your coffee scented photos | kaebedo

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Albedo woke up at exactly 4:37am.

His head as still aching a little, yet however, when he did in fact wake up—he was still in Kaeya's sleeping arms in his bed. And here he thought that they would've been separated by now. Was he thinking wrong when he thought he'll be torn apart from the grip while in sleep? As he stood up, hand on his forehead and the blanket beneath him sliding down on his chest, Albedo looked around the room.

Nothing changed. Still the same potted plants, picture frames, desks, cabinets, and bed. Not like he was expecting anything to happen but...maybe he was feeling also a bit delusional. Looking over his phone, the time reads; '4:37am'

'Shit, I gotta get ready for my classes...' He thoughts to himself before standing up. He brushed his hair back, slowly escaping Kaeya's arms as he climbed down from the bed.

Yawning, Albedo was quick to wash his face, clean up the remaining items, grabbed his things, then was prepared to leave the place. He didn't think much as he heads out of the door and locked it from behind, thus he began to walk back to his dormitory—not thinking of looking back.

He wasn't gonna lie, his eyes were still heavy—lack of sleep he suppose. They did arrive at Kaeya's apartment by 12am after drinking a lot, so of course at 4 in the morning he'd still be drowsy as fuck. He rubbed his eyes, trying to keep up on the road he's at. Damn it, maybe he should've just stayed there till morning. 'Oh for god fuck Albedo, there is no time to think about shit like this right now. The exam is this Monday, keep your head and your shit together.' Exhaling his breath out, the male calmed himself down, and continued walking back

He was very familiar with the street, in fact this road was nearby the apartment party he went last year with his friends (to which he would rather not mention which party to). The billboard sign plastered next to the office building at the road screamed nostalgia when Albedo remembered the moment Venti got too drunk he tried climbing on top of it during the party. Disaster struck quickly, and that was enough for him to decline to go to more college parties.

When Albedo finally made it to his college dorm rooms, the first thing he did was flop straight to his bed and kicked the door shut. He couldn't believe he got up early just to head back to this small room.

4:43am, it reads. Albedo slowly shut his eyes once more.

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9:25am

"Oh! Mr Albedo!"

"Ah...ms. Lisa..."

"You're here early as usual..." The professor gave the male a soft smile, hugging her documents close to her...chest. "...but I'm afraid you still have to wait till classes start. Are you going to head to the library?"

"Ah, yes, ms. Lisa. I was thinking of studying first before I head to class. Reading a few books is what I tend to do always so..."

She chuckles. "Ahahaha...! I see, studious as ever, mr. Albedo. I'll head off to open the library soon so wait here while I grab my keys, ok? You can walk around first if you'd prefer that," She says, opening her office door. Albedo nods his head obediently. "Yes, ma'am."

"Ah, before that, Albedo, I wanted to tell you..."

"What is it?"

Gently, Lisa fixes her files and documents for a moment before answering back, "It's about the presentation you did last Thursday. About alchemy?" She questioned, gesturing her hand as she was about to open her door. Albedo stood straight, fixing his posture before replying back, "Ah, yes. Was it...alright, ms. Lisa...?"

A bead of sweat dropped down his forehead, fingers slowly tapping on the side of his thighs as his eyes were only on the female professor in front of him. Maybe there was a few mistakes on his last presentation that took his blood, sweat, and tears to finish. Also bringing out an all nighter on that damn presentation.