wonderwall | t. oikawa

┊17. 敵

xvii.
rival

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e r i n

     even with my eyes closed, i could still see the beam of light escaping from the curtains as i slowly regain consciousness. grunting, i flipped myself to face the other side of the bed and took my time to open my eyes. it'd be a pain to see bright light first thing in the morning so i faced the darker part of the room.

it felt nice that i woke up today because my body woke up by itself and not because of my annoying alarms. finally, i get to have a break on this peaceful day. no more laundry because for some reason, i did it last night. honestly, i didn't know what came over me that i finished my laundry on a friday night, even after being tired from school the whole week.

guess i'd have to thank myself then! thanks self for doing your saturday chores on a friday. at last, you got the day of—

ding dong

my eyes shot open when i heard the doorbell rang. oh yeah, i remember mom said she'd send me a grocery package so i wouldn't have to buy much groceries myself. that must be it. so i stood up, not even bothering to check how i look like and went to go get the door.

"good morning!"

"morning. where do i sig—"

wait.

this isn't a delivery!

"you look cute in your pajamas, erin-chan!"

after realizing who was in front of my door, embarrassment took over and i immediately shut the door in their faces. oh my god! so that's why i did my laundry yesterday!

"did we arrive too early? she looks like she just woke up."

"but she said 10 am was fine?"

i glanced at my wall clock to check the current time. 10:01 am. ampota! hindi ko naman alam na saktong 10 am sila dadating! in-expect ko at least 10:30 or 11 ganon! bobo ko! nakalimutan ko na nasa japan nga pala ako. hindi na pwede yung filipino time. japan time na pala dapat.

"erin-chan are you okay? should we give you time to prepare?" narinig ko na kumatok si oikawa sa pinto ko.

"um yeah. give me 5 minutes!" sabi ko bago ako tumakbo sa banyo para mag toothbrush, mag hilamos, mag-suklay, lahat na. buti nalang talaga nalinis ko na yung living room kaya hindi ko na kailangan problemahin yon. good job self!

"wait malapit na!" i gave the whole house some quick glances to check if there's anything else i should clean, luckily, there's none. teka, bakit ko sila tinagalog?

finally, i calmed myself down before opening the door again. "hi. s-sorry about that." i apologized as i glanced at the three men in front of me. they were all in their casual outfits and surprisingly, they all knew how to style clothes. specially, etong nakakainis na captain na to.

"come in."

"did you wake up late?" kindaichi asked as he made his way inside first. "oh wow, you live here?"

"of course she does. we wouldn't be here if she didn't." iwaizumi said while removing his shoes. "excuse me for the intrusion." he gave me a quick bow.

"oh no, it's alright. i invited you guys here anyways."

i'd say to make themselves at home but i'm scared oikawa and kindaichi might actually get too comfortable and make themselves at home, so i didn't. sometimes, those two idiots can be too dense to understand i don't mean every single word i say.