Broken

70

To say time went by quicker than anyone could follow was an understatement, and, soon enough, their college applications were being sent off, the musicians were performing their required pieces and then everyone was nervous about their entrance letters. Indeed, two years went by too fast, Sawako had stepped down as dorm head about six months ago, together with Francis, and their replacements just weren't it, so, the all nighters and the weekend visits had been transferred to Dahyun's dorm permanently, much to Jisung's distaste, as he couldn't always join the other two on going over.

But, the dark ages were over and graduation was upon them. Having decided to just rent out an apartment instead of going for the dorms, it would be cheaper, with the four of them, Rob would stop receiving dirty looks from the people who took him for a mere pet, and it was, surprisingly, closer to their campus' buildings. Therefore, their choice to not apply for the dorms was a no-brainer, the boys moved in first, their classes had finished a few days before Jihyo's, and Dahyun was coming from another town with the Chous, the trip would take two or three days and her classes ended a few days after Jihyo's.

Sure, their graduation would be earlier than the rest of the girls in Korea, but everyone agreed that it would be better for the trio to go in march and everyone else not come in february, they would have a few weeks after to stay in Korea, before classes began, and it was cheaper for everyone. So, there they were, Nayeon and Tzuyu had been the ones most excited about it, Saying they would have the most fun and make the others at home jealous. They did stay true to their words.

Right after her classes were over, Jihyo and her parents moved her into the new apartment, Nayeon helped too after some kicking from her mother, and were very happy to, finally, see where their little would be spending her college years. Their apartment was not that big, there was a living room/dining room and a small kitchen right after they entered, no entry hall or anything, just a small space in front of the door to remove their shoes. It had two bedrooms, in opposite directions, each bedroom had its own bathroom and shower, and there was a small bathroom with just a toilet and a sink between them. Overall a very nice apartment indeed.

The boys would be rooming together, and so would the girls. Given that Jihyo and Dahyun were the fitness freaks, they got the front room, that got the most sunlight in the mornings, Chris was very adamant about his sleeping schedule and took the opportunity to go in earlier and get installed on the bed that got the least illumination possible, and nobody was moving him, no matter what was at stake. Jisung and Jihyo found it absurdly entertaining, Dahyun had some problems with it, as she liked her sleep too, but relented after whatever it was Jihyo had whispered in her ear, with a very bright blush.

Everything went well, for the most part, until one day when Jisung had gone into a camping trip with his percussion class, for four days, and the trio was left to their own devices in their own house, with nobody to enforce any rules upon them, meaning, the three found themselves making an awesome fort in the living room and watching all those bad b movies about whatever idiotic teenage drama Jisung had always refused to let any of them watch, claiming it was just too mind numbing and it would kill their braincells that should be put into writing songs, if they had the time to be watching that trash.

Sure, those movies were bad (understatement, but not the point) but they enjoyed not having to think, just sit there and judge the characters for being stupid and the very bad choices the producers might have been forced into, given their budget. Chris was still dragged to work out by the girls, and he had actually started getting his abs and arms tighter, and none of his girlfriends were about to complain, sure both had those eleven abs he enjoyed so much, and of course it was one of the reasons that got him out of his ass, but that's not something anybody needed to know of.

What nobody expected, though, was the sudden return of their handler (namely Jisung), and their movies to be forced into an abrupt stop. The trio was surprised, but got immediately worried when a muddy Rob entered the living room, and Jihyo sprung up in time to snatch the dog before it could enter and make everything else muddy, he liked to shake very much.

"What happened? Why are you back so soon? What is this mud all about?" Jihyo starts questioning sternly.

"Also, take your pants and shirt off, you are not crossing the apartment and spreading that mud all over. You can come back to it after you shower and clean Rob up as well." Dahyun adds before the boy could react.

"Just wash Rob and give him to me, I'll dry him out. Now get moving, you are soaked and Rob is squirming too much." Chris finishes and urges Jisung to do as told.

At least they got out of the earful about their previous activities. Jisung just followed their instructions and plopped, face first, into his bed as soon as he could. Next morning they found out that there was a small storm on their campsite and, believe it or not, Rob and him had managed to take little damage.