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I woke up screaming. Cold sweat trickled down my neck, and I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't in the dream no more. I went to the bathroom to wash my face and neck. Besides, if you were me, you would too. Cold sweat is not a fashion statement.

My eyes were red and puffy, the effect of only sleeping at one in the morning and waking up screaming at four. Luckily, my neighbors weren't woken up by my scream. Although I'm pretty sure I screamed really loudly. Oops.

And why didn't anyone in my house wake up, charging at me? Simple. I lived alone. My parents are in America for work, have been for the past 3 years. They only come home to visit twice a year to "check up" on me, and it's only for five days per trip, whereas three days out of the five would be spent doing work.

My knucklehead excuse of a brother is in college. Did I mention he's in Austria? No? Well he is. The stupid idiot managed to get into college, leaving me alone. (*pouts intensively*)

So I, being only a high school kid, live alone. From time to time my friends come by to sleepover, probably the only advantage of having the whole house to myself. Aside from blasting music at ungodly hours, of course.

Living in a big house by myself with only maids for company, who only nod and shake their head if I ask them something, is not fun. Very boring, actually.

Nobody to play pranks with, nobody to talk to when you're sitting at a long ass table (seriously, why the fuck do we need a long table when we're a family of four?), and no one to wAkE yOU uP fOR SChoOL.

Deciding to just do my morning routine instead of going back to sleep, I brushed my teeth after washing my face (and neck. Again, not a fashion statement). As I was halfway done, with foam all around my mouth, my phone rang.

The caller ID read "Joohyun 🖕🏻". Ah, my sweet, sweet, scoundrel of a brother. Completely forgetting about the cleanliness of my teeth and mouth, I picked up my phone. "Hello, fucker, it is I, Joohyun the queen. Bow before me peasant!" Joohyun's voice was an octave higher, which was horrible, by the way.

I laughed, causing the toothpaste foam to be vomited out because I choked on it when laughing. When that was out of the way, I picked up my phone to continue talking to Joohyun.

"Why, hello, dearest brother. I have two requests. One, don't ever make your voice higher, it sounds like a dying chicken I swear to God. Two, GIVE ME A GOOD REASON AS TO WHY YOU HAVEN'T CALLED ME FOR SO LONG!"

Joohyun laughed (yes, we laugh a lot that's our only similarity), but it sounded more like he was having an asthma attack.

"Sorry sis, I've been busy. Do you know how much work they give? And to make things worse, I have an exam soon! Anyway, I called to tell you that I'll be coming over with some friends I made for our one week break next week! Best part: they're all Korean! No need to suffer through speaking bad English!"

Not really caring who Joohyun came with, I shrugged even though he couldn't see me. "Okie dokie. Fine by me. As long as they aren't pervs, I really don't care," I said.

"Well I have classes in about fifteen minutes, so I'm gonna dash! Bye tokki*, see you next week!"

"Bye Joohyun!" Just as I was about to hang up, I heard Joohyun yell, "The disrespect! I'm your elder, you're supposed to call me oppa!" Laughing, I killed the call.

I looked at the time and was shocked to see that it was already fifteen minutes past six. I had to get to school by seven, and the bus ride usually took twenty minutes. If I took the bus.

I ran out of the bathroom and started to look for an ironed uniform.

Just another boring day.

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