HEMP ROPE

3 Look after it.

 

Three in the morning.

 

Click

 

The door opened to the dark, yet Win stopped momentarily at the coolness from an air conditioner touching his skin before he reached for the light switch. A smile crept onto his face at how his room was trespassed.

 

He had just returned from the university's party celebrating their last day at the faculty. Dean, Alex and he had completed their fourth year safely. At the end of this month, he had to pack up and move out of his dorm.

 

The tall figure walked in the dark to a bathroom, managing quietly not to disturb the comfort of the sleeping junior. After showering, he scooted to the bed close to the previous occupant for warmth. His hands patted, said Junior as he sighed. He'd be in England for his master's degree in three months...the thought made him tighten his hold with a hollow heart.

 

"Hia."

 

Win's eyebrow lifted. "Sorry, did I wake you up?"

 

Team shook his head. "Hia..."

 

"Hmm?"

 

"When you move out, I'm renting this room after you." Win tightened his brows and then smiled. "What about your room?"

 

"Your AC's cooler." Team argued with a straight face as he lay on his back, looking up at the ceiling through the dark. He didn't renew his rental contract because he wanted to be in this room.

 

"Can't do that when someone's already in line." Win tsked. "Damn! Who is it?"

 

"My peer mentee. His old dorm isn't nice." With that, Team turned his back on him in frustration. "Are you mad?"

 

"How am I not? I haven't renewed my room's contract. And all dorms must have been fully booked, fuck!" Win laughed lightly. He knew this was coming. 

 

"There's one still available." He waited until Team turned back. "My condo. Since you drive, a place a little far away shouldn't be an issue."

 

Team flabbergasted. "When did you get a condo?" Why would he get a condo when he was going abroad?

 

"I just got a brand-new condo." Win switched on a headlamp. He pulled the drawer open to grab his keycard for Team.

 

"Look after the room for me...when I'm not around." Team looked at the keycard, the well-known condo, next to a BTS station.

 

"I can't pay for this."

 

"Yeah, I'm not collecting payment." Win laughed.

 

"I can look after it, but not forever, you know." He turned to look at Win.

 

"I know, I'll come back to reclaim it." Win also shifted to look Team in the eyes.

 

"If you're not coming back for it, I'll come to you and throw this key in your face." 

Team quipped a threat.

 

"Whatever you want."

 

"If you're lying, I'll curse you to get shrunk down there!" Team jinxed.

 

Win's eyebrows twitched. "Or I can prove it here and now that I'm not lying."

 

"Hia!! Fuck you!!!! Hey?!"