Author's note:

Hello! I'm in Singapore now, on a bus to Malaysia, and I can't sleep over the 5 hour trip. So this chapter happened. Mind you, this chapter is going to be on a bit different format, I used this format before in Maid for Hire (my other story) and it went very well. I hope you can enjoy this. :) I'll be taking my prewedding photos in two days! Hope I can write another chapter after that. :D

And here we areee... ta-daaa!

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2.16: She endures. He notices.

Chat archive found between Alex and April.

Sunday, 2:05AM

Alex F: Let me guess.

Alex F: Audra gave you a task at 10PM today.

April (busy don't chat please): How did you find out?

Alex F: I installed a security camera on your room, remember?

April (busy don't chat please): I most certainly sure you don't. I spent two hours cleaning everything and I find nothing. And it's at 11PM.

Alex F: Why can't you just ignore her and sleep?

45 minutes later...

April (busy don't chat please): Thanks for the food delivery, Alex.

April (busy don't chat please): Oh my stars the pizza's so delicious and super tasty and it's better than any other pizza I've ever eaten. Is this real or is this fantasy because I've never eaten such delicious pizza before! It deserves michelin stars!

April (busy don't chat please): on the other hand, I believe my opinion is biased because I haven't eaten all day.

Alex F: I know, take care <<< DELETED >>>

Alex F: :)

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Monday, 9:01PM

April (watching tv don't chat please): I know what you did to Audra.

Alex F: Innocent until proven guilty.

April (watching tv don't chat please): typing...

Alex F: And didn't your username stated that you're watching TV? Why chat me and disrespect the writer/actor/director ensemble who tried their best to entertain you?

April (watching tv don't chat please): typing...

10 minutes later...

Alex F: I hope it's a long, well-thought reply.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Today you hired a hacker to temporarily block Audra's IP on youtube so nobody can see her newly uploaded video. You knew how freaked out she will be and then, because you're such a sadistic fox, Alex, you decide to visit me this afternoon just to see Audra having a mental breakdown over 0 views on her new video. You didn't say anything over the 27 times Audra sobbed to my brother about how 'her followers don't love her anymore' and that 'she could hang herself and nobody would care because she's just an unknown, untalented, and unloved hick from a small town' and that 'everybody back home would love seeing her fail so hard!'. No, Alex, you didn't even crack a small smile even though you love it when Audra gets crazy about her followers on Youtube. But I know your 'tell' when you're happy your plan is working: you're hands will fidget and twiddle and twist around each other.

April (watching tv don't chat please): *your . Please forgive my spelling.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Yeah, I'm watching The Mindy Project. It's nice. But then you popped online and I can't help myself.

Alex F: Wow. All I can say is wow.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Yeah. Okay. Back to TV.

Alex F: I can't forgive your spelling. You don't deserve TV.

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Tuesday, 9:54PM

Alex F: What other 'tells' do I have?

April (busy don't chat please): When you're happy or when you're sad?

Alex F: Angry.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Your lips are stretched thin.

Alex F: Sad.

April (watching tv don't chat please): You keep sighing and then smiling to yourself.

Alex F: Happy.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Evil happy or genuine happy?

Alex F: Genuine.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Your eyes become crinkly.

Alex F: Wow, I'm impressed.

April (watching tv don't chat please): I know. You're impressed when you're taking three minutes to answer my chats. Usually it's in a matter of seconds.

Alex F: Okay, I know that you tried so damn hard to learn about body language, but you're getting way too good at this.

April (watching tv don't chat please): I guess I got good at reading people too late, didn't I?

Alex F: April...

April (watching tv don't chat please): I mean, if I were this good three years ago, maybe Penguin wouldn't have left.

April (watching tv don't chat please): *Penguin.

April (watching tv don't chat please): *Penguin.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Alex?

Alex F: Yes?

April (watching tv don't chat please): Did you change my keyboard setting?

Alex F: You and Bella and I had already agreed that it's not good to keep saying His Name. So I 'took a look' at your laptop. Now you can't type his name without getting auto-corrected into Penguin.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Alex.

Alex F: Yes.

April (watching tv don't chat please): This is the best gift that anyone has ever given me!

April (watching tv don't chat please): Penguin.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Penguin.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Penguin.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Penguin.

April (watching tv don't chat please): It only feels 65% as painful as the usual!

April (watching tv don't chat please): Penguin. For the love of Chewbacca, this is genius!

April (watching tv don't chat please): I don't love Penguin anymore.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Just kidding. I still do.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Yeah. This is genius!

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Wednesday, 10:03 PM

Alex F: APPPPPRRRRIIIILLLLL

April (busy don't chat please): This is not Alex, isn't it?

Alex F: This is your hottest, sexiest, most ravishing friend.

April (watching tv don't chat please): Hi, Bella.

Alex F: CONGRATS ON GETTING FEATURED ON BOREDPANDA! I TOLD U UR WORKS ARE AMAZING AALLALALALAAA U DON'T NEED TO WORK WITH THAT BITCH AUDRA U KNOW COZ EVERYBODY KNOWS U EDIT THE BEST VIDEOS LIKE WTF

April (watching tv don't chat please): I actually just got emailed by five different companies and seven different youtubers, but I don't want to leave Audra. BTW, It feels so weird to see Alex's name chatting messages in all-caps.

Alex F: He doesn't know I'm doing this. I'm going to make him say a lot of nasty thing.

Alex F: Nipples. Pubic hair. Armpit. Lizard's tongue. I LOVE ANAL SEX WITH DISABLED PONY HORSES.

Alex F: I LOVE IT MORE WHEN A BIG BURLY GUY PUT INSECT INTO MY ASSHOLERH948Y3HURIRJ4RHUEFJIR#$%#@$@#

April (watching tv don't chat please): Hi Alex

Alex F: Hey April. Sorry. Need to do something urgent.

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Thursday 2:05AM

Alex F: Working?

April (busy don't chat please): Yes

Alex F: Is it one of those Penguin days?

April (busy don't chat please): Yes

Alex F: Is there anything that I can do to help?

Three hours later...

Alex F: Don't forget to sleep. Morning, April.

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Friday 1:45AM

Alex F: You looked like hell today.

April (busy don't chat please): Thank you. And thank you for the dinner, too.

Alex F: It's not a compliment.

April (busy don't chat please): I saw my reflection just now, and 'Hell' is just you being nice. I look worse than that.

Alex F: April...

April (busy don't chat please): I'll be fine tomorrow. I'm like a computer. When something malfunction, you just turn it off and then turn it on. I'm going to try to sleep and tomorrow I'm going to be like new.

April (busy don't chat please): Night.

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The amount of unsent emails on Ryder Black's gmail account.

234 drafts

Latest draft found on Today, Thursday 12:03PM

I know you remember today.

I remember today, too.

I remember today so much that my whole world just pause and stops turning. I stop living today, and I'm brought back into three years ago, when I kissed you in your room.

I wished I have the courage to send you this message, but I know I won't.

Because what if you've blocked me out of your world?

Because what if you found living with me is easier?

And on top of it all, what if you still accept me with an open arms?

It scares me a lot at how much you still affect me, three years later, even through the radio silence.

I miss you, your body and your scent, your lips and the little sounds you make when I kiss you a little harder than I should. I miss you a lot.

I know I'm being selfish, but I wish I can kiss you one more time.

I'm a fucking asshole.

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