ADRONITIS

chapter 5

I quickly grabbed the bag from Jisung, who was looking away. He pointed at a door near the staff room. "You can change there, it's the restroom"

"Thanks", I said and went inside the small restroom. It wasn't the cleanest so I quickly changed into Jisung's dance practice clothes. "It doesn't smell the best, but it'll do"

I was wearing his black graphic tee and sweats that were way too long. I took off the claw clip I was wearing and clipped the excess together, making the sweats not drop down. The black graphic tee was up to my knees, making me look shorter than I ever was.

I twisted my pajamas to get the excess water out and went outside. I saw Jisung ringing up a customer, so I waited for the him to be free, sitting down on a table. He looked over at me, trying to hold back a laugh.

"You look shorter than ever", he muttered, getting a plastic bag and handing it over to me. "Put your clothes in here"

I hummed and placed them inside, avoiding eye contact with him because I was embarrassed to let him see me like this. I held a good reputation of being timid, innocent-looking, studious and cold. Basically, making Jisung see this side of me, hurt my ego.

"I apologize if the clothes smell like sweat", Jisung said, heading back behind the counter, sitting down on the chair. "I practiced longer than other days today"

"It's alright, I should be the one thanking you for giving me your clothes", I said and bit my upper lip for the nth time this day. "If you're wondering why I was drenched and in my pajamas, let's just say I got locked out the house. That won't hurt my pride even more"

Jisung chuckled, looking over at me. His elbow was on the counter, his chin on his palm. "Whatever you want me to think, I'll believe it"

"Thanks, I guess", I said as I held the hem of Jisung's shirt. I could only set my attention to the rain that fell down the glass in front of me. Jisung stood up, heading towards me. "What do you want?"

"I just want some milk", I said and laid my head on the table. I started to space out, getting lost in a train of thoughts. I slightly jumped as a carton of milk was placed in front of me. I looked at Jisung, who placed it there. "Thanks, I'll pay you tomorrow"

"Don't worry about it", Jisung said, returning back to his place. I eyed him out, looking around him to see his bag near him. I got the milk and opened it, drinking a bit. "Did you finish your homework yet, Jisung?"

"I haven't started it yet", Jisung mumbled, looking at his bag. I looked over at the shelves that were messed up, things being at the wrong place. "I'll help you out, just do your homework first"

"You should go home though, Sera", Jisung said. I shrugged, looking at him. "I don't wanna"

"I'll sort out the shelves and take out the expired things, just focus on your homework, okay?", I questioned, not taking no as an answer. He gave up, not wanting to fight with me. "Fine, I'll do it, just don't overwork yourself"

I finished the milk and threw it in the trash can. I grabbed a basket and started to look through each product's expiration date, throwing them in the basket if they were expired.

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"Just about missed Na Jaemin", Haechan boasted as Jaemin drank another cup. It was the third cup Jaemin had today, but he planned to drink even more. "Jaemin, you should stop, you know you can't take alcohol well"

"Why would you care Renjun?", Jaemin questioned as Haechan scored another ball in the cup. He aimed for the cup at the right of Haechan, but missed again, just about hitting the rim. He got the cup and gulped down its contents. "Because I have to cook your hangover soup and clean up your vomit"

"He has a point", Jeno said, looking up from the book he was reading. "Renjun does all the shit because you'd lose to Haechan and your pride won't let Haechan take care of you while I don't want to do it"

"Whatever", Jaemin replied and finally shot the ping pong ball in the cup, while Haechan missed this time. He took a cup and gulped it down. "Let's see, the tables have turned"

The game went on and Jaemin lost like every other time that he had played with Haechan, the self-proclaimed master of beer pong. Haechan was proud of himself, but headed straight back into his room to sleep. Jaemin decided to drink the leftover beer that was on his side, downing them all.

"I bet he's gonna pass out soon", Renjun said as he shook his head. Jeno agreed, seeing that the boy had drank 14 half-filled cups of beer. "He'll probably not go to school tomorrow as well"

Jaemin reached for the phone in his pocket. He opened it, but squinted his eyes to clearly see what was showing. He moved towards the couch, sluggishly and in a very drunk manner. He opened Instagram and searched a certain username, clicking on the account.

"She s-still blocking meee", he slurred the last word. He threw his phone on the single seat couch and laid his head back. He looked over to Renjun who just shook his head at the drunk guy. "Rreonnjeonn~ let me borrow your phone"

"And let you break it? Tsk, no thanks", Renjun said, observing the actions of Jaemin. "Now, you have to go in your bedroom before you vomit"

Renjun pulled the younger boy towards his room in the dorm, opening the door and roughly shoving him in.

"Well, I hope he doesn't break the windo—"

A loud sound of glass shattering was heard from the other side, which made Renjun stop, sighing as he brushed his fingers through his hair.

"Spoke too soon"

[a/n: i have a future scene that i planned and idk whether to add it or not since some people might be uncomfy with it. also since i didn't watch sex education, idrk 😔✋🏻 anyways, i miss hacker so much :(( ]