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The next morning, Aeri was awakened by the obnoxious ringing of her phone next to her ear. She looked around the room in confusion when she opened her eyes, surprised to be in her dorms.

When had she gone home?

She looked down at her phone to see her sisters name as the caller ID.

"Allô?" she picked up the phone, her voice hoarse because she had just woken up.

"Where are you, you were supposed to help me pack," her sister told her, annoyed.

Aeri's eyes widened at her sister's question. "Oh my God, you're right."

"I know I am. But I'm done now, thanks for your help, bouffonne. I hope you're going to be there to say goodbye at least." The younger girl could practically hear her sister's eye roll through the phone.

"Yes, yes. I'll be there in twenty minutes," she told her, rushing out of bed, ignoring the slight pounding of her head.

As they hung up the call, Aeri couldn't help but wonder why was she back in her dorms and not at her old apartment.

The last thing she remembered was how her and her sister drank a few bottles and she went for a walk.

She quickly dressed up, picking up clothes she found on the ground, not even paying attention to whose it was.

Rushing out of the room, her nose finally picked up on the smell coming from the kitchen. She glanced towards the smell's direction to find a figure standing in front of a stove.

Hearing her footsteps, Heeseung turned around. He felt his blood rush to his cheeks when he noticed her wearing one of his shirt.

It wasn't the first time she did, it was one of her habits to steal everyone's clothes. But because of the events that occurred just the night before, he couldn't help but feel his heartbeat quicken.

The moment their eyes met, Aeri's memories from the night before came rushing back to her. From the way he took care of her when she was passed out on the couch to the way they kissed.

Her mouth opened as if she was going to say something but the words got caught up in her throat.

Each time she glanced at his face, she remembered the way his lips felt, how they fit perfectly against her own, or how his hands cupped her face gently.

Her eyes flickered to his lips for a fraction of a second and the movement was so rapid that if he wasn't looking at her so intensely, he wouldn't have noticed.

"I made breakfast...If you want," he said while turning off the stove.

"Thank you but I have to go," she told him, noticing the way his shoulder slumped in disappointment.

He didn't know what to think. One minute she was rejecting him, the other she was kissing him on the couch and the next she was avoiding him again.

"Oh..."

She needed to go. She couldn't let her sister miss her flight just because of a boy. But how she wanted to sit down and eat breakfast with him. She couldn't remember the last time she shared such a simple moment with him.

"It's just that my sister is leaving today, so I have to say goodbye," she explained immediately.

"Your sister? Oh! Of course, I understand," he nodded, his behavior shifting with nerves at the mention of the older girl.

Aeri had to physically stop herself from grinning at how Heeseung was still afraid of Bin-Na because of their first meeting.

"You can take some food with you for your sister as well if you want," he told her.