TIME (For A Taste )
CHAPTRE 101

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REIJI

“I tried ..”

Lia's answer made me pull the corner of my lips.

A little dissatisfied, but I think it's much better.

Rather than Lia saying no at my request who just said,

“Can you place your trust in me, without any more insinuations about me and Irly in the future?...”

After I said Lia was free to check my phone whenever she wanted. Whereas all this time, I'd just leave my phone unlocked if I was in the apartment and there was Lia with me.

But still I talked about checking the phone, if indeed Lia felt the need to prove my honesty.

And Lia said that she didn't want to check my phone. And for that reason, I asked Lia to promise to put her trust in me, without having to issue insinuations to me or to Shirly about our past.

“I hold your words yes, Yang?”

I asked for certainty.

“Iya.” Lia replied while nodding.

“Still yes ..”

“Iya.” Sahut Lia's.

I also smiled with relief, while scrambling Lia's hair. Then I close my face to kiss her lips.

The deliverable!.

Lia did not refuse.

But when I wanted to deepen my kiss, Lia pulled away subtly.

“I want to bring dirty clothes to laundry, Rei ..”

“Let me bring it,”.

“Ya already so ..” review Lia. “Your dirty clothes from duty to Paris have you exited?”

“But.”

Lia grunting.

“Hustom deh...”

Then Lia immediately got up from where she was sitting.

“Why isn't it straight out?. Odor will it be if dirty clothes are not directly you out?! ..”

“Iya sorry.”

“Ya already if your breakfast is finished, go straight out your dirty clothes ...”

“OK Boss!”

“Ya I've taped the room first.”

I also nodded in agreement.

Then looked at Lia's back who was walking towards our room with a smile while chewing on the doughnut I just bit.

At least, a little bit much, Lia had already somewhat melted.

--

I feel that my explanation of Irly is enough, and I really hope that Lia who said she wanted ‘try’ to accept my explanation is not only on her lips.

In order not to mention Lia brought up about my past – feelings I once had on Irly, I've, in order for Lia's thoughts about her that I made an escape about my love for Irly who was unrequited to be completely gone.

Because actually, Lia's guess is very wrong.

“Yang ..” call me to Lia as I follow her to our neat room.

Well, actually my room and Lia never messed up too much. We do use it for sleeping, or when we are busy with our laptops. The television is only in a relaxing room.

I thought, I don't need to put a television in my room and Lia so that the bedroom does stay in function.

Well, even in my room that was in my parents' house, there was a television placed there. My parents provided it, too, so yes, take it.

But in the apartment, where I lived with Lia after we got married, I just wanted to function the bedroom as a place to rest, and do pillow talk before going to bed without my eyes focused on television.

Pillow talk which focuses on the couple while in the bedroom, is the recommended thing as the key to household harmony – he said so.

I don't know who said it?.

But maybe those words are true too.

Lia and I rarely pillowed talk, even though we were at the same time when bedtime came at night.

So my relationship with Lia has become less harmonious?.

I don't know?.

It may be ...

It seems that later on if my relationship with Lia had normalized again - just as before this past matter of mine had made her riled up, I would try to practice pillow talk with her as often as possible.

What's clear now is that I've focused on really improving my relationship with Lia, which has been bland for the past few days.

“Yang ..”

I followed Lia to our room, because I realized that my heart-to-heart conversation with Lia was not finished.

Because Lia who knew about the dirty clothes that wanted to be taken to Laundry and Lia suddenly stood up from her seat, I became a little distracted.

So when I realized that, I immediately followed Lia to our room.

Wanted to continue the conversation from heart to heart with Lia. Because just now, it was only about the contents of my heart that I just told Lia.

I haven't heard about Lia's heart, which I want her to tell me.

“Ya? ...”

Lia who was sitting on the floor of our room and tidied the dirty clothes from the basket into the Laundry bag also said.

“Udah done breakfast?”

“Udah.”

I replied as I approached Lia.

“It is you unloading your suitcase, let all work me.” said Lia while pointing at my suitcase with her chin.

“Kan deket you also this same suitcase you, Which ...”

I grabbed my suitcase, before I sat cross-legged beside Lia.

And put my suitcase in front of my folded legs.

“You just pull and open, the abis can directly you take my dirty clothes ...”

I unzipped my suitcase, which I then opened wide, then I took out one by one the contents, and the dirty clothes I passed to Lia.

“Ngapain everything sniffed?”

Lia glanced at me with her strange look.

I also snorted amusedly.

“Ya usually does the wife like to do her husband's clothes if she has a husband who has an outside task like me?..”

“Lack of work ...” murmured Lia, who made me again snort amusedly.

Then I refocused on unpacking my suitcase, then lined up one-on-one other than dirty clothes.

Intentionally, so that Lia could judge for herself that there was nothing I wanted to hide from her. Then say, ‘stop being suspicious of me, Yang.’

But that sentence I didn't say. Afraid of making Lia bad-mood again, and more indifferent to me than ever. It is further from what is called household harmony.

“Next time, if you want to unload the suitcase after my duty like yesterday, do not have to wait for me .... Directly unload, including the Navy bag I .... I don't have a problem with that.”

Again, I deliberately spoke like that, with another slip of meaning in my speech. I hope Lia understands.

Lia didn't say.

“Don't worry, I won't disturb your privacy if you get permission, Yang.”

“Thanks ..”

“Like you, I also have no intention to enter your personal domain ..”

I looked over and smiled at Lia. Lia did the same thing, but only her smile was thin.

“Yes already here, if you're done you tidy me directly bring it to Laundry. All of you I want to jog also –“, I said.

“Oh do you want to jog?.”

“Iya why?.”

“Ga nothing ..” Reply Lia.

I also got up from my place.

--

I have changed my clothes with clothes that fit for jogging, following his shoes.

“You don't want to jog, Which?” I asked Lia.

“Thong, Rei ..”

“Ya already so ..”

I gently ruffled Lia's hair.

“Ada who want to be signed ga?.” my question while reaching for Laundry bag containing my dirty clothes and Lia.

Lia just shook her head.

“Buryam behind? ..”

I offered Lia to buy her favorite chicken porridge and she shook her head.

“Enter eat on the spot ..” says Lia.

“Come if you want to eat there.”

“Think now, Rei-” replied Lia. “Abis eat donut three seeds same cup of tea gede already feel full my stomach.”

“Ya already ..” sahutku. “I live first yes if it is.” I said later, while carrying a laundry bag containing my dirty clothes and Lia. And Lia nodded while replying.

“Ya ..”

Then I passed from before Lia.

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I just handed over my dirty laundry bag and Lia to a 24-hour laundry booth at the bottom of our apartment building.

But when the laundry clerk handed me the receipt, I realized I didn't have my wallet with me. Fortunately, this laundry business will be paid when my dirty clothes and Lia have finished cleaning.

So safe-safe anyway. However, it felt like I had to go back to my apartment unit and Lia to get my wallet.

Not because of fear there is ‘apa-apa’ in it, but I am not unusual everywhere not to carry a wallet, or at least cash in my pocket.

Especially since marrying Lia.

If we happened to be jogging together, my unstable wife would have asked for a snack.

So increasingly becoming a habit, I always carry a wallet or cash wherever I go.

Even if to a place close though, or when going to jogging like this. Maybe later while jogging I find food that I can buy and I take it home to the apartment.

Besides the wallet, it feels like I'll also take my phone as well. Again, not because there is ‘apa-apa’. But it feels like jogging alone, and my phone will be used to listen to music later.

So I took my foot off to get back to my apartment unit and Lia.

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“Yang? ..”

I called Lia while I was inside our apartment unit, where I went straight into the room.

Because my wallet and cell phone are on my bedside nightstand and Lia if I remember. So I just put my foot in there.

I did not see Lia in the lounge area, pantry or balcony when I entered. So I thought Lia was in our room. The room was empty when I entered.

So I looked for Lia into the walk in closet while calling out to her.

But there's none either.

But I think I know where Lia is. And I think he's taking a shower.

If our relationship was not as awkward as it is now, I would definitely follow Lia to the bathroom right now.

Ah never mind, I better grab my wallet and phone immediately to resume my delayed jogging to quiet down the urge to 'pounce' Lia at the moment.

When I had taken my wallet and cell phone with my headset from the nightstand drawer, my attention was shifted to the other nightstand. I caught the voice of the phone that seemed to be set to vibrate mode.

Lia's phone, which was on the nightstand on the side where she used to sleep.

I wanted to ignore it, because I thought it was just a message coming in.

But Lia's phone kept on emitting a faint sound of vibration that rubbed against the nightstand surface.

I also remember my promise to Lia not to enter or even touch her private domain without the permission of the person concerned, even though she was my legal wife.

But the continuous shakes from Lia's phone finally made me swing a step toward where Lia's phone was.

Because the continuous vibration is a sign if there is an incoming call. Maybe Avi or my in-laws are calling Lia's phone right now.

So I approached where Lia's phone was, to pick it up and give it to Lia who was most likely in the bathroom.

But my forehead immediately frowned when I saw the name of the caller who was trying to contact Lia's phone. A name foreign to me.

Brother Irsyad?.

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To be continue ..