| Fan Fiction |
by Jowyn
“Honey, I’m home. Are you in the kitchen?” I walked into the kitchen, but there was no sign of her around the house. I placed the bouquet of red roses on the dining table and took the cold mineral water from the refrigerator.
“Hmmm…where could she be? I thought she will be waiting for me as she always did.” I mumbled silently.
I called her many times, but she didn’t pick up the phone. It was almost dinner time, and she wasn’t home yet. I was worried something bad happened to her, thus in the end I decided to call Ella, maybe she knew where Hebe was.
“Hi Ella, it’s me Chun.”
“Yeah, what's up?”
“Ella, is Hebe with you now?”
“No, what’s wrong? Isn’t Hebe supposed to be at home with you?”
“No, I didn’t know where she is. I called her, but she just won’t pick up the damn phone.”
“Chill out man, I think she will be okay. Don’t worry too much…maybe she is out there to meet her friend.”
“Friend? What friend is more important than husband? I know I was harsh at her last night, but I will never agree to let her work.”
“Both of you were having quarrel? Uhh…Chun, why don’t I come over to your place and we go out to find her okay? Give me around 20 minutes.”
While waiting for Ella, I rested at the couch and closed my eyes. I didn’t have much sleep lately. I was busy working on a proposal with Ella, sometimes we even worked overnight to get something important done. We hoped to get the business contract with Taipei Group that famous with its authentic Chinese and Japanese cuisine.
I just didn’t know what am I supposed to do now…I just hoped that Hebe will not do something silly. I knew I shouldn’t say and done something that would hurt her feeling. I didn’t mean to lose my temper on her, but I was too angry when she insisted to go on with her decision and won’t accept NO for an answer…Hebe, please forgive me…I’m so sorry…
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Ella’s POV
What was really happened between them? I thought they were happy couple…In my heart, they were forever compatible lovers… they were meant for each other and not supposed to have any argument between them…
This is serious, maybe I should call Jiro to come along too. I took out my cell phone and dialed his number.
“Jiro”
“Hey Ella, what are you doing now?” Jiro asked.
“Erm…are you free now? Hebe is missing.”
“What? How does it happen?”
“I don’t know. I’m going over to their house and help Chun to find Hebe. Can you come with me?”
“Sorry Ella, you know I want to help them too…but I’m having an appointment with my client at 7pm. I couldn’t cancel it because my client will be taking his flight back to Hong Kong at 9pm. I promise I’ll give a call later tonight after I settled everything okay. I love you.”
“It’s alright Jiro, take care of your thing first. I’ll go with Chun to find her.”
I ended the call without saying the three words back to him…
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Hebe’s POV
Where should I go? I can’t go home. I didn’t want to face Chun yet, at least not at the moment. Why must he treat me like this? What had I done wrong? I just wanted to come out to work, why can’t he understand my feeling? I didn’t want to stay at the house alone, can’t he realized the loneliness feeling of waiting for him to come home every night really killed me?
After spending time walking alone at the shopping mall for the whole day, finally I made a stop at the playground. I sat down on the bench and watched those parents playing with their kids happily. I was trying to hold back my tears, but no use at all. I just can’t stop the tears from rolling down my cheeks. My heart hurt so badly when I thought back of the last night confrontation with Chun.
[Flashback]
I was sitting at the couch watching TV as usual waiting for Chun to come home. I was so happy that I managed to get a job at one of the biggest advertisement company in Taiwan as a secretary. Although the paid is not so high, I feel I was lucky enough to get a job in that company, at least I could get to know more people and learning something useful rather than stayed at home everyday and only know how to do house chores. I was going to tell Chun when he came home later.
After an hour later, Chun came home. He was really tired, and without saying anything to me he went upstairs and walked into the bathroom to take his bath. I was at the kitchen preparing our dinner. Finally we were sitting at the dinning table and having our dinner together.
“Chun, are you okay? How’s your work today?”
“I'm okay, just too busy with the preparation of the proposal…Hebe, can we not talk about work now? I just want to relax when I come home.”
“Okay.” We remained silent and eat our dinner quietly. I looked at him, made me wondered should I break the news to him. But I didn’t have much choice, since I have agreed to start work on next Monday and tonight is already Friday night...
After cleaning up the dishes, I walked over to the couch to ask him if he wanted to have a massage since he looked very tired. A simple massage will definitely help him to relax more.
He was watching TV but suddenly he pulled me and I ended up sitting on his lap. He leaned closer to my lips and then he kissed me. His lips were soft and we shared our kiss passionately. A minute later, we ended our kiss and both of us were gasping for air.
“Hebe, are you ready for bed? I’m very tired.” Chun asked softly.
“Wait Chun, I need to tell you something.”
“Yeah?” Chun asked me curiously while holding my hands.
“Chun……erm……I……”
“What is it, honey?”
“Okay, I got a job as a secretary and I’ll start work on next Monday.”
“You what??? Since when you go and apply for job? Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Selina helped to recommend the job for me……Chun, I’m sorry that I didn’t discuss with you first before accepting the job offer, but I really want to go out and work.”
“How many times I need to tell you that I don’t like the idea of you going to work? Did the money I gave to you not enough for you to spend?”
“No Chun, it’s not like that……” My eyes started to get watery.
He looked at me angrily and rose up his voice at me. “Hebe, I don’t want you to work, you hear me? Just listen to me!”
“NOOOO…!!! You listen to me. Do you know how lonely I am when you’re at work? I just want to meet people, communicate with them and be more independent.”
“So you’re saying that you don’t like to rely on me, is it? Come on, I’m your husband, the man of your life. I have promised your dad on our wedding day that I will take good care of you. Why are you so stubborn? By hook or by crook, I’m not going to let you work and my words are final!!!”
“For heaven’s sake, I’m not… and I have suffered enough in loneliness waiting for you to come home every night in these five years!!! I’m going to take the job whether you like it or not!!!” I shouted back at him without realized that I got a tight slap across my cheeks.
I didn’t sleep much last night. After he slapped me, I locked myself in our bedroom and he slept on the couch. Early in the morning, I went out from the house without leaving him any notes.
[End of flashback]
I don’t care anymore…right now I just need to be alone. Suddenly, someone tapped on my shoulder from behind…
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A/N: I'm so tired with work today...hope you guys love this chapter...i didn't mean to write Chun so bad here, he is just too over protective of Hebe and doesn't want her to have hard time at workplace...hehe...please comment and i'll come back with the next chapter soon...think i'm going to sleep now...bye :)
19 June 2008
10:55pm (Malaysia)