INSOMANIAC | Mattbin

Five?

Chapter 5: Yes asshole, I do care about you.

The next day precisely begun with my eyes opening up and shooting its gaze on the clock, which displayed 7:45 am. Shit, accounts class commences at 8. I sprung up from my bed, and sprinted towards the showers.

After getting freshened up, i shifted my eyeballs towards the watch, to see that it was already 7:52. Gosh, no time to eat, I guess I'll run then. I clutched my bag, with each and every finger coiled deeply into the handle.

Then, I soon opened the door gently and slammed it with a huge force as I begun to jog towards the elevator. I had to go to the eighth floor, because that's where the class was located.

Five minutes were already wasted on waiting for the lift to arrive at the twenty fifth floor. Another two minutes on the elevator. It was 8 already and I could notice my heart pumping out with all its might. Fuck it already, I'm late for sure. I ran through those  the slippery mopped floors which wanted me to sink in to the pain. Finally, I pushed the door with ease- could also describe it as carefree -  but who cares?

What's worse, as I let the door slide through, my ears bursted with the earsplitting noise of the crowd.  I could see the whole class chatter amongst each other. I turned behind to see that the utmost front of the class was empty, hence I could conclude it that the teacher was about to arrive : phew.

Now, I had to select a seat somewhere to settle down. I scanned through the benches to spot one chair besides... Matthew. Disadvantage was, he was in front of Zhanghao ;so obviously I wouldn't really want to sit next to him. Anyways, I had no choice but to approach Matthew with my antisocial ass.

Before I was about to do so, he already waved at me, with a grin that couldn't be more perfect. His teeth was aligned well and his eye-smile was one of the cutest things I'd ever seen. Of course, Zhang Hao is way prettier than him, but I feel that Matthew looks mainly cute. That's it.

I followed my protocol of courtesy, hence I had to wave back at him as well. He told me that I could sit next to him. Woah, thoughtful.

I walked past his left, with a deafening silence of awkwardness passed by. I could not believe that I was diagonally ahead of Hao hyung. Amazing. I could never.

"So, you chose accounts as well?" asked Matthew. I nodded at him. "My dream is to become a chartered accountant." I told him.  He showed me a thumbs up.

"I want to become a therapist."  He said. Oh, I can get it why he is a psychology major then. "Then why are you also doing commerce?" I want to know about him now.

"Incase I don't go well with psychology, I can always switch with business." He explained. Hmm, sounds like a good idea. I hummed in sync with his response.

"Ah, Zhang Hao?" Matthew suddenly said something which made me turn behind. "Matthew-ah, how's commerce as a stream so far? How are you even able to take the stress of taking two paths? Like, that's awesome!" He started sugarcoating him. I squinted my eyes and glared at him with eyes that flared like nothing. Why is my ex boyfriend so smart yet charming. He should've had complimented me instead.

Matthew had a short giggle as he replied, "Commerce has been fairly adjustable. Also, this is just my first week, so I have the option to drop out a stream quickly." Zhang Hao nodded in response. Gosh, why does his nodding even look attractive?

I slowly put my hand around Matthew's shoulder as he was busy conversing about his life with Hao hyung. I wish I was that social enough to do it. Unfortunately, I don't have the guts and the energy to do so.

Suddenly, he pinched him out of nowhere, causing my attention span on the two of them to increase. "Zhang Hao! Are you alive? Why are you looking at him?" He scolded at him, while pointing at me. Hao hyung rolled his eyes! He turned away from our sight and turned behind. "And you! Why are you staring at him? Do you both have some romantic tension between each other?" He screamed at me too. Fuck, I'm a blushing mess now.

Zhang Hao faces towards us once again, saying that he's a goal oriented person and he wouldn't date anyone again. Yes, again. The emphasis he laid on 'again'. It was just so offensive.

Matthew did a 'oh' sound and circled his lip gestures. "Oh yes, he's into-" he was about to tell something until I removed my hands from his arms and covered his darn mouth with my fingers, causing him to flinch a little bit. I hope he knows what to do.

Hao hyung asked who was it. I shook my head and barked, "None of your business bitch. Why'd you care if I like someone or not?"   I let go of my hand that kept covering Matthew's mouth. He side eyed to me, which I didn't care about.

"Because I was your boyfriend."

In.
Front.
Of.
Matthew.

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End of chapter five