Praying for Hearts

4: A Daily Routine

"So, typically how long does it take for you to find someone's match?", Jongdae asked, as he stared at the half finished essay on his laptop screen, having gone completely blank, still he didn't want to give up.

It had already been two weeks of Baekhyun living with Jongdae, in those two weeks Jongdae had found that living with the god was different from what he had expected.

He had expected Baekhyun to nosily look through his belongings for the remainder of his stay but had stopped doing so on the third day, claiming to have gotten all the information he needed. He still stared,but per Jongdae's request and teaching, he does it in a less intense and obvious way.

Baekhyun also found it quite amusing to annoy Jongdae, purposely placing books in his way, rearranging Jongdae's belongings, flickering lights especially when Jongdae was in the bathroom, and eating foods Jongdae continuously told him he was saving for later. Jongdae could only whine and threaten to kick him out, but the god always pointed out he couldn't as they had signed an agreement the second day of his stay. Something Jongdae often regrets doing but he's a man of his word so he sticks to punching Baekhyun's arm or kicking him when Baekhyun's too busy laughing.

Asides from using his powers for small pranks or mundane tasks, Baekhyun didn't use them for much else, so often times he seemed like any other regular mortal. If it wasn't for the fact that he kept wearing the same spotless white outfit, which didn't smell or get dirty (Jongdae knows, he purposely spilled juice on him, but the outfit remained clean, his living room floor however could not say the same). When questioned on it, Baekhyun had simply replied that he liked the outfit and would not change no matter how much Jongdae pestered.

"Still so eager to get rid of me, I see",Baekhyun surfed the TV using his powers to swipe to the next channel even though the remote was in the coffee table in front of him.

"That's not why-well not the only reason why, I'm just wondering",

Baekhyun stops at a rerun of Friends settling back on the couch comfortably.

"Usually a month, sometimes more. There are 7 billion people and counting on the planet you know",

"Are you telling me you go through all of them?!",

"Not initially, I start with the people in the surrounding area first",

"So there's no one around here for me?",

"There's a lot of people in Seoul, patience duckling. Going through all of them here takes a while,"

"Well you should probably do that instead of watching TV",Jongdae suggested.

Baekhyun scoffed.

"I'm a god, I can multitask. Unlike you,"He said pointedly staring at the laptop in Jongdae's lap, prompting Jongdae to close it.

"Anyways, the essay isn't due till 3 am, I can finish it later",Jongdae placed the laptop aside,"I've been thinking about something",

"Do you have any pop tarts? I just remembered those are a thing and I want some",

"No, now listen-",

"Shame, you should buy some next time you go grocery shopping, which you really need to do by the way. I know you're a starving college student but at the rate you're going, you'll die of hunger before I can find you your match",

"It would get me out of doing that essay-but look, so you know about soulmates and stuff right? When you pair people up, you said you had a picture. What kind of picture? Is it of soulmates? Or is it just like true love-I heard there's a difference. In your opinion which one is more ideal?",