NOISE

8.

 „You like him?" The older one raised an eyebrow, not hiding his amusement.

Minho nodded, there was no denying that he liked him. He couldn't lie, Jisung was his type physically and he always found himself dating assholes but he never thought he'd have a thing for annoying little shits that got on his nerves instantly.

„Don't look at me like that, Channie. I know I just met him. I'm just going to help him through this last semester and then stop seeing him", he said defensive, his hunger disappeared again. „I mean", Chan replied with a shit eating grin on his face and Minho knew what was about to come. „You always liked idiots. The fact you started liking Jisung is no surprise to me." Minho rolled his eyes and took a pillow to throw at his roommate. „You're annoying." The older one raised his hand to catch the pillow and throw it right back at Minho. „You still love me, so I win", Chan said giggling and picked up his bowl again. „Eat up and rest, seems like you need all your energy for the upcoming weeks", he added and grinned. „Shut up", Minho huffed out, bending over to take his bowl and eat the rest of his ramen. „Thank you for listening, Channie."

His bed never felt this comfortable before, even with his cats occupying half of his space like they usually do when he was about to sleep. He noticed that he hadn't been checking his phone while he was at Jisung's place and he expected the worst while opening his apps. „Are you alive?", he heard Felix ask, listening to the first voice message out of twenty. „I hope everything is going well."

„You maniacs sent me twenty voice messages? Did hell break loose?", he typed, sending it to the group chat. Soonie raised his head as he changed his position under the blanket, visibly bothered by the sudden movement. „Sorry", he whispered and pat Soonie's head gently. „Don't do anything we wouldn't do", Changbin giggled in another voice message and Minho rolled his eyes at that cliché comment. He heard Hyunjin giggle in the background and tapped the recording symbol. „You know what? I haven't blocked you in a while", he said, sending his voice message and earning a laughing emoji as response right away.

„Look who's alive!", Changbin responded in text, followed by even more emojis. The other voice messages were consisting of his friends giggling about the stupid situation he had gotten himself into and the upcoming exams and essays, nothing of Minho's interest since he was the best in all the classes he applied for apparently – according to Jisung's father.

„How was it at Jisung's? I can't believe you got out alive. Did he cook for you? Did you actually get to study? Did you two kiss? I wanna know everything!", Felix bubbled in a new voice message and earned himself a grimace from both Minho and Changbin. „I survived", Minho typed and added another message „and ew."

„I'll pick you up tomorrow morning, we wanna know all the dirty details", Changbin joked in another voice message, making him cringe internally. He considered staying at home just to avoid the teasing. „At least I won't have to walk", he replied, set an alarm and placed his phone on the nightstand. „Enough for today", he mumbleb to himself and closed his eyes, repeating his mantra over and over once again.

My name is Lee Minho. My name is Lee Minho. My name is Lee Minho. My name is Lee Minho.

Sleep overcame him quickly and the alarm pulled him out of it rather rough. „Fuck", he whispered and checked the time. It felt like he only slept for an hour and his head was pounding. He sat up and stretched his neck. His cats were nowhere to be found and he guessed that they already got fed by Chan.

„Channie?", he called as he walked out of his room, hearing noise coming from the other end of the hallway. „Yeah?", he heard his roommate answer and his tired legs were taking him to the kitchen in an instant. „I made tea for you", the older one smiled at him and handed him a cup. „And breakfast. Scrambled eggs and toast." He took the warm cup, nodding sleepy. „Thank you. Can you do me another favor?", he asked shyly and Chan tilted his head. „What is it?"