
Ronan with a lethargic face carried a frame containing a picture of his wife who smiled very wide.
Some people in front of him were busy lowering coffins made of mahogany wood and glimmered using beeswax, as well as carved with dozens of beautiful tendrils.
Inside the coffin Rika lay peacefully wearing a white dress, her wedding dress with Ronan first while holding sunflowers, her body was also surrounded by dozens of kinds of flowers with various colors.
Ronan had been crying for days, now his tears could no longer fall.
Only the look of a sad face and blank eyes accompanied Rika's departure to her final resting place.
Everyone present at the funeral embraced and encouraged Ronan, hoping that the old man could be more steadfast in facing reality.
Who would have thought that a jolly woman like Rika turned out to have a heart disease that had long suffered, all this time she survived only with drugs.
Even the heart transplant he had a few years ago didn't help much.
Ronan had prepared himself for many years, knowing that his wife might leave him first, but still when it hurt him.
Rika died in her sleep in peace, no agonizing moans from her, or any symptoms of severe illness were visible. Maybe if Rika died while in the hospital, Ronan would be a little able to accept it.
"Something happened and Mr. Ethan couldn't come today, he asked me to offer his condolences" Sean said.
Now there are only Sean and Ronan in front of Rika's grave. The mourners left one by one a few minutes ago.
"I get it, you can go, I want to be alone here" Ronan quivered.
"I deliberately asked Hongjung to dress me up and wear the best clothes to meet Rika, she was very nice, she often invited me to chat and give candy, I also wanted to give her something"
Sean took out a miniature Godzila and placed it on top of Rika's grave.
"It's my favorite toy, he'll take care of Rika day and night from now on"
Suddenly Ronan leaned on Sean and could no longer contain his sadness, he wept wailing though without tears, Sean could do nothing and just patted Ronan's back to calm him down.
"You're right he's so good, but why did he leave first, a bad man like me who should have died, not him, why is God so unfair!" Ronan Shouted.
"Yes, why!" Sean also yelled, though not as loud as Ronan.
"My partner is so beautiful!"
"She's beautiful!"
"I haven't had time to take you to the flower garden like you always wanted, I'm sorry for not being able to make you happy as long as you're alive!"
"I also want to go to the flower garden!!" Sean breathed slowly.
Ronan stopped crying and looked at Sean with his eyes.
"Thank you for accompanying me screaming" Ronan said with a sincere smile because his feelings were now quite comfortable.
"I seriously want to come along, if you go there, you have to take me" said Sean innocently remained as usual with an expressionless face.
Sean's words made the atmosphere change, Ronan involuntarily laughed as he patted Sean on the shoulder.
"Sometimes we'll go there"
*
"Miss Chae refused to leave the room" Christopher said slowly.
Ethan already knows that Chaerin is mad at him. When he reached Chaerin's house he went straight into the room and did not go out at all until night, he even closed the windows and curtains.
"You guys got into a fight?" Christopher could already guess that Ethan and Chaerin were fighting, but the old man still asked the question as a small talk.
"I screamed and hit his head and got hurt, you think if I apologize, I'll be forgiven?" Ethan looked at Christopher hoping the old man could give him some advice.
"It's better to apologize now even if ignored, than not to apologize at all, Miss Chae must be waiting for you to improve things" Christopher voiced his opinion confidently.
"He locked his room" Ethan said lethargicly.
"Just break it down, as you always do" Chris said excitedly.
"And she'll hate me more than ever"
Christopher immediately shut his mouth and stopped talking, he almost caused his master to have a much bigger problem as a result of his suggestion.
"Sleep Chris, it's so late"
"Thank you sir, you can wake me up anytime if you need me" Christopher said.
Ethan took a long look, circling over his chair thinking about how to make up with Chaerin.
Again he made a mistake because of anger, Ethan knows he has long suffered from intermittent explosive disoder, he can be angry and uncontrollable, then only realized a few moments later.
Ethan never thought about consulting a doctor, nor did he try to handle his own anger. He did not take this matter too seriously, but now he started thinking, he did not want it to happen again, it did not matter if he was angry with others, as long as it was not Chaerin.
Chaerin came out of her room wearing a black nightgown with a large lace around her neck. Iru woman actually does not want to go out of the room because she is angry, there is no cruelest punishment in the world for her husband except by silence him, because he knows Ethan is very dislike to be ignored.
Chaerin held onto his stomach which felt sorely wrapped around, Chaerin's last meal was earlier this morning, and now it was midnight, of course his stomach was struggling to digest something except stomach acid.
Chaerin walked slowly sagging towards the kitchen hoping that there was something he could eat. He remembered that Sean always ate the sausage that Hongjung took from the refrigerator, maybe there were still some sausages in the refrigerator that Sean had not eaten.
On the other side
Ethan gets up from his chair and sits up straight, feeling his throat a little dry, because of his problem with Chaerin he also doesn't eat and drink, and only thinks of ways to make up, at least he needs to drink something.
Ethan had wanted to pick up the phone to call Christopher, but his intention was dropped after he remembered that he had just told Christopher to take a break. Ethan could have had another waiter deliver drinks for him, but Ethan was used to drinking earl grey by Christopher and he never drank other people's produce because the taste would have been different.
With a heavy heart Ethan finally stood up and walked towards the kitchen, he would make his own gray earl.
While passing through Chaerin's room, Ethan pauses for a while and stares at the door for a long time, his hand outstretched to hold the doorknob and he desperately wants to force his way in, but he doesn't want Chaerin getting mad at him.
Ethan pulled back his hand and resumed his steps towards the kitchen.
From the front of the pantry table Ethan hears a suspicious sound under the table.
A split second after Ethan turned on the lights, Chaerin emerged from behind the table, holding a sausage pack and a small box of milk in his other hand.
"Chae?"
Chaerin swallowed the rest of the sausage in his mouth and quickly drank some milk as he almost choked while looking at Ethan with a face flushed in embarrassment.
Ethan places the plate on the dining table, on which is a half-cooked boiled egg with the skin still attached in many places, baked avocado on a blackpaper sprinkle, and the, and mashed almonds mixed with Greek yogurt.
Chaerin stared at the plate Ethan gave him for a long time, thinking what experiments Ethan did on the innocent eggs, avocados, and almonds until they looked very sad.
"Don't get my hopes up, I can't cook at all" said Ethan, who took a seat next to Chaerin.
Chaerin just kept quiet without saying anything, not even looking at Ethan at all and just looking down.
"Your injuries okay?" Ethan tries to check for a wound on Chaerin's forehead but the woman brushes his hand away.
Ethan took a deep breath and threw it away slowly. It was not easy for Chaerin to forgive her, she was a very stubborn woman.
"I'm sorry, I sometimes cross the line when my subconscious is controlling me. I know whatever the reason is, what I did to you was wrong"
"Forget it, I don't want to talk about it anymore" Chaerin turned his eyes, not wanting his heart to melt with Ethan's words just by looking at his face.
"You can get back at me, you can hit or kick me, or just do as you please until your anger disappears" Ethan said, still trying to persuade Chaerin.
Chaerin finally turned his face towards Ethan, and looked at the man with his sharp eyes.
"You're serious?"
"Sure" said Ethan convinced.
Ethan takes a ceramic bowl and gives it to Chaerin.
"You can hit me with this"
"Honestly, I really want to hit you, so I won't waste this opportunity" Chaerin smiled wickedly as he mounted the horses to hit Ethan.
Ethan bowed a little so Chaerin could reach him.
"You can't sue me, you're the one who asked to be punched!"
Chaerin swung the ceramic bowl into the air and hit it firmly on Ethan's head until it broke and the pieces fell to the floor.
Ethan raised his head and stood up straight as if nothing had happened to him.
"Which other part do you want to hit?" Ethan spoke while returning to take the same bowl on the shelf.
Ethan leaned towards Chaerin after handing the bowl he had taken to Chaerin.
Chaerin accepts the bowl happily and intends to hit Ethan once more, but his intention is stopped, the bowl he holds slips out of his hand and falls smashed to the floor.
Chaerin widened his eyes as he saw blood flowing from Ethan's head all the way to his chin and dripping onto the floor.
He grabs Ethan's face and sees Ethan's head from various angles to check where the wounded are.
"I'm fine" Ethan said, releasing Chaerin's hand from his face and looking at the woman with a smile.
Chaerin doesn't feel that Ethan is okay. It's true that Ethan hurt her by braking the car suddenly and hitting her head, but Chaerin only got a small bump on her forehead, not worth Ethan's current injury.
Chaerin immediately runs to wake up the entire house to immediately save Ethan whose head may be hollow.
*
Ethan with a sour face churns out a salad for his morning breakfast. His head was still throbbing from Chaerin's punch, last night he was forced to go to the hospital because Chaerin kept whining at him, though he himself felt the wound on his head is not too severe to involve the intervention of doctors.
Ethan got 3 stitches on his head and his hair had to be shaved slightly in the area of the wound. And that's the cause of his mood so bad to this day.
Ethan put his spoon and fork, not a single spoon of food made it into his mouth, he was not tasteful to eat.
"I'm leaving now, Sean after me when it's done" Ethan said languidly.
Ethan approaches Chaerin and kisses Chaerin's forehead before he goes to work.
Ethan had already taken a few steps out of the dining room and Chaerin ran after him.
"Your head's all right?" Chaerin pulls the end of Ethan's suit from behind to prevent him from leaving.
"I'm very nice, but I'm feeling bad right now, I've never lost hair before?" Ethan held Chaerin's hand and turned around.
"I feel a little guilty for hitting you, but you actually deserve that, but I still have to apologize" moving his eyes left and right tried to seek diversion from his confession of guilt.
"Your mouth can only be used to apologize?" Ethan walked up to Chaerin slowly.
"If you don't want to accept my apology, yes!"
Chaerin had wanted to turn around and leave but Ethan quickly pulled Chaerin and grabbed onto his body, leaving no distance between them.
"You have to apologize another way"
Ethan slowly brought his face closer to Chaerin until their lips touched.
Starting with a gentle kiss, Chaerin slowly opened his mouth and let Ethan take over. Ethan's tongue slowly swept across each side of Chaerin's mouth, Chaerin avenged Ethan by sucking on the man's tongue.
Ethan leads Chaerin to the wall without letting go of his kiss, making Chaerin lean there.
Ethan grips Chaerin's waist tighter than ever, and holds the woman's nape to deepen their kiss, while Chaerin pokes his hand against Ethan's neck.
Ethan turns his kiss to Chaerin's ears slowly, in his lick and in his small bite Chaerin's flushed earlobe, Chaerin bellows with his sexy voice making Ethan more passionate.
Ethan went down Chaerin's neck leaving some red marks there and then down again to Chaerin's chest. In the crumbs of Chaerin's tight chest that is still covered in clothes, one by one Ethan releases the buttons Chaerin clothes to show a bright red bra that seems to tempt Ethan to immediately release it.
There's only one more hook left and Chaerin's bra comes off, but a voice stops Ethan.
"What are you doing?"
Sean stood looking at Chaerin and Ethan in confusion.
Ethan quickly takes off his suit and covers Chaerin's almost half-naked body.
Christopher, who had just guessed what happened, rushed to close Sean's eyes with his hand and pulled Sean back in.
"You're crazy! Agh I'm so ashamed" Chaerin covered his face with both hands.
Ethan scratched the back of his head, he was no less embarrassed than Chaerin.
He felt caught having an affair**** in front of the children.
"It's over, let's continue in the room"
Ethan raised Chaerin and carried him on the shoulder.
"Down me, what time it is, you have to go to work!" Chaerin yells for release but Ethan doesn't tease him.
"You have to get ready because I'm not going to let me out of the room today" Ethan said with a mischievous glint in his eyes.