I woke up to the ray of sunshine that creeps through the curtain. I saw Sebastian sleeping facing me just like how I placed him last night. Tiny snores linger as he breathes. With a heavy heart, I rose from the bed and brush my teeth.
Tiptoed slowly back into the room to see if Sebastian has woke up, he is still in deep sleep - that's what I thought- As I was about to turn my body away, in a flash, I fall back into bed. Sebastian pulls me by the waist while his eyes are still shut. In slow motion, he peaks through his left eye.
"Where's my good morning kiss?"
"Your breaths stinks! I'm not kissing those." I pinched my nose and rolled my eyes.
"I can't move. Will you brush my teeth for me?" He whines like a baby.
"I'll call the maid to do it for you." As I was about to move to the button, he grabs my elbow while his other hand reach for my wrist turns my upper torso closer to him.
"Stay. Let's just stay here for awhile." He pulls my head to his chest, I could hear his heart pounding a rhythm against his ribcage.
I could feel him exhale between the string of my hair, he brush my back gently.
"Your hair smells nice, I could breathe in this all day."
Glad that my face is buried into his chest, he can't see how I'm smiling like an idiot underneath.
Still curling in his embrace, I tilt my head to peep his lazy eyes that have been staring at me the whole time.
"Let's have breakfast. Our first meal as a couple." I try to tone down the excitement in my voice.
He smiles.
"I could eat you for breakfast." Those dark eyes beam complements the devilish grinning.
"Not today."
I push him aside and walk away.
= Dining room =
There's no food prepared. I'm a bit confused.
"The maids usually don't prepare breakfast if our parents are not home. We can ask them to make something or just order delivery, anything is fine by me." Sebastian explains as he rubs his right eye.
"I can make some pancakes. Just show me where's the kitchen." I start to look around, march away to other parts of the house. This gigantic mansion that I could easily get lost.
"Hey, we can ask them to cook. You don't have to bother about it. Ina cooks are amazing!"
"Ina?"
"It means mother, she's the oldest maid here. She practically raises me ..." There's sadness beneath his voice. I get it.
"I grew up alone too. My parents move a lot so I don't really have friends. My mom tried to get pregnant again but she lost two stillborn babies.. It took a toll on her mental health so she decided to stop and I don't blame her for it. Where ever we settle down, I would spend the most time in the kitchen, I learn cooking for the chefs or whoever we hired as a helper in the house. No matter where I go, at least I can make home-cook meals." I lay my eyes on the feet because I know it sounds stupid, I don't want to see him making fun of me.
Instead, he cupped my cheeks and press his forehead on mine as he whispers," That's very beautiful."
My face overheated, he chuckles as he saw it.
= Kitchen =
"My child, what are you doing? I can cook for you. Anything you craves dear?" Ina appears from the backdoor.
"Aunty-"
"Just call me Ina ."
"Ina, I want to make some pancakes for Sebastian. It's been awhile since I cook in the kitchen. Take out foods are boring, I miss cooking for myself. Can you, assist me?" Ina held my hands, "Of course dear, any time." Her motherly gesture with sprinkles of loveliness in her tone touched my soul. I feel warm just by standing in the same room as her.
I mixed the ingredients, heat up the pan. I was really in the zone, I didn't realize Sebastian observing each move I made. He looks astonished by a simple meal I prepared.
"You should learn cooking sometime, it really helps to distract yourself." That made him awake from his daydreaming.
"I don't trust myself around a fire or any other kind of heat, I get all sweaty and start-
"He could barely crack an egg," Ina says sarcastically before both of us explode in laughter.
"Ina!"
--- meal is ready ---
"Dig in! I'm starving!"
"Wow, it's good!"
"It's just pancake, I bet other girls you dated cook better meals for you."
"I have girls cooking for me but never dated any of them," he wicks at Ina and he stares at her with the corner of his eyes.
"No one you dated had cooked for you before?" Now he sounds ridiculous I bet he's just trying to be modest.
"Ask Ina if you don't trust me," he says with his mouth full of pancakes with strawberries.
"Sebastian never let any girls stay until breakfast, they usually left before the sun rises. (Sebastian coughs, he choked some of the pancakes) Excepts the last ones, Leela? I never saw her eating. She's always on diet," her eyes widen as if she saw a ghost. Her expression turn bitters as she mentioned Layla.
"I told Sebastian that he should find good girls. The ones that care about him." Ina continues as her hand smacks the back of his head.
"Ina! I'm eating. I just choked-
"You'll live."
"Layla cares about me." Sebastian tries to defend his taste on women. Even though he knew what Ina said is true, each word.
"You young people use this word often, 'my ass' (?). "
"Ina! That's not appropriate. "
"Let the woman preach." I just love juicy stories.
"Layla always comes after school with her friends. She always boss around the house like she owns the house." Sebastian froze as he listens to Ina.
"She even disrespects us.. She would ask Steve to pick up her dry cleanings, she asked Melati (I assume another maid in the house) to walk her puppy each time she's here with her puppy and always nags me about my cooking."
"Ina, why you never told any of these before? I could do something about it." There's guilty in his tone.
"Why should we? It's our job. I also don't want it to become an issue. She's our guest. We treat the guests of this house with honor.
I would love to stay but I need to do the laundry, miss-
"Beth ;)"
"Such a lovely name. Beth, I wash your dress. Don't worry I know it's silk so I sent it to the dry cleaning while you were sleeping. I saw Sebastian was at the pool house so I decided to pick up his laundry, I'm sorry if I interrupted your sleep."
"It's fine, no worries."
Ina left us alone. Sebastian left his food untouched since Ina told him bout Layla.
"Hey, finish it up. You don't wanna waste good food." I try to ease the tense of the atmosphere.
"Oh, yeah. Sorry.." He looks withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking for the next hour. He is probably still surprised. For Sebastian, the maids and driver are more than just helpers, they are his real family. The ones that made him feel at home. The ones that love him for who he is without him needing to prove anything.
"Oh btw, can you call a car for me? I need to go back. I got some assignments to do this weekend." I blurted out something just to snap him out of his deep thought.
"Steve can send you. Besides, I'm coming with you! How about you let me stay in your room this weekend?" Sebastian begins to smile the moment he suggests we spend the weekend together in my tiny room. To be fair, my room is actually a bit bigger than his room because my parents paid extra money to put more unnecessary closets that filled with clothes I barely wear.
"I don't think that's a good idea. I'll be busy with work and you will be left in boredom." I insisted to deny his request.
"Or, you stay here. We can go out, I'll buy you the clothes you need."
"How about, I go back to school and you stay here. We spend the weekend just like how we used to do before we met each other."
"Are you pushing me away? Is that what you want?" I can hear a string of disappointment in his annoyingly attractive voice.
"No, I just.. If you come with you, you need to sleep on the sofa. You're lucky I have a sofa bed for you to crash on it. Still, you'll be bored. I don't have any tv or those fancy pinball machines in my room."
"I'm fine with sleeping on the sofabed. I want to get to know you. We're seeing each other-
"IN S.E.C.R.E.T. remember?"
"Oh shoot! Why did I agree to that before.." He swings his palm right onto his forehead.
"I can't let people see you with me, at least not in school."
"Then, stay. Let me get to know you. Let's spend time together like a couple. Let's watch a movie, eat dinner, have a nice long walk by the beach, let's start doing things together." He reaches for my empty palm and laces his fingers together. Those dark eyes filled with loneliness stare directly into my pupils as if I could illuminate his world.
"I'M A VIRGIN!" The look he gave me made me say it.
"Oh.. I think you told me that before."
"I did but I'm not sure if you remember it. (I took a long pause) Sebastian, I have a feeling that you want me so bad last night but when I pushed you away, you felt like I PUSH YOU AWAY literally. I'm sorry about that. The truth is, I'm not ready to do 'it'. I want you too, my lady part certainly agrees as I know how 'she' reacts each time you kissed me. Just, not now.
If we are spending the weekend together, you need to obey the limitations."
"I'm on board. I want you to feel safe with me." Intermediately he places kisses on my knuckles.
"Ok, I'll stay."
My hands clutch at his color shirt, bringing him closer. I press my lips against his. The kiss felt right and sweet like the maple syrup he had with his pancakes.
I spend the weekend with him. I did my assignments while he's playing on his phone. I managed to force him to do some studying with me as we BOTH will have a quiz on Monday for Biology. We slept in the same bed without being naked or dry humping each other.
The relationship continues as a secret. Oh, we made Oliver promise to keep the secret as well. Surprisingly, he came on board without asking any questions.
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This chapter is a bit boring as it is filled with talking and less intimate actions. I think we need a break from anything intimate. I'll bring some actions in the next chapter! Thanks for reading!
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