chanmi stretches out her arms as she finished writing her analysis paper over a movie she watched. there was a certain satisfaction that washed over her as she submitted her paper and was free to do everything else she wanted for the day. though, the girl's mind did drift off to think about minho and his friend, so she could not concentrate on anything well.

main bitches of film

BYUNGchan
how's the planning and
prepping going?

Chanmi
something urgent came
up w minho so it's on
hold for now

peachy jay
oh is it that serious?

Chanmi
seems like it, idrk
what's going on bc
he's been super busy w
it all

BYUNGchan
well i hope he gets
everything settled then

peachy jay
also we're coming over!

BYUNGchan
jaehyun it was supposed
to be a surprise...

peachy jay
oh whoops (:

Chanmi
come over !! i'm bored )):

BYUNGchan
on our way

peachy jay
with chicken and beer!

chanmi smiles at her phone as she looks at her messages with her two friends before going to clean up her living room. when she finishes preparing for her friends, the girl looks over to the wall which separates her and minho's apartment. thoughts of how the boy was doing swirling in her mind, but she brushes off the thought of the boy and walks to the balcony.

there were no sounds coming from minho's apartment, and chanmi had not heard anything since she came back from her class earlier. the only logical explanation was the boy was not home and would not be coming home anytime soon, most likely seeing the girl named yubin.

chanmi takes in a deep breath as she steps outside, a breeze coming through to cause her to shiver slightly. the night was peaceful, yet chanmi still felt tense as if something was bothering her, but she could not pinpoint what exactly. maybe she was more concerned for her neighbor and his friend than she led on, but she would never admit to that.

before she could think any longer, the girl jumps at the sound of loud knocking, "if you don't open this door soon we are leaving with the fried chicken and beer!"

"not the chicken!" chanmi shouts as she rushes over to the door and quickly swings the door open.

jaehyun stands before the small girl with a pout on his lips, "what about me?"

chanmi grabs jaehyun's arm and drags him into her apartment with a large smile on her face, "i guess you too."

"i am a person too guys," chan follows his two friends, holding a bag with soju and beer in it.

the group sits down on the couch and begin talking to each other as if they hadn't seen each other in years. conversation topics changed rapidly as they couldn't keep their focus on one thing while they took their time to drink and eat. however when they hear a door slam, their talking comes to a stop as they look to each other.

"should we invite minho?" jaehyun questions as he takes a bite out of the chicken in his hand.

chan takes a sip out of his bottle of soju and lightly elbows chanmi, "go invite your neighbor."

chanmi sighs and gets up, "if he says no then he says no."

the girl snags a bottle of soju from the bag that chan brought and makes her way out of her apartment. she turns to minho's apartment and stares at the door for a second before lightly tapping on the wood.

"minho, you home?"

she couldn't really hear anything from the other side, so she took it as minho not wanting to be bothered at the time. chanmi waits for a couple of minutes before turning on her heel to go back to her home, playing with the cap of the bottle in her hand. while she walked away, the door to minho's apartment slowly opens and minho peaks his head through the crack of the door.

"did you need something?" minho says, tiredness clear in his voice.

chanmi turns around and looks at what she can see from how much minho opened the door, which wasn't much, "chan and jaehyun are over so we wanted to invite you, but you seem kinda tired."

"thanks but i think i need to go to bed soon," minho's head slightly drops to where his hair covered his eyes that clearly had dark circles and bags underneath.

"here," chanmi sticks the bottle of soju in the crack of the door with a smile, "a bad coping mechanism that isn't smoking."

minho takes it with a chuckle, "you're one of a kind, thank you, chanmi."

without another word, chanmi goes back to her apartment to see her friends laughing about some stupid joke. chanmi jumps onto chan's back and gives the boy a back hug as he tries to save his soju from spilling outside his bottle.

"not the alcohol!" chan laughs as he brings a hand up to hold onto chanmi's arm.

"where's minho?" jaehyun opens a can of beer with one eyebrow raised towards chanmi.

chanmi motions for chan to let her have a sip of his drink, and the boy lifts his hand with the soju bottle in it closer to chanmi's lips, "tired, he looked like it too, so i just gave him a bottle of soju."

as chanmi took a sip of chan's drink, the two boys nodded to let the girl know they understood the situation. not letting the mood go down, the trio began their rowdy shenanigans once again and later started to shout at each other as they played different drinking games to let loose.

on the other side of the wall, minho sat at the edge of his bed with the bottle of soju in his hand. he could hear the group laughing and being complete goofs together, and he honestly wished he could be there with them, but he knew he would only bring the mood down with the state he was in at the moment.

minho takes the cap off the bottle and drinks most of the contents within it. his mind was a mess and he couldn't think straight ever since changbin was waiting outside of his apartment. there was no reason for his mixed emotions; minho knows he should be happy and full of life now.

yet he feels so defeated, and not because yubin is awake, there was something more. minho is glad yubin is awake, but he isn't so sure his emotions lasted as long as he hoped they would. so now he was left with so many feelings he does not know how to deal with and different coping mechanisms that are terrible for his body.

"all of us take shot!" minho hears chanmi's loud voice, "to being our best selves and only having fun because we deserve it!"

minho raises his bottle of soju as he hears the group yell a quick "cheers!"

"cheers to hoping i can be the best me one day," the boy sitting alone in his room mutters before he drinks the rest of the content in the bottle.