That morning, when the rooster crowed so loudly, it made the whole world shake to get up and work. Jack had come out of his room fresh and tidy. And ready to immediately fulfill his duties as a good corporate slave.
But his freshness in the morning, must be disturbed due to the call of the underworld that comes from his made-up wife named Lea. She had summoned him and seemed ready to give him his state duty.
“Jack, can you please buy me some of my favorite buns and milk? I really want some,” Lea pleaded in her distinctively creepy voice. Especially since it was early in the morning, Lea hadn't brushed her teeth so her bad breath was horrible. And added to the tense atmosphere for Jack.
Jack let out a long breath, trying to contain his irritation. “Lea, you know I have to go to the office soon. Why don't you just order online?” he grumbled.
Lea snorted. “Because I like you bringing it, it makes me feel like I have a personal butler. No, sorry, I mean an imaginary husband. After all, you've always said that I'm too spoiled. Well, this is a chance to prove that you can be patient with me. Besides, you know that I have no appetite except for the bread and milk that I want. So please fulfill my request so that you won't be annoyed by all my complaints that will make your ears go deaf.”
Jack felt like throwing the nearby wooden chair at Lea, but he restrained himself. Because he was a kind-hearted man who was not arrogant and had patience as wide as the Pacific Ocean. “Alright, alright. I'll buy you some buns and milk. But this is the last time, I accept your strange request.”
“Thank you, Jack. You're the best husband of all,” Lea replied with a sweet smile, even though she knew Jack was doing it with a heavy heart. But she didn't care, this was her chance to make the most of her pretend husband.
Jack was annoyed and miserable with all the requests Lea made of him. She asked him to buy her favorite bread and milk. Lea herself deliberately asked for this from him, because the woman whined that she didn't want to eat unless she had the bread and milk she asked for.
Lea herself was still unable to go to work because her leg was still hurting. While her situation was like that, then inevitably Lea was forced to stay at home and was prohibited from doing many activities. As a result, the woman often just spent her time in the room, and turned into a mope.
Jack honestly didn't want to take too much care of Lea, but before he left for work this morning he saw Lea's condition. He felt sorry for her because she looked gloomy and seemed to lose her zest for life in the morning.
On the basis of his pity, Jack finally, wanted to serve Lea even though he obviously did it with a heavy heart.
***
“Braid bread... braid bread... braid bread where are you,” Jack muttered as he continued to search for the braid bread his wife had ordered. The tall man had a hard time finding the braid buns among the display cases of other sweet and salty breads.
Because he couldn't find the bun his wife had ordered. Inevitably, Jack finally chose to buy dragon-shaped bread to give to Lea.
***
When Jack arrived home, Lea was watching television in her room. She immediately got out of bed when she saw Jack carrying a bag of groceries and fortunately it wasn't a stolen bag.
“Did you manage to get it?” Lea asked hopefully like a mom who got an announcement of free groceries.
Jack handed over the bag with a smile full of resignation to the burden of his life that he could not bear. “There's no braid bread, but I brought some dragon-shaped bread. It should still taste good to a sick noble-class person like you,” he said resignedly.
Lea opened the bag and saw the dragon bread with its creepy shape that was also strange but real. She grimaced when she saw the strange but real form of the bread. “Jack, why did you bring home bread with such a strange shape? Are you trying to poison me on purpose?”
“Because you always ask for things that are hard to find,” Jack replied half-jokingly. “If you don't like it, I'm willing to get beaten up by you as long as you don't throw the bread away. Because I've been looking for it with great difficulty.
Lea who saw Jack like thatsmiled amusedly like she had pinworms in her intestines. “This time I won't hit you. Because I see you're trying. But next time I will definitely hit you hard. By the way, the shape of this bread is very strange, can you eat it yourself?” Lea even doubted Jack would eat the bread because its shape was too strange. Instead of a dragon, it looked like a lizard demon.
“Despite its strange appearance, I'm pretty sure the flavor of the bread will definitely make your tongue numb. So please taste it first. I've also bought you the milk you ordered so you don't have to worry if the bread has a bad taste,” Jack said.
“Let me eat it.” So Lea reluctantly ate the bread even though it was clear that in her subconscious, she was scared to death to let such a lizard-shaped bread enter her mouth.
HAP
Lea ate the bread. Her eyes were tightly closed as if they would never open again. Suddenly they opened wide, as the delicious taste met her tongue in a polite manner.
“This is so delicious. I've never had bread this good. Are you sure you didn't put any drugs in here?” asked Lea half disbelievingly of the bread she put in her mouth. The delicious taste really made her feel like she was in heaven.
Jack raised his eyebrows. “I don't know if that's a compliment or an insult.”
“Probably a bit of both,” replied Lea who was now busy eating the dragon bread.
***
Finished eating the bread and milk she had bought. Lea then fell asleep quickly like a sleeping princess pricked by a poisoned needle. But Lea was not like a sleeping princess, but a terrible sleeping monster in Jack's eyes.
“She's just like a buffalo, sleeping so soundly.” Jack looked at Lea who was now fast asleep on the bed.
Jack then turned his gaze towards the plate that still had a little part of the dragon bread he bought. To be honest, he was quite curious how the bread tasted.
When Jack put a little piece of bread into his mouth. For some reason Jack immediately seemed to be able to see the grim reaper picking up his spirit.