Through The Blinds | Skz

Chapter 22 - Felix

TW childhood trauma briefly mentioned but this chapter is pretty light :) sorry it's been so long! I promise I'll actually finish this series though! Also; New POV!! Hoorah 🎉

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I barely spent any time in my dorm room, even thought it was really close to my lecture halls. I hate being alone in there and when Jeongin is gone it's hard for me to like being in that barren room. He's gone a lot.

I sighed, and rubbed my arms. The air was chilly today, and I hadn't brought a jacket from my boyfriend's house. I'd been staying with him and taking a lengthy commute to school just to avoid being alone in that building. I stood and looked up at it from a decent distance. It was early, but not that early, just enough so there wouldn't be students everywhere. That would be too awkward for me.

I closed my eyes and took a moment before making my way in the door and up the stairs to the dorm. Sometimes I wondered why I hadn't just told my mom not to pay for a dorm room and just fessed up that I had a boyfriend. Then she wouldn't have had to pay so much money. But I knew I couldn't have done that, she would've been heartbroken.

The last thing I needed today was to think about her though, and I shook my head a bit to push the thought away. I shivered a bit in the chilly hallway, the building had cold white walls that felt like they were closing in on me. It was like an old hospital, the opposite of cozy or inviting. I was only wearing a T-shirt and jeans so it was no wonder I was freezing.

I had been so preoccupied with my boyfriend I hadn't actually talked to Jeongin in days, it was a little daunting thinking of the awkward meeting we were probably about to have. The o'le "hey I'm back to live here again." "Cool, how are you doing?" "Okay, you?" "Yeah I'm fine." And both knowing we couldn't really get into anything.

It wasn't exactly the most exciting interaction to look forward to. Especially after getting nothing but a cold shoulder from my boyfriend. I also didn't want to think about that anymore, and I squeezed my eyes shut.

After another breath I walked down the hall and to our dorm door, which I unexpectedly found unlocked. Huh? Jeongin is such a neat freak there's no way he forgot to lock the door... does he have someone coming over or something?

I puzzled, and got my answer when I opened the door and found two guys sitting on Jeongin's side, surrounded by what looked like printed photos. One of them was clearly Jeongin, while the guy sitting on his bed was a stranger.

"Hey..." I called out to them while taking my shoes off. They both snapped their heads in my direction. I was surprised by their reaction as Jeongin quickly started picking up all the photos on the ground. The stranger just stared at me.

"Um? What are those pictures?" I asked and walked quickly towards them, it was really suspicious that Jeongin was suddenly picking all of them up only once I showed up. But we weren't super close so it wasn't like he didn't have a right to his privacy.

As I got closer the stranger jumped up and blocked my view of the pictures. He had dark hair and bangs that fell along his eyebrows. There wasn't much of a height difference between us.

"Hey, uh, I'm Seungmin, I'm dating Jeongin right now so we were just here hanging out. You must be his roomate? Sorry, we weren't really expecting anyone." He talked at me, definitely trying to distract from the obvious coverup happening behind him. I squinted at him suspiciously.

"Ok...I'll just squeeze past then..." I quickly peeked around him and stepped to the side to see the pictures. Before I could get much of a look thought Seungmin stepped in front of me again.