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ss repeatedly.

“Awww, was I that obvious?” An Xin laughed.
The second that Lin Feng finished making the bed, she immediately jumped into it.
Then she grabbed the sheets and pulled them up over her legs.
Then she looked up at Lin Feng and smiled.
A smile full of promise and desire and temptation, one that would ordinarily send the heart of any man racing.
Then she patted the empty space next to her on the bed and winked at Lin Feng.
“How about you sleep with me tonight? Big spoon, small spoon.
You get it.” She was wearing one of Su Xue’s pyjamas.
It fit her well enough, though it was a little too loose for her slender frame.
She moved her hand towards her chest and traced her finger around the neck of the shirt, then pulled it down over her shoulder and only stopped when it reached her elbow.
The shirt now barely covered her chest, showing most of her cleavage.
“You know…” she whispered.
A whisper that ended in a light moan. 

“Nope! Don’t wanna!” Lin Feng immediately refused.
“You’re the worst sleeper ever.
You always kick me out of bed! Only an idiot would want to sleep with you!”

An Xin started, her eyes wide in shock.
Then her face turned a deep shade of red as she shouted, “Liar! You big idiot! I never did that!”

Lin Feng shook his head and argued, “I’m not lying.
Remember back in first grade? When I slept over at your place? I never got any sleep that night! You kicked me off the bed at least a dozen times!”

An Xin glared at Lin Feng, then grabbed the pillow behind her.
She threw it at his head and yelled, “Idiot! Stop it!”

Lin Feng caught the pillow and smugly smiled at An Xin.
“I’m pretty good at blocking skillshots too!”

An Xin had already grabbed a second pillow and threw it at Lin Feng again.
This time, it hit the bull’s eye.
Lin Feng didn’t see it coming until the soft fabric hit him in his face..
An Xin giggled and said, “Too-bad-so-sad.
My skillshots don’t have a cooldown!”

✹

3 A.M.
according to the large clock in the living room.
Lin Feng had been trying to fall asleep for a good two hours, but he was still tossing and turning on the couch.
Sleep just wouldn’t come to him.
He’d heard Su Xue go to bed some 30 minutes ago and now there was only silence.
Nothing to disturb him, nothing stopping him from falling asleep… but he was wide awake.
“This pillow sucks.
I need to get my good one,” he muttered.
Then he kicked his sheets away and got up.
“Time to steal back my pillow!” He grabbed the ‘bad’ pillow and started walking towards his room, mumbling to himself, “Let’s call this Operation: Pillow Swap!”

Lin Feng walked through the hallway and arrived in front of his room.
He stuck his ear against the door, careful not to make a sound.
After confirming there were no sounds coming from the other side, he gently pushed the door open.
Then he poked his head through the gap and looked inside. Huh? What? He stared at an empty bed. Where is she…? He looked around his room and found An Xin sitting against the windowsill.
His eyes went wide.
The cold night breeze blew into the room, causing the curtains to flutter along with her long, black hair.
She was staring out the window at the night sky, the light of the moon illuminating her face.

Lin Feng stared at An Xin for a good minute before he realized that he was actually staring at her.
He shook his head a little and then withdrew it, careful not to make a sound. I don’t think she heard me… Probably too distracted or something… Yeah! That’s why! Now, I just need to carefully close the doo—

“I’m neither blind nor deaf.
I heard you walk down the hallway and I can even see your reflection in the window,” An Xin said as she turned around to look at Lin Feng, who was caught trying to close the door.

“AH!” Lin Feng yelped.
He grabbed his chest, his eyes wide open.
Then he pushed open the door again and walked in, asking, “Why did you have to scare me like that? And why didn’t you say something earlier? Do you know how much effort I put into Operation: Pillow Swap?”

An Xin giggled and said, “Oh, I was curious to see what you were planning to do.” She winked at him and added, “It isn’t every night that you find out that one of your oldest friends is trying to sneak into your bedroom in the middle of the night.
I knew you were a pervert, but this…” She traced her finger around her shirt’s neck and started pulling it down again.
Then she flicked her hair, smiling the most mesmerizing smile, and said, “Did you come here to apologize for being an idiot before? And that you really do want to sleep with me?”