?"

"Yeah? I mean I've met him once."

"Well I think you have the right to know what type of person Wonwoo is before you get too involved. He dated a guy in his year called Mingyu for a while before he left school and the relationship was very messy, Wonwoo's known there for being a massive troublemaker and I guess you could call him a bit of a playboy. It eventually got out that he cheated on Mingyu with some random girl."

"Are you kidding? Why would I believe all of this from you?"

"I'm being serious, Sora. You should distance yourself from him, he can be really obsessive and I don't want you to put yourself in danger. I think you should take my number - if he starts acting weird or clingy please message me." He hands you a piece of paper that he'd scribbled his number on and you shove it in your pocket.

"If taking your number will make you leave me alone then fine. I've had a really overwhelming day and don't really want to deal with this bullshit right now. But thanks, I guess." You step around him and put your headphones on, hoping he'll see and not bother trying to talk to you again.

You're 95% sure that what he was saying was absolute nonsense but the fact he knew Dokyeom as well shook you up a bit. Maybe it would be best to talk to Dokyeom first? But you had no way to contact him. If you asked Wonwoo which room he was in he'd probably ask why you wanted to know, and you didn't have his phone number. So, you came up with a plan to meet up with the four of you: Wonwoo, Dokyeom, Chaewon, and you. Of course, you couldn't do anything in the nighttime as you'd always be doing something but you figured you could go out for lunch or something like that.

When you got to your floor of the dorm, it turns out you didn't need to come up with any sort of elaborate plan because Dokyeom was unlocking his door right in front of you. You approached and greeted him, fiddling with your bag as you tried to think of something to say.

"Is something up, do you wanna come in?" he questions, pointing through his now open door as he places a doorstop to keep it open.

"Yes please. I just had a really strange conversation with someone and I wanna check some things with you." you explain, feeling as if you're betraying Wonwoo in some way by sneaking around.

Dokyeom, like Chaewon, had a room which he didn't share with anyone. It was a little messy but not in a dirty way at all: his desk was cluttered with notes and cute keepsakes; his bed wasn't made; and opened letters were scattered along his windowsill. The door of his cupboard was left a little open and was filled with striped shirts, just like the one he was wearing today. He placed his bag down next to a blanket that must've fallen off of his bed and got cozy sitting under his duvet.