"Yeah, I haven't be able to find a partner quite yet, no one that I know of can dance and complement me well. I also need someone who can easily establish a great chemistry." Sean lists down his so-called requirements to meet.

"You're so demanding, no wonder you can't find a partner." Kaycee sighs.

"But I have been working hard to get a chance to dance at one of the most well-known dance competitions, which is World of Dance or WOD for short. If I get the opportunity I'm not gonna want to screw anything up. I wanna be able to show the judges my utmost potential and see how far I go." Sean replies.

"I see. Alright, I'll leave it to you to finish choreographing. Maybe after school tomorrow I'll swing by to take a look at the choreography again?" Kaycee says and smiles, which made it super hard for Sean to say no to.

"Of course you can come by. I'll let my dad know tomorrow morning. He should be fine with you coming over, especially after today." Sean laughs.

"See ya Shamu." Kaycee walks out of the garage and shuts the door gently behind her.

Shamu? Sean thought. He had never had someone call him that before. Sean Lew, Seanlew, Shamu? Was that how she derived the nickname from?

Sean rushes out to meet Kaycee at the front door before she leaves.

"Bye Ricebowl." He snickers and Kaycee giggles.

"Good night Shamu." She mentions his nickname one last time before walking back to her house.

That whole night was the hardest night for Sean to fall asleep. He could not stop thinking about how Kaycee just created a new nickname for him and how it was so short and sweet.

Her presence just made him feel queasy. The little things she does make him feel jelly-like inside and he still doesn't get why.

Sean can't be falling for a girl he only knew for less than a week. No way.

Ricebowl. That nickname made it hard for Kaycee to sleep that night as well. She knew she was not going to get sufficient sleep for the next day, but she couldn't help but let that name run through her mind.

She felt herself smile like a fool thinking about that new nickname. Sure, her name ended with Rice, but she had never heard of someone calling her Ricebowl.

Her mind had that word pass her mind many times, each time it passes she could hear Sean say it to her.

"Bye Ricebowl."

She shakes her head to try and get rid of the thought before attempting to fall asleep all over again.

Why can't I seem to get you off my mind Shamu?

-

Sean does his usual morning routine and he decides to pick up Kaycee to go to school together again. Again, they had some time to spare and headed to the nearby Starbucks to pick up some drinks.

Beep! Beep!

Kaycee was confused at first, since Sean did not mention anything about giving her a ride to school today. However, she was grateful for the ride once again.

"Good morning Uncle!" Kaycee smiles and greets Sean's dad.

"Good morning Kaycee, how has your morning been so far?" Sean's dad replies and started to drive off to a Starbucks drive-thru.

"Oh it's been going great so far, thank you for the ride once again!" Kaycee thanks Sean's dad and Sean's dad smiles.

"How about I pick you up from your house to go to school together with Sean from now on? That way we all have more time to spend our morning somewhere else first before we head to school. I know a ride straight to school isn't the best first-thought to have in the morning."

"Uncle, if you don't mind, I would love to join you guys." Kaycee politely accepts the offer.

"Also, want to come over to help me out with the dance choreography? I am a little stuck at one part of the song." Sean nervously asks her, hoping and praying that she would be okay with it.

"Yeah of course, once we finish our homework." Kaycee does her signature smile which let Sean knew she really wanted to drop by.

They both start talking about their Starbucks drink orders and Sean's dancing history. Sean started dancing ever since young, but his non-biological mother does not support it at all.

She refuse to believe that men are allowed to dance. That caused him to not be as well-exposed to the other competitors in the rest of the country as he wanted, which made him wonder how he compared to them in terms of their level of skill.

Of course, that thought of his mom not allowing him to pursue what he wanted to do made him outraged, but he still had to accept the fact that she did still raise him up for more than 10 years of his life.

"Coffee for you this morning?" Sean asks Kaycee as the car slowly makes its way to the menu.

"I'll take tea instead." Kaycee smiles and Sean nods before adding it on to the order.

-

"Never met a tea lady before, usually all of the girls I have met before or are friends with drink coffee. They basically can't live without coffee." Sean breaks the silence up in the car.

"No wonder you asked if I wanted coffee or not to start my morning. I personally hate the taste of it, so making it the first beverage I drink for the day is certainly not a good idea." Kaycee laughs and Sean joins along.

"Coffee is certainly not your cup of tea." Sean cackles and Kaycee sighs.

"Sean!"

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