TIME (For A Taste )
CHAPTRE 88

Happy reading....

***

MALIA

“Where are you from?”

The question from Reiji immediately greeted me with a bland tone of voice, as I entered our apartment unit.

“Jam just got home?”

Here's a sullen romance on Reiji's face.

“Same discovery temen..”.

I answered while walking towards the pantry of my apartment and Reiji, where he was sitting in front of the television with a console in his hand.

The game console, with Reiji's eyes fixed on the television.

Yep, Reiji did not look at me as he asked when I entered earlier.

And I opened the fridge to get some cold drinking water after putting my briefcase on the pantry table.

There was a sense of guilt in my heart to Reiji actually, because I had ‘meetings with temen’ who incidentally was a man from my past.

Besides, I was prejudiced about Reiji not contacting me, because he was chatting with his best friend.

But in reality, Reiji was already in our apartment before me.

And looking at Reiji's attitude right now, it seemed like he was upset with me. Understand me anyway. But have I tried to contact Reiji?, but my call was not answered by him.

“Still news first can't ya?” ask Reiji again.

It was so sniffy and cynical that Reiji's voice asked me just now.

“Can be ordinary?” I said.

Reiji was silent. I snorted as bad as hell.

Did he not check his phone and see if I had contacted him?.

“You did not want to meet together today? .” then Reiji spoke again.

“Dadap.” I immediately put.

I saw Reiji screeching cynically.

And Reiji's cynical grievous demeanour had fueled my frustration.

“I tried to contact you yes, but you did not answer my phone.”

Then I went back to talking, with me still standing by the fridge on the pantry.

“Loh I'll tell you if there is a problem at the airport, and I have to join the meeting.”

Reiji appeared to be in self-defense.

“If I don't answer your call means I'm still in the meeting.”

Then Reiji spoke again.

“Kalo call ga I replied, chat emang ga can?”

Then Reiji spoke again, and his tone returned cynical.

And that made my emotions a little stirred up. “Denger yes Rei ..”

I put my personal bottle on the pantry table, next to my briefcase.

“When you go to Bogor after from Monaco without telling me before, I used to be ..”

As I reached for my briefcase I had placed on the pantry table.

“Lagian if you are curious why ‘jam so far I just returned home’, you can call me back? Not even playing PS!”

I pointed at the television screen with my eyes.

And I'm sure my cynical tone of voice was caught by Reiji.

Because I had seen Reiji stop his hand movements on the game console he was playing on his video game machine, when I stepped my foot to get into the room.

I admitted wrong about my behavior today who did not tell Reiji before to go ‘chat’ with Irsyad.

But Reiji's attitude when I walked into the apartment - until I remembered that I didn't greet him when I entered earlier, so it caused my frustration with Reiji.

Hhhh, looks like I should go take a shower immediately. It's possible that the shower could have sent my annoyance at Reiji, especially at the thoughts that started to wander in my head, slightly stifling my mind.

**

Malia, who used to drift after coming home from work before she cleaned herself, immediately took her change of clothes when she went into the room, and immediately set foot to enter the bathroom without caring for Reiji who was still sitting in the living room of their apartment, and noticed Malia who had just entered the bathroom.

Reiji sighed a little heavily as he watched Malia who looked completely at his face romance.

But Reiji is no longer playing games on his game console engine, and has also turned off the game engine and television. ‘Salah, if I ask why my wife just came home at this time? ... If I don't pick up the phone, send a chat message is it difficult? ... I should be angry, my wife just came home at this hour! ... I wish I could not eat after the meeting! Until I had to eat instant noodles.’.

Reiji.

Reiji and Malia both held a vexation in their hearts. Then Reiji got up from his place and set his foot toward his room and Malia.

***

MALIA

What exactly is God planning for me?.

Why make Irsyad reappear when I belong to Reiji?.

And why am I thinking about that?.

Why do I have to wonder about God's fate that brought me back to Irsyad, after I married Reiji?.

Is it because I'm upset with Reiji right now?.

Oh no! Is this because I still keep that flavor on Irsyad?.

Oh Lord .. Why do you make my feelings so mixed? ..

Why meet me again with Irsyad?. A man in my past, who once made me fall in love.

To make me think again about the past of Reiji who once loved another woman.

I have a big question mark on my head and heart.

Am I really not ready to get married?.

Married to Reiji.....

And do I feel sorry now?.

No, No .... I have to get rid of that thought!.

Lo, just passing the baper in the presence of Irsyad, Lia!

---

It's just that my reunion with Irsyad, especially today.

I felt it beginning to destabilize my heart. Makes those beautiful memories spin in my head again.

The things about the man who once made my days and my heart color right now, like a favorite movie I want to see again.

The film about a fierce senior who turned out to be the best senior to me during college, until it continued like that until Irsyad had graduated from me first, and it stayed so good on me that he moved to London.

And Irsyad's kindness slowly but surely, I don't feel it anymore.

Irsyad I've always dreamed of since. I also shared the story of Irsyad with Avi, because I could not bear to not tell my friend about the man of my dreams.

Someone who plays violin and always looks happy. Someone who always had a lot of stories to share with me.

Someone who was the source of my reasons for being single for so many years, and rejected the love statements of some of the other men in the Campus first.

Because what I'm waiting for is a declaration of love from Irsyad.

But until two years later, there was never a statement of love from Irsyad to me, nor a formal date.

Then the distance separates me from Irsyad. But he remains the man of my dreams. To the point that he had forgotten me.

Then I got betrothed to Reiji. And that man of my dreams - whom I so desperately want to be my future companion, my dream to him, I buried for a match.

---

Tonight, the atmosphere in my apartment and Reiji was quieter than usual. After taking a shower I went straight back into the room and chose to spend some time surfing on my phone, while I sat myself in bed.

I didn't see Reiji at his place when I came out of the bathroom. Did Reiji go out?.

But after I noticed, I saw Reiji's phone was on the nightstand on charge.

And I think Reiji is still in our apartment. And ah yes, I remember about our multipurpose room.

I'm sure he must be there by now. Which, most likely if Reiji was struggling with one of his collection of reading books.

And I'm reluctant to check the truth of what I'm guessing about Reiji's whereabouts right now.

I was feeling annoyed at Reiji, and was too lazy to talk or just reprimand him right now.

Even though I should have approached Reiji just to ask him if he had eaten or not. I'm a little hungry right now. But my annoyance at Reiji made me lazy to get out of bed, even just to find a snack in our apartment pantry.

I'm lazy to make small talk when I cross paths with Reiji.

I feel a little annoyed with Reiji.

Instead of persuading me or what cake it was to let me down I was upset with him, but he avoided me as much as I avoided him.

Wonderful, so guys really not sensitive to girls. And moreover this girl is his own wife. Different from the wife of people.

Romantic if you want to doang! It sucks!.

I better get some sleep!.

***

The sound of an alarm breaks down at a time that is like always the alarm on the two phones that go off every morning.

Where two people who sleep with each other's back as usual, will soon be disturbed by the sound of the alarm.

“Against The.”

The greeting that was heard, made Malia who had been awake and her hand was reaching for her phone to turn off the alarm turned her head.

“Morning, Rei ..”

Malia also returned Reiji's greeting and then kissed his forehead as usual.

But Malia was momentarily stunned, because of Reiji's attitude that seemed like nothing happened last night.

‘Hhh.’

Malia sighed in her heart.

‘Can ya him, act as if nothing happened?’

Malia nodded while watching Reiji who had walked towards the door of the room.

'But if he talks about it again, I must be in a bad mood too!'

***

Choosing to harbor her frustration with Reiji, Malia positioned herself as she had always been with Reiji.

Reiji is like Malia.

Their quarrel last night, no Reiji dizzy.

Reiji did not want to discuss it again, because he was reluctant to extend trivial problems in Reiji's view.

Just a little mouth-check, why extend it? – So thought Reiji.

So what Reiji did the next day was act like normal.

After all, sex between husband and wife in the household is common, right? .. After all, he's been having a good chat with Malia just because Malia came home late without Reiji knowing where Malia is going.

In a sense, Reiji felt wrong to remember Malia saying that she was wondering where her wife was going to call her back.

If Reiji wants to talk about the truth, Reiji wants to contact Malia and ask her where her wife is, because when Reiji gets to the apartment, Reiji does not find Malia in it.

Not to call either. First, Reiji's cell phone is low-bat.

And secondly, Reiji felt his body tired. Not even long into the apartment, he fell asleep for several hours.

When Malia came back, Reiji also had not been awake for a long time and finished enjoying instant noodles that he would not want to consume because he felt quite hungry.

So Reiji had a little emotion when he woke up but Malia had not seen his nose. Wanting to call or see if Malia gave word, Reiji forgot to recharge his cell phone.

Also, the powerbank was left in the Reiji locker at the airport. So the phone that died completely, Reiji will refill the goods for a moment, only after that he will turn it back on. For that Reiji kills bored by playing video games.

And when just playing for a while, before long Malia came home.

And for some reason, there was an upset that perched in Reiji's heart, after he glanced at the wall clock when Malia came to their apartment.

Be the cynical question thrown from Reiji's mouth at the recently returned Malia. But Malia also followed up upset apparently because she was dissatisfied with Reiji's attitude.

However, when Reiji shows his usual attitude the next morning, Malia so muffle his regret at Reiji by behaving as usual, although not colored intimacy, and sleep on each other's back.

Malia and Reiji communicate normally. Also doing normal activities.

In this case, pick Malia up to go to her office, if the time is not to clash with Reiji's work schedule.

***

MALIA

Ever since I came home late due to my agreement with Irsyad that day, I harbored my resentment towards Reiji.

It also seemed like Reiji felt his frustration at me coming home late that day.

But the next day, there was no more discussion about me coming home late with reason to Reiji if I met a friend.

So I let it go.

Instead of going anywhere again.

After all, if I thought about it, I should have understood Reiji's annoyed attitude because I came home late without any prior notice.

But I also tried to contact Reiji, but my call was not answered. And Reiji didn't try to call me back either.

So, maybe we were both wrong.

But speaking of mistakes, maybe Irsyad is to blame for coming back to my face.

It makes my mind disturbed. And slowly, my memories with him seemed to be trying to rise from the grave.

Disrupt the stability of the brain, as well as my heart.

***

Connect ...

Thank you for being faithful ...