Erstwhiles
24. Deal

"Who else is it?" karel's voice made Acha aghast. He squinted his eyes at Acha carelessly opening up his personal documents. "The hell you open up my privacy without permission!" karel's face flushed with anger. Soon, the man snaps a picture of Rena still in Acha's hands, tidies the map, and puts it on the cupboard. 

"Lo, what does Rena have to do with her?" Acha asked courageously.

"It's none of your business!" karel's voice was very serious this time. There was even a speck of anger in it.

"Gue can't know? We're getting married why can't I know?" tanya Acha kept pressing.

"What if we want to get married? You have a right to take my privacy!" karel's anger makes Acha get carried away with emotions.

"And I'm fine. Why even jerk!"

"Lo first, didn't he start?" Karel did not accept.

"Whatever! I'm sick of you!" Acha hit Karel's shoulder which was only covered by a bathrobe. There were a few tears stuck in the corner of his eye. Acha did not want to cry in front of the man. He chose to leave Karel alone there.

The tears cannot be held. Acha was not a whiny girl, but somehow her heart was sliced when Karel snapped at her. He rubbed the tears that were now starting to wet his cheeks as he stepped down the stairs. 

Not yet reached the last rung of stairs, his arm was blocked by someone from behind. Who else if not Karel. But Acha wants to be released. "Please! Release me!"

"Sorrys. I was emotional" Karel tried to hold Acha back but the woman continued to rebel to escape.

"********! After me?" 

As Acha continued to rebel, Karel had no choice but to push Acha's body against the wall, squeeze and kiss her lips deeply.

Acha jumped. The fight suddenly stopped. He froze in Karel's confinement.

***

"Sorry about that. I didn't mean to snap at you" Karel said wholeheartedly. Without even giving Acha time to react, Karel's hand knocked at Acha's entrance. The girl biting her lips felt the sensation of Karel slipping in and growing in it.

"Eungh.. Acha.." Karel incubated and started to move hers.

***

Acha pulled the blanket up covering her body and Karel's body was bathed in sweat. Their chests were still rising and falling neutralizing the sensation that had just lunged.

After a long silence, Karel crossed one of her arms for a head pad and said, "We've known each other since childhood.."

The sentence made Acha turn to the man who was still staring at the sky of his room.

"Me and Rena." he continued.

"But in his eyes there was only Nathan. He thinks of me as a little brother. No more" the man's bitter confidences suddenly made Acha gulp.

"Ah.. I see" Acha responded to his sect. At least her curiosity for the woman was slightly satisfied.

"After Nathan gets married, I guess his feelings will change. But I was stupid to think that way. In his eyes I was still just a little sister."

"Aren't you accepting my proposal for the same reason?" Karel turned the question around.

Acha is wrong. He avoided Karel's gaze.

"If you want to withdraw from this marriage, I will not force you again" Karel said suddenly. "We both know there's no sense of anything between us."

Ah, right too. There was no sense of anything between them. But how do you back off if Acha has shown off printing wedding photos? Can't do. Acha can be ashamed of it.

"Since we're already on that topic, let's talk about our marriage agreement" Acha proposed next.

"Deal?" Karel turned to look at the woman.

"Yes. What can and cannot be done" the woman explained further.

"For example?"

"Privacy, romance issues and..." Acha seemed hesitant to continue his words. She cleared her throat first before saying, "my duty as a wife" he said.

"Because there is no love between us, I will not force you to continue with me. If you find someone right, I'll let you go." Karel's answer sounded like a gentleman.

"So, we won't interfere in each other's love affairs?" Acha tries to draw conclusions.

"Yup." Karel nodded. "But in the case of****, how can I get married without ****?" the man did not accept.

Acha rolled her eyeballs. "really so. How a Carrel can survive without ****. Therefore******* in your drawer is up?" he insinuates.

"******? ****** which? Oh the rest of my time in America? Maybe it came in when I was clapping things. I haven't used it since I got back here. Wh why?  You tried? There are many variants!" goda Karel raised his eyebrows.

Talking about the question of ***** makes Acha gasp, "You didn't use that******, did you?  Get out inside again. You dick!" Acha rose up and grabbed Karel's hair causing the man to complain of pain.

"aww.. Awwwh.. Where could! Who hugged me tight didn't want to be left far away?" Karel defended himself, trying to escape from the jubilant woman. Feeling ashamed, Acha ended the fun of the event let's grab Karel's hair.

But I don't want to be in touch*** with the guy who's changing partners." Acha leaned her back on the head of the bed. She pulled the blanket to cover her chest.

"Well, I won't be in touch**** with other women during our marriage, if you're willing to meet my biological needs" the man bargained. "And I won't force you if you don't want to. How's it?"

"Let me be clear. We will not interfere in the affairs of love for each other, if one of us has found someone right then this marriage can be stopped. During the marriage I will fulfill my obligations as a wife with a note you must not force me if I do not want to. And instead you can't sleep with another woman before we get divorced. That so?" Acha concluded the outcome of their negotiations.

Karel agreed.

"Ok, deal" Acha held out her hand which was then held by Karel. "Deal" said the man steadily.

"But by the way, why are you looking for me so early in the morning?"

Acha just remembered that he was about to take Karel to the photo studio, but canceled because of Karel's surprise attack. "Ah, I have to contact the photo studio and rearrange the schedule. You just canceled our prewed!"

"Wow.. You're so totality with this marriage."