The meal's been delivered" Linx announced, standing behind the half opened door.
"Oh you got the parcel..." He added seeing the box before Dana.
"You sent this?" Dana asked half expecting that to be the truth.
"Maybe. Come down for breakfast we're waiting." Linx replied before heading down the stairs leaving Dana who waved a sigh of relief that it was Linx who had sent it and not Haneul. Why he did it was one question on her mind that she couldn't get off.
After they had eaten breakfast Dana headed for her room to make a call to Xixi after which they all ended up playing video games. Desiree couldn't believe how Linx let Dana beat him four consecutive times whereas he didn't show him any mercy in every round they had played together, even Dana was beating him , unable to stand their taunts anymore he quickly headed out to receive a phone call as as to get away from them leaving Dana and Linx alone.
"Yeah....!!! I won! I won! I beat you again" Dana said excitedly as she did a happy dance on the bed they sat on. In a split second she lost her balance and fall on something hard when she opened her eyes as she had closed it when she was fall she locked eyes with Linx it was then she realized that she had fallen on top of him. As she tried to move she felt his arms around her waist, she froze heart pounding like she had ran mile and all she could do was look into his beautiful eyes, for the first time she noticed a small mole beside his left eye it was as though she was seeing him for the first time. His hand moved slowly to her face taking her hair that had fallen over his face and pinning it behind the back of her ear. "What are you doing Zheng Dana!!!" Dana screamed in her head, she so wanted to stand up but it felt as though her legs had grown weak and so did every part of her body except her eyes which blinked nervously as her eyes fell on his lips, her mind filled with thoughts on how they would taste. All her life she had only had two kisses, both of which weren't with her consent, the first with Haneul and the second time a truly unpleasant and painful experience she wanted to put behind her she had never as so much as thought about kissing San Yui she only allowed him to go as far as giving her forehead kisses and holding her hands but now here she was thinking about how her boss's lips would taste?! And why wasn't he reacting? She had heard him say she has his time and honestly she was ok with that, she didn't see the possibility of ever opening up to anyone again, not after everything that had happened to her, most recently that scum bag San Yui and Bingwen who she had grown to like a bit because of how free she felt around him but even he too had lied to her
...they both kept staring at each other like it was all that mattered, she could feel his heart beating erratically, the look in his eyes softened the usual wild arrogant glint wasn't there, she opened her mouth to say something but he put his finger on her lips making her heart to skip, from her lips his fingers found their way to cheeks carefully caressing it. Dana knew this was wrong but still she couldn't move, perhaps it was her body falling prey to it's suppressed desires, from a distance they heard footsteps coming up the stairs swiftly they untangled themselves as if the spell had been broken.
"We should stop playing now." Dana said stuttering as she nervously played with her fingers, her eyes facing the floor.
"Yeah we should." Linx replied before standing up to put off the devices. His calmness baffled Dana who was finding it hard to keep her calm she wondered why he acted as though nothing had happened which in actual sense had but it was undeniable that they had shared a moment there.
Silently they walked down the hallway as if afraid to say anything to each other when Dana's eyes fell on the inscription on a door "music" she read out her curiosity building up to find what it was that was inside the room. With the slightest chance that the door would be open Dana turned the handle and it did open, the cracking of the door making Linx who was few feet away to stop in his tracks.
"Don't go in there...." Linx said but his words fell on deaf ears as Dana had already made her way into the room, standing just at the entrance.
"Wow..." Dana exclaimed on seeing the variety of instruments on gracefully arranged, from saxophones to drums to pianos, a violin, guitars and so many other modern and native instruments she had never seen. She moved over to the piano, her hands moving over it as she played an old note she had learnt several years back from Madam Su who had had a big thing for classical music.
"Come on let's go.." Linx announced taking Dana by her hand but she swiftly forced her hand out causing him to turn and stare at her in surprise.
"Remember the bet? You said whoever wins the last round gets to ask anything from whosoever they beat." Dana said with a small smirk as spoke looking up at Linx who's face was expressionless, his hands stuck into the pockets of his joggers.
"So ....I want you to play the violin for me" Dana added sweetly revealing her four frontal teeth as she smiled at him, without a word Linx turned and started walking out when she held on to his grey shirt and started tucking on it "why are you so chicken to play it. I thought you're a multi instrumentalist or is it just a hype from the company to boost your profile??" Dana said crossing her arms on her chest satisfied that she had managed to strike the nail when it's hot, knowing that Linx can't stand any form of statements demeaning his skills.
With long strides Linx walked over picking up the violin his eyes saddening as he ran his fingers through it. Dana moved over to the floor to ceiling windows raising them all up revealing the setting yellow sun and a side of the beach.
"Is this your music room?" Dana asked now facing Linx who's eyes glistening with tears that hadn't made their way down his cheeks.
"No..my late uncle Ren's...." Linx replied his voice in a low whisper as he lowered himself on the stool beside him, his eyes shut his mind reminiscing about all the memories he had tied to the violin, the reason he stopped had stopped playing the violin over the eyes all the reasons and memories hurt as he tried to put it behind him and convince his quivering fingers to find their way through the violin once again as he started playing an unfamiliar tune which filled Dana with nostalgia as she listened to him play, he looked so calm and relaxed as he played away prompting Dana to make a video as he played. When Linx finally opened his eyes signaling the end of the little show Dana clapped a little, smiling at him. "What are you doing?" Linx asked referring to the phone Dana was holding as it was focused on him.
"Making a video, it would be selfish if only I get to listen to this master piece so I'm going to post it on weibo." Dana replied beaming with smiled that hurt her cheeks.
"Ish.. you can't do that. No one else has a video of me like this and you can't post from an unofficial account without the company's consent." Linx replied as he stood up to his feet.
"Yeah that's right. That's the exact reason why I'm going to use your phone to post it with your account." Dana replied moving towards Linx as he took a step back.
"Ha! And how are you going to do that?" Linx asked nonchalantly as he watched Dana look over the room before her eyes fell on his pocket.
"What are you doing??...." Linx asked in panic as Dana moved to where he was and started trying to get his phone which he avoided as they kept struggling untill she started tickling him and he lost balance and fell to the ground giving her the chance to get the phone and off she ran down to the stair laughing loudly. By the time he got to her she had already posted it,under four minutes it had gotten over two thousand likes, comments and hundreds of shares making it worthless for Linx as he had intended to delete it as he took looked through the phone and back at Dana who was laughing at his angry face.
"You....!!!"