Chapter 7

**•KAIA•**

A groan escaped from my lips as I lazily reached out to hit the snooze button on my phone. When the alarm stopped, I snuggled more comfortably into my pillow and blanket, trying to get back to sleep.

But my moment of peacefulness was disrupted again when the alarm went off for the second time.

I forced myself to get up and turned the whole thing off. I pulled off the hair tie around my wrist and gathered my hair up into a messy bun before tying it with the hair tie.

Getting up in the morning was not my thing. I was more of a night owl, who'd rather risk getting late the next day for class, by staying up all night to finish a new Korean drama or a new romance novel I've been reading on my Kindle.

But sometimes, I put in a little effort to be an early bird during those days if anything important was happening.

I flipped aside my blanket and lazily strolled across my bedroom, heading towards the door. The minute I opened it, I immediately regretted waking up at all.

"Jesus, what are still doing here?"

Adrian waved his hand with a smirk on his stupid gorgeous face.

He seemed to be back in high spirits already even after getting shitfaced last night.

"Well good morning to you too, sunshine."

I rolled my eyes and gave him a once-over. He was still wearing the same pants from last night but only this time, the shirt was missing. It now reveals the dark ink he had decorated all over his upper arms.

As if the one he had tattooed behind his left ear wasn't enough.

"Glad you're enjoying the view, at first thing in the morning." He mocked while sipping something from the cup in his hand.

"Please, you're a complete eyesore. There's nothing to enjoy, so don't flatter yourself."

He chuckled. "You're lying through your teeth."

"And you're getting too comfortable by overstaying here. So, can you please go back to where you're supposed to be?"

His face suddenly softened and he placed the cup on the counter behind him and crossed his arms together before looking straight at me.

I kept eye contact steady, trying not to get distracted by his arms flexing in front of me because I'm currently a sucker for hot guys with big arms, broad shoulders, and a great back.

And he....was unfortunately packing all three.

"I've been meaning to ask you a question." He started to say and I raised my brows with curiosity.

"What?"

He slowly strolled his way towards me and stopped without breaking the intense eye contact. I could feel my face starting to heat up but he wasn't even that close to me.

"I don't remember much from last night and how I ended up here. But since you and I are the only ones talking right now, my question is...."

He paused for dramatic effect and I almost wanted to roll my eyes at him while waiting.

"Did we do anything together last night?"

I scoffed in disbelief.

Wow, can you believe this guy?

"What makes you think we were even together last night?" I replied while glaring at him.

"Well for starters, I'm standing in your dorm room completely shirtless. There are only two reasons why that would've happened. One is that I probably wanted to change into a new shirt but never did. Two is that I must've taken it off while having a great time last night."

He took another threatening step towards me and I almost held my breath.

He was very tall....too tall for me.

"So, did we or did we not sleep together last night?"

I winced in disgust and glanced to the side.

"Funny how one of those assumption always work out for you, huh?"

He narrowed his eyes at me and I glared straight into his eyes.

"No, we didn't have sex, you idiot. Your sister brought you here because you were wasted and we let you crash on the couch. Jesus."

I walked away from him and headed straight to the bathroom. He's so infuriating! Why would he casually assume that we had slept together?

What the fuck was wrong with that guy?

**•ADRIAN•**

"You're such a moron," Amy said from the doorway of her bedroom after Kaia disappeared into a corner.

I shrugged and walked back to the counter to finish my coffee, which was doing great for my hangover at the moment.

"I had to make sure." She scoffed and settled on the kitchen barstool by my side, fixing herself a cup of coffee too.

"Why would you think that she would even have sex with you? Is your head really that far up your ass that you think that every girl wants you?"

"Hey, you don't know the type of girls I've encountered in the past okay? They did all sorts of crazy shit just to get my attention and you know what they all had in common?"

"What?" She quickly asked while narrowing her eyes at me.

"They all had the same innocent face."

She rolled her eyes and sipped her coffee.

"You can't blame me for trying to confirm my suspicions. You know how bad my memory is after getting drunk." I added and she scoffed at me.

"Please, she won't even go near that thing if the world was coming to an end."

I stared at her with confusion.

"What do you mean by that?"

She turned around on her stool and looked at me from top to bottom.

I don't like it when she makes that face

"It means you're not her type and she's not yours either."

Well, that was far from what I was expecting her to say to me just to hurt my ego but, what the fuck?

"What are you talking about? I'm everyone's type." I argued defensively and she shook her head.

"Not this one. I know we just met this year, but I've gotten to know her well enough to say that guys like you will never make it to her to-do list. Sorry."

Okay, now that hurts the ego a little bit.

"Okay, since you know her so well, then do tell me her type."

She raised a perfectly arched brow at me while giving me a dirty look.

"Why do you care?"

"I don't, but I'm dead-ass curious now. So, tell me."

She cleared her throat and then angled her face to the side, looking at something behind me. I turned around and followed her gaze and saw she was looking at the huge bookshelf attached to the wall at the back.

"You have got to be kidding me."

"Nope, I'm not." She answered with a smile.

"She likes guys that read books?" I exclaimed with shock and she sighed out loud.

"No, you idiot. Fictional men. They're the standard."

I did a double-take at what she just said.

"I'm sorry, what?"

"Yeah. Hot fictional men that only exist in books yet they set the bar pretty high. Has no one ever told you that?" She mocked.

"No way. Are you serious right now?" I asked her while trying to control my laugh but she looked totally serious.

"Do I look like I'm kidding?"

I rubbed the back of my neck and chuckled.

"So her type, are men that do not even exist."

"But only in books." She added with a sharp edge to her tone.

"Right."

She quickly backslapped my arm.

"You don't know what you're talking about, so just shut up."

"And you do?" I retorted with a smirk.

"Well yes, in fact, I do. She showed me fanarts of these hot male characters one time and I'm telling you, they looked way hotter than men in real life. And that is coming from someone that doesn't even have any interest in books, but she actually made me read a few lines they said in some romance book and I was immediately turned on."

I shot her a look of disgust.

"I'm telling you, it's real. These men are the standard and I'm already obsessed with one named Zade Meadows."

"Pretty sure there was some guy with that name on TikTok, and he was a real person." I quickly cut in before sipping my coffee.

"Please, that's just some moron making thirst traps trying to impersonate him. No one can ever be Zade Meadows in real life."

I sat the cup down and turned around to face her with a serious expression on my face. I placed both my hands on her shoulder and looked her straight in the eye.

"I hate to break it to you sis, but you're losing touch with reality. Come back, please, it's all in your head. You're being delusional right now, it's not attractive for girls like you anymore."

She swatted my hands away and I burst out laughing at the look on her face.

"You're lucky I'm your sister which means I can take that crap you just said. But please, don't say anything that stupid around Kaia."

I scoffed. "Why not?"

"Do you want her to hate you more than she already does?"

I shrugged and finished my coffee. A door slammed from the other side of the room and Amy immediately slapped my arm to give me a warning.

I smirked and slowly turned around while leaning my back against the counter and watched Kaia enter the living room.

"So you have imaginary boyfriends, huh?"

She paused and her eyes narrowed to slits towards me. Amy slapped me on the arm again but I ignored her and kept smirking at Kaia.

She glared at me one last time before opening the door to her room and slamming it behind her. I chuckled and turned back around, only to find Amy scowling at me.

"What? I only asked a simple question."