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“Hyung help!!” Junhoe texted Jinhwan after the smoke detector went off.
“WTF HAPPENED. WHO DIED?”
“Damn someone is at the door. Could be the paramedics”
“WHAT!! JUNHOE ARE YOU OKAY?
Junhoe coughed as the fumes were bothering his respiratory system and his eyes were now getting irritated. How could pasta smell this bad? Junhoe squinted his eyes and made his way to the door. He was sure he had yet to call 119 yet but help was already here?
Junhoe opened the door to a lonely silhouette standing on the other side of the door.”Hi?”
“I live a few doors down and I saw smoke. Do you need help?” the stranger spoke with a low raspy voice as though he gargled his mouth with glass in the morning
Since he was slightly shorter than Junhoe, he could only see his lips moving. The stranger didn't engage in any eye contact which was confusing Junhoe. Junhoe shrugged the feelings off and further explained his situation.
“I was boiling pasta, I swear I followed the instructions well. But I burnt them and this happened.”Junhoe scratched his head cheekily yet his neighbour did not once lift his head.
“Why don’t you open all your windows while I reset your smoke detector? Do you have a ladder?”
“Sure! Hold on, I need to dig it from my storeroom.” Junhoe immediately heads over to the storeroom leaving his neighbour in the living room. Junhoe rummaged through the mess he promised to clear months ago cursing procrastination and dug deep for the damn ladder. “Hold on! I found it”. With a tug and a pull, Junhoe pulled the ladder free from the tangling mess and brought it to the knight in black hoodie
“Here, I will go and open the windows” Junhoe smiled at him despite the saviour having a stoic expression on. Junhoe headed to his master bedroom window and realised he did not reply Jinhwan yet.
“ Sorry for the delay , my neighbour's at my door, asking if everything's alright because it smells like something is burning, and a wee bit of smoke was escaping from the unit ”
“OMG. ARE YOU OKAY? WHY DIDN’T YOU ORDER FOOD AS PER USUAL??” It was obvious Jinhwan was panicking
“ I am flat broke and I was only trying to cook for once and this is embarrassing. I know that!! Lucky my neighbour decided to help me fix this mess" ”
“You need me to come?”
“Hyung, I think he already disarm it, I need to open the windows to let the smoke out. Text you back”
Junhoe opened his bedroom window allowing fresh air to ventilate his room. He took a deep breath and headed back to open the living room’s. “By the way, what is your name? Thank you again for --” Junhoe realised he was talking to an empty room. That was weird. His neighbour left without saying goodbye and robbing Junhoe's chance to thank him. Junhoe checked the toilet and it was empty as well.
“He left after disarming it” Junhoe updated Jinhwan
“Did he steal anything????”
“Is there anything in my house worthy to be stolen?”
“Go and check!”
“Hyung chill. All my valuables are in my room. There’s nothing in the living room.” Junhoe could clearly imagine Jinhwan’s worried face.
“Junhoe please don’t ever cook again. “
“I didn't even manage to say thank you to him. Now I feel bad”
“BTW have you finalised your itinerary?”
“Oh yeah. Thanks Hyung! for reminding me. I hope it did not get burnt. I was working on them in the kitchen area just now”
“JUNHOE!!! You are such a fucking klutz”
Junhoe chuckled at Jinhwan’s last text and decided to ignore it. Jinhwan has always been a drama queen and Junhoe has no time to entertain him for now. He went back into the kitchen and he let out a sigh of relief when he saw none of the papers were burnt. Junhoe had been working hard planning for his deserving upcoming trip to Singapore ; scrimping and saving for this vacation for almost a year now. He sat back down and looked over his plans and wondered why he didn't invite Jinhwan along. Pfft, he didn’t need anyone to come along, this is HIS trip. To calm his heart and maybe find love on a sunny foreign island. Just two weeks left before he flies off and he can’t wait.
“Damn, I didn't even get to thank him. Wonder which unit was he from. Maybe he was my love from another star”