Girl In The Winter's

Chapter 15

That morning the city of Vancauver covered in thick snow made everyone lazy to move from the place of the contest, as did Ayumi, the clock had shown at nine in the morning and the girl was still lying under her thick blanket. He just returned to his apartment at four, today is his holiday in the cafe while college has begun to enter the Christmas and new year holidays.

His desire to pamper himself with sleep all day had to be dashed because of a knock on his apartment door, he tried to ignore the increasingly tight knock by covering his head with a blanket and pillow until he finally gave up, lazily and mouth throwing all sorts of scolding finally he opened the door that seemed to be about to be hollow due to the unrelenting knock.

And there the man stood towering wrapped in a thick jacket of yellow and black with the logo of the famous brand on his left chest, making a model who advertises a winter jacket will feel embarrassed when it comes to being with Erik who looks amazing, his hair is neatly arranged as usual, as usual, with a distinctive slanted smile adorning her red lips made her like an angel of death who was sent down to earth to make the hearts of the women stop beating from staring at her.

"Morning, Iris," she said with a smile watching Ayumi who was staring at her with eyes that were still half sleepy and messy hair complete with red Mini Mouse pajamas made the girl look very adorable.

Ayumi rolled her eyeballs when she heard the nickname Erik had pinned for her, after learning Kevin called Ayumi with 'Angel', she did not want to lose by calling him 'Iris' which he took from one of the names of the Greek Goddess (Dewi Pelangi) and forbade Kevin to call Ayumi by her nickname which of course was ignored by the man.

"Erik, you have awakened me from my one-day hibernation" Ayumi said as she walked up to the sofa and hugged her minion doll and slept curled up like a kitten on the couch, seeing that Erik just smiled as he put the plastic bag he brought on the table.

"I'm sorry." Erik crouched down in front of Ayumi while caressing the girl's black hair lovingly.

"But now that you have to get up, I will take you somewhere," said Erik, his hand still stroking his hair which made Ayumi feel more comfortable, "Iris.let's get up!" Erik orders this time while encouraging Ayumi's body to sit down, which immediately gets a protest from the girl.

"Oh my God, can't you let me sleep?!" Rengek Ayumi while resting her head on the shoulder of Erik who had been sitting beside her.

"You guys?" Erik asked who only Ayumi answered with a mutter.

"Yes, Kevin called me earlier and he stopped bothering me after I promised him I'd give him a shot of Euthanasia (dead injection) if it still disturbed my sleep."

Erik laughed at Ayumi's words, "Iris, you better not hesitate to give him the shot. Take it easy I'll be an alibi for you."

Ayumi fell as she poked her head against Erik's shoulder. Fragrance of the man beside him like having addictive substances, he really likes his distinctive fragrance men make the nerves of his body feel calm and comfortable, he almost fell asleep again when Erik woke him up.

"Iris, I'm sorry but you better get up. You can go back to sleep on our way, okay?"

Lazily finally he returned to sitting upright while hugging his beloved doll but only lasted a few seconds before finally he returned to leaning his head to the sofa back. In his heart, Erik felt tired to see his girlfriend who looked so tired due to lack of sleep due to internship at the largest hospital ER in Vancouver. But he does not want to miss the empty time they rarely have, after Kevin managed to 'kidnap' his girlfriend on vacation last week, so now he won't make it happen again.

"Where are we really going?" Tanya Ayumi was weak with her eyes still closed.

"You'll love it, I promise," said Erik with a smile, his hand taking out the two plastic feeding bins he had brought with him, after opening the lid of the place to eat was immediately fragrant typical of Ayumi's favorite food immediately burst out to tease the nose pointed the girl who just sat up straight with her eyes wide open.

"You.. how do you know?" Ayumi asked excitedly while staring at her favorite seafood fried rice.

"Well, I went to David's place to buy us breakfast and he said that you really like seafood fried rice."

Ayumi nodded with sparkling eyes looking at Erik who was now smiling widely because he managed to make his lover awake perfectly. Ayumi's eyes were more sparkling when Erik thrust a portion of the typical Indonesian food in front of her, but when he was about to take a place to eat it Erik pulled back while pointing his index finger in front of Ayumi's face.

"You can eat it, but on one condition," said Erik made Ayumi let out a heavy breath of impatience.

"All right, what is it?" Ayumi was holding up the sign of giving up making Erik smile triumphantly.

"You can eat it, but after that you're gonna go all day with me. Agreed?"

Ayumi was silent for a moment while looking at the smiling man with her eyebrows raised, which finally made the girl accept her defeat. For now Erik's smile and seafood fried rice teased him more than sleeping.

"All right, you win. Now give me that fried rice!"

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"Look! You said I'd like it. I – don't - like it!" Shouted Ayumi desperately, she tried to stand up but struggled as her legs were tied to the ski board. They are currently on Cypress Mountain, one of Vancouver's ski resorts where the Olympic skiing is held every winter.

Seeing Ayumi who looks difficult to wake up, finally for the umpteenth time Erik helped the girl to stand on the board again, still holding Ayumi's hand, and finally, he tried to make his lover stand upright and balanced.

"You're very good at lessons, but why not in sports" Erik said as he looked at Ayumi in despair, for almost an hour and a half he had been trying to teach the girl to ski but always ended up with the fall of the girl in a wide variety of styles.

"I was not present when God shared the ability of sports," replied Ayumi, who inevitably made Erik smile.

"Hey.. God is Most Just, he gives me intelligence in learning and gives sports intelligence to others.. Isn't it unfair that I take all that intelligence." Ayumi looked at Erik with her round eyes while smiling sweetly and raising her eyebrows which made the man pinch her lover's smooth cheeks.

"But God gave it all to me. Oh yes, don't forget! God also gave me good looks."

Ayumi laughed at Erik's words which sounded very confident. Inevitably, he admitted that, his lover was besides handsome also a genius in the field of painting and he was good at skiing.

"Oh stop it, but you can't play guitar" Ayumi said, putting her glasses back on.

"Ckkk.what a great thing it is to play guitar and sing." Erik said lazily because he knew Kevin was very good at playing guitar and singing in a melodious voice. Ayumi laughed at the words, not wanting to prolong the conversation that would definitely make her lover carefree, Ayumi finally decided to start sliding.

"If I'm still falling, this is my first and last ski game, Erik, do you understand? Next time you bring me here again, I'd better make a snow doll while waiting for you to ski."

Erik could only laugh at Ayumi's words. He briefed her and the girl slid down the hill. After a few meters Ayumi finally shouted happily because she managed to slide without falling, she continued to slide down. Seeing that Erik joined laughing happily while shouting to give spirit.

The area is increasingly sloping that makes Ayumi more quickly slide down, making her lose control, her head suddenly so empty forget all Erik instructions on how to control and stop the ski board, and the, all the instructions were as if disappearing carried away by the wind that swept his face so fiercely, he grew even more panicked when he felt the trajectory of the steep thrust that made his speed increase.

"ERIIIKS... THIS WON'T STOP! OH MY... ERIK, HELP ME!!!" Ayumi shouted anxiously as she could not stop her skateboard. Hearing the screams of his lover made Erik cursing and quickly slide with the expertise of a professional he tried to pursue Ayumi.

"AAAAA...!!!" Ayumi screamed loudly as her skateboard continued to slide straight towards the track guardrail.

"Damn!" Bump Erik after seeing where the direction of the board belongs to Ayumi, he increasingly increase the speed of the board until finally he managed to be beside his lover, he managed to be, as fast as lightning he caught the slender body of the girl until the two of them fell down and rolled around on the snow several times before finally stopping.

"Iris! Tell me something, are you hurt?" Erik asked as he bowed over Ayumi's body which was still motionless.

"For God's sake, Iris, say something!" Erik shook Ayumi's body hoping that the girl would respond.

"Erik. Do you understand?!"

Erik was silent for a while trying to digest Ayumi's words that looked very serious, until he finally laughed because he felt relieved his lover could scold him again which is a sign that he is fine, but he is still not, Erik was lying next to the girl.

"Oh my God, you're freaking me out, Iris."

"Oh believe me, I'm a lot more scared."

For a moment they just fell silent in a position still lying on the snow, trying to calm the heartbeat that had increased, until finally there was the sound of laughter Ayumi who initially slowly became louder after hearing Erik join in laughing with her.

"So it was crazy" Ayumi said among her laughs.

"Truly crazy." Erik agreed to his lover's words, they laughed again between the winter breeze which was somehow no longer as cold as usual because the warmth in their hearts that they were feeling was enough to fight the freezing around them.

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