OPEN YOUR MASK, PRINCESS!
Episode 38 HAVE I FALLEN IN LOVE?
At first I knew only one color, black.
Then he showed up, gave me a new color, white.
He's gone, and I'm getting to know him
gave me a gray color.
He and he who come and go, leave wounds
but introduced me to various colors
Until I realized in this world full of various
colorful life.
Color my heart…
__Quote of Yue Hwa aka Weini__
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“Hey you're sleeping!?” Weini stood beside Xiao Jun who was still lying still, either sleeping or pretending to be silent. What kind of attitude is this, inviting me to come and then be left asleep! Weini grouse in mind. He will not allow the host to abandon his guest.
Preeet.. preeeeeet.the trumpet that Xiao Jun bought was like a weapon to eat master Kala Weini with the heart to blow to surprise the poor man. Xiao Jun was wide-eyed as he closed both ears, finally rising from a sleeping position.
“You want to make me a hanger!?” zhou Xiao Jun was annoyed, but Weini laughed at him instead. To the girl Xiao Jun's reaction was ludicrous, she was even more petrified when the man was angry. Without him noticing, the trumpet in his hand had been taken over. Xiao Jun made a lightning-fast retaliation. The horn of the trumpet deafened Weini until he reflexively jumped onto the sofa.
“Neasy to train?” Xiao Jun Nyindir. He leaned back on the sofa, right next to Weini.
The shock from Xiao Jun's behavior made Weini's heart beat faster. The man with the span sat next to her, although there was still a bit of distance, yet Weini felt awkward about this atmosphere. His face was warm, he could not look to the side.
“Famous artist like you why be unemployed on new year night?” Xiao Jun's voice rang out loud among the silence of the space that only two people filled.
Weini felt clumsy, but did not have the guts to look at her interlocutor. “You, yourself, successful young entrepreneur who should have a lot of business relations, why even celebrate his own birthday and turn of year?” Weini felt victorious.
“You are here.” Xiao Jun replied briefly but stuck it in the heart of his interlocutor.
The mood was silent again. They argue without staring at each other. Weini immediately stood up, she had to do something to repel the awkwardness.
“I don't know it's your birthday, so. We eat grilled corn just yuk.” Weini's acting talent faded all in the face of Xiao Jun, he could not pretend to be calm in the slightest. Throw plastic
the food contained two pieces of grilled corn then thrust into Xiao Jun.
“Can you ask for help?” Xiao Jun received the gift of the girl who clearly looked timid before him.
“Ya?” Weini. That all-rounder guy asked him for help? Did he not hear wrong?
"Come.” Xiao Jun led the way towards another room. Weini followed him without suspicion. Xiao Jun Apartment was very spacious, Weini even continued to observe the interior design and various luxurious furniture
blinding his eyes all the way. But when Xiao Jun showed the veiled intent of the word ‘tolong’ just now, he suddenly felt blenger.
“It....you are the cook?” Plain weini asked.
“Do I have the look of a cook?” Xiao Jun asked back.
“Why do you like to ask back? Is it hard to answer first?” Weini Ketus. Since the beginning of knowing this man until now there is a chance for both, the man likes to switch the conversation. Uh but. I also often go to him. Weini immediately silenced when he realized he was also not much different from the man he was accusing.
“Uncle Lau who made this all. I'm expecting you now, let's eat!” Xiao Jun pulled out a chair then let Weini sit down. This sudden attitude of attention messed up Weini's feelings. He didn't
having another choice, in order to hide his nervousness, he immediately ate without a word.
“He must be happy, his cooking is tipped you.” Xiao Jun smiled. He doesn't usually smile. Weini barely caught sight of the rare sight. The man was too handsome to describe the words.
“Enak. Give my thanks to him.” The praise from Weini was sincere. He acknowledged Lau's food skills.
“You have no family here? Or best friend?” Ask Weini curiously. He saw the man's gaze implying a deep loneliness. There was a feeling that he could not interpret from the highlight.
“Now you're my friend.” Xiao Jun answered. “I don't like to hang out.” Immediately.
Weini again found similarities between him and Xiao Jun. It is natural that newcomers who have not been here for a year have few friends. Weini is the weird one, almost eleven years but his friend is only Sisi. He is also a former friend, now he does not have close friends anymore.
The fireworks coming from various angles distracted Weini. He hurried to stand without blinking. Xiao Jun stepped to the front of the window, scattering the transparent white curtains that blocked the view.
Weini followed him to take a closer look. His smile was so loose as his two eyes stared at the astonishment of the fireworks display from a height. The dream that he had been dreaming of finally materialized, after he almost buried it into false hope.
Now he understood why Xiao Jun had brought him here. Only Weini realized that the man he considered arrogant, ignorant, introverted, turned out to have a good side. The night sky is panned by the sheen of fireworks, the sound of a thunderous explosion is collabated with the whistling of a trumpet.
“Happy new year, Mr. Xiao Jun.” Weini was the first to say it. They went back to silence, watching the fireworks.
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Xiao Jun had no intention of taking a break after escorting Weini back. He chose to lean on the sofa, a place that Weini had occupied. The girl was still very stubborn, Xiao Jun was still refused to meet his father. Even he asked to be dropped off in front of the road and was about to walk home, but Xiao Jun did not let that happen. He drove the girl to the front of the house to ensure her safety.
“I don't need your approval constantly, I'll meet your father later in my way.”
An incoming call from Lau rattled Xiao Jun's phone. The loyal guard may have already completed his task.
“How's Uncle?” video call connected. Lau waved to his master, before changing the rear camera.
Xiao Jun was amazed to see the condition of his parents' house which had been uninhabited for so long. The wooden house was still as it was when he last left it. Lau kept walking around the house, showing the situation there. The nostalgia that reminded Xiao Jun of the memories with the father. His eyes began to sink into a clear hull.
“Master, is this his book?” Lau showed him a barely covered old book he found in the crate.
“Really! Leave the place and come back here. Take that home carefully!”
A new hope began to perk up Xiao Jun. “I can definitely learn your magic from here and find you, Dad!”
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