I'm here to pick you up (6)

I saw that it's my stop, so once the door opened I hurriedly jumped out of the bus and quickly walked away from the scene.  I can hear that Ji Hoon was calling me again.

           "What?!"  I asked irritably.  Why are you haunting me!  I really wanted to cry for real this time.

          "Let me walk you home."  He shyly offered.  

          I looked at him dumbfounded.  Well, he is already here anyway.  I sighed then just nodded at him.

          We walked side by side and I didn't know what to talk about.  This silence is killing me!

          I took a deep breath and looked at his side profile.  I opened my mouth and about to say something when he looked at me.

          "I'm hungry.  Can you cook for me?"  He said with that attractive smile of his.  That is really cheating! Attacking me with his handsome face and that alluring smile, how can I say no to that?!

          "Okay, but we need to buy ingredients first, don't have any food in my fridge now."  I pulled him towards the nearest market.

          I didn't notice that I was holding his hand.  He didn't protest either when I pulled him. It just caught my attention that we were holding hands when I saw our reflection in the glass door!

          I quickly let go of his hand and went inside the market first.  "So, what do you want to eat?" I asked him when he came inside as well.

          "What can you cook?"  He asked me back.

          "A lot!"  I retorted back at him!  Was he questioning my culinary skills?!  I know how to cook rice you know?! I proudly thought to myself.

          "I want soondae, kimbap, fish cake, and tteokbokki!"  He told me.

           What's with the menu?!  They are all snacks for me!  I wouldn't be full from eating them and another thing, I don't know how to make soondae! He should eat something other than that!

          "No.  You should eat something else.  I will cook so I will prepare whatever I want."  I rejected his menu and started picking ingredients.

         He just followed me silently while I was picking foods here and there.  I looked at him holding a pack of ramen.

          "Rejected,"  I told him and went ahead towards the vegetables.  I could see he was sulking a bit, so I made a mental note of making something with the buckwheat noodles that I had in my place.

          After picking the ingredients for our meal, I went ahead to check out and when I was about to pay, I saw him gave his black card to the cashier.  

          My eyes widen at the black card.  Didn't they say that having a black card is for elites?!  I didn't know he was rich? I thought he was a commoner like me?  I suddenly wanted to back out of cooking him dinner.  

          I was thinking if I even cleaned my place.  So, I went on ahead of him to get first to my house and checked if there is anything that I left hanging around that shouldn't be seen.

          I heard him call after me when he noticed that I was gone.  I slowed down a bit and I can hear him panting after running after me.

          "Why do you always keep leaving me?  Did I do something wrong?" He said loudly and people stopped to stare at us.

           Having this feeling of deja vu, I covered his mouth, grabbed his arm and quickly pulled him away.  Feeling the accusing stares, I half run towards my place and dragging him along.

          When we reached my apartment complex, I lead him to my place.  When we were in front of my door, I stopped and turned to face him.

          "Stay here for a moment,"  I told him and quickly went inside.  I checked my place and heaved a sigh of relief.  Good thing I cleaned my place yesterday and didn't make a mess before I left earlier.

          After double-checking, I opened the door for him to enter.  The place I'm staying at is a studio type room and there's only my sofabed, a small table, a small fridge, a bathroom, and the kitchen.

          We will pass the kitchen first, so I put down the ingredients near the sink and had him settle down.  Good thing I have a sofa bed so he can sit comfortably while I cook our dinner.

          Since I don't have a tv, I put my laptop on the table and had him watch a movie, so that he won't get bored waiting.

         I started cleaning the ingredients that we bought and started prepping the vegetables.  I can feel that he was restless and walked towards me.

          "Can I help?"  I heard him offered behind me.

          I stopped and think.  "Sure, you can cut the bell pepper,"  I told him and scoot over to have his space to cut the vegetables.

          I quietly observed him and can see that...  It can be very dangerous! I couldn't calm down looking at how he held the knife and the bell pepper.

          "Stop!  I changed my mind.  Peel the carrots instead."  I switched places with him and felt relieved.

          But it was short-lived.  I saw him use the peeler but why is that the already thin carrot was looking like as thick as a pencil now?  I looked at the peels and it as so thick that it can be julienned!

          "You can stop at the carrots and washed the lettuce instead."  I hurriedly told him when I saw he was going to grab another innocent carrot!

          "Okay!"  He said happily.  I felt a pang of pain in my chest.  He is so innocent that he is happy thinking that he was helping me when in reality he is causing havoc in my kitchen!

          I don't think he will make a mess with washing the lettuce right?  I convinced myself.  

          "Here is the lettuce.  What can I do next?" He offered me.  

          I smiled and turned around, but stiffened when I saw him.  He didn't even drain the vegetables properly and saw water dripping from them!

          I looked down and saw a trail of water from the sink towards me.  I just sighed. God really is fair, even if you are a genius you will still lack in some talents.  I console myself.