Sleeping Late

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It's 2am in the morning, you're resting on your bed, thinking like a dumbass about a love you recently experienced. "Sigh... I can't sleep", you think in your head. 

You decided to just get up and get a snack. As you head out of your room, you see that Ena's room still has the lights on. You knock on her door and enter, you see her drawing something she has been drawing for days.

"Ena... go to sleep, it's 2am in the morning. I'm actually concerned for your health", you say while wiping your sleepy eyes. "Just one more hour, Rie, I'll probably finish soon", Ena replies with a moody face. You walk towards her desk and look at what she's drawing on her tablet. 

"Woah Ena! that's an amazing drawing of Mizuki! the way you render her skin and hair, it's amazing you know", you compliment her with an amazed look on your face. Ena smiled at you, then continued to draw Mizuki, the girl she admires so much.

"I wonder why you draw nonstop every day, Ena, it's not very productive and healthy", you say.

"I need to get better, people always belittle me just because they have talent, they can't get that a beginner like me is still a 'beginner', it makes me mad every time", said Ena. 

You rest your head on her bed and look at her, "Wanna talk about it?".

"No, not now.", Ena says bluntly.

You stare at her for a few seconds and finally decide to talk, "Ena, you're not a beginner, I'm definitely worse than you", you chuckle. Ena smirks a bit and say, "Thanks... I guess, but I still want to be better". Ena grabbed her earphones and put it over her ear, "Oh, excuse me, but I'd like to focus on this if you don't mind", she probably doesn't want to be bothered now.

"Hmmm~ hm", Ena hums to the music in her ears. "I'd like to make this drawing look majestic, just like how the person is... Mizuki", she stares at her drawing with light in her eyes.

You get out of her room and think for a while. "She seemed upset... Maybe I can get her something from the cafe", you thought in your head.

You grab your dark purple coat from the coat hanger, a hat, and some gloves because it's cold outside, you put on your boots and get out of your apartment. As you're walking on the dark, quiet, lonely street, you can't help but think about your love life, again. You ignore it and try to think on how to cheer Ena up. 

You enter a cafe and go to find some warm drinks. Some hot chocolate for Ena, and hot tea for you. You also wanted to get cheese cake for Ena, since she loves those. "The total will be 900 yen", the cashier say. You paid and said goodbye to the cashier. You look your phone, it's already 2.45 a.m. 

You arrive back to your apartment and take off your coat, gloves, and boots. You see Ena's room still has the lights on, so you enter it. You see Ena asleep on her desk, still with her earphones on and every other electronic devices around her on.

"She must be really tired", you say to yourself.

You decided that you were going to drink her hot chocolate instead and put her cheesecake in the fridge. You turn off the devices around her and turn off the lights. you go back to your own room and begin your attempt to sleep. 

The next morning, you feel sleep deprived because you could only sleep for 2 hours before your 6am alarm. You remember that you were going to give Ena her cheesecake, but you had to go to your parttime job before going to university until evening. You prepare to leave for work and leave Ena a note on the fridge:

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