apartment block 17

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apartment #607
wen junhui, xu minghao

minghao had forgotten how empty it felt to live in an apartment alone. it'd been a while since he occupied a space by himself.

apartments in apartment block 17 weren't even particularly big; two bedrooms (though in their apartment, the spare bedroom became an office/storage room), one bathroom, living room and kitchen. the basics. junhui had hung up various polaroids and random paintings on all the walls, and they'd bought some minimalistic decor to fill up the spaces; but it was only recently that minghao realised it wasn't the furniture that filled up an apartment. it was the people living in it.

minghao definitely wasn't an attention seeker; he was comfortable only around his friends and family, and didn't speak out too often in public situations. only recently had he begun to break out of his shell; that is, until luhan triggered his past insecurities and he started to withdraw into himself yet again.

junhui's absence had hit harder than he expected; waking up in an empty, cold bed scared minghao sometimes. he never realised how large of a presence junhui was. even with his infuriatingly teasing smirks and weird habits, minghao really missed him.

he had his friends though; mingyu would come over and compete over games with him, soonyoung would intrude and work up a storm in the small space and hansol and seungkwan would occasionally bring up some instant ramen and they'd have meaningless conversations into the night. he loved them all so much.

he sat on the bed, sheets twisted, turned and crumpled in every direction, rereading through group chat messages until a new message from junhui himself popped up. minghao smiled stupidly to himself; junhui always managed to text at the perfect times.

• • •

minghao's phone

junhoe<3 >
Today 5:55 PM

junhoe<3
> HAOOOOOOOOOO
> omgomgomg

me
> what

junhoe<3
> i got my script for tomorrow's filming just then
> i have a makeout scene...

me
> ummm how could u not know this before?!?!?

junhoe<3
> IDK
> THE WRITERS ARE LITERALLY STILL WRITING THE ENDING OF THIS DRAMA LOL
> we get our scripts the day before, sometimes even like an hour before filming omg
> i mean... ever wondered why i'm only filming here for a week?!
> when a drama is normally shot over months lol

me
> does ur character get killed off or something lol

junhoe<3
> just between u and me
> YEAH HOLY FUCK
> WHY ME
> WHY IS IT MY CHARACTER WHO'S KILLED OFF
> FIRST THE PLAY, NOW THIS DRAMA ???

me
> shit i can't wait to watch this drama<3

junhoe<3
> fuck you minghoe

me
> i know u would

junhoe<3
> o.O
> anyway, isn't the play starting soon??

me
> yeah but hang on
> we're off topic
> who where why how
> ur makeout scene

junhoe<3
> i cant tell u too much but i have some last minute love interest before i die lol

me
> is she the one who kills you

junhoe<3
> .... maybe ....

me
> how steamy
> rate from 1-10