Love and Loyalty COMPLETED (Love in the Air / Kinnporsche/Tharntype)

Chapter 16

Som decided to leave early in the morning, he went to the dining room with Payu, then he asked Mark to wake Ple up and ask her to join them. After a few minutes they were at the dining table and silently had their meal. After a while Mark asked Ple why she didn't wake Rain up to have breakfast with them. Ple responded so quickly that Som almost suspected that she wished to get past that topic as soon as possible.

"He isn't going anywhere today, I don't see why I should have woken him up. Right Som?"

"Rain is surely enduring a lot of stress lately, letting him rest a little bit longer was a wide idea, Ple. Payu, do you mind keeping something for Rain to eat later?" Som added and grabbed Payu's hand as he finished his sentence. It didn't take long for Payu to notice the tense atmosphere between Som and Ple.

Mark, Som and Ple left soon after. Payu waited a little bit longer and then he headed to the guest room to check on Rain. He softly knocked on the door, thinking that if he was already awake, he would have heard that, and if he was still sleeping, the noise wouldn't have been too loud.

"I'm sick, I've already taken a pill, you can go now" Rain replied. He wasn't sick, quite the opposite, he just hoped that such an excuse would make Payu go away, it usually worked with Ple after all. It didn't work as expected though, because an hour after that, someone knocked on the room again. Rain stood up and went to open the door.

"I told you I'm sick, what..." Rain stopped, surprised by the sight in front of him. He found Payu holding a tray with some hot broth. Payu smiled and said:

"I'm glad to see that you already feel better. I've prepared this, I know people aren't usually hungry when they are sick, but you have to eat a little bit if you want to regain your strength. May I enter now?"

Rain was so surprised that he just moved aside to let Payu in, who immediately laid the tray on a nearby table.

"You made that... for me?"

"Yes. Nobody is here at the moment, you said you were sick so someone had to take care of you, right?"

"You made that... for me..." Rain repeated under his breath.

"What? Are you scared that I can't cook? I must admit that it isn't as tasty as my father's recipe, I didn't know if you could handle spicy food considering your current condition. That pill really did wonders though, you seem fine" Payu finished after touching Rain's forehead.

"I... umm... thank you... umm..."

"Oh... I see, I'll leave. Just make sure to eat though, ok? You can find me in the living room if you need anything" Payu added smiling and left.