The Winter Man
#14
Winter descending down, Yura was already welcoming at the dining table with a smile. As Winter was about to pull up the chair to sit down he noticed the food on the table was less appetizing.
Winter looked at Yura who was still smiling until Winter finally sat down and scooped the fried rice onto her plate.
"What's this?"
"Tempe," Yura said.
"Oh." Winter took one tempe to his plate.
With hesitation Winter stuffed the tempeh into his mouth, chewing it slowly. He already knew it would feel like this, charred.
Winter sighed for a moment then went back to chewing.
"How, how? delicious right?" tanya Yura was enthusiastic about the results of her own cooking.
Winter nodded slowly then turned to fried rice, Yura still kept smiling waiting for Winter's reaction with her fried rice.
And when Winter chewed that fried rice, it was so salty. The man withstood the food but not the salty food, Winter immediately grabbed a nearby glass and drank as much water as possible.
And instantly the smile on Yura's face faded away seeing Winter's reaction.
"Good morning Mr ..."
Winter and Yura turned their heads towards Lusi who had just come. Susi approached them and stood near the dining table, she stared at the food on the table. Less food worth eating.
"I'll cook Mr ..."
Lusi also went to the kitchen to cook something there. Yura bent her face while Winter was silent by holding an empty glass.
Yura gave a rough snort when she smelled the aroma of Lusi's cooking that was uploading tastes.
Winter would have liked her cooking better.
Angrily, Yura moved from her seat up the stairs. Winter stared at Yura's departure with a shrunken forehead.
The sound of a door slam, Winter and Lusi looked up to the top floor, staring at the door of the room that had been closed tightly. Then the man sighed violently while shaking his head.
*
Lusi kept some of his cooking on the table. Winter is not trying to cook Lusi, he just looked up to see the door of his room, what Yura does not want to eat too.
"Call him" said Winter.
Lusi nodded and walked towards Winter's room. He knocked on the door of the room but there was no answer at all from Yura.
"Miss, let's have breakfast ..."
Tok tok tok tok
"Miss, Mr. Winter is waiting downstairs."
Yura was sitting on the sofa while hugging her own knees, she turned her head for a moment to the door then turned back indifferent by bending her face.
Just eat her food, why would she take me. Sucks.
Lusi comes back down and tells Winter that Yura won't leave the room.
Winter clucked. "Just so."
Winter also took bibimbap, a typical Korean food cooked by Lusi.
"Sit down and eat" Winter told Luci.
Susi nodded and sat down in front of Winter. They had breakfast together with Yura who was quietly opening the door of the room, she walked slowly, sneaking towards the stairs.
When he was on the stairs, he peered down. Right to the dining table.
What the hell, why would he even eat together like that. The evil winter. My food doesn't like it, but if he cooks it, he can eat it.
With a sense of annoyance spread in her body, Yura went back into the room by slamming the door. Making Winter and Lusi stop chewing for a moment then look up.
*
This morning it rained quite heavily, occasionally lightning struck each other, making the activities in the morning more lazy to do.
Winter did not even go to the office, he sat with Susi discussing the construction of the mall to be done next week. Yura remained silent in the room.
"We have to get rid of some small shops there, sir. Otherwise, development cannot be done."
"Have you come to the shop owner?"
"No sir, we've already made an appointment tomorrow. We're gonna give a lot of money to buy that store and knock it down ..."
Winter nodded. The conversation went on, they kept talking about work. About the foundation that began to develop and has been known to many people.
"It's sick people who come first for medical expenses."
"Good, Sir."
"Help them to heal."
"Good, Sir."
Winter's phone vibrates long at the table. But due to the focus on discussing the Foundation's development, Winter doesn't know if there's an incoming call from Benjamin.
For ten minutes Benjamin kept trying to contact Winter with a worried look.
"Not in the lift either?" ask Bayuni.
"Not yet."
"God ... Winter where, Yura must be scared right now." Bayuni looks agitated.
"Then I say goodbye, sir."
"Rain."
"It's okay, sir."
Winter nodded and Lusi left the mansion. Oris lunged at Lusi until he got into his car.
After Lusi's departure, Winter looked back at the door of the room that was still closed. The rain still did not stop, the lightning still sounded like it was striking each other.
Again, his phone returned to a long vibrate. Winter picks up his phone and immediately picks up a call from Benjamin.
Benjamin spoke with such a large worried tone. Her tone sounded high because she was upset Winter just picked up the phone from her.
"Hallo."
"Winter, where's Yura?"
"In the room."
"Where are you?"
"Below."
"Please check Yura right now, she's afraid of rain and lightning."
Winter immediately ran to her room, her phone just left on the sofa, Benjamin kept shouting Winter.
Winter opened the door harshly. Spreading her gaze with hunting breath and finding Yura sitting in the corner of the room by covering her ears with her hands, her body seemed to tremble.
"Yura ..."
Winter is approaching Yura. Yura jumped in shock when a hand touched her shoulder. The girl looked up at Winter.
His eyes were teary, his face was pale, his hands were cold and his body continued to tremble.
"Yura ..."
Lightning returned, Yura screamed loudly and Winter immediately hugged the girl.
Yura's memory twisted the figure of a little boy trying to help his mother stand up after his mother was hit by a puncture wound in her stomach.
The little boy cried asking his mother to run when the huge waves came with rain and lightning striking each other.
"Mama .." the little boy's moan.
"Go ... run fast!!" yelled the woman.
"Mama, I want to be with mama." the boy continued to hug his mother with rain flashing his body, lightning flashes continued to be drawn in the sky with the big waves getting closer and closer to sweeping the land.
A second later, a big tsunami occurred. Sweeping everyone on the beach, houses and trees destroyed already. The boy separated from his mother.
"Mama .." - Yura.
Winter immediately carried the girl, carried her to the bed and covered her body. Yura looks shivering and has a fever.
Winter was about to leave to call the doctor but again his hand was blocked Yura. Yura shook her head.
"B-can you hug me .." pinta Yura weakly.
Winter nodded and went into the blanket, lying next to Yura hugging the girl.
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