Chapter 2. Wasted Ice Creams

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- December 12, 2017 -

Tuesday

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

I woke up to Donghyuck's alarm.

"Hyuck, your alarm," I said groggily. He didn't move on his bed. "Hyuck, your alarm. It's so noisy." I repeated.

He still didn't move. I tried reaching for his alarm to turn it off, then I looked up at it, the digits showing 6:01 a.m. in bright red color.

I sat up straight, a bit awake. I just sat there for a few minutes, trying to collect my soul.

I slept on a futon on the floor next to Donghyuck's bed. It was always like this whenever I sleep over at his house.

After a few minutes, I stood up and shook Donghyuck on his bed.

He was a heavy sleeper. I always have to wake him up whenever I'm at their house.

"Hyuck, wake up."

"Five more minutes," he groaned as he turned over to his left.

I knew his five minutes weren't really five minutes at all. It was either thirty minutes, or an hour. There's no in between.

So I took it upon myself to go to the shower first. This was our routine whenever I sleep here. If it's not his mom, I was his human alarm clock.

 If it's not his mom, I was his human alarm clock

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6:50 a.m. I was all done showering and preparing for school. Donghyuck was already awake, and in the bathroom.

Between the two of us, I'm the one who takes a longer time to prepare. That's why I always have to shower first.

Donghyuck, on the other hand, was quick. He can be awake at 6:57, and be done showering and preparing by 7:15.

I always take time to prep myself up before going to school. Or anywhere for that matter. And I never go anywhere without my signature Bvlgari perfume, which I get as an annual gift from my uncle who lives in Canada.

That was how I get girls to fall in love with me. Unfortunately for them, I don't return their feelings.

I don't necessarily break their hearts. I don't pursue them just so I could leave them hanging in the air, no. I just don't pursue them at all.

Not because I don't like them (well, that's one reason), nor because I'm scared of getting my heart broken. But because I believe I'm not capable of loving anyone like that.

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