Goodbyes

Hoy looked at the window and was surprised to it was almost dawn. It was the third day of January which meant they had just one more night before they returned to their different lives. 

He had been busy making some calls and exchanging mails throughout the night and hadn't realised when it was dawn.

He rubbed his heavy eyes as a sigh escaped his lips. He couldn't count the number of times he had stayed up like this during this trip. If his mother knew he was losing sleep, she was going to nag him nonstop.

First, he felt stuffy with all the clothes he was wearing and wanted to shower so he stood up and first pulled the coat he had worn the entire night. He was about to pull off his tshirt when he abruptly stopped and looked at the couch where Mr Ping had stirred awake. He had totally forgotten he was in the same room with him! 

Mr Ping sat up and looked at Hoy groggily. 

"Good morning." He greeted. "You didn't get any sleep last night?"