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Felix inserts the key to her apartment and turns the knob, opening the door. She prays her roommate isn’t home just yet, wanting just a little peace and quiet for a few minutes, before her rambunctious yet lovable roommate bursts in. After peaking her head through the door and calling Hana’s name and hearing no response, Felix jumps inside, locks the door, and bounds to her bed, falling not so gracefully onto it.
Felix’s thoughts wander to how the past few months in South Korea have been going. As a junior in Asian Studies, with a concentration on South Korea, going abroad to Seoul for a year only made sense. Although she’s been studying Korean for two years, she’s still far from fluent, but can still hold a conversation with native speakers.
Initially, she had fears of being lonely and homesick in Seoul, but they were quickly dismissed when she quickly made friends through clubs and study groups at Yonsei University. Her roommate, Hana, turned out to be a student from America, too, and their energetic and sarcastic personalities made it easy for them to grow close. She even shared her interest in anime and Kpop.
She takes a deep breath in, enjoying the peacefulness of the apartment, and her thoughts turn to how long and tiring her day had been. After class, she had decided to take a double shift at the library on the one day they just so happened to be real doing work.
“Of all freakin’ days, today had to be the day that they had decided to reorganize all the shelves…” Felix says to herself with a sigh.
She hears a ding from her phone and gets up with a groan from her comfortable bed to see who texted her when Felix notices a little charm on her desk that wasn’t there this morning. Picking it up and taking a closer look, it seems to be a black, delicately carved heart, with silver swirls etched into it.
Felix wonders aloud, “Hmm, maybe Hana got me a little gift? When did my roommate become so thoughtful, haha?” Felix places the charm in her jewelry box and turns her attention back to her phone. Unsurprisingly, it’s a text from Hana that reads “YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT I GOT!!”
"She must have finally gotten a boyfriend or something…” Felix says out loud.
“Something that amazing would have deserved a direct call from me, ya dummy,” a voice surprises Felix from behind.
Felix jumps and says, “How the heck did you get in without me hearing??”
Hana grins and replies, “That’s my little secret. Now, do you or don’t you want to know what the best roommate in the entire world got us?”
“Fine, what is it?”
Hana holds up two tickets, and Felix’s jaw comically drops, and Hana giggles.
In her hand were two tickets to the fan sign next week for Felix’s and Hana’s favorite group, BTS.
“HOW THE HECK DID YOU GET THOSE?” Felix screams while tackling Hana in a bear hug.
“Let’s just say, that my coffee-making skills aren’t all I’m good for,” she laughs, the breath knocked out of her. “You remember that cute guy I’ve been telling you about? The one who comes into the café every morning and orders the same mocha latte with two shots of caramel?” Hana asks.
Felix nods, clutching the tickets to her chest like they’ll disappear if she relaxes her hold even a little.
“Well, he turns out to work with BTS, he’s on costumes or something. But through my amazing flirting skills,” Hana says while wiggling her eyebrows, making Felix throw a pillow at her, “I was able to persuade him to pull in a favor from a friend and get the tickets!”
“Oh, my, gawd. Hana, I love you so much. I never thought I would be able to meet them. Oh. My. Gawd.” Felix exclaims while hugging Hana.
“I know, I know, I’m amazing. Now let go. All that flirting and being an amazing friend and roommate has left me famished. Let’s eat!”
“Yes, thank god. I’m starving. I think we have some leftover pizza from last night.”
“Wow, day-old pizza is my favorite,” Hana sarcastically drawls.
Felix snorts as Hana heads to the kitchen. She still can’t believe she’s going to not only see but actually meet her favorite Kpop idols. Felix has enjoyed Kpop for a while now, but for some reason, BTS is the only group she’s consistently stuck with.
“I mean, no wonder they’re all incredibly gorgeous, both inside and outside,” Felix thinks to herself. “Now I just have to make sure not to make an absolute fool of myself.”
“Oh, honey, that’s going to be impossible. But let’s hope they think it’s cute when you do,” Hana replies with a slice of pizza in her hand.
“Damn, I didn’t think I said that out loud,” Felix replies sheepishly. “Anyways, I just want to treat them like normal people. I’m sure they’re tired of being seen as idols. I wish that I could get to know the real them, not the BTS we see online and on TV.”
“Don’t we all, Felix. But this is the best we’ve got. Now, it’s time to enact the plan.”
“…What plan?”
“How to get cute mocha latte guy to ask me on a date. I feel like my ovaries are going to wither before he does it,” she whines while flopping dramatically onto the bed.
Felix rolls her eyes, replying in her best impersonation, “Oh honey, that’s going to be impossible.” She starts laughing just before being met with a pillow square in her face from an annoyed-looking Hana.
Felix, between laughs, says, “I was just kidding, Drama Queen. I’ve seen this guy; he seems like the shy type. I think you need to make the first move; it’ll work out for sure. Y’all’s babies will be soooo cute”
Hana gets ready to throw another pillow, before thinking for a moment and says, “You know, our babies would be sooo adorable."
“Yeah, yeah, whatever you say,” she replies with a laugh. “Hey, what do you think Namjoon’s dimples look like in real life. And what about Jimin’s cute eye-smiles?”
“I bet they’re even more beautiful in real life. How are we supposed to talk to them looking like we do?”
“Hey, speak for yourself. We are some intelligent, hilarious, baddies that are gracing them with our presence,” Felix replies with a laugh.
Hana gives her a look and sarcastically says, “Yeah, they’re totally gonna fall in love with us next week. I don’t know what we’re gonna do once all seven of them are chasing after us.”
Felix shoves Hana with a grin and says, “Thanks again, though. I’m really happy right now.”
Hana looks up and smiles back. “Of course. Now get your ass up if you want any pizza before I eat it all,” she says, getting up and heading back to the kitchen.
Felix follows her, realizing that today had definitely turned out for the better.