‘’Vic… wake up’’

‘’Yah! Wake up, please!’’

‘’C’mon… I’ve been here an hour and you’re still fast asleep. Wake up!!’’

The mysterious voice kept talking and all I could make out were the words, ‘’Wake up’’ in each sentence the voice said.  Cut me some slack. I went to bed late last night after watching Pororo~

I peeked through my eyelids and quickly grabbed a hold on my quilt, covering myself than I already was.

‘’Nichkhun! What the hell are you doing here?!’’ I shrieked, meeting face to face with a face with nerdy glasses.

‘’Uhm… to wake you up?’’ he said scratching his head.

‘’But… it’s usually Dad or Wooyoung who wake me up.’’

‘’They went golfing. I found it written on a note tacked to the fridge.’’ he said tucking a lock of my brown hair behind my ear.

‘’O-Oh~’’ I stuttered.

I poked his cheek and walked over to the bathroom, oblivious to the fact that Nichkhun had stepped into my closet. After doing whatever I did in there, I came out to find my closet door open.

I poked my head into the closet and found Nichkhun touching the expensive silks and satins. My eyes widened as he took out a white Maxi dress and mouthed, ‘’Wow~’’

‘’There is something called violating privacy, you know.’’ I said leaning against the doorframe, chuckling. His lips formed a pout which was too adorable to resist.

I walked over to him and touched the dress. ‘’I wore this to my 18^th birthday.’’

‘’I bet you looked pretty.’’ He said smiling at me. Blushing, I snatched the dress and hung it back again. I was about to turn around and go downstairs when Nichkhun took my hand.

All of a sudden, it felt like those cheesy movies in which the heroine turned her gaze toward the hero in a what-are-you-doing look. And then the hero pulls the heroine toward him and they kiss passionately.

I wouldn’t mind being kissed now… wait, WHAT?!

‘’Piggy-back ride?’’ he said, smiling. I smiled back and watched in awe as he slipped his glasses off and put them on me. I fiddled with the glasses while he came in front of me.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and he bent forward a little while he hitched my legs against his waist. I squealed as he started walking. He went down the stairs with a smile on his adorable face.

I rested my head on his shoulder and laughed as he dumped me onto the couch. He leaned down and kissed my forehead to which I blushed furiously.

He sat down at the foot of the couch and pulled out a paper bag under the coffee table. I watched as he took out a huge metal contraption and placed it on the fluffy rug.

‘’Put your foot here, please.’’ he said softly pointing in that metal contraption. My eyes widened and I started chewing on my lip.

‘’In that?’’ I asked, fear-stricken. It looked like as if it were out of a horror film with numbers on the side and a turning gear on the side.

‘’It’s harmless’’ I hear Nichkhun’s voice say.

Nodding, I place my right foot into the contraption and watch as Nichkhun wrote something down on a piece of paper. ‘’You’re really small, Vic~’’

‘’Chincha? Lemme see!’’ I said, glancing at the piece of paper. Nichkhun snatched it back and stuck his tongue out at me.

I laughed and took my foot back. I sat cross-legged on the couch and watched as Nichkhun started to do the sole of the shoe.

‘’How long does this take? The shoe-making, I mean.’’ I asked, out of curiousity.

‘’Without distractions, I can do it within 2 hours.’’ he replied, not looking up. ‘’And I’m guessing that you want high heels like the other girls?’’

‘’High heels?! Aniyo~ I like sneakers and converses better.’’ I said, wriggling my toes.

He chuckled and nodded his head. ‘’Oh chinchayo? Ne~ I’ll make thousands of sneakers for you, then.’’

The silence closed in and I watched as Nichkhun’s skillful hands make my sneakers. ‘’So… I know what to call you now.’’

‘’Mmm? What is it?’’

‘’I’ll call you Vic from now on.’’ he said flashing his eye-smile.

I smiled back. ‘’I like it.’’

‘’I’m glad you do. ‘’

‘’I’ll call you Khun then. Okay?’’ I said playing with a lock of my hair. He nodded approvingly. I got up from the couch and lied on the fluffy rug with my chin resting on my hands.

My legs were up in the air and sooner or later, sky blue sneakers were slipped onto my feet. I touched the glittery ‘’N’’ embroidered on the side and clapped, happily.

‘’They’re beautiful!’’ I said hugging him tight.

He seemed to be taken aback by the sudden reaction from me and wrapped his arms around me, hugging me back.

He rested his chin on my shoulder and took in a deep breath.

‘’You’re welcome’’ he said closing his eyes.

MIANHAE MIANHAE MIANHAE MIANHAE!!!!~~

I’m extremely sorry for not updating for the past 2 weeks. I think everyone is aware of what happened to AFF on the 9^th of March, right?

Unfortunately, I had written a previous version of this chapter on the 10^th and it had disappeared the following day. And I had made a solemn promise to myself NOT to update for a week, to see if the lost chapters could be regained.

It never arrived. T_____________T So I wrote it all over again, not being able to take the boredom of not updating. I changed huge chunks of this chapter, but I hope you like it!

Mianhae for the long author’s note. XP