Roommates | NCT Doyoung

eight

Jena got home pretty late at night after creating her blueprint for her project. She wanted to go for aerospace since she's usually on airplanes a lot when her dad took her to travel for business. It was something she was always curious about. Jungwoo and Jena went to get burgers and fries for dinner before going home so Jena wasn't hungry at all.

Jena opened the door to the apartment with the keys and closing it slowly behind her. She took off her shoes and the first thing she saw was Doyoung leaning against the wall, crossing his arms, while swinging his keys.

"You're home late. Did you have a date?" Doyoung cockily asked Jena, attempting to lower her ego. "Or maybe you were crying at the fact that you could never get one?"

"Shut up." Jena's breath seethed as she didn't want to argue with him at this late hour. "I was just at school pretty late working on my mechanical engineering project. It's semester long."

"Wow, so studious. No wonder why you're single." Doyoung passed by Jena, brushing shoulders with her unintentionally. "I'm going out with the boys, step aside."

"Why do I care?" Jena bitterly responded, making Doyoung stop in his traces. He walked up to Jena, leaning towards her ear, causing shivers down her spine.

"I'd thought I'd just let you know. After all, you are my roommate." Doyoung whispered into his ears, now backing out. He fixed his leather jacket and opened the front door and shutting it. He didn't even say goodbye to Jena. She didn't care though.

"This guy." Jena sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. She also stretched her arms to attempt to get rid of the shivers.

Jena went to her room and sat on her desk, turning on her desk light and taking her laptop out of her bag. She decided to finish the rest of her homework from her other classes until she ended up slumbering for the night.

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Doyoung, Hanseol, and Taeyong were out at a chicken and beer place, promising each other to drink mildly, especially the fact that Hanseol and Taeyong were light drinkers. 

"Heard you got a new chick? Na Gaeun right? I heard she's one of the hottest girls in school but the most jealous." Hanseol initiated the conversation, leaning towards Doyoung while being slightly tipsy. "I heard that just be eavesdropping other students."

"I don't plan on asking her out at all." Doyoung pushed Hanseol off him, but holding him so that he doesn't lose his balance. "She's a hopeless cause and far from my type. I'm just having fun like any other girl." Doyoung let out a slight smudged smile.

"God, you and your girl toys." Hanseol rolled his eyes. 

"Just don't let her know that you are involved with Jena." Taeyong added a point with Doyoung whipping his head towards Taeyong.

"Why is Jena relevant to this conversation?" Doyoung defensively asked Taeyong since Jena was the last person Doyoung wanted to talk about right now.

"Knowing Gaeun's personality, she might set off Jena or Jena might do the same. Also, Jena will not keep silent either." Taeyong responded, taking a sip of beer. "I mean, you do you man. Just be careful."

"Yeah, I will. Like you always say." Doyoung took a shot of soju, while eating his chicken away. He was getting a bit tipsy. "It's not like I'll ever find true love again anyways so I'll might as well keep doing what I'm doing."

"Doyoung...." Hanseol held onto his arm, still slightly tipsy, but will get sober the faster. He was eating chicken while drinking water seeing his two friends are getting into worser stages. "You have hope..."

Doyoung took another shot of soju, feeling the alcohol taking over him now at the stage of being drunk. "I do not have any hope at all."

"You can't keep blaming yourself for this." Taeyong also was getting on the drunk side, still drinking his beer. Hanseol noticed and stopped drinking so that he can take his two friends home.

Doyoung pour another shot of soju. It was probably his 10th shot by now. Hanseol was trying to stop him but he refused. Doyoung was drinking the soju fast as his Adam's apple bobbled as his eyes were still feeling hazy, now completely drunk. He was a whole mess.

"If Eunjin and I didn't break up that night, she wouldn't have died."

Doyoung's head went smack down on the table as he fell asleep with his last words. Hanseol and Taeyong signaled to each other that they should pay for their late night dinner and take Doyoung home.

-

Jena was putting her belongings in her locker at school minding her own business until someone slammed her locker loudly. Luckily it didn't slam on her fingers.

"Were you one who slept with my boyfriend so that's why he wasn't at school today?" The girl yelled loudly enough for everyone to hear.

Jena was beyond shocked, making the most weirdest face with her eyebrows. "Do I even know who you are?"

"Yes, I'm Na Gaeun. The most popular girl in school and Doyoung's girlfriend." Gaeun flipped her hair while Jena mentally gagged. "I saw you talking to him outside of the school building the other day."

"So he can't talk to other girls? That's funny. And no, I have no interest in that guy whatsoever. He hates me with his whole heart." Jena crossed her arms, scoffing with her whole body as her venom tone dripped out. "You can sleep with him all day every day, I don't care."

Gaeun gasped as she was at a loss for words from Jena's bitterness towards her. "I can't believe you would think that of me!" She sounded like she was about to cry.

"Am I wrong?" Jena provoked her and Gaeun attempted to slap her on the cheek. Jena was prepared to close her eyes until a hand stopped Gaeun from slapping her.

"Do not touch my sister." Jeno's voice dropped down an octave lower as Gaeun's hands trembled under Jeno's grasp. Jeno was also a popular choice among women according to Gaeun.

"I can't believe you're related to this bitch." Gaeun talked in a lower tone and just left while everyone minded their own business. Some students talked about the whole fiasco, most students didn't care since they had their own business to attend.

Jena made eye contact with Jeno for a split second, seeing Haechan behind him too. But before Jena could say anything, Jeno bolted away. Jena reached out her hand slowly to grab her younger brother, but he was too fast to leave.

"Je-" Jena gave up as there was no hope. She wanted to at least thank her younger brother for helping her out like every other human would.

Jena's expression turned stone cold as Haechan was still standing there. She didn't want to deal with Haechan either since she hasn't seen him in so long.

Haechan didn't know what to do honestly with the tension of his two cousins. Haechan felt really bad for Jena, but he knew he was an asshole for doing it and also simply left Jena to go follow Jeno instead.

Jena's suddenly so.... cold-hearted....

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"Why did you stand up for Jena? You're usually not like that." Haechan asked Jeno as they simply sat outside of the school's rooftop so that Jeno can cool off. "You literally hate her till your last living breath."

"You hate her too." Jeno tone dripped like venom, giving Haechan chills. "You even chose to follow me up here than talking to her."

"I'm gonna be honest with you." Haechan took a deep breath. "I don't hate her as much as you do but I don't understand her enough. I'm only going off from what you're telling me."

And that's a very asshole move of a cousin I am.

Jeno turned around, shaking his hands to release the tension in his arms.

"I did it out of pity."

Damn.

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bruh jeno