Together Forever | LK

13.3 - While Waiting For You

The weather in June had already entered into the early stages of summer. They were both dressed very lightly, and because she was inside the home, she was only wearing a short skirt and baggy short-sleeved shirt. His hand was directly against the skin of her arm, but it did not carry the warmth that it should be expected to have in the summer.

Lisa touched the back of his hand, then followed it upwards and tentatively tested the temperature of his arm before looking at him uncertainly. "Are you really cold?" Or was it because of his physical condition?

"No." Clasping her wrist, he lifted it up and examined her hand. "What's on your hand? It's sticky."

"It's pig trotters." She brought a bowl over from the stove. "There have been a lot of tests lately where they're looking for certain indicators and criteria, and there's one in particular that Grandmother was testing very low in. The doctors said she needed to get shots, but with that specific type of needle, every time they inserted it, it was especially painful ... The patient who was sharing the hospital room told me that if you eat a pig trotter a day, that particular measure can go back to normal ranges." She pinched a small piece between her fingers and fed it to him. "Afterwards, I found out that it really does work."

Jungkook chewed it earnestly, as if he was eating an exceptional delicacy.

Her eyes remained on him, not wanting to miss each subtle movement or expression in his eyes.

Was it Heaven watching over them? Grandmother's surgery had been very successful, and there were no signs of the cancer spreading. And now, he had finally returned as well.

"It's been a long time since I last ate your cooking," he said.

Lisa pursed her lips. "What would you like to eat? I'll go buy the ingredients this afternoon and come back and make it for you."

Before she had finished speaking, he had stretched out his hand and gently taken her chin in his fingers.

"Lili?" Grandmother's voice was echoing out through the bedroom and kitchen doors, so it was not very distinct.

She gave a cry back in answer, all the while trying to brush his hand away.

Jungkook did not loosen his hold and only bowed his head, continuing to caress her lips with his, like a child who had just finished eating candy but was insatiable and still greedy for more. Hearing the bedroom door open but unable to break free of his hold, Lisa instead brought her face up directly to his and allowed him to take her lips into his own.

A deep kiss that had absolutely no skill or technique involved and was brief, but thorough.

When they broke apart, she gasped a couple of breaths and then immediately pulled out of his arms.

In the same instant, the kitchen door was pushed open and Grandmother poked her head in to take a glance around. A look of surprise flashed across her face. Lisa clenched her hands together, so anxious she did not know what to say.

"Little Guk is here?" A smile arose very slowly on Grandmother's face. It was a moment like the budding flowers in the warmth of spring, like the warm sunshine that was shining outside the window.

He did not show the slightest discomfiture and greeted Grandmother. When the topic of the duration of the final course of chemotherapy was brought up, he even seemed, in a short period of time, to have already from somewhere gained a clear understanding of the condition of Grandmother's illness ... He must have made a trip to the hospital.

That place where he had once had an internship, fought bravely, and also said his final goodbyes to his mother.

After Grandmother went back into her room, Lisa reached out a hand and waved it in front of his eyes.