Not Part of the Plan

Chapter 6

So I've just reread the last like five chapters, making corrections and such. I'm also slowly getting used to writing a bunch of content with no title.

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"You never do anything." Junmyeon jumped as Luhan barged into the room. He pushed his glasses up his nose again, turning to study his pink-haired roommate. "You should totally come as my plus one to this party my friend Yifan is throwing this weekend," Luhan continued.

"A party?" Junmyeon asked like he'd never heard of such a thing. And truth be told he hadn't been to many parties. "Are you sure you want me to go?" he asked at last.

"You know pretty much everyone that's going to be there," Luhan countered. "Except for Yifan obviously. Tao will be there." He watched as Junmyeon's cheeks dusted a pretty shade of pink and his gaze dropped. Yixing had filled him in on everything that had transpired the day before. And of course he had to gently poke fun at his roommate. "It'll be fun. All you do is study and work. It's time to loosen up a bit."

"If you're sure," the brown-haired male replied. "What day is the party?"

"Saturday," Luhan replied, triumphant. "Make sure you dress nice. You never know. Maybe you'll meet your special someone." Junmyeon snorted, very much doubting it. But Luhan seemed so excited that he actually agreed to come. He didn't have the heart to say anything else about it. He turned back to his books. Jongdae was the afternoon baker today, so he had the afternoon off.

"What do you think of Tao?" Luhan suddenly blurted, his curiosity getting the best of him at last. Junmyeon froze, an answer half written on the page. He chewed his lower lip. What did he think?

"He's nice," the brown-haired male said at last. "He sat and talked to me for awhile. He made me think." He half-heartedly scribbled answers in his notebook, not really concentrating on what he was doing. "I don't know how to explain it I guess. I haven't really interacted with him much."

"Yifan told me that Tao really seems to like you," Luhan finally replied. "Judging from your reactions you seem to like him too." He didn't mean this to offend his roommate. Quite the opposite. Finding someone would be good for his very introverted roommate he felt.

"I don't know how I feel about him," Junmyeon answered honestly. "I don't know how I feel about anything. A lot has happened in a short amount of time, and some of it I just don't know how to process right now." And on some level Luhan understood. University was a scary place sometimes, especially for first years. "He's not necessarily my type, but then again I'm a firm believer in not judging a book by its cover."

"Tao looks like an asshole, I'll give him that," Luhan said with no malice whatsoever. "But he's an extreme softie and a romantic at heart. He just wants love." That left Junmyeon thinking some more. Maybe there was more to Tao than he first thought. Guess he'd find out on Saturday.

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"Do I really look okay?" Junmyeon asked Luhan for the fifth time, studying himself in the mirror. Both boys were freshly showered and sharply dressed. Luhan was in dark blue jeans and a simple white button down. Junmyeon had on black skinny jeans and a tight fitting purple shirt, a black jacket thrown over the top.

"You look fantastic," Luhan assured. "Tao isn't going to be able to keep his hands off of you." As with every time the black-haired male was mentioned, Junmyeon blushed and glanced down. "Come on," Luhan said, taking Junmyeon by the arm. "We have to go pick up Yixing."

"Yixing?" Junmyeon asked. He probably should've guessed that his coworker would be going, but this still caught him off guard. They made their way up to the second floor of the dormitory, where Luhan paused in front of a door that to Junmyeon looked like any other. He knocked quietly.