Dorms With You: The Short Series #1

Day 7

Chapter 7
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9:23 AM

Echo's POV
January 21st, Saturday

"Morning babe!" Kai says as I open my eyes and look at him. A yawn escapes my mouth.

"Mornin'- wait did you just call me babe?" I ask while propping myself up on my elbow. He looks at me, unsure of how to answer.

"Yes?" He questions himself. I chuckle.

"Good! I like it!" I say joyfully with a cute smirk.

He lets a big sigh out before grabbing me and pulling me back to him. He attacks my faces with little pecks. I giggle as he places his hands on my sides. He stops with wide eyes and a smile.

"You're ticklish AND YOU GIGGLE!!!!" Kai says loudly before pulling me back to him again and hugging me tightly but not to the point of sudden death.

I snuggle closer to him. His faded cologne still apparent on his skin, even though he took showers, I can still smell the mint on him...along with my body wash. He smells more like me than I smell like me. HOW?! He better pay me for the use of my body wash, that stuff is expensive.

"So what do you want for breakfast?" He asks while rubbing small circles on my back. I hum unsure of what I want to eat.

"Hmm? What was that? Couldn't quite hear you. Mind speaking up?" He asks with his voice hitting a slightly higher pitch. I un-bury my head from his chest.

"I said I don't know and I don't care. Make whatever." I respond in a dull uninterested tone before moving my head back into his chest.

He suddenly gets up from the bed, leaving me lying there with a scowl on my face. He brings out a pan and some other cooking supplies before turning back to me with an innocent smile. "Jerk," I mumble under my breath before getting up and walking over to him.

We both began making food after he told me what I needed to do. Something about bagels, eggs, ham, and cheese. I cooked the eggs while he cooked the ham in the tiny pan. Since the only ham we had was lunchmeat, that's what he used. Honestly, it smelled extremely good.

Kai and I both finished making food before we both decided to finish up some homework. He was able to login to his account online so that he could do the online part of the assignment. He asked to borrow a notepad and pen for notes and stuff. He said he'd replace them, but I told him that it was unnecessary to.

My professor gave us -the students- an assignment to make a song. Vocals and stuff can be added, but it isn't necessary. I've finished about 80% of the song, but now I have to add in vocals. I just have to wait until I can get to the studio at my parents' house.

It's been a couple of hours since I finished up most of the track. Kai is still focused on whatever he's trying to figure out. His eyebrows knit together every time he reads over something. I get-up off my bed and walk over up behind him. I snake my arms around his neck and slide them into a locked position before placing my head on my arm so that my head is placed next to his.

He stiffens before relaxing under my touch. He sighs before leaning his head on mine and closing his eyes.

"You ok?" I whisper quietly as I bring my hands up and run my fingers through his hair. A soft smile takes place on his lips, his dimple slightly popping out on the side of his cheeks.

"Yeah. Just stressed about this assignment. I don't understand what they mean." He says before grabbing my arms and untangling around him.

I feel a sting of hurt in my chest and realize that he doesn't want me close to him. But before I can say anything, he pulls me onto his lap while wrapping one arm around my waist so that I don't fall. My back is pressed up against his chest. He leans forward, grabbing the desk, pulling us closer to it. He points at a sentence on the screen before talking.