When I Meet You
15: Because of the Snakes of the Stairs

"Yes, my dream since childhood was to become a chef. Because of my economic limitations, I couldn't take cooking courses to hone my hobby."

"I forgot to say, if I also have a business engaged in the culinary field. It seems, without cooking course— I can help you to realize your ideals." Kaivan's words made Naya twist her body, to face the man.

"meaning?" tanya Naya still doesn't understand.

"Later, I will invite you to visit one of my restaurants. There, you can learn to cook with the chef directly. Hows it? You want to, right?"

"You!" naya cried with excitement.

"Alright, you just prepare the cooking now. I will value your cooking today," said Kaivan who made Naya smile sumringah.

"Okay, sir."

During the 20-minute period, Naya was busy cooking food. While Kaivan, sitting on the dining table chair with a view to pay attention to Naya who is dexterous in terms of cooking.

Seeing how the female fighting spirit was, Kaivan smiled faintly. It turns out, besides Naya's loving children—women also look persistent in achieving his goals.

"Please taste it, sir. The food is ready. I'll get Nayra to come here first." Kaivan nodded his head at Naya and allowed the woman to call Nayra.

After Naya's death, Kaivan stared at the food dish made directly by Naya's hand. Cuisine chicken soy sauce, prawn sauce padang, and tempe bacem into a dish served on the dining table.

When viewed from the fragrant and presentation, Kaivan admitted that all the food was already evocative of his taste. But out of taste, he had not wanted to taste before Nayra was here as well.

"Wahh, the food is done. I want a lot of soy sauce." Nayra excitedly sat down next to Kaivan, she waited for Naya to serve rice and soy sauce chicken for him.

The sight where Naya prepared rice and side dishes like this, made Kaivan feel if he was being prepared to eat by his wife.

"How is this enough, Nayra?" asked Naya while showing the rice she had served on the plate.

"Yes, already. I don't want a lot of rice" Nayra replied.

"Okay, here's the food for the Princess." Naya gave the plate that was complete with rice and side dishes to Nayra.

And now it was her turn to prepare for Kaivan, at first Naya insinuating rice over the size of Nayra for Kaivan. Then put in a piece of soy sauce chicken and 3 prawns of pasture sauce.

"This is for you" said Naya.

"Thank you" said Kaivan.

"Where are you going, Naya?" kaivan asked as Naya walked away.

"You go to the room for a minute, you eat first. I'll eat it later if you and Nayra finish eating" Naya replied.

"Why is that? We'll just eat together." Kaivan says.

"No need, sir. After all, it was rare for an employer to eat with his subordinates. So, I'll just later."

"Naya," exclaimed Kaivan full of emphasis. "I've never distinguished anyone's degree, let's eat together! Or I don't want to eat" Kaivan continued.

"Don't, Sir!"

"Yes, let's eat together!"

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"Take you taste good, you saw Nayra was—she added twice. Though usually, Nayra is difficult to eat," Kaivan told Naya.

"Thank God Nayra likes it, so what do you think? Am I worthy of being a chef?"

"Suitable, my own tongue does not doubt your cooking. If Nayra likes your soy sauce, I prefer your prawns. The spicy and savory taste fits snugly on my tongue." Naya is flattered by Kaivan's praise of his cooking.

"Papa, Mama Naya, let's go play the snakes and ladders!" Then came Nayra while carrying a game of snakes and ladders.

"The less delicate want dicolet use powder," said the boy again.

"Okay, who's afraid. If Nayra loses, don't cry. Later Papa scratches Naya's face a lot," cried Kaivan.

"I'll win! Mama Naya and Papa will be colette," said Nayra who just made Naya and Kaivan compact laugh, because he saw Nayra who had ruffled waist while staring at them fiercely.

"Mama Naya take the red pawn yes" said Naya.

"Then Papa is blue" cried Kaivan.

"Oh my God, I am yellow." Nayra took the yellow pawn.

"We were hompimpa first" said Nayra.

"Hompimpa alaiyum!" nayra cried enthusiastically. The first sequence is Naya, then Nayra, and the last Kaivan.

"Okay, Mama Naya is first." Naya who first threw the dice, then appeared three points on the dice.

"1 2 3, now Nayra." Naya then gave the dice to Nayra to be shaken.

"Yes, 5. I'm going up the stairs!" exclaimed the boy as his pawn got a point 5 depicting a ladder.

"Wahh, Nayra has gone up. Then, Papa should also ride." Kaivan threw his chest, it turned out the same as Naya—just got three.

"Father follow Mama Naya aja deh," said Nayra.

"No, my chest wants to join Mama Naya." Kaivan.

"Now Mama Naya again, 1 2 3 4 5. It hasn't gone up yet" said Naya.

"Horee, 1 2 3 4 5 6. The plate, if you get 6, shake it twice." Nayra repeated again, and this time got 4 points.

"Now it's Papa's turn" Kaivan said as he threw the dice, and he got 4 points.

The game continues until Nayra gets the winning position, while Naya and Kaivan as the losing side. As a result, Kaivan and Naya get two strokes on their cheeks from Nayra.

Apparently, the game wasn't finished there. Because they are still playing, and the second time—Kaivan won. He crossed Nayra and Naya's faces with powder.

When Kaivan was about to cross Naya's face with powder, the man actually held back his movement because his face was close to Naya's face.

Naya herself had closed her eyes, worried that the dust from the powder had entered her eyes. While Kaivan, glued with the face of Naya who turned out to have a nearly perfect facial structure.

With both eyebrows thick and neatly formed, then down to the eyes that have lentic eyelashes, a small nose that taper, and small lips that are natural pink. While staring at his lips, Kaivan reflexively swallowed his own saliva. His mind suddenly thought, How does it feel to taste those lips?

When Naya thought about why Kaivan did not cross her face, Naya opened her eyes. And he was surprised, when he found his face with Kaivan's face was only a few inches away.

They finally looked at each other within a period of a few seconds, as if—world belonged to the two of them and forgot the presence of smiling Nayra when she saw Naya and Kaivan looking at each other.

Not Nayra if she is not nosy to anyone, when she saw that Naya and Kaivan never break the gaze of—Nayra deliberately pushed Kaivan's back, Kaivan said, until Kaivan reflexes kissed Naya's tightly clenched lips.