Through The Blinds | Skz

Chapter 16 - Seungmin

TW-Stalking references but that's all :p time for an all new POV! This chapter is pretty short :/ I wanted to leave all the juicy parts for the Friday night update 😈 see you at the end! (Unedited, I'm too tired :/)

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I couldn't bring myself to go back to the dorm. I tried, but I could barely keep a casual conversation with Changbin when I made myself go back. It was impossible to have a normal conversation without being able talk about anything. I tended to be a fairly calm person, but this situation always had me jumpy.

A couple days ago, in my computer science class, I met a guy. He had blonde hair and a slightly off-putting aura. But I was insightful, I could tell he wasn't really scary. He just seemed a bit uncomfortable, or like he was on edge. So I decided to try talking to him.

I sat next to him, and made some small talk.

"Hey, I'm Seungmin." I said casually.

"Hello, ah, nice to meet you." He responded, jumping a bit when I introduced myself, "My name is Jeongin."

We realized were both similar in our backgrounds the more we talked. Jeongin also came from a rich family, but they didn't have anything to do with the industry mine worked in so we had never met before. I had heard of his family, though. His Uncle was the breadwinner so Jeongin didn't deal with any of the succession burden, he got to enjoy the funds without a catch. I was a little envious.

That Friday, I was invited to Jeongin's dorm. I walked there, and passed droves of students going to the party Changbin had mentioned going to. At this point he was probably already inside the booming frat house enjoying the atmosphere. I had plenty of work to do so it had taken my a while to get away. I came up to the more modern dorm building, and made my way to his room.

When I arrived, I knocked on the door, hard. I knocked for a good minute without any response. I instinctively tried the doorknob, and was surprised when it swung open without much trouble. Inside, the room was small, but easily a better deal than Changbin and mine. Just the elimination of the rickety stairs was a relief.

The room was also very clean overall, but a bit messy towards one side. I wondered which one Jeongin was assigned. I resolved to wait, but I was a little curious. I had a weird, itching feeling that something was off. I glanced out the window and noticed the frat house where the party was was exactly framed through the window.

I spent a beat watching the people swarm the building. I didn't like parties very much, I found them boring. Maybe it was all my exposure to the luxury parties I had to appear at as a teen.

Suddenly, I heard a buzz from the desk on the cleaner side of the room. I went to investigate, and saw that a drawer of the desk was vibrating. I didn't think of myself as someone who liked to snoop, but I was already feeling unsure of the situation.

I carefully slid the drawer open and saw an iPhone, buzzing consistently. It was an inconspicuous phone, dark blue with a clear case. It had a paper inside the case with the words: PASSCODE - 1678934. I picked it up to at least silence the call. It was odd that Jeongin, a computer science major, would leave his phone at home. But I figured whoever it was could always call back.

When I turned the screen over, the name on the call was BANGCHAN. Even I knew who that was and I'd only been on campus for a couple days. He was an infamous campus heartthrob, and top student. He and his posse were considered the most desirable bachelors at college. I was surprised Jeongin was getting a call from him.

Soon the call ended, and a voicemail popped up on the phone. I was so incredibly curious and a little confused, I lost to my emotions and plugged in the passcode. I would really regret that in the next fee days, I should have left his phone alone.

I played the voicemail.

"What the hell Jeongin!? Why the fuck are you here!? I left so I could escape that family not to have a little vacation. Answer the phone. I know you like to keep tabs on me, and if you don't pick up I'm going to send you pictures of the next girl I chat with tonight. You don't want any more pictures do you!? You have fucking enough already don't you!? This is supposed to be my year in the fucking sun. Why do you feel like you need to save him!? Nobody here needs to be saved. Stop. And leave us alone!! I'm not against getting rid of family!" The voicemail rang out with an angry tone coming from the usually positive, kind Bangchan.

I was left surprised. I didn't know Bangchan personally, so this wasn't as shocking as it might have been if I hadn't anticipated this. The fact that he has his own dark side. From the sound of the voicemail he was livid. The end also gave me the impression that the two of them might be related? I felt my knowledge of the Yang family turn around in my head. I didn't know of a Bangchan in that family tree.

I was absorbed in pondering as I closed a couple tabs in the phone out of habit. Until I noticed the messages tab. I was always a bit nosy, so I opened the tab. And my eyebrows created a valley in my forehead.

It was a thread of messages from Jeongin to a contact that all had a similar meaning, all along the lines of "Unblock me". The name above the conversation read 'CHANGBIN'. And I almost fell back on the floor in confusion. Why were both of them linked to Jeongin? What was this phone? What the hell was Bangchan talking about when he said "get rid of".

I was interrupted by the sound of the door opening. It was an ominous creak signaling that Jeongin had come home. He glanced around before quickly landing on me.

"Oh, you're here-" he was cut off by his own shock as he saw what was in his hand. He panicked and raced over to me.

"Why do you have that!" He called and reached for the phone. I let him snatch it away.

"Woah, it was just a call and a voicemail. Nothing awful... also some text messages..." I explained roughly. I flashed him a suspicion glance.

"H-how...how much do you know?" Jeongin asked looking at the conversation I had been peeking at.

"Well..."

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Short establishing chapter 🫠 don't worry! Things will get very interesting next chapter 😈 see you tomorrow! Much love ❤️