[#1] boy next door :: im youngmin

chapter twenty-seven

Okay, so that Ahn Hyungseob kid isn't really such a bad replacement neighbor for Youngmin. He's pretty cute and has soft cheeks, is rather shy but he's really nice and cheerful. He's also clumsy though, the first time Yuna opened her door to greet him, he almost faceplanted on the floor for some reason.

Anyway, he's not so bad.

School started again pretty quickly, and hourly phone calls with Youngmin turned into ten-hourly calls, and late night video chats where he's always lying on his bed or sitting somewhere with only a desk lamp lighting up his face in the darkness while he's hugging a stuffed alpaca to his chest.

It's two in the morning, one night in the middle of September when he's writing an essay about dance origins and she's taking down notes on the new lesson. His chin is on his hand and he looks ready to fall asleep any moment but is keeping his eyes open just for her.

"Go to sleep, Youngmin, you look so tired." she laughs softly when his eyes droop closed for the nth time that call.

"I am tired, but I miss you, I go through every single day just so I can video call you every night," he states, murmuring under his breath with his eyes closed.

Yuna shakes her head, putting down her pencil and reaching over for her phone so that she can bring her face closer to it, "Go to sleep, you alpaca,"

"I don't want to," Youngmin whines, and she rolls her eyes at his childishness.

"Are you drunk?"

"Yeah. I'm drunk on you."

"Alright, then, good night, Youngmin-"

"Wait, wait! I was kidding!" His eyes then shoot open and he leans closer to the camera as well, just as she leans back, frowning. "Fine, I'll go sleep already. Good night, baby. I love you."

She has to smile. He's hugging a stuffed alpaca and is saying that, he's just too cute. "Good night, alpaca."

"Hey, why'd you say good night to my alpaca-"

"I love you, Youngmin."

"I love you, too-" he leans forward and plants a kiss on his phone's camera before grinning widely and ending the call.

Yuna drops her head on her desk, closing her eyes and mindlessly shutting her notebook closed. She started two hours ago, and she barely wrote anything except for a few lines. So much for advanced note taking to study in advance.

The next morning, she wakes up to someone knocking on her door while her phone is ringing loudly. She grabs for her phone on the desk somewhere and lifts her head, a piece of paper stuck to her cheek, to see that it's already a little past half past seven in the morning, and she's going to be late for school.

Or more like, totally, absolutely, sure, completely late for school.

But first, she runs to the door and tosses it open to see Hyungseob standing there, fingers tightly clutching on his backpack. She's surprised he hasn't gone to school already and is actually still waiting for her. "Hey, go to school already, you don't want to be late."

"How about you, though-"

"Don't worry about me, just go, I'll see you later-" Then she shuts the door on him, throws her phone on the bed and runs in the bathroom.

She gets to school in record time, getting past the gates literally a few seconds before the clock hits eight in the morning. She reaches her classroom just when the teacher is asking everyone to take out their books, and Donghyun, who has somehow escalated to her class, leans over to whisper to her because they sit right next to each other.

"Where were you-"

"Later."

"Youngmin told us to shut our mouths, but he's going to surprise you within the week. Just saying-"

"Talk to me later, Donghyun, wait- what?"

Yuna accidentally says that last part really loudly out of surprise, and if her late slip just barely got her out of detention, this time, she's really in afternoon detention without Donghyun because he's a teacher's pet that way and all the teachers love him.

"Damn you, Kim Donghyun."

"At least I gave you a headsup about Youngmin so you don't end up crying when you see him-"

"Shut up. Tell Woojin that he'll be the one walking Hyungseob home, don't tell him I got detention."

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this was fluffier than i expected ????
(btw guys i swear i can literally update three chapters today i feel so motivated-)