2. Two Person In The Darkness

The days on campus were very busy. Laura felt a little overwhelmed with her duties as a substitute lecturer for Professor Bambang Gunawan. Thesis guidance has piled up on her desk. She has to review the thesis files of her students.

Laura did not want to procrastinate her work because she had experienced being a student working on a thesis many years ago. This afternoon, she completed 3 rounds of practicum waves for 6th-semester college students, which are tiring.

She needs a massage and a good night's sleep. Warm chamomile tea with honey had danced in her mind.

Knock knock.

"Yes, come in," answered Laura.

"Prof. Laura, I'm going home first," goodbye, Mrs. Linda's laboratory in the Lab. Anatomical Pathology, who just poked her head in Laura's office door.

"Please, Mrs. Linda. I still have some tasks and responsibilities ..." Laura answered briefly. She knew Mrs. Linda must also be tired all day working in the Lab.

Laura continued to read the script of the research thesis on the description of lung cancer in white rats induced by cigarette smoke for 90 days. She chuckled, imagining the rat as a secondhand smoke. Hmmm, interesting research, she thought.

Suddenly, the room was pitch black. Oh, it doesn't look like the lights are out, even though it's already dark! Laura thought anxiously. She turned on the flashlight of her cell phone and hurriedly walked out of her office in fear.

Brukk.

"Aaahhhh!" Laura screamed in surprise and panic in the darkness, colliding so hard that she fell to the floor with the big figure she bumped into.

Her cell phone fell somewhere in the condition of the Lab lobby. PA is pitch black. She was silent, not daring to move an inch because she didn't know what to do.

"Professor Laura?" murmured the man who she overwritten it.

"Yeah... Sorry, I'm heavy... please let go of my body." Laura felt uncomfortable being held tightly by the woman in the top position in the blinding darkness.

The man didn't move and then released his grip on Laura as if reluctantly. But he sat still, holding Laura's body. Laura fell silent and felt her face warm from blushing. She was embarrassed to be in such an awkward position with a man she didn't recognize.

In the darkness, it seemed that the man's heartbeat sounded so strong and fast. "I'm James. Don't worry; I won't be rude to Professor Laura. Let's wait for the electricity to come on first, don't go anywhere."

In the darkness, the senses other than sight become more sensitive. And that's how they both felt. Laura's body scent is like green tea and chamomile combined with James' scent, which is like pine wood and musk. It tends to have a calming aroma compared to the two beating hearts.

Laura felt her ass sit on something hard and throbbing. When the lights were on, her face would have been as red as a boiled crab.

"Uh, can I get off your lap, James? This is an uncomfortable position for both of us, isn't it?" Laura said nervously.

James smiled, stifling his laughter in the darkness. "Excuse me for being insensitive, Professor." James moved Laura's light body from his lap to his side.

"Why haven't you gone home yet, James? Wasn't the practicum over already?" Laura asked as she calmed herself down and smoothed out her parted skirt.

"I'm researching a thesis, Prof," answered James.

"Oohh, it's okay not to be home so late. Are you alone?" Laura replied.

"Yes, today I have to take the data of lab probandus animals and feed them," James explained that he was in the General Pathology Lab late at night.

"Oh, it took so long for the power to go out," Laura complained again, her body shivering slightly from sitting on the floor in a thin shirt and knee-length skirt. Her stomach is also hungry, and her low blood pressure is reoccurring.

James noticed the woman next to him was cold. He also took off his bomber jacket, which was quite thick, and wrapped Laura's body with it. "Prof. Laura, you are cold, aren't you? Just put on my jacket first. Haven't eaten yet, have you?" James sighed in concern.

He also remembered that the silver queen chocolate he bought at the canteen this afternoon was in his jacket pocket. "Eat some chocolate first, Prof," said James as he cut a piece of chocolate and shoved it into Laura's mouth.

Laura opened her mouth to receive a chocolate from James. James's finger dipped a few seconds before being pulled by James. It was like being electrocuted. James cleared his throat. James had never dated once in his life.

He wanted to be able to date the woman next to him right now. Beautiful and brilliant, his ideal type of woman.

It seems like a long time since the power has gone out. Is there no security guard or Lab guard patrolling the campus tonight? That's what Laura had been thinking.

Luckily, there was James, who accompanied and looked after her very well. James cares because he has lent his jacket, distributed chocolates, and even fed her several times until the cold that had attacked her began to be replaced by a warm feeling in her body.

Too bad they must be so far apart in age, Laura thought. Maybe James is only 21, while Laura is 32 this year. Wow, 11 years old, maybe she is more suited to be James's aunt than his girlfriend. Wake up Laura! she thought to herself.

"Prof. Laura, where do you live?" James asked curiously, even though his tone was so light.

"Eh... I live in the Royal Heritage Apartment. About half an hour from campus." Laura answered without suspicion.

"Alone or with whom?" James inquired.

"Alone. A big family lives in Godean. I want privacy, so I prefer to live alone in an apartment." Laura answered again without the slightest suspicion, even though it was more like being interrogated by James.

James smiled, hearing that Laura was single and living alone in her apartment. Laura's apartment is close to James's, only 5 minutes walk. Intercontinental Residence is the name of the apartment where James lives.

James's extended family lives in Jakarta. James's father is a businessman in the property sector, and his 2 older brothers continue their father's business in the Jakarta office. James has a different passion from his brothers for him to live alone.

It was late at night, and the electricity wouldn't turn on. James was worried about Laura, who hadn't eaten for some time. He also hoped in his heart that the electricity would turn on soon.

"Prof Laura, are you all right?" James asked to confirm Laura's condition because the woman next to him was silent for a moment.

"Yeah, I'm fine, James. Don't worry. I'm not as fragile as I look." Laura reassured James.

Laura's stomach growled loudly in James's ears. He snorted to hold back his laughter. "I think your Ascaris lumbricoides is demonstrating in the stomach," said James, laughing.

Laura's face flushed with embarrassment at James's sarcasm. It's a shame to be trapped in the dark with starvation conditions like a kidnap victim. But the kidnapper was handsome, like her idol Oppa Park Seo Joon. What a relief, Laura giggled. Out of hundreds of handsome Drakor actors, only Oppa Park Seo Joon is the one she idolizes. He often makes Laura hysterical because she is charmed whenever she watches a movie or drama starring Park Seo Joon.

Laura prefers a macho and stocky Western actor like Liam Hemsworth for the criteria for a boyfriend similar to her ex while studying in Australia, Philip Landon. Let bygones be bygones. Laura chased away the memory that appeared without permission.

"Ahh, finally, the light is on." cried Laura happily.

James looked at Laura, who cheerfully welcomed the light in the Anatomical Pathology Lab room. Oh, that smile, the damage is equivalent to the atomic bomb of Nagasaki Hiroshima! he cursed in his heart.

James helped Laura to stand up. It was getting late, and they had better go home. "Prof Laura, I'll take you to the parking lot, okay? I'll wait in front of the Lab," said James as if he didn't want to accept a rebuttal, and Laura nodded obediently.

"I'll take my bag and blazer first. Hey, here's your jacket, James. Thank you."

Not long after, Laura approached James, leaning on the pillar of the building in front of the Pathology Lab while looking at Laura.

"You go first, Prof," said James briefly and followed Laura to the side of Laura's red HRV.

James saw it. The car tire was badly flat, a bit suspicious! He thought.

"Wow, what an unlucky day for Prof. Laura, it seems." James concerned.

Laura was so disappointed to see that the rear tire of her car was badly deflated. Her dream was to go home to dinner, soak in the bathtub and sleep well tonight. She was confused about what to do!

James said, "Professor Laura, come with my car, okay? Tomorrow I'll take care of the repair shop technician. It's too late to change tires." He took Laura's hand to his car parked in a corner near a palm tree.

Laura complied with James's wish to go home and rest. She didn't have the strength to argue.

The young man opened the door of his white Fortuner for Laura and hurried to the driver's seat. He doesn't forget to put a seat belt on Laura's body.

"Would you like to stop by my apartment for dinner first? What do you want to eat tonight, Prof. Laura?" James asked confidently, even though Laura had not said yes to visiting his apartment.

Laura didn't have the extra energy to argue and cook tonight. "Okay, I guess I have to trouble you again, James. How about Hainanese chicken rice and Shecuan noodles?"

"Okay, I'll order it at Gofood. Don't hesitate, Prof." James typed his order on his cellphone. Done. Now, he only had to drive to his apartment.