thin walls - lee jaehyun

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Stella let out a deep breath as she fell back onto her king-sized bed and felt the warm sheets wrap around her fatigued legs. Today she moved into her dream apartment in Seoul, just a few blocks away from her half-brother, Baekhyun. It was 11pm, but she hadn't eaten yet. Since she hardly knew Seoul at all, she took her coat, her keys and strolled out into the dark streets of Seoul. Although she was tired, she was desperate to get to know the city and she needed food!

Luckily, she stumbled across a cute little bibimbap restaurant. The thought of bibimbap to warm her up seemed captivating – just like her halmeoni used to make when her and Baek were little.

"Good evening, miss, how can I help you?" a soft voice said.

She looked up to see a handsome young man about her age. He had soft brown eyes and perfect dark hair, skin that glistened as if it belonged to an angel. The more she stared at him, the more ethereal he seemed to appear.

"Um..I...er...one bibimbap please," shestuttered.

"Coming right up, please take a seat." He laughed at her awkwardness and found it quite cute.

There was nobody else in the restaurant, so Stella took a seat close to the beautiful waiter. She glanced over to his nametag.

"Lee Juyeon" she whispered to herself.

Suddenly, her food was placed in front of her and she looked across to see him sitting across from her, with a glass of soju.

"What are you doing in Seoul this late at night?" he spoke.

"Oh..er..I literally just moved in today, into my apartment. My name is Stella, or my Korean name is Park Rae-Hwa. I came here to stay with my brother, but I'm from Florida."

"It's nice to meet you. I'm Lee Juyeon."

She awkwardly nodded and began to blush. Stella had never spoken to a boy other than Baekhyun or the rest of EXO for this long. She always became so flustered at the thought of spending more than a minute next to another boy, especially since her brother was so protective.

They talked for hours, like old friends – until it was almost 1am. They exchanged numbers and Stella returned to her apartment, relieved that she now had a friend to show her around Seoul. She squealed cutely and wrapped her small body up inside the duvet. She was so excited, and didn't want to sleep at all. She jumped out of bed and danced excitedly, not aware that the window was open.

She was in her own little world until a loud voice interrupted from the room next door.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

It sounded like a man. She completely forgot that it was 1am. Stella felt a little guilty, but what can I say? She loved to annoy people.

Giggling, she walked over to her radio and pressed play. She turned the volume down a little as she didn't want to disturb others too. She knew definitely that nobody lived to her right. But she knew now that a man lived to her left. This was going to be interesting.

Within seconds, she heard his feet make their way to her door and his door slamming shut. Banging reverberated through her skull when he came, practically ready to kick the door down.

"Boy, I can't wait to see this old man's face after being so rude," she chuckled.

She tiptoed over to the peep-hole. Astonished, she stumbled away from the door in awe. It was not a random old man. He was so beautiful, handsome, cute, tall...

She stopped herself rambling inside her head.

"What have I done?" She exclaimed as she hid herself under her sheets, hoping for him to go away. After a few minutes, the guy was still banging on the door, but lightly, asking her to stop. She plucked up the courage to open the door.

He stood there, leant against the doorframe, in a tank top, sweaty but still, so perfect. Brown hair and brown eyes, just like Juyeon - Except he wasn't. so she decided to wrap it up.

"Can I help you?" She asked, smirking.

"Don't play dumb, you know exactly what you're doing. I have to sleep, I have dance practice and vocal training tomorrow, so keep it down!" He whisper-yelled.

She laughed lightly, she wanted to mock him by asking "are you a kpop idol or something?", but she could clearly see the possibility because he was so unbelievably handsome, yet she tried to put that out of her mind.

"Well, sir I'm-"

"My name is Hyunjae."

"Right. Hyunjae, I'm sorry that I know how to have fun and that I'm young and enjoy life," She laughed, and closed the door forcefully, yet not slamming it to wake up the entirety of Seoul.

There, he was left, cursing under his breath. The boys would sure be asking about this tomorrow.