CHAPTER 22

I knocked on Aiden's door and stood for a while before

"Come in" he said

The first thing that happened as I opened the door was a ball dashing across my face to the wall

Sub-consciously, I jerked back

"Are you afraid of a small ball" Aiden asked asked he thew the ball to the wall again and it landed back into his hands

He was sitting on the floor at the front of his bed

"I'm sure a normal person will also jerk back. It's an automatic reaction" I said

"Did you knock on my door to teach me science"

"If you couldn't handle what I was going to say, why then did you make me talk?" I said quietly, but also for his ears

The ball landed into his hand, and he looked at me as if I was going to be the next wall

"Don't you dare!" I warned

"Dare what?" he asked

"Aiden" I called his name

He shrugged as he rose his hand

I closed my eyes and shielded my face with my hands. While I was waiting for the impact of the ball on me, I heard a sound on the wall. I looked and saw the ball fly back to his handl

"Compared to your behavior, you get scared easily" he said

"Did you expect me to bring my face out as you hit it with a ball?"

"Did you really think I was going to hit you?"

"Yes" I answered without hesitation

"Wow, you really have a poor judgement of me" he said

I scoffed

"Says the boy who bullied a girl because of his pride"

"Can you leave my room?" he asked

"Sorry" I raised my hands up in surrender

He went back to throwing the ball to the wall

"What do you want?" he asked

"What else? We have to do our project" I told him, going to his bed

"Stop!" he suddenly said as I was about to sit on the bed, making me freeze mid air

"What?!" I asked, perplexed

"Don't sit" he said

"Why?" I asked

"Up" he said

With a scoff, I stood back up

"Do you think your bed is made of gold foam, or something?" I asked him

"That's none of your business"

"Go over here"

"Why should I?"

"I thought you wanted to do the project" he said

I eyed him as I walked over to his table

"What now?" I asked him

"There's a blue note"

I picked it up, and waved it to him

"Everything you need to know about me is there"

"What?"

"You can leave now" he said

"Are you kidding me?"

"Does it look like it?"

I sniggered

"Wow. Because people call you a god, you must really think that you are one" he looked up at me

"Hey, wake up. God, my foot. Do you think that I want to do this? Do you think that I'll be groveling at your feet just because you're my partner?"

"Watch your mouth" he warned

"Why? What will you do if I don't? Hit me with your ball?" I asked

He stood up and walked towards me. Just as he was about to open his mouth, I raised up my mouth, stopping him

"Save your breathe" I told him

"You want me to read this, right? Fine, I'll do it. Happy?" I intentionally bumped my shoulder into his and walked out of his room

I so much wanted to slam the door, but I couldn't. It isn't my house after all, so I just went inside and decided to sleep

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Hunger

I'm hungry, I said in my sub-consciousness

I opened my eyes and looked at the time

10:15

I groaned as I turned, lying on my face. I tried to ignore my stomach rumbling, but it got to a point when I couldn't hold it anymore

I finally got up and when downstairs

Thankfully, or maybe not, no one was downstairs. I couldn't cook as it was late, so I decided to just look around for something simple. I opened the fridge, but there was nothing I could just spin cook. There was bread, but I couldn't take only it, and I don't like butter. There were pancakes, but I would have to microwave it. I also didn't want to take cereals either

"Ah" I complained as I held my stomach

This is not a time to be looking for options, Shannon, I told myself

I settled for cornflakes, and as I was in the midst of eating of eating it, I heard footsteps coming down the stairs

I signed mentally. It would be awkward for them to meet me like this

Just when I was thinking of what to say, I saw Aiden

"Imagine" I said and continued my food

"What are you doing here?"

"What does it look like? Because of someone, I had to calm myself by sleeping, and only woke up due to hunger at 10:15"

"I didn't ask for a long speech answer" he said

"Please just go back upstairs" I begged

"This is my house" he said

It's your father's house, not yours

Just like me, he prepared a bowl of cereal

"Why are you sitting beside me?" I asked

"It will just be a nuisance for us to talk when we are afar from each other"

"Why would we have to talk to each other in the first place?" I asked

He gave me a glare

"Weren't you the one who came to my room to start the project?"

"And you were the same person who gave me a blue notebook to memorize" I countered

"Well, I changed my mind" he said

"Why can you just your mind?"

"Because I can"

"And besides, I thought I could do you a favor. After all, I chose you" he said

"What do you mean by you chose me?"

"Then did you think that we working together was a coincidence?" he asked

"It isn't?"

"How dense could you be?"

I arched my eyebrows

"Noah and Justin were always partners, and since we had to join, I also needed a partner. If I chose anyone else, they would use it as an opportunity to get closer to me, so..."

"You chose me as your partner?"

"Bingo"

I dropped my spoon, relaxed against the chair, and folded my hands

"Just few hours ago, you were acting as if the whole universe was in my favor by making you my partner, but what? You chose me?"

"That's why I'm granting you a favor" he said

"Forget it" I said

I got up, but he stopped me

I looked at him

"Sit" he said

"I said for... Ah! Why did you push me down?"

"I don't think either of us will be able to sleep again so soon, anyway"

"You're right" I agreed

"So what should we talk about?"

"Bring up something"

"Aren't you the one who brought the idea?"

"So? Does it mean I should also be the one to bring up what we should do?"

I closed my eyes, and pinched the bridge

"You're so frustrating" I told him

"That a new word" he said with a smile

I chortled

"Well then, should we play what people usually play in this situation"

"Twenty questions?" he asked

"You know it? That's a surprise"

"Didn't you know?" he asked as he stretched his hands sideways

"I'm a god full of surprises" he said

"I guess you might not be so bad" I said

"That's not the impression I'm planning to give"

"Why? Are you afraid that your Greek god image would dissipate?" I teased him

"You know what? You're right, we should just go back to sleep" he said

"Okay, fine. Sorry" I apologized stopping him from getting up

"I'll start" I said