TIME (For A Taste )
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MALIA

“You or Shirly, have you ever had any feelings for each other?”

The question just came out of my mouth to Reiji.

I don't know why it suddenly burst in my brain, and until it finally came out of my mouth.

Maybe because of the notification of six miss-called from Shirly that I saw coming into Reiji's phone on his floating screen.

Just curious. Shirly was like an intense Reiji caller.

“Emang why are you asking about it anyway? ..” After a moment of silence when I asked about the ‘rasa’ between the two, Reiji answered me with a question.

“Yes nothing, want to know...”.

“Lia, Dear ..”

Reiji shuffled from his place and directly walked up to me, holding both of my shoulders gently.

“One, it's still morning.”.

Then Reiji said while also looking at me fixedly.

“But really ....”

Reiji continued his sentence.

“If you have anything else to say about me and Shirly, which should not be discussed again, because I told you that between me and Shirly there was never anything, but if you want to discuss ..”

Reiji sighed for a moment.

“OK, we will discuss ... But ga now,” said Reiji. And he asked for my approval through the glare of his eyes.

I also nodded.

“Ya I took a shower first.”

I also passed from before Reiji.

***

Malia and Reiji had been equally neat with their respective clothes.

Malia in her office clothes, and Reiji in her pilot uniform.

They had also finished their breakfast, then left for work together, with Reiji taking Malia. And talk about Malia's question about ‘rasa’ between Reiji and Shirly, don't want Malia to talk anymore.

Not wanting to be discussed actually.

Maybe Malia could just delay. Clearly not now.

In the morning, it was the first. Second, it's still a work day.

If the conversation, the question he had asked Reiji when he woke up he discussed again, it could be going to affect his mood at work, or maybe all day. – Thought Malia.

Of course he didn't want that to happen to him.

Malia does not want her work to be interrupted, if from the discussion that Malia herself is somehow so curious, there is an answer or speech Reiji who can make Malia's mood so uncomfortable.

Because Malia is aware, she is one of the women who find it difficult to separate the mood which is related to personal issues, with work.

Working is indeed working, but if the mood is damaged even a little bit, it feels will not be able to focus on cooperation. Plus it's just as cynical as anyone. Which is so.

So, preventing that from happening, it was better for Malia not to question what she had asked when she woke up earlier.

Notnot now.

Even Malia hopes to forget about it, so that there is no word ‘mancing-fuss’ pinned on her.

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How Malia, Reiji was more or less the same.

It felt like Reiji was reluctant if he had to ask why the question,

“You or Shirly, have you ever had any feelings for each other?”

Malia asked him this morning, just woke up anyway.

Make Reiji's mood a little uncomfortable at the beginning of the day, but Reiji does not want to be provoked by emotions.

Why should emotions respond to Malia's question that had surprised her a little – if according to Reiji.

So Reiji did not want to make trouble by not wanting to ask more about Malia who raised the question all of a sudden.

After all, Reiji was lazy to discuss things that Reiji thought were not important to discuss.

Lazy also if it gets to the storm gegara thing that is not important.

So Reiji would not start again to ask and discuss it.

If indeed Malia did not ask again about what she had asked when they had not long woken up from their sleep.

Thank you that Malia until anytime will not discuss it again. – Hope Reiji.

She and Shirly are friends.

Be friendly. And that's been a long time.

And the feeling that Malia asked was a thing of the past for Reiji.

But why lately Malia aggressively asked this about Shirly, Reiji also felt strange.

Is it because Shirly's a girl?.

But what's wrong with having a girl friend?. They are not just friends of the two.

There were three others in their friendship. Although Reiji admitted, among his three male friends, he was indeed a little closer to Shirly among his three other friends.

So Malia's attitude that Reiji's eyes were intensively prying information about Shirly, making Reiji think hard about it. Is Malia jealous?.

If Malia feels jealous, does Malia love her?.

Is it really like that?. Reiji is unsure if Malia is jealous of Shirly for loving her. But it doesn't feel like.

Because Reiji had not felt and seen it in Malia against him.

Insecure?.

Feel Shirly as a nuisance in their marriage?.

Ah, Lia too often watch the drama unfaedah. – Thought Reiji.

“Depart now, Which?..”

“Iya may,” Malia replied at Reiji's invitation.

‘It looks like there is no indication of a lash. It's safe to see Lia's attitude to her face water ....'

Reiji glanced at Malia while paying attention to the mood of his wife.

“Yang ...”

Reiji called Malia who turned to him when Malia had placed her hand on the door knob.

“Kiss first ...” pinta Reiji, while holding Malia's hand. Ngetes is actually Reiji.

Malia's husband just wanted to know, whether Malia had a problem when she woke up earlier that had not been answered by Reiji until now.

But if it turns out Malia would be happy to give her a morning kiss, yes Alhamdulillah – if said Reiji.

Morning sustenance.

Cups!.

A kiss landed on Reiji's cheek.

“That's kiss!”

A small protest came out of Reiji's mouth.

“Kiss is here!” Reiji pointed at his own lips with his index finger.

“Ga ah.” Malia refused. “Udah pack lipstick!”

Malia wants to turn the knob around the apartment door.

Cups!.

But restrained as Reiji quickly grabbed Malia's body and squeezed her into the wall near the door and immediately grabbed Malia's lips.

“I'll need vitamins for today's work booster, Yang..”.

Reiji spoke with two fingers still holding Malia's chin.

“Rese!” Malia is still ticking.

Reiji showed a smile.

“Love you, Lia.” Reiji said, then gently kissed Malia's forehead.

‘Sweet really you, Rei ..’

Unknowingly Malia is.

“Yuk? ..”

Reiji invites Malia to leave immediately.

Which was immediately embraced by Malia who showed her smile to Reiji. The two then walked out of their apartment unit.

‘Aman.’

Reiji was happy.

‘Later malem can ask for more rations means.’

And Reiji himself messed up.

*

MALIA

It's been two months since my wedding and Reiji's been going on. The marriage that I was afraid of before, where I didn't know why I was afraid of this marriage. Not afraid of Reiji, because he seemed to be a man who was far from temperamental. From the moment I started to think of his existence as Brother.

Only Reiji doesn't judge sometimes, but cuek is equally diem. Long ago.

And maybe Reiji's nonchalant and reserved attitude that I know, which made me doubt my match with him four months ago.

I'm afraid Reiji and I aren't in line. She accepted the marriage because she couldn't refuse the parents' request, well I did too. I had no power to refuse my and Reiji's match when I saw the hopeful gaze of my parents, especially when Reiji agreed first.

And I thought it would be awkward to live with Reiji, where in the last few years, my relationship was not very close to Reiji. But not enemies either. Just keep the distance, which distance arises by itself because of the busyness of each of us, although the closeness of me and Avi who often go together everywhere never changes.

Only since I started working, and Reiji who I knew had held the title of Captain, did I rarely meet or communicate with Reiji. I even had time to think, if you know later Avi or Mama Alice love me the same mother Reiji wedding uniform. Eh taunya is not a family uniform that is given to me, but the bride's dress.

Destiny made him so.

A fate that I must accept with a chest.

Because it feels like two months of my marriage to Reiji, it doesn't disappoint.

Reiji's indifferent and reserved attitude that I fear will not make our marriage to the stage of ‘normal’ husband and wife relationship in fact not until it happens.

Reiji even became a different Reiji from the one I had known after we were betrothed, then approached for three months, as well as preparing for marriage.

The cute and quiet Reiji went nowhere. Replace with Reiji who is considerate, even romantic and sometimes dimey.

Makes me not think for long, let alone refusing to give Reiji his legal rights as my husband.

Because one month before the wedding, Reiji had already made me feel comfortable. Successful enough to make me love him more than just a brother.

And last month, when exactly one month of our wedding, Reiji prepared a candle light dinner for us. Celebrating the success of our sweet one-month wedding trip, she said.

Receh, isn't that Reiji?.

But sweet anyway, to make all that candle light dinner event everything.

I really did not think, if the thought of Reiji can get there, but usually the wedding celebration will usually be held every year.

But again Reiji's words amazed him. Where Reiji said it was,

“I'm not a romantic person, Yang. I can actually be said to be blind about how to treat women so that they are happy. I never cared how to please a couple. But with you, I don't know why things are different. I also do not know what your dream male criteria are like, because you also never said. But obviously, I want to learn how to be an ideal husband for you, Lia.”

The long sentence that came out of Reiji's mouth was also included with him looking at me. Where I always find out, the meaning of Reiji's eyes every time he looks at me like that. Sincerest. And it feels like Reiji's confession about him loving me is true.

So for that, it felt like I had to make even more effort to open my heart, so that Reiji would soon rule over him.

Well, besides he's been ruling my body.

And I was always lulled up whenever Reiji took me across the ocean of our thrills as husband and wife. That's what I expect from my heart more than ever now.

In order for Reiji to be able to immediately cradle my heart with all the things about him, so that what, one name, perhaps to be exact, that is still stored there can quickly come out, so that I am not overshadowed by the past, which I don't think is done yet.

Maybe a child, can make my heart able to accept Reiji completely.

Ah, speaking of children .. Looks like I haven't had any of my monthly guests this month.

I have to buy a testpack. I was so impatient to go to the nearest pharmacy to buy that flat object and check if there was any result from Reiji's ambush on my frequent body, inside my stomach right now.

I drove the car with enthusiasm, to go to the Pharmacy and then to the Supermarket to buy some cooking ingredients for my dinner and Reiji today. The ingredients of Reiji's favorite cuisine. Well, even though Reiji doesn't have a favorite meal.

But all I know is, Reiji loves Indonesian cuisine. So I will cook one of the Indonesian cuisine menu, which is easy of course. All I can do, and I've learned the recipe from my mom, and I've done it too, so the word fail won't exist.

Yeah, I'm planning a little special dinner with Reiji today because it's exactly two months into our wedding.

Let's just say, I replied to her Candle Light Dinner surprise last month.

Although both me and Reiji never set out to make a celebration on our wedding date every month.

But if you can, why not?.

Yeah, that's my assumption, anyway.

Well, I'm going home to teng-go today, and Reiji might be coming home a little late. He reported what time it was in Jakarta.

So I had enough time to cook our dinner. Maybe decorate the dining table?.

I also drove my car with passion.

The spirit of buying a testpack, the spirit of shopping for cooking, then who knows the results of a testpack that if in the form of happy news I pita-in later.

It's just lebay. Hehe ..

**

At 22:10 WIB.

I saw the time on the wall clock on the TV. Where should Reiji have been until ten minutes ago, based on his scheduled duty back to Jakarta which he told me this morning.

I slept for about half an hour on the sofa in front of the TV.

I didn't think about contacting Reiji, because sometimes he likes to come home if there's a technical problem at the airport.

So I'm not moving from where I still think PW. Another half an hour passed, and I thought the dishes I had prepared, though not fancy, were already cold.

I decided to call Reiji. I also felt my stomach hungry. I got up to pick up my phone that I put in my room.

‘Yang, I came home late. You eat first, do not wait for me, fear long.’

Chat Reiji in the messaging app I read, after I grabbed my phone.

That chat from Reiji came in half an hour ago. That was the only chat he sent me.

Did Reiji forget what date it was?.

Sebal.

I went home in a hurry and cooked.

Ah yes, Reiji should not also think to quickly go home, no matter what the obstacles, right?.

Because we never set off a celebration every month on our wedding date.

Today, on our wedding date, it was just my initiative. ‘There is a problem at the Airport?’

I sent a reply chat in the form of a question. There may be technical problems in his work.

And I can understand that.

Five minutes.

Chat reply from Reiji just came in.

He casually wrote,

‘I nemenin Shirly. He happened to be in Jakarta again, and wanted to nengokin his brother but he was a bit foreign with Jakarta, so I sent him first. Don't worry about him if he muters-muter nyari address alone.’

Goddamnit!.

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