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( song of the day :
peach - iu )

seoyeon gently awaken from her sudden slumber, her vision still a bit fuzzy. after a few minutes of staring into blankness, she realized that she was seated at the passenger's seat of her car, the leather seatbelt stretched across her torso. the garden in front of her house was already visible, since the car remained on standby.

once she tilted her head towards the occupant of the driver's seat, she saw her colleague, johnny. his eyes were exploring the screen of his mobile phone, the brightness illuminating his tanned skin.

he looked back at her upon feeling her her pair of eyes look weakly towards him, accompanying the meeting of their eyes with a warm smile. "did you have a good sleep?"

"why are you here?"

"you passed out by the parking lot earlier," johnny proceeded to explain, earning a reaction of shock from seoyeon. "you're having problems with your sleeping pills again, aren't you?"

those sleeping pills. she recalled taking two after attending a meeting with clients from japan. seoyeon never knew that the effects would kick in earlier than expected.

these past few days, she was dependent on these little white tablets. suffering from insomnia was probably one of the worst things she ever encountered in her life. sleeping pills were like her friends that help her overcome problems.

but boy, were they hurtful.

suddenly, a flame of curiosity grew bigger once she processed the words johnny muttered. "you still remember my past issue with sleeping pills?"

"i remember everything about you," he answered, but cringed afterwards at how cheesy it sounded. "no, i was really kidding. ew, ignore what i just said."

the boy decided to change the topic once silence filled the air. "well anyways, you should stop taking those pills because they're harmful, and we can't risk losing our team leader. call me when you're having difficulty in sleeping instead. you know, they used to call me the human sleeping pill back in chicago."

seoyeon snickered at his choice of words, pushing the red button that held the seatbelt to let her upper body breathe. "you really should go, johnny. it's late."

he took a look at his watch and widened his eyes. "oh yeah. shit, i completely lost track of time."

johnny quickly pulled the car's doorknob, exiting on the spot. before walking away, he bended down to face her from the outside and raised his index finger. "remember - "

"yeah, i'll call you." she tried her best to hide her smile as he stepped farther, fully releasing her joy when he turned to another direction.

human sleeping pill? seoyeon liked to think of him more as a stimulant.

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