I paced back and forth waiting for my mother to answer the phone and while I do, I kept thinking on what excuse to say. So when she answered, I was not prepared to say the least.
"Ji? Why did you call?" Concern in her voice.
"What? A son can't call his mom?"
"No. Not when he doesn't need anything." She chuckled
"Hey! I call to ask how you are doing... sometimes." She laughed.
"So you're calling to ask me how we are?"
"Well yeah of course."
"And?" I sighed.
"What do you do to ease dysmenorrhea?" It was silent for a while so I removed my phone from my ear to check if I accidentally ended the call.
"Jiyong, is there a girl you want to introduce to us?" My eyes widened
"What? No? I'm just asking cause I want to help our staff who experiences such thing." Nice save.
"A staff?" There's a hint of doubt in her voice.
"Yes. It delays the things to be done you know? You know how I hate delays when I have a schedule to catch." I nodded proudly to myself, when dara groaned in pain. My head whipped to her face that contorted in pain and rushed to her side.
"Dee, you ok? Where does it hurt?" She mumbled out a response
"A staff that you call dee?" I bit my lips. I forgot I was speaking with my mom.
"Yeah. Dee's the name. What's up dee? You cool?" I silently face-palmed.
"Anyway, if she'd taken medicine and that does not help, you really can't do anything about it ji. Just make sure she lays down comfortably and hot compress helps too." I frowned
"Nothing else?" She chuckled
"Nothing else. That's why you need to be kind to girls young man! How many girls have been linked with you?" I groaned. And this is why I don't call her as often. She always nags at me.
"If I learn you are playing with them don't you dare step inside my house Kwon Jiyong." She scolds.
"Ma, I'm too busy to fool around." She snorted.
"You're too busy to get into serious relationships." Heol.
"Who are you and what have you done to my mother?!" I joked but she scoffed at me.
"I don't know. I don't have a son that's a womanizer. You better take care of that girl jiyong." My jaw dropped. My mother just hang up on me.
Dara stirred and I quickly put my phone down. Hot compress.. I quickly made my way to the kitchen and prepared to heat the kettle.
I stared at dara while waiting. I'm not used to see her weak when she's usually strong and sassy. But then again her sass is still there even when she's weak.
She's really pretty though. That was my first impression of her. Like right now, she's pale and full of sweat, hair sticking on the side of her face, doesn't affect her beauty at all.
I stood up when the kettle made a shrilling sound indicating that it's hot. I grabbed a basin and poured the hot water and poured tap water in it so the hotness will be bearable.
I put the basin down and searched for a face towel. I used the dry towel to dab her sweat first.
"Dee, can you move?" Her eye fluttered open a bit but closed it again. I sighed and moved her. I laid her to my side and put her head on my lap.
Her hands wrapped around her lower abdomen, clutching it.
I saoked the towel and moved her hand away. Am I supposed to put it over her shirt? I scratched my head and cleared my throat.
"Dee. I'm going to raise your shirt a bit ok?" She didn't respond.
"Deen I need your permission." Ibtapped her cheeks and she looked up to me, brows furrowed, breathing uneven.
"I'm going to raise your shirt a bit." She frowned.
"What? Why?" I showed her the towel and her eyes softened.
"Thanks ji." She nodded and closed her eyes again.
I removed her hand gently and hiked up her shirt a bit. My breathing hitched seeing her white smooth porcelained skin.
I shook the thoughts away and squeezed the towel and put it above her lower abdomen making her sigh in relief. I changed it once it's gone cold and the crease on her forehead decreased.
I also sighed in relief and brushed her hair to keep it away from her face. I smiled seeing her peaceful face.
I gently moved her head to the pillow and put the other pillow on her side. I rushed to get a pen and paper and stafted writing a song that popped up on my head. I smiled as I finished writing but froze when it's about her.
I ruffled my hair and crumpled the paper and threw it to the ground. What the fuck am I doing?
"No. No no no no. There's no way. Nuh-uh." I shook my head.
"Ha! Me falling for her? What? She does is tease me." I glared at the sleeping figure.
"There's no way!! I'm G-dragon! Girls fall for me! Not the other way around and besides it's a little too early for that. I'm not that easy." I am aware that I'm talking to myself.
"Ji?" I scrambled up to her side
"Yes dee?" I panted.
"Tone it down." She mumbled and fell back asleep. I inhaled and punched the air. Not satisfied, I even stood up to kick as well.
"Uuuuurrgghhh!" I pulled on my hair.
"I have spent way too much time in this house, that's why I'm going insane. I need a new environment. That's it. This is just all confusion and just a phase. I was just caught off-guard seeing her in vulnerable state and it's natural for a man to have a sense of protection." I calmed down and nodded to myself.
Yes, that's it. Nothing else. With that, I took off my shirt and pants and left my boxers and laid on the other side of the bed.
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