All I Needed x Michaeng

Part One

"I better hit the road," Jeongyeon says when she pulls back. "You'll call?"

Chaeyoung nods. "I'll call."

Jeongyeon gives her another shorter hug. "You better."

Chaeyoung watches her leave, follows her all the way back to her car through the window, before she starts opening up her bags and dragging everything out. She decides on the smaller bed set-up in the corner, behind the door and closer to the window. She makes her bed and tries to ignore the hustle and screaming of friends reacquainting with each other in the hallway. It should probably worry her that she doesn't have a roommate yet but she doesn't care. She could probably live with anyone at this point.

She's almost completely unpacked and organizing her books on her shelf when she hears a ruckus outside. She hears shrill excitement and a familiar voice. It sets her on edge because please, please, please, please...

She glares up at the ceiling when a familiar figure fills her doorway.

"This is me. I—" the voice laughs and then abruptly stops. "Oh... Chaeyoung. Hi."

Chaeyoung looks up from her kneeled position on the floor and tries to be as polite as possible. "Hi, Mina."

Mina looks around them to the empty side of the room and then to the number on the door before turning her attention back to Chaeyoung. She has that same disappointed look that Chaeyoung witnessed during their first ever conversation almost a year ago to the day. She looks like she wants to run in the other direction. Chaeyoung tries not to let the ache of hurt fill her gut.

"Looks like we're roomies," Mina comments as she finally steps over the threshold. She drops her huge backpack onto the bed and sighs before looking around the room. Chaeyoung gives her a polite smile when her eyes land back on her. "Awesome."

//

"Son Chaeyoung is your roommate?" Nayeon repeats before promptly lapsing into loud belly laughs. She rolls around on her bed as Mina and Sana sit on the bed opposite her.

Sana pats her knee. "We did warn you..." she starts before Mina gives her a look. Sana winces sympathetically. "What did the residency people say?"

Mina huffs and falls backwards onto her bed. She lets her hands cover her forehead and shakes her head. "That I was lucky enough to get a bed at all."

Sana's brow raises at her words and Nayeon's laughter just gets louder.

"Bummer," Sana mutters.

It doesn't make Mina feel any better and she's glad when Sana reaches for the emergency flask she keeps nearby at all times. It's full of vodka and Mina grimaces happily as she takes a long chug out of it.

"Please tell me there's a party," Mina gripes as she feels the burn the whole way down.

Both of her best friends grin. They're pretty buzzed by the time that they make it down to the school welcome bonfire later that night. Everyone is there and they all greet Mina happily. She spends most of her time hugging everyone and asking them how their summers were and Sana rolls her eyes when she finally takes a seat beside her on the wall.

They're only here because it's tradition. Everyone is here. Everyone always comes to the first bonfire of the semester because it's pretty much a requirement. Even Chaeyoung is here and Mina is pretty sure it's only because she has to be. It's not like she's talking to anyone. She's sitting on a wall on the edge of the festivities, wrapped in a huge cardigan with a book in her lap.

Mina wishes she could be surprised but Chaeyoung's pretty hardcore about this studying stuff. Everyone knows her mantra is that she's only here to study. She's always first to class. She's never been to a real party. She's never made her way over to one of the bigger, nearby colleges to go to the frat parties. A lot of the girls go because it's the only way to hook up with guys when you go to an all girls' college, but not Chaeyoung. Mina's heard rumors that Chaeyoung's into girls but those sorts of rumors go around here about a lot of people.