The Childish Husband
Defending His Son

Ben suddenly came into the kitchen with a pillow face, apparently not washed in the slightest water. Lestari looked only at the arrival of her husband.

Ben then took instant noodles from the kitchen drawer. Making Lestari widen eyes for a moment. "Buben!" his yell.

Ben looks. "Why?" it was as if it was without sin.

"I cook this much, how you even want to cook noodles," said Lestari. He could not bear to see this sight. His work felt instantly unappreciated.

"It's okay, honey. If he wants to, just let's say it." Mama Rita again defended the child. Lestari can only stroke the chest. It is fitting that Ben grew up to be a childish young man, because the upbringing of Mama Rita was like this.

Lestari did not dare to speak any further. He must have lost. "Yes, be careful, the fire is just fine" he said.

"Help dong, darling," pinta Mama Rita. "That Ben can't. He's never been."

Ben was only able to cook instant noodles after a household with Lestari. His wife taught him several times. He requires the husband to be able to do things that easily.

"Can, really, Ma," said Lestari. "Had never been before."

Suddenly a fire emerges from the plastic wrap of noodles that Ben was holding. He accidentally brought the wrap closer to the burning stove. Ben shouted too. "Mama! Mama!"

"Okay, hon. That's how it is, ouch. There's no one here." Mama Rita could not do anything, she used to ask for help from her domestic assistant to solve this kind of problem.

Without waiting for long, Lestari rushed to grab a cloth moistened with water. Then he threw it over the burning fire. "Udah," he said.

Mama Rita is speechless. He saw Lestari like a hero. "Darling, are you okay?"

He was worried about the son-in-law because he had just run here and there, while his condition was now pregnant.

"I'm okay, Ma. It was just a small matter, really," Lestari replied as she sat back down.

Ben also approached his beautiful wife. "It's okay, isn't it?"

"Safe." Lestari showed her thumb.

He must set an example like this for Ben so that his ability to fight for life can develop. If pregnant women like Lestari could solve this problem, Ben should be able to. He is a healthy and strong young man.

"It's better to just throw the stove away. We replace it with an electric stove," said Mama Rita without thinking.

Lestari could only exhale. "Mama, please. That's not necessary, really. The stove can still be used," he explained. He hates waste.

Even he knows, there are still many people out there who need a stove like this. How could he just throw it away?

"Udah, thrown away. Change the electric stove." Ben sided with his mom. They continue to defend each other, Lestari getting tired for a long time.

After the drama that afternoon, Mama Rita came home. He had tasted Lestari cuisine for a while. He praised the daughter-in-law's delicious food. However, because the side dishes and vegetables served are not her favorite menu, Mama Rita also only eats a little.

Meanwhile, Ben inevitably had to eat the wife's cooking because there was no choice. He did not dare to continue his cooking activities, and Lestari was reluctant to help him.

***

In the evening, Lestari looks just finished bathing. He circulated the view because the clothes that had been prepared to replace banu were not in their original place. She hurried to ask her husband.

"Buben!" call Lestari in a high tone. "Ben?" She looked for her husband to the next room.

"Where's my shirt?" Lestari asked in an annoyed tone. He had prepared the clothes first so that after bathing there was no need to bother looking.

"What clothes?" Ben's face looked serious, as if he was solving a big problem.

"My clothes were on the bed. Whereabouts? Answer!"

"There's a condition" Ben replied. Making Lestari get closer to her husband.

"What conditions? So strange. Did you tell me where my shirt is?" lestari Pinta. He was cold because he was wearing a towel on his thigh. All the kimonos are still piled up, not washed yet.

Ben who had just looked at his gundam toy, now began to glance at his wife with a suspicious look.

"Terms open the towel!" Ben was looking for something from his wife's body.

"Well, don't want to" replied Lestari ketus. Not wanting to argue with the husband. But I think he is tired today.

Moreover, Ben only cares about him when he wants to. For the rest, her husband must have acted as if he did not care about her.

As Lestari decides to return to the room, Ben rushes to land on the doorstep, then locks the door. "Where are you going" his god, like a tiger about to swallow a prey.

"Beben, please. I'm tired" Lestari protested, thrashing when she touched her husband. But, it made the towel that covered his body fall to the floor. Ben immediately excited and began to run the action.

***

"What dinner do you want? Chicken geprek?" ben asked, not harried by the wife who was busy staring at the laptop screen. "Darling?" coined.

Hearing the word romantic call, Lestari also set her eyes on the husband. The call sounded so foreign because Ben rarely called his wife that name.

"What's? Try repeat!" lestari Pinta. He is rarely treated romantically, so when once treated with sweet, it feels so flowery.

"Darling, would you care?" Ben according. He repeated it one more time.

Lestari became a smile of her own. "You, Honey. Now, yes," she replied with great emotion.

Actually, he also wanted to call the husband with a call dear. It's just that, Ben very rarely do it, to make Lestari choose to do the same.

"Ready. But there's a condition."

Hearing that remark, Lestari came back suspicious. Ben must have wanted to. He definitely wants to repeat the beautiful moments like this afternoon.

"What terms, anyway. Terms continue. Though the same wife herself," Lestari's nag. He re-scrolled the pages on his laptop screen.

"Tomorrow early in the morning, again." Ben approached his wife. "Please!" He begged for help. Like a child begging his mother to buy toys.

Ben's attitude is still childish. But, as for the matter of biological desire, he is much more mature than Lestari.

"What did you try?" tanya Lestari pretended not to understand. "What's important now is to buy a pock first." He was trying to shift the subject.

Now she is pregnant. You have to be careful about doing anything. He did not want to lose the baby even though the pregnancy was not expected before.

"But you undress first" Ben's plea continued.