Metallmorphosis
CHAPTER 23. There Is No Reading Worry.

“Not enter first?” Zinnia asked Joham who delivered him. They've stopped at Zinnia's yard.

Joham shook his head. He glanced at Arsa's car parked in the carport.

“Gak deh. Anytime aja.” Decline Joham. “OK. I'll go back, yeah.. Just be careful if you use the blur event again. Ogah I picked up.” Threaten Joham later.

Zinnia just chuckled while sneering at Joham. The man, always threatening so but still pick up and deliver Zinnia home every time he runs away.

“Be careful, Joo!” Pekik Zinnia leads Joham's departure. And Joham just raised his left hand while continuing to drive his motorcycle away from the Zinnia residence.

Zinnia stopped on the porch of his house. Breathe in a few new times then open the door and enter slowly.

The girl settles down by minimizing the sound of her footsteps. Although blocked by dracaena ornamental plants, he can still see the back of his mother who is reading a magazine while occasionally sipping warm tea from the table.

It felt like Zinnia was lazy to greet her mother. He is lazy will cause a fight back if he disturbs the focus of his mother.

But in her little heart, Zinnia still wanted to be seen to still have manners as a child. So he decided to say hello to his mother. As well as ‘apology’ because he has run away from home and does not come home all day.

“Ma, I'm home.” Lirih Zinnia held back the misgivings. She was afraid that her mother would get angry with her.

“Where the hell is it? Just coming home now?” Arsa's tone of voice was heard still within normal limits even though it had risen by several octaves. At least normal for Zinnia hearing.

“Ehm, from home temen, Ma.” Answer Zinnia.

And the rest, there was only silence that appeared around them for a few moments. Makes Zinnia just a mistake. Finally he decided to approach Lida who was cooking something in the kitchen.

“Mbak Lida cook what? The aroma makes my stomach thrashing.” Tanya Zinnia approached the woman in her mid-30s.

“Salted fish milkbox, Non.” Answer Lida.

“Wuihh. Did you cook the bellows? This layer.”

“Propay Yes Non. Serundengnya. But the name is belom. A little more.”

“OK. I take a shower first while waiting for the date to look.” Said Zinnia who left the kitchen to go up and into his room.

Zinnia threw his body on the bed to drive away his fatigue. He looked at the most familiar scene, the painting on the ceiling of his room. April Lavinge's smile made her tiredness disappear.

But Zinnia frowned suddenly as the beautiful painting belonging to April slowly turned into the face of Ren who was also smiling at her. Instead of turning her face away, Zinnia even smiled with the shadow of the figure in her head.

“Ahh, so want to kiss. Hihihihi” muttered Zinnia to himself who then chuckled funny. Laughing to himself.

Zinnia immediately erased Ren's shadow from his mind. He splashed his head with refreshing cold water.

After bathing and dressing, he came down to fulfill his promise to Lida. The delicacy shadow of Lida's typical salted fish already filled his head.

While passing through the living room, Zinnia had a glance towards his mother who was still sitting in her original place. But this time the woman appeared to be calling someone.

“This name is already mateng, Non.” Said Lida who turned out to have prepared a plate of warm rice with side dishes along with salted fish and immediately handed it to Zinnia.

“Waah. Thanks a lot, Ma'am.” Zinnia said excitedly and immediately devoured his food.

Lida smiled happily. He is happy because only Zinnia appreciates his cooking and always says that the cuisine is delicious. While other family members, although they never insulted, but they also never praise.

Arsa just nodded with the phone still stuck in her ear. Discuss something about the court ruling that is his duty. Sounds very serious.

Moments later, Arsa had finished calling and turned her gaze to Zinnia who was engrossed with a bundle of salted fish plus warm white rice.

“Laper also turned out.” Syndic Arsa.

Zinnia. He chose to touch his ears.

“You are here if you have a snack do not get the habit of running away from home, why? Bad habits really in nurture.” Arsa begins his ultimatum. No matter with Lida serving food for him.

“Iya, Mother.. Zinnia apologized for making Mama worried.” Zinnia.

Arsa heard a snorting hear the answer. But Zinnia kept his face down. Dare not look at his mother.

Worrying? She was not sure that her mother was worried about her. There was no expression of worry that he could read either from the look on his face or from the tone of speech that came out of his mother's mouth.

“Ma?” Call Zinnia again.

“Hem?”

“ZINNIA want to take the C package equality test, can you?”

Arsa was silent which meant she agreed. Growing a smile on both corners of the lips of Zinnia. In this atmosphere, Zinnia wanted to open her mouth and tell her about many things. Like children and parents in general.

But Zinnia immediately undo the intention when his mother's phone rang again and the woman immediately picked it up. He could only pout a little to express his disappointment.

Seeing Arsa who had not finished her meal and instead left the dining room, Lida drew closer to Zinnia. They haven't talked about anything in a long time. Because in this house, only Lida is in frequency with Zinnia. Lida is able to put herself as ‘kakak’ for Zinnia in certain moments.

“Where does it work, Non? Smoothly?” Tanya Lida opened the conversation while cleaning up Arsa's used plate.

“Current, Mbak.”

“Ikut seneng deh. But not tired of what work there, Non? Hot-heat again.”

“Capek anyway, Ma'am. But exciting. Especially in the office deket I sell, there is a handsome guy who is very good with me. Hehehehe.” Zinnia had finished the plate of both meals. He handed the plate to Lida.

“Cieeee. Apparently there is something that makes the work spirit. Pantesan in said exciting. Hehehehe.” Lida was sloppy.

“But he is very good with me, Ma'am.”

“So, there is a chance to be girlfriend dong, Non?”

Zinnia. He raised his eyeballs while frowning.

The opportunity? He didn't even think of getting there. He was just happy to get good treatment from Ren. Imagining Ren's face, Zinnia returned smiling.

“Wahhh. I think someone else has a crush on someone, nih.” Seloroh Lida again. He could see the happy look on his face that emanated from Zinnia's smile.

Does he like Ren? I don't know. Zinnia wasn't too sure about that. Because she is the type of woman who easily falls in love when treated well by men. But fortunately that doesn't apply to Joham. So that he can keep their friendship until this moment.