Chapter 9 Calm before the storm

• ‘She really came. But this sure feels nice. How long has it been since I got this close to her?’, Shaun thought while his head is being hugged by his ex-girlfriend.
• Lub dub lub dub lub dub! Shaun can clearly hear Sarah’s frantic heartbeats. ‘I see. She’s really terrified of me. But she still came. Well, I guess that’s a given since someone will surely notice the sounds made by my body’s headbanging.’
• Although Shaun felt warm when Sarah came to calm him down, the problem now is what comes afterward. ‘Will I really be having sex with Sarah? What am I going to tell her and Rose after? Damn it. My perfectly normal life is starting to get messy; can’t the universe stay still? What did I do to receive this kind of treatment from the universe?’