My Childhood Friend
Chapter 7: Irritating Yet Sweet
I woke up when the sun rays hit my face so I blocked it with my hand and noticed that I'm lying on Glitch's bed. I sat up and looked around and saw my best friend still sleeping on the couch. I grinned while shaking my head as I stood up. I took my bag with me when I went to the bathroom to take a shower.
After a few minutes, somebody knocked while I'm still inside. "(Y/n) will yah hurry up!" Glitch shouted and I yelled back. "Five minutes!"
I hurriedly turned off the shower and grabbed my towel and dressed up after. I opened the door and saw the Asian boy leaning on the wall beside the bathroom while waiting for me to come out.
He entered the bathroom without saying a word and I wiped my hair and tossed my towel on my best friend's bed and brushed my wet hair.
A few moments later, Glitch went out of the bathroom and looked at me while brushing my hair. I saw him through the mirror and swerved to look at him.
"And how did I get into my bed?" I asked sounding irritated.
"Good morning…" he said ignoring my morning tantrum. I grinned and shook my head and continued brushing my hair.
"Mornin'" I said with a grin. My best friend lay down on his bed feeling tired. I noticed that he didn't get enough sleep last night. I put his comb down and sat beside my him.
"You didn't sleep well, did you?" I asked thoughtfully and brushed my best friend's dark hair while he's closing his tired eyes.
"It was worth it…." he said gloomily. He put both of his hands behind his head and opened his green eyes as he looked at me.
"You hungry?" he asked concerned. I nodded and suddenly the Asian boy sat up and we went downstairs.
"Where's your mom?" I asked him when I didn't saw his mother around the room.
"Work…" he said simply while heating up the food and put it on the dining table after.
I prepared the plates and utensils, also the glasses. Glitch took a jar of water from the fridge and put it on the table as well. I sat on the chair and waited for my Asian friend to sit in his chair in front of me.
We both ate silently and I insisted to wash the dishes after. The Asian boy lay down on the couch in the living room and turned the T.V on to watch some television. I joined Glitch after I finished washing the dishes.
He looked at me as I sat on the small couch while watching. He grinned without noticing and yawned after. Glitch got my attention and I looked at him thoughtfully.
"You should sleep." I said cordially but he shook his head and looked at the television.
"I'm cool…" he said and looked at me with a grin.
I breathed deeply and went to the kitchen to make a hot chocolate to loosen my best friend's sleepy feeling. I went back to the living room and put two mugs of hot chocolate on the table. Glitch looked at me with surprise and smiled.
"How'd yah know that I-"
"Maybe because I'm my childhood friend… remember?" I said cutting the Asian while giving him a glare.
"Oh right…" he said with a weird grin. He looked at me as I put my mug down.
Suddenly, Glitch stood up and stretched and glanced at me after. He pushed the sofas and the center table to give more space in the living room.
"Let's play!" Glitch said joyfully and turned the Xbox 360 on and put a Dance Central 2 CD.
I sat back on the couch and stared at the Glitch while he's choosing a song. He glanced at me and put his hands in his pocket.
"I said us! Not just me!" He yelled angrily and walked towards me. I was about to oppose when he talked, "And don't think about saying that you don't play Dance Central 2. I saw one in your house!"
I groaned and stood up with anger and joined Glitch in the middle of the place.
"What song?" Glitch asked a she glanced at me.
"Any…" I said simply with my arms crossed.
He glared and picked Technologic, his personal favorite. I grinned and stood straight and waited for the song to start.
While dancing, my best friend kept looking at me and got impressed with the way I moved. He looked at my score and he realized that it's higher than his that made him upset. When the song ended my character won and I looked at Glitch and saw him scratching his head.
"Just got lucky…" I said with a weird grin when he looked at me, "plus… you're staring at me till the song ended."
The Asian boy blushed and gave me an angry face. I threw myself on the couch and crossed my legs while glimpsing at Glitch.
"I was not!" He yelled frantically while walking towards me.
"Yes you were." I said with a peculiar grin and stared at my best friend.
Glitch's face became deep red and looked away and selected a new song and danced all by himself. I stood up and leaned on the bookshelf near the T.V and watch my best friend danced.
My sharp eyes became soft while he's dancing Sexy Chick and I smiled without recognizing it. Fortunately, he's too serious about the game that he didn't see it.
He looked at me and glared while panting. I went to the kitchen and grabbed a glass of water and gave it to my grumpy best friend and he drank it and gave it back to me nicely.
"Welcome!" I said with a grin as I put the glass down but he didn't answer back. After two hours of playing, the Asian boy turned the video game off and sat on the couch with his head looking up at the ceiling.
I'm walking down the stairs while holding a small towel and tossed it on my best friend's face but he didn't take it off.
I laughed and sat beside him while wiping his face. He turned his back in front of me and gave the towel. I wiped his wet back gently and I put the towel in the laundry basket after.
He lay on the couch on his stomach while holding his head and his rare green eyes closed. I arranged the living room and noticed that my best friend fell asleep.
After a few hours, Glitch woke up, seeing me sitting on the small couch with my neck resting on one armrest and my knees resting on the other while watching television, and smiled.
He also noticed that the living room was already arranged. He turned himself and rested on his back while wiping his face. I glanced at him and smiled when he turned and gazed at me with his almond shaped, green eyes.
"Good afternoon!" I said joyfully. Glitch gave me a grin and sat up slowly as he brushed his dark hair. He looked around and glanced back at me.
"How long?" he asked and I looked at the wall clock on the wall, "Three hours…" I said. Glitch widened his eyes and looked at the time. It's already five in the afternoon and he shook his head with a grin.
"I told you that I'm the one that will sleep on the couch…" I said while looking back at the T.V screen.
He glared and stood up and went straight to the fridge, "I told you… It was worth it." he said from the kitchen.
He came back in the living room holding popcorn and a rocky road ice cream. I looked at him as he put them on the center table.
"Let's watch a movie!" he said excitedly. He turned on something and waited for a couple of minutes before he picked a movie.
"Hey, (Y/n)" he called out and tapped the couch where he's sitting. I smiled as I sat beside my best friend. Glitch grabbed the ice cream while I hold the popcorn and he started the movie.
While watching, he's giving me a mouthful of ice cream using his spoon time to time and I sometimes give him some of the popcorn.
Glitch's mom already came home but both of us didn't notice it. She saw Glitch giving me a spoonful of ice cream that made her giggle sweetly. She tried to go upstairs without us two noticing and peeked one last time before going to her room.
When the movie ended we cleaned the table and drank a glass of water. I looked at the time and it's already thirty minutes pass seven.
"You're going home?" Glitch said sounding sad all of the sudden but he tried to hide it for me not to notice.
"Maybe after a few more hours, mom's not calling me back anyways…" I said and the Asian boy's face enlightened.
"So…" he said bashfully while scratching his head, "wanna-" he said and cleared his throat, "You- you wanna walk to the park?"
I nodded with a grin and Glitch went back to his room and grabbed two of his jacket and gave one to me.
"Here… it will be cold sooner or later…" he said bashfully. My best friend noticed that his mom's already home so he shouted telling that we're going out for a while and she shouted back.
Glitch closed the door and joined me on the sidewalk. We walked to the park where I played with my best friend when we were kids. After a few minutes, the moon came out and Glitch looked up and stared at it. We both arrived at the park and sat on the bench nearby and enjoy the breeze and the beautiful bright view of the big full moon.
"Remember when I knocked you over there while I'm running when we were kids?" Glitch suddenly asked, breaking the silence.
I uttered a light laugh and remembered it, "Yup… that's the first time we met." I said and sighed deeply as I looked at him.
Then suddenly a car horned which made me and my best friend jumped and laughed. "And do you remember when a greyhound chased you and you climbed up in that tree yelling my name?" I said and the Asian boy's face became angry and I laughed myself out.
"Not funny…" he muttered and looked at the tree he climbed up a few years ago and glanced back at me while I'm still laughing.
"Well it kinda is!" I said with a crazy laugh. He covered my mouth and rested his lips on his hands to make me feel nervous and to make me stop laughing.
I stared at his rare green bright eyes looking back at mine. I blinked and both of us didn't speak till he removed his hands.
"Works every time…" he said with a weird grin and my face blushed when he blinked at me.
Suddenly, my phone rang and Glitch feigned a smile and stood up. I followed him and walked by his side then a bunch of guys, the ones that Glitch saw last night, was passing by. I hugged my best friend's left arm and looked down as we continued to walk.
He grinned and put his hands in his pocket and whispered to me, "Don't worry…" he said cordially and I looked up to him and he smiled at me.
When the guys passed by, Glitch noticed that they're still looking and he gave them an angry stare that made them look away.
He looked at me and brushed my hair, "They're gone…" he said with a low voice but I shook my head and hugged his arm tighter. I looked back and saw that they're already gone but I don't want to let go.
Arriving at my house, I looked at Glitch who's looking down and wanted to say something but he can't say it. "Can I- can I have your number?" he said bashfully and I smiled. We changed phones and typed in our numbers and switched again afterwards.
"Thanks…" he said with a shy smile while he's tapping his phone. "So… see you tomorrow? He asked and I nodded slowly.
"Cool… so… yeah… bye!" he said cheerfully to hide his shyness.
I waved before he went into his house and I went to mine and saw my mom giving me a creepy smile.
"Did you have a good time?" She asked sweetly and I nodded shyly and ran to my room.
Glitch went straight to his room happily and changed after. He noticed that I left my belongings in his room and decided to give it to back tomorrow. He looked inside my bag and saw my wallet and opened it.
He saw the picture of me and him and remembered that that's taken before he left. His lips twisted into a bright smile and put my wallet back in my bag.
