Life Was Boring {RamKing}

Part 3

King woke up earlier than he had expected. He barely managed five hours of sleep when somehow he had his eyes open. He did not like that because usually, he would not be able to go back to sleep when that happens. The alarm clock next to him was showing him it was a little past seven and he did not open his shop before nine. He groaned, but he did not feel like getting out of bed just yet. Even though he could not sleep, it did not mean that he had to get up. He reached out for his phone and decided to waste a few minutes on it. He checked on his friends on Facebook but realized it was too early for any of them to be awake. He checked his emails and was grateful to do so because he remembered he had to order more seeds for his shop. In general, people prefer to buy seedlings or full-grown plants; however, there was the occasional person who wanted seeds instead.

After placing the order, his eyes went on to the application he used just a few hours earlier before he went to sleep. King was still bitter about the fact that he did not match with that tattooed guy and for a moment he was about to turn off his phone in annoyance. Until he decided to check it out. He smiled wider than he should have when he saw the first person on his matched list, and after that, his smile turned into a victory smirk and somewhat prideful.

There greeting his was the name Ram with the photo of the guy's face and his neck tattoo looking at King. King quickly clicked on the name. He was not going to waste the opportunity. Initially, he wondered whether he should just go with the classical 'hello, how are you?' but more than once he noticed that saying that would usually lead to a conversation kill if the person does not know what to talk about afterwards.

'I do not think a teacher should stay up that late'

He wondered if he sounded harsh with those words, but he figured that at least it would show that he read Ram's description. Besides, he even put a smiley face at the end to try to make it less stiff.

King stared at the screen for a moment, before turning his phone off and getting out of bed. He needed to go get ready for work.

King rarely cooked his own breakfast, usually because he did not find time to do so. However, he did that morning and he took all the time he could in order to eat and shower. Obviously, his first stop after leaving his apartment was to head to the coffee shop a few doors down and grab his usual Americano, which he usually would have finished before he reached the shop.

He liked to be in the shop at least 20 minutes before opening time so that he could check on all the plants. King had a tendency to talk to his plants and he truly believed that they could listen to him and would grow better if he talked to them. Besides, plants cannot contradict him. Even though he loved plants and he took care of them well, King did not pretend to be an expert in the subject and he was always ready to study and learn more about them. It was his passion to know about as many plants as possible and try to grow them himself. That was not easy because he knew some plants needed specific environments that his homeland could not offer, but that is usually where science comes to play. Even though he never studied it, King is grateful for science because he believes that the world did great advancement with it.

The shop owner looked around and checked that everything was in order before he went to the door and changed the sign, allowing for the new workday to start.

Ram's alarm rang and he got up slightly socked. He did not know what surprised him, maybe it was a dream that he could not remember? He turned off the alarm and got out of bed. Ram always made his coffee before he showers so that he could let it cool down a little while he is getting ready. He liked to wake up and hour and a half before he had to leave for work and that gave him enough time to do everything he needed to for work. He rarely ate breakfast before work and would usually end up indulging himself in some sort of snack, biscuit or more coffee once he is in his classroom.