Something Delicious

Around 3 AM.

Someone suddenly knocking on his door. Because it's difficult for Aaron to move around, He just speaks from the bed.

"Come in."

Mr. Brandon walks inside the room and his eyes fixed on the small figure on the bed.

"Ah..I'm so sorry. He must be tired from the long hour flight for him to sleep in here." He hurriedly carries Asher on his arm, while Aaron just smiles at the old man. He never saw him before.

"No. He might be afraid of thunder." Aaron said politely.

"I see. Ah.. how are you by the way? Did your wound still hurt?" Mr. Brandon looks at him with a worried expression.

Shake his head, Aaron reply to him. "No. My wound is getting better. But, Mr…?"

"Brandon. I am Hazel's personal butler," he said, introducing himself to the man.

Upon hearing the word 'butler', his head feels a bit dizzy. He tries to not show his painful face in front of him as he just nods his head.

"Em... Thank you for your concern, Mr. Brandon." Aaron smile and lay back to his bed.

Nod his head, Mr. Brandon walks out from the room with Asher on his arm.

...

Two months have passed,

He never met Hazel again after the last time he was in the gym.

He also didn't find any figure of Chase and Nigel.

There is only Loula, Joe, and Akiko who attending him for the past months.

All the therapy schedules, he follows and eats accordingly too. He already can walk and lift his hand as normal back. It just his figure still skinny and his hair still growing long until reach his shoulder.

"Akiko, it's been two months and I didn't see another 3 doctors here. Are they okay?" he tried to fish out Akiko.

"Huh? Oh..they had a case in a neighboring country. So they will travel there. Sometimes it takes months and sometimes just a few weeks. Depending on the patient's condition." she replied casually while opening his bandage.

"Hm..looks like your wound on your head are fully recovered today. Don't worry about the scar. Our new drugs now have something that can make the scar disappear within a month. So, hooray! You can go and cut your hair now and wash up your hair too. But, don't scrub it too rough, remember?" she reminds him making him nod.

"Need my assistance to cut your hair?" Akiko asked.

He shakes his head. "No. But I need a hair clipper. Can you borrow it from Joe? If he has."

"Sure. I'll ask him," she said and walk out from his room.

After a few minutes, she brings a t-shirt and trousers for him. On top of it, there is a hair clipper and razor blade.

"Here. Joe give this to you. Well, we're not sure about your size. But I hope you can fit in his shirt." she put the clothes on the bed and walk out again.

Aaron then takes the clothes and all the belonging into the bathroom.

He stands on the ceramic floor and looks at his face in the mirror.

"Who are you? Where are you from? What kind of life did you have before?" he asked in a slow tone.

He sighs after a few seconds and takes the hair clipper.

...

After 30 minutes in the bathrooms, he walks out and strolled to the living hall.

He already remembers every corner of this house except for the left building. Which is led to the Hazel room.

He slouched at the sofa and turn on the flat screen tv.

A few minutes pass. He then heard someone open the door lock. He furrowed his eyebrow.

'Who that might be? Loula was out, Akiko and Joe in their room around this time.'

Click!

"Urghh..I'm so exhausted.." Hazel groans. She looks up at the ceiling before she looks back at the front.

Seeing the man in front of her, she blinks her eyes a few times.

"Who...Who are you?" she asked and look at her right and then her left side.

"I am..Aaron..?" Aaron said while looking at her with a confused face.

'Why is she acting like that?'

"Whoa, man! You've changed your hairstyle?" Nigel who was walking inside the room asked him with a happy tone.

Chase also nods and follows behind Nigel. They dragging their luggage with them.

Slumped on the couch beside him, they both look at Hazel who is still standing at the entrance of the door.

"Yo, boss. What's up? Something happens?" Nigel asked making Hazel return back to reality.

Shake her head, she said "Nah..I'm tired. I'm starting to have a delusion right now."

"Are you sure you just tired? Not because you were struck by his face just now?" Nigel asks teasingly.

"Fuck off Nigel. I want to sleep. Don't disturb me. Chase, take over, will you?" she dragged her luggage to the elevator.

Chase, like always. He just nods and focuses his eyes on the tv along with Aaron.

"What movie did you watch?" Nigel asked both of them.

"Avengers," Aaron replied without seeing Nigel face.

Nigel focuses on the television. But only for a minute.

"Chase, what will we have for dinner?"

Chase glared at him with a murderous look.

'Don't disturb my movie time!'

"Ok, ok.." he makes a surrender sign.

"Hey, is it okay for me to cook? I want to eat something that I cook." Aaron said making both of them turned their eyes to him.

"You know how to cook?" Nigel ask.

"Yup. I think so."

"Great! Please make something delicious."

"Sure!"

Chase just silent and focus back on the movie.

...

In the evening,

All the occupants of Sun House walk down to the kitchen. They all sit at the kitchen island and look at how Alan serving the dinner.

"Wow, you really skillful. Is it possible that you are a chef before?" Loula asked. She was excited to see his smooth movement handling the knives.

"Hmm... I don't think so, my skin around my hand was so good and no cutting scar on it." Aaron said while putting the plate to all of them one by one.

"Man, that is awesome. Could you teach me how to do it?" Nigel ask.

"Sure."

"Akiko said, you cut your own hair, is it true?" Joe bit his apple after he asked him.

"Yeah. Why?"

"That's an amazing man, how do you know how to cut your own hair?"

"Err... I don't know? My hand moving by its own." he already takes off his apron and he sits down at the table facing Hazel.

"Or maybe you're a hairstyler before?" Joe takes a turn to guess his past job.

"Hmm..not likely either." he takes the pepper and passes to Hazel when he sees Hazel's eyes fixed on the pepper bottle.

"Thanks," Hazel said softly and take the bottle.

She then sipping her juices, but Loula accidentally nudges Hazel's elbow a bit making the juice slipping from her mouth.

Aaron immediately takes the napkin and dap on her lips and the place where the juices had spilled. He takes the glass from her hand and refills it again before he passes it back to her.

All of the eyes fixed on him.

"What?" he asked.