Hidden Face

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It is a really quite morning, unless you consider the sweet chirping of birds outside.
Even though the AC inside is at its full swing mode, one can easily feel the heat of the day, the morning sun. Is Hawaii really that much of a hot type state?

It isn't that uncomfortable for Eliyana to ignore everything and go back to sleep. But she still opens her eyes and blinks and the first thing in the morning that gets her attention is the brown little bird sitting outside the closed window, poking his little peak reluctantly against the glass.

She feels something.....missing.

She immediately turns over the other side on the bed as realization hits her. This is the first.

From the day of her marriage with Taehyung, she has always woken up with his arms wrapped around her little body like a second skin and his head buried deep inside her black wavy locks or in the crook of her neck. She has always been the one who wakes up first in the morning even though he is the one who needs to attend meetings early morning. She spends the remaining time until he wakes up squirming around in his arms.

He sleeps very well. It's not like she wants to disturb him but it's like even if she screams till her voice dies down, he won't wake up. However, surprisingly enough, once she starts trying to get out of his embrace, his eyes will be shot opened.

And he will make sure that she can't get up from the bed till the late noon as a punishment while caring the least about his meetings and stuffs.

So when this morning, on the very first day of their honeymoon, she finds herself alone on the bed, she feels a pung inside her heart.

This is the first time he left her alone.

All of a sudden, images from the previous night flashes inside her head.
They didn't do much, but they still did it, no matter how you wanna call it, "figuratively" or "literally".

'Does he regret it'
Thoughts like that clouds her judgement as she sits up straight. She touched the blanket softly that's been wrapped around her very neatly. Her memory from the last second of the night, before she closed her eyes, tells her this wasn't the thing she was wrapped with, instead his arms were.

Then, why?

The sudden pung in her heart, the painful sensation inside her throat that she cannot swallow, brings tears to her eyes.
She doesn't know why she's sad. What she's feeling this much broken for?

Why?

But the next second, the sound of someone opening the door catches her attention. With her hands clasping the blanket over her chest, she looks up with an unknown hope.

But that too shatters once the maid enters into the room with a soft smile, greeting the lady with a soft tone in the morning.

Was I expecting him instead of her?

" Good morning, my lady. Hope you slept really well."

The maid greets her with a very soft smile which she returns with a nod and somewhat a sad smile.

This catches the maid's attention as she crouches down on the floor beside Eliyana to take a better look at her. The sudden action makes Eliyana look at her as well.

"Are you alright, my lady? I've been instructed by the master to call the doctor if you are having any problem."

And that makes her release a breath that she didn't know she was holding until now.

He cares

"My lady..."

"I'm fine," Eliyana politely cuts her off as she flashes a toothy smile.
"I'm great. No need to worry"