TIME (For A Taste )
THE CHAPTER 93

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“Sorry me.”

Reiji spoke, wanting to mend his relationship and Malia.

“Apologies for what?” malia asked.

“Sorry if I have a wrong attitude and sayings to you..”

“Ga there's something I need to forgive, so you don't need to apologize because you don't I think there's something wrong with me.”

Where Reiji sighed again faced Malia's current attitude towards him.

Reiji was about to speak again, responding to Malia's reply to him just now.

But before Reiji opened his mouth again to speak, Malia was already speechless.

“I'll be out in a minute.” Malia who was previously being talked to by Reiji, knew how to get up from her position sitting in the living room in her apartment and Reiji.

“Where?..”

Reiji asked spontaneously.

“Same discovery temen.” Malia answered quickly, and she too quickly passed from before Reiji.

“Which friend?” reiji asked while restraining Malia by blocking his wife's arm plan.

“You don't know.”

Malia then slowly releases Reiji's hand from his arm, but Malia does so quickly and goes straight into Reiji's room.

Where Reiji soon sighed in frustration while looking at Malia's back as she walked into their room. Then Reiji put both his hands on his waist while sighing for a moment.

“So you really want to go?” reiji asked Malia who seemed to be getting ready, after she decided to catch up with Malia into their room. “Yang, I'm talking to you again?” reiji said because he did not get the authorization from Malia who was changing clothes in the walk in closet in the room.

Malia turned to Reiji when she had changed her home clothes with a casual dress shirt in pastel and a denim skirt that was up to the knee of Malia. “Yes, have you seen me change clothes like this? Means I'm going.”

Malia sat down at the dresser, looking at her face. Reiji stood behind Malia.

Highlighting Malia with her eyes, but Malia seemed to flinch with her activities, indifferent to Reiji.

“We should have talked to Yang—“

Reiji spoke again.

“Ga there is something to talk about.” But before Reiji finished his sentence, Malia had already quickly cut in.

“Of course there is something we need to talk about, Yang.” Reiji Sahut. “We need to straighten out some things.”

“Ga there is something to talk about or straighten out between us.” Tukas Malian. Then he stood up from his seat on the dresser chair, then grabbed his sling bag which he had placed first on the dresser, close to his left hand.

“You really what the hell, Yang?” Reiji held back Malia's footsteps that were about to pass out from before him. “And you want to keep going instead of fixing our relationship?”

“Now you admit that our relationship is not good?” malia hatch. “Why do you want to discuss what I really want?” malia continued while looking at Reiji.

“Because I've had a hard time guessing what's in your mind and heart.” Reiji Sahut. Where Malia then screeched cynically, and again swung her steps to leave before Reiji.

“Despite if you are the same what is in my brain and heart?” cynical Malia.

“You ask me what I care?”

Reiji's tone of voice was heard starting to rouse.

“Of course I care because I am your husband, a man who not only has to take responsibility for you, but also loves and loves you.”

“......”

“Of course I care, because I feel you think too many negative things about me, until your mind is not right, Yang! You need to fix it!!”

A loud and firm tone was then heard from every speech Reiji. Slightly elevated.

“Correct me then!” Malia fastens Reiji's last sentence, with her eyes beginning to look teary.

“Sorry ...”

Reiji who realized that he had snapped at Malia immediately grabbed Malia's body and grabbed her.

“Sorry to have snapped at you, Yang,” said Reiji, who was holding Malia and felt her body tremble with Malia's stuffing on his chest.

One kiss of Reiji gulped at the head of Malia. While still feeling the sobbing of the wife who seemed to be restrained. Hopefully, after this, Malia will make up with him.

At least, Malia wants Reiji to speak from heart to heart.

But unfortunately, what happened next, was not in accordance with Reiji's expectations. Malia soon detached herself from Reiji's arms.

“Yang...” Reiji held back Malia who was about to pass directly from before him, after his wife broke away from his arms.

“I need time alone...” Malia said as she moved away from Reiji, carrying her sling bag and then out of the walk in closet and their room.

Reiji.

Wanting to hold Malia, but her legs seemed petrified.

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‘Wedding is like a deep valley of mystery.’

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REIJI

I am well aware of the many differences between me and Lia. But if the difference between us it makes our marriage become colored, not even two colors.

Black and white.

But even though black and white, it can still be harmonized, right?.

Coffee and milk, for example. Differ. But if put together, is not it delicious?.

But black and white in my marriage and Lia, not like coffee and milk. It was mixed, but the coffee and milk in my position and Malia were more bland.

Until this second, Lia and her attitude seemed to still be a mystery to me.

Three months of approach, Lia seemed to start accepting me as a prospective companion of her life.

And yes indeed, the case as ‘being a good wife’ for me was Lia realized since we have officially become husband and wife.

Lia is doing her part well as a wife, at least in my eyes.

Although, Lia said she only just loved me.

Which I understand. Which I feel enough about.

As long as Lia is not depressed, she is betrothed and married to me. She loves me as her husband, I think that's enough.

I appreciate the honesty of Lia which is supposed to be Lia who I know is an outspoken person. It's just that Lia's attitude towards me started to change since she was in High School.

The more I think it's changed since we were betrothed.

But then it started to improve after we got married.

The Lia I used to know began to return, besides I did catch the sincerity of her sincere words to be my wife, although with frills ‘for our parents’.

I accept, because I have the same reason as Lia. Until the so-called love comes to greet me, and has taken hold of me.

My love for Lia, my wife.

I not only sincerely make Lia my wife, but also happy.

The happier she is, the more she feels Lia slowly accepting, and then gets used to me as her husband.

Even Lia did not refuse to give ‘hak-ku’ as her husband, and routinely did it.

Makes me think that my marriage and Lia will be fine in the future.

I thought, Lia is already slowly loving me.

But seeing her attitude towards me lately, made me doubt that again.

I don't know, it's hard for me to describe with words about Lia's mysterious attitude.

Lia who she said wanted and would open up to me, sharing, complementing each other, was in fact not like that.

There's something Lia hasn't shared with me.

And before the things that Lia had not shared with me I knew - which I also had a hard time guessing, the stories of my past and Irly seemed to be the reason for Lia to be more closed to me.

And oftentimes, it triggers Lia's anger at me.

The closeness of me and Irly that Lia always asked, made me feel if Lia was jealous of my best friend, so that sometimes there is no juntrungannya, Lia can know emotions.

Though not every day also I communicate with Irly even though she has moved back to live in Jakarta, let alone often meet?.

My work schedule is solid.

And because of the density of my schedule as a pilot, I would choose to spend time with Lia when I had free time.

But I think Lia is very doubtful about that.

Lia, I still can't believe that my feelings and Irly are nothing more than friendship - in my opinion.

So just a little something grazed about Irly, it was as if it was the trigger to bicker my mouth with Lia. Then Lia will be indifferent to me. Even silenced me.

Is it true that Lia who is now really changed because of the past story about my special feelings for Irly that made her stay away from me?.

Or is it just an alibi from what Lia is reluctant to share with me?.

Irly and the feelings I once had for her seemed to be the perfect reason for Lia to argue with me.

Then after that, yes it is, Lia will become so quiet.

It's just that usually before long, then we'll come back good after talking.

But now Lia is different. He was impressed to start avoiding me, keeping his distance from me.

Is Lia still climbing her maturity level?.

Or because?...

Ah never mind, I don't want to get so bad, and get lulled by my negative thoughts about Lia. And then it just ruined my relationship with my wife. The wife I love and will defend.

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Author’s POV ..

“I need alone time...”

The sentence that Malia said while fighting with Reiji again for the umpteenth time in a time that was not far from the quarrel of a married couple because they were betrothed.

The sentence Malia said, although Reiji had apologized to her for something that Malia felt if Reiji had nothing wrong with her. Malia did not even bother about the tone of Reiji's voice that had raised, which her husband considered as a clash.

He who had cried earlier and then directly on Reiji deck is not because of Reiji's high-pitched speech. But Malia is spilling the tightness that is in her heart cavity right now. Over his own problems, over the turmoil in his heart which ultimately affects his relationship and Reiji.

The turmoil that has arisen since Irsyad is present again in Malia's life.

There was a war between angels and demons in his heart.

Where is the angel's side in Malia's heart, feeling guilty for Reiji. Because every time I go out to meet a friend, the friend Malia meets is Irsyad. Someone Reiji doesn't know, who even Reiji doesn't know about the man from Malia's past.

And that man from the past, becomes the reason the devil is lodged in Malia's heart to interfere with her relationship with Reiji which should be fine. Until the alibi special feelings that Reiji had for her female friend, it adds to the ‘iblis’ to stay lodged in Malia's heart. That Malia had let laugh a few times, because Malia always agreed to every invitation Irsyad to meet.

Like at the moment.

Instead, “I need my own time..”.

As he said that line to Reiji before he exited their apartment. Leaving Reiji who was just silent looking at his departure earlier.

Malia is not alone at the moment.

“Hei.”

“Hei Brother Irsyad. Have you been waiting a long time?”

Author’s POV off ..

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