An Early Morning Dream | KSJ

7: Mannequin

~[28/10/2022]

Lee Ae Rin's POV:

"Does that look like me?" I ask myself, completely not convinced that the structure of pillows under the blanket on my bed looks like me. It looks like the folded clothes are covered with a blanket. I guess, I'd rather say, it looks more like a dead body and not a sleeping person. 

Aishh. After this all years of experience, why am I still bad at making my own mannequin? 

What do I do now? I need to go with the snacks for the Beer party. It is 9:15 pm and I need to leave within 30 minutes to reach on time. Not to mention, I am in my yellow dress and I can definitely not wear this at the gathering. Dresses are not my comfort zone. 

I quickly open my cupboard and find something that can make me feel better. And guess what I found... My favorite grey hoodie and jogger. I guess it is okay to wear it at night and I hope it is not hot at this time. I put on the clothes and get ready with the three bags of snacks I bought in the evening. 

Crap! It's heavy and because I need to pretend that I am sleeping in my room, I cannot even bring my Kimchi to the hostel. However, as long as I don't get caught, I'm good with carrying this weight all alone. Because food is love <3

Well, my mannequin is weird but I don't have time to fix it. I put on the shoes, take the bags and jump out of my window.

"God, I'm leaving my luck to you. Don't let my parents enter my room. Please!"

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"Knock Knock!" I say instead of actually knocking on the open door of Jimin's room. However, I don't see Jimin or Tae. There is Jin, organizing his cupboard and now looking at me.

Did I ever tell you guys how handsome he is? From the first day, I thought he is a good catch if he is single. But the fact that he is a post-grad student, I wonder if we have a huge generation gap. Also, there are certain things that bother me when it comes to relationships, like...

Nevermind. He must be thinking I am weird, right? Because who says 'knock knock' even when their hands are full of bags? Also, me being weird with Jimin and Tae is normal. 

"Hey! Hand me those bags." He says, taking away all the bags.

"Thanks. I'm already tired. Haha." I say, sounds awkward but I don't know what else to say when I am really tired of carrying these bags from my house to the hostel.

"Why did you bring this much food?" He asks, peeking into each bag.

Removing my shoes, I lie on the bed next to the cupboard and catch my breath before responding to him. "You'll know it soon. Just pray that this will be enough for these monkeys!"

As soon as I said the word monkey, he giggled. Giggling Seokjin makes me get up and sit on the bed now. He looks handsome even when he is laughing. I guess, he would look handsome all the time, no matter what he is doing. 

After keeping all the bags on the study table, he turns around and starts taking out snacks. Surprisingly, he is also wearing grey clothes - a shirt and sweatpants. But his shoulders are pretty wide. I never knew how amazing it is to stare at someone's back like this.

I swear this man is going to turn me into a stalker one day.

"So, are you getting used to the hostel yet?" I ask and he turns around to face me. 

"Umm, I guess." There is a pause before he utters something more. "I don't know but I love this place."

"That's good." I responded and add more when he opens the second bag of snacks, "There are 10 packs of waffles in them. Just take out half for now."

He nods saying okay and opens the third bag. I guess he doesn't seem to find the waffles. Dammit! I hope I didn't forget them at home. I quickly stand up and go near him to check the bags but he didn't realize I was just behind him when he turned around.

"I can't fin--" he attempts to say but I trip exclaiming, "Oooohhh!"

It's been a couple of seconds since I try opening my eyes after tripping. I'm lying on the bed behind me and this guy is on top of me. I can feel his breath. But the fact that one of his hands is wrapped around my head so that I don't hit my head on the tough mattress makes me feel butterflies. I can't express how good his other hand wrapped around my waist feels. I feel like I'm floating. I'm in heaven. Or am I dead? 

I open my eyes and he is already looking at me. He stares at me for too long that we both know there is something between us. I can already feel the tension. He scans my entire face. And right when my eyes fall on his lips, I hear him whisper against my skin, "Didn't know you were this sensitive..."

Sensitive? Crap! CRAP!!!! 

I must be a blushing mess right now with his face a few inches away from mine. The way my heart is beating, I can feel the warm blood rushing through my cheeks and ears. But what he doesn't know is that he looks like a mess too. I can see him getting all flustered with his face turning cherry red. 

I feel like my heart is going to jump out of my chest. Only if I were a mannequin, I'd be safe.

"Are you okay?" he whispers again, tenderly tightening his grip behind my head. His voice reached my ears makes its way to every single cell of my body. His raspy voice when he whispers does something to me. All of a sudden, it makes me feel hot. Maybe I shouldn't have worn a hoodie and jogger. But...

How the hell he is so calm? I feel like my entire world has turned upside down.

What is this feeling? I don't know. I lowkey want that lips of his to crash onto mine. I suddenly want him to stay like this. I don't want him to unwrap his arm around my waist. Am I too greedy?

Not a stalker but this man is going to turn me into an addict. 

Lee Ae Rin is getting attracted to this man. I can feel my damn hormones trying to tie a knot with his hormones. It's uncontrollable. 

Shivers run down my spine with his every single f*cking touch on my skin. But right when I hear the sound of a door opening, I respond to him getting back to my sense, "Maybe after you get up from m--"

"WHAT THE HECK!" and someone interrupts me.

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