tedious

𝐓𝐄𝐍.

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chapter ten -

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"HANMA YOU should keep your hair down always, you look attractive with it." You said whilst rubbing the towel against his wet hair. While the man sitting infront of you with his legs crossed together only gave a chuckle as a response.

The fresh scent that came from Hanma, he had just took a bath. And here you are offering to dry his hair of with him accepting the offer.

It was two o'clock in the morning. Most people living in the apartment had already fallen asleep and the light to your room is the only source of brightness that can be seen from below the apartment building.

Around this time around, you both are already in a deep slumber.

Hanma turns around to meet with your eyes, "Y'know what makes you attractive?" He asks. A smirk made its way up to his face.

Your hands stopped rubbing his hair and you shook your head lightly with a clueless smile as a response to his words, "I don't know."

"You shutting your mouth," But Hanma doesn't mean it. He was just trying to be funny. After all, he likes to hear your voice.

Your jaw dropped, not expecting that type of response from the man infront of you and his audacity of saying that bluntly. Swallowing, the palm of your hands hits Hanma's head aggressively and he lands on the bed with a thud.

"I might commit murder right now," Your eyes narrowed as you sat on his stomach. Letting him suffer by placing both of your hands on his neck. If the one who is supposed to shut their mouth it should be Hanma.

The man whom you sat upon waves his hands by the sides of his face. An awkward laugh he let out, "I'm just kidding."

"And so was I," A smile replaced your face, getting up from the bed to turn the lights off, and finally- you layed yourself down beside the man who let out a sigh of relief. A woman is truly terrifying to be with- Hanma didn't expect that stunt you did to him.

But when you were ontop of him, he could clearly see your face especially the eyes of a certain person he would like to drown himself into. His throat dry after seeing like that- strands of hair falling out from your firm face.

For a second, he saw nothing in your orb. Hanma can't tell if that was his mind playing around.

Silence takes over the place. You had already probably went to sleep- you weren't saying a word. Hanma turns his head at your direction and there you are.

A hand placed ontop of your stomach as it goes up and down, lips slightly parted, and your hair all messed up. It won't bother you if Hanma fixes your hair, right?

The man beside you hesitantly roamed his fingers on your forehead where your hair was all over the place. And slowly, he tucks it behind your ear- a soft smile appears without him noticing it.

"What are you doing?" A voice that came out from the person beside the young man. Hanma swiftly takes his hands back on his side, "Nothing."

You hummed, raising a brow at his actions. And slowly- a smirk came up to your face, "So you're inlove with me?"

Obviously, the man was taken back by your statement. You were straight forward with your words and he doesn't even know how to react properly. For him to be caught off guard by you, isn't that a little unfair?

You took his silence as a response and chuckled, making your figure comfortable. "It's okay cause- I would too be inlove with myself."

At this point aren't you just praising yourself? Even so, you deserve all the praises.

"So delusional," Hanma retorted and rolled his eyes at the sides. You furrowed your brows, the thought of punching the man beside you was held back.

"You have alot to say, huh?" Clenching your teeth together whilst forming a fist. It's just a friendly fight, nothing serious. Your eyes roams at the sight of the man beside you and eventually you let yourself eased up.

Letting out a sigh, you turned your back to the man laying beside your figure. Hanma questions of what you were doing- he stares at your back.

"I'm going to sleep," You announced. After a long day talking, playing, and running around with Hanma- your body tires up. And you evidently need a good nights rest.

"Goodnight, Hanma."

Your eyes takes a peek at the moon that shines by your window- the curtains covering most of the sky. Do you like Hanma? It's nothing, right?

A promise that had already been made, you can't break it down into shattered pieces. You're just gonna break your own trust by yourself and you don't want that to happen.

Even so, you just couldn't ignore the feeling that has been bothering the pits of your stomach whenever you're with the man laying beside you.

Letting out a one last sigh, you finally closed your eyes. Hoping to forget the frustrating thoughts that was kept in your mind. You don't want to stress those things out nor do you want to go through events you didn't even liked.

The sound of the clock ticking echoes. Hanma couldn't sleep at all, was it because of the question you asked? Love is a strong word to use- he doesn't even know now if he hangs out with you because of how amusing you are or if he loves you, just like what you have said.

But isn't it too early for him to fall for you? The two of you had met for how many days- but who knows.

A sigh came out by Hanma and minutes passed by. Staring at nothing but at an empty abyss, that's what Hanma's feeling right now. He tries to shrug it off but his eyes instead lands on your back. Subconsciously, his hands slowly yet softly plays with your hair and a smile appears on his face.

He was now staring at someone with loving eyes.