Internal Affairs | Lee Haechan

Roommates

"Alright, that's the last of them" Jia said, bringing her duffle bag down along with Chenle's and Jisung's to place it in the boot of Jeno's car. A company bus was sent down to collect the employees but the J8 team had stated that they would make their own way there first, checking out the camping grounds before the rest of the employees got there.

It was originally a plan meant for just Jia, Renjun, Jeno and Mark until Haechan suggested they bring some back up, but only because he couldn't stand the thought of her alone in a deserted woodland with Jeno.

Jia and Haechan were still tense after their conversation, Jia had rushed home with Hwayoung after their talk, not feeling up for socialising and painting a fake smile on her face. She was just glad that she wasn't in the same car as him, wanting to clear her head out before the trip.

The ride was mostly Jeno driving with Jia giving him the directions after Mark took them on one too many detours, and Renjun, being the unbothered king he is, sang his heart out to old Korean trot songs.

The tires eventually started to slow down and the trees that they were previously breezing by were now standing still and tall, like a skyscraper. She sighed in bliss, happy to get a break from the business district and reconnect with nature.

"I'll get the keys" Mark said, hopping out of the car first to head to the camp registration office. There were 24 employees, three cabin houses that looked big enough. Yet how many rooms and beds was still somewhat of a mystery.

"Uh oh...this isn't gonna work" Renjun said, dropping his duffle bag on the floor with a sigh as he looked at the couch that had been pulled out to be a bed.

"I need a drink" Jia sighed, heading straight to the fridge that was stocked by the staff with necessities, along with a bottle of red and white as a complementary gift.

"Pour me a glass" Renjun sighed as he folded up the couch to make it accessible for them to sit on, and she did so.

"Okay I checked out the rooms, there's two rooms with double beds and one room with twin beds, plus this pull out couch means it fits 8 people perfectly" Jeno said after heading back down the stairs and Mark closed the door behind him as he entered their cabin

"The other two cabins are exactly like this one so it should fit us all perfectly"

"Perfectly? I'm not sleeping on a couch!" Renjun hissed

"Okay then how about a game" Jia said with a smirk, making the boys' ears perk up

"What do you mean?" Mark asked

"Well, theres four of us here now, and three rooms upstairs. I say we all go up one by one and pick a room, one of us will be rooming with another and two of us will have to wait to see which rooms the other boys pick when they get here. No one says a word" She said with a smirk and they got giddy at the sound of this little made up game

"Yo that's actually such a good idea" Mark said with surprise

"I can already tell ChenJi are gonna get the couch" Jeno chuckled

"Okay but no phones! So we don't tell the others where we're rooming!" Renjun said, excitedly placing his phone down onto the table joined with the rest of them. Mark took a piece of paper and wrote down a message for the other guys

'Go into one of the bedrooms to find out who you're rooming with....ChenJi please take the couch :))'

They took off their shoes to reduce the amount of noise that would be made before they went upstairs one by one, giving each other 20 seconds to pick a room

It was only Renjun and Jia left to pick and they could already hear Mark and Jeno jumping up and down happily seeing how they were roommates

When it was finally Jia's turn she opened the door to reveal a big ensuite and she thanked the lords above for getting bigger room, but in terms of roommates it was now purely up to fate.

The second car wasn't quick to arrive at all, coming in nearly half an hour later since Haechan had missed multiple turns, with Jaemin being too tired to drive and ChenJi being too invested in their videogames. Although Jaemin nagged at Haechan's bad driving skills, Haechan covered his mistakes up with excuses of not being used to driving a car and 'preferring the scenic route'.

"Honey! I'm home!" Jaemin's voice boomed loudly to a seemingly empty house making the boys look at each other in confusion. But seeing the used wine glasses on the coffee table made it known to them that they were not alone

"Oh! The couch pulls out, I don't mind the couch" Chenle said to Jisung, holding up the note that got Jaemin and Haechan's attention. They read the note between themselves, heading upstairs quickly to see Mark and Jeno poking their heads out of their shared twin room.

"Dun dun dunnnn!" Mark said dramatically as he drummed against the frame of the door, adding to the surprise element. Haechan and Jaemin stood infront of the two closed bedroom doors. They looked at each other before pressing down on the handle, opening the door wider to reveal their roomates

"NO!"

"YAY!!!"