A Thousand Flowers
Chapters 37. Cannot Refuse
Gurgling, Izzah immediately descended from Shin Seo Hyun's body. He quickly stood looking for the toilet.
Seo Hyun still gaped as she held her breath. He flicked his finger when he saw Izzah spinning in confusion. Instantly the lights are on.
BRACKET!
Izzah slammed the bathroom door strongly.
Thirty minutes have passed. Izzah hasn't been out of the bathroom yet. He paced behind the door, biting the thumb of his right hand nervously. He peeked in the keyhole.
“Tuan Diretur already out of the room yet huh?”
“How is this? What am I supposed to do? I think I've lost face to see Mr. Director.”
“How about he gets angry?”
Izzah was completely confused.
Shin Seo Hyun who was still lying on the bed glanced at the clock on her wrist.
“It has been more than half an hour, why has the strange girl not come out of the bathroom yet?”
“Gosh! Don't-don't he faint again!”
Shin Seo Hyun got up and banged on the bathroom door.
“Doctor Izzah! You okay?”
There's no answer. Izzah was getting nervous.
“Aduuuh .. how is this? Should I go out now? Aduuh .. unfortunately.”
The door's getting tighter.
“Doctor Izzah, you listen to me?”
Izzah was silent. Shin Seo Hyun started to panic.
“My answer, Doctor Izzah! If you don't come out on the count of three. I'll break this door down!”
Seo Hyun started counting.
“One! Two! Ti—”
Izzah opened the door and stepped out of the bathroom. His face was sluggish with embarrassment.
Panicked Seo Hyun spontaneously hugged Izzah tightly when she saw the girl.
“Thank God you're okay. Please, stop making me anxious!” Seo Hyun was really worried.
“Mr Shin, I ... I can't breathe.”
Both of Izzah's knees felt weak. So many unexpected things happened between him and Shin Seo Hyun. Is all this just a coincidence? Why do I have to repeat it over and over again?
“Oh, forgive me!”
Seo Hyun let go of her embrace as soon as she realized Izzah was drooping weakly.
Izzah's brain is no longer able to think clearly. He complies when Seo Hyun rubs him back into bed and covers him.
“Sleep! You're too tired.”
Not daring to look at Seo Hyun's face, Izzah turned her sleeping position, turning her back to Seo Hyun who was standing at the side of the bed.
The deg! The deg! The deg!
His heart beats faster than a marathon runner. Izzah tried to close his eyes.
Shin Seo Hyun returned to lay her body on her thin bed. He took a deep breath repeatedly and released it slowly. Desperately trying to calm his heartbeat that sounded like a war drum.
“This strange girl really makes me lose control of myself.”
Finally Shin Seo Hyun fell asleep after such a devastating inner war.
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Waking up, Izzah no longer found Shin Seo Hyun in the room.
“Maybe Mr. Director is already getting ready for work,” thought Izzah, walking towards the bathroom.
Finished washing, he came out of the bathroom with a small towel in hand, wiping his still-wet face without changing clothes.
“Let's go, after returning to kosan.” That's what happened to Izzah's mind.
Without knocking on the door, Shin Seo Hyun walked in carrying a tray of jam bread and a glass of milk.
“Available?”
“Ya.”
“Breakfast first!”
Seo Hyun placed the tray she was carrying on the table.
Izzah sat on the couch, taking the bread from the plate.
“Mr Director does not have breakfast?” Izzah asked, seeing Seo Hyun open the tablet.
“Already.”
Izzah finished his meal without speaking again. He knew, just like him, Shin Seo Hyun was still awkward after what happened between them last night. If possible, Izzah wanted to disappear in the swallow of the earth.
Izzah put the empty plates and cups on the tray. Seo Hyun moved quickly up the tray before Izzah stood up.
Izzah grabbed his bag and got ready to get out of the room.
“Wait for me in the living room! I'll drive you home,” Seo Hyun ordered as he climbed down the stairs to the kitchen.
“Thank you, Sir. But I'll just take a taxi. I've troublesome enough you.”
“You want to get sanction for coming late?”
Seo Hyun placed the empty tray on the kitchen table.
Izzah glanced at the clock in his hand. He had less than an hour to go home and change clothes.
“It could really be too late this way. Do I have to accept Mr Director's offer?”
Izzah was still pondering when he found out Seo Hyun had walked past him.
“Come!”
Izzah's hurry tailed.
Along the way, Izzah prefers to be quiet, looking out the window enjoying the beautiful leaves of the misty.
Arriving at the destination, Izzah ran up the stairs, racing against time. Open the door and wardrobe in a hurry, then enter the room that is only in the bulkhead with a partition in the form of a bookcase.
Hearing footsteps approaching the entrance, Izzah pulled the curtain behind the shelf to block the view through the room.
Unwelcome, Shin Seo Hyun walked into Izzah's house after knocking on the door. He looked at every unobstructed angle.
“Clean and tidy!”
He praised the interior design in the house, minimalist and very functional. Seeing that there were so many neatly lined books, Seo Hyun slowly approached the shelf. His eyes perused every title he touched.
“Hem .. it turns out that the strange girl also likes to read novels.”
Seo Hyun pulled a novel and read the title. The Invisible Land by IN Cinnamon.
“Wow! Limited edition with author's original signature.”
Seo Hyun raised an eyebrow.
“It looks like Doctor Izzah really likes the author IN Cinnamon. He collected all his novels.”
Seo Hyun opened every novel by IN Cinnamon and she became even more flabbergasted.
“Hah! All limited edition? Maddened. The girl has really fallen in love with the author IN Cinnamon.”
Seo Hyun shook her head. How not, he knows for sure the author of IN Cinnamon only provides a hundred novels with original signatures for each title published. And it should have been pre-ordering long ago.
“Ckckk ... amazing fighting spirit that strange girl!”
Dissibak curtain. Izzah out. Seo Hyun observed Izzah's performance. Keep it simple and elegant. Seo Hyun nodded, as if giving approval to the appearance of the girl in front of him.
“Come, Sir!” Izzah stepped out.
“Ah! Yes.”
Seo Hyun was aghast. He returned the novel he held back to its original place, then rushed ahead of Izzah down.
Sitting beside Shin Seo Hyun, Izzah still felt awkward.
“You love IN Cinnamon's novels too huh?”
Seo Hyun asked breaking the silence. Izzah nodded.
“I also.”
“Oh yes?”
Izzah was shocked, not expecting Seo Hyun to have similar tastes with him.
“What do you like about the novel IN Cinnamon?” Izzah.
“In addition to the story is good and inspiring, I really admire the style of the language,” Seo Hyun said. “The author IN Cinnamon is very good at playing the word so it does not seem vulgar and very polite. It seems that he still upholds the ethics of authorship and strongly considers the possibility of underage readers who steal the opportunity to read his work.”
Izzah. For the first time he heard firsthand the personal views of a fan to the author of IN Cinnamon.
“But, unfortunately I did not manage to get his last work.” Seo Hyun looked disappointed. His face turned grim.
“Means Mr. .. Invisible Land?”
“Ya.”
Izzah took something from the bag and thrust it at Seo Hyun.
“It. Take it for you!”
“I borrow it. I'll return it after I finish reading it.”
Seo Hyun felt bad about accepting Izzah's gift. It is not easy to get a limited edition.
“It's okay, Sir. I still have another.”
“Oh yes? Waaah .. You are a true lover of IN Cinnamon writers huh?”
Izzah just smiles.
“Omong-by the way, how can you get all those limited editions?”
Izzah did not answer.
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