
Kanaya, Hamzah, and Astrid, carrying their 7-year-old eldest son, walk side by side on the second floor of a downtown mall.
They had not thought of visiting the shopping center, because their first goal was to go to an orphanage. But Astrid's son whines and asks her mother to buy some toys for her friends at the parlor. Astrid also agreed and was moved by the noble request of her son.
Coincidentally, Kanaya also craves gelato which is sold in one of the famous stores in the Mall. So, they all decided to go inside the Mall.
"Zah, you said Naya bought gelato yes, let me be my child's picky toy for the orphanage."
"Yes, I'll see you back at the cashier?"
"Yes, leave Naya, take care of her for a while" said Astrid, who understands very well that Kanaya cannot be left alone in the crowd. Although it does not happen often, the woman still has Agoraphobia which can recur at any time.
"A lifetime can too, Ma'am," chirped Hamzah who made Kanaya turn to him with a startled mimic.
"Hush, no! Inget, Kanaya still has a husband," Astrid recalled, who was reminded to only smile shyly.
"What the hell are you two doing?!" the somewhat uneasy Cela Kanaya heard the conversation between the two friends.
"Joking Nay, we're just kidding, aren't we, Astrid?"
"No, I'm actually telling you to take care of Naya while I'm with my son to the kids store."
"Mom! I'm not a child, I can buy gelato alone" Kanaya protested while stroking her stomach which began to look bloated, her gestational age has entered 13 weeks.
"What good is he doing here if it's not for you?" Astrid pointed at Hamzah with her thumb while one hand she used to hold the body of the child who impatiently wanted to run to the kids store.
"Yes Nay, do not make me useless yes, later I am sad, let alone you are pregnant, need strict care," Hamzah said, confirming Astrid's speech.
Kanaya also threw out her breath, her chest was a bit crowded accepting the fact that it was not Lee who was guarding her. But in the end he just mout what his two friends say because after all it is a form of concern for him who is two-bodied.
"I'm sorry, I can't pay you, Mas bodyguard," Kanaya joked shortly after she and Hamzah separated from Astrid.
Hamzah laughed crisply, "No payment needed, ukhti. I sincerely help the ukhti with all my heart," he replied dramatizingly.
"Then pay for gelato for me?" pinta Kanaya is a little self-conscious indeed.
Hamzah shook his head, "Why visit ya, ukhti?" protest with funny mimicry.
"So he said sincerely to help me? If sincere do not half-dong," said Kanaya with his ignorant grin.
"Yes, I'm glad you brought this," Hamzah took the wallet out of his pocket and just in case, he saw the contents of his wallet first, fortunately he had money that seemed to be enough to pay for two or more gelato.
"I'm not serious, I'll pay for it myself" said Kanaya, who is sensitive to the finances of the man she has been friends with since childhood.
"Yes, your words cannot be withdrawn! I'm not as rich as your husband, but if it's just gelato, I can pay you," kekeuh Hamzah while tidying up a bit of the sheath before walking after Kanaya who moved first to the very special ice cream shop.
"Sir, I want the same almond taste...." Kanaya turned her head towards Hamzah as if questioning the man in question.
"Matcha," he answered briefly.
"The same matcha taste is one yes, Ma'am," added Kanaya who was immediately responded to quickly by the gelato shop waitress.
"Zah, strange to know," Kanaya said as she stroked her stomach.
"What's so weird?"
"Taste me, before I did not like the taste of almonds, but when pregnant why do I even kepengen ya?"
"Debay times asked," replied Hamzah while grinning.
"Maybe yes, haha. I can't wait to see him in person."
"Nay's six months away, be patient" Hamzah said with a warm smile.
After getting what they ordered, Hamzah paid while Kanaya first went to Astrid who was already sitting waiting for her at the all you can eat stand.
"Here, at the first meal of the bracelet, I also ordered sushi," Astrid said as she held her son.
"Would you eat sushi?" bargain with Kanaya who was enjoying her gelato.
"No ah, I'm just nemenin Mbak while gigabisin gelato," he refused subtly.
"I think he bought something again" Kanaya replied indifferently.
"Nay."
Hearing Astrid's serious tone of voice, Kanaya also focused her gaze towards the woman she already regarded as the elder sister.
"What?"
"Are you sure you don't want to tell your husband about your pregnancy?" ask Astrid seriously.
"Don't want to tell, I just feel that the time is not right yet. I was worried that the news of my pregnancy would get in the way of Mas David to find out the truth about the child" Kanaya said.
Her cheerful beautiful face immediately turned moody when it had discussed anything related to her husband who was now far in the eyes.
"But you have to tell him as soon as possible, Nay. Remember, he's the father of the baby now in your belly, he'll be in charge of your baby" Astrid advises with a worried look.
******
Kanaya's smell was interrupted by a fresh, soft fragrance she was very familiar with. Those clear eyes slowly opened and looked towards the burly hand that was coiled around his stomach.
"Let'soo!"
"Syuuut, it's me yeobo" whispered Lee as he placed his long index finger on Kanaya's lips, stopping his wife's startled cry.
"Astaghfirullah, you want me! Why don't you tell me you want to go home!" kanaya scolded with tears that had already seeped from the end of her eyes. At this moment the feeling of shock, happiness, sadness, mixed into one saw Lee was in front of him.
"Sorry yes, yeobo, anyways if you first know that there is not allowed with you," Lee said as he blinked his eyes. Well, which can be adorable like that when Kanaya's heart is being bombarded with a very deep longing.
Lee sat down and spread out his hands with a sweet smile. "Wanna hug me?"
Kanaya's lips trembled withstanding the cries. She slid into Lee's warm embrace and pinched her husband's wide back as a form of frustration waiting until it held the longing for this long.
"Hyaa! Why is it that while in Seoul you are often difficult to contact, huh?!" kanaya protest was angry.
"It's a shame that the weather in Seoul is not good anymore, sorry," Lee replied.
"I'm sorry, but I know you don't!"
"What's important is that now that I'm home, you're able to hurt me like this."
"Don't be far from me can't be?" kanaya Pinta while shedding her tears. The shirt Lee was wearing began to get wet.
"Wait a minute baby, after the DNA test results come out, I will definitely continue here with you" Lee promised, gently rubbing Kanaya's head and peeling her many times.
"If the result is true how is your child?" kanaya asked as if preparing for the worst possibility.
"I'll still love you Nay, I'll stay here for you, nothing will change, I promise."
Kanaya looked up at her husband's handsome face, the sharp eyes that always looked at him with soft glare that made Kanaya's heart fall even more into the sea of love wrapped in grief. Will he be able to take that man off? The answer is clearly incapable.
"But you have to take responsibility as Mas's father, and I can't take care of the child you get from another woman."
Lee was silent as he continued to look into Kanaya's clear eyes which revealed ripples of sadness and despair. Then unexpectedly the man sobbed while tightening his embrace on Kanaya's body.
"I don't want to lose you, Nay. You mean too much in my life, you can't be replaced or exchanged for anything."
"If Hyunki was really my real son, I would rather be far away from him than leave you!" lee's cries continued until the man was exhausted until Kanaya had to put him to bed while rubbing his wet cheek in tears.
"I don't know what it's going to look like going forward, Mas. It's obviously hard to get away from you, just imagine my heart breaking" Kanaya murmured as she wiped her own tears. Then she lay down next to Lee and kept looking at her husband's handsome face.
Ting.
Hearing the incoming notification on Lee's phone, Kanaya's instincts led her to open the lock screen of her husband's phone and check the message from whom at 3 am this morning.
Georgina
Seriate....