26 Make it Up

Lina woke the next day and stretched out on the lumpy bed. She got up and tip-toed out of the room in her underwear looking for a bathroom.

She noticed Shao still asleep on the sofa, so she quietly entered the bathroom and washed her face and tried to fix her appearance.

How embarrassing, she thought, to spend the night with your boyfriend and he sleeps on the sofa in a bad mood.

She decided that she should try and make it up to him.

...

ShaoQing woke up to the sound of rattling pans in the kitchen.

He yawned and got up, finding Lina in her blue dress and hair up in a bun on the floor of the kitchen.

"Hey! Good morning, I cleaned up." she said holding a sponge in her hand as she wiped the cabinet doors.

"I made breakfast too!" she smiled and stood up.

"I'm sorry it's not better but you don't have a lot of groceries." she explained.

She passed him a hot mug of steaming coffee and an egg sandwich.

"Oh thanks Lina," he accepted feeling surprised by the gleaming kitchen.