Title: Love After Love ( I know a lot of people've already used it before me, but I actually can't find any title for my fic. And this song's my favorite, too)
Author: SaNa ^^
Length: chapter
Couple: YunJae ^^ and somebody you'll see.
Type: fantasy, romance, a little angsty.
Rating: PG13 - NC17 (if you can't read a fic with rating like that, please please don't read. I don't like to harm anybody. THANKS)
Summery: Yun Ho need a person who can be pregnant and give birth a child for him when his parents want to separate him and his lover, who can't be pregnant. Jae Joong need money for his mother's surgery. They're in trouble and they meet each other to help their problem...
A/N: this is my 2nd fic ^^. How about my 1st fic ??? Don't ask me about it, I'm still trying to write it (I try, you see ??) ^^
I'M BACK ^^
Under the dark sky with full bright stars, everybody in the city still slept in a peaceful silent night... the streets were covered with white snow... everything was very quiet and cold... However, those things seemed that not effect to a person who was walking among the silent hall way in hotel with a blanket on his arms.
Opened the door and walked quietly forwards the man who was leaning on the chair and closing his eyes to fall in a dream, a late dream, that person slightly covered with the blanket for him without noise for keeping him in his dream. Unfortunately, feeling a warm suddenly covered his body from the coldness, the man frowned slightly and then opened his tired eyes to see who was next to him - "... Ki Bum ah ?" - the man asked still sleepily because of his staying up late.
"Yes, it's me." - Ki Bum answered kindly - "I'm really sorry to wake you up, Mr. Jung" - then he bended his head to apologize his master.
"Never mind, you don't have to say sorry to me..." - Yun Ho said while trying to sit up to wake himself up from the sleep - "I just don't get used to sleeping on the chair so it's not your fault... Could you tell me what time it is now, please ?"
"It's at 4:40am, sir" - Ki Bum said kindly again - "I'll order a breakfast for you right now" - he added when he saw his boss stood up and stretched his body.
"No, thanks. I think I'll go home now" - he said and received his jacket from Ki Bum, who quickly took it from the coat-hook for him - "Thank you, Ki Bum" - he thanked while putting the jacket on him.
"You're welcome, sir" - Ki Bum answered and picked the blanket up from the chair to clean his master's place and quickly called the employee to drive Yun Ho's car for waiting him at the main entrance of hotel.
"Jae Joong's still alright ?" - Yun Ho asked when he and Ki Bum stepped into the elevator. He wanted to make sure Jae Joong fine for their... consent this night.
"Yes, sir. Jae Joong shi is very fine and seems nothing to care about the sickness" - Ki Bum said kindly again.
"Uhm... I see..." - Yun Ho wanted to visit Jae Joong but it was not alright to wake him up from his sleep at that time and especially he didn't know what to say if they met early in the morning, so he chose to go home for relaxing and... well... preparing for the night...
"Yesterday, Jae Joong asked me about you, sir" - Ki Bum said.
"...Really ?" - Yun Ho was very surprised when he heard from Ki Bum because he never thought Jae Joong would care something about him. 'Does he care for me...?' Yun Ho wondered himself happily without realizing how he felt excitedly that was shown by his happy face - "What did he ask ?"
"Jae Joong shi asked me where you were those days and if you were busy because he said he'd not seen you for 2 days, sir" - Ki Bum answered kindly when the elevator opened, then they stepped out it and walked straight to the main entrance - "But these days Jae Joong shi's a little different, sir. He often quietly stares into the air as if he's thinking something in his mind, but when I ask him what's wrong, he says nothing, after he begins to stare again." - he said when he opened the door of car for Yun Ho - "I think he's worrying something but I'm not sure if I should ask because he seems not want me to ask"
"I see..." - Yun Ho said after sitting already on the seat then thanked to Ki Bum and drove the car leaving the hotel.
Yun Ho looked straight while he was driving but he was thinking about Jae Joong that Ki Bum'd said to him in his mind. He might know the reason why Jae Joong acted like that but he couldn't help anything for him because he himself even worried nervously about... their consent as Jae Joong. He felt so sorry for Jae Joong but he couldn't change what they'd accepted to do, especially they didn't have so much time to do if they were still nervous and uncomfortable like that. 'I know that's my fault... but actually I can't do anything to help him and me be better in this problem... Aisss... what should I do ?' he scratched his hair tiredly when he thought about what he was going to do at night. 'Well,... maybe tonight's very difficult for me...and him...' he sighed heavily again.
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After goodbye his master, Ki Bum started his job as he usually did every time he came to hotel. He came back to his work room to examine the contracts and reports of the hotel then arrange them orderly and placed them on the desk for Yun Ho when his master came back. Then he walked around the hotel to check the employees if they'd already been at work and greeted to them. After finishing those things, he drove his car to a fast food shop, which was about two streets from his work place, bought a breakfast for him and then drove back.
When he drove the car already to the parking lot and was to leave, he received a new message, so he picked the cell up and clicked to see the message.
“Yah, Bummie !!! Wanna go out with me on Christmas day ???? Yay yay yay!! ^^” - Ki Bum sighed slightly when he saw the message from somebody that he'd already known who did, although he didn't have to see the addresser. Then, he turned off the cell and walked straight to the hotel.
At that time, it was at 7am already and the dark cold sky was replaced by the sunshine of the sun, to warm and wake up the city from a cold quiet night in winter....
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Ki Bum waited until 9am to come to Jae Joong's room for waking him up. As everyday, he'd ordered the breakfast for Jae Joong before going to his room because he knew Jae Joong would let him choose the food, so he ordered a small buffet for him. After finishing, he walked straight to the bedroom and opened the door to wake up the person who was sleeping. However, for his surprise, Jae Joong'd already waken up and was sitting silently on the bed while his eyes were looking at the window, which let the sunshine light and warm the room.
"Good morning Jae Joong shi" - Ki Bum greeted him in common - "You wake up early today, don't you ?" - he asked to the guy who was turning back to him, then Ki Bum realized Jae Joong's face looked tired and he had circles under his eyes. He seemed not to sleep and stay up overnight - "Jae Joong shi, what's wrong with you ? You look really tired as if you'd not slept since last night." - Ki Bum asked as he stepped near Jae Joong to check - "You feel sick again, don't you ?"
"Oh... hi Ki Bum...." - Jae Joong spoke after waking himself up from his thoughts and realizing that Ki Bum come and greet to him - "Well,... I'm fine.. don't worry about me.." - he smiled slightly to show Ki Bum that he was alright, but Ki Bum could realize his smile was tired and fade - "I just can't sleep well, so nothing's wrong" - Jae Joong said when he saw Ki Bum was looking at his face to check.
"I think you should eat first, then I'll give you a sleeping drug" - Ki Bum said as he helped Jae Joong to stand up. He knew something was bothering Jae Joong but he didn't want to disturb him anymore if he didn't want to say.
"I can walk by myself. Thank for caring me" - Jae Joong said when Ki Bum was to help him walking to the bathroom - "Could you wait for me outside, please ?"
"Okay, I'll wait for you in the living room but remember to call me if something's wrong, okay ?" - Ki Bum said as Jae Joong was walking nearer the bathroom.
"I will. Thank you Ki Bum" - Jae Joong turned back and smiled thankfully to him.
"You're welcome, Jae Joong shi" - Ki Bum said and closed the door of bathroom for Jae Joong, let him alone there.
Jae Joong looked at the mirror in front of him to see his tired face because of a sleepless night and then he sighed. 'Finally, this day had already come' he thought while still looking at his face 'Jae Joong ah, when have you looked so worried like that ?... That's your choice and you've agreed with him, so you must do it...' he reminded himself - "Don't worry, every thing will be okay, right ? KIM JAE JOONG HWAITING !!!!" - he said as shouting to his reflection in the mirror for calming himself to make sure what he'd agreed and had to do in his mind. That was the only thing he could do not to make himself think or worry anymore, at least this time.
Then he washed his face and brushed his teeth. After finishing, he turned on the tub of the bath, put the clothes off and stepped into the bath, let warm water come around and cover his body.
'Well…What will I feel when that guy comes to me...' he thought when he washed his body slowly 'What if I feel disgusted to him... or something worse...because of a body like me...' he continued to think about the night he would do with Yun Ho 'I wonder how his body looks like... is his really same as mine or.……'
Suddenly Jae Joong began realizing that he was blushing when he thought about Yun Ho's body and that made him feel really uncomfortable and nervous 'Aiss...What're you thinking huh Jae Joong ? Of course his body is same as you, you two are guys, understand ? So Stop blushing stupidly like that, okay ???? Aissss...Damn it !' he cursed himself while shaking his head quickly to get the bad thought out of his mind, unfortunately he didn't realize he was still blushing more and more every time he shook his head, and that thought still followed him until that night, when the sun gave up his place for the moon... A fateful night...
Tonight is a hard and strange time for you and me...
Maybe each of us don't admit it's a truth...
But Two of us still have to pass it, right ?...
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Ki Bum closed the door and walked on the hall way after making sure Jae Joong'd already slept. He felt guilty because he'd not checking carefully if Jae Joong'd slept or not the previous night, so Jae Joong was tired because of a sleepless night then. Ki Bum was to call his boss to report Jae Joong's health for him but he thought he shouldn't because he knew his boss also was tired and needed time for relaxing. He didn't understand why his boss and Jae Joong were strange those days but he knew he shouldn't ask them if they didn't want to tell him. He always respected to everybody and never bothered anything to them.
He looked at the watch on his left wrist. It was almost mid-day. He thought Jae Joong might sleep until the night so he didn't have a lot of work during the time Jae Joong slept. Ki Bum walked back to his work room, turned on his cell to check and there were a lot of missed calls and messages from only one person. Ki Bum just shook his head slightly, put the cell back into his pocket and continued doing his other work, not bother to read the messages or see who sent them to him.
Although Ki Bum was a respectful man to everybody, he was still bothered by somebody that he'd never thought he would meet this situation, at least in his life...
Sometimes the screen of cell lighted to show the new messages on the desk, but Ki Bum just turned to look at the slight snow outside though the windows instead of picking up and reading the messages. And every time he acted like that, he just sighed slightly with the cold snow in the winter, a cold snow on Christmas Day...
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"uhmmm..." - Jae Joong began to wake up and sighed slightly as he turned his body to another side for sleep. He frowned a little when he opened his sleepy eyes to see the time of the electronic clock. '9:14 pm..' he read as he tried to sit up from the bed.
'Oh my god... I slept a lot...' he yawned as if the sleep still wanted him to come back with it. ' maybe the sleeping drug Ki Bum gave me effects me too strongly... aaa~...' he continued yawning while trying to stretch his body for waking himself up from the sleep.
After 5 minutes for stretching, Jae Joong began to feel hungry because he'd slept more than 10 hours, the time he'd never slept before, and he just ate a little for breakfast before sleeping, even though Ki Bum had tried to convince him to eat more.
Thus, he decided he would go to the kitchen, which he'd not had a chance to use from the first day he lived here, and cook something for dinner. He hoped Ki Bum'd gone home because he didn't want to disturb anybody to care him or eat the expensive food in the restaurant. Even though the food was really delicious, he was still not comfortable to eat. Truly !
So, Jae Joong got up from the bed and walked forwards the door while he was still wearing his own light pink PJ. The living room was dark so he could say that nobody was in his place then. That thought made him feel better because he had a little time by himself for doing whatever he wanted.
Jae Joong turned on the light and went to the kitchen. He opened the refrigerator to check the food. Ki Bum'd said that the VIP rooms always had food in the kitchen and every weekend, there were employees to check and change the food, even though nobody used them. Everybody here worked really well and carefully in everything.
Jae Joong picked the beef and vegetables, then he started cooking. Because of late time, he just cook a simple meal with rice, beef and soup. The cooking just took about nearly 30 minutes, then everything's done. Jae Joong excitedly made the meal ready on the table which he always had meals with Ki Bum standing next to him, but this time nobody was near to see him so Jae Joong could be comfortable and enjoy his own meal by himself.
When Jae Joong came to the bathroom to wash his hands before eating, he heard a noise as if somebody unclocked the door and came inside his place. 'Maybe that's Ki Bum shi' Jae Joong thought when he quickly dried his hands by the towel. Even though he began to feel a little uncomfortable, he didn't get mad and decided to invite Ki Bum to join the meal with him if Ki Bum'd not eaten yet. 'Maybe he comes back to see if I wake up or not, he still can't go home because of me...' Jae Joong remembered how Ki Bum’d worried about him before he slept, so he truly felt sorry because he disturbed Ki Bum too much.
Thus, Jae Joong walked forwards the door while saying happily with a smile - "Ki Bum shi, right ? Do you come back to look after me ?" - he apologized as he passed the wall and turned to see - " I'm sorry to make you worry but now I'm truly fine. Do you mind having a simple meal with m..." - but he stopped suddenly when he saw the person who just came to his place, a person he'd just forgotten and not thought of, at least from the time he slept until then.... - "I..." -he said with his eyes opening bigger as if it was a very surprise and shock thing for him - "....Yun..." - he began to stammer and he knew he only was like that when he was in front of ONE person, maybe... - "....Yun... Yun Ho shi..."
Then, of course only one thing he could do was just standing and staring to the man who just suddenly visited and made Jae Joong really and very shockingly and surprisingly.
In front of Jae Joong's shocked eyes, Yun Ho was also staring at him with his full surprise. ’He just smiled to me, didn’t he ?’ Yun Ho asked himself over and over again in his mind while still looking to Jae Joong without realizing the guy in front of him had been silent and become nervous after knowing who came into his place.
After relaxing with a sleep-but-not-really-make-himself-relax-because-of-this-night, Yun Ho took a bath, dressed up and left his house quickly when it was just at 5pm. Yun Ho didn't know why he had to hurry like that, he only knew that he really wanted to go straight to the hotel to see Jae Joong as their plan had been arranged, but it was still early to see him, at least for Yun Ho because until that time, he himself still didn't know what he should do when they met each other.
'Damn it, Yun Ho ! You are the one who told him to do the consent tonight but you're acting as a stupid guy who don't know what he should do for the consent... aissss... why am I acting stupidly like that these days ???' Yun Ho cursed himself over and over again while driving around the streets near his hotel, where he himself really wanted to go but his action didn't let him do as his mind said.
Thus, once again, Yun Ho just drove around like that at least about 2 hours, although he’d reminded himself that never waste gasoline silly anymore, while the world’s economic recession was worse day by day but he was making a wasteful use of natural resources.
As the dark sky hid the shines of the sun and the white cold snow of the winter began to cover the city, Yun Ho realized he'd spent a lot of time for his stupid action. He looked at the watch and realized it was almost 8:30 pm. 'Damn it !! I've wasted a lot of time for the stupid thing. What the hell !' Yun Ho cursed himself again when he drove the car turning back to his hotel, passing through the snow which was covering the streets, white streets at Christmas night, and maybe also the worry in his mind now…
After giving the employee the key of car quickly, Yun Ho walked straight to the lift and was to click the button “up”; suddenly a familiar voice called his name from behind - “Mr. Jung!“ - that made him stop and turn around to see the owner of that voice - “Oh! Ki Bum ah!”
Ki Bum bowed kindly to Yun Ho as he always did and said - “Merry Christmas, Mr. Jung. I thought you were relaxing then, but I just saw your car in front of the entrance. Do you need anything that makes you come back tonight, Mr. Jung ? I will help you if you want”
“No, thanks… I don’t have anything to do about the work…” - Yun Ho felt awkward to tell Ki Bum the reason he came back tonight… It was quite (and extremely) embarrassing… Thus, he changed quickly the topic before Ki Bum asked, although Yun Ho knew he just cared for his boss and work with friendliness- “So… you’re still working huh ? I think I’ve announced everybody in office can be off from job earlier than usual, haven’t I?”
“Of course you’ve done, sir” - Ki Bum answered - “But I want to make sure Jae Joong shi alright now, so I can set my mind at rest to go home”
“What? Jae Joong?” - Yun Ho was surprised when he heard his name and then became worried because of Ki Bum’s word - “What happens with him?” - he asked quickly - “Is anything wrong with him?”
“Not really, sir.” - Ki Bum answered kindly to calm down his boss who was worried now - “Jae Joong shi just lost his sleep last night, so he felt tired this morning; but he still ate well and I let him take a medicine after breakfast, so he’s slept well until now.”
“Really?” - Yun Ho sighed lightly as he saw a nod for sure from Ki Bum. He was scared that Ki Bum would give him some bad news about Jae Joong as he did last time. He truly didn’t want anything like that to happen again. And don’t ask him why because he couldn’t answer for himself. It just… made his heart… hurt as if he couldn’t breath anymore… It was just like that…
“If you want, I can wake Jae Joong shi up. By the way, I can order the food for Jae Joong shi because he may be hungry after a long sleep.” - Ki Bum suggested.
“No… no… you don’t need to do that… I…I just…”
“You said you didn’t come back here for work, so I think only reason is Jae Joong shi” - Ki Bum interrupted softly with a slight smile - “You don’t have to worry about him. He’ll be fine” - he turned to Jae Joong’s health to calm down his boss when he saw the blush and shyness began to appear clearly on his face.
“Oh, yeah… I know” - Yun Ho did nothing but laugh to hide his shame and blush as if he was an unprofessional thief who was just caught when he himself hadn’t thought what he should do yet. ‘Aissss…Why do I act as a fool these days ????? Too ashamed!!!!!!’ - Yun Ho cursed himself again while scratching his head to try reducing the red color on his face.
“Have you eaten yet, sir? I will order food for you immediately if you’d like” - Ki Bum offered.
“No, thanks… I’m not hungry now, so you don’t have to care about me” - Yun Ho really wanted to thank his secretary when he pretended to ignore his shyness and changed the topic. Ki Bum always realized and stopped the other’s problem at the right time that never made them feel uncomfortable every time they were near him. He was a good man in work and relationships. Yun Ho always thanked “that kid” that had introduced Ki Bum to him for work - “I think you should stop caring your boss and go home to enjoy Christmas as the others, okay? I’m sure you don’t want your boss to be sorry when I feel I’m annoying you, aren’t I?” - Yun Ho smiled thankfully to his secretary.
“Of course not, sir” - Ki Bum answered kindly again - “So, I’ll go home now, but you can call me if you need. Merry Christmas” - Ki Bum bowed for goodbye.
“You, too. Merry Christmas” - Yun Ho said goodbye to Ki Bum and looked at him until he disappeared at the entrance. Then, he sighed and clicked the button to open the lift.
‘Finally, I have to face the fact tonight’ - Yun Ho leaned his back on the wall of the lift and sighed again as the lift closed its door and began to go up - ‘Is Jae still sleeping or not? And why did he lose his sleep last night? Is he going to be sick again… or… did he also wake up with worry all night as I did,…didn’t he?…’ - Thinking about that, Yun Ho hoped it could be true but suddenly woke himself up to delete his stupid hope and tried to remind himself - ’No no no… he couldn’t… it’s impossible and nobody can admit that he did the same as I did… Aissss… you’re stupid, Yun Ho!!!! Stop hoping in the dream!!!!’ - Yun Ho shook his head quickly while whispering to himself to wake up.
Luckily, the lift that he was using didn’t have anybody to click for using it. If somebody stopped it and saw him, who was shaking his head crazily by himself like that, he swore he would never use the lift anymore. Instead, he would walk by stairs. He swore!!!!
The dizziness made him stop and realize he’d already been at the 17th floor for a while with shaking head crazily. However, instead of feeling dizzy at first, right then he felt very nervous and anxious. Why? Well, even though he didn’t want, his legs still protested their owner and continued to walk “unhurriedly”. As a result, Yun Ho was standing face-to-face with Jae Joong’s door and, well, of course he continued doing like that for another while. It was no fun to act weirdly like that but he still did it, you see?
‘Damn it, Yun Ho! You could walk “unhurriedly” as you just did but now you don’t dare to open it but only stand without reason as an insane man like this, are you still Jung Yun Ho, who will do as he’s already decided, huh? Aisssss… open it, stupid! You have the key in your pocket, so why don’t you use it to open the door huh????? OPEN IT !!!!! STUPID YUN HO!!!!!’ - he cursed himself over and over again but still stood and stared the door into silence, though there were a lot of arguments in his mind right then and his left hand was shaking as if it was thinking seriously whether it should take the key from the pocket or not.
Yun Ho swore he would stand stupidly like that if an old couple didn’t walk across him and stared him without wink as if he was a monster or an unusual alien that made him feel uncomfortable to wake up and look at them, then “whispered” to each other but he could hear very “clearly and exactly” what the couple said - “Hey, hubby! Why does he stand and stare the door weirdly like that huh?” - the wife asked innocently.
“Quiet, honey! He’s a madman. Don’t go near him” - the husband “whispered” again
“Really? How do you know?”
“Aissss… honey ah, you often come to the hospital for health examination but don’t notice the madmen, who lose their minds and usually stare and shake their hands weirdly as he’s doing now, huh?: - the husband knocked slightly on his wife’s white hair.
“Oh, I understand. Well, I feel really sorry for him. He’s so young and handsome, see? Man, he looks so ‘perfectly delicious’ and …”
“Yah!!! Stop describing him with your pervert voice ,understand?” - the husband knocked on her again but this time seemed a little hard.
“Ouch! Hubby, I’m just kidding, so you don’t have to be jealous with him like that, okay?” - the wife pursed her lips unsatisfied to his husband.
“I’ve already get used with your pervert for 35 years, so I don’t need to be jealous with that madman or anyone, understand?” - the husband knocked her again but more slightly than last time - “Now, stop staring him and go to the restaurant or I will come back our room and no more dating for Christmas” - then, the husband pulled his wife quickly to the lift, clicked the button and left as if the lift’s door closed for them, let the silence be with “madman” again, no need to notice that the pale on his face was increasing more and more because of one word, SHOCK!
“WHAT??????????????????????????????????????????” - after a while because of shock, finally our madman could woke up from his pale and yelled eagerly as if he never did like it before - “I,JUNG YUN HO, A HANDSOME MASTER OF THE JUNG GROUP, IS A MADMAN HUH???????????????????????????????? AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! DAMN IT!!!!!!!” - luckily, nobody was on the hall anymore, except our madman, so they didn’t have to be deaf unwillingly because of his disharmoniously and highly voice, even though its owner always was so proud of himself that he was a cool and patient man, not as his loud and annoying friend - “Man, what the hell is happening to me these days huh????????????? Damn it! Dang it! Damn it!…” - with each word came out his mouth was each knock on head by its owner and each shake followed.
Well, if Yun Ho could calm down as he’d usually done, he could swore today was the “WORST” day he‘d ever lived… craziest, maddest, loudest, most shock, most dazzling, most shameful… and the most stupid he’d ever done. Unfortunately, our “madman” right then didn’t care anything about them but still very and perfectly “eagerly” yelled alone in the silent hall.
Luckily, because of his “madman”, Yun Ho didn’t remember his nervous and anxious that he’d felt before but settled out of hand to take the key from his pocket and unlocked the door immediately as quickly as the door was opened by a madly violence. “Dang it! Damn it!…” - of course, ‘madman’ still cursed over and over again by himself.
However, our “madman” wasn’t deaf to hear a voice from the room to welcome him, even though he‘d not seen its owner yet. “A happy voice” - he was sure about that.
If that voice was from somebody else, Yun Ho swore it wouldn’t have enough strength to stop his ’madman’ right then. BUT! The MOST important thing in this voice that made him stop his madness was its from KIM JAE JOONG, the guy who always acted coldly and tried to ignore him as if he was an awful monster that made him scared and uncomfortable every time two of them met.
‘It’s impossible! It can’t be his, he’s never done like that since the day I met him. I can’t be… but it’s absolutely his…absolutely…’ - He wanted to refuse it, but he could swear that his ears were PERFECTLY fine and he himself could realize the owner’s voice easily and quickly, who’d been in his mind and made him act weirdly these days. He was completely sure but…
When Yun Ho was still confused by himself, the voice rang again with its owner’s appearance to give him an answer that made him raised his eyes to see who was walking forwards his side, with a friendly and nice smile - “… Do you mind having a simple meal with m…” - then, of course the voice suddenly died when its owner ’d already stood face-to-face with Yun Ho and known who’d just visited him, an uninvited guest, he was sure he was like that in the guy’s mind, who right then stood like that as if he didn’t dare to step more - “…Yun…” - shaking voice with the anxious and shocked pale appearing on his face - “...Yun... Yun Ho shi…” - then the voice died again.
If someday he could remind, besides the most stupidly and weirdly things of him, Yun Ho swore today was the day he spent the most time when he didn’t know what he should do but stand and stare uncontrollably to something, such as staring the man who was also staring him back that he was doing right then. Only the silence was in the air between them, just silence and stare…
Outside, the streets were colder because of the winter winds and began to sink into the beautiful white snow as if it was a gift to welcome Christmas night, the night the Lord Jesus was born, from the dark and full-star sky…
The night began…