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However, even the most restful sleep eventually passes. Even if you stubbornly try to suppress it and wish nothing more than to fall asleep again and enjoy the moment a bit longer. Then wake up together and cuddle for one more hour. Who wouldn't want that?
At least that was my idea of a perfect morning.
What was in store for Heeseung and me, however, was by far the shittiest way to be woken up.
"Inside there! Yes, I'm sure!", a muffled voice from outside that made me blink in confusion and I opened my sleepy eyes in torment. I also noticed how Heeseung became restless next to me.
"Hurry up please!".
In the next second, a familiar beeping and clacking sound was heard from the door, and my head realized what just happened.
Two people stormed into the room and I almost let out a scream. "KATHY?!".
A hotel employee in a red-white uniform stumbled into my shocked friend when she stopped abruptly and couldn't believe what she saw.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?". She literally yelled at me, and Heeseung finally sat up in confusion.
"WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK! WHAT IS HE DOING HERE??".
"Kathy! Come down! I can explain this". I crawled closer to the edge of the bed and knocked the blanket off my legs.
But my she turned her back on me without further ado and I thought she wanted to leave the room, which is why I was about to storm after her.
However, she grabbed the employee and shoved her out of the room by both shoulders. "Okay, thank you very much! The problem is solved, I guess. Have a great day. BYEEE!", she literally threw the door shut behind her and stumbled back into the middle of the room.
But before Kathy could even begin her speech, she was snapped out of it by Heeseung.
"Hey.".
She released her pent-up anger in one breath. "Hey...".
"What on earth is going on here? I leave the house at freaking 11 o'clock, come back 4 hours later...and you are no longer at home?! Like, don't answer your phone, no message, no nothing!".
"I know. I'm sorry. My phone is dead.", I chewed guiltily on my lower lip.
"I don't care if your phone is dead. I was so worried about you, jackass!". She sighed and placed her hands on her hips.
I offered her to examine my body. "Look at me. I am perfectly fine, Kath..."
"How did you even find us?", Heeseung suddenly addressed her.
"Your lover girl here stole my digital watch...GPS tracking.".
I got up with a yawn and went to the bathroom to get my pants, which had dried in the meantime. "What the fuck, you tracked me??".
"I thought maybe you got kidnapped or something...how am I supposed to know that...never mind...", she broke off.
âOkay. I'm sorry!", I excused in annoyance and saw Heeseung get up from the bed to put his hoodie back on.
Kathy clasped her arms and lowered herself on the huge armchair, on which I had sat last night. âCall me dumb, but I don't understand it. Like, I thought you two broke up. And what are you doing here in the first place? How long has this been going on between you guys again?".
I glared at Heeseung. Well, this topic. We hadn't had this conversation until now. Like, were we actually back to dating now or was it all unintentionally last night?
"Okay, I will explain everything.", I offered her and started telling the whole story.
Maybe not everything, and maybe not that detailed, but I made sure that it's enough to stop asking questions. The way her facial expression darkened and in the next second was covered by a grin again, made me doubt what her opinion was about everything.
"And I decided I wanna go back...to Korea.".
The sentence left my lips conceivably difficult, since I didn't want to hurt my her and make her feel bad. Kathy was my only mental support for the last months. And it felt bad to betray her like that. Although, betrayal was the wrong word. The thought of going home had been floating around in my head for a while, but I tried to suppress it as best I could.
But contrary to my expectations, she reacted calmly.
"Okay...I want you to be happy. So if that's what you really want, go for it.".
"Are you for real?", my head snapped over to Heeseung, who also looked surprised. "Like, you are not mad at me?".
"Why should I be mad? Our time was great, and we had a lot of fun. But I know here is not your real home. You miss your family and your friends.". A soft smile appeared on her lips, which made me tear up.
"Treat her well, understood!", she addressed Heeseung with a nod. "You will never find someone like her again.".
"Kath, shut up!", I hissed and was about to kick her out in embarrassment.
"When are you planning to leave? Have you even booked a flight?".
I chewed my lower lip. Actually, she was right. It wasn't that easy. Heeseung would fly back in two days, but there's no way this flight would be affordable and seats available.
"Well, I haven't thought about that, actually. I think I will stay a bit longer. To manage all the stuff with my job and so on.".
Kathy nodded.
"I can wait with you. And stay a few days longer.", Heeseung suddenly spoke up und I immediately refused. "Jay is waiting for you. You need to fly back with him. Otherwise he may..."
"...suspect there's something off.", my friend interrupted me. "Your hide and seek game is seriously so cute.". She squealed. "I'm jealous.".
But Heeseung quickly realized that I was right. "I'll fly back with him and then you'll come along sometime?"
"Yes"
"Okay, perfect! Do you have time to come home with me afterwards? I still need your help to assemble the cabinet.".
"Ah yes, the package.". The delivery two days ago popped into my head. "Sure, I will come along. I'll just change quickly.".
Kathy nodded and started to leave the room, turning around the last few feet. "Oh, by the way...is that Jay guy cute?".
"KATH GET LOST NOW!", I complained and rolled my eyes, which made Heeseung laugh.
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"I can't believe you seriously got kicked out!", Pissed off because of the employees from earlier, I pulled up the zipper of my still slightly damp jacket.
Yep, when Heeseung and I left his room, Kathy was already involved in a conversation with the woman and a guy from the security company. Hee was actually banned from the hotel. Mainly because of Kathy's bad behavior, which she was very sorry about, and because of the fact that I had stayed in the room without registration and payment.
As an apology, Kathy had offered that Heeseung could also spend the last night in Canada at her home. What even turned out to be quite smart, because the airport was about 30 minutes closer and we accordingly didn't have to get up that early.
"This! If you don't like your job, you should just quit.", Kathy unlocked the door to their apartment and Heeseung pulled his heavy suitcase inside.
"The guest room is logically occupied. But I assume you have no problem sharing a room with her.
We entered the small room, which Heeseung had gotten to know yesterday during his visit. Crap, there was still this big pile of clothes that I had hidden under my covers. I just hoped he didn't notice before I could clean it up.
"I guess that's my bed.", he sighed and dropped himself in my huge pillow tower. "You can sleep on the couch.". he laughed and closed his eyes.
I put my hands on my hips. "You're about to sleep in the street, idiot!".
"Okay, rules! No kissing, no touching, no making out. As long as you stay in here together, you are Facebook friends. I don't want to be woken up tonight by anything I don't want to hear.". The seriousness in her voice made me laugh, even though I tried to suppress it.
"Facebook friends?", repeated Heeseung with wide eyes. He also seemed to have difficulty staying serious.
"Instagram friends, whatever.", she corrected herself.
"Got it! Calm down, Kath. We respect the rules of the landlord.".
We spent noon and the afternoon setting up Kathy's new furniture and cooking dinner together. And I was able to persuade her to watch two Marvel movies to end the day, because she almost never let me win a discussion about which movie we are going with.
Evening was falling, and it was already pitch black when Kathy and I did the dishes together. Since Heeseung had to get up early the next day, he already went to our room. In the meantime, I decided to go to my boss the next day and explain the situation to her.
In the meantime, the thought had flitted through my mind a few times as to how I should solve the matter with my job. Since it was only a mini-job, quitting shouldn't be a big deal, right? In addition, if I would explain the situation to my boss, it shouldn't be a problem. I will immediately tell her tomorrow, to waste no time.
When I was ready for bed, I carefully pushed the door handle down and entered the room. Everything was dark. Heeseung had probably been asleep for several minutes. Quietly, I crept over to the sofa bed where Kathy had spent the night many times before, but found that it was empty. Puzzled, I turned around and realized that this idiot was lying in my mini bed.
Actually, I would have complained now, but the way he looked so cute in this too small bed inevitably made a smile appear on my face.
"Won't you come in?", His voice was quiet and sounded sleepy. I probably woke him up for real. I glared down at him and my hands brushed along the cover. "This bed is way too small for both of us.", I explained calmly, while Heeseung stretched his arms.
"Then we just have to move closer.". By now my eyes were getting used to the darkness and I could make out his outline.
"Why are you still awake."
"Come on...", he tried to reach for my arm, but missed due to his drowsiness.
With a sigh, I finally gave in. "Only if you promise me that you will sleep as soon as I lie next to you.". He nodded his head and I walked around the bed to lay on the side that was reasonably free. To my surprise, there really wasn't a peep coming from him anymore. There's no way he could have fallen asleep within those few seconds.
My face was super close to his. Despite the darkness, I could see every single one of his eyelashes and the small mole on his cheek.
It astonished me over and over again how this guy was able to fascinate me and I couldn't direct my gaze away from him, although I have already stared at him an embarrassing number of times.
I also closed my eyes after some time and noticed how I slowly got sleepy. Heeseung placed a light peck on my cheek which made me squint my eyes. âSleep well". I was about to complain about the fact that he broke Kathy's no kissing rule. But just thinking about it made me feel silly and I was way to tired as well.
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