Habits {Jikook}

CHAPTER 43

💿 Seven (feat. Latto) (Clean Ver.)
- Jung kook, Latto

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It was only the first day of university and Jimin already wanted to cry.

When he entered he immediately wanted to turn around and leave that room again. Instead, he stood there, frozen, as if he had seen a ghost. The room was completely messy. It looked like someone just went in there, dropped their garbage on the floor and left again. Empty yogurt cups were sprawled across the whole living area, keeping the stacked pizza boxes company on the floor. After thoroughly observing the room, he took a few steps back until he was standing in the hall of the building.

He was only pulled out by his thoughts when someone appeared next to his room. It was a young handsome man who was currently closing the door behind him. Jimin made eye contact for a second, only moving his head, before the latter smiled at him and walked over.

"Hey, are you alright? Can I help you with something?"
he asked as he moved closer to him. Probably because Jimin looked kind of petrified to everyone passing by.

"Look for yourself,"
answered, still facing the room. He was bewildered at how someone can get a room to be this dirty.

"Oh wow. Is this your room?"
the man said, being just as shocked as Jimin was. It must have looked funny how they were standing there in front of the room, Jimin still holding onto one of his his suitcases.

"I suppose. I don't think I will be able to survive in there for long. There's probably already fungus growing or something like that,"
Jimin nodded his head in conviction, eyebrows furrowed. The other  turned around to face him again and asked,
"Have you already met your roommate?"

"No, I just arrived here. But do you maybe know him? His name is Kim Jiwoong"
Jimin replied, turning around as well and tilting his head.
When the other heard this, he halted in his movements before grinning even wider and simply saying,
"Well, hello new roommate"

And of course, Jimin was completely lost, looking at him in confusion because he didn't get it.
That's when the man laughed and spoke up to clarify it while pointing at himself,
"I'm Kim Jiwoong"

Even after this, Jimin was still confused, trying to connect thd dots and miserably failing,
"You live in...there?"

Of course, Jiwoong looked at him in disbelief and immediately denied it,
"Hell no, you were probably given the wrong room number and room key. It's room 210 not 209"

"Wait, let me get this straight. That garbage dump isn't my room and I don't have to live in there for the next year?"

"Correct"

"Thank god,"
Jimin audibly exhaled out of relief and supported himself by placing one hand on top of Jiwoong's shoulder. He then added,
"I'm Park Jimin, by the way, but I think you got that email too so you probably know by now"

"It's nice to finally meet you. Now come on, let's get you the right room key"

"But that old lady at the front desk hates me. I literally just smiled at her and asked for my key card and she looked at me as if I was her biggest burden and told me to get out of her sight,"
Jimin whined and but followed the other anyway. Said looked back at him and asked,
"You said you just arrived?"

"Yes"

"Well, right now it's her lunch break"

"That explains a lot"
Jimin's eyes widened as he heard this. It also explained why the woman was eating a sandwich behind the counter. Now, he felt so embarrassed, never wanting to face her again.

Fortunately, Jiwoong did the talking so he didn't need to talk to her. She still gave him the biggest side eye but it was alright, Jimin would just start to avoid her from now on, hoping she will forget about it sooner or later.

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Turns out, Jiwoong actually as a second year. The university had probably done this to integrate freshmen into the SNU society so they would find new friends across subjects and no matter what year you're in.
After having settled in, Jimin talked with Jiwoong for a while and found out that he was a dance minor, just like him, and an acting major. He was really glad to have someone from the same department as his roommate, not everyone was as lucky as him. Namjoon once had told him that his first roommate was a neuroscience major and wasn't able to help him most of the time given he himself was a business and literature major.

"Do you already know people from SNU or am I the first person you've met from here?"
Jiwoong asked while observing Jimin as he unpacked his stuff. The blonde stopped whatever he was doing and looked at Jiwoong to answer his question,
"My childhood friend and neighbor also attends SNU. He will start his second year just as you"

"Oh really? What's his name?"
he wanted to know and Jimin answered with a simple "Jeon Namjoon".

To his surprise, Jiwoong's eyes widened and he stood up from his bed in excitement as he replied,
"Oh, I know him! Our friend groups kind of overlap so we meet each other here and there. You could say that we're friends"

Jimin grinned upon hearing this because there was hope for him to not become an awkward loner. But all his euphoria shattered when he heard Jiwoong's next words.

"So you also know his younger brother, right?"

It's not like it's a bad thing. And he for sure would've responded way worse to that if he had been asked this question a month ago. But the sole mention of Jeon Jeongguk made his head spin and his stomach turn.

"Yeah, I guess"

"Wow, you sound so enthusiastic,"
Jiwoong joked and walked over to his desk, leaning against it as if he was waiting for an answer.

"I have my reasons,"
Jimin said and placed the empty box on the floor. He decided it would be the last one he would unpack for the day and slumped down onto his bed, taking up all the space like an overgrown starfish.

"It was actually him who introduced me to Namjoon. We know each other from basketball matches,"
Jiwoong explained and Jimin looked up, surprised by the new information,
"You play basketball?"

"Yeah"

"I'm sure Jeongguk will try out for the team again,"
Jimin claimed with a confident and determined look.

"Oh really? He told me he had stopped playing some years ago"

"He did but I just got the feeling that he will listen to me for once"
he responded, knowing that Jeongguk was still interested in playing, he just needed a little push. Apart from that, it would be really sexy of him to be a player of SNU's basketball team , if you asked Jimin.

"You sound like you know him really well,"
Jiwoong observed, pulling the blonde out of his thoughts. You could visibly see Jimin tense up when the other pointed this out.

"You could say that,"
he replied and tried to chuckle but it came out as an jolty exhale.

"I see"

"Don't even think about giving me that kind of look,"
Jimin suddenly groaned in desperation when he saw the other raise his eyebrows, suggesting something more.

"Okay okay, too soon to talk about stuff like that. Let's first get to know each other some more. How about Ramyeon? It's my treat"
Jiwoong genuinely smiled and tilted his head in question.

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Hellouu,
after seing Jk's pov, here's Jimin's first day on campus! Sorry if there are any mistakes, I didn't have time to proofread.
Hope you have/had a great day,
love yall<33