
The sunlight that escaped from the room crevice woke him from a deep sleep, he glanced to his left side that only had pillows and bolsters. He thought Mayla might have gone home because she had gotten satisfaction from him. But his head was raised when his nose smelled the delicious aroma of cooking.
Jeon got up from his bed, stepped up to follow the scent, and his steps stopped when he saw Mayla was busy with her cooking utensils in the kitchen.
"You awake?" Mayla said as she watched Jeon stand watching her.
"I made you breakfast, sit down" he continued
The man was silent for a moment, usually the customers will immediately leave when they have received satisfaction, but why not Mayla?
"Hey sit down" Mayla's hand wags her hand in front of Jeon's face, causing her to flinch from her daydream. He said nothing but to comply with Mayla's wishes.
"I made you spaghetti, because that's all that's in the fridge" Mayla said as she thrust the plate at Jeon and placed herself in the seat right in front of Jeon.
Mayla took the chopsticks and ate her first bite, then saw Jeon who was just silent staring at his own plate.
Mayla breathed out softly "I didn't put poison on your food, it didn't taste too bad either"
Jeon slowly raised his face looking at the girl with an indecipherable look.
"This is the first time anyone has made me breakfast other than my mother" Jeon said slowly
Mayla smiled faintly upon hearing the sentence, she did not ask any further since Elena had already told her that Jeon was an orphan, although it was uncertain whether her father was still around or not, when his mother left, Jeon lived alone.
Just the sound of chopsticks clashing against the plate since the sentence Jeon said earlier, Mayla did not want to make her even sadder, which is why Mayla just smiled without saying anything.
To be honest Mayla felt bad when she saw the face of the little man in front of her that looks sad looking down while eating his food.
"sorry I don't give"
The man who last night made him lose his mind transformed into a figure who looks lonely. Imagining Jeon's struggle for survival until forced to do this work left Mayla's heart touched.
"Don't look at me with that look Noona, I'm not that sad"
Mayla knows the man in front of her just doesn't want to look weak despite the fact that there's all been a pretty hard struggle that she's been through.
"Well Boy, if you need anything just call me" Mayla smiled
Although she had only met Jeon once, Mayla felt she had recognized the other side of the man before her. His little heart said he was eager to help this rabbit-toothed man.
"No need for Noona, I just want my mom back, but since it's impossible, then I'll just live my life flowing like water"
Jeon never shared his privacy with others even though it was only a part of the story, but somehow with Mayla it felt very different.
Mayla smiled faintly as she took out a thick brown envelope, placed it on the table and pushed it in front of Jeon "This is your payment, thanks for last night"
"What do you usually use that money for?" ask Mayla
"To pay for college and the rest I save for my future, one day I want to quit this job, although actually as much as I get money, I want to quit this job, will not restore my self-esteem that has been trampled"
Mayla again felt touched by the sentence she said, sehina and as low as any work she went through, she still had feelings, he still had feelings, maybe it's because of circumstances that force him to do this kind of work just to get a bite of rice tomorrow.
The girl replied with a warm smile and gently rubbed Jeon's hair "You're a good boy, may you find your happiness someday"
Jeon was only speechless to find the sweet treatment from Mayla.
it's really thrilling..