Toothache Fairy β
[Jooyeon AU]
Summary: In this economy, cheaper rents always become a high demand and will be snapped up without much thought just like what yourself did even if it's haunted. But the problem is thatβ its not haunted but something worse. Yes, arrogant, noisy neighbors with an eyebrow slit.
Pairing: Jooyeon x Reader
Genre: fluff love at first sight hehe
(guys i managed to see him up close with my own eyes when i was just a 4 months old baby vill. I just love him so much omg π an open apology letter for my previous bias really JDJDHSHDHSG)
Its been three months since you moved in to the new apartment. When you came for a look, the room caught your heart for a first glance. It was nice, clean, cozy and most importantly it was cheaper than the one you visited the other day.
The first week passed just fine, left early for work, got back in the evening, passed out on the bed, got it repeated until saturday came for the rest day. You remember it was a quiet saturday morning, eyes shut tightly, clutching the blanket comfortably until you jolted out from your peaceful sleep at the moment the ceiling resonated with a sound of a foot pounding followed by the sound of a bassβ or electric guitar which you were not really sureβ that is quite loud.
A groan escaped your mouth as an automatic response. Pulling the pillow and shoving it tightly against your head to muffle the sound. At first you thought it was not a big deal at all because it could be an understandable reason why you got the apartment at a cheaper price.
Until you finally realized that it happened every weekend, until you realized that it happened almost every weekday because you weren't working at the moment. "Oh my Goodnessβ why do I have to experience all of these when my life is already hard enough,"
You wiped your tears harshly using your blue sweater as you sat at the small kitchen that was facing the passing cars at the back of your apartment. "The landlord owes me for not telling me about this one,"
It has also been two days since you asked your HR to be absent from work because you are currently experiencing the kind of pain you didn't want to experience again even if someone paid you, toothache.
"Why does it still hurt even though it's been patched?" Another sobs escaped your lips. Using your palm to rub your cheek softly before leaning your head into the table to let out another shriek when your neighbor continues to blast through the ceiling.
The situation really makes you want to move out right away because the noisy neighbors couldn't respect anyone even though it was just a small residence. But you remember you already paid for five months rent in the first placeβ
So while rubbing your cheek with the remaining hiccups, your feet carried you upstairsβ the last floor of the building. You live on the second floor, and the third floor only has one door with a space left big enough to rest your wandering thoughts in the middle of the night while staring at the city.
The sound of the crazy riffs getting louder as you approached the door. With the remaining energy left in you, you slammed the bell repeatedly but it seemed like the one inside couldn't hear it at all. Hot tears streaming down your tears once again without you realizing, not to mention the teeth inside your mouth that keep pounding.
You already pulled your palm into a fist, ready to use all your strength to slam at the door directly until the music stopped and the door got pulled from inside.
"Hyeongjun?" A slight frown appeared in your forehead the moment you recognized the person standing at the door. He didn't change much since you last passed him in college graduation. Still the same long hair, still the same cute eyes that curved and disappeared out of nowhere when he smiled, you knew it.
"Ehβ Chey?" The startled man mirrored your expression, didn't expect to meet you at the building at all.
"So its you huh? Yah!" You couldn't help but buried your face in your palm. Trying to hold the sudden emotion burst inside your heart as you took a deep inhale.
"Whβ why are you crying? What happened?" Hyeongjun's face lit up in tension and worry, hands reaching out in hesitation until he pulled it back quickly when you sent him a death stare in the next second.
"Why are youβ why are you like this? I sent you a letter yesterday! Tell me you read it?" You spoke between your slight hiccups, wiping your eyes harshly while waiting for his answer.
The poor man himself really had no idea, still grasping into the door as he askedβ "Wβ what letter?"
"Yah Han Hyeongjun! I slipped it against your door yesterdayβ"
"Han Hyeongjun get back here!"
Another voice coming from inside the door shut you down in an instant. Realizing that he really is not alone in the building.
"Yeah in a secβ" He turned his head and shouted back.
You quickly react, grasping his hand before he walks back inside even though it seems like he ain't gonna leave you right away. "Hyeongjunβ waitβ please just todayβ"
"What's the matterβ ohβ" Another guy appeared behind your friend, your eyes lingering between the both guys, both have the same long hair but there was something about his friend, he comes with a stronger feature and kinda lookβ slight caucasian? He noticed how your palm clutching Hyeongjun's hand.
So he managed to push the door wider, stepped in beside your friend with so much confidence you could feel as he asked him, "Who is she? And why is she cryingβ"
His own sentence stops without even getting finished, his eyebrow raised in a realization before he continuesβ "Bro you knocked her up?"
"What?"
"What?'
Both of you feel offended in unison. Staring at the man in a deep frown especially with your glazed eyes and puffy face while Hyeongjun's face seems like he is ready to beat his friend's ass for blurting out such a word.
"So its you thenβ its you right?" You strike again right away, lifting your arms in front of your chest as you pointed to the man in some manner. "I sent you a letter yesterday why are you being such an annoying personβ gosh! Don't tell me you don't read it?"
"Errrrβ what letter, miss?" The man still has the audacity to raise one of his eyebrows at you.
Your eyes immediately widened by his answer, thinking what kind of sins you have committed in the past so you have to bear with such an arrogant person as a neighbor. "I asked you to turned down your guitar just for a day!"
"I play bass actuallyβ he's the one with a guitar," The man pointed at his friend. Hyeongjun widened his eyes, not expecting to catch the blame as he pushed him by the shoulder. "You said its going to be alright, Jooyeonaa!"
"Okay missβ listen," He cleared his throat, looking directly into your eyes which you could tell he had no regret at all. "I also pay the rent here and since the third floor is all me soβ the landlord gave me permission to be loud." Jooyeon nodded.
As he finished his sentences, you could feel your eyes burning hot again. You were not sure you got too emotional all of sudden either. Was it because time of the month is near or was it because the damn toothache? Or both?
You snorted, wiping your face harshly. Don't want to look weak when you are sure you are already looking like a homeless kitty ready to be rescued. "I paid for the damn five months already and the landlord wasn't telling me about this! About a deranged person living above my ceiling!"
You finally letting it all out. Chest rises up and down after you finish the sentence in one breath and a higher tone. But your face immediately becomes softer as your feet take a step back when you noticed the guy who plays bass seems pissed and taking a step forward.
"Whoaβ alright we'll turn it down," Hyeongjun caught his friend's chest and pulled him back, but the guy insisted. As expected.
"No but seriouslyβ we just met and you already called me what? Yahβ" He tried to break Hyeongjun's grasp but you could see your friend is using all of his strength to pull him back while grasping his mouth so he didn't say any more words.
"Alright hope you'll feel better soon," Hyeongjun smiled forcedly before he finally shut the door. And that's it. Silence.
You were back into your small kitchen after that, looking up against the ceiling and winced every time your neighbor stomped their feet a little too much. You were also hearing their shouting slightly, secretly hoping the guy with an eyebrow slit didn't beat your friend Hyeongjun to death.
Yesterday surprisingly went silent, finally your ears could rest for a day but there was a weird feeling etched inside your heart. Was it guilty? Well you pushed the feel aside anyway even though its still haunts you until today.
As the day goes dark, you were finally home at seven. The pain inside your mouth gradually goes away already so you decide to go back to work. You just wanted to take a shower and then go to bed straight without thinking anything but it seemed like the universe didn't let you.
There was a small cute box in front of your door along with a note attached to it. You crouched down, eyes squinted as you mouthed 'I'm sorry'. A chuckle escaped your mouth before you could stop it. Quickly standing back up into your feet and finally stepping inside your house, ignoring the box.
With a sigh, you finally jumped to your bed to finish your day after a shower. Thinking that scrolling on TikTok would help you to knock out easily just like usual. But tonight it was strange. You were still wide awake after an endless scrolling. Looking at the time on the phone and it showed half past eleven already.
You locked your phone then, laying on your side and shut your eyes. Hoping for sleepiness to take over but it was no use. "The fβ"
You know clearly what has kept you awake but you were trying to push it away. You were in complete denial until your feet carried you back into the front door. With an exhale, you pulled the door openβ
"AH!β
βYAH!" Falling from a cliff in your dream and getting jolted awake harshly from your sleep was probably the right sentence to describe how your heart leaped off your chest when there was a person right outside your door in the middle of the night as you open it.
You clutched your shirt tightly against your chest as you tried to calm your breathing. "What are you doing?"
It was the guy from above, it was the guy you called deranged, it was the guy with an eyebrow slit, it was Hyeongjun's friend, it was Jooyeon. "Sorryβ I wasn't going to do anything. Really," He raised both of his arms in surrender.
You noticed he was carrying a guitar caseβ or bassβ against his shoulder, white button up paired with a leather jacket, one side of his long-hair got tucked behind his ear. "Iβ Iβ I'm just making sure youβ accepted my apology,"
Jooyeon took the box, offering it to you. Your eyes followed his hand, snatching it quickly as you took a step back. "Thank you."
Just when you were about to close the door, the guy took a step forward and held the door with both of his palms. "Waβwait! Let me apologize properly."
So here you were. Legs dangling in the air, eyes glimmered as it reflected the city lights in the middle of the night. "So you were actually in a band? With Hyeongjun?"
"Yeah. He plays the guitar and I sing, while playing the bass," A smile finds its way to your lips when you look at his direction and hearing his answer.
He apologized earlier, right after he put his beloved bass inside his house and joined you on the rooftop. You also apologized, thanked him for the macarons he gave you even though you actually had a toothache yesterday. Wellβ
"You do look like someone who sings well," The words slipped from your mouth easily, causing him to laugh slightly. You didn't ask him to sing anyway but it seemed like he got it.
"Now that I love you, I need you more~
Can't get enough of this silly war,
Give me a shock that I can't ignore,
I need your love~"
Jooyeon sang while his eyes wandering towards the city lights. You were looking at him the whole time, silently admiring his sharp features because not going to lieβ this guy is actually gorgeous.
And when he turns his head, you tore your gaze away quickly like you have been caught. But you were trying to keep it casual so you clapped your hand, looking back in his direction. "Was that your song? I'd love to see you perform,"
Jooyeon chuckled, running his fingers against his hair to push it back. "I just got back from practice earlier because we will perform on Sunday. You can come if you want,"
"Oh I'd love to!" You nodded eagerly, face lit up in amusement. And it was the last sentence before another silence enveloped both of you while gazing at the city. Its funny how your anger just disappears remembering you were so annoyed with this person next to you yesterday.
"Were you here frequently?" But you couldn't hold yourself from asking further questions anyway.
"Mhm sometimes. I sat here to clear my mind. Its really helps," He nodded, eyes lingering to his lap.
You joined his nod in a yawn, thinking it was probably the time you should get back to your bed and finally get some sleep. "I shouldβ probably get back. Its getting late,"
Jooyeon widened his eyes in realization, "Oh rightβ yeah. Sure sure," He was the first to get up, turn around, and jump down. The distance wasn't very high, but he was waiting for you to get down as well.
So you mirrored his action, carefully stood up and turned around. You didn't expect it was still slippery after rain comes down in the afternoon earlier. Your sandals slipped slightly, actually still have the balance to steady yourself but the next second happened too fast.
His larger palm closed your wrist tightly and you were yanked down with too much force. A loud yelp escaped your lips and the next thing you knew, you landed on top of him. His arms are securely wrapped against your body. Jooyeon lets out a grunt as his back hits the ground. Chest rising up and down in adrenaline after he saw your feet slip.
And for yourself, you could feel your heart beating so fast from the fact that you might actually have slipped from the building, from the fact that you could actually feel his rapid breathing tickle your face. Your eyes locked with his shock one for a second, finding it was scared the shit out of him from his eyes before your consciousness is finally back and quickly pulled yourself off from him.
"I'm sorryβ" You offered your palm to grasp against his larger one, pulling him back into his feet.
"No I should be the one saying that. I might have lost you on the first day we became close," The words slips easily from his mouth like its nothing at the moment his eyes meet yours.
It was silent for a second before the guy himself let out an awkward chuckle with a shy grin, scratching the back of his head which was not itchy at all while secretly cursing himself for blurting such a word all of sudden. "Sorryβ sorry. You weren't hurt right?"
"Uhβ no. I'm alright. Well then, goodnight Jooyeon," You bowed slightly, finally turning your back to him as you walked away. Thinking Hyeongjun would probably laugh at you seeing how he swept you off your feet easily, literally.
As you get closer to the stairs, you could feel his presence approaching behind you in a hurried steps. You don't like it because it makes you feel small and kind of scary after what just happened so you mirrored his quick steps before abruptly turned around.
"Please don't do thatβ"
"Your phoneβ" His feet halted immediately the moment you turned around all of a sudden.
You took his widened eyes, lingering down into his hand as he offered your phone. You snatched your phone right away, fingers brushing against his palm. "Thankyou. Goodnight, Jooyeon."
With a final bow, you finally left him behind. Walking down towards the stairs, still feeling his warm gaze behind your back, watching you quietly until you disappeared from his sight.
You weren't sure if you will logged off right away once you hit the mattress this time. Maybe not. Not with his touch still burning against your skin. You shook your head then, pushing the thoughts away because you were pretty sure late night talk 2nd session with the guy with an eyebrow slit couldn't be avoided.















