'Somewhere nice. Just the two of us'

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After spending the afternoon, trying his best to dodge questions about Sarawat, Tine began to feel that if his friends asked one more question, all their inquiries would be answered. He was becoming exhausted by their abundance of probing questions, and one final question could more than definitely push him over the edge, releasing all the information that Ohm, Peuk and Fong had been after for the past few hours. Thankfully, it seemed all their previously failed efforts to pull more information out of their friend had finally caught up to them, causing them to lose faith in getting anything new or interesting out of Tine, so much so that towards the end of their invasion of Tine's apartment, the conversation had switched from Tine and his new love interest to other matters that the three friends considered to be of a high significance such as the most recent release of a new hot video game and which girl on campus was the most attractive. With all their conversation topics having been expended and their interest no longer held, Tine's three friends became restless and began to prepare to leave.

"It's getting late," Fong stated, "and I bet we've bothered Tine enough." Ohm and Peuk laughed and nodded, seemingly aware of all the trouble they had caused their friend.

"Yeah, we should probably leave," agreed Ohm, "I mean, unless you finally wanna let something about Sarawat slip." He winked in Tine's direction, hoping to get at least a little more out of him, but the latter just shook his head in response. "Eh, I guess not, it was worth a try though." He laughed again as he stood up, stretching his legs which had become a bit stiff from sitting as well as wiping some dust off the cuffs of his pants.

The other two followed suit, slowly getting up from their spots around the room, preparing to leave. Tine stood up as well. Feeling as if he had been sitting for ages, he staggered a bit, before regaining his balance and leading his friends towards the door. They all walked across the room, continuing to fill the space with light banter about school work and classes that they'd have on Monday. It was a normal conversation, one that set Tine's mind at ease, something he could feel relaxed being a part of. It was a conversation much the opposite of earlier, where Tine was on alert with every question, worried he might embarrass himself through things he admitted or even worried with how his friends might react to any statement. His brain had truly been in overdrive for the first half of the day, and now that things were beginning to die down, he was thankful. He was especially thankful since the intruders of his house were almost finally gone. With one more step they'd be out the door, and Tine would be free for the first time since he woke up. He'd finally be free from all the people who barged into his apartment unannounced.

However, securing his peace wouldn't be that easy as when Tine was about to close the door, his adoring and most caring friend Peuk turned around to face him. From the quirky smile his friend had on his face, Tine knew Peuk was up to nothing good. The latter reached his hand out towards Tine, placing it on his shoulder. His awkward yet funny smile was soon replaced with what seemed to be a more serious and stolid look. Tine became slightly concerned at the quick change of expression and almost began to ask his friend if he was feeling okay, until Peuk opened his mouth, "Word of advice." Tine's friend leaned in, lowering his voice almost to a whisper, "Next time you have your boyfriend over, you might want to lock your door." Peuk stated rather matter-of-factly, before switching gears almost entirely to a more jovial and loud joking tone, "If you don't know how I can teach you! It's very easy. You just take this little button here, and you push it in when the door's clos- ". That statement earned him another smack on the head from Tine, but his friend smiled anyway, beaming with pride that he could get one last Sarawat joke in before he left.

And with that Tine shoved his last friend out the door, shutting it quickly behind them. It was against the now closed door that Tine leaned his head. It's been a long day, he thought. "not only long but loud too", he breathed out, actually feeling a sense of calm now that the only words in his room were his own. Tine's apartment had been quite the center of activity this Saturday. From all his friends' endless string questions and constant chatter, he barely had anytime to think or speak much less catch his breath. But now, being alone in his apartment with absolutely nothing else to bother him, Tine felt a wave of relief wash over him. He had often found the silence in his room to be quite lonesome, especially after a boring day at school, but today he welcomed the peace and quiet as a close friend, almost finding comfort in the stillness after a long day of movement and commotion.

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