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Soobin then moved on to the other rooms. There were three more rooms of equal size and two bathrooms and Soobin felt anxiety bubble up inside of him again. This place must cost a fortune - either that or there had to be something he was missing, but he couldn't think of anything.
Instead, he looked around the place, already thinking about where he would place which furniture, where he would locate his office, and what the hell he would do with another room. He could maybe make it into a library of some sort. But the room was too big, and he could probably store most of his books in the living room anyway, maybe a gym? He quickly discharged that idea as well, since he knew from experience that he didn't do shit at home.
"Alright, this is about it. You have seen the whole flat now. We can also go down to the basement if you want, but it's not really exciting if you ask me. There is an extra room where you can put your bike, if you have one, and there is also a washing room if you ever have difficulties with the dryer or the washing machine."
Soobin nodded again and Jiyeon had to smile. "You aren't much of a talker, are you?"
"Ah, sorry no. I am pretty quiet usually - the only times when I get a bit more, uh, you know dorky and extroverted is when I am with Huening, but that's about it."
"I can see that, yeah.", she smiled again, "-so when do you want to schedule the next appointment?"
"The next appointment?", the uneasy feeling in his stomach suddenly expanded to his whole abdomen and settled in.
"Oh, you know -- to show it to your girlfriend."
Soobin felt sick. "My girlfriend?"
"Oh, sorry! Is it a boyfriend then? You know, I only give my flats out to couples. I had this single guy once and all he did was a party and invite people over and more than once did the neighbors call the police, because of him and ever since then I decided to never let someone live here alone and I never had troubles with couples before, and don't be afraid to tell me if you have a boyfriend. I might be old, but I am not that old fashioned!"
His stomach twisted and turned, so that was the hook. She only gave it away to couples, to someone who was in a relationship, something Soobin had yet to fully experience. "Ah, yes my boyfriend. Uhm, he is pretty busy these days, but I will meet him later anyways so if it is okay, I can call you back tomorrow or so?"
Oh god, what the hell was he even talking about? He was as single as someone can be. "He will be pretty tired after working today since he had that huge thing going on at work, so my best guess is maybe sometime next week?", Soobin shut the fuck up.
"Oh, that is fine by me!", Jiyeon smiled once again and affectionately patted his shoulder, "Just call me sometime next week so we can discuss the finer details. I'm sure you two are an adorable couple and I would love to have you living here."
"Ah, thank you so much.", Soobin felt awful about lying like that to her, but he had already opened his mouth so better he would pretend until the very end.
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They didn't talk much longer about the flat, but instead left and Jiyeon was nice enough to walk Soobin back to the small café where she had picked him up and even though his mind was screaming at him for fucking up like this, he was glad that she escorted him back since he had no idea about that place at all and he even forgot Huening's address.
Jiyeon said goodbye and walked into the opposite direction Soobin needed to go, but he really didn't feel like talking to Huening right now. If he did, he would most likely punch him in the throat for not telling him about that little aspect when it comes to having his aunt as a landlord.
He walked into the small café, ordered coffee, and sat down with a painfully long sigh at the back of it. Soobin was absolutely screwed, what the hell should he do? Maybe pretending his hypothetical boyfriend had dumped him? Make her pity him? She seemed to like him so maybe that could work? He could also tell Huening about his little plan and rope him in since that traitor had just kept quiet about that fact and let him walk into this dilemma without any back-up.
Ugh, who was he kidding? He was utterly screwed. Completely.
Jiyeon wouldn't believe him and even though he was a good actor, he was a terrible liar. She would probably see right through him the second he opened his mouth, he was already surprised she believed him when he said he had a boyfriend - which was ridiculous to begin with, not that there was anything against having a boyfriend, it had more something to do with him being straight as an arrow.
Besides, who would even want to date him? Not even one girl liked him, why should a guy have a different standard than girls had? He buried his face in his hands, he was going to live under a bridge.
"-- well, what do you want me to do? It is not my fault my ex is an asshole and I can't just live on your couch forever, Chaeryeong."
"But you aren't annoying so--"
"But all of my things are still at his place and I really want to live by myself again. But apparently the universe doesn't like me much, because every flat I have seen so far is either too expensive, rat-infested or my roommates would be utter creeps that would probably film me while I'm taking a shower while jacking off and upload it to YouPorn with the caption 'Young Asian Twink having a Good Time' or something".
Soobin had always had a thing for believing in stuff like the universe sending you messages, sending you help whenever you needed it - he also admitted to kinda have a thing for astrology, so this had to mean something, right?
His head shot up and his eyes darted around the room, trying to pinpoint the voice to someone - there was no one in front of him so that must mean it was someone next to him. Soobin tried to be subtle when he shifted his head, tried not to stare at the two people sitting at the table next to them.
It was the same guy Soobin had seen just a bit before he walked off with Jiyeon to examine the flat. Without thinking, he got up, his mouth working faster than his mind as it usually did these days.
"I'm sorry, but you are looking for a place to stay?"
