Chapter 394
The new roommate assignments are complete.
Me and Yoo Min-ha share a room.
Chae Eun-gyu and Kang Si-yoon share a room.
And Song Hyung-bin, Heo Yu-bin, and Ji Yoon-chul share a large room on the second floor.
This roommate assignment was so refreshing that it felt different.
As far as I remember, Ji Yoon-chul had never won a room for three before, but this was his first time on the second floor.
And it was also the first time for me and Yoo Min-ha to share a room together.
It was unusual from the start.
"Hey, Min-ha is already shaking."
"Min-ha, fighting!"
"Argh, please, please save me!"
"Why, we haven't even changed rooms yet, so why is there an SOS call already?"
On the way to their new rooms after each of them had packed their bags, Yoo Minha sent out rescue requests to everyone he met.
Some of the members asked him why he was already like this when he hadn't even been with me yet.
"As soon as Karis saw me, he immediately started to bite me and crack his fists!"
"Oh, that's a bit scary."
"I'm sure I won't last even a day and I'll die!"
"That's a shame. Hey."
"At least pretend to care about me, seriously!"
Everyone didn't pay much attention to Yoo Minha and only gave him light words of comfort.
No, I'm being treated unfairly.
I just said that we should do well together, so why do I have to be treated so terribly?
But funny enough, seeing Yoo Minha like this made me even more angry.
'Yeah, I'll make you improve properly like Chae Eun-gyu.'
I packed my bags early and started decorating my new room faster than anyone else.
When Yoo Minha, who was slow at tidying up, arrived at our room, I had already neatly organized everything from bedding to clothes.
You could say he had a really good roommate.
"Y-you've already organized this much, hyung?"
"That's right. You should hurry up and organize too, Min-ha. Then you can rest early."
"I'll try....…."
I sat on the edge of the bed and observed Yoo Minha taking out his luggage one by one.
After watching him quietly for about 10 minutes, my evaluation wasn't that bad.
'Better than Chae Eun-gyu?'
Was it because what happened to Chae Eun-gyu was so great before he received my education?
Yoo Minha felt like a drop in the bucket compared to Chae Eun-gyu.
The fact that his toiletries didn't stick out from his clothes was a huge win for Yoo Minha.
However, Yoo Minha also had a weakness that Chae Eun-gyu had a hard time fixing.
It was obvious that he was having a hard time organizing his clothes by type.
'You're going to stuff that in with your underwear? No, at least put the clothes in properly. What kind of trick is it to roll them up like a ball and stuff them in?'
I guess I should fix things one by one, starting with reducing the volume.
While I was making notes in my head, Yoo Minha sat up for a moment, sweating profusely.
Then, after mumbling, he asked me for help first.
"Hyung, the rest of my clothes won't fit. What should I do?"
"Hmm. Didn't the clothes always fit in the old room?"
"Yes. So I just threw them in a place that was visible, but I don't think that's right anymore."
"Hahaha!"
I burst out laughing without realizing it.
Maybe it was because Yoo Minha's usual hesitation and careful behavior was new to me.
"Are you aware of my feelings?"
"I feel like I'd be in big trouble if I threw my clothes on the floor in front of you."
"You have a good feeling."
"Wow, do you know how scary your tone was just now?"
"I'm joking. I'm joking."
I got up from the bed and opened Yoo Minha's cabinet wide.
Then, without a moment's hesitation, I poured all the clothes inside onto the floor.
"Eek?! Hyung! Why are you pour all that out! When I packed it in!"
Yoo Minha was shocked by my hot actions.
But I didn't stop and continued to take out every last piece of clothing.
"It was wrong to pack it in from the beginning. Minha. Now, sit here. I'll teach you how to fold your clothes, step by step."
Chae Eun-gyu was the same.
If you want to reduce the volume of your clothes, you need to know how to fold them neatly first.
If you don't know this, the space in the cabinet will be wasted, so there will be clothes that you can't put away.
I was worried that Yoo Minha wouldn't be interested in my organizing lessons, but surprisingly, he showed great concentration.
He watched my hand movements carefully and followed along, and when he got stuck on the wall while doing it himself, he didn't hesitate to come to me.
At that moment, I thought to myself that the weak appearance he showed to the other members earlier was just an act.
"I guess I'm more focused because I feel like I'll get in trouble if I don't listen to you."
"Hmm? I didn't really plan on getting in trouble for you."
"Really?"
Yoo Minha raised his eyebrows with a slightly surprised expression.
"Eun-gyu hyung warned me, 'Do you know how much I got in trouble with Karis?' and 'If you don't listen to him, you'll be in big trouble.'"
"...That guy really gets in trouble."
"Huh? No?"
As I clenched my fists and trembled, Yoo Minha tilted his head innocently.
"Of course not. I don't use violence unless absolutely necessary. Kang Si-yoon is an exception."
"What, then Eun-gyu hyung lied?"
"I guess I'll have to take care of this later."
"I, I won't lie! I'll work hard!"
Although that wasn't the purpose of the words, after this short conversation, Yoo Min-ha became even more tense and learned how to organize and clean the room.
He definitely followed along quickly, so it was fun to teach him.
"That's enough. Now, look. Isn't it much cleaner than before?"
"I can't believe I did this with my own hands."
"That's the fun of cleaning."
I was satisfied that I had touched on one of the most pressing issues to some extent.
This one lesson alone won't fix all of Yoo Minha's bad habits.
Still, it's a different matter to take a step forward and not even stand at the starting line.
There's only going to be better things to come.
'Now all I'm worried about is waking up in the morning.'
I'll figure that out tomorrow.
First, I have to go and punish the traitor who spread the ridiculous rumors.
"I'll go out for a bit."
I didn't tell Yoo Min-ha to follow me, but Yoo Min-ha instinctively sensed that something fun was going to happen and followed me like an excited puppy.
When I heard the members talking in the living room, I went to see Chae Eun-gyu, Kang Si-yoon, and Heo Yu-bin, who were taking a break after putting off cleaning up their room for a while.
I smiled and immediately stood behind the chair Chae Eun-gyu was sitting in.
"Everyone's here."
"Oh, what, Karis and Min-ha is here too? Are you done cleaning up your room?"
"I'm almost done. More importantly, I came because I heard there was someone spreading false information here."
"That's right, who is it!"
"Huh?"
"Yes?"
"Ahem!"
While Kang Si-yoon and Heo Yu-bin blinked as if they didn't understand, Chae Eun-gyu coughed as if he had been stabbed by something.
Instead of asking further questions verbally, I added physical threats.
"What did you do?"
"Ah! I was wrong, I was wrong!"
"I always treated you, hyung, with affection."
"Ah! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
When I put a headlock on Chae Eun-gyu, Yoo Min-ha, who was watching from behind, cheered me on in an excited tone.
"Karis hyung, do it harder!"
"Hey, Min-ha, why on earth are you!"
"I understand."
"Ahh! Surrender! Surrender!"
Chae Eun-gyu, caught in my headlock, urgently raised my arm and declared surrender.
Kang Si-yoon, who saw that, immediately revealed another fact.
"Hey, you know what? As soon as Eun-gyu hyung got here, he said, 'I'm happy I can sleep in from tomorrow~'. He said that because he felt so liberated and happy."
"When did I say that, Si-yoon-ah!"
"Hey, it's already too late, hyung. Just give up. If you deny it anymore, it'll be ugly."
Chae Eun-gyu tried to collect it belatedly, but Heo Yu-bin mercilessly delivered the finishing blow.
After securing the testimony, I intentionally pinched Chae Eun-gyu's shoulder hard with my fingernails.
"How much did you lie?"
"Ouch!"
"I won't let you go anymore because you're hyung. I tried so hard to change your lifestyle."
"You didn't let me go in the first place!"
***
Three days had passed since the new roommate was assigned.
Contrary to my worries, Yoo Min-ha woke up very briskly.
"Min-ha, time to wake up-."
"Haaaah!"
Of course, the problem was after waking up, regardless of how fast he woke up.
Maybe it was because of the pressure of having to wake up right away, but somehow Yoo Minha would always scream and open his eyes wide.
After I woke him up, he would often just sit on the bed and fall asleep again.
That's why I had to clap my hands in front of him or poke his cheek once in a while to reactivate him.
'It's like restarting a robot.'
Is it because I saw Chae Eun-gyu, who would just sleep like a rock no matter how many times I woke him up?
Yoo Minha started to look cute in comparison.
His reactions were fun, so it was fun to wake him up.
However, unlike Yoo Min-ha, who worked hard every day, Chae Eun-gyu, who was my first work, was really enjoying his freedom as he had declared three days ago.
Until yesterday, he seemed to be waking up in the morning, but it's impossible.
Kang Si-yoon said that no matter how many times he woke him up today, he pretended not to hear him.
"I gave up. Hey, how did you wake that hyung up every day? I couldn't do it because it was hard."
"I did it with a great sense of responsibility and will. Are you saying he's still lying in his room?"
"Yeah. Why, should you go yourself?"
"Of course."
I walked with both arms crossed toward Chae Eun-gyu and Kang Si-yoon's room.
Then, as if showing a familiar assistant's example, I lightly lifted Chae Eun-gyu and put him on my shoulder like a burden.
"Huh?"
"Oh, I didn't think I'd see this again."
Kang Si-yoon even clapped as if he was watching an interesting circus.
Chae Eun-gyu, who woke up to a familiar hand, sighed at the sight of himself becoming a burden again.
"Why are you doing this again..."
"Yeah, you should have woken up. Have you forgotten what day it is today?"
"Huh?"
Chae Eun-gyu made a voice that was half-asleep, and then something came to mind and he got off my shoulder on his own.
"Wow, I forgot. I'm really sorry."
"You're really hopeless."
Today was the day to test-record scenes that will be used in the music video and concept trailer video for our comeback album,
Thanks to Heo Yu-bin's performance, the album preparations were completed according to schedule, so now all that was left was to finish the difficult parts one by one.
This filming is said to be taking place on a university campus.
The best way to bring out the school concept is to go to an actual school and film.
Since it was the first time visiting a university since the last Yeonje University festival, the car was filled with excitement.
Of course, Heo Yu-bin was the most excited.
"Today, we're going to film that scene as a test! There were 6 people in the photo, but there were 7 people!"
"What to do before filming it?"
"We are just playing around freely, and one of us suggested taking a picture, and that person took the picture himself. That would be exactly 6 people. But if you check the printed picture, you can see an unidentified shadow."
"Are we really just going to play around freely?"
Kang Si-yoon looked at me, wiggling his eyebrows.
I could guess what he was going to say when he made that kind of look.
"Then can I take a picture of Karis pulling his sideburns-."
"You're going to get beaten up anyway."
"Ah! Aaaah! Hey, my finger! My finger's going to break! Aaaah!"
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