Wiping my tears with the back of my hand when he lifted me up to his bed and lay me there beside him, his hand pulled my body to him and kissed my forehead. 


"You okay now?" tucking the strand of hair behind my ear. "Your cheeks and eyes are puffy now." 


Pursing my lips to prevent myself from sobbing again, my hands clutched his shirt and buried my face on his neck. 


"Sorry for being...a" sniffing and wiping my tears using his shirt. "bad girlfriend." 


"You're not." He chuckles and keeps on staring at my face while I'm obviously looking like an idiot crying non stop. "Definitely, not." then kissed the tip of my nose.


"Why are you here? Your team is celebrating..." I bit my lower lip when I felt someone was pinching my heart. "I didn't congratulate you after winning the game...I have no idea about it..." I felt bad...really bad for doing that to Quen. "Sorry for giving you an attitude when you just want to help..." 


He didn't say a word and kept his eyes on me, smiling while his thumb caressing the side of my cheeks. 


"Why are you here?" I repeat because I was curious. He was sleeping here, alone inside his unit while his members were having fun after winning the game. "You should have fun outside." 


"How can I do that when my girlfriend is not fine?" His soft tender voice feels like caressing my insides, comforting. Quen continues to caress the sides of my cheek and laugh quietly. "I can't do that...might as well sleep on my bed." 


"Sorry..." 


"Stop saying that." He held my chin and gave me a soft kiss multiple times. "It's okay now. You're here." 


I nodded and put both of my hands on his nape and hugged him, crushing my body to his. 


How can I forget how this feels good? How this made me calm when my head was full of uncertain things.


"I...I lost two clients." I spoke after a minute of silence between us, my voice breaking trying hard not to cry again thinking that I'm starting to make the hard work I did slip away. "I didn't finish the project design for the deadline submission..." but I couldn't stop my loud sobs again when Quen pulled me for a warm hug. "I failed..." 


"Rest for tonight and you can think about everything you will do tomorrow." his arms tightened more around my shoulder and lower body. "But this will we do..." while his lips gently kissing my face. "Talk to your professor about it tomorrow for sure she will give you another chance, Lili told me about it too and will actually help you...I'll help you too..."