The Dare

Overreaction

I wake up the next morning to my phone buzzing near my head. I look to see I'm getting a phone call from Kihyun. Before I pick up I look at the time, to see it's 8:35AM. I get up and walk out of the room quietly as not not wake up the still sleeping Jihoon.
"Hello" I answer as I close the bedroom door.
"Hey? Just checking in to make sure you're alive over there!" He laughs through the phone.
"Heh, yeah. I am, it just got late so I decided to stay. Plus he fell asleep."
"Wait what?"
"Oh yeah, uh...we didn't do anything...we just watched a movie..."
"Oh? Well...nice! What movie?" He asks.
"Donnie Darko...a horror movie..."
"But you hate horror!"
"Yeah...I know...but—" I get cut off by the apartment door opening. "Hold on just a minute Okay?"
"Um...yeah sure okay." I put the phone in my pocket and walk out to the living room.
"Woah! Who are you!" The roommate I assume to be hyungwon freaks out.
"Hi! I'm seungcheol! I'm with Jihoon! We met at the bar last night. He's still sleeping though."
"Oh! Okay." He calms down. "Wait, you met him at the bar...how do you know his name then? He never tells anyone!"
"Um, I— we—nothing happened, sexually...we uh just watched a movie...and halfway through we made popcorn and then he told me his name..." I stutter out.
"Really? Hm... interesting..." he trails off a bit. "Well, can I give you some advice?"
"Yeah sure—I mean yeah of course!" I answer as he walks over to me.
"Don't—Do not let him go...understand? He's also a bit... interesting... so... be careful."
"O—ok—Okay! Yeah, yeah yeah of—of course! Thank you..."
"Yeah, no problem... I'm hyungwon by the way! His roommate, but I assume he already told you."
"Yeah, yeah he did."
"Okay, well have a good morning, and day. I'm gonna go to bed." He walks off towards his room. "Goodnight seungcheol!"
"Morning!" I say back, before taking my phone back out of my pocket.
"Hey! You still there?"
"Looks like you finally found someone choi seungcheol. Go, do what I'd do! Make him some breakfast. If you need help, ask hyungwon what he likes, and ask me for direction. Okay? Trust me this will be good for you." He says before hanging up, not giving me a chance to say anything. I think for minute before walking over to hyungwons room. I knock in the door and hear a moan in response.
"Hey, sorry to disturb you! I just wanted to ask. what does he like for breakfast?" I ask quietly opening the door. I earn a smile and chuckle from him.
"He doesn't really like breakfast usually, but he can never turn down chocolate chip pancakes."
"Okay! Do you have any mix?"
"Yeah, here I keep it hidden I'll show you where it's at!" He replies, jumping off his bed and out the door. I follow him to the kitchen where he pulls a chair from the table and uses it to be able to reach over the shelves.
"Here ya go! And the chocolate chips are already mixed in!"
"Thanks! I mean really! Thanks a lot!" I say with a warm, soft smile.
"Yeah! Yeah if course! Anything to see jihoonie happier!" He replies and heads off to his room. I pull out my phone again and dial Kihyun.
"Hey! So, chocolate chip pancakes!" I tell him, knowing he'll give me a step by step guide in how to make them. And he does and soon enough I make 20 perfect chocolate chip pancakes. I search the fridge to find something to drink and find orange juice, then strawberries behind it. I pull them both out and make a beautiful breakfast, coating the strawberries slightly with sugar. I start pouring the orange juice in a glass when I hear the door to his bedroom open. I look at the clock hanging over his kitchen island to see it's already 9:15. He walks into the kitchen and his face immediately brightens up as he sees what I've done.
"Morning sunshine!"
"Did you do all this? Did hyungwon help you?"
"He told me what you liked. That's all, I did the rest. With a little help from my friend Kihyun." He walks over to me slowly smiling as I finish my sentence.
"You're great..." He says, giving me a giant hug, then kissing my nose. We eat our breakfast and he goes to his room to change for the day. He walks out in a black oversized hoodie with a 41 in the top corner. He has black worn skinny jeans with black and white shoes.
"You look...great!"
"Ah, no I just-I just, threw it on... but thanks..." he says blushing. "Do you want me to get you something too? You probably don't wanna wear the same clothes from yesterday."
"Sure, I mean if we're the same size!" I say laughing.
"Ah shut up, come on we'll find you something." We start digging through his closet finding clothes to fit. We end up with a pair of old skinny jeans that never fit him and one of his oversized hoodies, apparently his favorite, it's blue with a 17 on the back. I take off my shirt without warning and throw on the blue hoodie. Then do the same with my jeans. Everything fits perfectly and we go back to the living room.
"So you want me to just take you back home? Or... I don't know? Just hang out somewhere?"
"Let's just hang out for a bit! I think there's some kind of festival happening downtown? If you're interested?"
"Yeah! I like festivals, kinda. I like the aesthetic cool part, not so much with the people."
"Me too, kinda."
"Okay, so let's go, I'll drive then!"
"Okay cool!" I say as we head outside and to his car. We drive over to the festival and just hang out for a while.
"Do you want to be part of a chalk fight?" We get stopped by a girl in a pink hoodie, black shorts and white shoes, her blond hair held up in a hair tie.
"Chalk fight?"
"Powder chalk! It's part of the festival! It's really fun!"
"I don't—"
"Cmon, lets try it! If you still don't like it we can leave!" I compromise.
"Okay...Yeah sure! Why not!" I smile in victory as the nice girl walks us in and hands us chalk. We unintentionally spend a few hours messing around, we even meet a few people to mess with, one guy named Johnny and another who he just called Ten. Really nice guys, although ten was really hard to hit most of the time. We leave the messy room completely covered in chalk, luckily they provided cover clothes we could wear to not get out clothes dirty. We change back into our normal clothes and walk out back to the festival.
"Wow! How long have we been in there? It's already getting dark!" Jihoon exclaims.
"Wow I know! Oh great! It's 8:30 and I have a million messages and missed calls..."
"Sounds like your friends are worried about you then, you should call them."
"Okay, should we start heading back then?"
"Yeah, just give me directions to your house and I'll take you. You want some food though? We can pick something up in our way?"
"Are you sure? I don't wanna-"
"Yeah of course! We did spend 5 hours in there, I'm a little hungry!"
"Okay, so you mind if I just call them in the car?"
"Sure go ahead! I don't mind!"
"Cool thanks!" I dial Jeonghan, the person who I have the most missed calls from.
"He—"
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!?! WE'RE SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU! I ALMOST CALLED THE POLICE!" I look over to see Jihoon mouth 'wow, dramatic' I simply mouth back "Yeah I know' and put my phone on speaker as Jihoon starts driving.
"Yeah Yeah, jeonghan you say that every time I don't answer my phone for you. I'm with Jihoon, we went to the festival for a bit. Don't worry we're gonna get food and I'll be right there."
"Jihoon? Who's Jihoon?"
"The bar? Last night? You guys made me go home with him."
"Oh! Him! Wow seungcheol, one night stands are meant for quick sex, not a whole weekend together."
"We didn't have sex, we just...watched a movie. Then he fell asleep."
"Oh? Well whatever we miss you and want you back home so we can tease you! Oh and do you still have the ring?"
"Yeah yeah, and yeah, I'm wearing it right now!"
"Good, Okay well whatever, just wanted to make sure you're okay. Come home soon okay?"
"Yeah Yeah alright." I say hanging up the phone.
"Sounds dramatic, like a mom."
"Yeah, that's practically his nickname."
"Nice! So what do you wanna eat?" Just as he asks this question my phone dings.

Don't worry about food! Bring him over and I'll cook something quick! Okay? See you soon!

From Kihyun.
"Um, I guess don't worry about it, Kihyun said he'll cook something and you can go eat with us!"
"Really?"
"Yeah! He likes cooking and is really good at it so do t worry" I say and begin telling him directions to our apartment. We arrive and I lead him inside.
"Hey everyone! I'm home! And I brought Jihoon for a bit!"
"Cheolie! You're back!" Everyone comes running in screaming as if I'd been gone longer than I had.
"You must be Jihoon! Hi I'm Dokyem!" Dokyem introduces himself immediately.
"Hi—" Jihoon is immediately cut off by everyone else introducing themselves.
"One at a time everyone! Wow! You're all so loud!" Kihyun runs in from the kitchen.
"Sorry, kiki!" Jeonghan replies.
"It's okay! Just calm down." He replies chuckling.
"You must be Kihyun! Nice to meet you! The pancakes were delicious by the way!" Jihoon introduces himself to Kihyun.
"Ah, yes thank you! Nice to meet you too!"
"What?" Joshua asks.
"Nothing, make yourself at home! I'll have the food done pretty soon!"
"Okay thank you!" The moment Kihyun leaves the room everyone introduces themselves one by one, in order of age.
"Okay let's go to the living room! We can put on a movie or play some music and talk!" I say cheerfully grabbing Jihoons hand, dragging him to the couch. I turn to see him smile and blush, then hide his face with his sweater sleeves. I go hug him and laugh and sit him down on the couch.
"Awe, you guys are so cute!" Jeonghan says walking into the living room, the rest of my roommates following. His statement leaves the both of us speechless.
"What do you wanna listen to?" Jun asks me.
"Doesn't matter, just put on Joshua's playlist!"
"What?" Joshua asks, missing the last bit of conversation due to him being distracted by jeonghan messing with him.
"We're gonna Play your music." I answer.
"Oh, okay!" Jun plays the playlist from the SmartTV and the music starts playing. We chat for a bit before Kihyun walks in with several plates of lasagna. He hands us each a plate and fork. He sits in his chair and we eat and continue chatting, everyone asking Jihoon many questions.
"You should stay the night! That'd be fun! Right guys?" Dokyem asks Jihoon, as he sets his empty plate in the table along with everyone else's plates.
"I really can't, I should probably be home now. Hyungwons probably wondering where I am." He says as he turns to me.
"It's okay! You should probably go, we've been together since last night! Just...ignore them." I say glaring at Dokyem.
"Hmf...Okay..." Dokyem adds.
"Thank you guys! And the lasagna was great Kihyun!" Jihoon says as he stands up.
"I'll walk you out!" I say jumping up and walking with him to his car.
"Okay, bye! See you sometime, text me!" He says as he gets in his car and starts driving away.
"Bye!" I wave at him. I walk back into the apartment building after watching him drive away.
"So? That was fun, looks like you got yourself a boyfriend, Cheolie! Cute!" Minhyuk says when he sees me walk into the building blushing and smiling.
"Uh, what?" I stutter out.
"The guy, you met him last night, right. But you guys didn't do anything? Then he gives you his hoodie? Totally your boyfriend, if not now, then definitely later!" He says making me look down remembering I was wearing his clothes, making me blush a deep red.
"Um...I don't know. I dont think so. But I'm gonna go...see you later?" I say nervously opening the apartment door.
"Okay sure! I'll come over tomorrow Okay? Before class."
"Okay, bye!" I say before walking into my apartment.
"Took you long enough, what happened? You're blushing up a storm!" Jeonghan says laughing a bit.
"Um, no I just talked to minhyuk a bit." I say looking at the clock, to see it's already 12:45am. "Oh shit! I have to get to bed! We have class in the morning!" I say running off to the room I share with Jun and Joshua.
"Okay, goodnight!" He yells back at me. I change into more comfortable pj shorts, but keep his hoodie on, the sweet smell of him calming me into a deep sleep.