alone together ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 . . . take a hit
── taking comfort in the thought that you are together in aloneness through late night talks, heartfelt confessions, and a genuine connection. with your shared experience of recent heartbreaks, you wonder if getting together would be all worth it. in which you find solace in each other's company, that you are alone together.
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"ready to go?" seunghan chirps the moment you open your door. rolling your eyes, you wave him off. locking your dorm before you leave
"ready as i'll ever be i guess.." you murmured, jiggling the doorknob for safe measure. seunghan laughs and walks on ahead
"where is this party anyway?" you ask, grabbing your phone from the pocket of your jeans, checking if you had any notifications but only to be met with the clock that reads 9:04 PM staring right back at you
before seunghan could answer, his phone starts ringing. he holds a finger up, motioning you to wait as he answers his phone
"hello? yeah we're on our way" you hear him say to the phone. it must be his friends looking for him "we? i'm with y/n right now" he continues, looking back at you and shooting a smile
you make a face at seunghan for even mentioning your name to his friends. they probably don't even know who you are minus wonbin who you've already met
"we're literally just across the street so hold the shots til we're there. see you sohee bye!" seunghan cuts sohee off on the phone and abruptly ends the call
"it's the guys. they're looking for us. let's go!" seunghan hums, grabbing your arm and hauling your ass out of your dorm building so that you two could finally go to this damned party
you were starting to think coming to this party might’ve been a mistake…
. . . ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁
when seunghan said on the phone that you two were across the street, you didn't think of the fact that the party would be held at wonbin's building
now that you think about it, you didn't question wonbin's message earlier when he mentioned "our rooftop"
"FINALLY YOU'RE HERE" sohee yells out at the exact moment him and seunghan made eye contact. he makes his way through the sea of people on the rooftop to meet with you and seunghan
"and who is this?" you hear sohee ask after dapping seunghan up
seunghan clears his throat, ready to give you another dramatic introduction to one of his friends but not today seunghan, not today
"i'm y/n. i'm seunghan's friend" you introduce yourself to sohee, waving a little
sohee quickly takes a good look at you before it all clicks in his head
"oh! you're the girl who slapped seunghan the other day right? it's so nice to finally meet you! i'm sohee!" sohee beams, shaking your hand
you were a little taken a back by his description on how he knew you by but nonetheless you eagerly shake his hand back
sohee suddenly clasps his hands together, catching both of you and seunghan's attention
"the guys have been waiting for you seunghan, so let me take you to them" sohee chirps, turning around and walking ahead further into the sea of people
you feel seunghan's hand push your back as he follows sohee, "c'mon. we don't want to get lost" seunghan says loud enough for you to hear over the sound of the music that's playing loudly on the rooftop
there were a lot of people like you initially expected. sungchan is a well known guy in campus, so no doubt people wouldn't want to miss his party, let alone his birthday
you take a look around your surroundings filled with familiar and unfamiliar peers. you could recognize some people in some classes you've shared in the past but you mostly kept to yourself. the only friends you made during freshman year was giselle, karina and seunghan with the exception of minjeong and ningning
your little train of thought gets interrupted when you hear someone yell out seunghan's name
"seunghan! over here!" someone yells. seunghan's head perks up and follows the sound of the voice
"eunseok hyung!" seunghan waves, finally spotting him near the improvised dj booth
you follow the direction where seunghan was waving at and there you see the rest of seunghan's friends. though you only recognize one of them which was anton
seunghan ushers you first when you two arrive to the spot where his friends were chilling at
"guys! this is y/n! y/n, meet the guys! that's eunseok, shotaro, anton, and the birthday boy, sungchan" seunghan introduces you and the guys. "there's sohee again you just met him seven seconds ago" he adds, causing sohee to smack him
you wave shyly at the 4 boys before you. even mustering a little "happy birthday" to sungchan, to which he thanks you and tells you to enjoy the night
you've heard of their little circle thanks to seunghan. you knew that wonbin was part of their group but at the moment, he was no where in sight. you pull your hand into the pocket of your jeans to feel wonbin's pen that you have to return
he did say to give it back during this party so you had a reason to go. so where was he?
though it seemed like seunghan read your mind since he was also looking around for wonbin
"where's wonbin hyung?" seunghan asks, looking around
"he was just here a second ago with sion" shotaro says, recalling that wonbin told him that he'd be with sion throughout the night if he needed him
"oh sion's here?! so yushi and riku might be around!" seunghan says all excitedly
on the contrary of his excitement, you were beginning to feel a little nervous at his excitement to meet his other friends. your fear of being left alone by seunghan alongside his friends is starting to ensure
amidst your internal panic, you feel a hand on your shoulder. you jolt, looking up at the person who just held your shoulder. there you see sungchan with a smile on his face, seemingly offering you a drink
"relax! enjoy the night! here's a drink to ease yourself up!" sungchan smiles, handing you a party cup. you awkwardly accept the cup and sip on it a little to show at least some appreciation from the party host for his hospitality
"how about we do shots together as a little ice breaker?" anton proposes, sensing the impending awkwardness filling in the air. after all, it was everyone's first time meeting. at a party at that
the group chorus a yes and they all pass their own cups before getting it filled with drinks
"everyone ready?" shotaro asks, eyeing down everyone's hands that held the drinks
"three.. two.. on-"
"taking shots without me?" wonbin suddenly appears out of no where
eunseok gets cut off by wonbin making his grand entrance. your eyes widened in surprise as you make eye contact with him. although wonbin doesn't express it, he too was surprised at your presence
he didn't think you'd actually go
"wonbin hyung!"
wonbin's little trance gets cut off by seunghan who daps him up and asking him where he was
"i was with sion but i lost him again back there" wonbin laughs, "where's my cup and why are we doing shots?" he looks around seeing everyone (including you) had their own
"just a little ice breaker since we've just formally met seunghan's friend, y/n" sohee says, nodding his head towards your direction
anton, thinking that you two haven't met before, decides to introduce you to wonbin
"so uh y/n! this is wonbin the last member of our little circle. wonbin this is y/n" anton kindly introduces you to the guy you've already met
you let out a little chuckle at the mere thought of the fact that this was probably the third time wonbin has been formally introduced to you. it's kinda funny now that you think about
before you can say anything though, wonbin beats you to it
"we've already met" wonbin says cooly, accepting the cup shotaro gives him
all the guys (minus you and seunghan) look at him weirdly, he met you when?
"they met each other yesterday" seunghan brings up, suddenly laughing at the memory of wonbin being sulky to the guys
you then make eye contact with wonbin again. even smiling a little when you two lock eyes. he may not have said it out loud but you knew what he was thinking with his eyes alone, 'if only they knew'
"let's take shots now i want to party!" sungchan suddenly says, raising his cup up in the air. the rest of you quickly follow suit.
"cheers!" everyone chants before clinking the cups against each other
well, that's one way to start the night...
. . . ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁
just like you predicted, throughout the night, seunghan has left you alone
though seunghan's friends were nice enough to talk to you for the first few hours of the night. you got to know them quite well and even exchanged instagrams so you could all keep in touch. who knew seunghan had such funny friends?
but it's not like he meant to do it. seunghan somehow saw his friend soobin amongst the sea of people and decided to hang out with him for a while (with your permission of course)
before he left, he tells you that soobin was the guy he tried setting you up with back then at the club on the first night of your break up. hearing such thing, you smacked seunghan in the chest and apologized to soobin personally for the way you acted that night
to which soobin promptly understood where you were coming from and tells you it was alright and it was quite funny to experience it (you never wanted to die in a hole and kill seunghan on the spot for letting you go through that)
in the end soobin ended up giving you his instagram for funsies. guess you just scored another mutual friend from seunghan on your phone
now here you were, backed up on the rooftop terrace, just watching people mingle with each other, swirling your half empty cup filled with some mixed liquor
you look at everyone on the dance floor all mingling around, seemingly having the time of their lives as they live all carefree. you then get a wave of nostalgia, reminiscing the days where it was you on that dance floor talking to everyone
what even happened?
"what's a pretty girl doing back here all alone?" a familiar voice speaks
rolling your eyes, you turn your head to the side and there you see wonbin with a shit eating grin on his face. somehow wonbin just had a knack of catching you in not so pretty moments. moments like you're alone, going through something, or maybe even both
"very funny haha" you mock, drinking the rest of your drink before putting the cup on the table nearby, "i'm "partying"" you quote
wonbin chortles, totally not expecting that response from you
"seriously though, why are you just alone back here? where's seunghan?" wonbin looks around for your buddy that's no where to be found
"he's with his own friends. he asked permission though if it's okay if they could hang for a bit and who am i to say no? so now i'm here" you say, leaning back on the railings behind you
wonbin hums in acknowledgment. seems fair, it was a party after all
with nothing else going on, he takes it upon himself to hang out with you instead of checking up on the other guests. he then stands beside you, now joining you on people watching
"... uh what are you doing?" you ask, a little flustered that he's suddenly beside you
"chilling" he answers smoothly, "why? don't want me here?" he raises a brow, looking down at you
there's a slight edge on his tone of voice that you aren't too sure if he was serious or fucking around
"o-obviously it's fine! i'm just wondering!" you squeaked, feeling the blood rush to your cheeks in sheer embarrassment. you were on their turf so there was no room to be all bitchy
wonbin laughs at your reaction. who knew it was this easy to make you all flustered
with the way wonbin is acting, you can't help but start to wonder why all this just seems comfortable between the two of you. you haven't been friends with him for a long time for him to be acting like this, the same way seunghan acts with you, but somehow you're okay with it
if it was someone else you wouldn't even spare them a chance. easily shutting them out and telling them to fuck off.
but with wonbin, you just can't help but let him do it. you don't really understand why either. was it the shared experiences? the coincidental late night shenanigans that have occurred twice in a row now?
maybe there was something about him that you unknowingly long for. a sense of calm before the storm
are you looking into it too much? was this the lack of emotional connection that you've been yearning for that you didn't receive in your previous relationships?
halfway through your little trance, you suddenly remembered half of the main reason why you even attended this party. which was to return wonbin's vape
you fish out wonbin's device from your pockets and wordlessly hand it over to him by waving it in front of his face
"woah you really brought it back" he says in amusement, taking a good look at it, "haven't had a hit all day and i was getting a little hangry without it"
"hangry?" you repeat, stifling in your giggle
wonbin scoffs lightly, "you know what i mean" he says, poking the side of your head
"wow" you react, in disbelief with what he just did. did he really just poke the side of your head like you two were chill like that?
wonbin grins at your reaction, obviously having fun with teasing you. he can't tell if it's the alcohol in his system that's making him do this but whatever it was, he feels comfortable and is having the time of his life teasing the hell out of you
"fuck you wonbin" you curse, flipping him off, "i'm gonna need a drink for dealing with you" you breathe out, now grabbing your cup from the nearby table you placed it on
wonbin laughs loudly before motioning you to come with him
"okay let's get some drinks"
with that, you follow wonbin to wherever the drinks were at. you're gonna have to need some if you want to last throughout the night...
. . . ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁
it's safe to say that you've lost seunghan now that you're being accompanied by wonbin instead. seunghan did mention to live a little, so here you were, in some party, at the abandoned construction site behind the main rooftop entrance, drinking with wonbin
"i don't usually bring people here cause this is where i sit with my thoughts but tonight's an exception" wonbin says, showing you the view below his building complex
you leaned over the unfinished railings to look at the bustling city. the wind here was cool and breezy. but what takes the cake of this secret spot of his is that the view below is beautiful
"hey careful. this shit's still unfinished" wonbin blurts, grabbing onto your arm, pulling you back a little. you must've stumbled over some concrete blocks causing yourself to lose balance
you let out a small yelp, closing your eyes and bracing for the impact but it never happens. instead you were met with a plush chest and arms around your frame
peeking an eye open, the first thing you see is a red flannel and some necklaces slightly dangling over your face
"i told you to be careful" wonbin grumbles, releasing his grip around you once you stabilized yourself
"i was! you didn't have to pull me back harshly when you knew there were concrete blocks lying around!" you retort, moving away slightly from wonbin. again, you feel the blood rush to your cheeks. you have to stop embarrassing yourself like this
wonbin could only laugh at your embarrassed state. he then tells you to follow him again. this time he'll take you to a more safe spot around this abandoned construction site. a place where there were finished rooftop railings so he could ensure your safety since you two were drinking after all
now you find yourselves near an emergency exit
"this is place is a tad bit safer for your clumsy ass" wonbin comments, setting down a bottle of liquor on the ground
you gasp at his comment, putting a hand over your chest
"i am not clumsy!" you defend yourself
"yeah yeah, go tell that to yourself after almost tripping over" wonbin mocks the tone of your voice, smirking at your reaction
deciding this wasn't worth fighting over, you grab the bottle of liquor and pour yourself some and gulp it one go
wonbin makes a gesture that he wants some too but instead of pouring him a drink, you blatantly hand him the bottle so he could pour himself. wonbin scoffs in disbelief and snatches the bottle off your hands while you snicker to yourself
there's a blanket of silence after that. the only sounds you could hear were the cars on the road and the buildings that were still lively at this hour of the night but somehow it's comforting
wonbin was the first one to break the silence
"so how's the party so far" wonbin asks, swirling his cup around
you let out a hum, leaning over the railing as you watch cars pass and go. the night was still relatively young and who knows if you wanted to go home now
"it's okay i guess" you breathe, stealing a glance at wonbin before looking back at the city below. "a little boring but that's on me for not mingling around" you joke
"you want to meet new people?" wonbin questions, taking in your answer
"eh no" you brush him off, "i'm not the type to make friends easily"
"i can tell" wonbin blurts. instantly, you glared at the boy beside you, "what? i'm just saying! it's hard to read you" he claims
you raise a brow at him, "and why would you try and read me?"
"to assess if my judgements are right? i don't know"
"weird answer for a weirdo like you" you counter
wonbin lets out a gasp, "now i'm the weirdo", he points to himself as you chuckle. he rolls his eyes and takes a sip of his drink
"but serious question, what exactly were you expecting tonight?" he asks
good question, you thought to yourself. what were you expecting when you wanted to go earlier? did you want to have some fun? mingle around? find someone to talk to? what exactly did you want out of this?
it's easy to answer 'to have fun!' because frankly, that's why people party in the first place. to have fun. but recalling how the night went on earlier, you were attached to seunghan by the hip. never leaving his side. meeting his friends and sticking with them throughout the night was one thing but did you genuinely have fun?
maybe it really was a mistake going to this party
"to be honest, i don't know" you answer truthfully. "i imagined myself having the time of my life but being here now just feels like i lost that part of me for a long time now" you admit
"but i'm trying. i've been going to classes again, trying new things to at least get that part of me back but i don't know. it feels like i threw myself out and now i'm all lost" you say
a lost cause is what you wanted to say but you didn't want wonbin's pity. hell, you don't want anyone's pity. it's true in a sense that you did lose your sense of self during the duration of your past relationship. it was always him above anything else from yourself. now that you're alone, it now feels like you had no true desire in life
wonbin pushes himself off the ground and stands next to you, leaning back on the railing
"you know, talking to you almost seems like talking to a walking reflection of myself" wonbin comments, taking a deep breath and avoids eye contact
you scoff, "the fuck is that supposed to mean?"
"it's a good thing. at least to me" wonbin takes a hit off his vape. he then offers you the device, "want some? looks like you need it" he jokes
you elbow him but take the device nevertheless. wonbin laughs at your not so violent reaction and watches you take a hit, slowly exhaling the smoke out
"if you could change one decision you've made in the past, what would it be?" wonbin asks, finding a way to have small talk
"say no to that one dating proposal" you answer a little too quickly
"damn. you really hated your last relationship, huh?" wonbin reacts. he finds it a little hilarious, he's not gonna lie. though he knows some bits and pieces of your previous relationship thanks to those late night talks you've been having, still he finds it quite funny
"it's hard not to. how about you then? what do you think makes a relationship work out?" this time it was your turn to ask him
from what you've gathered from the time you two have been talking (including that fateful night where you two first met at the same convenience store), you know that he was the one who held on the longest til his ex left him
wonbin sighs, now it was his turn to be put on the spotlight
"i'd say it works if the guy is more in love than the girl" he shrugs. in his defense, it was based from personal experience. he did love his girl more than the girl loved him
you let out a hum at his answer. "i agree" you laugh a little
"well as you know, i was definitely more in love with my ex than he was with me. i was always the one chasing after him despite him being in the wrong sometimes. who knew that shit could burn you out in the long run?" you rant, furrowing your eyebrows together. your eyes then widened when you realized that you're sharing a little too much again. you immediately take a look at wonbin for a brief second to see him looking back at you with an expression you couldn't read. so you poke your tongue out to at least maintain the calm atmosphere without your little rant ruining it
wonbin suddenly looks up at the night sky, "it does get tiring, i'll tell you that" wonbin hums before hanging his head low, "but if you really love them, even if it's tiring, you'd still find a way to make things work"
all of a sudden wonbin chuckles bitterly
"although, sometimes your best is still never enough for them" he murmurs
there's silence after that. he hit that right on the dot. even when you did all you could to at least save your dying relationship, the end was inevitable. after what you went through, you started to isolate yourself from the fleeting feeling of love. to you, love deserves no second chances after giving it your all only to be paid in dust in return
for wonbin, he vows to himself that he will never love another person the way he loved his ex. he now has guarded himself from any potential harm to his state of mind. he can't even say if he's moved on completely because sometimes reminiscing the good ol' days gets to the best of him
does wonbin reflect on it? no. does he regret it? maybe. does he feel bad for regretting it? definitely.
it seems like wonbin has been too engrossed with his thoughts that you had to wave a hand over his face
"wha-" wonbin blurts out, shaking his head to bring himself back to earth
"i said take a hit" you pass him his vape device. now what happens next is not what you expected. you expected him to take the device itself and take a puff
what he does is he wraps his hand around yours and takes a hit off the device with you holding it
maybe it was the buzz of the liquor starting to catch up to you but you swear you felt a jolt of electricity run through your veins the moment his hand cups around yours
it seems like you two froze into place for what seems like an eternity. just looking at each other's eyes while his hand remained wrapped around yours (that was holding onto his device) though, the sound of your phone ringing breaks the little trance between you and wonbin
you instantly reach for your arm back, rummaging through your pockets to find your phone in panic after being brought back to reality
wonbin lets out a chuckle after witnessing you almost dropping your phone when you fished it out of your pockets. without reading the caller id, you swiped left and answered the call
"hello?!" you scream onto the phone unintentionally. you look at wonbin for a second while you wait for the person on the line to reply back
wonbin then reaches for your hand again but this time he takes his device off your hands. you watch him take another long hit before exhaling it over the railing
"WHERE ARE YOU?!" the other line screams back. you pull back the phone as you wince from the volume of their voice. it was seunghan
"oh so you finally remembered me?" you sass, mouthing "it's seunghan" to wonbin who nods and continues to do his own thing
"hey c'mon! it's not all the time i see soobin around. so where are you? did you go home?" seunghan asks over the phone. you take another look at wonbin who was now watching the city below
"no i'm still at the party. just mingling around and shit" you tell seunghan on the phone. well, it's not a lie, nor is it the truth either. you just didn't want to tell him just yet that you were just hanging out with wonbin all this time
"see i told you you'd enjoy yourself! i'm happy you came along. so anyway have you seen wonbin? shotaro's looking for him" seunghan says. your eyes widened, did wonbin deadass just accompany you for no reason at all? he really left all his friends hanging?
"wonbin? no i haven't seen him" you lie, looking at wonbin who just turned around after hearing his name
"oh okay maybe his social battery ran out" seunghan laughs, "i'll meet you back at the dj booth. bye" and with that, seunghan ends the call
wonbin pushes himself off the railing and looks at you before asking what was that about
"seunghan says shotaro has been looking for you" you tell him. wonbin suddenly stretches his arms and rolling his eyes
"of course he is. he can't live without me" he jokes, now putting his arms behind his head. "let's go back?"
"yeah. seunghan's looking for me too" you say, pocketing your phone and picking up your cup from the ground. wonbin follows suit and grabs the bottle you two have been drinking
"should i go out first and then you follow a little later so it's not a little suspicious that we were together?" you hear wonbin ask behind you as you navigate through the abandoned construction site safely
it never really occurred to you that you two had a silent agreement to not let anyone know that you two have been hanging out together nor did the latter even mention about it
strangely enough, you'd like to keep it that way
"yeah so they won't get any ideas. weird how i was just thinking about asking you that" you giggle, looking back at wonbin who was making sure he wasn't stepping on anything he shouldn't be stepping on
"maybe great minds think a like" wonbin laughs at his own joke making you smile but he doesn't see it
you can hear the music getting louder and louder the nearer you two get to the party. you stop by the entrance to the rooftop and take a peek at the corner to check if there was anyone around
"go" you usher wonbin, now that the coast was clear. you can feel his presence behind you. he also peers over to check just in case
"how about you?" he asks
"i'll follow after a bit. just make sure no one's looking when you walk in" you say, slightly pushing him so that he can get a move on
even if his hands were full, he puts them up in mock surrender, "okay"
with that, wonbin takes a look around before seamlessly walking back into the party like he didn't just disappear for who knows how long
now you were waiting for the perfect time to walk back, making sure that you didn't just follow wonbin or whatever. in case there were eyes looking around and all that
and by the time you know it you're back into the party. loud music and people's chatters ringing in your ears. you find yourself carefully walking back to the dj booth where seunghan asked you to meet him at
"where have you been!" was the first thing seunghan says after spotting you making your way our of the crowd. you wave him off, "living life" you smile faintly
"i'm so happy for you bestie! finally living the life you were stripped off!" seunghan dramatically cries, wrapping an arm around your shoulders
you didn't notice but wonbin was nearby with shotaro, eunseok and sungchan. he was looking at the way seunghan was all coddled up on you. he can't help but smile in amusement when he catches you elbowing seunghan in the stomach causing him to release you from his grip and clutching his stomach
"so where were you?" wonbin hears shotaro ask over the music
"places" he answers shortly, pouring himself another cup of liquor
"well it's nice to see yourself finally enjoying life again" eunseok comments, clinking his cup with wonbin's. sungchan agrees and takes note that this was the wonbin they've been missing for a while now
"yep. finally" wonbin breathes out, drinking from his cup
he's not really sure but something in him tells that maybe you had something to do with how he views life these days
his eyes trail towards you and seunghan again. this time you two were drinking together. somehow, someway you meet his eyes again. you slightly raise your cup towards his direction before drinking and looking away
wonbin couldn't help but feel something in his chest. he also raises his cup but you didn't see it. not that it matters anyway. but one thing is sure though, its that wonbin is sure that you are someone who he wants around in his life
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