I heard someone opening my cupboard. Also, I heard some plates and utensils clattering. It’s quite loud that I woke up from my sleep. I don’t want to wake up yet because my head hurts! Really throbbing! But it’s so loud I got annoyed.

I squatted on my bed.

“So noisy!” I complained with a huge yawn while scratching my head only to discover someone in my mini kitchen!

“Who’s there!!?” I panicked gathering my blanket around me.

“Finally! You’re awake!” he answered with his hands on his waist.

“Yah!?” I immediately reacted. I can’t believe who I’m seeing!

“Sungkyu!?” I screamed. I tried to rub my eyes to see things clearer and it’s really him!

“Wh- what? H-how? W-hy??” I’m so surprised I didn’t know how to react! I didn’t know what to say!

“What are you doing here?” I managed to ask while checking myself. What happened yesterday? I can’t remember a thing!

He glared at me. Then he continued his search in my cupboard!

“What are you doing here?” I asked again.

“I brought you here. You were so drunk!”

“Y-you- you brought me- home?” I asked.

“Obviously! Do you see other people here?”

And he has the nerve to act grumpy?
I don’t know if I should be thankful or ashamed. But seriously, I feel more ashamed. How could he see me wasted? It is so humiliating and downgrading!

“You didn’t have to.” I mumbled.

“Then who will?” he asked.
I just pouted for I can’t think of a better argument.

Besides, the last thing I remember from last night is when I sang in front of everyone, when I went back to my seat and the eonnis saying goodbye. After that, I can’t remember anymore.

I looked at the wall clock. “Gosh! It’s already lunch time!” I exclaimed. Just how long did I sleep?

Sleep?

“H-have you been here? All this time?” I asked. Sungkyu is still busy in my kitchen. I have no idea if he is cooking or what.

“Why, you think I have a house near hear? Of course,” he answered, again with his never failing sarcasm. Then I noticed his messy hair and shirt.

Wait- “Whe- where did you sleep?” I silently wished he’d say he slept in his car.

“Do you see other bed here?”

Aaahh!

What!? He slept beside me!!!
“You slept beside me!?” I said, ‘hysterical’.

“Where do you expect me to sleep?”

“Noooo! No you’re kidding right?”

He gave me a disgused look. “Oh Please. Don’t get your imagination run wild.”

“No way!” I just exclaimed.

“Don’t act as if we haven’t slept beside each other before. Besides, I won’t take interest,” he smirked.

The nerve!

How could he act so coolly like nothing happened while I’m here bursting!

Okay, it’s not that I’m thinking Sungkyu would take advantage of me. It’s more of, I’m afraid I might have said or done something I shouldn’t have!

I was drunk and out of control! What if I… told him what I feel?
Sungkyu must have noticed me getting agitated.

“Yah! Yah! Stop thinking dirty!”

“I’m not!”

He went to my door and took my towel. And threw it in my face.
“Why don’t you just go and hit the shower?”

Just then I became conscious of how I look. I immediately walk to the mirror and whoah! I look extremely awful! I look puffy. My hair looks like a bird nest, my skin looks so oily and my lips looks so dry. My clothes are too crumpled and I must say, I reek alcohol!

This is so embarrassing!

I immediately ran to the bathroom with my towel.

As soon as I stepped out of the bathroom in my old highschool uniform, Sungkyu is waiting for me with his arms crossed.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked while drying my hair with the towel.

"The way look brings back memories?"

"What?" I'm not sure if I heard things right cause he spoke in such a low voice. But I definitely heard memories.

“Don’t you eat? Do you want to get sick again?” instead of repeating what he said, he scolded me.

“What are you talking about?” I just chuckled.

“I almost searched your whole house and there’s no single sane stock of food? Only this?” he threw a pack of ramyeon to me which I caught.

“Hey! Didn’t your mom told you not to play with food?” I glared at him and placed that ramyeon back to where it should be.

“Are you even eating?”

“I do!” Why is he making a big deal out of that? He’s so weird.

“Only that noodle is in your stock!”

“I just ran out but I did bought good food!” Why am I even defending myself. It’s not like we made a deal I’d stock some food.

“Why are you so stubborn? Do you want to be hospitalized again? Of what dehydration? malnutrion? Isn’t that embarrassing for someone who is earning?”

He’s getting irritating!

“It’s my body! Why do you care if I don’t eat? Why do you care if-"

Did I just say ‘care’? Is he saying this because he actually cares? I just stared at his face and my heart started to beat crazy again.
Is he angry because I don’t eat right?
Is he angry because he doesn’t want me to get sick and be hospitalized?

But before my feelings could get me straight to cloud nine, I heard some knocks in my door and a male voice saying it’s a delivery.

“That must be the food I ordered. You better go and get it.”

I moved along with his instructions though I’m still in dazed with the conversation.

And as I open the door, it is really a food delivery!

After paying and thanking the delivery boy, Sungkyu immediately took the food from me and place it in the table. He started opening everything as I watch him.

"Hungry.. Hungry... Hungry..." He kept chanting.

"Tsk." I mouthed while watching him. He looks like a kid.

"Why are you still standing there?" he asked.

He waited till I was seated opposite him.

He pulled a pair of chopsticks and handed to me.
"I know you're hungry too. Let's eat." He said in a low voice.

That made me smile.

We were both silent while eating. Then I remembered again what worried me a while back.
“Ahm.” I cleared my throat. “Did I, ahm, do something or anything unknowingly last night? Like breaking a glass? Or hitting someone?”

Sungkyu suddenly got choked in his food and start coughing.

“N-nothing,” he answered between his coughs.

“Really?” I asked again.
Yeah. Yeah,” he said half chewing his food.
“That’s a relief." I mumbled to myself.
No matter how hard I try to remember anything from last night, there's nothing. So maybe, I just slept.

"Except," Sungkyu suddenly blurted.

"What?" I stared.

"You'll be in charge of my vacation."

"What vacation?" What is he talking about? He is probably just making fun of me right?

"Vacation! Like holiday, getaway. Just vacation!"

"What?"

"Yes! Anyway it was your fault I wasn't able to go home last night so we made a deal that you are going to be responsible of my vacation!"

"There's no way! Why would I agree to that!?" I exclaimed.

"You did! Okay, we don't have any written agreement to that, but! You said yes!"

"No way!"
"Yes way!"

"I was drunk!"

"Yes so drunk. See!" He suddenly showed a videi from his phone.

My eyes almost popped out. Its me looking so wasted!

"Delete that!" I demanded.

"Hmnn.  Sure. But let's discuss our vacation first,"

"Sungkyu! Give me that!" I quickly moved to his side jumped to him to get the phone.

"Ouch!" He exclaimed when he fell in his back and I fell on top of him.

"Give it now!"

I immediately reached for the phone but he is way lenghtly than me. So I wrestled to get the phone and then he used his forced to turn our position around. Now he is on top of me.

Just then, I realized how awkward our position is and was. My face immediately turned red. 'Wrong move Soul' I scolded myself.

"I will delete the video, if you will agree that you will be responsible of my vacation," he whispered.
He is looking directly into my eyes, and and they are like peircing through my soul.

"F-fine."

When will I ever win against him.

<<author's note>>
I'm back!
I hope you are all back too !