growing pains | minsung

[ one ] i fancy you

a/n: hello!! this is my first proper attempt at ff, so any and all feedback is highly appreciated - please lmk if you're enjoying it, it gives me motivation for more frequent updates! as for updates, I'll be updating at least once a week, but probably a lot more if my school gets cancelled 😷

on that note, enjoy my dudes - i'm actually excited for this, just gonna keep it fun to write for myself and probably a lot of mild angst, so have fun with the beef guys.

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room number 463. yep. this was definitely it.

there was something so stoic and communal about the whole dorm building. the linoleum floor and plastic chairs dotted haphazardly around the open space made this shit feel like a hospital waiting room. that is, if hospital waiting rooms veered off into seperate dorm rooms; all of which probably looked just as dismal from the inside. a hospital hotel. charming.

i opened the door with a literal, physical grimace.

"oh my god, thank god you're not old. my friend wouldn't shut up about how i was probably going to get an old roommate."

i smiled politely at the new face, presumably my roommate, as i began unpacking. he was sitting at his desk and wearing a pink bunny headband to keep the hair out of his face as he applied a face mask. the boy seemed to be making himself at home rather efficiently and didn't mind singing along to his playlist while he waited for my response. i recognised the song playing on his phone; signal by twice.

thank god, my roommate was a once. now if he turned out to be a dick, at least i'd know he had a good taste in music.

"pretty sure first years can only bunk with other first years," i decided to be nonchalant with my conversation despite the anticipatory anxiety rising in my stomach; i did really want to get on with my roommate. although the interior design had somewhat blemished my expectations of college, i was still hopeful that i would make close friends. the kind of tight-knit friendship groups you would see in a coming of age college film.

besides, the interior of inside the room was slightly better than the hallways...

slightly.

the seperate beds and desk setup mimicked closely to what i had expected of college, and my roommate had already put up some posters advertising some kpop girl groups, which i appreciated.

though the grey walls and matted carpet was just sterile...

"see? this is why i don't trust jeongin. you want some college advice? don't trust jeongin. he's also an aries, which i mean..."

"say no more," i scrunched my nose in faux disgust to prove my point. aries really was the worst star sign.

"fancy you! baby- oh right. manners. i'm hyunjin by the way."

"jisung."

"i hope you like twice, jisung. because these are only just half of the posters i packed."

"just the essentials, i see?" the walls already had way too many posters on it, but i didn't really mind. hyunjin could decorate the walls with sticky notes if he liked. it's not like i would say anything. it would probably be an improvement...

"i'm studying law, jisung. i'm gonna need the support from all my girls."

with that, hyunjin climbed out of his chair.

"i'm going to wash this-," he gestured to his face theatrically, "-shit off my face. when i get back we're going to get ready to go out for drinks with jeongin. you know the aries? the liar?"

"well yes, but actually i was planning on staying in tonight." it's true, i was tired. at this point, i had more or less given up on fulfilling my college dreams. at least for tonight. call me misanthropic, but i'd rather sit and watch anime tonight than meet whoever jeongin was. and the ghibli movies just came out of netflix...

"oh my god jisung, we get it, you're not like other girls. you'd rather sit inside all night watching anime-,"

"-how did you know i was going to-,"

"-but the thing is i actually need you to come, because jeongin is bringing his girlfriend, and there's no way i'm third wheeling in on that heterosexual bullshit all night. like literally no way. and you're kind of my second best friend at this college right now..."

"you're gay?" i was a a bit relieved; it would be nice to have a gay friend that i could talk about stuff with, especially since i never really had that many back at home.

"it wasn't obvious?"

"i don't relent to stereotypes," i answered, because it's true. i always tried not to.

"i like you, jisung."

"i like you too, hyunjin."

"then come out tonight, please."

i sighed, rolling my shoulders forward and hanging my head in defeat; i supposed i should had better have some fun before i had to start staying inside, crying over physics everyday.

"fine."