TIME (For A Taste )
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Room chat Reiji and Malia

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

‘There is a problem at the Airport?’ – Malia.

‘I nemenin Shirly. He happened to be in Jakarta again, and want to nengokin his brother but he was a bit foreign with Jakarta, so I sent him first.’ – Reiji.

‘Oh.’ – Malia.

‘Sorry yes, Yang, I didn't go home in time. Irly called me suddenly. Kasian because if alone muter-muter find address.’ – Reiji.

‘Iya.’ – Malia.

‘Kalo already sleepy, don't wait for me.’ – Reiji.

‘Iya.’ – Malia.

‘Love you.’ – Reiji.

Malia's thumb stopped moving on her phone screen after Reiji's last chat, Malia received. Just Malia read, then Malia threw just her phone on the bed.

Then Malia grabbed her briefcase, then took out plastic containing some pregnancy test equipment that she had bought at the pharmacy.

Malia took out two different brand test kits from a plastic bag, then walked out of the room to go to the bathroom.

But when Malia was already at the door of her room, Malia felt hunger in her stomach signal that she immediately filled her stomach.

After a moment of weighing, Malia finally decided to postpone first checking herself using a testpack, and went to the dining table to fill her stomach.

“But I can't possibly fret about this?.” muttered Malia as she stood near the dining table in her apartment and Reiji, with two testpacks that Malia still holds.

Malia pulls one dining table chair, then sit down and grab the plate in front of him for Malia back and fill it with rice along with the two types of dishes that he had made after he put the testpack that he had held on his right side, on the dining table.

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“Then I throw away this food anyway? ..”

Malia spoke to herself after she finished filling her stomach.

“Ah, I'm a refrigerator taro. Can be heated for breakfast is also this food...”.

Malia stood up from her seat, then went to the pantry and opened a cabinet there and took out a plastic food wrapping box.

****

“Oh yes I belom Isya..”.

Malia immediately grabbed the testpack she had placed on the dining table.

“Let's check it out!” malia said as she muttered, as she slipped the testpack in the pocket of the home pants she was wearing at this time.

Then Malia rushed into the bathroom for ablution and continued to carry out her duties as a devotee of her religion.

****

Malia came out of the room again after she had fulfilled her duties.

Then step her foot into the pantry to make a warm drink, as a personal comfort before her eyes sleepy.

It is one of the habits of Malia.

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“Nih people like not have a favorite genre for reading yes?” Malia muttered in front of a multipurpose indoor bookshelf where Reiji's books and action figures dominated the multipurpose room.

Malia accidentally enters the room, as she seems to want to read a book from the Reiji collection to kill the time she has, before her drowsiness comes.

Usually Malia will watch a drama series on her phone, or watch one of the programs on the pay channel on television in the living room which also doubles as a relaxing room.

But Malia seems to be lazy tonight to watch, and thought to read something, all idle, want to know what kind of books Reiji likes to read.

Malia had placed the cup containing the warm drink she had made in an empty room in the open bookcase, where Malia was looking at one of Reiji's books, on the shelf that was before him at this moment.

“Hm ..”

Malia cleared her throat short, as she pulled out a book whose trunk was pink.

“It looks good ..”

Malia again muttered, because in addition to the book already looks interesting when viewed from the cover is pink with a pattern that is also in color, blurb about the contents of the book also attracted Malia to read it, after a book blurb that Malia thought was a novel she had read.

“Eh? ..” Malia spontaneously lowered her head, when something seemed to have escaped the slippage of the novel that she had narrowed under her armpit, which she had lost, when he wanted to reach for the cup he had placed on one of the shelves of Reiji's books. But Malia stopped taking the cup, and she squatted down to pick it up and saw something that had fallen from the slip of the novel and was now on the floor.

***

‘Rei, sorry I can't wait for you to come home. Sleepy.’

Malia is in her room and Reiji is typing and texting Reiji.

‘There is food in the refrigerator. If you want to eat stay in panatin aja.’

Malia typed the second message directly without waiting for the first message to arrive or read in a chat application on Reiji's contact number.

Afterwards, Malia deactivated her phone, without seeing if her chat messages had been sent or read by Reiji.

Even Malia did not care what kind of reply Reiji would give in his reply chat later. What is clear is that Malia wants to go to sleep right now, to remove the wedge in her heart about what she found in the multipurpose room.

Malia immediately laid her body on the bed, after her cell phone that she had turned off was stored on the nightstand. Then turn off the sleeping lights that are also above the bedside nightstand on the side where Malia is laying down.

Malia lay on her side, and immediately closed her eyes. There is a sense of reluctance to talk to Reiji if Malia has not fallen asleep and Reiji has been hunted to the apartment, after Malia found something from the ins and outs of a novel that Malia was about to borrow and read earlier.

“Hhh.

Malia sighed heavily, like there was a burden she wanted to also release from her heavy-sounding breath.

Malia closed her eyes.

***

In a different place....

“By the way, you guys don't get married, let Argan have a full family?”

A woman whose count was Shirly's Aunt spoke to Reiji, looking at Reiji who was holding her son Shirly, and also looking at his nephew who stood side by side with Reiji when they entered the house of Om and his Aunt Shirly.

Reiji and Shirly look at each other.

“I'm with Reiji It's just a victory. Friendship from SMA.” Shirly tells her to respond to the allegations of the Aunt who may think she and Reiji have a special relationship.

“Ya ndak nothing if from temenan or sahabatan even so?...”

The man who is Om of Shirly chimed in on his uncle's words informing him of his relationship with Reiji.

“Malah is better anyway?. So already understand each other's nature,” continued Omnya Shirly.

“Nah really said Om kamu Shir..”.

Shirly's aunt snatched.

“So it's better to do household chores ... right if the office has been a long time instead of knowing each other? ... right?. Moreover Argan---“

“Sorry, Aunt, Om, I'm married.”

Reiji interrupted Shirly's Tantu.

***

REIJI

“Sorry about the same aunt talk about it yes Rei? ..”

Shirly said as I said goodbye to coming home from Auntie and her Uncle.

“It’s okay, Ir. Relax aja ...” 

Yes, because that's what I felt when Shirly and her aunt thought that Shirly and I had a special relationship, just because I drove Shirly to their house, and Argan looked so close to me.

No. I put it in my heart.

Laymen.

The average person thinks if he sees an opponent there is a close pair of opposite sex.

But why always associate with a special relationship in the form of ‘mara’ relationship if there are men and women who are close?.

Ah, I did not want to take heart of the words of om and his aunt Shirly earlier.

Even without a shady aling-aling told me why Shirly and I did not marry, so that Argan had a complete family.

The other guy was cake, I had something to do with Shirly. This maen shot to get married.

Ah already.

Let them think how.

What is clear is that I have been married to Shirly and her aunt who had misunderstood my relationship with Shirly.

And finally the conversation turned to casual talk when I was at your dinner last night. I went home shortly after dinner.

Not to be disrespectful, but I think Lia's in the apartment.

Want to contact Lia, it was not hearty to brush off Argan who always wanted to be close to me while at home om tan tantenya Shirly.

Fortunately, when I was about to say goodbye, Argan was already drowsy, and soon fell asleep in my lap. Which then directly brought Shirly to the room that had been reserved for Shirly and Argan by her om and her tantric Shirly.

Because if Argan is awake, that adorable boy will probably whine, maybe even cry if he stays.

I was so full of excitement, that Argan seemed to still remember me, even spoiled and close to me as before, even after a long time we did not meet.

Well, anyway I used to be by her mother's side, including Argan's side, when Shirly was in trouble at the time.

And maybe that's what keeps Argan spoiled for me.

Good thing he was asleep when I said goodbye.

Because otherwise, the whining Argan might even cry it out, it would make me feel unbearable to leave him.

Which is, I'll be able to over tonight to get to the apartment.

And it will definitely make me uneasy from thinking about Lia. Because Lia sometimes likes to ignore her hunger, if she is lazy.

“Gue back yes Ir.”

I say goodbye to Shirly.

Speaking of thinking about whether Lia had eaten or not, maybe when it was close to the apartment building where we lived, I just bought what food for Lia.

I was thinking of contacting Lia when I got into the car. But when I was about to reach my phone after turning on the car engine, the notification tone of my phone also rang.

But I didn't reach for my phone that I had in my pants pocket, because Irly was still standing not far from my car in the yard of the om house and the tantenya.

So I thought I just came out of the house so that Shirly immediately entered the house om and the tantenya, where the aunt had been seen out of the house.

Wants to close the pager maybe.

So I immediately drove my car to get out of the yard of the house.

And after that, I was driving slowly because I wanted to check my phone where the notification reads.

It might be from Lia who apparently has not slept and is waiting for me, because time is almost late. It just so happened that Lia had not slept.

Because I can ask her right away if she's eaten or not, and maybe Lia wants to buy something.

The corner of my lips was interested, when the floating screen showed there was indeed a chat coming in from Lia.

Even though Lia was just saying that she couldn't wait for me to come home because she was sleepy.

Let me reply, and tell you that I am on the way home. But I saw it on the screen under Malia's name, it says if she was typing.

A second message appeared shortly. Who told me there was food in the fridge and wrote if I could heat it if I wanted to eat.

Is there food?.

Lia buy food?.

Or is Lia cooking?.

I just pressed the phone call icon to contact Lia, after I read the message.

But several times I tried to contact Lia through the connection of the chat application we were using, Lia did not receive my call.

I type the chat into Lia's contact number.

‘Yang.’

Which is why I just want to know, why Lia didn't take my call.

And that chat only ticked one, until a few minutes I waited, and it kept ticking one.

Though it wasn't long ago from the time I received a chat from Malia.

That means Malia's phone is in an inactive state.

But why did Lia deactivate her phone?.

Maybe low-bat.

***

“Morning, A...”.

The greeting sound that has been two months is often heard by Malia when the morning is heard, when Malia awakens when the alarm sounds.

What is clear is not from Malia's phone, because as Malia remembers she did not put an alarm on her phone. But either way, Malia forgot.

Anyway the sound of the alarm disturbed Malia's sleep, which finally opened her eyes.

“Morning ...” Malia said.

Malia flat-footed, then immediately got up from her position and got out of bed without looking at Reiji who was turning off the alarm from his phone.

“What time are you home?...”.

“It looks like almost one-hour,” replied Reiji to Malia who only responded with ‘oh’ only after Reiji answered his question.

“Later to task? ...”

“Iya...

Reiji also responded to Malia, as he rose from his position.

“Why?...”

“Ga. It's aja.”

“Hum ..”

“What time?” ask Malia again.

“Half three or less departs from Cengkareng ....”

“Oh..”

“But keep me anter you to the office really, Which ..”

“Ga no,” said Malia and directly walked out of her room and Reiji.

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