Mine! No Objections Allowed (Mikhaiah Adaptation)

Chapter 6 : Angry And Deadbeat

Maloi hurried to Aiah's place, her hand shaking so badly she entered the wrong password quite a couple of times.

As she entered the pin she was shouting out, "Aiah! Aiah!! Are you still alive in there?!"

No reply.

The door finally let out a 'ding', indicating that it had been unlocked. Maloi entered the house, retrieving a knife she'd always kept just in case from her bag.

There was no one in the living room, the house was really quiet.

"... Aiah?" Maloi called again.

"Uh."

A small sound came from the bedroom, Maloi didn't think twice about rushing in there.

The room was extremely tidy, not a single bit messy. The person she was looking for was lying on the bed, covered in her blanket, only half of her face peeking out.

Aiah's phone lay by the bed, on it a whole screen of unanswered calls.

The house stank of alcohol, it's easy to tell that Aiah had drunk quite a lot. Maloi looked around, confirming that there wasn't anyone else in the house.

Before she could ask, she heard a 'bang' as the door was shoved open and a series of footsteps sounded. From the sound of it there were quite a few people. Maloi turned around instinctively, and saw a guy wearing a police uniform at the door.

When he saw Maloi he paused too. "Where is she?"

The guy was Akira, Maloi's boyfriend. He was getting off work when he got a call from Maloi saying that something happened to Aiah, asking him to bring someone to Shangri La Condominium.

"....No idea," Maloi gently patted Aiah's face. "Aiah, wake up."

Aiah followed Maloi's hand and lay on her waist, dazedly opening her eyes and asking, "Why are you here?"

The policemen who came with Akira had come to the bedroom too. At one glance they were all shocked - the person on the bed was really familiar... She looked like a movie star.

When Maloi saw that she was clear-headed, she let out a sigh of relief. Then she told the people at the door, "She looks fine now, I'm so sorry, I was too anxious just now, and troubled you all to make this trip. I'll treat you all to dinner with Akira next time."

After sending Akira and company away, Maloi sat down by the bed and dragged Aiah out of the bed.

Aiah leant against her, asking, "Where's Mikha?"

She was too anxious just now; it's only now that she could make heads and tails of the situation. Wasn't that the name Aiah had mentioned before? She said in a bad mood,"No idea, can you stand up by yourself?"

Upon hearing that, Aiah stood straight with the aid of the wall, even blankly adding, "It appears so."

Maloi rolled her eyes and went to get the hot water running in the bath.

Twenty minutes later, Aiah was lying in the bathtub, allowing Maloi to play with her hair.

After thinking about it, Maloi was still not too at ease and asked, "Nothing was done to you by that Mikha woman, right?"

"No." She sounded really regretful.

"That's good," Maloi finished tying her hair up and stuffed it all in the shower cap, "You should go on a diet, I almost couldn't hold you up just now."