Uncover

Chapter 3

After almost two hours the movie had ended and Karina was the only one who had woken up from her nap. That movie was boring for sure but more importantly Winter was still asleep on her chest, she was so warm.

Karina already knew that she liked her back but didn't want things to move too fast. She was scared that things would end up like back when..

She gently lifted her head from her chest and placed it softly on a seashell shaped pillow she had stolen from her big sister.
She had forgotten to continue her cooking after hearing the thud, so tying up her hair, she washed her hands along with her face to wake up properly and went back to the kitchen to cook after putting a thin blanket on Winter.

She prepared some salad as the eggs she had cracked onto the hot pan were cooking and turned on the kettle so she could use the boiling water for tea later.

Perhaps typical at-home breakfasts like this weren't so bad, given her knack for cooking, although she was used to either skipping breakfast or having something like a snack bar for it instead of making something properly at her apartment.

She tried to clear her head a bit and checked the time- 2.45PM ? It was that far in the day already? The time had gone by quicker than she thought.As she set a bowl of homemade kimchi on the table and poured some water from the kettle into her mug, her mind got stuck.

"I don't want to hurt you. Please don't make me."

This felt kind of rough. Should she have not asked Winter out for drinks? Whatever, what's done is done.

She figured opening some music on low-volume would help as she ate her breakfast and she watched her crush sleep. The sound of rain interrupted her ears, getting louder along with the howling wind. She had forgotten to fix the leaking part on her kitchen window earlier that week, causing water from the now violent rain to drip rapidly on her floor.

It was seriously questionable how within this climate, apartments commonly have issues like this. She sighed, getting some towels for the floor and some duct tape for the window and went back to sit down and eat before turning her head to Winter, who woke up startled by the sudden sound of blaring thunder to find the nice smell of food in the kitchen.

Winter had gotten pale. As she yawned, her eyes met Karina's, tensely smiling while signalling for her to come eat. It was already afternoon and her stomach felt like it was eating her alive.

"Sleep well?" Karina interrupted Winter,kind of spaced out but less hungover.

"Mmm-? Yeah- your couch is more comfortable than it seems" she giggled, taking the plate of food Karina had saved for her and gave a quick smile before taking a bite, savoring the taste of her crushes nicely prepared meal while trying to keep her eyes open. She was still exhausted, struggling to stay awake.
"Is that f(x) playing from your phone?"

"Oh yeah, do you listen to them often?"

"Mhm, not that often though. What was this one called, 4 Walls? It's quite catchy"

"I'm glad you like it"

"Hey, I'm not tasteless you know..
By the way uh.. I want to apologise."

"For what?"

"Getting drunk as hell and ending up here, wasting your time, going through your stuff for painkillers and now making you feed me.. "

Huh? Why was she apologising?

"Oh come on it's okay, you didn't force me into anything you know? Just don't talk like that if you're genuinely to blame for something"

"Sure, thanks. This kimchi is really good by the wa-
She flinched as Karina's phone rang.

"Sorry , I need a minute."
She said while walking to her bedroom, before having checked who was calling .
[Aeyong Eomeoni is calling you.]
(a/n: Aeyong Eomeoni= Mrs. Aeyong)

Fuck. Not now.

She picked up and immediately,
"Hi my dear, how have you been?"

"Thanks for asking Aeyong Eomeoni I've been better. What about you?"

"I could say the same, ever since my darling Seojoon has been missing I haven't been the same. Have you heard anything from the police today? It's been two weeks already."

a/n
I'm so sorry for the delay of this chapter , writing has really slipped my mind recently.
I'm aware that this chaoter is short but I'm working on the 4th one currently.
Anywayssss who do you think these people are?
Why was Karina not wanting to pick up?