LOVE after HATE

Porridge

I threw the door open and Zeus was standing and facing his back at me while looking around the neighborhood.

"What in the cat's d**k are you doing he—" I cut myself when I coughed.

"Cats are not d**k, they're pussy." He said and welcomed himself inside the house.

I just glared at him and he looked around the house as I coughed again.

"Why are you here?" I asked and I glanced at the wall clock. It was five, forty-ish in the afternoon.

Zeus didn't answered and I didn't bothered to expect so I walked back to the couch and laid down when I suddenly felt dizzy. I didn't care what he would going to do there as log as I could rest.

"I heard from Mr. Lander." He said.

"Stalker." I muttered, not sure if he heard me though.

"No. He called to his supervisor and I know everything that's happening in the company." He explained and I rolled my eyes without opening them.

"You're not helping. Just seeing your face worsened my headache." I said and coughed.

"You know you should drink water every after you cough." He said and I frowned as I opened my eyes and Zeus placed a bag of I don't know and he remained standing.

"When did you care?" I muttered and rolled on my side, facing the back rest of the couch.

"If you're looking for your coffee, I gave it to someone already." I said.

"Okay." He said and I sighed and closed my eyes again. I didn't noticed I fell asleep and I woke up when someone shook my shoulder.

"Cameron." I heard Steve's voice and I groaned as I tried to stand up. I coughed.

It was strange because it felt like Zeus had been there but the bag he brought with him and placed on the table was gone.

Am I hallucinating?

"Did you take your meds?" Steve asked as he placed his coat on the backrest of the couch.

"I forgot the third one." I said and walked slowly to the kitchen where Steve was heading.

"Were you sleeping the whole time?"

"I guess."

"Did you made this?" He asked and I frowned. There was a pot in the table and Steve lifted the cover making steam escaped from the pot.

"What is that?" I sat on the end of the table.

"Porridge and there's a bag of medicine also left in the table. Your friend visit you?"

I gave him a confused look and then I remembered Zeus. "No way." I said and Steve frowned as he tasted the porridge.

It wasn't a dream or a hallucination! Zeus really did came!

"What no way?"

"Nothing."

"It's good." He said after tasting the porridge and grabbed a plate and poured some of it.

Just seeing it made me want to puke. I had been eating it for the whole day and I didn't think I could stomach it that time.

"Was your visitor a lady?" He asked as he placed the plate in front of me and I wrinkled my forehead.

"Why?" I picked the spoon and stirred it gently.

"You should ask her out." He said and if I was eating I would certainly spew everything out from my mouth. "The porridge was tasty."

"Ew." I said muttered and ate the porridge Zeus cooked.

I was surprised that it tasted good compared with Steve's porridge. Well, it was way so much better that Steve's and I suddenly felt hungry.

"Good, right?" Steve said as he made his own dinner.

"It's tolerable." I said and Steve chuckled.

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My temperature dropped down the next morning but I still had the cough. I went to school with a mask on my mouth because I couldn't stop coughing and I didn't cared when my friends teased me about it.

I went to Zeus' office still wearing the mask and he looked at me when I went inside his office which was unusual because he never pays attention to me.

"Still not over with the cough?" He said and I rolled my eyes and coughed.

Fvcking cough! And I won't be suffering this if it weren't for him!

"None of your business." I said and threw my bag in the couch. "Should I get you coffee?"

"No. I want you to type something." He said and I felt relieve because I didn't have to run or carry bond papers back and forth.

I walked to his desk and took the paper he handed me and his computer. I did my job on the couch and I was trying to not to cough so loud but I couldn't control it.

I was halfway with my job and my cough just wouldn't stop. Zeus suddenly stood.

"Do you need something?" He asked making me raise my head and looked at him with a confused look.

"Water? Or do you want me to cook you another porridge?"

I frowned and glared at him but deep inside I felt so embarrassed. I was thinking that it wasn't Zeus who made the porridge yesterday, maybe it was Ron or any of my friends and maybe I didn't noticed them coming in yesterday and cooked me that porridge because I couldn't imagine Zeus doing something like that. But I was wrong.

"I prefer water." I said and looked back to the computer screen.

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