10:10 | Hoshi

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[A month later]

"Naega Hosh!" that genie appeared in my room. I rolled my eyes at his introduction as I turned around to face him. He was smiling happily at me. Even with this distracting smile, I couldn't help but notice he had a shirt the same colour as my binder. It would be the beginning of the school year soon, and I really did not need any reminder.

"Hello Hoshi," I simply said and turned back towards my school material. Laying on my desk were printed stickers. Some with my name and some with the school subjects. Next to these were also my binders, notebooks and pens. When younger, I was good at loosing my school supplies, somehow, throughout the year. Ever since she had taken a notice onto it, my mom had always wanted me to have my name on them.

"What are you doing?" he asked, leaning above my shoulder to get a better look at my current activities.

"I'm preparing my school material. I went to buy them with my mom yesterday," I told him.

"Already? Is school starting soon?" he asked.

"Yes, actually, it's starting again in two days."

"Mmmh I see. In the genie world we don't have summer vacancies. I'm always confused as to when the humans start their school year," he said. He examined my bedroom during a second before his eyes landed on my bed. The next thing I knew, he was laying down on it and was even yawning.

Hoshi was too used being here.

"About that, since I'll be in school in just a few days, can you change the time you appear? I'll be in class at 10:10..." I told him. He lifted his head up a bit as I said it. He shook his head shortly after.

"Nope, 10:10 is my assigned time, every genie as a different one. We can't change our time."

"So there's someone who is 10:11?"

"Yep." Inodded understandingly.

"Then, can I write my wish instead of saying it?" He sat up.

"Yes, but you should write a key word with your request so I don't mistake something else for your wish."

"True. What do you suggest?"

"Hoshi is love?" A cheeky grin grew on his face. He did the fourth part of gwiyomi, overly prentending to be cute.

"Never in your dream."

"How about my genie♡." He made an heart with his hands. I shook my head in disagreement.

"Dude stop," I said.

"I'll just write that genie," I added.

"With an heart?"

"No way."

"Pleassseeee," he teased me some more before laughing.

I walked over to him and hit him lightly on the head before going back to prepare my school material.

"Hey, if I was two-year-old and you were my genie, I wouldn't be able to make a wish. Would you disappear?" I started quizzing him randomly about his genie world.