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They end up walking towards Mingyu's dorm after they have gotten themselves steaming hot cups of coffee at the cafe nearby campus. Wonwoo can't help himself from smiling widely - he feels like they're making process in getting to know each other better, which of course, is definitely a good thing.

"I hope you don't mind a little mess," Mingyu smiles apologetically, as he pulls his keys from his pocket with his free hand, and struggles a bit opening the door while balancing the coffee cup, "I didn't know I would be getting a guest," he winks, to which Wonwoo manages to reply with only a sheepish smile and slight blush creeping to his cheeks.

He opens the door to let Wonwoo in first, "Make yourself comfortable."

Mingyu's dorm is about the same size as Wonwoo's but it sure does look wider. The minimalist decor and light colors make it look bigger compared to Wonwoo's dark, stuffed cave. There are a few colorful objects here and there - two small, yellow pillows on the light leather sofa, few green plants placed on the white kitchen table, simple and small red painting on the wall - but mostly the dorm is white or light beige. It looks... really nice, and somehow really Mingyu-like.

"Wow, you have a nice dorm," Wonwoo compliments, and Mingyu's face lightens up at that.

"Really? Thanks!"

"Yeah, absolutely. And it's not even messy. Might as well move in here," Wonwoo jokes.

"You're welcome to move in anytime," Mingyu says playfully, placing the keys on the kitchen table.

"Are you hungry?" Mingyu asks, as he opens his fridge to see what's inside it.

"Nope, not really. I just ate like an hour ago."

Mingyu settles for a banana as he's too lazy to start cooking for himself yet, and the boys sit down on a couch in the small living room-bedroom. All the dorms are fairly small so Wonwoo has gotten used to it in his own equally as small dorm.

The boys talk about a lot of things, and eventually the party is brought up, "So... Did you hear what Seokmin and Hoshi did at the party?" Mingyu asks, smiling wickedly.

Wonwoo lifts his gaze up from his hands, and blinks at the boy sitting opposite to him, confusion clear on his face, "What?"

"Oh, you didn't?" Mingyu asks, and quickly continues, "Well, they ended up making out."

"Oh! What-, when? How didn't I know?"

"Um, it happened after you left. I don't know, I thought that Hoshi would've told you," Mingyu explains.

Wonwoo takes out his phone and opens up his conversation with Hoshi.

Dude wtf
I thought that we were friends???
I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE BEST FRIENDS
BEST FRIENDS!!!
sent

Hoshi:
what...

yOU DiDn't tELL mE yOU anD sEOKmin ARe a ThiNG??
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Hoshi:
oh my god stOp being sO drAmAtic
and we aren't even a thing so uh huh

...
you two made out...
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Hoshi:
ok but who told you

MINGYU
A PERSON WHO ACTUALLY TELLS ME SHIT
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Hoshi:
im sorry ok!!! but i was actually about to tell you!!!!
at some point

duhh, you should've done that right away
sent

Hoshi:
yeahh ok ok ok
wait

yeah?
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Hoshi:
where are you?

at Mingyu's
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Hoshi:
UH HUH OK ;) ;) ;)
get it boiii

stop
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Hoshi:
and you blame me for not telling you shit!!!
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF

well there's nothing to tell you about
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Hoshi:
uh huhhh
have fun ;) ;) ;)
remember to tell me if he was good ;)
i bet his dick game is strong af
;)))

Wonwoo actually blushes at that, and sends his last message of 'stOp wtf??' He then tosses his phone away, placing it screen down so that he won't see the screen light up at Hoshi's messages, and decides to focus on Mingyu who's telling about how once at a party the cops showed up to bust the party up and one wasted guy dove out the window that was closed.

At some point the boys realize that half an hour of chatting has turned to two hours, and Wonwoo realizes that maybe he should leave. Wonwoo starts putting on his jacket.

"Hey, you know what?"

"Yeah?" Wonwoo turns to Mingyu.

"It was really fun hanging out with you," Mingyu smiles softly, "I'm really thankful that I've already gotten someone to spend time with. Thanks."

"My pleasure, really. I had fun too," Wonwoo answers, a wide smile on his face.

"We should do this more often, right?" Mingyu says, voice hopeful.

Wonwoo grins, "Absolutely."

"And maybe you could stay over some time? We could watch that movie you wanted to watch, Shutter Island! Or Catch Me If You Can!"

"Sure! Sounds really good. Maybe some weekend?"

"Deal," Wonwoo smiles, on the door, "Well, see you tomorrow!"

"See you!"

On his way to his dorm Wonwoo thinks about the events of the day, a content smile on his face. His steps feel light as he practically bounces forward. He's definitely making progress with Mingyu, and that makes him so happy. So happy he doesn't even mind that it's already late and he has an early morning the next day.

Even later, when he's eating his evening meal, brushing his teeth and changing to his pajamas, he keeps replaying the conversations he had with Mingyu in his head, pondering everything that Mingyu told him, every opinion that Mingyu shared with him. He now knows little bit more of Mingyu and what goes on inside his head. He remembers everything that Mingyu mentioned that he likes, he remembers everything that had caused Mingyu to smile really beautifully or laugh irresistibly cutely.

When he finally goes to bed, and closes his eyes, he can't stop thinking about Mingyu beaming at him brightly, as if the image of Mingyu has been imprinted on the inside of his eyelids.

He falls asleep thinking about a certain boy with a cute habit of hiding his face with his hands when he laughs. He falls asleep smelling a certain minty scent he never knew he needed so badly in his life. He falls asleep hearing certain giggles, seeing certain smile and ends up smiling widely as he finally drifts off.