fog of vengeance | h. ran

ｔｗｅｎｔｙ ｆｉｖｅ

𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 25
ᴄᴜsᴛᴏᴅʏ

"No. Get out."

Y/N coughs again, as she clutches on the blanket like clutching on her life. The fever just keeps getting worse after they get back from the Haitani's palace. Y/N's temperature is high, her nose is wet, her throat is dry.

"The maids are here, aren't they? They can take care of me. You should just go to work." Ran just stares at her, not saying anything as he shuts the door closed. "What's wrong with him?" Y/N sneezes while she takes out another piece of tissue to wipe her nose.

A few minutes later, he comes back again with a tray of something. Ran closes the door with his leg. "The maids aren't here today. It's their day off." He places the tray next to her on the table, grabbing a chair and sits in front of her.

"Hah?" Y/N grabs a face mask to cover up her mouth and nose. "Are you telling me all of them take a day off at the same time?" He lifts up the bowl, stirring the porridge to reduce its heat.

"Yes." That makes Y/N chuckles. The male only stares up coldly at her while she's laughing. Y/N slaps the blanket a few times, as if Ran has told her a hilarious joke in a comedy show. "You're so funny."

She coughs up while gasping for the air. Her laughter has finally reduced, Y/N breathes heavily. It's the first time she laughs and smiles widely in front of Ran, and it's the first time Ran sees her like this.

"Just say that you want to be here with me." Y/N says while raising her eyebrows up in a smirk.

"No. Don't flatter yourself." He leans forward, "Open your mouth." Y/N jerks back. The female stares at him, in disbelief. She has made fun of him, but still, he wants to feed her. He's supposed to get mad or something, throws the porridge away and steps out of the room. "I can—"

"Open your mouth."

Y/N's eyes widened. She wants to be stubborn. She doesn't want to listen to him. But, when she thinks about it again, last night even got him upset. Last night's argument was scary.

He was so cold, he was so mad. She doesn't want it to happen again. It lowkey scares her. Y/N slowly raises her hand up, taking the mask away from her face. "If you get closer to me, you'll get sick, okay.."

Ran bribes the porridge into her mouth. It's warm. It tastes so good. Of course it is, it's chicken with vegetable porridge. "Did you cook this?" Y/N asks, while gulping on the porridge. "Hm."

That's all his replies. Simple and unfriendly. Just with a single hum. But.. it does shock her. It shocks her that he can cook very well and it's tasty. The flavour, everything's complete. And, it embarrases her too, because—

She can't cook.

Talking about cooking, Y/N isn't just good at it. She isn't good at it at all. The last time she went to the kitchen was when she was 20, at that time, she tried to cook some noodles and turned out to have almost burnt the whole kitchen. Only for noodles.

Y/N cringes at the thought of those painful memories. She got scolded hard by her mom. If you can't cook, learn! Don't you feel embarrassed for your husband for burning the kitchen in the future again?! The word stings in her heart.

Y/N opens her mouth again, receiving his bribe. "It tastes delicious. You are good at cooking." Y/N compliments him for the first time. She can see his lips are moving a bit. "I learned how to cook during my university days."

Y/N stares at him for a moment. An unpleasant thought comes across her mind that makes her look down. University days.. Mihara.. Cooking.. Ah, she must be the one who taught him that.