The following morning, my personal alarm clock returned. And instead of being annoyed by Dylan, I actually felt giddy and answered his call.
"What's up Dy?" I answered the call brightly.
"Woah! Who are you and what have you done with my Yue?" He answered, his disbelief evident on his voice.
"What? Can't I be happy in the morning?"
"Face it Yue, you're not a morning person." He said with assurance.
"Ay! I can actually be lively in the morning if I wanted to. Don't judge me." I said defensively.
"I'm not. I'm just stating a fact." He said a matter of factly.
"Well for your information, it's because I actually had a good night sleep. Thanks to my amazing buddy who listened to me last night." I finally said. This isn't good for his ego.
"Well damn. What a great buddy you have then. He's handsome on top of that. How can you ask for more?" He said smugly. See? The narcissist appeared.
"Yeah, yeah. Shouldn't have said that. You already have a big ego the size of a planet."
"Get your ass down here and eat. I'm hungry." He ordered.
"Roger that." I hang up and prepared for the day. Last night, after crying all my feelings our for him, I actually felt better. I have come to the decision that I like the way I am with him. Whether I like him as more than a friend, I'll be happy knowing that I can spend time with him. And that is enough for me. I think.
A week later, eating breakfast together was quickly becoming our thing. It became the highlight of my day so I made sure to wake up extra early today. I wanted to do something for Dy in return for all the time he has spent just to take care of me.
This time I wanted to be the one to wake him up. I went down to the dining hall and grabbed some plates. I got Dylan and I's favorite dishes and went back to our usual table.
I dialled his number and made the call. He answered after a few rings. Probably still asleep.
"Wakey wakey Didi! What's up?! I asked him.
"Woah Yue. You're already awake? I was just about to call you." He said.
"Yup. Didn't you just wake up?" I wondered why he took so long to answer.
"No. I was in the shower so I didn't hear your call immediately." He said.
I blushed trying hard not to imagine it. Gosh Yue, how can you even entertain such thoughts?!
"Oh. Sorry about that. I'm already downstairs. I'll just wait for you here." I managed to answer.
"Are you okay? This doesn't seem like you."
"I'm okay. Now get down here. Our food's getting cold." I ordered.
"If you say so. I'll be there in a few." Voice still filled with unbelief.
"I know so. Hurry up! I'm starving." I complained.
"Alright alright." Then he hang up.
I was browsing my weibo looking through my fans' comments when Dylan caught me in a choke hold.
"Dylan! Let me go!" He just laughed.
I elbowed his stomach and he let go at once.
"Jeez. It's so early in the morning for a wrestling match. Sit down and eat. This silly kid." I complained.
"Yes boss." He said. I looked at him and saw that his hair was still damp from his shower. I touched his hair.
"Ay! Why didn't you dry your hair properly? You know that it's cold." I nagged at him.
He held my wrist and pulled me closer to him to looked at me closely.
"Well if a certain girl wasn't complaining about starving, I would have." He told me. I pushed him back to his sit, grateful that he relented.
I cleared my throat. "Sorry about that. But still, you should have dried it first. You might catch a cold."
"See what I feel whenever you forget your jacket? Anyway what are you doing up so early?" He finally asked me.
"Yeah yeah. Well nothing, I just woke up extra early today. Figured I'd be the one to wake you up this time. Just wanted to see if it was fun." I said nonchalantly.
"Fun?" He asked while grabbing some omelet.
"Fun to tease you in the morning. It's useless anyway since you still woke up earlier than me." I complained.
He laughed. "I don't know why you even bother. I told you, you're not a morning person."
"I know Dy. I just wanted to thank you for always taking care of me. It's one of the reasons I woke up early today. So that I can prepare our food ahead of time. You were always the one doing it." I confessed.
He stopped eating and stared at me. Uh oh. Have I been found out? I'm such an idiot.
He suddenly grinned then reached me to ruffle my hair.
"Aiyo. What are friends for? But, I didn't know my Yue Yue can be sweet. Thank you!" He smiled warmly. I slapped his arm.
"I'm not your yue yue." I pouted.
"Ay stop being so cute, you're making me puke. Anyway, I'm happy you did this, but let me do it next time. You need all the rest you can get before filming." He said while looking at me fondly.
"But, you were always the one doing this." I gestured towards our breakfast.
"No buts. You're eyes are drooping right now. And don't you dare pretend that you didn't yawn for the last 30 minutes. I saw you doing it at least three times now."
I rolled me eyes."You're such a nagger, you know that?" I retorted.
"Did you just roll your eyes at me? I'm just looking out for you." He said holding his hands up.
"I'm not your girlfriend Dy. You don't have to pamper me all the time." I grumbled and ate.
Then stopped when I realized what I said. I cleared my throat and heard him choke on his food. He looked away and his ears and neck were tinged with red, still coughing.
I blushed because of the awkward atmosphere I caused. I tapped his back to help him.
"Well do you want to be?" He said after clearing his throat. Then grinned.
"Just kidding. Got you back huh?" He added while patting my head. I tried to laugh it off as well.
"Sorry. Forget I said that. Okay I won't do this again. I'll just be bringing us snacks so that we can eat during breaks. Deal?" I uttered hoping to remove the tension.
He nodded back still trying to cough out the food that got stuck.
We were filming the scene where Ah si and Shancai were fooling around the night before the cooking competition. Ms. Angie Chai kept on instructing us to behave since we were really fooling around. We were lying on the bed but can't stop laughing.
"Ay! You two, be serious." She said.
"Sorry Ms. Angie. We'll stop now." I tried to collect myself and slapped Didi's arm at the same time.
"Jeez you two, you're no longer acting as brothers. But you keep messing around like love sick teenagers trapped in your own bubble." She admonished us.
My eyes widened. Was I that obvious? OH MY GOD, I had to get ahold of myself. I looked at Dylan and saw him blushing once again.
"Sorry Ms. Angie, it won't happen again." Dylan said finally getting serious. We were able to finish our shoot in no time after the brief interruption.
Dylan and I went back together with our managers. They eventually went on their own rooms and it was only Dy and I walking on the hallway.
"Sorry about that Dy. I kind of lost my focus awhile ago." I apologized.
"Why? It's not like you were the only one fooling around. I was too, I kept teasing you. I just feel so comfortable with you that sometimes I have too much fun. And I forget that there are other people around." He explained.
I smiled. "Don't worry, I feel the same. How about we give signals to each other. Just to remind us to be serious and get back on our roles. There are a lot of people counting on us, so we need to work together and focus." I told him.
"I'd love that. Let's do this sign? if it's getting too much okay?" He showed it to me.
"Sure! Let's do our best Dy. Jiayou!" I encouraged him. By now we were in front of my room.
He nodded. "Jiayou. Goodnight Yue! Sleep tight and dream of me." He said cockily. I kick his leg lightly.
"Goodnight Dy! Have a nightmare of me." I answered back and opened my door.
"Oh I definitely will." He muttered lowly but I still heard it.
"Ay!" I look back on the hallway. He just ran towards his door then stuck his tongue out at me.
"Very mature Dy. Very mature." I shook my head then went inside.
That night I wasn't able to fall asleep yet. Wearing Dylan's hoodie, I rested on my bed and played a movie. I was wearing my headphones that I didn't hear my manager knocking on my door.
A/N:
Double update today guys! Have fun reading!
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