Chapter 24: Eyes playing tricks
"What is this?" Emilia asked herself, her hand reaching for her neck trying to touch the blue flower.
When her hand reached there though all she could feel under her finger was her skin and nothing else. Wanting to confirm that her eyes were not playing a trick on her Emilia moved towards the glass wall that made up the greenhouse to see her reflection but when she did she was bound to be disappointed because there was clearly nothing there.
No mark, flower or glowing blue light nothing. After registering that her her mind was just playing tricks on her due to her lack of sleep Emilia let it go and went back to continue watering her plants. Thinking of it now it seemed really stupid of her. If there really was some blue flower on her neck wouldn't Ling Xiao have noticed it earlier or wouldn't she have seen it when she was washing her face . There was clearly nothing there then and nothing there now.
Once Emilia had begun watering her plants again her eyes couldn't help but drift off to the puddle again only to see the glowing blue flower still rooted at the same place .
'This.... It's still here? But it was not here a minute ago.' Feeling confused Emilia ran back to the wall but there was still nothing. Emilia began to move back and forth between the puddle and the wall and just like herself the flower would appear and disappear.
'Since I keep seeing it then it clearly cannot be just a hallucination so why does it keep disappearing?' Emilia thought to herself as she bent down to get a closer look at the little blue flower through the puddle which had greatly increased by size at this point.
While going down Emilia's hand lighty brushed against a leaf and almost immediately the light of the blue flower increased, almost enough for her to see the light without looking at the puddle.
'Ohh' Emilia said to herself moving her hand to grasp on the leaf and just as expected the blue light increased. Releasing her hand though, though the light was still there it was not as bright and as she backed away from the plant Emilia watched the light decrease bit by bit until it was all gone by the time she had reached the glass wall.
Huh so the closer I am to a plant the greater the light. Emilia moved back to the plant and broke off a leaf before she headed back to the house. She immediately headed to the bathroom in her bedroom, walking straight to the mirror once inside.
Emilia had come all the way here to get a clearer view of what was on her neck since the puddle and glass of the greenhouse was not so clear. Holding the leaf in one hand Emilia moved closer to the mirror to get a good view of the flower that had miraculously appeared under her neck.
The blue flower was small to say but it's design was very beautiful and delicate. The flower was made up of five petals and it had two leaves on opposite sides . Though there was a petal missing making the five petal flower become a four petal flower. Even then that did not diminish the sense of beauty and elegance the flower held.
Moving forward a bit more Emilia tried getting a better look at the petals but she wasn't able to clearly see it no matter how close she got to the mirror, instead the flower was no longer in view . Her eyes could no longer see it.
"Haha what are you doing?" Ling Xiao said from behind her.
"Ahh!" Emilia jumped bumping her head on the shelf above her.
"Sii oww!" Emilia moaned moving her hand to her throbbing head to give it a light rub.
"Haha" Ling Xiao chuckled lightly only to receive a glare from Emilia.
"Quit laughing you jerk! How can you just show up like that are you a ghost."
"Ok ok" Ling Xiao said trying to restrain his laugh while walking towards her.
"And I'm not a ghost you just were too ingrossed with what you were looking at that's all."Saying so Ling Xiao took a towel, wet it before placing it over her throbbing head. After about a minute Ling Xiao lightly rubbed her head, blowing some air as well . "Is that better?" He asked.
"Hmm" Emilia hummed "are you guys back already. It hasn't even been a few minutes since you left. She said .
"Actually it's been thirty minutes since we left. Guess you probably slept for a little while huh" Ling Xiao said.
Ohh didn't realize that thirty minutes have already gone past. Seems like she was too absorbed in flower gazing.
"Right Im going to shower and then make breakfast." Ling Xiao said to Emilia before he stood up and walked to the wardrobe to get some clean clothes. Once he got them he headed to the door preparing to got to the shower downstairs and prepare since he knew Emilia will also want to shower now that she was awake.
Opening the door Ling Xiao turned back to her "Right, don't know what you were doing in the bathroom but you do know you can always take a picture and zoom in if there is something you want to see. You won't see the whole thing by going into the mirror you know" he chuckled before he left and closed the door.
Emilia could feel blood rushing to her face. She couldn't believe she had done something so foolish and allowed herself to be caught. She was hundred percent sure that Ling Xiao was laughing at her right now.
After she calmed down a bit Emilia immediately remembered the other part of what Ling Xiao had said.
"Take a picture! Why didn't I think of that?" She said before she reached for her phone that was lying on the bedside table.
Wait! Did he see anything :-!
Later during breakfast Emilia kept stealing glances at Ling Xiao trying to figure out what his deal was. Looking at his ever calm face just irritated the hell out of her. Did he see something or not.
While eating Ling Xiao could feel his wife's eyes forever looking at him. First he just wanted to ignore it but now he wanted to know what nonsense was running through her mind .
"What is something on my face?" He asked her
Emilia : " Huh?!"
Ling Xiao : " What you kept looking at me so I wanted to know if there was something on my face ."
"Oh no there's nothing there I was just that you could make something this delicious. Yes that's it! Why didn't I know you could cook so we'll. If I had known why would I still need to torture myself so much . I could have just let you do it. And what's wrong with looking at your face? Am I not allowed to look at my own husband's face anymore!" She said trying to change the topic. Who knew if Ling Xiao really saw something. Wouldn't she be bringing herself trouble if he didn't see something and she brought it up. That would be if no help to her at all since even she, herself didn't know what was going on.
"Mhm Dad should cook more this is delicious!" Ling Qin chimed in from the side with his head still buried in his bowl.
Even though Emilia did mean what she said about his food being delicious jokingly, hearing someone actually agree peeved her especially since she had brought up that topic to save herself.
" What! Are you trying to say that my cooking is not delicious so you want your dad to take over!?"
Ling Qin who was still engrossed in his meal almost choked. It was only then that he realized that there was something wrong with what he said.
Ling Qin: " Of course not! Mom's food is the best I just feel that since dad can also cook then he should do it more so that you can rest more. How can he possibly let you work so hard for us like that. What if your hands get scarred from all that kitchen work?"
Ling Xiao"..." To think that he was just thrown under the bus by his own son who wanted to protect himself.
"My little Qin is so considerate and the best. Always having mommy's best interest at heart." Emilia gushed totally satisfied
"..." Ling Xiao who felt like he was just silently attacked.
Breakfast after that was quite harmonious as the family ate while joking around.
After a while the school bus arrived and right before Ling Qin left Ling Xiao finally remembered what he wanted to say earlier. "Ling Qin you don't need to take the bus home after school I'll come pick you up"
"Ok bye dad" Ling Qin said before rushing off to the bus. He didn't mean to ask why his dad was suddenly coming to pick him up since they had already discussed what they were going to do today after school yesterday.
"Ehh your picking up little Qin today?" Emilia asked.
"Mhm" Ling Xiao hummed " I want to take him out after. You know, to have a little father - son bonding time." He said . Preparing for the apocalypse together could also be regarded as a father son bonding activity right?
"Oh ok then. To you two bonding is also a good idea." Emilia said standing up. "Well I've got to go to work. Bye!"
"Bye have a good day''
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