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IM SO SORRY THIS IS FIVE MONTHS LATE. JESUS. IM SO SORRYDKSKSK. FLOOF I FINALLY UPDATED ARE YOU HAPPY NOW SKKSKSKSK
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"WAIT WHAT. HE LIVES IN THE SAME COMPLEX AS YOU?" Jo Hyun screeches on the other end of the phone. "Where abouts?"

"Directly underneath me..." So Joon sighs, lying on her sofa in her pj's, messy hair and a bungeoppang in her other hand. "What are the odds?...."

"Girl you should use this to your advantage. I mean think about it. Strong, built, cute but kinda scary looking, not a dickhead. All the qualities your ex didn't have." She laughs, taking a sip from her Starbucks ice tea, the ice crushing against once another.

"Shut up." So Joon rolls her eyes, resting her head against the arm of the couch, running her fingers through her hair. "How have I never noticed him?"

"I mean. Why would you be spying on a hunk like him?" She laughs.

"Maybe I should get you and him together..."

"I'm loyal to my man Kyungsoo, ain't got no time for any Monsterwoo..."

"You're never getting him. I doubt EXO are up for another dating scandal." So Joon takes a large bite out of the pastry. "Every time you have a guy over and...about to get it on... he notices your literal shrine of Kyungsoo in your room. It's kinda creepy to obsess over an idol that much. Imagine all those Kyungsoo eyes staring at him whenever he-"

"-OK STOP! As long as I don't turn on the lights and keep my room dark whenever he's over he'll never notice." She slurps her ice tea. "My idea is fail-proof."

"For a uni graduate, you're so dumb"

"For someone majoring in literature you're dumber. I know where you live idiot I'll kick you." She laughs passive-aggressively.

"Sure." So joon laughs. "I'm going to sleep, night Mrs Saesang."

"OI! I'm not a saesang Mrs Monsterwoo."

Jo Hyun puts the phone down.

"I swear-"

Another knock at the door was heard from So Joon's living room.

"what now!?" She growls, standing up and placing her snack on a plate, practically stamping her feet through the corridor and swinging the door open, poking out her raging face to find her boss, Jeon-Hyuk, standing at the door. "O-oh hi Park Jeon-Hyuk." She bows a little.

"No need to use formalities outside of work" He laughs. "Is everything ok now? Just came to check on you." He's wearing an oversized grey hoodie with an embroidered Kakao friends Ryan bear on the right breast side, which is tucked into a pair of black jeans. A pair of checkered Vans on his feet.

So Joon stands up straight and puts on a welcoming face. "Well come in if you want, late night tea?"

"Ah, no it's quite alright, I wouldn't want to empose. It's quite late anyway, I wouldn't like anyone getting the wrong idea." He laughs.

Oh that's right, I forgot he's quite conservative.

"It does smell nice in there, what you been cooking?"

"Ah just some bungeoppang, I had a neighbour over earlier. He's new to the neighbourhood."

"He?" Jeon-Hyuk questions.

"Aha, yeh. We ran into each other a couple of times and to my surprise, he lives directly below me."

For some reason, Jeon-Hyuk seemed a little uneasy by what So-Joon had said, he crosses his arms. "So-Joon. You can't just have random guys coming into your apartment, especially at this time of the night. What are the neighbors gonna be thinking huh?"

"Did you ask him round for ramen..."

"WHAT!!... NO! It wasn't like that. He literally just came over. He's a neighbor. Lives below me." She gently digs at his chest. "Stop being paranoid silly."

"What's his name then?" He asks, a slight chuckle in his voice. But So-joon couldn't tell whether this was being sincerely humerus or it was to slightly defuse the odd tension.

"Monsterwoo..."

"What sort of name is that? Is he a rapper?"

"He rides a bike. I'm not quite sure of his profession. He seems to lift weights and isn't shy of tattoos..."

Jeon-Hyuk raises an eyebrow. "Tattoos..." he rubs in between his eyebrows with his pointer finger and thumb, "Your parents would disown you if they found out you even lived within a mile of a tattooed Guy, never alone being associated with him."

"Yeh. They would. Butttt... I'm NOT dating him." She rolls her eyes. "Anyway, I'm gonna go-"

"- ah yes. You should. I better be off too. Glad to know you're ok!" He smiles, placing his hands in his pockets and rocking back and forth on his feet. "Goodnight" he waves.

"Get home safe." She smiles, waving and slowly closing the door. "Jesus Christ..." So-joon feels the vibration from her phone and picks it up out of her pocket.

Monsterwoo
Erm... thanks for keeping my gloves safe

I should bring food or something to say thank you...

"Yes because I need more misunderstandings from my neighbours and friends..."

So-Joon
No it's no bother!! Sleep well.

"There. Now I don't seem interested. He won't come give me food. It's fine."

So-Joon's paranoia seemed to increase dramatically since Jeon-Hyuk made that valid point. About both the Neighbours and her parents. What if they even speculated she had an association with him?

"I mean. To be honest it's just tattoos. It's not like he's a criminal or has done anything bad before..."

Monsterwoo
Did you know I got deported from the US

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