My New Roommate (An EXO FF)

22) Couples Fight

After we finally left that dinner, I honestly felt like Sumi was my girlfriend. And by that, I don't mean any of that Yuri stuff. No no no, I mean that I feel like a slightly peeved boyfriend whose girlfriend has a lot of explaining to do. And yet, we sit in the car, in complete silence at a stoplight. I've been glaring daggers at her, very directly, the whole ride, but she keeps her eyes trained forward.

I clear my throat and she flinches. "Noona."

"You don't have to call me that, we're alone now," she speaks quietly, which just causes my glare to I N T E N S I F Y.

"Noona."

"Jihyun-"

"Noona."

"I just said not-"

"Noona!"

"WHAT?" Sumi yells, finally looking at me.

"Do you not like being called that?" I raised my eyebrow, trying to provoke her.

"You're being childish right now," she rolls her eyes and then begins driving again when the light is green.

"You won't answer any of my questions."

"Because you don't need to know yet."

"Yes I do! You involved me in something serious, I'm not stupid!"

"I'll tell you soon!"

"Why can't you tell me now? Don't I deserve to know now? I put on a suit for you, I went to a fancy restaurant for you, I was so tense I couldn't even taste the food, and pretended that everything that was going on was normal even when it obviously wasn't without putting you on the spot at all! After all I just did for you, when I didn't have to do any of that, didn't I earn the right to know what the hell is going on?" I begin raising my voice at the end.

"Jihyun, I told you I'd give you answers! Can't you just give me a bit of time?"

"For what?"

"You have to calm down before we can talk about it. You're being irrational for no reason," Sumi tries to keep her voice low, but my blood is boiling and I can't help but to unleash my inner overdramatic boyfriend.

I scoff, turning my head to look out the window. "For no reason, she says. Irrational for no reason."

"Then what is the reason?" she speaks in an even tone back, but I can taste the passive aggression. It's sour, further dampening my mood.

"What was he to you? Really. "

"I already told you that."

"Then elaborate."

"I had to do it, okay? You were the only person I could ask, that I could trust. Plus, you did say before that you'd pay me back for keeping your secret and helping you land that modeling job."

"But whatever you've included me in, how do I know that's not going to come back and haunt me? How do I know that he's not going to just find me when my life finally goes back to normal? When I'm finally the real Kal Jihyun again?"

"He won't."

"Are you sure about that? Do you have any way to prove it? If he pursued you enough to test that you were still single, how do you know he won't keep tabs on you? Cite your sources from positively reputable places, no Wikipedia."

"Jihyun, you're being ridiculous!"

"Show your work or you don't get credit!" I whip back around to face her and she aggressively parks the car in front of the dorm, finally yelling too.

"Jihyun, can't you just trust me? When have I ever been untrustworthy? I know what I'm doing, and it was just a one time thing! He said he's over it and that's how it is! What do you want me to do?"

"You know exactly what I want, Sumi! Why are you being so stubborn?"

"I'm not the only one being stubborn here, Jihyun, and you know that! If you want answers so badly, why can't you just wait until I'm ready to give them to you? You-"

"If you call me childish again, I will end this," I growl, leaning towards the older girl. We glare at each other for a moment and then she finally speaks again.

"I don't need someone I don't care about tying me down, that's why I used you. You weren't going to tack on any conditions or the like because you're too nice of a person to be manipulative. And all I needed was a one-time help to rejecting him, once and for all, because he's trying to use my parents, who just won't take no for an answer."

"And then I'll have to meet your parents because he'll just tell them."

"But I can say no to them! He can and would ruin my career if he wants to!"

"Why is this all such a big deal though?" I throw my hands up and Sumi huffs.

"That's none of your business."

I look over at her with disbelief. "Who even are you?"

"I can't give you those answers, Jihyun. We're not close like that."

I shake my head, gathering my things. "You're right. We're not close like that. We're not close at all."

"Jihyun-"

"Save it," I look back at her with as much resignation as I can. "You clearly don't care about me as a person if you're willing to let me leave to keep your dirty secrets."

"I don't have dirty secrets," she gives me a hurt look.

"Then why can't you tell me what's fully going on?" Sumi looks out the window, not saying anything. "If you let me walk out of this car right now, I'm not going to be able to trust you. And if I can't trust you, we can't work together anymore. I'll cut all ties with you, which includes modeling for SM."

She still doesn't say anything. I sigh, annoyed and tired, before throwing the door open. Sumi starts to look forward and I stare at her stiff faced profile for a moment longer.

"Goodbye, Sumi unni."

I close that door, and along with it I tell myself to let her go. It isn't until I start unlocking the door to the dorm that she finally drives away. Hurt that she didn't try to stop me, hurt that she clearly didn't care about our blooming friendship. I slam the door behind me and storm off to my shared room with Sehun, ignoring the concerned voices that called after me.

I throw myself on my bed and break down into tears, eventually feeling multiple hands on my back or head. I get pulled up into the familiar embrace of my roommate and weep uncontrollably.

"Jihyun," Sehun murmurs, running his fingers through my hair.

"Sumi and I broke up," I choke out.

"What?" Yixing gasps. "When did you two become a couple?"

"Couples fight?" Chanyeol asks, trying to clarify what was being talked about.

"I let her grope me and everything, and she still let me go."

"Oh my G O D!" poor Zitao lets out a disgusted gasp and then yells.

"Wow, didn't peg you as that kind of person," Baekhyun says at the same time.

Kris begins to laugh. Kyungsoo tells him to get out if he's going to be disrespectful of my apparent painful experience. However, once I finally calm down and everything, Kris and Joonmoneymoney give me a talk about not rushing into sex when I enter relationships in the future, and that sex doesn't equal love or a long relationship. Trying to explain that it was just a misunderstanding didn't really work either, as they then proceeded to give me a talk about the complications of having sex with people I'm just friends with.

Also, Zitao and Jongin won't look at me in the eyes after that either.