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( song of the day :
introducing me - nick jonas )

saerom already put her phone down on her nightstand once her clock indicated that it was ten in the evening. she closed her eyes in preparation for a long slumber. the meetings with aspiring employees were always exhausting.

when she was finally sinking into the darkness of her sleep, her phone played super junior's u, which was a song set as her ringtone. it made her wonder, why would a random number call her at this hour? maybe it was just wrong dialing? what if she was gonna be used for voice phishing? should she even answer it?

her finger tapped the green button to answer, placing her screen closer to her ear. with an unusual rasp twisted in her voice, she muttered a, "hello?"

"MISS JUNG SAEROM GOOD EVENING!" the voice was deafening, so she flinched upon hearing it. she recognized who the caller was right away because of his unique speaking tone. "it's me, haechan!"

"hi, i guess?" she was admittedly irritated. how brave of him to ruin her beauty sleep. "it's really late and you're starting your first shift tomorrow. shouldn't you be sleeping?"

"i should, but there are some questions that are really disturbing me, and i think only you have the answers to those."

her curiosity gradually grew. saerom put the phone on speaker mode and plopped it beside her, since her arm was already depleted in strength. "ask away."

"how old are you?"

"i'm twenty-two."

"when's your birthday?"

"september 2."

"how tall are you?"

"one fifty-eight centimeters."

"what's your shoe size?"

"ei - wait what the fuck," she stopped answering after realizing that he technically was asking unnecessary questions. "you know what? good night."

saerom ended the call and even blocked his number to avoid him being a disturbance.

but then again, another unknown number contacted her phone. and yes, it still was haechan.

"block me all you want but my dad invented call numbers," he made a story up. "i have a million more, so blocking me would just be a waste of your time."

she rolled her eyes, still trying her best to keep calm. she was known as someone with patience, but the girl was sleepy for fuck's sake. "i could care less if your dad is god. just let me sleep in peace!"

call ended.

incoming call.

she knew she couldn't take it anymore. maybe she could apologize tomorrow and give out multiple excuses? she would willingly do anything to regain her serene slumber.

"okay, lee donghyuck. i craved getting this well deserved sleep since forever so can you just shut your little mouth for a bit because it's fucking irritating? do you know how much minutes i'm wasting just because of your dumb as fuck questions? please stay out of my life for now because i'm too tired to keep up with you. thank you very much."

silence was returned to her. did she finally shut him up? was she finally gonna carry her night on in peace?

"umm, saerom this is mark." her jaw immediately dropped once she realized that it was her colleague working with a similar position as her. "are you good?"

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