TIME (For A Taste )
CHAPTRE 89

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“Rei!”

Malia exclaims to call Reiji, who is engrossed in a multipurpose room in their apartment when Malia calls herself.

“Rei! Ish!” Because it did not get the authorization, Malia who was in the pantry was approaching Reiji to the room.

“Hm?..”

Reiji just cleared his throat in response to Malia's call to him.

“People call it nyaut dong!”

Malia said with a little tartness.

New Reiji who seemed cool with a book in his hand, lowered the book that was lifted in front of his face that was berleha-leha in the multipurpose room of his apartment and Malia.

“So I'm done, Yang...” Reiji replied casually.

“Knaut tuh no sound, not just berkehem doang.”

Malia.

“Lagian, what are you not bosen from reading books just now?.... I saw bosen!”

“Yes already, what are you calling me to be, Yang?...” said Reiji while asking.

Cut out Malia's words that pitched to her. Because it seems that Malia indeed harbored her regret at Reiji, as a result so keterija innannya to Reiji.

“Abis buy a new book you?...” asked Malia to Reiji, because Reiji did seem very cool to read in their multipurpose room earlier.

Both are on vacation from their respective jobs.

Reiji shook his head. “Engga, I again re-read the existing book.”

“Hah?”

Malia.

Malia approached Reiji and sat down beside him.

Although it still feels upset at Reiji - who either upset Malia at Reiji who once snorted and desensitized her in Malia's view, or because Irsyad's presence was back in her life, malia is trying to focus on her life right now.

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MALIA

I'm trying to focus on my life right now. Even though my heart feels annoyed either at Reiji or at the presence of Irsyad who knows to appear again in my life.

What is clear is that right now I am sitting next to Reiji - who has been eating breakfast since our weekend when Reiji also turns out there is no flight schedule, cool in our multipurpose room while reading a book.

Seems not ‘peka’ if the upset that I crave in my heart, resulting in boredom.

Not that the same mumpung holidays invite me to talk to arrange a plan to go where the cake is, uh he was cool himself.

But I was quite astonished when Reiji said he was rereading one of his collection books on the bookshelf.

Because the book Reiji was rereading, I knew I was the thickest book among all the books Reiji had.

“This book you reread, Rei???..” I was stunned. “Ck ck.” And clucking while shaking. I feel like I've had a migraine hunt if I read a book that thick.

“It's a good book, you should read, Which... ten--“.

“Great!” cut me, when Reiji wanted to recommend and promote me the super thick book he was reading.

And Reiji did not continue to recommend the book to me.

“Ya, please continue..”.

I just got up from where I was sitting next to Reiji.

Hope he will be a little ‘peka’ to mince words asking what I want to do this weekend when we are both on holiday like this.

I don't have any plans right now either.

But yeah, I let Reiji enjoy his time.

After all he is also entitled to have his ‘me time’.

Although I wish Reiji had spent that narrow time on me, too.

“Nan---“

Reiji's phone shook just as I was about to ask Reiji what it was like to eat at noon.

A little nudging Reiji, who knows he's taking me out for a meal on this holiday, and then going somewhere nice.

I glanced at Reiji's mobile phone vibrating on a sloping table near the same sloping sofa with the table.

The name of someone I know who he is - that appears on Reiji's vibrating screen. But Reiji didn't budge when I told him there was a call coming to his phone.

Until I finally grabbed Reiji's phone that did not stop vibrating to make a friction sound on the table that disturbed my ears.

“Irly’s calling nih!” I said ketus while mentioning the name of the caller on Reiji's phone.

But Reiji just cleared his throat, with his eyes still focused on the page of the book he was reading.

It made me hustle, plus it was a call from a woman named Irly as if she didn't stop getting into Reiji's cell phone.

“Kalo because I you don't want to pick up her calls, don't be so stupid like this!”

I put a little rough Reiji's phone on the page of the book Reiji was reading.

Reiji looked up slightly at me with a flat look.

“Commonly can you???....”

I was like a dejavu with Reiji just now.

“Ga anything if I receive Irly's phone?...”

“You are still in contact with him?...” I asked back.

Reiji didn't answer me right away.

He breathed, and then he spoke.

“I'm still with him, obviously I'm still in touch.”

“Friends but friendly?” insinuations came out of my mouth. Because instantly I became upset because Irly was why so fad ‘mengganggung’ time both me and Reiji.

Even though we are not happy. The effects of fighting me and Reiji when I was late came home there are still remnants, because since then, Reiji's ‘genit’ I haven't seen again.

Could it be because Reiji who seemed reluctant to me made me think again about Reiji and Shirly?. After all, that's a woman why impressed ‘gatal’ contact people's husbands on weekends like this?.

Reiji raised one eyebrow. “Please deh Yang, I've already explained to you about me and Irly. I'm obviously ju-gaaa right I told you who is the woman I love now?.... I have to evidenced again to you?....” said Reiji later. “Udah deh, please, please, do not think macem-macem again.”

“Where do you think macem-macem, if on a weekend only he called you?.... Want to ask you where else?”

Insinuations spilled out from my mouth, as I passed from before Reiji.

“Astachaa...”.

I heard Reiji said something behind my back.

“Nih, Irly send a message.... I'm bacain let you not suspect.”

Reiji followed me, coming out from inside our multipurpose room.

I ignored Reiji by still walking towards the living room.

“Ji, later in the afternoon I have plans not to gather with other children in my apartment. Suddenly, it was just a relaxing event in my new apartment. The other kids are okay to come, you too huh?. Invite also lo.” wife

Reiji actually read the contents of the message from Shirly, and after that his eyes immediately highlighted me who had been sitting on the living room sofa while glaring at her.

“Something suspicious with the sound of this message from Irly?. just because of a message like this, it is still considered wrong also my friendship with Irly?”

I'm unmoving.

Didn't have an answer to Reiji's question just now.

Where the next second, the notification tone of the phone on the living room table reads.

And my hand reflexes grabbed my phone.

A chat message came into my phone.

“Message from whom?.”

Reiji immediately raised a question in a cynical tone of voice to me.

“Temen.” Answer's short.

“Oke, I trust.” Reiji Tukas. “I won't ask who your friends are chatting you, and what the contents of the chat.”

Reiji's words sounded ugly in my ears. I glanced towards Reiji. But he had turned away and returned into the multipurpose room.

Then I was engrossed in moving both of my thumbs on the keypad on the phone screen. Messages to each other with the person who just sent me a short message in the end.

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Reiji and Malia were busy with their respective affairs.

Where Reiji went on to read, and Malia was busy texting the person who first sent her a chat message, in addition, he also exchanged chat messages with Avi who was in Jogja with his girlfriend.

Until after a while, Reiji looked out of the multipurpose room in his and Malia's apartment.

“Yang, today we have lunch outside aja yuk?!”

Reiji spoke as he approached Malia who was watching television while enjoying the fried banana he had made, before a bit of a dispute with Reiji because of a phone call from Shirly who entered Reiji's phone.

“Back we stopped by Irly's place..” Reiji spoke without any burden and immediately sat himself beside Malia. “You right?. Yes?” reiji asked which sounded like a request to Malia.

‘Ga wrong nih people ngajak me to the place of the woman?... ngajak me to the place of the woman he once loved?’

Malia.

“I've made a deal with me just now. Betes. You also said it was not going anywhere today..” Malia said.

“Ya have invited you to join us for maksi with us.... Abis was hanging out together for a while as he could, right? before I take you to Shirly's apartment..”.

“Temen I won't be comfortable if there is you and him alone..”.

Malia recited Reiji's speech.

“Stop bye, if so.”

Reiji looked annoyed, then he got up from his seat that was beside Malia.

Malia noticed Reiji's attitude with a slight glance at him. Feeling familiar with Reiji's attitude that seemed annoyed again at him.

‘Sorry Rei, thought you were still in close contact with Shirly even though it was only a friend as a friend, and thought that if you would accept her invitation, I so accept Irsyad's invitation to meet.’

Malia breathed her breath later.

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