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He folded the blankets with his sleepy eyes and an unusual ache in his back.

The ache didn’t surprise him, what else was he to expect from sleeping on a solid not-so comfortable couch all night.

Iris took the room and he decided to sleep in the living room. It was either that or the floor of the room anyways so he really didn’t have much of a choice.

He had a meeting with Mrs. Hao this morning. What he needed was a shower and a little breakfast which he presumed he can get at the café also.

He arched his back a bit to know if he could get a crack that might release the ache but it was to no avail, so he just went ahead with his daily schedule.

The door to the room was closed and he tried knocking to know if she was already up but not properly dressed or if she was sleeping.

After the third knock, he heard her say ‘its open’ from the inside. Only then did he open the door.

As he guessed