Chapter 63 - Regrets Of Last Night (1/2)

Hangover; A natural reminder that you either had too much fun last night or you made the biggest jerk out of yourself last night. Or maybe, both?

As far as Xiu was concerned, she was in that 'both' category. After all, she did some pretty dumb stuff last night but there was no doubt that she was having a lot of fun as well. However, that fun was limited to last night because the morning certainly wasn't gonna be fun or pretty for her.

The sound of that chiming doorbell made Xiu aware of the cracking headache and slowly her mind started functioning and she realized the layer of dehydrated saliva that coated her lips. When the doorbell rang again, she felt like her brain was gonna swell beyond the capacity of her skull. Her body was already wrapped up in a duvet, and now, she even covered her face with the pillow to block the noises of the world.

Outside of her bedroom, Nora kept looking in the direction of Xiu's room but the latter didn't bother at all to check who was at the door. With a sigh, Nora made her way towards the door and pulled open the door.

”Is that to beat me?” Darren was standing outside the door and he was pointing at the spatula in Nora's hand.

Nora hid the spatula behind her and smiled saying, ”Definitely not!” She took a brief pause before asking, ”What brought you to our humble abode early in the morning?”

Darren's brows puckered up as he showed her his wristwatch and said, ”It's half past 12. Certainly not a morning.”

”Tell that to someone who is still sleeping like a log.” Nora retorted helplessly.

His brows raised in surprise, ”She's still sleeping?” Nora nodded in response. ”How can she even sleep with a hangover? Isn't she nauseous by now?”

Nora waved her hand to correct him, ”Her hangover is different. Except for a splitting headache, she feels nothing. No nausea at all. And to remove her headache, she just sleeps it off like she's doing right now.”

”Hmmm...” Darren hummed in reply and said, ”Did you make a hangover soup for her?”

Nora smiled sheepishly while scratching her head, ”I don't know how to make that.”

”Looks like it was the right decision to bring hangover soup with me,” answered Darren and gave a thermos to Nora. ”When she wakes up, give her some of this.”

”Aww! I didn't know our neighbor was so thoughtful,” said Nora while taking the thermos from his hand.

”I am thoughtful but you're not.” Nora frowned and continued, ”Avoid opening the door with a spatula in hand, you'll scare the poor guest away.”

”Haha...” Nora gave a dry laugh and said, ”Don't worry, I won't scare you away.”

”That's because I am a brave neighbor,” said Darren in a poised manner.

”Come inside, why are you standing at the door?” Nora offered as she took a step back to allow him to pass.

”Naw! I should head back now.”