Beat

Chapter 24

Gulf's

I was awaken by the loud ring from my phone. So I grunted while reaching for it on my bedside table and look at the caller ID. I can't help but to feel curious as to why Tong would call me this early. It's the first day of U Week. Our call time is 9:00 am and it's just 8:00 am so I think that the call is urgent so I answered it.

"Hello?" I greeted the other line with my morning voice.

"Finally!" He exclaimed causing me to move my phone away from my ear and look curiously at the auditive.

"Hey! I just woke up! Don't scream!" I shouted back before putting my phone back against my ear. I even heard him laugh.

"Sorry. I just wanna ask if you had seen Mew? Their call time is 8:00 am and their performance will be at 9:30 am but then, he's still not here. The other members are already here and they are all nagging me for not picking him up." Tong said and I frowned before getting up from my bed.

"I-i just woke up. I haven't seen him." I answered.

"Aow. Is that so?" He asked and how stupid I am to nod when I'm talking to him with my phone. "Can you please check if he's still in his room? Please, Gulf. I just need a very valid answer to give these three or else they won't let me manage our booth unless Mew shows up. I kept on calling him but his phone is unattended." He begged and I started to feel nervous just by thinking that I'll be checking Mew on his room.

Damn.

Should I really feel like this?

I mean, I just have to check on him. It's nothing special. But why does my heart ia beating so fast?!

But then again, I just found myself granting Tong's request and is now standing in front of Mew's door with a pounding heart as if I'm a freaking lovesick teen.

'C'mon, Gulf! Man up! You just have to knock and see if he's still inside and tell him that they're all waiting for him! That should be easy! Just think of it as an act of charity. That you're doing this cause you don't want him to be late. Okay, Gulf? You can do it.'