PEANUT

PEANUT

His eyes bulged when his eyes land on something behind me.

“Shit. When did it get so late?” he asks.

I turn around to find a large digital clock staring at me from his room.

It read 4:32am.

My eyes bulged.

“What? I could have sworn it was few minutes past eleven a few minutes ago.”

He wraps a towel around my shoulders.

“You know what they say, time flies when you are having fun.” He says and start to pat me dry.

“And I don’t even feel the slightest bit tired.”

As if on cue, I yawn. And he gives me a look that said; really?

“Off you go to bed.”

“What about you?”

“Of course I will go to bed too. I have a class with you guys tomorrow morning.”

I move in the direction he was pushing me, cocooned in his towel.

“You can push your class until later. Other professors do it.”

“Haven’t done that before, won't start now.”

I roll my eyes at his practicality. Sitting on his bed, I watch as he searches his wardrobe and finds a black hoodie for me.

He