Chapter 34: Scaredy Cat

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Note: Good day! These past few weeks had been so mundane. You know, the usual stuff.

Anyway, just wanted to share my K-Pop playlist that I've been listening to recently. I titled this playlist "Futurebass K-pop" because they all used futurebass production:

All Day All Night - Shinee
Love Paint - Nu'est
L.O.V.E - Park Jihoon
Butterfly - Loona
Desire - Ateez
Singing in the Rain - Loona
Romanticism - Leo
Shoot Out - Monsta X
I Do - ONF
Red Thread - Oneus
Eclipse - GOT7
Bet Bet - Nu'est
Blue Lemonade - Red Velvet

Just good stuff. Anyway, have fun reading!

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Chapter 34: Scaredy Cat

"What is it?!" Eric asked, sitting up.

He stared at David, glued to the distant side of the wall with a horrified face.

David stayed silent, eyes glued to something on the mat that only he seemed to have seen.

"What the fuck is it?!"

David's chinky eyes got round and he recoiled yet again, this time embracing the wall hopelessly like it was some kind of refuge.

It was at that moment that Eric noticed a motion on the mat, something dark and shiny, crawling.

It was a humongous cockroach, maroon, waxy wings shiny under the faint lights of the ceiling. It scuttled towards David.

Eric burst out laughing. He rolled on the floor, hands on his stomach. Stealing glances at the hopeless David made him laugh even more.

"Stop laughing, Eric! It's not funny! This is a matter of life and death!" David breathed heavily, observing the critter scuttling towards him. The more it drew near, the more his eyes got big.

"Good lord! It's walking towards me!" David shrieked. "Help me, Eric! Aaaaahhhh!!!"

Eric's tears flow to his cheeks. "I didn't know you're afraid of a fucking cockroach!"

"Stop laughing! I despise anything with more than four legs! Fuuuck! It's getting nearer!"

Another bout of laughter floored Eric.

Abruptly, the cockroach stopped a few inches away from David's smooth feet. As it stopped, David's breathing become more strained.

The fucking critter seemed to scan David's soul, its long antennae pivoting left and right, left and right.

David stood motionless, appalled by this horrendous creature who hailed directly from the seventh circle of hell. He eyed it like his life depended on it, yet he felt like he's waiting for his death to come.

Alas it came!

The cockroach opened its waxy wings and flew on David's arm.

David shrieked as he felt the numerous barbs on its legs. "Get it off me!" He ran around the house shaking the cockroach off but the bastard clinged on his newfound cuddle buddy.

Eric, still laughing but finally regaining his senses, got up and chased David around.

"Stay still!"

David sat down on the floor and instantly, like a warrior ready for battle, Eric smacked the creature on David's arm with a swift motion of his rubber slipper.

David felt the white insides of his best friend splattering on his arm. It seemed like he was the one who got slayed by Eric's slipper.

He fell to the floor, and was on the verge of fainting.

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