I wake up inhaling his scent, lying on his arms.

We did it.

He was such a—NO SPOILAGE ALLOWED.

It was censored.

“LIL.” He gives me a short kiss on the lips.

“LIL?”

“Lady I Love.” He grins.

“You’re not good at it. BIBS is way better.” I poke his nose.

“I know. But I’ll call you LIL”

“BIBS and LIL”

I give him one last smile before turning my back to get my phone.

Five missed called from Min?!

“Min?”

. He looked at my phone.

“My neighbor. I just need to check on my apartment right now.” I wear the robe hanging on the chair.

“Can you just go later?”

“Uh…You see… this neighbor is very important. Her parents left her to me. So basically, I’m her baby-sitter for this week.”

“I’ll go with you.”

“No! Just finish your work in the office”

“It’s my Christmas break”

“Ah… Neh. Just… go home and entertain your mom”

“I don’t live with them. I live alone”

“BIBS, just do whatever”

“Araseo”

He pulls me down for a kiss.

“LIL, saranghae”

“Nado saranghae, BIBS”

He lets me go.

***

“I’m home.”

“Where have you been?”

“Sleepover in the hotel”

“Mhm. Heard it from Kris.”

That Kris. Ugh.

“He’s your boyfriend now?”

“Uh… Neh”

“ANI. Wrong. Tell hi everything. Now is the right time.”

“Can I just tell him after New Year?”

“You’ll tell him or I’ll tell him?”

“I’ll tell him”

She’ll definitely exaggerate things.

“Was he good in bed?”

“Mwo?!”

“You did it, didn’t you?”

“We didn’t.” I’m trying my best to look innocent here

“YOU DID”

“WE DIDN’T”

“Ok. Just like before”

***

He’s calling!

Should I pick up the phone?

Of course, I should. He’s my boyfriend.

“Hey, BIBS.”

“I miss you, LIL”

“Aww… Miss you too.”

“I wanna see you”

“Wanna see you too”

“Let’s date later”

Date. That word makes my heart leap.

Third date with him.

He’s my first date anyway.

First kiss. And first… uhh… Yeah… That

“What time?”

“7:00 pm. I’ll pick you up”

“Nah. I’ll meet you somewhere else”

“Araseo. Love you, LIL”

“Love you too, BIBS”

“Bye”

“Bye”

I press ‘end’

Then another number appears on my screen.

“Who’s this?”

“Tao”

“What now?”

“Just wanna say sorry for everything. Didn’t mean to do those”

“I’m also sorry if I acted childish around you”

“So… friends?”

“Neh”

“Then come with me at First Look Magazine December Issue Launch”

“When?”

“Christmas.”

“I’m up for it.”

“Bring Sehun with you”

“Sure”

“Ok. Bye”

“Bye”

That was… unexpected.

Tao and me? Friends?

Are you nuts?