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A month passed of me living here in the studio and the atmosphere have become a bit bearable. The tenants were still intolerable but to help me stay off of this I just reminded myself. That in six months I will be leaving this dump, until then I have to deal with it. Hey at least I have a place to sleep, and not on the streets homeless. I need to be more thankful for things.

Just as I thought things were getting better, Jaehyun Hyung's remarks have become more hurtful and his intentions on hitting on my younger brother. In the workplace he keeps on mentioning how beautiful my younger brother is and lucky I am to be able to call whenever I like.

And he gets mad at me when I tell him off, he mentions to my coworkers that I have a tough life, since I'm living in a cheap apartment. Gritting my teeth, I've always held back from hitting my boss. If he weren't my boss or my friend, I would have beat the hell out of him.

Scratch that, now I'm not the violent type but I would beat him till he bled to death. Earlier this day I had transferred money to my mother, so now my plan of moving out has been delayed a bit. I had no other choice but to continue working under the man. Things got worse each day; I feel as if I was being watched. When I walk down the corridors, in the kitchen, even in the shower, it freaks me out.

I might be just imagining things again, but it feels too real to ignore.

7:25pm my stomach started to growl, I haven't eaten all day, so I decided to head to the kitchen and cook up some ramen and eggs. As I was boiling the eggs. I saw the guy from unit 301 standing at the doorway. Just eyeing me, I shivered.

"what are you staring at?" I asked a bit annoyed, turning my body towards him. At this point I've had enough of him,

"get the fuck away or ill beat the hell out of you"

"tell me to kill you." He said calmly

"what?" I asked, taken back.

"tell me to kill you and I will do it in a flash." 301 shouted at me. As if something snapped inside of me, I walked towards him and gripped his shirt aggressively.

"kill me! I dare you!" I shouted back. Before things could escalate, Johnny entered the kitchen.

"yes?" he questioned. 301 shivered in fear and backed away. I was confused why 301 and everyone else in the complex is afraid of Johnny. I was too caught up in my thoughts I didn't realize 301 had left.

"sorry about that." Johnny said smiling.

"its not your fault, you shouldn't apologies." I said before adding

"why does he seem afraid of you?"

"I think you overcooked the noodles"

"ah, I immediately cut off the gas and poured the ramen into a bowl. I turned around and Johnny was standing right behind me, smiling. I took in his features, he's handsome. I felt my cheeks burn up.

"can I join you?"

"uh s-sure, why n-not." He continued to stare at me for a few more moments, it felt like an hour. We sat down opposite of each other. Why does he stare at me so much?

"how was work?" Johnny asked, taking a sip from a beer

"it was boring." I said.

"I can tell." I nodded and ate in silence, all I wanted was to eat in peace and go back to sleep.

"don't stress too much about jagiya. I don't like seeing you like this" Johnny said.

"w-why do you keep calling me that?" I asked as I placed my chopsticks down making a loud sound. It didn't startle him at all, rather his smile grew.

"why not?"

"do you like me?" I asked,

"would you like to find out?" 

He's not gay right? I bet he's just joking, right? Yeah that's totally right.

"can I have some?' Johnny asked, I offered him some. After chatting for a bit as he accompanied me eating, he offered to wash the dishes for me. I declined at first, but he kept insisting so I gave in. maybe he wasn't as bad as I thought he was.

"Johnny?"

"hmm?"

"why do you live here? I mean you're rich and- "I stopped as I noticed him stop his actions.

"you don't have to answer."

"I wasn't expecting to be here either."

"what happened?"

"something unexpected" he chuckled before adding in "its only a matter of time before we leave this place."

"what do you mean?" I questioned, tilting my head.

"I'm done washing the bowl, I'm going to head in for tonight. See you tomorrow. He said as he walked out me.

That was odd..