"Hey, morning!"

Henry greeted me as he saw me coming his way.

"Stretching already? You jogged ahead?" I asked

"Nah, I just got here" he flashed me that smile again

---

"How many days ya got?" he queried before he took a sip off his milk tea.

"About a week..."

"Any progress?"

I lowered my head

"Nothing much yet"

"That's alright, you got me now."

he patted my back, I smiled.

---

7am, We were still sitting outside the tea shop chatting definitely not minding the time.

Whenever Henry smiles, I couldn't help but smile as well. I don't know how he does it, but it's very contagious.

We talked about Eric and the song I was going to compose for him.

"You think I'd be able to make it?"

I asked him.

"Well, if we start now, you might make it."

I chuckled awkwardly.

We started walking home side by side.

"I'll meet you at the tea shop later, then" I tried to remove his hand which ruffled my hair into a mess.

"Hahaha okay okay. Stop messing with my hair!"

---

"Well you certainly are in a good mood today..."

Eric said as he separated a pair of disposable chopsticks.

He came over and brought 6 cups of instant noodles for breakfast.

"And you're unexpectedly here because?"

I was on my way back to the table with 2 cups of noodles filled with hot water.

"Dropped by to check on the song, of course! No pressure..." He smiled.

"Uhh... yeah. 'No pressure' and yet you're here to check on me if I made huge progress." I arched a brow, putting down his cup noodles in front of him.

"I'm just checking..."

"No progress yet."

"WHAT? But my gig starts some time next week!"

this is his 'no pressure'

really Eric? Really?

"I'll get onto it later. Okay?"

...

"What if I don't finish it by then, though?"

It was his turn to shoot me the "Really, Amber? Really?" look.

"ahaha... Can't you sing... I dunno... Just any other song?"

"like what?"

"I'M WANNA BE THE VERY BEST--"

"NO."

"Come oooon~ Pokemon theme song is like THE childhood song."

"It's a gig for some dough. Not for a comic convention" Eric said with a poker face

"d'awwww... I'll do my best later as soon as I get rid of you. So hurry up and finish those noodles!"

"Aren't you having any?"

"On a diet. Imma go and sleep a bit. You can wake me up if you're leaving"

I left a pouting, disappointed Eric in the dining table and plopped on my bed.

I woke up to my dogs trudging on my chest.

"Ow.. ow... down, down" I struggled to sit up to put the dogs down.

ugh... What time is it?

I checked my phone, it was already 12:00 pm.

wow. I slept THAT much?

There was also a text from Henry 

10minutes ago.

Work lunch?

Sure. I just woke up. See ya there

message sent

I took a quick shower and took my time looking for something to wear.

I tried on a shirt that was almost body-hugging, only to take it off the moment I realized I was being too conscious of what I was going to wear.

I'm just having lunch, darn it!

In the end I chose the usual loose shirt and shorts with Jordans and a snapback.

Walking my way to the tea shop, I realized Eric had left. I kinda felt guilty for sort of shoo-ing him away.

---

"Sorry I took long. Had a quick shower." 

Henry pulled the chair for me to sit like what gentlemen do.

I found it odd because almost all my guy friends treat me like one of them.

"It's fine. Anyway, I forgot to bring writing materials." He scratched his head.

"You shoulda told me" 

He just smiled. I swallowed a bit.

...

...

"So what do we do now?"

I broke the silence.

"I dunno..."

...

we just stared at the table.

Then he spoke up.

"Let's go to my house"

A/N: Short update after quite a while. I kinda wasted my efforts on typing this on evernote and updating this thru mobile. I lost the bold and italicized effects -.- 

anyway, about f(x) :( #Thankyousulli and #RIPgongju 

anyway it's almost september and OMG conebacks for f(x) and Henry please. xD

Might update soon :D ciao for now