The Grand Mistress

Hawk stopped instigating Simione and committed himself with their ceasefire. Afterall, peace was what he sought here in the Comis Village. He carefully carried the basket of fruits with him and followed the girl as they headed back to the party. Simione was then very thankful that the great Hawk Monsanto didn't make more fuss. 

They walked down the big garden back to the party but before they could, a foreigner, one of Simione's companion rushed toward her.

"Cat! Me need you" The foreigner, who knew only a little english rushed toward her in panic. After she uttered limited words, she explained herself in full korean that both Hawk and Cat understood. Hawk had been learning several languages because of his business while Cat learned it because of her constant exposure to foreigners.

Cat didn't hesitate and just followed the foreigner down a great hall until the dormitory at the back. She was in a hurry,  half walking and running until she heard a child's cry filling the hallways of the children's dormitory. Then with worry, she pushed open one of the rooms and saw a few adults trying to calm down a child who had been crying endlessly at their watch.

"What happened?" Simione asked as soon as she entered the room. 

"Mimi!" A child jumped off the bed and rushed into Simione's arms. He was tearjerked but his expression brightened at the sight of her. The girl picked him up and he immediately snuggled into her chest. 

"Bunbun why are you crying little boy?" Simione caressed his back to comfort him. The child was one of the orphans who was one of those hard to deal with yet Simione was close to him. 

"The other children said he had nightmares and was up all night," One of the staff in the orphanage explained. "So this morning because they knew he hadn't had much sleep, so the other kids didn't wake him up for the morning routine and for the party. He just woke up now and had thrown a tantrum for several minutes already. None of us could calm him down so I had asked for you,"

"I see," Simione continued to comfort the child and looked down on him, who was then thumb sucking while comfortably leaning his little body to the girl's soft chest. "Hey there little guy, care to tell mimi what's making you so afraid? Is it true that you had nightmares?"

The child nodded, then opened his mouth to speak. "Monsters eat mimi,"

"Really?" Simione raised a brow. "Do you think monsters can eat mimi? Of course they can't! Mimi will eat them instead!"

"Wooooh? Mimi eats monsters, num num num," The child seemed to have been amazed by the idea. Suddenly his mood lifted and the volunteers that were there heaved a sigh. Bunbun was very picky on who to care for him and his tantrum was really hard to deal with but he was such a happy kid and very independent at times. It was just since he was just little, people always looked after him.

"Okay, time to change your clothes. There's a party outside, you don't want to miss that," Simione put the kid back on the bed and took the clothes the staff had in her hands. They were in the process of dressing him up for the party but the kid had been very reluctant and ended up throwing tantrums.

  Under Simione's watch however, Bunbn was very obedient. He even volunteered to dress himself up. When he was finished, he raised his hands up again, wanting to be carried to where the party was. Simione of course carried him again in her arms.

"I'll look after him," She told the others.

"Cat are you sure? We had been bothering you a lot when you were only sent here as an interpreter. Also, the foreigners might have been keeping you busy," The staff was hesitant knowing how loaded Simione was.

"Its okay, he's not hard to look after anyway," She told them  but before the conversation was over, Bunbun squeezed himself out of Simione's arms wanting to be put down. 

"What's wrong little boy?" Simione looked at him and saw that his focus was on something else. Cannot restrain him any longer, Cat put him down and saw him running toward the door with two open arms.

"Didi!" Bunbun exclaimed and all of them inside the room turned to the person the child was calling. Simione raised a brow while her companions blushed at the sight of Hawk Monsanto at the door.

"Didi!" Bunbun repeated and reached out for him. Hawk was stunned at the child's special treatment and how he was calling him Didi. As far as he knew, this was the very first time he met such a child and yet the little boy was acting like he all knew him.

"Up pease…" He demanded and pouted a minute after when Hawk didn't move. He flushed a tearful face. Hawk had no idea how to deal with him but one thing for sure he didn't want was for him to try so he picked him up and scrutinized him as if he was some kind of species that needed a careful thought.

"Didi," The child was delighted when he picked him up and immediately brought his face close to Hawk and kissed on the cheeks. He then turned his eyes back to Simione and pointed to her, "Mimi!"

The staff who saw how cute the scene was giggled at it while Simione's face couldn't be painted. Did Bunbun just called Hawk Didi? 

"Bunbun come here, I'll carry you to the party now," Simione paced the room toward the door and attempted to take the child from Hawk's arms but instead of being obedient, he wrapped his hands on Hawk's neck tight and protested with a big no!

"I can carry him, it's okay," Hawk volunteered. He saw how close Cat was to the child and although he didn't know how to handle kids, he wanted to use such an advantage. At least with Bunbun with him, he doesn't have problems getting near Cat because it seemed that the child was his ticket to her.

"No Hawk, he's a handful. You'll end up exhausted," Simione warned. She was about to say something more when she noticed the staff at her back giggling and pressing elbows at each other. They all found the view of Hawk and Cat with Bunbun so cute that one could not even control himself and ended up taking a picture of it.

"Hey!" Simione chided when she saw the flashes. Immediately the staff hid their phones and pretended nothing happened.

"Cat, who is this young man? Oh you better not let brother Don see him or else he will surely be jealous!" One teased.

"He is so handsome," Another whispered to her companion but it was loud enough to reach Simione's ears. Soon her face warmed up and before things would aggravate there, she just opted to leave.

"You can carry him, just tell me if he is being naughty" Simione gave way to him and walked out of the door. She couldn't stand the ambiance there anymore and so she preferred to leave.

Hawk followed her behind with the child in his back. Earlier when Cat was called by the staff, he went back to the party alone to bring the fruits. Afterwards, he went to look for her and since he saw the direction they took earlier,  it only took a few minutes before he found them. He was then worried what could have taken place and why was Cat dragged in haste, not expecting that it was all about the child he was carrying in his hands.

"What's your name, little guy?" Hawk asked the child. He had never in his life held a child in his arms and he was just thankful that he was not as fragile as he thought or else he surely wouldn't know how to carry him.

"Bu bu," He replied looking at the new person he was doting on. His little eye was fixated on Hawk and blinked a couple of times with so much adoration. 

"Bunbun," Simione clarified his name as she heard him. 

"He seemed to be attached to you," Hawk noted. He had seen how it became easy for Simione to comfort and calm the little man earlier. While all the others were in panic, she was so relaxed when she approached him, like she was used to such a habit for a very long time. He didn't really know what's with it, but the scene of Cat with a child in his arms warmed his heart so much as it spoke so much of her character. He wondered then what kind of woman she was in real life. His intrigued aggravatedly to the highest peak. 

"Not anymore," Simione replied and turned her head to get a glimpse of the two while walking. "He found a new guy now,"

Hawk understood what she meant and only shook his head at how things went.