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𝙧𝙤𝙝 𝙝𝙮𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙖

i suddenly remembered something, and hopped off the couch. "where's your wallet?"

"why do you need my wallet?" he asked, with his eyes closed.

"so you can pay me back." i said, going over to the drawer next to him, opening the cupboards.

"i'm going to report you to the police for invading my privacy." he said.

"but you need to pay me back thirty-two dollars and fifty-nine cents first."

"my wallets up there." he put his hand on the headboard of his bed.

"why don't you just get it for me then you idiot-" i said, reaching over joohyuk to grab the wallet.

at the exact moment when i finally grabbed the thing after a whole ten years of struggle, joohyuk grabbed my wrist and pulled me down.

i landed on the bed.

right next to him.

joohyuk giggled like a little teenager and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer.

"can you stop with this-" my cheeks burned embarrassingly. "-horseplay or whatever you call it."

joohyuk ignored me, closing his eyes and burying his head in the crook of my neck. it made my annoying heart race even faster. that traitor.

"you're gonna get me sick!!" i growled and tried to wriggle out, but joohyuk whined in protest.

"i'm in a lot of pain hyeonaaa. can't you share your warmth with another human being to help them out?" he pouted like a little child, which ticked me off because i found it cute.

"you said that last time!" i smacked him in the head but he didn't even wince.

"and i wasn't wrong then, so i'm not wrong now." joohyuk said haughtily.

i let out a long sigh and stopped wriggling around. "the things i do for my friends."

"yeah. you're really great." he murmured. joohyuk looked like he suddenly remembered something and put his head up.

"don't do that! our faces are too close." i said, inching back.

he snickered. "sorry. anyways, where were you?"

"getting medicine for you." i said plainly.

"no, before that."

"do i have to tell you where i'm at every second of the day? are you my mom? or are you my obsessive boyfriend?? are you kwon sejun or something suddenly??" i asked, clearly ticked off once again.

"i'm just curious, stop looking at me like that." joohyuk pouted.

i let out another breath. "i met my dad earlier."

"you whAt?"

"i met him. it was nothing big. you could tell we both weren't ecstatic to see each other." i said.

"but you met him after all this time..."

"yeah. turns out my mom asked him to come for money. my part-time jobs weren't making enough money." i said in disappointment.

joohyuk frowned. "and? did he help out?"

i shrugged. "i stormed out before i could hear." i said. "and then came here, because of yoU."

"sorry." joohyuk squeaked.

"it's fine. i needed to do something other than think anyways." i said, reaching up to rub my eye and bonking joohyuk with my elbow along the way.

"oW!"

"sorry."

he shivered and sniffled (disgustingly) again, pulling the blanket over both of us. "it's too cold."

"i'm fucking boiling." i glared. "anyways, how the hell did you get sick anyway?"

"i left the window open when i was sleeping last night, and taekwon didn't come back to the dorm either." he said. "i swear, this is all because of him."

"but i got to see you because of him so that's okay." joohyuk added.

i rolled my eyes. "if i get sick tomorrow i'll really kill you."

"haha. hahahahaha."

it got quieter, and i could tell joohyuk was dozing off. or something.

i watched him fall asleep, because i had nothing else to do of course, and realized he was quite the attractive human being. the full package. whatever girl he likes is lucky. i'd be lying if i said i wasn't jealous of her. as a friend though, of course.

just then, i heard the door open, making me jump and lose all of the remaining brain cells left inside my head.

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