Aya was awoke at 6 in the morning with a knocking on the door.
She opened up to see Levin.
He gave a bouquet of flowers to Aya, along with some cakes. Said he's off today and would like them to spend some time in the town.
Not only was it unexpected, but rather unusual.
The smiling face of Levin was really getting frustrating, as Aya began to more and more acquaint with the feeling that he's trying to start relationship.
After asking for him to come in, then leaving him in the kitchen, as she walks over to her room, pushing the lock.
Even if this is just changing clothes, the sole knowing that the man who's making her feel rather uneasy was really not in any way reassuring.
As she pulled the long skirt and the sweater out of the closet, she hear a knock on the door, accompanied with an attempt at opening it.
"Oh, apologies, I just wanted to know how long you'll take." - Levins voice on the other end of the door.
It felt as if he was breathing on the damn door. The shivers went down the spine.
"Just 5 minutes please." - Aya replied in the nice tone and manner.
"You really are the control freak…" - She mumbled silently under her breath.
"Oh, alright." - He said nonchalantly and went off.
Aya got dressed and went out.
Levin had prepared the "special" sort of small trip in town.
They took the bus to the old part of the Rene, it was bordering with the outskirts of the academic town. Mainly, the campuses ended around kilometre away from the start of old stone pavements and narrow passages.
They had walked to Levins favourite shop that sells dried flowers. He spoke to the owner for a while about the new types of chemicals that do a profound work at keeping flowers seem alive for longer, although they are fully dried.
Aya kept on smiling, looking around and paid not so much attention to the compound of the chemical structure that Levin and owner were on about.
This small shop was really intriguing. They even had few animals taxidermy exhibits. The two rabbits and a fox.
There was a frame with butterflies stuck on with needles and even dissected frog balsamated.
"Quite the taste in art…" - Thought Aya, as she checked these absolutely natural exhibits of still death.
Few more minutes later Levin snapped back to the living and apologised to Aya for taking so much time.
"Oh, Levin, is that your girlfriend?" - The shop owner smiled as he barked at them, when Aya was about to be out the doors.
Instead of proper reply Levin smiled and waved hand.
"This is absolutely not right. He's showing me off." - Aya thought to herself, but was unable to say anything to Levin.
Not because she was afraid for herself, but because the worries of a lifetime chance at learning from this magister was rare and really hard to acquire.
Then Levin took Aya to the old gelato place. The ice-cream and the frozen yogurt there were exceptionally tasty, but the cold weather was not really that welcoming and gave chills to anyone who consumed anything cold.
Levin told stories about how he was pacing here when he just arrived as a student with a referral. How he was absolutely swept off his feet when he saw the pace, when he enjoyed the food and drinks, but most of all one certain place.
They reached the hilltop with a great structure of artistic architecture piece on it - Cathedral of Mortem.
They stood outside it, as the whole construction was to be taken in slowly. The grandeur at what it was, the magnificent and majestic look, the ridiculous grande size of it - it was purely the art of the architecture world.
"Is it possible to view inside?" - Aya asked, as her interest was piqued.
"Oh my dear Aya, I wish." - Levin sighed, then sat down at the bench nearby.- "This Cathedral was a great masterpiece once. The people walked in to pray and to cleanse their souls, to hide and to find salvation, to dream and admire the place. But the owner had died since very long ago. The place fell in hands of some businessmen that had built inside to fit film theatre, chapel and the restaurant. They supposedly even had art exhibits there. The place boomed with people and buzz. But that was more than 10 years ago. Now it is closed for all and any, as each business built inside - ceased to exist. The popularity had died off and nothing made this place get back to what it was. Now it belongs to the local municipality. They don't have the funds to resurrect the place to its former glory. Restoration does cost a lot, you see."
Aya listened to Levins words, but she had questions on how exactly this happened to flop i business if the place and the ideas were so great.
"Me and my wife were here, we met here. She loved the place and I loved watching her admire it. She's still part of it." - Levin spoke in a soft voice, filled with love and so much affection, that it hurt Aya.
"What happened to her?" - Aya asked.
"She died. No longer with us, but the memories she left are warming hearts of many." - Levins smile was so sincere, it was remarkable to witness.
Then Levin stood up, saying that this cold weather sure gets to the bones and hurried them both to go back to the academy.