My New Roommate (An EXO FF)

1) Sehun's Plan For Success

Sehun's POV 

I can't believe that Jihyun is actually going along with this! She's not rejecting me or trying to find a way around my idea! The last time I saw Jihyun, it was before I left to debut with EXO. I had come back to visit her after being a trainee with SM Entertainment and she cried when I got there and when I left. But both times, she smiled too. It hurt.

"Live as a boy?" Kal Jihyun, my favorite best friend said. I'd really do anything to make her laugh again. 

"Neh. My hyungs and manager are more likely to agree that way," I nod even though she can't see me.

"Are you sure that's alright? Aren't I too girly to be a boy?" I seem to be breaking her down.

"Ani! You can be like Park Shin Hye in You're Beautiful." For the kill? 

"Oh! I love that drama! Araso, so what's the plan?" I finally won! 

"Well, first you have to look and dress like a boy."

"I'll go shopping later, then get my hair cut."

"But, you're a girl. Don't you have, you know, things guys don't have?" I cleared my throat and shifted uncomfortably on my bed.

"Um. Ani," her voice sounded a mixture of pain, uncomfortable, and anger.

"Oh. Miahnhae."

"Next!" she said assertively.

"Neh. We can say you were raised as a girl because of your looks whenever you get too girly." Which isn't entirely a lie since she was raised as a girl because she looks and is a girl. 

"Gwenchana."

"You can stay in my room since we don't have a spare room. And I already know that you're a girl, obviously, so you won't need to worry about me. I can also help you a lot easier. Other than that, just be yourself. To a point."

"I know! Nothing girly. I'll do my best! I'll probably be able to go at least two days from now."

"It's fine, whenever you're ready. I'll tell my hyungs and manager about this today and we'll work something out."

"Araso, see you then!" she said cheerfully. It's amazing she can be so happy when something so sad just happened. She's stronger than she looks! 

Jihyun's POV 

After getting off the phone with my childhood friend, Oh Sehun, I flopped backwards onto my bed and stared at the ceiling.

Living with EXO? As a boy? Sharing a room with Oh Sehun? Other than the boy part, that would be completely shingihan! The dreams of every fan girl, and me. And sasaengs. But still! 

I find it weird that I'm not even the slightest bit upset over my umma's disappearance yesterday. We never had a strong connection with each other. Usually she was away doing who knows what and our elderly neighbors took care of me. Even so, she was the only one I had left! And now no one knows where she went, just that she wasn't coming back. I would know, I checked her bedroom and everything was gone, even the furniture! If that doesn't scream "I'm not coming back." I don't know what would.

I felt excited and happy and sad and lonely when Sehun called me. It had been so long since we last spoke to each other. The only way I could see him or hear his voice was on TV and YouTube, but I know that he's able to show people his talents and abilities, so I become happy again. I can't be selfish and keep my friend hidden from the world forever! Even knowing that, when I answered the phone and he said my name, I almost burst into tears right then and there!

But that's not what I should be focused on right now! I need to go shopping! I need to figure out how I want to look! What style am I going for? How should I get started? Where should I go? How will I plan this out?

And then it hit me. There's a person who can help me with all of this! Park Yi Jae, a friend of mine who also happens to be a professional stylist and also happens to owe me a major solid. After calling her and telling her about my situation and what I need help with, with agreed to come to my house and help me. When she got here, she came with three other people who she said weren't important and were in training. Before they started, they told me to take a picture of myself for a "Before" picture. I thought of it as a memory of what I had once looked like in the past.

She and the trainees styled my hair for me and Yi Jae unni even brought an outfit that I could wear out in public for today so it didn't look weird for me to be shopping for male clothes. She took me to three different places and the four were constantly shoving things into my arms and telling me to try them on. This really did take a long time though when you have a certain look to go for and a finicky stylist unni that kept shaking her head and making you feel like a barbie doll.

It all payed off in the end though when the van we went in was loaded with clothing, shoes, accessories, and personal items that I will not list because they're personal. When we went back to my house, they even helped me take all the tags and stickers and everything off and pack them into new suitcases they bought for me even though I didn't need them. By the time we finished, it was nightfall so we decided to go out to dinner together.

The next day I wanted to learn about how boys worked but I remembered that Sehun told me to be myself to a point so I decided not to and planned for how I was going to get to EXO's dorm. Of course, the thought hadn't occurred to me or Sehun when we were talking on the phone. How is an outsider like me supposed to even get close to EXO's dorm? I'm not a member of the group! I'm certainly not famous!

"I can't just go there and say I'm his childhood best friend! How many sasaengs have said that?! Wait! I won't go as a girl though. But what if they think I'm a male sasaeng?! I'm straight! Well, if I'm going to be a guy I guess I won't be straight anymore. Does that mean I have to be a lesbian? How would I be able to do that? Would that be hard? Wait! Ani! I won't stay a guy forever! I'll leave their dorm at some point! Then I can be straight again! Or gay? I don't even know! Sexuality is so hard to understand! Can't you just be sexual?! That sounds dirty! What am I saying?" I started pacing around my bedroom. "Wait. Who am I talking to?"

Why am I being so weird about this? I just need to focus on getting there! I decided to call Sehun to see how we would work this out but his phone went straight to voice mail. I tried two more times but it didn't work so I gave up. This whole thing was starting to make me feel worried. But I'm making whole new memories now leading a whole new life in a whole new place with whole new people. I'm just praying everything will work out nicely. I gripped my silver locket that Sehun gave me before he left to become a trainee. Let the young faces inside this locket be my witness, I'll make Sehun's plan a success.