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A hour later after I freshen up. There's a knock on my door. Who could it be I walk towards the door?

Opening it to see Beastly and Raven. Why are they here together none the less? Did Raven say anything about the bed incident?

" What do y'all want?" I cross my arms to try to give off a tough demeanor hoping they don't see through it.

Beastly is wearing a grin that slicing through my heart. "It's time for  breakfast ."  Really is that it? Didn't he say anything?

I roll my eyes, "Someone else could've called me. You both didn't need to come. Especially you Raven, hadn't we saw enough of each other already?"

Raven shrugs, " That's not what I got from that."  He bites his lips and sends me a wink. 

I can feel the blush crawling up my skin. God, what will Beastly think? " That's not what it was." I look over his shoulder to avoid eye contact.

Raven starts to walk away," After breakfast, we're going out."

" Me and you on a date?" My eyebrows cross. That would be something gross beyond measure.

"If you say so, sweetie." I feel the jerk radiating confidence.

Beastly cuts in, " I guess it's a group date because I'm coming too. Lima we're just exploring." He reassures me or is he reassuring himself.

"Rave, you're not mad at us anymore?" I follow closely behind him.

"Nope, that'll be too boring. What's the fun in watching you pout all day." He gives me sideways glance.

"But I  have a head ACH." I really do my head is giving me a hell. It's from all that falling.

"I guess we should've been careful last night huh?"

Beastly looks at me with his eyes widen. What the heck man? You're supposed to help me get Beastly not help push him away.

" You didn't help by tying me up." Man, that doesn't help. Why can't I keep my mouth shut?

" Right, like how my shirt being off didn't help either."

"You're the weirdo who came out the shower dripping wet."

He stops and turns around being less than a foot away. " I'm supposed to come out the shower fully clothed?" he uses his hands in a mocking way.

" No, but at least come out the bathroom fully clothed." I cross my arms.

"I'm sorry for wanting to take care of my personal hygiene In my own room. Is that what you want from me?" Damn, he put me in a tight spot.

I walk away silently with Beastly tailing me. Instead of going to the dining room. I feel myself get yanked into a room.

" Hey man?!" I start to curse, It's just Beastly. " Hey what's up."

His features are scrunched up in a frustrated scowl. " Hey what's up? I thought you said you and Raven were close but not that close. What was that?"

I cross my arms trying to play it cool. "What was what?"

He waves his arm exaggeratedly, " All of that, the conversation between Raven and you. What did you do last night?"

I shake my head laughing to try to ease the tension. " I accidentally slept in his room last night."

" Did you sleep with him on his bed? " Oh my god with a capital G my crush thinks I did something with Raven. I try to fight off the blush on my cheeks.

" No, no, no, well I don't think so well I did pass out but that was because I tripped."

Furiously tapping, the ground he points at me. Squinting his eyes like daggers, stuttering. " How, ho-how did you see him wet from the shower."  

Rolling my eyes he's just playing the role of a protective best friend, he doesn't really have any special interest in the answers.

"I woke up and found him staring at me straight from the shower." I give him a matter of factly look that's the truth.

Beastly straightens up, " Look Halima I was wrong that you'll do anything like that. I guess I'm jealous of how close you and Raven are."

I reach out to hug him wrapping my arms around him. " We're closer than you think." I can feel him relax into my embrace him being 3 inches taller than me.

The door opens Raven eyes narrow at us.  " While you two were getting cozy I was looking for you. Hurry up we're going to miss breakfast.

While still having my arms wrapped around Beastly. I really don't want to let go. "Give us a minute." Please walk away and never return. I wish time can freeze right now.

" No, we got to go. Now Lima. "

Resisting the urge to snap his neck for ruining this moment. "Fine, only because I'm hungry. Not because you say so. "

I shove past Raven giving him the stink eye. Why God send me this friggin weirdo?

********
At breakfast, I meet Jaylen the oldest he's in a university. He's really nice he's actually 20. Why can't Raven be the same?

Gemerald is 18, Pharaoh is 17, Raven's 15 and a half. Yahara is 12 and a half, Daniel is 10 and Gyption is 5.

We say goodbye to the family. I enter the Limo trying not to tear up I'm leaving this really nice family to be stuck with Raven?

Looking out the window in silence I think of all the places me and Beastly went to on that night. Glancing at him what was he trying to say before Raven showed up?

Turns out the special place Rave took us to is the mall. It is gigantic I can't believe it is so huge.

I swear I feel like. It was probably in k dramas I watched before. Turning to Raven, " Why are we here?"

Raven ignores my tone of voice," To get you a phone. So that I can call you the next time you try to be lost in Korea."

Crossing my arms hiding the excitement. "What makes you think I will answer?" My god, I'm getting a phone!

Beastly uncrosses my hands,"Because I'll be calling too."

Beastly calling me is something that only happens in dreams. Even so, "No thank you, but thanks."

Raven looks at me. He's confused, "Why?"

I look at beastly he once again has his earbuds on. "I don't want to owe you all that debt when the year is over."

Sounding cold but nice at the same time. "No it's on me you don't have to pay me I'm doing this because I want to."

Rolling my eyes he's trying to be nice but I really don't want to owe him anything. "Just stop your being to nice."

"And I can't be nice? Besides I want to annoy you when I'm not with you."

"No, you can't." That sounded sweet sorta.

"Tell me one reason I can't." His features hardened into a scowl. He stops in the amidst of walking. Turning to me waiting for my answer.

"Because I'm never going to see you again after this is all over. I won't be able to pay you back, forever feeling guilty."

Is he happy I confessed? I'm annoyed by Raven but I also need him. Him leaving me in a year. Is still something I'm not ready for.

He remains silent for a minute. Finally, he puts his arms around both me and Beastly shoulders. "For now let's live in the moment."

That's the thing about Raven. He doesn't truly have a personality description. It's whatever he feels like.

At least to me, I can't understand him he's nice one moment. Sarcastic and cold the other. Loveable when he wants.

In the electronics section, we have so much fun. Not only does he buy me a phone. He buys my siblings one too. He buys beastly new electronics for some game system.

He buys me a laptop and tablet.
I try telling him, no, but then he glares at me. So yeah, hurray for me.

He takes us to the clothes department store. We're looking through the window of clothes that I know I won't fit in at all.

But it doesn't hurt to dream. Raven drags me inside. Beastly goes off and does his own thing in the store.

"So I have a question I've been meaning to ask you." I bite my lip taking a deep breath.

" Are you asking if I'm single because, why yes I am." He gives me a sideways smirk.

" Did we sleep together in the same bed that day?"

His eyebrows scrunch up. " You mean this morning?"

I nod, " Did I do anything to you?"

His smile gets sinister and mischievous. "Nah not really." He continues to casually glide.

Holding back from him scaring me like that. "Just tell me from your point of view."

Posing like he's thinking about it. Stuffing his hands into his pockets. "Okay fine sure, after I dropped you off I left. I went to the park I met Grace at and sat on the swings. Thinking about how I wanted you to be getting out there, but not really leaving me behind. I was frustrated you made me that way."

He looks at me slightly cautious. "You go to the park when you're   frustrated?" Is that really my only question how about the one. Do you seek comfort from memories of Grace?

" Yeah, it helps me, any way you made me mad. I was having mixed feelings about you getting closer to Beastly. On one hand, I was glad my plan was working. The other I didn't like you getting lost in Seoul as the way to do it."

"You care about me?" I genuinely want to know his answer. Are we kinda friends?

" I care enough to make your dreams come true. Of course I care, I'm your Topper and all."

Oh just my Topper nothing more, nothing less, a companion for a year. "Then what happened?"

I went home still frustrated with you. Went to my room to find all the lights off. I took changed in the dark not making much movement. I didn't want my lights to turn on."

Oh my god here's the part. "I went to sleep feeling like my pillows messed up,but I left it. My bed is big so I didn't notice you, until you touched me."