When Sato and Gray got home, Gray received a call from the military. It was the afternoon by the time they reach back and so, both of them did not eat lunch. Thanks to the timely call, Gray was not able to eat any food before getting back to work. He closed his study room's door and started a conference call.
Sato sat at the dining table with his bowl of porridge. He stared into space, worrying about Gray's health. The man has not had a proper meal since yesterday. To add to that, he did not get any sleep prior to everything. Sato lost his appetite and wasn't even able to finish half of his porridge. Heading back to his room, he went ahead to take a shower.
In his naked and vulnerable self, the hot shower poured over the boy's body. In hopes of injecting the warmth in his body, he turned the water strength up. Water flowed down his face endlessly as it felt soothing all across. He felt hopeless in such a situation and knew that worrying would do him no good. The shower helped calm his mood down and so, he patiently waited.
One hour, two hours, Sato did nothing except waiting. There was nothing that he felt like doing when his man was busy at work. Even if he did pick up a book and started revising, nothing would have gone into his head. The worries for a lover hurts more than a stab wound.
Eventually, the conference call ended and Gray opened his door. Sato who was waiting for this moment quickly got out of bed. He turned the corner to find Gray walking out towards him. Of course, Gray smiled at the worried young man.
"Why the long face?" Gray caressed Sato's soft cheeks.
"You should have brought food into your conference call." Sato looked at Gray in the eye. He was quite displeased with Gray's reckless action.
"It was an emergency meeting with the Chief of Staff and the Secretary of Defense. There was no way I could eat anything during the call."
"Still..." Sato focused back as he held onto Gray's hand and pulled his downstairs. The housemaids knew what Sato was doing and had already started to heat up Gray's lunch. "Sit down."
"Okay." Seeing how angry and worried Sato was, it made Gray feel happy on the inside. Sato cared for his wellbeing and that was all that mattered.
Within five minutes, the food came out hot for Gray. Sato had also received another portion of food too.
"Mmm? Did you not finish your lunch just now?" From the housemaid's actions, Gray had caught Sato in a bind.
"Uh..." Sato blushed in embarrassment. He quickly changed the subject back to Gray, "Come on. Eat your food, Gray."
Gray smiled as he ate his first bite of the day. Sato followed along and continued to finish his meal. As expected, the two were really an inseparable couple. The housemaids that watched from afar, giggled like little girls when watching their master's interaction with his boyfriend. It was a refreshing sight and they knew that Sato was perfect for their master. Even the Head maid, Paula, could not help but smile. She had worked in the household the longest out of all the housemaids and without a doubt, there was never a time when Gray was happier than he was now.
When the couple finished their food, Gray and Sato sat by their favorite porch to digest their food. Sato leaned in on Gray's broad shoulder as he looked at the outside view. The day was slightly gloomy, with overhanging clouds over the horizon. It looked like it was going to rain. Yet, the mood in the room was nothing but bliss. The warmth between a couple was able to triumph any form of cold.
As they sat there quietly, eventually, Sato realized that Gray's breathing was very constant. He looked up to over Gray's shoulder to find the handsome man sleeping peacefully. He was very thankful for everything that Gray gave him and there was nothing more that he loved than spending time with him. Sato closed his eyes too and fell into his own slumber. The couple took a wonderful afternoon nap together inside the embrace of each other's arms.
...
In the Copperfield Foundation building, the board of directors was having an emergency meeting. Caleb Copperfield sat in the center of everyone, his hands were cupped together while his elbow rested on the table. There were deep frowns on his forehead. Clearly, there was bad news given out during this meeting.
"So what you are saying is that," Caleb interrupted the presenter's presentation, "Not one or two, but ALL of our investors had backed out from the expansion project?!"
"Yes, sir.." The presenter replied in a passive voice.
"What happened?! There better be some goddamn good reason for why they had all backed out!"
"I...It was because of Hayfield Limited! Th...They suddenly revealed expansion plans in the Western District and had given higher percentage shares to each of the investors. As a result, everyone hopped boat.."
Caleb Copperfield sat at the table front in silence. The board of directors was firing comments between each other, blaming each other for their hopeful plans of expanding in Country Z. The company was having an internal war.
"Enough!" Caleb slammed on the table loudly. The whole room went silent once again and he could finally hear his own thoughts.
"Yu Ting, what about the purchasing of land in the western district? Is it too late to cancel our quotations?" Yu Ting was a scholar hired by Caleb to take care of the company's finances. Unfortunately, Yu Ting shook his head with a heavy-hearted expression.
"Sir, our quotations went through a day ago, while the news just came in today. With the lack of investors, the company will have to foot the debt ourselves."
When Caleb heard the report from Yu Ting, the boss of the company finally slumped his body in his chair. Defeated, his eyes now lacked spirit and vigor. It was clear and evident that Hayfield Limited was purposely targetting his company. Yet, he still could not figure out who he had offended in there.