My Introvert Husband 3
Mashed potatoes

Killiney

David enjoys coffee with Valerie, they chat and slip jokes between each other, not infrequently, Valerie is made to laugh by the man who is now the boss where she works.

The sound of David's cellphone ringing rang, momentarily stopping the conversation of the two of them, David grabbed his cellphone tucked in his pants pocket.

"Mother."

"Valerie, hold on, my mom called." Valerie. David did not want to change positions from his seat and he immediately received an incoming call from the woman who had given birth to him.

"Hallo, Mom."

"David, where are you?" tanyakanya.

"It was outside with my friend" he replied.

"Can you go home? Aunt Nam and also her daughter are here, she wants to discuss the preparation of the week." His mother's words made David speechless and exchanged glances with Valerie.

"David?"

'David can't, Mom."

"David, just for a second. Is your friend more important than your future wife?" yells. But David just kept quiet, not returning his mother's words, he really did not want all this.

"David..."

"David will be home tomorrow.

"Mom don't want to know, you have to go home now!"

"Sorry, Mom." David immediately ended the call before his mother spoke. David instantly deactivated his phone and ignored it.

"Your mom told you to come home?" ask Valerie. David nodded his head.

"Then go home, I'll go home too. Poor mother, she must be waiting for you." Valerie was about to stand up, but David held her hand.

"No, it's not important... I can go home tomorrow."

"David..."

"Valerie, you said you'd be with me, didn't you?"

"Yes, but your mother?"

"I told you, my mother didn't see me because there was something important. Sit back!" david's orders. Valerie was forced to agree, they resumed their conversation even though Valerie felt bad.

***

Alana and Ken are seen in the car, because that morning, Ken will invite him to go to the obstetrician to check the pregnancy of his wife who is almost entering the age of 21 weeks.

so happy they are both who can not wait for the birth of their children and will soon switch to enjoying the role of parents.

Upon arrival at the obstetrician, Alana performs an ultrasound accompanied by the man she loves most after her father. Seeing the growth of fetal development that is clearly displayed on the monitor screen, making Alana seem to not believe that in her stomach has now grown new lives there. Both of Alana's eyes sparkled, a perfectly curved smile on her face, when she saw her son was moving, but Alana still could not feel the movement.

Doctors cannot predict the sex of the fetus, because the position of the fetal legs looks crossed so it is not possible to see the gender. Alana was made a little disappointed by this, because she wanted to know the gender of her future children. However, it does not make Alana to question him, the most important thing is that the fetus in the womb is currently very healthy, it is more than encouraging news for him, he said, no matter what gender the child is born with.

Oang who is the happiest and very impatient to wait for his baby to be born in the world is Ken, he really can't wait for that day.  Although his face was flat and ordinary, but in the heart of the man, it was a great happiness for him, just like Alana, he still does not believe he will soon have children from the woman he loves so much besides Mama and also his sister.

After examining Alana's contents, Ken took his wife home. They were both in the car to return home.

"Ken..." Alana called, facing her face slightly towards her husband who was focusing on driving the car.

"What?"

"Ken, I'm bored. I'd love to take a walk." Alana glanced at Ken hoping to understand what he wanted.

"You didn't hear, the doctor told you to get more rest?"

Alana just kept quiet and said it, as if forgetting what the doctor said earlier.

Silent

Silent

"Ken..." Alana Gets back.

"What else?"

"I'd love to eat a pile of potatoes, it looks so good." Alana swallows her saliva imagining how delicious it is to eat mashed potatoes..

"Later at home I'll have Bi Ester make it."

"Why should Bi Ester?" ask Alana.

"Who else would make it? Uncle Lux?" exclaim Ken. Alana was silent while pursing her lips, Ken glanced at Alana, understanding what she wanted.

"Well, I'll make it for you." Hearing Ken's words, Alana was so excited and repeatedly thanked him with enthusiasm.

***

Upon arrival at home, the kitchen became the destination for both of them. Ken had Bi Ester stop her cooking activities and leave the kitchen, leaving her and Alana both inside. Ken had Alana sit on one of the dining table chairs he had just pulled out to accompany her to cooking. However, previously, Ken had asked Bi Ester for a recipe for mashed potatoes.

Ken immediately took the ingredients that were already available in the refrigerator, he took some large potatoes that had been peeled, cheese, milk, butter and also other complementary ingredients.

He started steaming the potatoes and pounding them. It feels excruciating, because cooking is not an easy job for Ken, but for Alana's sake, everything feels easy even though it is not.

Alana, who was still waiting for her husband to cook, distracted attention to her vibrating phone, seen a video call coming in from Jesslyn and Kimmy.

"Alana immediately received the call and turned the phone screen right on her face.

"Alana.." the phone screen showed Kimmy and Jesslyn's faces in different places.

"You're not here?" ask Alana.

"Tomorrow, I want to rest today, Kimmy is also still out of town" Jesslyn replied.

"Alana, I miss you so much. What are you doing?" ask Kimmy.

"I miss you a lot too, I'm in the kitchen waiting for Ken to make food for me" Alana replied.

"Sister is cooking?" jesslyn.

"Yes, your brother's cooking." Alana stood closer to her husband's screen, "look, Ken is pounding potatoes."

"Sister..." Jesslyn and Kimmy waved each other, but not making Ken kill him, he was still at war and focused on pounding the potatoes.

"Alana, Brother Ken, if you mash a funny potato." Kimmy's words made Alana laugh, at which point Ken glanced at the phone screen with a sharp gaze.

"Do you guys want me to pound these potatoes, too?" exclaim Ken.

"We're just kidding..." Jesslyn and Kimmy laughed incessantly.

Alana momentarily gave a pause in the video chat with her friend and sister-in-law.

"Is it done?" ask Alana to Ken.

"Not yet Ianggggg." replied Ken with a feeling of anxiety.

Alana tasted some of the potatoes with her finger. "Potatoes are less delicate..."

"Hem.." said Ken.

"The white guy's a little bit, I don't like it very much. Later the cheese and milk give a lot and must be creamy."

"Grottling!"

Alana chuckles and restores her body in the chair.  Every now and then Ken glances at Alana who resumes the conversation through a video call with Kimmy and Jesslyn, the woman is seen laughing, making Ken smile when he sees her.

Ken again pounded the potato until it was really smooth, even his sweat was seen pouring down his forehead. "Son, you don't know your father's struggle to make your mother happy" Ken muttered, shaking his head and wiping the sweat off his forehead.