Chapter 24

My dog, he asked so much when he got sick like now. Earlier he asked me to accompany him to sleep. Then asked me to carry him to the bathroom. Now he even asked me to feed him the chicken porridge that was still left in the kitchen.

Be patient, Leah. He's sick now.

I tried to stop myself from getting angry. After all, I'm the one who made him sick like this. Luckily he only had a fever, not a cold. If he caught a cold, I would consider not playing our "game" for a while.

"Leah, please take my clothes in the closet." he asked, wrapping his hands around my waist.

I returned his hug with a smile holding back irritated hearing his request earlier. "Yes, I'll get it for you. Wait a minute."

I took his hug from me and walked to his wardrobe. My mind was busy choosing clothes that were warm enough for him to wear, and finally, I managed to find a beige sweater and white sleep pants.

Thankfully, not all colors in the wardrobe are dark blue. I could throw up if I saw the dark blue one more time in the cupboard. I closed his wardrobe and returned to his direction. I handheld out the clothes I had chosen for him, asking him to wear his own clothes.

"I don't want to put them on my own. Please help me to put them on." he whimpered, turning his face the other way.

I took a deep breath hearing his request earlier. "Yes, I will help you now."

He immediately turned his face towards me, looking happy because I agreed to his request earlier. My hand then took the white sweater and trousers that I took for him earlier and put them on. When finished, I sat beside him, staring at my dog's face that looked so satisfied with what I did.

"Thank you." he said, leaning his head on my shoulder. "You're not mad after I asked you to do everything like I told you earlier?"

"I’m not angry. Why am I angry? The important thing is you now rest so that you get better quickly and then we can go to the office together tomorrow." I said, stroking his hair.

"We're going to go to the office together tomorrow, right?"

"Yes."

He took his face away from my shoulder and smiled weakly again, making me feel like kissing him this time, but I tried to hold back from kissing him. He lay back on the bed and pulled up the blanket.

"I'll sleep first, okay? Still dizzy." he said. Not long after, his eyes were closed, and fell asleep just like that.

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After making sure Dominik is sleeping now, I secretly let go of my hand that he was still holding from his hand, took my smartphone from my bag, and left his room. Then I took the teapot and cup that was on the kitchen shelf and put the green tea bag I bought on the way home from the hill in the pot and boiled hot water. As soon as the water started to boil, I turned off the stove, poured the contents of the pot into the teapot, and took it to the balcony of her apartment, along with the cup to enjoy the tea I had been using. I deliberately put my smartphone on the table where I put the teapot and cup I brought earlier, and I sat on the balcony of his apartment, enjoying the view in front of me at this time.

It's been almost 3 hours since I watched the street visible from the balcony of his apartment while sitting on the balcony of his apartment with the laundry still drying beside me. Because soon the day will turn into the late afternoon, the street around the apartment is starting to look crowded with the number of vehicles filling the road. I took another sip of the green tea that I brewed again because the tea that I first brewed was gone. Its soothing taste makes me return to the kitchen to brew the green tea in a teapot and take it to the balcony, then sit down while still keeping my gaze towards the street. The wind that blows is not so strong, followed by the not-so-hot sun that makes me feel at home for a long time in this place.

I returned to pouring green tea into my cup which was now empty. I put the teapot that I used to hold the tea that I was using back on the table near the chair where I'm currently sitting. When I was about to take a sip of my tea and return to enjoying the scenery in front of me right now, the smartphone that I purposely left on the table near me began to vibrate. I feel annoyed that my leisure time has been damaged by the vibrating sound of my smartphone. While cursing myself for putting my phone near me, I took out my smartphone and looked at the person who managed to destroy my current leisure time. I got even more annoyed when I saw who the person calling me was, but I still decided to answer it.

"Hello?" I asked, holding back feeling annoyed with the person who called me at this time.

"Leah? Are you still angry?"

The person who called me, Harris Keith, asked this in a worried voice. I ignored him and returned to answer his question.

"What do you think? After what you did yesterday afternoon, you thought I was going to say, geez, Harris. Thank you. I really like your sudden kiss. I never thought you would kiss me in my office lobby and be seen by many people." I said, holding back my irritation as I rolled my eyes.

He sighed softly at the sarcasm that came out of my mouth earlier. " Well, it's not exactly like that."

"What? You did it on purpose in front of Dominik so that he was jealous? "

From the phone, I could hear his voice sighing deeply as if trying to hold back his disappointment. Hearing the sound of his sigh made me feel familiar with the sound of his sigh. It's just like my memory is locked somewhere, as if not allowing me to return to remember the person who was calling me at this time.

"You really still can't remember me?" he asked. His voice sounded a little sad when asked me.

"A little." I said in a tone of indifference.

"Really? What do you remember?" he asked. His voice that had sounded sad now sounded excited as soon as I said that I remember a little about him.

"Before that you didn't ask if I was okay? Or just asking what I'm doing right now? "

I have decided. Dominik is much better than the person who was calling me. At least my dog ​​is much more sensitive than the person whose name I don't want to remember. At least for now.

"Sorry. I'm too happy to hear that you can remember me now. Does your head still hurt?"

"Yes, it’s already disappeared. "I replied briefly.

"Then what are you doing now? "

"At Dominic's house."

"Huh? What are you doing there? "he exclaimed, surprised to hear I was at my dog's house right now.

Before I could answer his question, Dominik's hand suddenly grabbed my phone and answered his question as if the call was directed at him. I was surprised to see Dominik, who I was sure that he is still sleeping in his room, now standing behind me with the stern face he always displays whenever he is in the office.

"Why? You don't like Leah hanging around with me? "

"Dominik! "I whispered so that Harris wouldn't overhear him. He just gestured for me to be quiet while he answered the phone.

"Listen carefully. As long as I'm around, I won't give her to anyone. Including you. "

After saying that, he immediately hung up the phone and gave me back my smartphone.