Chapter 238 - Weird One (1/2)
Every person is born with their distinctive traits that set their personality apart. That helps in making someone's individuality shine. But there are certain traits that we develop with time either by copying someone or we are forced to adapt with time, and people around us.
However, every person has a part of the toxic traits within him as well. Xiu also had her own fair share of toxic traits but one of those that she was reminded of every morning was... Apparently, she thought that she could do anything in just 10 minutes which was never right. And with this particular mindset, she kept putting her alarm on snooze.
Her phone's ringtone made her groan in irritation. In her half-asleep state, she attended the call, ”Why are you calling in the middle of the night?”
Darren rubbed his forehead and sighed as his assumption came to be true. She was indeed sleeping till now and had completely forgotten what they talked about last night. Ugh! This girl really needed to pay some attention!
”I didn't know that '7 o'clock in the morning' was also known as the middle of the night. Is this some kind of cultural difference or I'm too dumb to realize it?” came Darren's voice making Xiu's eyes wide open. She immediately sat up and looked at the phone screen to check the time and facepalmed herself.
”Shit! Sorry! Really sorry! Baby, just give me 5 minutes, I'll be right with you,” said Xiu and hung up the call in a hurry. She frantically tried to get up but her foot got tangled in the sheets and she ended up falling face-flat on the floor.
Meanwhile, Darren was left staring at his phone screen with a silly smile. She called him with such adoration that he couldn't possibly bring himself to get mad at her. He languidly scrolled through his phone before wearing his shoes and walking out of the apartment.
He checked the time and since it's already been 15 minutes since they spoke over the phone, he lifted his hand to ring the bell. However, Xiu pulled open the door right at that moment. Darren lifted his brow at her as he looked at her from head to toe. Her hair was still slightly wet and that's why she hadn't tied it. Her nose was oddly red and her eyes seemed like she cried? Cried?
Darren frowned at that thought. Then he caught sight of her putting the shoes in her hands down to wear them while she passed her handbag to him to hold. As she wore the shoes, she looked at him with a smile but her eyes twitched slightly as if she winced in pain.
”Sweets? You okay?” asked Darren in a concerned tone.
”Perfect!” replied Xiu hiding her pained expression. Earlier when she fell down the bed, her nose had taken all the impact and it even bled a little. But she didn't want to tell him that otherwise, she knew he'd drag her to the hospital.
They didn't go far for breakfast, it was a place around the housing society. Xiu ordered beef rice noodles, some fried breadsticks, and some soy milk. Then she looked at Darren, who only ordered Jianbing, a Chinese crepe for himself.
”Hm? That's enough for you?” asked Xiu and he nodded in reply. ”I thought you wanted to have breakfast with me? But you aren't even eating anything?”
”The keyword is 'WITH YOU'. Breakfast is just an excuse to spend more time with you in the morning,” replied Darren with a straight face.
Xiu was really fascinated at how he managed to say those words with that straight face. Xiu took a long deep breath and said, ”But why do you even need excuses to spend time with me?”