The Roommate | Taelice

Part 14

Taehyung's P.O.V.

I sighed as I searched through all of my pockets trying to find my dorm keys. Last night I'd slept over in a friend's room, and Lisa was by herself in our dorm. All night I barely got to sleep a wink, thinking that she might've done something stupid while I wasn't there.

"Come on", I whispered to myself, starting to get angry and inpatient as I couldn't find my keys anywhere.

I searched the back pocket of my jeans and managed to find them. I sighed in relief, finally knowing that I hadn't lost them. I pushed them into the keyhole and walked in, my earphones plugged in. I was jamming to Jackie Chan when I walked in and saw Lisa still sleeping.

I don't blame her, I thought and smiled to myself. It's winter, the season of sweaters, penguin socks, hot chocolate and sleeping in.

I walked away and realized something weird. I stopped moving and looked back at Lisa's bed with the corner of my left eye.

Was someone sleeping next to Lisa?

I could see the blanket in such a manner that it seemed like a human was under it, and not on Lisa's side. The person's head was turned to the other side, so I could only see Lisa's face, not theirs too.

Is it Jennie?

No, impossible. Lisa would've told me when we texted last night if it was Jennie.

I was starting to have serious suspicions. I tiptoed to the other side of the bed, and slowly pulled the blanket off the person's head.

Unbelievable.

My jaw dropped in utter shock at the sight of Jungkook, Lisa's ex, lying shirtless there, in her bed.

What the fuck?!

I covered my own mouth trying not to scream, squeak, or make any weird sounds that would wake them up. If someone would find me shirtless in a girl's bed and wake me up with a strange sound of shock, I probably would find it very awkward too.

I didn't know what to do from there on. My body froze, my mind froze, everything I had froze. I was unable to think of something to do.

Wake them up and kick him out?

Wake them up and yell at them?

Wake just him up, kick him out silently and wait for Lisa to wake up so I can yell at her?

Go back to my bed, pretend like I'm sleeping and never tell them that I know about their little adventure?

Obviously, that last one didn't even count as a possible option. I couldn't just let it slide, when my best girl friend that I alternatively had a crush on had just spent the night with her ex.

As I stood there and analyzed Jungkook from head to toe, I noticed him opening his eyes slowly. He saw me, and closed them back. Then suddenly opened them again and widened them, just as shocked to see me as I was to see him.
Except that I managed to keep myself from screaming.
"Ah! Hyung!" he exclaimed and woke up Lisa.
"Jungkook, are you okay?" she asked with her cracky, raspy morning voice and turned around to check on him, but had the almost same reaction as him when she saw me.
"Tae, hi!" she said, and leaped out of bed in shock and with wide eyes, pulling off the whole blanket to cover herself - she was only wearing underwear and bra. "I promise I can explain-"
"You don't have to, Lisa", I said, and sighed as I got more and more angry just looking at Jungkook searching for his shirt in desperation and Lisa standing there, covering herself with that damn blanket. "Everything already seems clear to me."
"No, Tae, trust me, it's not-" she tried to make it up to me, but I cut her off again.
"What?! What is it not?! I know what you're gonna say, Lisa, and I'm not gonna put up with this!" I yelled, getting them both intimidated. Her eyes started getting teary, a little something like a kid when their parent shouts at them. Jungkook pulled his shirt on as he found it, and sat back on the edge of the bed, not knowing what to do next - it seemed like his thoughts were somewhere between running away from our dorm and legally changing his name so I couldn't ever find him again, and staying there to support Lisa.
"Tae, trust me", she said, her voice of a lower volume this time. "It's different from what it seems to be."
"Really?! Different?! How?!" I burst, hardly being able to control all the anger, madness, and disappointment I had in. "So you're saying that Jungkook and you haven't been sleeping together last night?!"
They both looked down at the floor in something that seemed like a combination between sadness and embarrassment, saying nothing - just sighing.
I sighed along with them.
"Thought so", I said.
"A-Are you mad?" Lisa asked as a tear rolled down her cheek.J
"No", I said. "I don't know what I feel, to be honest."
I walked towards the entrance door, grabbed my coat and ran out of the room, not caring what they thought, felt, or did next.
I told Lisa that I didn't know what I felt, but I lied.
I was heartbroken.