Breaking Barriers - Ryeji

[5]

Yeji's POV:

My eyes continued to follow the black-haired girl as she pulled a pack of cigarettes from her purse. "Yeah... mine," she said as she put it in her mouth, grabbed her lighter, and headed out to the small balcony.

At least we had a suite dorm and not a tiny one. Maybe that's one thing I could be grateful for at the end of the day.

To be able to have a bigger space away from pesky Ryujin.

My curious follow-up and standing behind her startled her. The view and whether there was furniture outside piqued my curiosity more than hers. As it turns out, none were found.

In an attempt to get through the doorway, I accidentally bumped into Ryujin's body. "Jesus," she said, lighting it up and taking it out of her mouth.

I rolled my eyes, "Calm down. Seriously though, calm down. Don't you want to make things at peace with somebody that you're going to be living with for who knows how long?"

"Four years..." She mumbled, taking a smoke.

I coughed, "Are you seriously a smoker?"

"Do you not see a cigarette in my hand?" Ryujin turned her head.

I will admit that her voice was very pleasing to listen to. I wish I had a podcast of her speaking, to be honest.

"No, I mean how often do you smoke? Like hourly, daily?"

"Hardly ever. Maybe once every a few months," Ryujin responds.

"Good, because I cannot do that," I took it out of her mouth, throwing it out.

"Hey?! You're gonna start a fucking fire." She put her hands on my waist.

I commented to test her nerves, "Aw, look at Ryu holding me so she makes sure I don't fall."

Ryujin gripped my neck, pulling me close to her, "Do something like that again, I dare you."

What the fuck?!

I was let go and left standing there as the shorter girl went back into the dorm.

I blinked, leaning against the wall, now confused about how my day had been going. That's when I decided to call my best friend, Yuna.

We talked for hours about my new life at Itzy University... however, most of it centered around my new roommate.

"Man... this girl is tough and she sounds familiar. What's her surname?"

As I thought back to earlier when the shorter told me her name, I realized that she had the same surname as my best friend. "F-fuck.... Shin! Shin is her fucking surname!"

"Wait Ryujin?! Like Ryujin?!" Yuna's eyes lit up.

I faceplanted, "Please don't tell me you know her."

"Well, I wish I could but... she's my cousin. But don't worry! We're not like close or anything, I just know her pretty well since she's my uncle's daughter."

"You have to tell me all of it!" I yell.

"Oh my god, would you shut up already?!" Ryujin suddenly opened the sliding glass door.

I immediately noticed that she was wearing just a towel wrapped around her waist.

Of course, her upper body was covered by a sports bra.

"I have clothing on, just didn't have time to get anything else on because of your fucking loud mouth. I could hear your blabbering all the way in the shower!"

I bit my lip, "Did you hear what I said?"

"No! God! What is so important that needs to be yelled about at," She paused to look at her watch, "10 PM. Do you know that people sleep around here?!"

I wasn't sure why but I found it pretty hot that she was yelling at me half-naked. I snickered before grabbing her face, "Aren't you just a whiny grumpy baby?"

She hissed, "Hang up with that bitch friend of yours so I can beat your ass!"

I huffed, "See this is what I'm talking about," I say to Yuna.

I didn't know if I should say that I'm best friends with her cousin yet. I wanted to get some dirt on her before then.

"Alright, I'm gonna go, I'll text you later," I spoke again to my phone.

"Bye Yej!" She yelled cutely and I smiled in response.

"What's with you and that girl? You guys dating?" Ryujin asks.

I scoff, smacking her ass as she turned around to go inside, "None of your business."

"Oh, you are so gonna regret that," She growls, going back to the bathroom.

What could she do to hurt me?

I didn't care.

I leaned against the counter and couldn't help but think about the attractiveness of the girl.

Ryujin, not Yuna.

I almost wanted to get her back to tease and seduce her. That's where my stellar body comes intact.

Suddenly I felt hands grip my waist again. I looked back, "What? You're not going to hurt me."

"You don't know that."

"Yes, I do," I growl. I was sick of being treated like this by someone, especially for this long in a day.

Ryujin was, I'm imagining, going to counter but I interrupted her before doing so, "We should pick out some furniture tomorrow."

She bit her lip, taking her hands off me. I found it cute that she was being defeated for once. I wanted to push her to her limit again but didn't have the energy for it. Messing around with her was satisfying for the time being.

But these emotions didn't stop me from having a strong sense of hatred.