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My World, My Love
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Sei woke up at the first beep of her phone's alarm. She scrambled to turn off the alarm before it woke up any of her roommates, then quietly climbed down the ladder from her bed and left the room. She was going to go into the small bedroom to wake up Doyeon when she saw a light on in the kitchen.
"Maybe Doyeon-unnie already woke up and she's in the kitchen making some tea," Sei thought to herself. "Better check before I risk waking up either of the other unnies in the small bedroom."
Walking quietly so as not to wake anyone else, Sei quietly walked into the kitchen. In the kitchen doorway she stopped suddenly, frozen in her tracks, when she saw who was in the kitchen: It was Lucy, leaning against the counter eating a tangerine while she waited for the kettle to heat up.
"Good morning, unnie," Lucy said, smiling at Sei.
Sei quickly covered her surprise and went into the kitchen. "Good morning!" she said, truly happy to see Lucy even if it meant not getting to have her conversation with Doyeon this morning. "What are doing up so early?"
Lucy shrugged. "I couldn't sleep anymore, so I got up early. I'm excited about the promos today. How about you?"
Sei put a piece of her tangerine in and chewed. "I'm actually a little nervous," she said. And she was, just not for the reason Lucy would think. Sei wasn't nervous about the day's promos. She was finding herself getting nervous about talking to Lucy. Which was silly: Lucy was her good friend. Maybe even her best friend. But ever since she recognized what she was feeling about Lucy, she found herself getting nervous around her. And suddenly she realized she'd been silent for the better part of a minute, and Lucy was staring at her waiting for her to talk and she just couldn't and. . . she was saved by the kettle whistling.
The activity of taking down teacups, choosing what kind of tea they wanted, and pouring the water, gave Sei a moment to mentally reset. "Yeah," she said, once the preparation of tea was finished, "I'm a little bit nervous about the promos today. I don't know why." She laughed nervously.
"You'll do fine!" Lucy said. "Interviewers love you, and Ki-Lings love you!"
Just then Doyeon came around the corner into the kitchen, her eyes still bleary from sleep. "Sei? I thought you were going to wak
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