Paperwork. | Alan Becker

Chapter 3.5 - Late Night Snack

TDL's POV

You guessed it. I can't sleep again, but I had a valid reason, I swear. I was hungry, okay? I've only eaten a ham sandwich in the meet up. But lunch? We don't talk about lunch, same goes for dinner.

From what I remember, it was 2:59a.m. when I woke up. I had to get up from the bed to step on the ice cold floor, who the fuck decided to put marble as the floor boards? In silence, I tip-toed out of my room and made my way to the kitchen, that I can easily go through, but opening the cupboard without making any noise is a challenge. 

I pulled out a cup of instant noodles, I wonder how long it's been staying there. Uhm, the expiry date.. oh, it's next week. Yeah I didn't buy this for nothing, time to cook, like, literally. I boiled a kettle of water, it was loud, but it was better than using the microwave. Like any normal person would, I put the seasoning in first before pouring the boiling hot water. 

Good thing I had my phone charged while I waited for the noodles to soften. I put on a timer, setting it to 3 minutes. Then I started scrolling through media with the chopsticks pressing down on to the cover of the paper bowl.

Waiting felt like it's only been 5 seconds, ouch, it was extremely hot. I had to use tissue to grab the bowl, then I mixed it a little with the chopsticks. Uh. Bon Appétit?

I was halfway through eating, then I heard a creak coming from a room. Oh shit, was I eating too loud? Or was it the boiling kettle? Then the absolute worst happened, the door opened, I swear I heard it loud and clear.

A dark figure came out of it, he turned on the light with the light switch sitting between our rooms. A black hollow headed stick figure, stared at me with his weary eyes.

"Man what the fuck are you doing up at 3 in the morning? Hold on, let me just.."

*click*

I swear I saw my life flash before my eyes.

"oh."

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