“I've adopted the man from my balcony.”

“What.”

“Minseok hyung doesn't even know what a hospital is Jongdae! He's a total mountain man. Lived off the land. Ate bugs and bark and hunted things and stuff, probably.”

“What is he doing in he city, then?”

“I dunno.”

“You didn't ask?”

“That's kind of personal, isn't it?”

“Chanyeol, he could be confused. Not knowing what a hospital is? Maybe he hit his head and has a concussion. Amnesia. He could be emotionally unbalanced, and you're not gonna find out until you wake up to a knife in your neck. Instead of sitting around binge-watching Star Trek—”

“Star Wars.” Star Trek is on his list of things to re-watch.

“Close enough—Be proactive and help this guy, since you're so determined. Don't just let things skate along on their own.”

“I know, but I also kind of told the cops they could find him here.”

“You called the police?”

“They were already here.”

“What? Why?”

“Son Seungwan just died, and they’re considering it a ‘suspicious death.’”

“Chanyeol… That could be a murder, and you have a strange balcony man in your apartment.”

“Hyung had nothing to do with it.”

“How do you know?”

“He’s clean and, like, really calm. Except when he hears something unexpected, then he jumps, and it’s actually cute.”

“Oh my God,” Jongdae mutters.

“What?”

“I’m coming over tomorrow.”

“You have class!”

“They’ll understand if I cancel a day. I’m worried, Chanyeol.”

“You don’t have to be. I’m fine.”

“Right now, maybe.”

“What, you think he’s gonna kill me in my sleep?”

“I don’t know! I don’t know him. You don’t know him. Who knows? He could act out your irrational fear.”

“Oh…” Chanyeol shakes his head and rolls into his back. “I doubt it. He’s too normal.” He hears Jongdae sigh softly and senses the strong eye roll.

“Just be safe, Chanyeol,” he finally says.