A Sugar Baby
There-There Only
"Mas, want to eat a tape with pineapple."
Lea whined at her husband one night.
"Eat if you want to miscarry."
Daniel spoke out frontally. Because for such a dangerous thing, he doesn't need a figure of speech. He would say anything harmful to Lea.
"I know it's dangerous, but I want to. How do you get rid of this feeling?"
"Yes thinkin food or anything else, what cake for example. Chocolate, bread, martabak, kebab. There's a lot to think about."
"Yes, but it's hard. Buy it, but what do you eat?"
"meaning?" daniel didn't understand.
"Yes buy tape cake, pineapple that way. Keep eating. I smell it's okay, it's important that my wish is fulfilled."
"You are there - there are, after all, at this hour there are no sales people."
"There's a koq, it's only 8 o'clock. Want to avoid responsibility?"
Lea put on a pouting face.
"Avoiding what responsibility, Lea?. If I wasn't responsible, you would've stayed."
Daniel was eager to hit Leah on the head with a stone, but the man tried hard to be patient. Because Lea is a woman, as well as his wife who is also pregnant.
"I crave this is your responsibility loh mas. You made me pregnant."
Daniel took a breath.
"Yes, I've been looking for it near here" he said later.
Lea's face that had been pouting, immediately turned back cheerful.
"Well, that's my husband." she said with a smile.
Daniel would not want to have to obey the wishes of Lea. Rather than being billed tomorrow, it is better to finish today he thought. Eventually the man left, in order to find anything Lea wanted for herself to eat.
Daniel was going around, nobody was selling cassava tape. But then he found one of the fruit traders, who happened to still be in a place.
Daniel bought some pineapples and brought them home. Leah was overjoyed when her husband managed to bring her what he wanted.
Although only one type, but it makes him very, very satisfied. It was as if there was no more burden in his heart.
"Come dong mas, eat...!" lea Pinta.
"Wait a minute, I wash the fruit first" Daniel said.
He then took the pineapple and washed it in the sink. Soon he returned to the table, carrying a small bowl of salt.
"I don't actually eat pineapple, because I think gatel on the tongue. This is for your sake." said Daniel.
"Hehe."
Lea grinned, she now pulled up the dining table chair and sat down in front of her husband. Daniel began to eat.
"Hm."
Leah gulped, the pineapple that Daniel had eaten felt like it was in his mouth. Lea recalled how the tropical fruit shook her tongue when she was not yet pregnant. Sweet, sour, plus salty salt. Ah, really a perfect blend the woman thought.
Daniel continued to eat and again Lea gulped, making Daniel go awry. On the one hand he had to eat for the sake of Lea's contentment. On the other hand, he felt sorry for the expression on his face, which seemed to have never eaten for three days.
"Hmm, how good is it?" ask Lea.
Daniel sighed, and this time he laughed.
"Le, swear your face. I know you don't, but I can't love you."
"It's okay, man. Sweet is not it?" ask Lea again.
"Sweet, but asem too." replied Daniel.
"Hmm, that must be a big deal." Leah gulped repeatedly.
"Thuh start gatel my tongue, Le."
"Yes, stop it. Don't go on."
Daniel looked at Leah.
"Are you satisfied to see me eat?" ask her later. Lea nodded her head.
"Well, is that okay, am I throwing it away?"
"It's okay, throw it away."
Daniel moved towards the trash and threw away the remaining pineapple in his hand.
"The pineapple is mas."
"So he said it's okay to throw away" Daniel said, sighing. He really had to be extra patient in the face of Lea.
"That's okay, but suddenly it's a mess. Honey, you know, that's good."
Daniel looked at his wife while holding a smile. He washed his hands and hugged the woman.
"Prophey, later if our child is born you can eat anything that should not be eaten while you are pregnant."
Lea nodded.
"Yes" he answered later.
Daniel rubbed Leah's back to make her feel calm. From that day on there was Leah's behavior that made Daniel stroked the chest. One night his wife suddenly asked to buy a cassava opak."
"What's Lea's father?" daniel asked Leah.
He was born into a wealthy family and had never eaten a food called opak. Moreover, opak is not a crowded food sold like crackers. No mass production has been sold throughout the region. If there is, it must be in certain areas.
"Opak tuh kayak chips but wide so mas, from cassava. Hasn't he ever eaten that?" ask Lea.
Daniel shook his head.
"Not yet" he replied later.
"I never saw it" he continued.
Lea then opened the google search page and showed an opak image to Daniel. All of a new life Daniel saw it.
"Where is Le?" ask Lea.
"I don't know, I really want it to taste."
"Try checking in the online marketplace, but there are times."
"Oh yes, my mom. Why not think of me?"
Lea picked up a mobile phone and opened the page of one of the online marketplace. Apparently there are many who sell.
"That's a lot" Daniel said.
"Pesen aja, Le." he continued again.
"Ok it up."
Lea then ordered and happened to be able to be delivered that day as well. But the seller does not serve via online ojek but via expedition. For Lea it's okay, anyway tomorrow will also be sure to arrive.
He had imagined how krispi his opak when fried. In eating just like that or in a brown sugar match, or with sambal. It must be really good.
The next day the opak order arrived. In the afternoon Daniel saw the wife sitting at the table, with her opaque fried. But Leah did not eat, just silently looked at her.
This made Daniel feel surprised. Because yesterday Lea seemed to really want the food. But I don't know why this afternoon he looked so uninspired.
"You why Le?" daniel asked his wife.
"Why isn't the view eaten?" continued again.
"Udah did not want to, mas. Now even want to eat pizza."
Daniel then sighed, stroking his chest.