A Handful of Love for You
33. Meal Invitation

Alena POV's

“No need. I have forgiven you and hope that you will never repeat your mistakes again. Don't apologize too often because your apology will be worthless if you keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again without realizing your mistakes. Please come out if there are no more important things that you will say again.” kick me out.

Now, I feel very upset and angry. I want to throw things on the table and his face sucks. This time, his attitude was really upsetting

“Shortly... don't throw me out first. There are important things I have to say.”

“Please tell and don't beat around the bush. There's still a lot of work I have to finish.” I said firmly.

“Can I keep asking you to have dinner with me?” He asked me to dinner.

“Ish... You said you wanted to say something important. So the important thing that you said was that dinner invitation that I had declined? You didn't hear my answer earlier or you pretended not to hear, huh?” my question almost snapped.

“I heard the answer but I insist on still inviting you to dinner.” His answer made me more upset.

“I rarely eat dinner. Dinner was not good for the diet program.”

“Why diet? Your body is perfect.”

“Not to tease me. That's not polite,” ketusku.

“Salah again,” he said softly but I can still hear clearly.

My lips smiled at her wrong behavior. Luckily he didn't look at me so he didn't see me smiling. If he sees, I'll be ashamed of him.

“If you don't want dinner, how about lunch tomorrow? Want right?”

Geez, why the hell does he keep forcing me to eat together? Rejected for dinner, he offered lunch. If I refuse lunch, he will take me to breakfast together.

“Can't because tomorrow I'm busy. My teaching schedule was full from morning to evening. I'm not the one who doesn't do much after the trial. There are so many things I have to do tomorrow.” I gave a logical reason to reject her invitation.

“Although busy, you must still maintain health. Do not miss meal time because a lot of worku” he said worried.

Eh, is he really worried or is it just my assumption? Do I really wish he was worried about me? I guess I might have hope like that.

I can't. I can't have such hope.

“So how?”

The question is breaking my daydream.

“Eh, what is it?” many nervous.

“Lunch. Would you like to have lunch with me?”

“I like to bring my own lunch,” replied I origin.

I hope he no longer imposes his desire to have lunch together.

“Then, we eat together here only. I will also bring my own lunch. I want to accompany you to lunch. Can?”

“No.” I replied firmly.

“Why not?”

Arrrrrgh, I was upset by his questions that cornered me. If we had lunch in the lecturer's room, what would the other lecturers think? Did he not think about that? Or he was deliberately trying to make a scandal.

“Yes already, tomorrow we have lunch together at a cafe near the campus. I still have a teaching schedule until afternoon.”

I finally gave in and agreed to her invitation.

“Forcer basics.” I grumbled in annoyance.

“If not force, where might you agree and want to have lunch with me. You really have to be forced or you really want to be forced first, huh?”

“Sana go!” I expelled.

“Tomorrow I pick up. You need me to pick it up. Don't try to hide because I will definitely find you.”

“No need!” reject me.

“I pick up! If you do not want to be picked up I still insist to pick you up. Understand?” said force.

“Serah.”

“Good.” A smile spread across his face.

“Sucks.”

“But you like, right?” chortled.

“Never.”.

“Later you also like.”

“Never.”

“I'm sure you're sure..”.

“I said never. If you don't come out now. I guarantee the event tomorrow afternoon is off!” my threat.

“Good...good... I resigned. See you tomorrow Ms. Alena is beautiful.”

"Go!"

He was smiling and very handsome. My heart is back.

“Thank you my beautiful lecturer. I'll pick you up tomorrow. Don't run and hide from me. Assalamu’alaikum.”

After saying his greetings, he directly walked out of the room without hearing my greeting reply.

Basic man sucks. I grumbled but my heart beat so hard it hit my chest.

************

At 11pm, I still feel uneasy considering our meeting tomorrow. I don't know why I don't feel so calm. I've tried various ways to fall asleep early but still can't. My head was filled with her annoying figure.

I have been drinking milk, exercising lightly, to read the textbook of lecture materials so that my body is tired and sleep quickly. Instead of sleeping fast, I daydream. Daydream of him and our meeting tomorrow.

I shove my head until I feel dizzy. Oops, do not let vertigoku disease recur because of shaking the head. Or. do I have to pretend to be sick in order to refuse her lunch. Ah, but if I pretend to be sick, I'm afraid that I'm really sick. Anyway tomorrow I have a teaching schedule in 3 classes. I cannot ignore my students because of the gondrong nyebelin.

Uh, he's not fucking around anymore. Now his appearance looks neat. His hair was not long and his clothes were not broken anymore. He no longer wears jeans and a torn jacket. I miss calling him gondrong nyebelin. I also want to see him perform again. He looks more attractive when appearing disheveled.

Uh, why am I thinking this weird anyway? It seems like I'm really out of my mind. I can't sleep either because of him. If I meet him tomorrow, will I.... um, what will I do? Aaargh.

I better read the novel I borrowed from Teh Iyah alone. Hopefully I can take my mind off thinking about him.

I started reading. At first I still had trouble concentrating on the novel. I repeatedly read the first page because his face was still milling in the room of my head. After a few rereads, I finally managed to get my concentration to be able to continue to the next page until half of the contents of the novel I managed to read before I finally fell asleep as well.

to be continued...