6 six: Getting closer slowly

[The next morning]

Lina decorated the table with various kinds of sweet dishes. Those are looking beautiful and tasty together. The cake was in the middle and other side dishes were kept here and there but in a nice way. There were cookies, bread, meringue, pies, fruits and many more items. It could bring an appetite to anyone. Though the cake was looking too much tasty it could attract anyone's eye. Dae Ju comes downstairs and looking at them he felt hungry.

"Wow! It's awesome," he said. Lina was still working in the kitchen. She was making some juice to fulfill her table. She also looked beautiful and looking at her Dae Ju remembered about the last night. He got blushed by remembering about the kiss though he enjoyed it very much.

"Oh, You wake up? Go and take a bath first," said Lina by noticing him in front of the kitchen.

"Happy new year!" he wished her with a very big smile.

"Happy new year." saying this she came to him. Her hand was behind her and seems like she was hiding something from him. She put on a very big smile and Dae Ju noticed that she put on makeup today. She has the scar of the injury which she gets last night but it was looking like a small red mark due to her makeup. Her eyes were looking bigger than other days and her thin nose was looking like white chocolate sticks. And her mild pink lips were like petals of a pink rose. She wore a light blue-colored frock. And she was looking just like Cinderella from Disney princess. Just her hair was different from the princess but it increased her beauty level.

"I have something for you too!" she was mentioning the necklace which he gave her the last night and Dae Ju noticed that it was hanging on her neck. But seems like she didn't open her heart and watched the photos yet. Dae Ju felt relieved that she didn't take a look at the pictures.

"What?" he smiled.

"Close your eyes first," said Lina smilingly.

"Okay," saying this he closed his eyes and expecting too much he came close to her. He thought she will do the same as last night. But thinking about that he didn't feel embarrassed or awkward, he just felt happy. Lina grabs his hand and he tried to take a look at what she was actually doing.

"You are cheating!" Lina noticed him and said. Dae Ju was surprised how she noticed that he tried to open his eyes! He felt like she was putting something in his hand. He closed his eyes well and felt a cold but strong something on his hand.

"Done! Now open your eyes," she said smilingly with her like voice.

"Ah! It's a watch! he looked at his wrist and saw the gift from Lina. It was a white-colored watch. The display was made of glass and the time was looking clearly. The time was 8.30 am. Since it was an analog clock, the clockhand was tickling after every second and there was a tickling sound. But it was beautiful and it looks perfect on his hand.

"Thanks! It's beautiful," said Dae Ju.

"Really? I am relieved that you like it!" she said with a bright but relaxing smile.

"Since you gifted me, I liked it. Otherwise, it's not that beautiful," said Dae Ju with his pride.

"What? Did you just insult me?" Lina said like she was angry but actually she was not. Her face was cute while she was saying this.

"No! I just...." he stopped and smiled at her.

"Then what?" Lina said with an arrogant but cute face.

"I just wanna say that it's beautiful but not like you." Dae Ju closed his eyes while saying that.

"What! Seriously? From where did you learn flirting?" Lina pushed him and turned around. She acted like she has a lot of work but it was understandable that she got blushed. Dae Ju finds her funny and smiled by seeing her.

"Can I have a bite of the cake?" Dae Ju was going to the table. He slowly extended his hand towards the cake because he was hungry.

"No!" Lina ran to him immediately and pushed his hand.

"Why? Didn't you make it for me?" he asked loudly.

"Some guests will come and....." said Lina and stopped.

"Ah! Then why don't you let me taste first?" he extended his hand again. Lina grabbed his hand again and said,

"No! There more dishes! You can try them!" she holds his hand so that he couldn't escape and touch the cake.

"No! I want the cake! I want it now!" he was insisted like a child.

"You can eat it later! But first, you have to come with me. I told you to get a shower. Why you didn't listen to me?" she asked for a reason but Dae Ju got it wrong.

"What? What? What? Did you just say I have to take shower with you? astonished by getting her wrong.

"No! Hey! How could you...." Lina is surprised but gets shy. She pushed him upstairs and told him to come back after getting a shower.

"Okay, I am going!" saying this he went upstairs. He bites his tongue by reminding what he just said to her.

"I shouldn't say that!" he said in his mind. Now, he accepted that he has feelings for her and it's not fake. He truly falls for her though he was confused if it's the body or his soul. After a few times, he came back downstairs with his wet hair. He was putting shirt while coming down. Since he didn't dry his hair, water was dropping from his hair and the stairs got wet. He felt like 100 mice were running inside his belly. But he couldn't see Lina anywhere.

"Where did she go?" he was scanning every corner for her. He went to the table and took a cookie and put the whole cookie inside his mouth.

"Lina-ah!" he called her. His voice was not clear as he was chewing the biscuit.

"What?" she answered from somewhere. Dae Ju couldn't understand from where she replied to him. After a few seconds, she came from outside and locked the door.

"Where did you go?" asked Dae Ju and gulped the cookie.

"To the neighborhood," she replied gently.

"Why?" he asked curiously.

"To invite them of course!" said Lina.

"Can I eat now?" he asked again. Lina went to him and hold his hand again and pulled him to the second floor.

"Where are you taking me?" he asked her but didn't interrupt her.

"We should pray first. As it's the new day of the new year we should thank almighty that he gave us chance to live another year. And he kept us healthy." she said while going upstairs.

"Ah!" he understood and kept following her. They reached Dae Ju's room(actually the bedroom). Lina spread a carpet with a mosque picture on it and told him to stand there. She put a small cap on his head and covered his hair. He didn't know what he should do but suddenly his body start moving automatically and he started reading something in a foreign language automatically. He was surprised and he wanted to tell her something but he kept his mouth shut and continued praying the Salah. After finishing his prayer he sat down on the floor and looked at her with his surprising eyes.

"What? Come and eat." saying this she went downstairs and Dae Ju stayed like that.

What just happened? He couldn't understand. What he just did and what are those spells? He tried to remember but he couldn't repeat them this time. He was getting more wonder the more he thinks about it. He gets up and slowly came to downstairs. He was too confused that he forgot why he came here.

"Come and take a seat," Lina called him. He remembered now and replied to her.

"Oh, okay." he went to the table but still think about that moment and make a confused face.

"Eat whatever you want!" Lina said loudly but as her voice was not that loud he couldn't hear her.

"Hey!" Lina pushed him. Now he came back to his sense and asked,

"What?"

"Where have you lost?" she asked with a very big smile.

"Nowhere," he answered and looked at the table. There were so many things on the table and a nice and sweet aroma was coming from them.

"You can eat it." she put a piece of pastry and said. Seems like it was decorated with some special ingredients. There was shaved chocolate on the whipped cream on toping and it has chocolate inside. Dae Ju took a spoon from it and put it in his mouth. His heart filled with joy and greatness. It was so tasty but suddenly he felt a little disappointed because he remembered about his mom. His mom used to make the same flavored with the same taste pastry on his birthday. Every year, on his birthday she came to his dorm with a handmade cake. As she knows the taste of her son, she put a lot of thought and works into it to make it the best. This year, he missed it and he almost forgot that but Lina reminds it again. He finished the cake within a few seconds.

"Can I have more?" asked he. Lina was surprised and looked at him. What happened to him today? He was acting weird since morning. He doesn't like the sweet food much that's why she was wondered after hearing him.

"Okay, you can have mine." saying this she put her plate in front of him. She took a very little bite from it and before she going to take another bite, Dae Ju finished his cake and demand more.

"Won't you gonna eat this much tasty cake?" he asked. Lina was still in shock and she replied slowly,

"There are more in the fridge. I will eat later if I want. I don't like sweet things much so...." she replied and looked at him surprisingly.

"Okay, Then I'll eat it." he finished the second batch immediately.

"Did you make it too?" he mentioned the pastry and asked.

"Yes, you like it?" she asked.

"Yes, a lot! Can I have one more?" he asked by looking at her.

"No! You have a heart problem and you can't eat too much cream together! It will be dangerous for you," she said like a mom who was forbidden his child to eat chocolate.

"Ah! Really? I can't eat more?" he made a pouting face and said cutely. Seeing him like this she couldn't forbid him anymore.

"Okay, the last one." saying this she gets up and went to the fridge.

"Thank you!" he became happy and sad together. He missed his mom and dad too much. He also missed his younger brothers whom he met last night. They were looking amazing. Did he also look amazing like that while performing? He has no idea but he wanted to know. Suddenly he remembered about Tae Ri. He was just too cool. There must be a hot news captioning *Tae Ri saved a fan while performing at a concert!* He was proud of him. How amazing it would be if he recognizes him! He just thinks about it and becomes happy. Lina put one more piece of cake in front of him but he was lost in his thoughts. Suddenly Lina came to him and bend down before him. Her face was near him and she was looking at him with her big and questionable eyes.

Dae Ju was lost in his thoughts so much that he didn't notice though his eyes were wide open.

"What are you thinking? If you have any trouble, you can tell me. I'll help you." said Lina. Dae Ju came back to reality and noticed her but he didn't respond. He just said,

"I miss my mom." Lina understood why he was acting like that. She thought he must remember about that day when they had to see their parents' faces full of blood and taking their last breath. She felt bad for him and also them.

"I know the feeling. I didn't want to remember that day anymore. But we can't do anything for them. We can just pray that they all went to heaven and watching us from them." she sighed and gets up.