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They arrive at Heechul's hometown when the clock hit midnight. She watching closely the big old house in front of them, the house which Siwon used when he was a high-school student 8 years ago while Siwon struggling with the gate key."Are we really going to live at this house?" ask Heechul incredulously the moment they stepped in the front yard.
Siwon nodded, "Yeah. Obviously, we couldn't live at hotel forever, right? Let's go." He lifted their suitcase and walked toward the house. Time has already make the house starts decayed. The wood floor was creaking when they stepped on it and dust was already covered every surface inside the house.
"This is horrible." Heechul coughed when she inhales air-filled dust.
Siwon shook his head, "It's pretty good. Just a little bit dusty." He putting down the suitcase before walks to one big couch inside the room. With one swift movement, he pulls off the couch cover and in instant the dust and little particle flew on the air with little bugs scurried away after their little nests destroyed.
"I don't want live here, I prefer live at Shindong's oppa place."
"Come on, it wasn't that bad. We could clean up a little for our sleeping place and tomorrow I'll find person to clean this house. What do you think?"
As much as Heechul want to stick with her decision, she indeed understands both of them didn't have choice. Hotel wasn't an option in this little town, since tourist season had begin so all of hotel and motel have been full. Asking help to Shindong oppa wasn't an option too since at time like this he's probably already asleep. Mireu? Last news about her, she moved to Mokpo.
In the end, they only able to cleaned the couch. They're too exhausted even for moving to fetch some blanket from the cupboard, if not because of storm suddenly happen and make the temperature drop few degree, they're prefer slept without blanket.
"You're rich but why your grandma didn't able to hire someone for cleaning this house?" complained Heechul after she curled up securely inside Siwon's warm embrace.
"Grandma hired a gardener and a housekeeper, but they usually cleaning this house once a month, since we seldom come to this house." He answered sleepily. His eyes already felt so heavy but Heechul seem didn't sleepy at all and kept complaining about petty thing since they cuddling together under the blanket cocoon on the big couch. Good thing, Siwon was a man with thick patience and he's accustomed to listen student complaint when he was still as school president. So, listening Heechul's complaint just nothing for him, besides, her voice felt like lullaby on his ear, so, it's okay if she kept rambling on all night as long she didn't said something which needed answer since Siwon planned to sleep while listening her voice now.
"Hey, I quit today." She finally told the main news after tired complaining.
Siwon's sleepiness disappears in instant; "Really?" He asked in disbelief. He really understands about Heechul's big love for her job and retired was a big decision and definitely wasn't an easy one.
"Yeah, and you know, when I told Zhoumi that I will quit, she begged at first. She asks me to just take a leave but not retired, she even told me that I finally got my promotion, but when I still didn't change my decision, she's angry."
"Heechul..." he literally speechless, he didn't knew whether he should comfort her, support her or what. Since she tells the story with calm expression and didn't show her true feeling although a bit.
"I'm jobless now, so from now on you better accustom yourself to take care of me betterly." She said jokingly after few minutes she still hasn't get response from Siwon except his hand tapped her shoulder repeatedly as if he trying to communicate without word but using gesture.
