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*THUMP THUMP THUMP*
“JEONG!”
*THUMP THUMP THUMP*
“DAHYUN!”
*THUMP THUMP THUMP*
“CHAENG!”
Jeongyeon groaned as the noise stirred her from her sleep, which is insightful to how loud the incessant knocking was - Jeongyeon was not a light sleeper. She lay still for a moment, tempted to just ignore them until they went away but that plan was thwarted when her little sister and Dahyun burst into the room. The duo also had been woken by the loud noise, however they knew that none of them would get any sleep whilst Jihyo was trying to get their attention. Chaeyoung glared at her sister’s still form, aiming her eyes at the pillow covering the girls head. She marched over to the window and pulled open the curtains. She then snatched the pillow and thumped her sister with it. When her sister just snuggled further into her blanket, Chae rolled her eyes and Dahyun stepped up. Without warning the blanket was whipped away.
“Ahh!”
“Dude…”
“DAMMIT JEONGYEON BUY SOME PYJAMAS…OR UNDERWEAR!” A scandalised Jihyo shouted through the window,
“My eyes!” Chaeyoung moaned covering her face with her hands,
Dahyun politely returned the blanket to it’s place to cover the naked girl.
“Aww…I prefer you like that.” Nayeon said from her spot beside Jihyo, “But babe, get dressed. Only I can see you like that. Plus someone’s moving in to apartment 603.”
“Wait, for real?” Jeongyeon asked sitting up,
“Jeong…blanket.” Chaeyoung reminded looking away,
At the news of a new neighbour the trio all got ready, Dahyun kindly drawing the curtains for Jeongyeon much to Nayeon’s misery. The apartment next to Jeongyeon, Chaeyoung and Dahyun’s had been empty for a few months now and the group had been excited for someone new to move in. Jihyo and Nayeon lived in the apartment above the trio, they’d been in the building the longest out of the group. Jeongyeon and Nayeon had been the ones the discover that their apartments, along with the apartments to the left of theirs, shared a fire escape. At first they had used it to keep their relationship a secret, but soon Chaeyoung and Dahyun found out and told Jihyo. Jihyo had been close friends with their neighbours, three Japanese girls living above the empty apartment. Eventually the group totalled eight and met up on the fire escape whenever they had free time.
“What’s up homos?” Dahyun greeted as she climbed out of her living room window,
“Speak for yourself.” Jihyo replied from her spot on the fire escape steps,
“Where are J-Trinity?” Chaeyoung asked following behind her friend,
“Looking for Mina, are we?” Dahyun teased,
“Pfft no.” Chaeyoung replied red-faced,
“Aww, don’t you miss me Chae?” Mina’s soft voice teased as she and her room-mates descended the steps,
“I..umm…” Chaeyoung stammered,
“Aw she’s blushing!” Dahyun sniggered,
“Shut up.”
At that moment Chaeyoung was saved from embarrassment by Jeongyeon appearing through the window, now fully dressed thank God. Nayeon squealed and ran over to her girlfriend, nearly choking the poor girl. Momo went over to lean on the railing next to Dahyun, watching as Jeongyeon tried in vain to escape her girlfriends hold. Chaeyoung smirked at the sight of her best friends ears turning pink after being in such close proximity to her crush. Before she could point out the matter she was cut off by Sana’s squeal as she ran past her.
“So is someone really moving in?” The squirrel squealed running to the window of the previously vacant apartment,
“Yup,” Nayeon chirped, “They’ve been moving stuff up for the last fifteen minuets.”
The group all gathered round the window, hoping for a peak at their new neighbour. Inside the apartment were a few large boxes, filled with various things. The new owner had ordered some new furniture as well. The thing that caught the groups eye was the fact that all the labels on the boxes were written in a foreign language. However, this realisation was short lived when Dahyun spotted something else.
“Oh my God,” She shouted, “They’re a stripper!”
“What?” Jihyo chuckled,
Dahyun pointed to an outfit which was folded inside a box, “They’ve got a police uniform and handcuffs!”
Jeongyeon face-palmed, “They could be a police officer you idiot.”
“Living in a huge apartment with what looks like a very expensive couch and a wide-screen TV on a police officers salary?”
“She has a point.” Chaeyoung agreed,
“It’d be fun living on top of a stripper.” Sana said,
“Surprisingly not the first time Sana’s said that.” Mina quipped,
Sana swatted her friend but before she could reply the group saw the door to the apartment open. Rather than stay there too greet the new neighbour like calm, reasonable, none creepy neighbours, they all began to panic and hid out of sight of the window. Two movers came in holding a dining table between them. As they placed it in the back corner of the room (just on the right of the window) one of them men stood back up and wiped the sweat from his brow. The second man then walked over to the window and opened it. After the men began making their way back outside the group all popped there heads up to the now open window.
“We should stop creeping up here,” Jihyo suggested, “The owner will be back any minuet.”
“Jihyo’s right we….do you smell that?” Momo asked sniffing at the air,
The group looked back into the apartment and found the source in the kitchen. The kitchen was visible through an archway just opposite the window and there, on the counter, sat a plastic container full of a certain food. The heat from the food steamed up the clear plastic but Momo knew what it was by smell alone.
“Jokbal.” She sighed, love hearts in her eyes,
“Oh no.” Mina groaned,
“Grab her!” Nayeon shouted as Momo attempted to get through the window,
“Momo, no!” Dahyun grunted grabbing the dancer along with Chaeyoung,
“But..But jokbal!”
“You…have…jokbal…at home!” Chaeyoung snapped struggling to keep her grip,
As Momo struggled, Dahyun started to lose her grip and suddenly her hands accidentally groped something that should not be groped without permission. Dahyun blushed bright red and removed her hands out of embarrassment. Chaeyoung couldn’t keep hold of Momo alone so she also let go, allowing Momo to jump through the apartment window. The group watched in horror as their friend made her way into the STRANGER’S kitchen and began to scoff down the food.
“Someone needs to go get her.” Jihyo stated,
“Dahyun let go first!” Chaeyoung pointed,
“Well Chaeyoung let go too!”
“But--”
“Silence!” Jihyo barked rubbing her face in frustration, this would not make a good first impression, “Both of you go and get her out of there!”
“Rodger dodger!” Dahyun saluted jumping through the window,
“Who’s dodger?” Chaeyoung asked jumping in after her,
Jeongyeon smacked her forehead, “If we end today without a restraining order we’ll be lucky.”
“Agreed.” Mina sighed,
The duo made their way into the kitchen to get Momo, well Chaeyoung did. Dahyun was captivated by the elegance of the room. Even though most boxes were not unpacked but the décor and furniture were that of high society. This reminded Dahyun of her earlier theory and she decided to investigate. When the smaller girl turned round Dahyun wasn’t there. Urgently Chaeyoung looked around for her best friend only for her jaw to drop when she found Dahyun rummaging through boxes in the stranger’s room. Mortified, Chaeyoung marched up to her friend.
“Dahyun, what on earth are you doing?” Chaeyoung snapped in a whisper,
“Proving my earlier point that whoever is living here is a stripper.”
“Now!?” Chaeyoung groaned, “Come on!”
The smaller girl pulled Dahyun out of the bedroom and into the kitchen where Momo was busy stuffing her face. It took both of them to pull Momo out of the kitchen, taking the jokbal with them reluctantly. As they attempted to escape they heard the click of the front door, Momo pulled Dahyun and her jokbal into the bathroom. Being in such close proximity caused Dahyun to blush again - she’d done that a lot this past hour. Momo on the other hand was still gnawing on the jokbal bone. Meanwhile Chaeyoung dived out the window colliding with Mina who was hiding.
“Sorry.”
“Shh!”
This time a young woman walked in holding the final box in her hand. She set is down on the window sill and ruffled a hand through her hair, looking for where to start unpacking. Sana poked her head up and gasped. This girl was HOT. Each of J-Trinity were different: Mina was calm and quiet, she was a professional ballerina and was quite strict on her students. Momo was a well intentioned, if somewhat ditzy, girl who loved food more than anything else. She worked as a choreographer but also helped teach some classes at Mina’s studio. Sana on the other hand was a party girl through and through, different party every night and different girl every morning. She was part-timing at a bar whilst doing her nursing training. Anyway, once her gaze settled on the new apartment owner Sana knew she had to have her.
It was silent as the girls outside waited for something to happen, the oblivious girl inside just started unpacking some books on to the shelf. Inside the bathroom Dahyun was attempting to look through the keyhole but unfortunately Momo couldn’t see in the darkness. A few ill timed movements later there was a loud scream as both tumbled through the door. When they looked up they saw a woman staring at them with her arms crossed.
“Hey.” Dahyun greeted nervously,
The girl raised an eyebrow, “Why are you in my apartment?”
“What are you a cop?” Dahyun joked only to awkwardly cough when the girl produced a police badge,
“Care to answer my question?” The girl had an accent Sana noted as she listened to her friends get in trouble,
“It was all Momo’s fault, she’s a jokbal maniac you see and we couldn’t stop her from diving in here to get the food you left on the counter. We’ll buy you some more we promise.” Dahyun said pushing herself up on her knees and begging while Momo just clutched what remained of the jokbal to her chest,
“You know I could arrest you both for breaking and entering?” Sana smirked leaning through the window to get a better look,
“Technically we came through the window…soo no breaking just entering.”
CRASH
All heads snapped to the window where Sana had just knocked the box that had been on the window sill on to the floor exposing the rest of the group by the window. The girl looked at Dahyun and pointed sharply towards the window, getting the message she quickly stood and helped Momo up. As Dahyun made a hasty exit however Momo stopped.
“Sooo I can finish the jokbal?”
“Get out.”
“I’ll take that as a yes then!”