
The man who helped her last night just smiled and approached the bed.
"Calm down, calm down, I'm not going to hurt you. I'm just helping you" the man said in Korean.
Hearing and understanding the man's words, Celina slightly eased up. Slowly his memories began to appear. He recognized the man as the one who helped him carry his suitcase to the apartment. But realizing his position and condition were not wearing clothes, he thought to find an explanation later. He told the man to come out so he could wear his clothes. But Celina did not find her clothes at all.
"Oh, sorry. Your clothes are wet, but I've prepared a change of clothes there"
Seeing Celina confusedly looking for clothes, the man pointed towards the closet. Although Celina still awkwardly imagined who changed her clothes, she rushed towards the closet after the man left the room.
Celina was surprised when she saw the number of women's clothes in the closet. Is this her brother's shirt? Or his girlfriend's shirt? Celina shuddered in horror at the identity of this man who helped her. He quickly picked and changed his clothes and tidied his hair. He came out of the room cautiously and felt awkward. Celina wished she could just run away from this place. But his mind was again disturbed by the explanation of why he could be in this place.
The man saw Celina coming out of the room, and invited her to sit in a small bar in the kitchen area. There is already a well-organized food there. Celina just according to considering she needed an explanation.
"Are you okay? Are you conscious?" ask the man to relax.
"You who? How am I supposed to be here?" Celina asked back with some vocabulary that she assembled as she could.
"I'm Rio's. You were unconscious last night in front of the minimarket, don't you remember?"
Celina tried to sort out her mixed memories. He remembered the man's name in a small note he had tucked in his suitcase. Some of his other memories began to return but some he could not remember at all. He only remembered when buying food and sitting while drinking in front of the minimarket. He immediately realized how stupid he was when he found out the drink he was sipping contained alcohol.
"Stupid!" said Celina softly while hitting her head.
The man who called her name Rio chuckled as he watched Celina beat herself up. She was sure the girl was thinking a lot of bad things after what happened to her last night.
"What's your name, Nuna?"
Celina was pensive for a moment as the man in front of her called out to her as Nuna. A younger man calls an older woman. He shuddered, usually he only heard it in dramas, but now he heard it in person.
"Are you changing my clothes?"
Celina ignored Rio's question and switched the conversation. The thought of clothes still bothered him. But again Rio just smiled, this time his smile was a little teasing.
"According to Nuna who replaced it?"
Celina was frustrated because of Rio's long-winded reply. He put on a cynical face and began to rise from his chair. The food that had been prepared on the table was not touched at all. Celina moved towards the door, intending to come out without hearing Rio's answer about her clothes.
But just as Celina stepped up, Rio held onto her wrist and pulled Celina's body towards him. Spontaneous Celina gasped, as now her face was only ten centimeters away from Rio's face.
"Celina Nuna, where are you going?"
Unconsciously Celina, her heart was pounding very fast. He fell silent and could only look into Rio's eyes so closely. In his heart wondered if it was really him who changed his clothes. If it is true, die him, Celina thought. And just this time Celina was standing this close to a foreign man. A cold sweat came down on Celina's face, her breathing was also a bit restrained so close to Rio.
"What are you doing? How do you know my name?" ask Celina.
Rio looked at the increasingly nervous Celina, then took it off while laughing again. Celina started to breathe.
"Sorry to disappoint you, Nuna. You must have wished someone else had changed your clothes, but how. I'm the one who had to replace it"
Rio's speech made Celina riveted. He felt like he was struck by lightning in the morning. How not, a foreign man undressed her and replaced her when she was unconscious. It felt like he wanted to escape as fast as he could, but his legs suddenly went limp.
Celina fainted again.
***
This time Celina woke up from her stupor. He saw the same room but with a different color of sky. He fainted until night. What a girl who does not know the place and situation, Celina wrote to herself.
He decided to immediately get out of Rio's apartment with a sneak after failing to look for him. He did not believe he could faint in front of a foreign man for that long, especially at his home. The thought continued to shadow Celina.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid. Why are you drunk, Celina"
He cursed himself back while coming out of Rio's house. He didn't care if Rio wasn't home, he wanted to go home and never see him again. And as soon as she opened the door of Rio's house, it turned out that she was still in the same apartment building.
"What'sthis? So he's in a building with me? Hish.."
Celina thought Rio did bring her home because he could not open the door of her unit. But she did not know that Rio was actually also living in the same building as Celina. It is fitting that he helped her carry the suitcase yesterday, Celina thought at the time.
Not so long it took Celina to return to her apartment which only differed one floor from Rio's apartment. He tried to revive himself by drinking as much water as possible. He's hungry again. He just fell asleep without eating anything. The shopping from the minimarket last night was lost somewhere. Celina gives up eating and intends to take a shower, until her phone rings. Turns out Andares has been calling him since last night, seen from the number of missed calls on his phone.
"Hello.."
"Daddy, Celina! What the hell's going on? Why don't you pick up my phone?" shout Andares.
Celina was confused as to what to answer. He could not answer that he was drunk on the side of the road and passed out in a stranger's house. He decided to lie that he had been asleep since he came.
"Next time you have to pick up my phone! Tomorrow someone's gonna pick you up at the apartment. You have to get ready!”
Andares just hung up the phone. Celina was very upset with the domineering attitude of her boss. Likes to rule and hang up the phone without waiting for an answer from him first.
Celina rushed to take a bath and intended to go down to look for food. He could not stand his blind hunger. He had to feed his stomach immediately or his emotions would explode. Celina was indeed the type that could be emotionally just by feeling hungry. He also intends to go around to memorize the streets and neighborhoods around his apartment. Celina was also thinking of learning to use public transportation. So that from tomorrow onwards he can go anywhere without any problems.
Just as she opened the door of her apartment, Celina was already startled by Rio's presence at the doorstep.
"Nuna." said Rio smiling widely and barging into Celina's apartment.
"Hey! Why did you just walk into someone's house?” shout Celina.
Celina did not end up thinking with this guy's courage. And why he's still looking for her up to his apartment.
"Celina Nuna, why did you walk out of my house without talking to me?"
Rio was casually sitting on the sofa without caring for the confused Celina. Again he was confused how Rio could know his name. Then he remembered about his wallet which contained ktp and others. Ah, Rio must have seen it, Celina's mind is upset.
"Excuse me, Rio-nim! Why are you ignoring my question? Why are you here?" asked Celina in a cynical tone.
"Nuna, your Korean language turned out to be really good. You can talk comfortably to me. I'm younger than you"
For the umpteenth time Celina's question was ignored. Rio did look younger compared to Celina. It looked like he was in his mid-20s. His face was also very supportive. She looks a lot like her idol, especially when she smiles. Celina who was unwilling to be enchanted for longer, immediately regained her senses.
"Rio-nim, thank you for helping me yesterday and last night. But this is not true! You barged into people's homes!”
This time Celina put on her most ferocious face. His tone was slightly raised. He did not want to spend his time serving this boy. He must take care of his own business immediately.
"Well, it turns out Nuna was very angry. Though I just want to get acquainted" Rio said while thrusting his hand.
"Don't you know my name? And I already know your name. That was enough" Celina snapped, this time she ventured into using nonformal language in hopes Rio would feel intimidated. He could not stand this attitude.
"Finally, Nuna uses nonformal language. I'll take this as your agreement to get closer to me"
Rio gave her a plastic bag filled with food and got up from the sofa. He left Celina who was still silent. He just shook his head and held back his emotions.