Love Sick : The After Story

Argument

[Noh's Point Of View]

The loud ringing of our alarm clock breaks into my unconscious, waking me up from my peaceful napping and making me flash my eyes open. Stretching my arm towards the nightstand, I hit the clock's button to silence it, dropping it down accidentally and making it land safely on the carpet below. Seating up and yawning, I turn to look beside me expecting to see Phun however, a frown finds my face when I discover that his spot is vacant. I look around the room in his search but the only trace of him I find are his clothes that are sprawled all over the carpet. I frown in discontentment as a thousand questions cloud my mind. He had left to work already? That was a little bit odd. Normally, he would wait for me so we could leave together. And whenever he was asked to arrive earlier, he would never leave without saying goodbye. Why did today felt different? Was he still moody for what had happened earlier? If it was like that, then it was going to be difficult to proceed with my plan. 

Shaking my head to get rid of negative thoughts and avoid jumping into my own conclusions, I stand up from the bed and decide to get ready for work. Although we weren't required to wear a specific set of clothes, the owner of the bar had personally requested us to look good for our customers. Upon receiving his request, I started to feel very self conscious and insecure. Being fashionable and beautiful had never been my priority. Honestly, i didn't give a fuck about the way I looked in the past. This made me have very small options to choose from. That's where Phun's help came in handy. He taught me what to wear and how to take care of my skin and body. Now, I could say that the student surpass the professor. (I even started wearing make up! Can you believe that?!)

Once I'm satisfied with the way I look, I grab my wallet and keys and start heading towards the leaving room to leave the house. I thought I was alone in the house but when I saw Phun seating in the crouch, I was proved wrong. "Jesus Christ! You scared the shit out of me! I thought you had left to work already!" I jump ten feet in mid air and let out a strangled scream, before taking deep breaths to calm myself down. Yet the main in front of me gives no reaction at all and keeps his eyes fixed on the television screen. 

"Hmm? What are you looking at?" I seat next to him and follow the position of his eyes, trying to figure out what he's staring at so intently but the television screen is black and I become suspicious of his unusual behavior. Although Phun had never laid a finger on  me or tried to do anything to hurt me, they say there's always a first time, don't they? "Hmm.. Alright! I'll be leaving to work now! Don't forget to lock the house, okay?" Thinking that it's better to leave him on his own, I decide to make my way towards the door but before I can take a step forward, he holds on to my hand tightly, making me stop in track. 

"She.. came to see you, didn't she?" He utters in a low but threatening voice, making me get goosebumps on my skin. I knew exactly who he was referring to, the question was, how did he feel about it? By the heavy aura that radiated from him and suffocated me, it was easy to conclude that he wasn't very happy about it. "I don't know what you're talking about, Phun.." Gulping down the fear, I decide to feign ignorance and hope for him to let me off the hook this once. 

But of course, Phun was anything but stupid. He could tell whenever I was lying or hiding something from him. And there was one thing he didn't tolerate and that was when I lied or hid things from him. Ever since Aim's betrayed him, he had become especially sensitive to those things. "Don't play dumb with me, Noh! You know exactly what I'm talking about!" He yelled at me, sounding pissed. "Phun.. we have no time for this.. Can we discuss this after work, please?" I tell him softly as I carefully try to set my hand free but he was holding me so tightly it was impossible not to struggle.