De Novo

Chapter 29

Yongsun grunts in her sleep as she slowly feels her eyelids parted open. The first thing she saw is the ceiling above her room, white and empty, like her life this past few weeks. As she completely opens her eyes, a pang of pain hit her head that she instantly shut her eyes as if she could block the pain. Though, it lessened the ache, but not entirely.

She slowly raised her body and sat up, leaning against the headboard as she massage her temple. She has no idea what happened or why she's tucked in bed when in fact, as far as she recalls, she had already taken a shower, chatted with Hyejin in the kitchen, then eric called, get the food delivery, and moonbyu--

Yongsun was so fast to open her eyes as her brain remembers a certain hamster smirking infront of their doorway. She feels her hands sweat and her heart pounding so fast she could practically tell she was about to get a heart attack. Her eyes quickly draw to the door, as if she's expecting someone to emerge from it. She doesn't know if what happened was real or if it was another dream, but the only way to tell is to see if moonbyul was downstairs.

With a slight headache, Yongsun approaches the door and quietly opens it. She peers her head outside, trying to see if moonbyul is lounging in the living room. When she saw the place empty, and when she was sure the kitchen are deserted, she sigh deeply.. but was kind of disappointed.

Another dream.

She murmured to herself and unhurriedly closed the door, securely locking the knob before she gently bump her head on the wood.

"Damn.. I hate dreams."

"Why?"

"Fuck-"

Yongsun was jolted from her current position, her hand covering her chest in sheer terror. She cast her gaze around her dimly lit room, trying to figure out who was behind that voice. Her room completely looks like Dracula's lair, it was dark and shady, to the point where she didn't notice someone was already inside with her.

Her gaze was drawn to a specific figure, and she was certain her heart nearly leaped out of her chest when she recognized a familiar silhouette sitting on a chair, smiling.. staring at her intensely.

"M-Moonbyul.."

"Did my vacation last too long for you to be surprised like this? I've only been gone for a half-year."

Moonbyul had a sweet, devilish smile on her face as she balanced a pen on her fingers. Yongsun looked at the pen and realized it belonged to her. Moonbyul may have found it on the top of her table and used it to entertain herself.

But why am I sleeping anyway?

"Why are you here in my room?"

Yongsun wishes she could hug herself for saying those words without stuttering. The hamster's presence across her was too much for her to bear. She's not sure how long she can keep up her brave facade. Any minute from now, she knows she'll collapse.

"Well, if you didn't pass out when Hyejin opened the door to let me in, then we're probably eating lunch right now."

Moonbyul explains and takes a break from balancing the pen on her fingers. Her gaze returned to Yongsun before she placed the pen on the table's surface. She crossed her legs gracefully, interlocking her fingers and gently resting her palms on her knee.

Yongsun couldn't bring herself to respond to Moonbyul. How could she? If she feels a large lump in her throat, which prevents her from speaking.

"I thought the storm had just hit the city; I didn't realize it had also hit your room. It was a complete mess earlier."

Moonbyul stated as yongsun's cheeks reddened when she realized her room was in total shambles just a moment ago. As if it was programmed, she roamed her eyes to her room and see how messy it is. But she was completely taken aback when it was thoroughly cleaned. Did hyejin clean her room? Or..