IN THE CAGE

46. HUNGRY

...NORMAL pov...

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When the sky outside had turned dark, Fawn who was standing on the balcony while enjoying the sunlight dimmed into a night-time entrance and closed the door. Margot's room, which is now her lair, returns in a dark pink. He stepped into the room and immediately threw himself on the bed.

There was nothing Fawn could do in Margot's room - either today or yesterday. Be it in Ace's room or in Margot's room, Fawn was still overwhelmed by boredom.

Tonight, unlike yesterday's nights when Vera would accompany Fawn to chat, snack or even just accompany Fawn without a sound, Fawn was left alone with no friends. The reason is, today a party is being held in a biggest hotel in the East. Margot being invited-preparing all the best bodyguards to accompany her, Vera is one of those bodyguards.

Honestly speaking, Fawn was a little lonely, bored and - most irritating - she was a bit starving. Although reminding himself not to get used to this place, Fawn's stomach is often spoiled by good food in this house does not obey Fawn's mind. When bored, Fawn will starve. Because-the only way Fawn kills her boredom is by tasting food until she is full, sleepy and asleep.

"Huuuh, what should I do?" Fawn rolled around in frustration on the bed. He could not go out carelessly because the alarm at his feet had been set to light up if he stepped out of Margot's room. Nor can he yell and call Felix because of the door to the room in the lock.

The only solution now is sleep. Maybe he'll wake up when Vera comes home and asks for food. Well, that's good. Let's do that.

Fawn took a sigh. He pulled his les body towards the pillow. Just when he had just secured his lying position and closed his eyes

Cklek!

Margot's room door opened. White light from outside spread on the floor and cast a mold of one's shadow on the floor. Fawn opened her eyes again and pulled her body to a seat.

"Sheesh, what the fuck is this room?" the familiar voice of someone in Fawn's ear Ace's voice sounded from the direction of the door. Grimacing the terrible darkness.

"Aces?" Fawn called out to the man hesitantly.

"Ah-" Ace stepped in. "Is Margot gone?"

"Since this afternoon, don't you know?"

Margot went out to buy some jewelry and at the same time stopped by the salon to arrange her dark mane. He gets so busy that he asks Anggara to pick him up at his apartment.

"I just got back this afternoon" said Ace. He met a client in the next town and just returned just before sunset. Ace does not know about Margot and is very surprised to know her brother's road partner is Anggara. Ace's goal coming to Margot's room is to confront the woman but it looks like she's been defeated by time.

"Well..," Fawn didn't know what else to say.

Ace took a deep breath before finally turning his body. There was no other way but to talk about Margot's situation after the event ended. Only after that was he able to warn his brother not to play around with fire.

"Ace!!!" fawn's voice escaped from the esophagus, quite loud and quite surprising. Even for Fawn herself. He didn't think his voice would be as loud as it was just now.

Stop in front of the door, "What's up?" ask Ace.

"I--" Should she say it, Fawn was afraid she would make Ace angry. But, he could no longer hold himself back. "I---, I'm hungry."

"Huh?" Ace's forehead raised next to.

"I'm hungry" Fawn repeated. "I want to eat."

Ace who was already in the doorway, took two steps back. His pair of dark beads shone at Fawn who was bathed in a faint pink light. 

"What do you want?" ask Ace then. It was quite surprising because the man's voice did not show any opposition or objection. The sound was quite subtle actually.

"Nasi-and uh--, I want some shrimp paste...? Fe-Felix made me some shrimp paste a few weeks ago, but if there's nothing I'm gonna eat what sa-"

"Alright," Ace cut off Fawn's words with a twitching corner of his lips holding back a smile. "There again?"

"I want scrambled eggs, umm, let alone, huh?" Why is it that when Ace becomes a kind-hearted figure, Fawn's brain cannot be invited to work together and think about the food menu he wants? Damn, this is a rare opportunity!

Fawn felt like hitting her head against the wall when she found nothing she wanted other than the food she had mentioned. Damn, damn, damn.

"If there's no more, wait a minute." If Fawn was too hungry to make good use of her head, Ace ended their conversation and walked out. The door of the room that had previously brought light from the outside finally closed again. Leaving Fawn who was now banging her head onto the pillow full of regret.

"I can get any food and I think of scrambled eggs, very clever, Fawn, very clever!"

 

Some time passed before the door to Margot's room was opened from the outside. Fawn, who had been waiting eagerly, stood enthusiastically as Felix stepped in with a food trolley. As Felix walked in, a pleasant aroma from the food he brought filled the room. Fawn smiled happily like a child getting a gift on her birthday.

"Why so much?" Fawn asked Felix as he sauntered towards the round table where Fawn used to eat. On the black leather sofa opposite the bed, Fawn sat cross-legged preparing herself.

"One is very hungry and makes an order like one who has not eaten for three years. What else can I do besides obey him?" Felix said cynically, but Fawn did not care. He was more concerned with some extra menus that were not even in his order at all. Is this earthly paradise?

"What is all this for me?" Fawn touched his chest filled with a feeling of happiness, his heart seemed to be about to explode so happy.

"Eat," said Felix, he softened slightly as Fawn acted like a boy. Well, tell me it's Felix's human side coming out. Although Felix hates Fawn's wild attitude, he can't be untouchable when Fawn likes the food she serves.

"Thank you" Fawn said sincerely before picking up the chopsticks on the table. His hands excitedly reached out one by one the menu before him. While Fawn was eating, Felix withdrew from the room. He went out and clashed the way with Ace who had just stepped in.

Without giving a verbal response to Felix greeting him with a polite bow of his head, Ace continued to step towards the room which was for God's sake, greatly making his eyes work hard. Ace headed to the sofa and sat down next to Fawn who was surprised at his arrival. Under the colour of magenta shining down on his face, Fawn looked at Ace with a pair of eyeballs laden with confusion.

"You-you, you're not going?" Fawn chewed the fried shrimp in her mouth in a slow-still astonished motion.

"I don't like crowds" Ace said lightly.

"Likes to dislike - don't you still have to go?" Fawn did not understand. He thought the big event was where upper-class people stretched each other's web of connections. People like Ace - especially people like Ace - will usually be in the front row when it comes to coming to the party.

"If I don't like it, yes. Who would dare to force me?"

"Well, whatever." Fawn bodo. He went back to eating and left Ace fiddling with the remote lying on the table. Room lights that were previously pink-turned green, orange-and finally-white. 

"You'll choke if you eat in the dark" Ace said.

"Miss Margot won't let me replace it." Fawn chimed in honestly.

"You're very obedient to Margot, are you her dog?"

"I don't like to make trouble" Fawn said. "Don't provoke my emotions, I'm hungry right now."

"You're treating Margot really cheated, you know!" Ace did not stop. He still mumbled with a voice full of irritation. "I brought you into this house, what's the difficulty in my opinion? What's so good about Margot?"

"Are you seriously going to talk about that right now?" Fawn looked at Ace before returning to his plate. "The problem is, Ace, do you think you deserve good treatment?"

"What do you mean Margot deserved?"

"Miss Margot-"

"You even called him politely."

"Well, he's not the one who kidnapped me, okay?" fawn's voice went up unintentionally. He breathed a sultry breath. "Miss Margot and you are just as horrible. The reason I'm still polite to Miss Margot is-"

"Is she?"

"Ma..." Fawn actually had no other reason other than her instincts asking her not to bar-bar to the gloomy woman. "Maybe because he's older than me, is that it?"

"You're a moron, huh?" Ace immediately shook his head-laughing.

"Yes whatever. Don't bother me to eat, okay?"

"Give me one" said Ace again.

"What?"

"Your food."

"Message yourself, why do you want my food?" Fawn is somewhat possessive when it comes to sharing food. Especially if the guy is Ace.

"Don't be stingy, I've ordered that much. Are you going to spend it all by yourself?"

"Well.., but..." Fawn scowled unwillingly. He grabbed a spoon from the pasta, shoveled rice, a slice of shrimp and a small piece of egg and handed the spoon to Ace. "It!"

Without welcoming the spoon with his hand, Ace lowered his head and reached the end of the spoon filled with rice and shrimp with his mouth straight away. Fawn who was still holding the spoon was instantly dumbfounded.

"It's delicious, give me one more..."

"Huh?"

"Don't baffle..." Ace leaned his body towards Fawn, commanding Fawn without accepting rejection. Her light voice and her gesture that demanded a bribe inevitably made Fawn share her food with the man.

Damn it, Fawn thought the food was just for her!

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