Chapter 2: The apartment
Jimin stepped out of the office walking up to his roommate who was sitting on a chair, crossing his leg over the other and holding a sly brow as he gawked at a magazine, tipping his round glasses down. Jimin approached Taehyung and shook the keys in his hands. Catching the younger man's attention.
"Come on." Jimin added, placing the keys in his pocket as he walked over to a nearby couch in the lobby and grabbed his two luggages with a small back pack too.
"I'm surprised no one stole any of our luggages." Taehyung commented, pulling his luggages from behind the couch as Jimin glared at him and gave him a sour look.
"You were supposed to stay here and watch over it anyways." Jimin added draggging his luggages up to the stair case when Taehyung took out a hot pack from his pocket and threw it at Jimin's back. Causing the Journalist to flinch and look back at his Editor. Close to laughing when Taehyung looked away as if he didn't throw a thing.
"Idiot-"
"Hey watch it! I have three more hot packs in my pockets. Don't test me." Taehyung said sarcastically as Jimin kept dragging his luggage up the staircase. The interior inside the apartment lobby was dark wood to give off such a warm look of a cabin in the woods feeling. There was bear rugs, a ceramic fireplace against the wall, leathered couches and vending machines down the hall. Along the way up the stairs, there was paintings of flowers and fruits set along the walls for decoration.
Jimin reached the second floor, down the hall was many apartment rooms. The hall had a white rug rolled down the hall and there was a dark spruce wooden floors that extended far. Just the second floor had 1-15 rooms like every floor in the complex.
Jimin kept walking down the hall to his apartment that was at the end of the hall, close to the staircase to the third floor. Jimin took a pause as he gazed up the stairs. It was nothing but complete silence up the stairs. Jimin picked up an eerie feeling from up the steps until suddenly, Taehyung pushed Jimin playfully, making the man flinch.
"FUCK!" Jimin hissed as he looked back at Taehyung, keeping his distance. Just then Jimin began to giggle and take out the keys to the apartment. "Stop hitting me, Taehyung!" Jimin whined as the younger only chuckled and placed his arm around his close friend and patted his shoulder.
"I'm sorry for hurting your feelings~"
"Get off of me." Jimin giggled, shaking off Taehyung's hand as he unlocked the door and stepped inside. As soon as the roommates walked in, they were greeted by an unfurnished living room.
From the entrance of the apartment, there was a hall leading to the living room that also had a mini kitchen too, lights hanging from above the white ceiling while the light bounced off the light grey wooden flooring, white cabinets hugging against the walls in the kitchen and marbled counter tops over the dark wooden kitchen cabinets. To the left was a balcony with a great view of the ocean, and to the right of the room was a small hall with only two doors leading to the bedroom and bathroom.
Jimin took a good look at the apartment and glared at Taehyung afterwards. "Taehyung... Quick question.."
"Yes, Jimin?" Taehyung wondered. Already knowing what Jimin would ask.
"I thought you shipped in our furniture?"
"...I did..."
"Well? Where is it, Taehyung?" Jimin questioned the younger, folding his arms and turning to face the man. Tapping his right shoe onto the wooden floor.
"Listen, it's not coming in until tomorrow! I forgot to tell you! But it's okay. I brought an air mattress we can share!" Taehyung stated as Jimin sighed. There was so many things on Jimin's plate so far, since he was a journalist, he would have to write up reviews on certain locations he visited before travelling to Busan, he had to update blogs, worry about rent and now the furnishing was delayed.
"This is fine... We'll work through it!" Jimin added, face plaming as he took another glance at the kitchen and living room. "I forgot how much we spent on this."
"I-It was a lot of wons."
"Well then I guess we could have instant noodles for this week until atleast one of us payed towards a Saturday or Friday." Jimin added, letting out a stressful exhale. Taehyung felt slightly guilty for all of this even if he wasn't to blame for the delay on the furniture. It would have been atleast a stress reliever for Jimin to actually open the apartment door to see boxes of decor and furnishing to move around.
Taehyung followed Jimin silently as Jimin walked up to what seemed to be the small bathroom. The bathroom atleast lightened up Jimin's mood, the shower was a clear glass see-through walk in shower with the head of the shower being able to detatch from the holder and re-attatch after. Modern and bright lights lit up the bathroom, showing off the clean and big mirrors. There was a white toilet, a sink thay had no cabinets under but just a black slab holding it above a small drain.
"Atleast the bathroom isn't a mess..." Taehyung said pressing his fingers against eachother innocently while Jimin at least let out a smile.
"You have a point there." Jimin responded, turning around to move Taehyung out of the way and walk across the small hall and open another door to the bedroom.
The room was white with a beige colored carpeted floor and had a small window that was left open, causing Jimin to quickly walk up to it and close it. "There's one bedroom. Guess we'll have to share." Jimin told Taehyung while the younger leaned on the doorway of the room.
"I'd rather sleep in the living room instead for the night, Jimin."
"Then I'll sleep here." Jimin mentioned but Taehyung only scoffed and started to let out a slight snicker afterwards, walking out of the room and into the living room. "My air mattress will be in the living room tonight. It's up to you if you want to join me." Taehyung stated as Jimin rolled his eyes and locked the window shut.
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That night during their first night in their apartment, Taehyung was using a portable electric air pump to inflate the grey air mattress that was 16.5 inches big. Jimin had his arms wrapped around his small pillow he brought as he gazed down at the younger filling up the mattress with air. The two were in their sleep attire ready to sleep as soon as the mattress was inflated.
Taehyung was wearing a silk buttoned up, baby blue colored sleeved shirt with matching long silk bottoms as Jimin wore a white shirt and loose dark blue bunny pajama bottoms. Taehyung soon finished pumping the air onto the mattress and sealed the opening before standing up and walking over to an outlet to unplug the wire. "Done!" Taehyung stated as Jimin looked at the bed and placed his small pillow right by Taehyung's small heart plush that had a cute face on it.
"Really... You brought Tata with you?" Jimin giggled as the younger nodded, wrapping the wire around the air pump.
"He's a good friend. Much more nicer than you." Taehyung teased followed by Jimin's contagious and cute giggles. The younger walked over to the lights to switch them off and reached over to his luggage, grabbing a huge white blanket he can share with Jimin. Taehyung layed in bed next to his friend as he turned over to rest while Jimin was facing up at the ceiling.
After a while, Jimin was still asleep as Taehyung slipped into deep slumber, hugging Jimin close and resting his head on Jimin's shoulder, completely moving his lips next to Jimin's neck.
"Taehyung, get off!" Jimin hissed and tried to move him but once he succeeded, Taehyung only let out a small whine and wrapped his arms around Jimin once more. "Get... Off!" Jimin repeated and suddenly, Taehyung rolled over Jimin, resting his body on the older. Unexpectedly giving Jimin a kiss on the neck! Jimin's eyes blew wide and he gave such a sour and disgusted face afterwards. "G-Gross..." Jimin thought while he continued to push Taehyung off of him. This kept going until 3:45 AM when Jimin finally rolled off the air mattress, seeing Taehyung already extend his arms and feet out. Taking up the whole space.
"Lunatic." Jimin said under his breath, standing up and snatching his pillow away but assuring that he tucked his best friend in before leaving the living room. Jimin walked into the empty room he longed to sleep in at first and set his pillow down by the corner to sleep.
Right when Jimin closed his eyes to rest, he started to hear a voice, footsteps and finally a gentle tune that serenaded him from up above him. It was coming from the vent up on the ceiling. Leading to the third floor. Jimin opened his eyes, being able to make out the words to himself while he listened to the anonymous male voice sing through the vents.
"Pictures I'm living through for now...Trying to remember all the good times.. Our life was cutting through so loud... Memories are playing in my dull mind....
I hate this part, paper hearts
And I'll hold a piece of yours...
Don't think I would just forget about it. Hoping that you won't forget~"
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