"Do you want to be my night buddy?" He asked.

Thus, my unique relationship with Jeonghan started at our company team building outing.

"Did you find a place to stay?" Jean asked me during our coffee break.

"I did. I'm staying with a friend," I answered.

"Really? That's good then. It's hard to commute everyday so living in the city is a must."

"Hehe, right."

Working in the company, I spent many years going back and forth from my workplace to our home travelling for 4 hours. So I decided to find a place near the city and be an independent woman.

However, looking for place is harder than I expected. A single basement room with no sunlight is so expensive. Dorms are almost packed within industrials area so it took me months of searching. In the end, I failed.

"You're going now?"

"Huh? Ah yeah."

"To your new place?"

"Hmmm. I have to unpack my things so I won't be able to go to our company dinner."

"Awww. It's no fun without you, (Y/n)."

"Geez, we can hang out next time."

"Tssss. Take care on your way."

"Thanks! You too. Enjoy with everyone."

After bidding farewell to my co-worker, I went to a condo unit. Standing in front of the door, I tried to remember the door password.

"What is it again?"

I checked my phone and re-read a chat from someone.

[The password is 1004]

"1004. Right! It is his birth date!"

I pressed the numbers then heard a clinking sounds of an unlocked door. As I walked in, the relaxing scent penetrated to my nose. Every crook is clean and no one will think that the owner of this unit is a man. Except that the interiors are very simple. Well thinking about his personality, he seems he's not into colorful themes. The furniture are either black, white, gray, beige or dark brown.

"It's elegant." I nodded my head to agree to my own statement.

I put my bag above the couch and walked inside the room. After unpacking my clothes, I went to the kitchen to have ramen. As if this place is mine, I took a bath, wear my pajamas then went straight to my bed.

"This is weird," I murmured while looking at the ceiling. "I'm already comfortable."

Usually, it's hard for me to stay in place that's not familiar. Today is my first night here so it's surprising that I feel greatly okay.

Is it because it's his house?

"Wait a minute. This unit is very expensive. How could he pay it monthly?"

Stomping my feet on the bed, I took many guesses of his financial status. While thinking, I heard a sound of an opening door from outside the room.

'He's here!'

I quickly sat up, staring at the entrance of the room that soon will open too.

Next, an screeching sound of the opening door filled the silence. As soon as he came in, I smelled a reek of alcohol. Our eyes, then, met.

"Oh? You're still up," he greeted with a beam.

Droopy two lids eyes, straight nose, small face and mustard hair, the handsome man who just came in is no other than the owner of this house.

"I am. I waited for you," I shyly replied while gently pinching my left arm.

"Ohhhh really? I didn't see you at the dinner party so I thought you had a change of heart," he chuckled.

When he started approaching my side, the thing inside my chest pounded so hard. 'Why am I getting nervous?!'

As an excuse to hide my embarrassment, I gawked hardly at the floor. Then I carefully detached my lips, "I have to unpack my things so I came early."

"Hmmmm."

The bed shook gently. Even without glancing back, I knew he's already sitting at the other side of the bed.

"Then, should we start?" His sweet voice echoed. It went inside my left ear but stayed there.

"But you're drunk," I pin pointed.

Next, a crackle of laugh swept the space. "Isn't it better? The alcohol will make it faster."

Ahhhhh. That makes sense.

"So lay down. I'm ready." I heard him patted the sheet which was molded by me a moment ago.

Biting my lower lip, I slowly lied down. My shoulders are stiffed while I put my two hands above my tummy. So... How should we start?

"Aren't you going to wash?" I asked, unable to face him. But using my peripheral vision, I could tell that he's also lying down beside me.

"Don't know. I'm too lazy tonight. I'm not wearing make up unlike women so maybe it's okay to stay like this."

"You're not wearing make up but you're prettier than any women I know," I chuckled. Somehow, the thick air between us is desolating bit by bit.

"Lol," he laughed too. "So that's how you compliment your landlord like a leech?"

"I'm saying the truth!" I accidentally tilted my head to his side because I felt insulted when he suspected me for lying. "You are really...!" But my words stopped as our gaze met again.

Jeonghan is staring at me. Twisting his body to my side, he was using his arm as his pillow as he gently blinked his tipsy eyes.

'Gosh. He is really...'

"Pretty," I said out loud.

His lips soared and he chuckled. "Okay okay. I believe you now."

When he offered me to do this weird things with him, I thought it'll be easy. It's a plus point that Jeonghan is handsome. But now that we're starting it, I slightly regretted my decision.

How can I fall sleep if he's with me? His face itself is a great seduction tool.

"It feels stuffy with this though," he groaned. I saw him pulled his necktie down, loosening it. Unintentionally, my gaze went to his Adam's apple that moves up and down whenever he gulps.

'Sh*t. Get a hold of yourself (Y/n)!'

"So how was your day?" He woke me up from my sinful thoughts by asking.

I avoided his gaze and decided to stare at the ceiling instead. "Boss praised my presentation this morning."

"Really?"

I took a deep breath and continued. "Yes. It's the first time to receive a compliment from boss. It feels so good."

I knew it. Not looking at his face with help me calm. I'll stay like this staring from now.

"To receive a compliment for a thing you worked hard for is indeed satisfying."

"How about you? How was your day?"

"Me? Hmmmmm," he let out a long pause. "I had lunch at the new restaurant next to our company. It's good."

"The seafood restaurant?"

"Yup. You should try their foods."

"Awww. I would love to. But I'm allergic to it."

"Really? Since when?"

"Hmmm, when I was young, I don't have any issue with it but as I grow old, it just happened one day."

"That's why growing old is the worst disease ever. Don't you think?"

"Lol. It is."

"As we grow old, the food we are able to eat get lessen and lessen. I hope it's except chocolate."

"Chocolate? Ohhh." I nodded my head as I giggled. "Right. I don't want to have a chocolate allergy. That's too bad."

"But I don't have a sweet tooth."

"Me too. However, even if we don't have sweet tooth, chocolate is still chocolate. We always get excited when it's present."

"I suddenly remembered the chocolate from L.A my cousin gave me. It's so yummy! It's not too sweet and not too bland."

"What brand?"

"I forgot the name. But once I remembered, I'll make sure to have it again soon."

"You'll buy?"

"No. I'll ask my cousin to buy for me."

"Huh? Pffft~"

"Why are you laughing?"

"Because ... You're the leech one here."

"I...what?!"

"You're rich. You can buy one if you want."

"Hey thats... Well. Maybe I am really a leech."

"Eyyy? Accepting it that easy is boring."

"I'm being easy because I'm tipsy. Wait for tomorrow."

We talked like that all night.

Until one of us fell asleep.

I looked at Jeonghan's sleeping face beside me. The light of the lamp shone them, making it more enchanted.

Seconds later, I turned off the light which is the only thing that lighting the room and pulled up my blanket.

This is my new life as his night buddy. In exchange of living here for free, I have to stay with him in one bed until he falls asleep.

Weird right?

At first, when I received his offer, I really thought that it was a plain joke. But after knowing his situation, I decided to take the risk. Even if we're not that close, I knew he's an upright person.

Nothing happened.

And nothing will happen in the future.

He is using me to cure his insomnia while I am using him to take the load off my chest. This is just a relationship of two benefactors.

"Goodnight, my night buddy," I murmured as I closed my eyes.

Remembering the time when we planned this ridiculous thing back at our team building outing, I am slowly falling in my abyss. But before I was completely knock out...

I felt a hand held mine under the blanket.

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