Strip it | JJK

chapter 4 | unadmittedly curious

It was lunch time. The best time of the day to be a hungry, poor girl. Hint the sarcasm.

Chayoung had come to know that her roommate was one hell of a rambler. God, how she never stopped talking. It concerned everything between heaven and earth and even sometimes beyond when the conversation moved to zodiac signs and star constellations.

But Chayoung seemed to like it.

The girl quickly grew used to her new roommate's gabby mouth.

Mostly, Chayoung hated silence. She appreciated it every once in a while, but there wasn't many of those so-called 'once-offs' when she'd been living alone since she was 18. The quietness was constant. And it was always loud around the girl. It made her think... of her life, of how she wanted her life to be, of her mother, if she would ever make her proud. Mostly, the silence simply made her feel lonely.

But since starting college only 4 days ago, she had already felt the difference.

The difference of having a roommate. The difference of having a friend and... the feeling of not being alone.

So Chayoung didn't care to stop Haneul when she first started on a new topic. And she always listened.

Well... always, except in this right moment.

Across the cafeteria, the 19 year old girl had rested her eyes on the guy who yesterday asked her to be her partner in an assignment and also the guy who knew of her little secret — Jeon Jungkook.

Next to him was his friend he always sat beside in class. It was also the one Chayoung thought would be Jungkook's partner, but maybe that guy had a deal with another classmate. Next to them were some other students.

A pair of girls, arms linked, passed by the table Jungkook was sitting at the edge at. Their gazes on Jungkook were obvious, and their chatter too. Chayoung was no hawk, but she swear she could hear their giggling from where she sat. When Jungkook looked up at them and met their stares, he winked at them. The girl's waved before passing him. They both looked back afterwards, only to see Jungkook was looking back at them too. And then their giggles were actually loud enough to be heard in the entire cafeteria.

Chayoung didn't realize it, but her eyes had squinted while observing it.

"...and then I- Chayoung?" Haneul must have noticed the lack of focus during her story from the girl in front of her.

"Who is he?" Chayoung asked and pointed at the guy far behind them.

Haneul turned around and searched for the guy that was asked about. She knew exactly who it was, when she saw him. Let's just say... she'd heard rumors.

"Jungkook? Didn't you tell me that he asked you to be your partner in that project you have?" Haneul answered with a question. Chayoung should know this guy more than her.

"It is, but... I don't know shit about him." Chayoung sighed and detached her eyes from the guy again.

"Why, are you curious?" Haneul teased her roommate, wriggling her brows at her.

Chayoung however wasn't fazed by it. She only wanted to know why he seemed to be everywhere she was. It had only been 4 days since she started and she hadn't gone one day without seeing him at least once.

"Yeah, a bit."

"I don't know much... but I do know something. In the few days we've been here he's already grown to be one of the most popular guys here, along with his friends. I think it's mostly with the girls he's successful. I mean, he's not my type but I gotta admit he's hot. Oh, and I heard that he has an ex-girlfriend in the second year."