Just Just Marrying
Hide out
Two weeks later
Kyara appears to blink both eyes and then slowly opens both eyelids. His hand stroked his stomach which was still wrapped in a blanket feeling very hungry. His eyes glanced towards the wall clock that showed at 2 am. Things that have become a habit for the past two weeks wake up at almost the same hour in a state of hunger.
Kyara flicked away the blanket that wrapped her body and then got off the bed. He walked around like a thief out of his room. The atmosphere outside her room was still dark. As usual, Kyara always uses her phone as a lighting device. Kyara breathed a sigh of relief when she was already inside the kitchen.
After making sure it was safe, Kyara began to take the dishes that she had set aside in the food cabinet when conditions like today. Kyara started to light the stove and heat up her already cold dishes. After feeling enough, Kyara moved her cooking into a dish.
Kyara's hands skillfully spooned the rice and side dishes into the dish. It seemed he was impatient to eat the food into his stomach until the toilet. While enjoying the food, the sound of footsteps walking towards the kitchen made Kyara's activities stop.
His eyes immediately puffed up to realize that it was Gerry's footsteps walking towards the kitchen. With a quick movement Kyara grabbed the plate on the table and hid it under the dining table. The footsteps were getting closer. Kyara, who doesn't know where to hide, spontaneously hides under the dinner table, holding her remaining plate of food.
Glug
Kyara painstakingly swallowed her saliva when she saw her husband's legs now right in front of her eyes. Feet that were not covered in cloth and showed fine feathers managed to make Kyara's body shake. Kyara took a slow breath to neutralize her nervousness. Even the plate he was holding slightly shook with his nervousness. Fortunately, his movements did not make a sound that made Gerry feel suspicious.
Gerry's eyes squinted when he saw the pan that was still on the stove in a dirty state. Not usually his wife does not clean cooking utensils after using them. But Gerry no longer thought about it. Especially considering the last two weeks he and Kyara have never said hello. She is still upset by Kyara's refusal to touch her.
Feeling his goal to the kitchen was complete, Gerry set his foot back to his room.
After seeing Gerry's body disappear from view, Kyara came out of her hiding place. His outstretched hand stroked his chest because Gerry did not know of his whereabouts in the kitchen. Kyara breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry Mama took you into hiding." Kyara said to the tiny baby still in her stomach. It rubbed its stomach which started to bulge a little.
But suddenly Kyara's eyes begin to glaze over given Gerry's growing indifference to her. I don't know why lately she is so longing to hug her husband and smell his body deeply. But that is not possible to do. Kyara can only let go of her longing by hugging Gerry's clothes that she still wash every day.
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