Trouble Maker's Lover

21 : Rebellious Begin

Yu POV

I felt familiar with this place. The air, the vibe, even those walls.

It's the beginning of all this.

I took some time to move forward. Still trying to make a decision. Should I walk? Or should I stay?

"Yu..." I turned around when I felt a warmth touching my shoulder a bit. But, everything was dark. I tried to find the light. But, it seemed to be impossible.

"Yu..." I ran across the road, looking for the voice. Deep down inside, I know it was ridiculous. There's no way...

Soon, I heard a scream. I fell on my knees as I stared at the floor under my feet. The blood pool slowly sipped under. My eyes got larger and wider.

There's a gun in my hand.

***

The body springs up from the bed. Chest moving up and down. The room fills with hitching sounds of a man who looks suffocated right now.

It's still dark outside.

Yu sweeps his hair to the back. He is sweating so much. Soaking bad, even worse than when he had a session of kickboxing. Like he stumbles into a pool, and desperately swims for his life.

"Shit..." he curses under his breath. It's been a long time since he had that dream. It never returned after some time. But, now it is.

He slowly gets up from his bed, checking his iPhone. 20 missed calls from his mother. Looks like someone will get a piece of mind.

Or maybe, a warning.

He quenches his thirst first with some aqua from his mini fridge. It's time for him to change the glass. So, he decided to bring the glass to the kitchen himself.

And when he steps out of his room, he smells something. It's been a long time since this house has been scented with that smell.

A smell of something yummy.

***

It's 4.30 am.

According to some people, it's ridiculous to wake up at this time. Well, obviously. It's still early. Some even just fall asleep at this hour. The night owl type of people.

It's not something strange for Peony. Waking up at 4 am is a routine of her family. Her father wakes up even earlier than this, because he needs to prepare noddles for his shop. He loves preparing them fresh, in the most high quality.

That's how he preserves his loyal customers.

Once a routine, stays a routine. Even though she's not in Lee Residency, she still caught on the same routine. Her eyes immediately wide open when the clock strikes 4.

At first, she decided to laze around. But then, she feels hungry. She take a look at the schedule that Grey gave her yesterday.

No breakfast.

This household skips breakfast. She shakes her head. How can they survive the morning? No wonder why Yu looks sluggish sometimes!

There's no way she's keeping up with that! She needs to eat, at least a piece of bread in the morning.

That's when she decided to rummage the kitchen and cook something. Since everyone probably still in dreamland at this hour, she moves silently like a ninja. Luckily, the kitchen is just next to her room.

She opens the fridge and finds some eggs, milk, and some frozen food. She rummages the cabinet. More ready to cook meal. Nothing made by scratch thing. It's a whole new world for Peony who used to eat a proper meal, made by scratch.