INSOMANIAC | Mattbin

Seventeen??

Chapter 17: Stop being so nice to me, I don't want to fall in love again

So it was Matthew and I again, strolling around the nearby marketplace. We needed to find a gift for Ruto. I'm not sure what I really wanted to buy but maybe this marketplace will help me figuring out.

Matthew, on the other side,  suggested me to buy some gifts like perfume, candies, shampoo, etc so that we could together make a box full of them. He showed me an idea on Pinterest which was completely mind blowing. Like, why not make this gift together. Plus, both of us will have to split with the money because we're going to be giving this as a joint gift. What an amazing idea he had implemented.

We had high hopes of impressing Ruto with our magnificent gift until we found out Zihao was also there at the box store. What a coincidence. We thought he was only proposing but I see that maybe even he had the same idea.

Both of us went towards him and waved at him, and so did he. We asked him whether he's going to confess to Ruto or not. He nodded. Okay, Ricky didn't lie. He then started smirking at us, teasing Matthew and I as a ship again. "I guess the rumours spreads everywhere." Matthew looked at me and laughed off about him. Wow, that was weird. Has he gone through more?

"You guys also intend to buy him a gift box?" Asked Zihao. We said yes. He then showed us a picture of what he was about to make as a gift for Haruto.

We were about to do the same thing but instead we weren't going to write something corny unlike these 'I love you' quotes. Sometimes I find them so cringe. I hate couples so much. At this point I would unalive myself.

"Alright. If that was your idea, then we're going to make that idea an original idea by finding for something else." Commented Matthew. Oh hell nah, Zihao stole our idea. Or, we stole his idea.

Anyways, I couldn't care less. Him and I needed suggestions again. I thought of a teddy bear since Haruto loves it, so I asked him if it was alright.

"How about we also make a card for him. Plus, we can buy him some cool sunglasses to make him look stunning. Oh! And also a bouquet of flowers beside the teddy bear." He was overexcited telling this to me. I think he's pretty creative.

He's such a sunshine though, his energy is positive. I wonder why isn't he popular amongst the classmates? I mean, I'm not that special to him anyways, nothing to feel horrible about. It's only been less than a week since I know him, not much of a problem. As much as I've talked to him, I think he's pretty much alright. Though I really don't want to get close to him but my soul feels drawn to him. I swear it's not romantic. He's just very kind to me and I like it.

Before we bought the gifts, we spotted a photo booth so both of us went there and posed quite many times just to get the pictures. Sweet.

We then went to get the teddy bear and sunglasses. About the bouquet, we decided it would be the best if we made it from papers which we had back at home.

It was getting too late, so I took Matthew at a restaurant nearby. That restaurant was known for serving authentic Korean food. Like if I had to rate the most authentic Korean restaurant, I would literally rate this place(and we're obviously living in Korea).

I had my reasons to take him there. He should learn more about his culture and appreciate his ethnicity. No doubt Matthew is a cultural man, he seems to speak fluent Korean just a little bit of turmoil in the grammar and sometimes a lot of spelling mistakes. Well, that's alright, he still knows how to express himself well in Korean. Another thing I appreciate about the boy.

Now, to make him more Korean, I needed to introduce him to Korean fried chicken.

We settled down on the chair once we entered the restaurant.I asked him what his favourite food is. He told me that it's beef stew. Now, time to change his opinion because I ordered Korean fried chicken.

A plate of yangnyeom chicken was served to us, along with some compliments of us being handsome from the waiter. Woah, we really do radiate gay energy.

"You're handsome though." Oh shit, Matthew pointed at me and tried to flirt with me again. What do I do? Compliments?! I don't know how to react help. I'm not even an inch of handsome and whatever he is saying, I ain't believing it.

I shook my head immediately and said no. Of course! Me? Handsome? That's a funny joke to say. "Stop! You are good looking." He frowned at me. Aww, that's so adorable.

He then took out his phone from his pocket and asked me pose so I did the V sign and smiled.

Eww, I look like a rat there. I mean technically, I'm a hamster so I'm not wrong. "See! You're handsome." Matthew tried to show literal evidence through the picture. I still shook my head. He ended up pouting and doing a 'hmph'. His lips look so adorable when he pouts. What if I kiss those lips to stop that frown?

Stop. I don't like him. I really don't like him. I mean he's amazing as a friend, but as a crush he isn't enough.Even if I liked him, I would be disappointed because whenever I have crushes, I always expect them to like me back somehow even though I don't put in effort. Maybe I'm just counting on luck which is nonexistent. But no, for the last time, Matthew is not my crush. He will never be.

We both proceeded to dig in as we took a bite of the succulent chicken. It was so delicate yet delicious. I could see Matthew float till heaven. Does this overpower beef stew? Did I win? Did I convince him that Korean culture is the best.

Before that, I ordered another round of chicken. This time, it had a block of cheese which melted. I swear to god he was tempted enough to see that.

Once again, we attacked. This one was way better than the previous one. While I look at the younger, he kept hogging on the plate one by one. It makes me smile seeing someone devour food. It means that he has a healthy relationship with food, which I'm proud of.

Matthew usually isn't the type to scroll on his phone unlike me but while we were eating, he removed out his phone and started typing quickly. Oh! I got a ping. It was from the unknown number again.

I shivered when I saw the text, it had a kiss emoji...

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End of chapter 17
I love how im just building my book and publishing everything simultaneously
18th chapters gonna be the last chapter I'll be publishing today HEHEHEHE