Love Dust

Chapter 31: Please, Turn Back The Time (T^T)

Minutes passed and still I couldn’t believe what Mi Rae had said. Currently, I’m now staring on the window while I’m lying on the hospital bed and trying to remember everything that had happed last night.

**FLASHBACK**

“You thief! You might think that I’m stupid? I know that you’re wearing a mask. Just stay right there or else...”

“Smiling? You think that I’ll let you go because of my socks?!”

**END OF FLASHBACK**

“No!! I should have think twice before uttering those words... I hate myself!!!!” I told in my mind.

Randomly, I reached for my cellphone on the side desk and started to unlock the screen lock.

“Gosh, TOP... You should have told me that it was you... Now, I don’t know what face would I show you the next time you’ll see me... soon...” I embarrassingly told myself as I stared on my Alive Tour screen lock.

With teary eyes, I unlocked my phone and saw Seung Joon’s message saying,

‘Hey, Chin. Are you free on Saturday? I have something to tell you. Can we meet in Zoo Cafe at 6pm?’

Since, I don’t have any night classes every Saturday; I didn’t hesitate to accept his offer. Plus, he was the one who offered which would probably his treat.

‘Okay, see you on Saturday!’ I replied.

In TOP’s condominium, as expected, he’s still in his deep sleep. His overly thick black blanket covers him including his head comfortably. From time to time, his body moves in different position that made his blanket to partly separate from him in which you can see the purity of expression in his face as he was sleeping. He calmly breaths in the cold and clean scent of air and tightly hug one of his pillow along with his cute stuffed toy. 

Suddenly...

“You thief!” A voice coming somewhere from his mind woke him up.

In an instant, TOP opened his eyes. He looked as if that he had a nightmare. He reached for his phone and checked the time. In a not so usual situation, he woke up very, very, early when we talked about his ‘own time perspective’ which is 7am.

“She’s following me even in my dreams! Aish.” In his morning tone, TOP irritably told himself.

In his night attire (which cannot be claimed to be pyjamas), white long sleeves and fuchsia pink loose cotton pants, he stood up and walked towards his bathroom and did his ‘morning rituals’. After doing so, he went to his kitchen but as he moved close to the kitchen, his sight lead his eyes to the entrance door and notice a pair of black snickers and a big and cute pink leather bag pack along with a huge paper bag. He went near to see them closer...

“Aish, why didn’t I noticed these last night?” TOP told to himself and started to carry the bag pack and the pair of black snickers.

Without sweat, he lifted the pink leather bag but when he tried to pick up the paper bag...

“What the --- why this thing is so heavy?” he curiously asked himself and checked what’s inside the paper bag.

He got surprised when he saw a very thick book that was approximately 3 to 4 inches thick.

“Perry’s Chemical Engineering Handbook? H--- Handbook?” he told to himself.

“She’s also an engineer! But, How this thing become a ‘handbook’?” he added and started to carry the paper bag.

With the bag pack and paper back in his right hand and the black snickers, TOP went to the living room and placed both bags on the sofa and the snickers on the floor. He decided to put them on these spot so that, he won’t forget to bring them with him later when he visit Chin in the hospital. Of Course, he’ll come again in disguise...

“Ahmmm, Mi Rae, up to when would I be staying here?” I asked Mi Rae.

“The doctor said that you can be discharge today.” Mi Rae replied.

“So, can we leave now? Because, I still need to review for my upcoming exams tomorrow.”

“But, the doctor told me that you need to rest for the whole day...”

“Please... Don’t worry I won’t tire myself. I’ll just scan my notes, promise.”

“Fine, I can relate. Don’t break your promise, okay? Just relax there and I’ll ask if they could discharge you, now.” Mi Rae left.