memefucker69
When the dormitory fire alarm goes off at 3 AM, Kyungsoo realizes how hot his neighbor actually is.
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Kyungsoo wakes up with lighting ringing in his ears. The blaring of the fire alarm shudders through his skull and it takes a moment for him to realise what that noise means.
He rolls out of bed, almost falling flat on his face in doing so, and hurries to yank a penguin-patterned blanket around his shoulders, slippers on his feet, and shove his phone into his pyjamas pocket, before tearing out of his dark bedroom and into the corridor where other students are amassing, awoken by the fire alarm too. There are murmurings around him; some wondering if it's a drill, others speculating that someone has pulled a prank (a really bad one, is the general consensus,) but nobody really believes that there's a real fire.
Far too slowly to be practical, they all sluggishly file down the stairs. This is forgivable because it's the unholy hour of three in the morning and they're all very tired students who would, given the chance, probably just stay in bed and let the flames swallow them whole.
It's so cold outside in the car park, where the fire assembly point is; Kyungsoo is shivering in his thick pyjamas and fluffy blanket, feeling very sympathetic towards all those who are wearing less than him. Which is almost everyone, really. Kyungsoo is a little strange in his habit of wearing lots of clothes to bed.
He tries to wrap the soft fabric tighter around him but it doesn't really help. What does, however, is the mass of students swarming into the carpark- he never even knew there were this many people here! - which helps keep the heat in a little. Like penguins. Kyungsoo fancies himself a penguin, setting his feet so they splay outwards a little. He's so tired.
For a long while, nothing seems to be happening, everyone just standing still, teeth chattering in the icy wind, when out of the blue, someone nudges him in the back, and he's whirling around in shock to find the culprit. It's his neighbour, looking very apologetic (and very cold), in only his underwear.
"I'm so sorry!" He exclaims, holding his palms up placatingly. He doesn't even have shoes on! He must be freezing his butt off. He tries to focus on the misfortune of his being almost nude in the cold, instead of staring at his toned stomach, or his nipples, erect in the cool air. He doesn't burn that image into his mind to keep forever. That would be immoral. And very rude.
"It's okay," Kyungsoo stiffles a yawn with his hand, turning away from the other male (trying to take his eyes away from that sinful body the poor, freezing guy. For the sake of his dignity, he tells himself.) Said guy rubs his arms and shivers, letting out a warm breath that mixes, with the cold morning air like smoke clouds dissipating into nothing under the stark light of the street lights overhead. Kyungsoo eyes the motion, but says nothing. He barely knows the guy. The fact that he's freezing is not Kyungsoo's problem.
"So do you think there's really a fire?" His neighbor asks, earning a roll of the eyes from his more experienced neighbour.
"Yeah, right. Do you see any smoke? My guess is some asswipe pulled a prank," he replies, eyeing Kim Jongdae, who's stood a few paces away, snickering. Yeah, it was definitely him. Kyungsoo huffs, shoving his hands in the pockets of his pyjama bottoms. "Now we have to stand out here, in the cold, until they confirm it was just a prank, and it's safe to go inside. Ugh."
The other man pushes his messy, bleach blond fringe out of his eyes, rubbing at them with the backs of his hands and smacking his lips tiredly. Kyungsoo resists the urge to reach up and fix his unruly hair, with curling cowlicks everywhere, surprising himself by thinking that such a simple action could look so cute. Their eyes meet when his hands fall from his face and a shy smile spreads across his features. Wow, is any part of this guy unattractive?
