Cold and dark night

Mount Halla

 

Now that Sungmin has determined to put the past behind her, she concentrate full force on her future.  When she passed her driving test, Kyuhyun helped her to choose a car but she insisted to pay for it herself, so after 10 minutes of 'arguing', Kyuhyun relented and they left the car dealer shop with Sungmin smiling from ear to ear, because she got what she wanted, a pink mini copper, and that she paid for it! 

"Bunny, when you are driving alone, always go to the route that is familiar to you, don't take any shortcut or go into unfamiliar road. And always bring your ID and driving licence with you, plus your phone" Kyuhyun reminded her during their dinner that night. 

"Don't worry Kyu, I'm only driving from home to the city centre's supermarket and booth to sell the cookies. After that I'll drive back home..." Bunny told him. 

"You must call me if you just happened to turn into somewhere unfamiliar okay?" Kyuhyun said, already worrying about her. 

"Okay Dr Cho.... please don't worry so much... " she giggled because Kyuhyun was always so worried about her. 

Other than the weekend booth at the Weekend Market, Bunny also managed to get a 'homebake' section at the supermarket, where she would be given 2 racks to display and sell her homebake cookies. 

It was Kyuhyun who saw the advertisement which one of the patient brought along and left on the seat at the waiting area. He took it and passed it to Bunny if she was interested, and the next thing Kyuhyun knew was that Bunny told him that she managed to reserve 2 racks at the supermarket! 

Bunny bake 3 different types of cookies, chewy chocolate chip cookies, banana oatmeal cookies, and oreo-macadamia cookies. She started baking on Wednesday so that all the cookie jars for the supermarket would be ready by Thursday morning. She would then continued baking for the Weekend Market after that. 

Kyuhyun came home after his night shift and the minute he opened his front door, he could smell the delicious cookies. 

"Wow.... smell really nice!!!" he went straight to the kitchen to find his beloved Bunny. 

"Hi Kyu, welcome home!" she happily hugged him "Give me some time, I will set the table ready for lunch. This is the last tray.... do you want to try the cookie? It's banana oatmeal cookies..." she took a cookie and feed Kyuhyun who already opened his mouth like a baby bird. 

"Mmmmmm.... it's so yummy!!! Bunny you are so talented!! I'm so proud of you!!" and he kissed her cheek and was rewarded with another cookie. 

"I'm sending the first batch to the supermarket tomorrow morning" she smile happily. 

"Ohhh, is it okay for you to go alone? Do you have to be station there?" 

"Yeah, it's okay Kyu, don't worry. They asked me to be there for the first 2 hours to promote my cookies, after that, I can go off. The supermarket charge me 1% for each cookie jar sold including the display rack, so I don't have to pay any rent" 

"Hmmm, 1% is quite a lot Bunny, but if it's including the rent, then it should be okay. You can still get some profit" 

"Yes, I've calculated, I will still gain profit! Let's see how it goes!" she smile happily. 

Kyuhyun pinched her nose and kissed her. "Okay I go take my shower, and then we can eat.  Errr.... can I have one more cookie...?" he said, opening his mouth again. 

Bunny laughed and put her finger inside his mouth and he closed it thinking he got a cookie, and he laughed. "Naughty naughty!!" kyuhyun pinched her nose again. 

"Okay okay here's your cookie" Bunny laughed and feed him one more cookie. The satisfied Kyuhyun pecked her cheek and left to take his shower. Bunny washed her hands and busied herself to get their lunch ready. 

It was drizzling when Bunny reached the supermarket the next morning to deliver her cookies. She parked her pink car at the carpark and carried her big box hurriedly due to the rain. Before he went to work, Kyuhyun had helped her to pack into one big box so that it would be easier for her to carry. Now she was thankful for that because she would have struggled with all the cookie jars in this rain. 

She arranged the cookie jars neatly and placed samples in smaller jar on the lower rack. She got the supermarket staff to try too, and they all love her cookies! They already wanted to buy some jars , and immediately 5 cookie jars gone, snapped by the staff, so luckily Sungmin brought along extra cookie jars in her car! 

Her cookies proved to be popular and it was sold out on both days. Bunny was happy and hope that her weekend booth would be successful too. She has to bake double the volume on Friday evening because of she has, to placed them at the supermarket as well as at the booth. 

By the time Kyuhyun reached home, Bunny was sprawled on the sofa because she was too tired. He felt bad that he couldn't help her. That was the pros and cons of working full time at the hospital. He could not help her much due to his work. 

"Baby, I'm home..." he soothed her face and her hair lovingly. He kissed her forehead too.  He sat and lifted her head to be on his lap. 

"Kyu? Oh you are back? What time is it, I must have fallen asleep..." Bunny said and yawned. "Ohmygod, I haven't cook for dinner!" 

"No, no, don't worry. I will order pizza from Minho. He works part time as pizza delivery during winter" Kyuhyun stopped her from getting up and called Minho's number. They talked for a while and then Kyuhyun gave his card number and settled the payment. "OK done! Minho will send here in an hour's time" he smile. 

Bunny sat up and leaned her head on Kyuhyun's shoulder "It was so tiring at the supermarket. So many customers wanted to try and asked this and that. I couldn't even go off till after lunch" 

"But your cookies are sold out right? That means customers really love your cookies! Congrats love!!!" kyuhyun kissed her forehead. 

Bunny chuckled. "Thank you..." and looked up at him. "Later, can you check the basket trap? After dinner I will start preparing the fish ball and crabmeat ball..."

"I go check it now...!" he smile and raised his eyebrows. He got up and put on his jacket and went out to check. 

They caught lots of fishes and crabs, plus some prawns. They were amazed because it was winter yet they could still managed to get a good catch. 

The next morning, Kyuhyun helped her to pack the box with fried fish balls and crab balls, and another box with all the cookies. They would send the cookies to the supermarket first, and then to the booth. 

"Bunny, you can handle from here?" Kyuhyun tidied up her knitted scarf and zipped up her winter jacket. He has bought a portable heater for her as he was worried that she might catch a cold because she would be out in the cold at the booth. 

"Yes don't worry. You go ahead to the hospital, else you will be late" 

"Okay. Go back to your car if it rains, or if you break for lunch, turn on the heater and eat in your car. Call me if you need my help alright?" Kyuhyun kissed her and hugged her. 

"Okay hubby" Bunny laughed. 

Kyuhyun chuckled, waved goodbye and went to his car. His Range Rover was huge compared to her tiny pink mini cooper. 

The fried fish ball was sold out by lunch, and the crabmeat ball followed. Even her cookies were all snapped up. 

While Bunny was packing, a customer and her son returned back to her booth. She recognised them because they bought 10 fish balls earlier as the son loved them. 

"Hi dear, I'm Mrs Park. Can I place an order for my son's birthday party next Saturday?" 

"Hi Mrs Park. Ohhh, what do you want to order and how many?" Bunny asked politely. 

"I want to order 100 fried fish ball sticks and 100 fried crab ball sticks. My son loves your fish ball a lot" Mrs Park smile happily. 

"Let me write it down. Ermm.. What time would you like to collect ma'am?" Bunny asked her. 

"About 1pm? His birthday party is at 3pm" Mrs Park smile happily at his son. 

"Ahhh I see, okay, noted Mrs Park. Can I have your number?" 

Mrs Park said "sure" and gave Bunny her number, and Bunny in turn, gave Mrs Park her number. 

"Mrs Park, will it be okay if you place a deposit first? Just 10,000won will do..." 

Mrs Park looked into her wallet "Errrr... I didn't bring enough money coz I've bought a lot of things today. Can I pay you when I collect the food? So sorry about that" 

"It's alright ma'am. Yeah, see you next Saturday then" Bunny bowed politely at her. 

Mrs Park gave a slight bow and went off. Bunny took a deep breath and tried to plan on how to fulfil the order and also to sell at the booth. She needed to prepare early then, else she wouldn't have time to bake. 

When Bunny told Kyuhyun about the order, he wasn't happy because she has to work extra hard to fulfil the order "Bunny, you should turn her down. What if she decided to cancel and you have already prepared all the food?" 

"Kyu, I didn't expect that she wanted to place an order. I know that I didn't think carefully, but I have her number, so I will tell her that I've already prepared, and that she cannot cancel..." Bunny said sadly. 

"I'm just concern that you will have problem selling the food if she cancel her order. And she didn't pay any deposit. To her, she wouldn't lose anything..." he said, feeling bad that he made Bunny upset. 

"I know... I'll take note next time..."

Kyuhyun pulled her into a hug. "After our marriage and when you are pregnant, I don't want you to overwork. I guess baking is okay but not the fish and crab balls. I want to give up the booth by then, because your health is more important" 

Bunny nodded and stayed in Kyuhyun's arms. His hug was always so comforting and gave her all the energy that she needed. 

So, on Friday morning, Bunny started baking earlier so that she has sufficient time to prepare for the fish and crab balls, to fulfil the order quantity. It was very tiring but she persevered. If she wanted to be a successful businesswoman, she has to work hard, right? That was what she always told herself. 

On Saturday, Kyuhyun's shift at the hospital ER started early morning, so he couldn't help Bunny to load everything to her car for her weekend market booth. Bunny was rushing as she had just finished arranging the fried balls into sticks and zipped locked all the sticks, that she has forgotten to charge her phone. 

"Aishhh, my phone battery left 40% only. Hmmm, should be okay I guess. When Mrs Park collected her order, I can go home and charge my phone" she told herself, and once she had settled on her car seat, she started driving off. 

However, by 1.30pm, there was no sign of Mrs Park. All her food has been sold out and now she only has Mrs Park's order. 

"Should I call her?" Bunny was contemplating to call, but then, her phone rang! 

"Miss Lee?  I'm Mrs Park. I'm so sorry, my husband was supposed to collect the order from you, but he fell down and hurt his leg. And I'm still busy cooking for the party. Is it okay if you deliver to our home? I will text you my address" 

"Ohh Mrs Park, I'm sorry to hear about your husband. But I'm not familiar with the roads here. Do you have anybody else who can collect the food? I can wait, don't worry" Bunny told her. 

"I'm afraid I don't have anybody else. Please Miss Lee, can you help to deliver here? I can add the delivery cost. Just let me know the total..." Mrs Park sounded pleading. 

Bunny sighed. It's not about the money. It's about the journey. She wasn't familiar with the road. But the food need to be delivered to her...  

"Okay Mrs Park, you text me your address, I will try to find my way" Bunny said looking at her watch. 

"Ohh that's great!! Thank you very much, Miss Lee" Mrs Park off her phone, and then Bunny received her text from her with her address. 

After she has packed everything and walked back to her car, she googled the address and found out that it was at Jeju City, near to Jeju International Airport. "Ohh so far..." Bunny sighed. If she informed Kyuhyun, he surely wouldn't allow her to go! 

But she still need to deliver the food. She took a deep breath and text Kyuhyun, and started inputing the address in her GPS, and drove off. 

Bunny eventually managed to find the address, though she only reached there 15minutes before the party start! 

Mrs Park was so happy and thanked her repeatedly. She paid the full price and thanked her again. 

Bunny wanted to tell her "What about the delivery cost....?" but Mrs Park bowed and has already went back into her house. 

The reason why Bunny was late was because she had actually went to the wrong direction twice, and she has to re-traced back to the main road in order to turn into the correct road. 

"Okay, no delivery cost..." Bunny shrugged her shoulder and sighed, and went back to her car.  

By the time she drove back to the supermarket area to continue back home, it was already dark, as the days were shorter in winter. 

Unfortunately, her car petrol was low, and her car stalled when she entered the base of Mount Halla. 

"Ohmygod!! I didn't check the petrol level!" Bunny knocked her head. She got out to check her surrounding, but everywhere was dark and she could hardly see anything.

Her handphone left with 10% battery, so she tried to call Kyuhyun, but there wasn't any signal. She walked forward to try to get a network signal and kept walking trying to find a spot where she could get a signal. 

"Oh yes, there is a signal here!!" she shouted happily and called Kyuhyun. But her phone died before kyuhyun answered her. She starred at her phone in horror!!

She turned back to go back to her car, but strangely under the limited moonlight, she couldn't see her pink car. 

"Ohmygod, did I walk into a wrong direction just now?" she closed in horror and started running to where she thought she came from. 

She tripped over a fallen branches and fell forward. "Ohmygod!!" she felt pain on her right ankle and trued to sit up. What bad luck she has today, she said sadly to herself. And the night was getting cold... 

Kyuhyun had reached home actually, and was surprised that Bunny wasn't at home. He received her text about the delivery and now that she wasn't at home, he became worried. 

And worst, he received her call but the line cut off before he could answer! And there wasn't any connection when he called back. 

Grabbing his car keys, he rushed out. By quick calculation, even if the delivery address was far, by this time, she must have reached somewhere around Mt Halla because only around the mountain, the network signal was poor. 

He locked his door and quickly grabbed a torch light from his tools box at his porch. He got into his car and drove off. 

About 10 minutes later, he saw the pink Mini Cooper and was raising his fist happily. He rushed out from his car, but.... Bunny wasn't in the car. His torchlight showed that she ran out of petrol. 

"Bunny??????" he shouted around. The whole area was dark and quiet except for cricket and bats sounds. He called her repeatedly and started walking ahead with his torchlight. 

Now he was really worried. What if Bunny wondered deeper into the jungle area at the base of Mt Halla. 

"Where are you Bunny?...." he said to himself while searching for her... 

 

 

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LeeLenaMx #1
Chapter 19: Thanks for another sweet story! Finally read the last chapters and I really enjoyed reading them. Thank you for sharing your stories!
lindatan #2
Chapter 19: A happy ending ~~~ thanks authornim for the story
lavendertwice #3
Chapter 19: Thank u!!!
lindatan #4
Chapter 17: Tats ridiculous . How could Mrs Park request it again ? Don’t u dare take advantage of bunny again
lavendertwice #5
Chapter 17: Yeay bunny is safe! Let kyu handle mrs park!
lavendertwice #6
Chapter 16: Hope minnie is ok!!
lindatan #7
Chapter 16: Hope Min ok & Kyu be able to find her safely
lindatan #8
Chapter 15: A new life chapter wz Kyu for sure lol
lindatan #9
Chapter 14: Glad tat Bunny are recovering well
lindatan #10
Chapter 13: Recover soon Min , poor bunny