Strip it | JJK

chapter 7 | this is me

Entering her dorm after a long school day (or what at least felt like it) Chayoung was ready to crawl into her bed and nap for the rest of the day until she could go to sleep. But something told her that this wasn't how things were gonna play out when entering her dorm. That something, particularly being her roommate sitting on her own bed with crossed legs and folded hands.

"What are you doing?" Chayoung questioned while making her way towards the bed. She sat down on it, letting her bag drop onto the ground. When she looked at her roommate again, she was still sitting in the same position, staring at her.

"Haneul you're freaking me out, are you alright?" The girl chuckled, quite intimidated by her own roommate. Maybe now was the time she should take out her phone and record in case anything weird happened. After all, it hadn't been that long they had knew each other. She could be a serial killer.

"You look tired." Haneul rested her position into a more natural one, placing her hands behind her and leaning back.

Chayoung nodded. She was indeed tired.

"Is it that obvious?" The girl chuckled.

"Where were you last night?"

The question came as a bit of a shocker to Chayoung and she felt the need to cough.

"What?"

Haneul sighed and threw her head back, "You woke me up when you walked into our dorm this morning. It wasn't even 6 am! And I didn't forget to notice that you were still laying in bed when I headed out for class. I didn't want to wake you, because maybe your first class today was cancelled but... I saw some of your classmates walk out of the classroom I assume you were supposed to be in too?"

Chayoung had almost choked on her own spit whilst Haneul had talked.

She didn't realize Haneul was awake when she got home in the morning... But it was definitely her own fault for sleeping in and her roommate noticing that.

Even though the stripper was used to not getting much sleep, one to two hours was not enough this time. She couldn't get out of bed in the morning and when she noticed her roommate was already gone, she decided to just stay and skip the first class.

Chayoung was really mad at herself for doing so. College was supposed to be a new start. It costed her a lot — that being both money wise and dignity wise. She couldn't afford to skip classes when she had worked so much to be able to even be there. She shouldn't let her job affect her college life, like she did this morning.

But the girl was no machine. Getting home at 5:30 in the morning and having the first class start at 8 just didn't seem to fit right in the girl's head... it wouldn't in anyone's.

She needed to prioritize her school.

But she had the loan to pay off to, that was why she was able to be in school after all. So prioritizing the right thing, surely was easier said than done.

Haneul noticed her friend's saddened expression. How the worry had seeped onto her face. How her shoulders had fallen, her gaze too as well as the corners of her mouth.

Haneul never wanted to make her roommate feel like that. She simply wanted an explanation about why she was out all night. If she was at a club, Haneul also wanted to go!

"Chayoung, I didn't mean to sound mean. I just was wondering where you'd been and why you came home so late. I mean, I am your roommate so you kind of owe me an explanation." The girl smiled but she didn't get one in return.

Chayoung knew Haneul only wanted to know why and didn't mean to push any unwanted buttons.

A silence reigned on, as Chayoung pondered on whether or not to tell her roommate about her job, and Haneul quietly waited for Chayoung to say something. She never intended to create a tense atmosphere.