When Ivan got out of the shower and was about to dry himself before putting on the clothes, he realized that there's no towels in the shower room.
He did see towels outside of the closet, but didn't think much about it. He would never have thought that Vivian didn't keep any towel in the shower room.
Most of the people kept a few towels in their shower room.
Since Ivan was not wearing anything at the moment, he was struggling with his decision. He's not sure if it's ok or not to ask Vivian to bring him a towel.
Ivan made up his mind to ask Vivian to bring him a towel if she's still awake. He'll just open a small slide of the door and when Vivian hands him the towel, he'll just grab it really quick.
If she's asleep, he'll have to get it himself with nothing in his body.
The shower's room door opens slightly "are you asleep?"
"Almost."
"Then can I bother you just a little bit?"
"Mmm…"
"Can you please bring me a towel? I forgot to bring it with me."
Without saying anything, Vivian gets out of the bed lazily with her eyes half open and goes grab a towel. She then hands the towel to Ivan.
Worrying that the woman in front of the door might see his naked body, without looking, Ivan stretched out his hand grabbing the towel in Vivian's hand as fast as he could.
Since Ivan is not looking and was just stretching out his hand to grab the towel, he ends up not grabbing just the towel but also the woman that brings him a towel hand too.
He pulls what he grabbed into the shower room as fast as he could without realizing that he was grabbing Vivian's too.
With the sudden pulls, Vivian's body flies right into Ivan's chest while his arms wrapped around her back to help her steady her body and make sure that she won't fall.
"Ouch!" Her nose hit his hard chest.
Vivian broke free from Ivan's arms and took a few steps back and was sober up with the pain in her nose.
Now that Vivian was not in Ivan's arms anymore, she could see the man standing in front of her clearly.
Her eyes widened when she noticed the man standing in front of her didn't wear anything.
'God! He's too attractive. My heart couldn't stand it and was about to jump out of my chest.'
Vivian's face started blushing and her nose started bleeding.
Holding her pained nose to hide her blushing face. "The hell are you doing man!"
Ivan was fluttering when he noticed Vivian's nose was bleeding.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to grab and pull you in here. I was just grabbing the towel in your hand."
He quickly grabbed some napkins and held it against Vivian's nose to stop the bleeding.
Vivian's face starts turning even more redder as her heart begins beating faster.
"Are you alright?"
Ivan stretched out his hand and was about to touch Vivian's forehead to feel her temperature when he noticed that her face turned red.
"Smack!"
Vivian Wah slapped his hand away.
"What was that for?"
Ivan was confused. Why did Vivian slap his hand away? All he did was try to help her stop the bleeding in her nose.
Vivian Wah's face turned even more redder and it reached her ears.
"Cough! Cough!"
She coughs in embarrassment then turns her back on Ivan.
"The towel is on the floor."
Only then did Ivan realize that he's standing naked in front of Vivian. He was so worried when he saw Vivian's nose was bleeding that he forgot about the towel and his naked body.
Grabbing the towel on the floor and wrapping it around his waist like nothing happened.
Vivian Wah turns on the water and starts cleaning her nose as fast as she can.
"I'll leave you to put your clothes on now."
Just right after she finished speaking, Vivian Wah stormed out of the bathroom.
She jumped in the bed and covered herself with the quilt.
Both palms were on her chest while taking a deep breath rapidly to calm her poor heart down.
In a million years Vivian would never have thought that she would see something that she shouldn't have.
On the surface, Ivan looked like he didn't care, but deep down, his heart was beating rapidly that was about to burst.
He dried his body up, put the clothes on, then walked out of the shower room.
He walked up to the bed and got in the bed.
Putting his arm on his forehead and sighing softly. "Asleep?"
There's no answer and was only dead silent in the room.
Closing his eyes with a heavy heart "I'm sorry about earlier. I didn't mean to hurt you and let you see me like that."
"You must think that I'm just some old man with a dirty mind."
There's still no movement or sound in the quite big room.
"I shouldn't have come here. I shouldn't have taken a shower."
Ivan was worried that if he didn't do what Mrs. Wah wants to, she'll grow to dislike him when they just met and start getting alone.
He blames himself for not thinking about how Vivian felt.
"Sigh!"
"I'll leave as soon as the day breaks. Get a good night's sleep. Again, I'm sorry."
Listening quietly to what the man next to her is saying makes Vivian feel bad.
It's not his fault that he was dragged into this situation. Everything's because of her selfishness.
Now he's the one apologizing while sighing and laying down on an unfamiliar bed.
Vivian Wah pulled down the quilt a little, sticking out her head and turned to look at Ivan. "I'm sorry for dragging you into this situation. I should've solved my own problems. Instead, I asked you for help."
Vivian was sure that her mother must've made Ivan feel uncomfortable.
After pausing for a few seconds, Vivian continued. "It's not your fault. So stop thinking about it and can you please stop sighing?"
"I'm sorry. I must have woken you up from your sleep."
'Here we go! He apologized again.'
Vivian was just trying to lift up the mood but it seems like she ended up hurting his feelings once again.
"Stop apologizing. I'm not sleeping yet."
The man next to her was still closing his eyes while his arm was still on his forehead.
Noticing that his hair was still wet from the shower, Vivian sits up. "Want me to dry your hair?"
Ivan's eyes opened slowly. He then turned his head to face the woman next to him in confusion.
Vivian smiles. "In return, stop blaming yourself and stop sighing. Sighing too much makes you grow old faster."
Ivan chuckles softly.
Without saying anything, he gets out of the bed and Vivian follows him behind.
Vivian gets the hair dryer, turns it on, then makes Ivan sit on the chair. She then starts drying Ivan's hair without turning the lights on.
The room was shiny with moonlight.
Leaning against Vivian's chest on his back and enjoying the feeling of the soft fingers that ran through his hair while closing his eyes.
It took a while for his hair to dry up since he had thick hair.
Turning off the hair dryer, Vivian Wah placed his palms on Ivan's shoulders. "All done now."
Slowly opening his eyes, Ivan turns around to face Vivian.
Wrapping his arms around Vivian waist as he leans against her stomach.
There was silence in the room. It's so quiet that they could hear each other's heart beats.
"Can you be my wife? I figured that you asked me to be your boyfriend temporarily and even think about breaking up with me. Can't you be my woman for real and not just for a short period of time?"
With a heavy heart, Ivan softly and quietly mutters under his breath that almost sounds like he's whispering.
Since the room was so quiet, Vivian heard every single word clearly.
'So he knew everything from the start and he still played along.'
Ivan wants to give it the first and last try to finger out how Vivian feels about him.
What does that supposed to mean? Is he saying that he wants to be in a relationship with me?
Vivian Wah didn't say anything and just let Ivan lean and hug her.
Her silence made Ivan understand what she meant. His chest feels tighter, but he was glad that he at least tried.
He understood Vivian Wah's feelings. No youngster will want to be with someone as old as him. But his feelings toward her are pure love.
He never felt something like this toward any other woman. The first time they met, Vivian was the first woman he had strong feelings towards.
He knew that it was going to turn out this way, but he still gathered up his courage and poke up what's on his mind.
They stay like that for a short while before Ivan lets go of her.
Turning his back on her "I'm sorry. Just forget what I just said."
He was glad that he got the heavy things out of his chest. Now his chest feels less tightened.
He then stood up and walked straight to bed leaving Vivian standing there looking blankly.
This is not the same Ivan that Vivian used to know. The Ivan that Vivian used to know would not say something like this.
For some unknown reason she doesn't dislike this side of him.
Maybe that's because she got to know him little by little over the past few years. So when Ivan proposed to her earlier, she felt slightly happy about it.
Vivian was in a deep thought while looking down at the big diamond ring that Ivan slipped on her finger that she didn't notice when Ivan left or heard what he said.
'It was real.'
After a few seconds, Vivian came back to her senses.
Noticing that the man hugging her was already on his way to bed, Vivian walks up behind him.
Ivan was about to get in the bed when a small warm hand grabbed his hand making him turn around to face her.
He could see the nervousness in Vivian's face.
"Vivi? What's wrong?"
His heart starts beating faster as he starts getting worried.