+ series summary: living with skz!roommate. which roommate are you signing up for?
alternative roommate: hyunjin
✦ seventh instalment of the roommate series.
✦ warnings: fluff, f!reader, platonic friendship (or is it ???), physical touch, accidental kiss, teasing, bad rapping (original), unserious mention of threats (not to reader), conflict resolution, licking, playful!binnie, roommates.
✦ wc: 0.7k
changbin! as your roommate:
✦ he's home late after studio sessions at the best of times and usually finds you fast asleep by the time he quietly returns to your shared room. even if he's barely standing from lack of sleep, he never fails to prepare a hot water bottle and tuck it into your arms on cold nights. he never says anything about it unless you bring it up, then he gets a little sheepish and shrugs it off. "i didn't get to say goodnight," he says casually like the hot water bottle is his apology.
✦ always ready before you in the mornings. hovers next to you while you apply makeup, narrating your routine with silly bars. "uuhh, putting on her 'dation. uhh, yeah, she's the face of my nation."
✦ picks you up constantly. hugs always end up with you in the air or spinning around in his arms. if you're in his way, he'll lift you with one arm around your waist and carry you with him to get a snack from the kitchen. he'll even throw you over his shoulder to carry you to bed when chan's ordered you both to end your movie night in the dorm living room and get to bed. he likes to decide when it's floor time or air time.
✦ "if in five years i haven't married someone, and you also haven't married someone..."
✦ cabin fever is real for him. being indoors too long without stimulation, and suddenly he's too loud, too fidgety, pestering you to stop "neglecting" him and give him attention. the only fix is to drag him with you to the convenience store down the street, or follow him to the balcony to get fresh air. the two of you dub this enrichment time from the enclosure.
✦ he's a big meal prepper. whips up big batches of tasty lunches and dinner, so late nights in the studio or long mornings in dance practice don't let his muscles wither away. donates one of the portions hoarded on his shelf in the fridge to you one time, and suddenly your shelf is filled with tupperware too.
✦ con: makes you heat up his portion in the microwave whenever you eat yours.
✦ knocks gently before entering the room without fail. worries he might startle you with barging in like he would the other guys, or catch you mid-changing accidentally.
✦ casual habit of pecking each other on the cheek before leaving the dorm to go your separate ways for the day. has resulted in an accidental peck of the lips once. he didn't move for ten seconds, and when he did, he said "...i don't really feel like getting strangled to death by chan or losing a bet i have going with minho, so i'm going to pretend this never happened."
✦ when he makes it back home later the same day, he closes the door with wide eyes. "okay, so, i might have accidentally told hyunjin what happened this morning. on a completely unrelated note, how good are you at barricading doors against, i don't know, six fully grown men?"
✦ never catches on to you 'borrowing' his things. finds his favourite cap on your shelf in the closet and the only thing he does is frown with confusion. "hey, didn't this end up here last week, too? seriously, am i blacking out or something because how does this keep happening?"
✦ thinks about you constantly when apart from each other. wonders if the other guys are taking care of you, whether he should bring takeout home to share on his way back to the dorm later. doesn't get embarrassed when the guys tease him for it, just says "the coolest thing a man can do is care."
✦ in fights, he passionate but gentle. sits you down on his bed, takes your hands in his, positions you both against the problem like the team you are deep down. "something's off with us. i feel it, and i know you do, too. let's figure this out together, just you and me. yeah?" he will always end the discussion with a long lasting hug until everything falls back into sync again.
✦ late night hangouts that turn into laughing matches while the rest of the dorm sleeps. only ends when chan bangs the wall from his room on the other side and shouts "it's midnight! shut up!"
so, who’s signing the roommate agreement with binnie (it's me, i am)? like, comment, reblog. love <3
