HEMP ROPE

18.

The sky at 5 a.m. was dark, save for a dim light outside the window and the lights from a cellphone screen. Team scrolled through his cellphone; he really couldn't sleep. He did fall asleep earlier, but all of a sudden, he was wide awake.

 

He kept browsing social media until he came across a friend's status, making him stop. Do couples really sleep sweetly with one arm on someone's chest on their bed? *cartoon illustration attached*

 

AA: Geez, they're more like back-to-back.

BB: Won't they sweat?

CC: I toss and turn all night. It's impossible.

 

Each comment made Team's eyebrows furrow in thought.

 

Team: You can, but you'd get cramps. As soon as he commented, he wanted to smack his own hand. He was about to delete it, but luck wasn't on his side. 

 

AA: Oh, Team. Have you had the experience?

CC: Man, when did you get a lover?

 

Team sweated profusely after reading the comments. He put the cellphone away, pretending to be dead from social media.

 

"Mhm..why aren't you sleeping?" a baritone voice sounded in the dark.

"Okay, okay." Team patted the big guy's head to lull him back to sleep.

 

Once the other did, Team sighed lightly. He glanced at Win's muscular, tattooed arm under his head, acting as a pillow. His other hand was on his waist, and his body pressed close. Team felt the other could have possessed him. Though today was alright, some other day, the senior perched his head on his chest like a pretty young woman in love. But it was so heavy and it gave him a cramp. This time, he'd definitely complain of arm pain tomorrow.

 

Team shook his head in amusement before he pulled up a warm blanket for both of them. He pressed himself close, thinking the cold a/c that Hia kept it at a low temperature was to blame. Take it from him, it was really cold.