Mia’s pov
A smile was on my face as soon as I opened my eyes, and I tightened my hold around Lorenzo’s warm form. I had expected him to have pulled away before I woke up, and got a pleasant surprise to realize that he was still here, fast asleep. His face was still buried in my chest and I felt my heart flutter a little as I took in how relaxed his face looked.
I began to wonder about what his nightmare could have been about and if this was a regular thing for him. It made my heart ache because no one deserves to leave with scents horrifying enough to trigger nightmares.
The sun was already shining through the tiny cracks in the curtains which indicated that the day had already broken. I knew the best thing to do is to shake him awake, since I’ve known him, he was always awake early, and if I leave him to sleep in, he might wake up pissed.
But he had a nightmare and deserved to sleep in this morning. Who knows? The reason why it seems like he barely gets enough sleep might be because of this nightmare in question, and that made my heart ache for him.
Guilt slowly began to consume me because I remember him telling me about how my father was one of the people who ruined his life in the past. I had nothing to do with it, but I was the child of that man who happens to be my father, so that linked me to the topic no matter what. After all, that was the reason why I was taken on my wedding night.
I sent a silent thanks to heaven at that moment because I knew I was just lucky. Someone else wouldn’t have wasted time in taking my life, but Lorenzo kept me around till he obviously wasn’t gonna kill me any longer. In that same breath of space, I felt very thankful for that.
That was what made me decide to do something nice for him today, from my own free will.
He had been good to me since I moved into his house, he never once hurt me despite how much he swore he was going to. Then, he also came that night to save me, even after saying he wasn’t going to. It wasn’t long after that and he was taking care of me after I fell sick, he basically nursed me back to life. In only a short amount of time, so many things had taken place between the both of us.
With that in mind, I gently moved his face off my chest and into a pillow while praying he doesn’t notice the loss of my body warmth just yet. Once I managed to do that, I gently moved off the bed and walked over to the curtain so I could close up those tiny cracks letting sunlight in. Once the room was dark again, I took one look at Lorenzo before slipping out of the room and quietly shutting the door behind me.
The first thing I did after making my way down the stairs was to wash my face and brush my teeth. I’d have done that in the bathroom in my bedroom but I didn’t want those noises to disturb Lorenzo’s sleep, hence why I’m doing all these in here. Once I was done, I stretched a little and made my way into the kitchen.
I contemplated on what to make before finally deciding on something simple but nice to prepare.
I was gonna be making breakfast for Lorenzo. I want to do something for him, from my own heart, not because I was being forced to, and that’s what makes this different.
When Lorenzo had forced me to cook, I hated every second of it, but now that I was doing it willingly, I was excited to whip out something. I have been learning from Kat for a while now and I’m eager to put all what I’ve learnt to good use.
And so I got to work, losing myself into the entire process. I’d have listened to some music while I worked, but I didn’t want to go back upstairs and so I continued to work while humming to myself.
It didn’t take all that long to whip everything out because I wasn’t making something complicated, just a light English breakfast. I was setting the table when Lorenzo arrived, his presence was so unexpected, it made me jolt in shock before relaxing and waving him over.
“Did you sleep well?” I asked as I watched him settle into the seat at the head of the table. He had a white towel slinked over his shoulders and that was when I noticed that his hair was wet because water was dripping from it, the black tank top he had on was slicked against his shoulders and chest and water droplets could be spotted on various spots on his arms and throat. It was quite obvious that he had just taken a shower, and I found it hard to look away from him right now. He let out a low grunt before picking up a fork.
I settled the rest of the food on the table before settling into one of the seats, and then I began to load my plate with food. Lorenzo glanced at me for a minute before he began to eat.
I wanted to ask a lot of questions but I decided against it because it doesn’t seem like he wanted to talk. And so we began to eat before Lorenzo broke the silence.
“You made these?” He asked and I slowly nodded my head.
“It’s tasty, when did you learn? I thought you sucked at it?”
I rolled my eyes before scoffing around a small laugh. “I learned from Kat.”
“You didn’t have to though, you know that, right?” He continued after a few seconds.
“You once forced me to do this against my will.” I reminded him.
“That was just to mess with you, you don’t have to do this except you actually want to, okay?” He continued and I felt my heart flutter a little.
“I wanted to do it for you. You’ve helped me over and over again and I thought it’s high time I do something nice for you. It’s not a lot but it’s something.”
Lorenzo hummed and continued eating before speaking again.
“This is a nice gesture, but I hope you’re aware that I’d rather eat you instead.”