Akara Longs for the Waiting

10 (Eating Without Rice)

Meysa drives her bike under the night sky of Palu. He has entered the residential area where he lives. There was no sign of Faza and his little family coming. Meysa parked the bike on the porch. When he turned his head, his gaze was fixed on the figure of Kai who was sitting on the apartment terrace. The man smiled, but he did not reply. Meysa only showed a flat, indifferent face.

As soon as he saw him coming down from the bike, Kai immediately stepped towards him. Makes Meysa not have to bother to call him.

“How long?” ask Kai who can't hide his worries. Nearly an hour of waiting scared her of something happening.

“Why?"

Kai gasped, he exhaled for a moment and then looked back at Meysa's face. “I'm worried!"

“I'm fine!" he answered with his hands turned to reach for five white plastic bags containing his groceries.

“Let's eat!" Meysa who stepped first had to look back when she did not hear any movement from Kai. The man was still standing beside the motorbike, staring at him in silence.

Kai's gaze actually made his heart flutter as well as slice. “Come, don't stay there!” Call Meysa who is still trying to control himself so as not to collapse. “Let my brother be angry if he does not entertain guests well.”

“I'm sorry, bul!"

“This is not the time to apologize!" sergeant Meysa with a bit of frenzy. The girl closed her eyes, trying to control herself. “It's time to eat, if you want to excuse me later if you're lebaran!"

“Sorry-sorry you don't have to wait for Eid." said Kai. His face was serious, his gaze still deep towards Meysa. The goal here is to make amends, seeing Meysa's cold attitude really makes her guilt even deeper.

While Meysa who was being stared at like that felt her heart growing insecure. His heart was still too fragile, if his position was in the room alone. Maybe he has been shedding his tears ever since. He tried to control himself by bending his nails to the fingers, hoping his tears could still be invited to work together so as not to spill now, especially he was still in front of Kai.

“Udahlah, eat first!"

Seeing Meysa still in her stance, Kai finally chose to give up. He sighed and nodded slowly after. Debating Meysa was not a proper thing, she had gotten too much wrong on the girl and Kai did not want to force either. He'll try again later.

In the kitchen, Meysa lets Kai sit on the dining table chair. While he was busy preparing dishes and other eating utensils after putting his shopping crackles on the table.

Meysa movement can not be separated from the look of Kai's eyes. If a year ago he could only watch what Meysa was doing from the phone screen. Now the girl is busy moving in front of him. Making the man's eyes glaze over at him. What is Lebay, this is the reality! He thought if anyone saw him in a state of sadness.

“Wait a minute, I'll call Rena first!" After putting down the cutlery that was taken, Meysa passed leaving Kai who was nodding while looking at her.

“Ren, mak----. Well, this kid's sleeping!" meysa's nagging when entering the room even found Rena had fallen asleep using a negligee, even the towel that wrapped her head was still open.

Meysa did not intend to wake Rena, because she knew that her best friend did not like to be awakened while sleeping, especially if it is not important. Then he went back to the kitchen.

Arriving in the kitchen, Meysa was slightly fixated to see Kai arranging a package of chicken on a plate. Especially when the man who was pouring sambal into the bowl turned his head while smiling at him.

“It's ready!" with a happy face Kai pointed to five dishes containing chicken that he had arranged. He did that with the intention of just wanting to help Meysa so as not to bother too much.

“Still!" meysa said flatly, he approached the side of the table. His hands began to move uniting three chicken packs in the same dish, while the remaining two he left in two different dishes as Kai had stacked earlier.

“Sorry! You don't like it when I help." Honestly Kai was almost disheartened to see what Meysa was doing. So mature is he that what was trying to do did not make Meysa happy? However, again he tried to strengthen himself if he remembered what Meysa did not how much with what he did a year ago.

Meysa looked at Kai while shaking her head. “Not disliked, this is better put together so that not many dirty dishes. All we're gonna eat is both, Rena's asleep."

Turns out that's the reason. Meysa's explanation immediately made Kai's face change, he smiled again. Turns out the moon isn't as bad as the feeling.

Kai's gaze did not change at all, continuing to follow where Meysa moved. The girl approached the kitchen cabinet, then opened magiccom. Kai frowned, seeing Meysa's confused face, especially when the girl looked down while observing the outside of magiccom.

“Hehe, forget the squeeze!" Meysa turned to look at Kai who was still staring in wonder at him.

Kai's astonished face turned into a soundless fluffy laugh after knowing what caused Meysa's bewildered face. “Seriousness?"

“Hehe, yes. I should have cooked but I didn't push the button.”

“Bul, bul!" Kai shook his head still with a big smile. He was happy to see a smile on his Moon face. “Hormat times yes! It used to be that way, right?”

Meysa nodded her head to justify Kai's words. He chuckles at the recklessness of the umpteenth time every cook uses magiccom. The same thing happens every time he goes hungry.

“Sorry yes, you must be hungry."

“Where I accidentally didn't buy rice because of this."

“What's up, bul! I'm still full.”

Meysa was silent for a moment, the aroma of fried chicken and the chili that came out made alaska worms in his stomach protest. But if you have to go out to buy food, he was very lazy, waiting for rice mateng was not a thing for a while. Actually he could not eat rice, but the figure of the Star who became his guest made him want to not have to go out to buy food again.

“Wait a minute yeah, I'm out again!" In a hurry Meysa immediately grabbed the motor key on the table. He was about to step but stopped because Kai stopped his steps.

“Not bother, bul!" Kai stood up and immediately pulled Meysa's hand, holding her back from leaving.

Meysa turned her head, again she had to feel a great vibration every time she met Kai. Moreover, this was the first time he had come into direct contact with that man. Meysa was still riveted, her entire body was stung by electricity. Makes him so helpless. However, after successfully gathering consciousness, he managed to pull his hand from Kai's grip.

“Sorry!"

Kai shook his head. “No need Mey, don't bother, we just wait for the date!"

“You're hungry!" Meysa.

“Ngak, Mey. I'm still safe!"

That word again! Meysa smiled at Kai's words every time she asked him if he had eaten or not. When in difficult conditions, Kai must always say the same thing just to make him calm and not worry. A year passed, apparently not much changed from Bintangya, only his body was no longer contained as before. Just like his body that had suffered a drastic drop!

“Even if I want to go, I'm coming, yes!"

Kai's words made Meysa's view of the star figure was distorted. He looked in any direction.

“If you don't want me to come, we wait for the rice to come, Mey! Don't bother!"

Somehow Meysa did not even want to argue, he obeyed Kai's words. Though he could have left without considering the wishes of Kai who wants to come with him. But his sense of laziness is greater master, so that makes him choose not to go.

It's not really a matter of bothering or not. I'm hungry too, but I'm too hungry to go again. Ringis Meysa.

“But the magiccom has been squeezed really, right Bul?" kai asked to confirm when Meysa was sitting in front of him.

Meysa nodded doubtfully, but when she was about to stand up to make sure, Kai held her back.

“Let me yes, you sit down!"

This time the movement of Kai that can not be separated from the spotlight Meysa. The girl really felt both sad and sad for what was happening right now. It still feels like a dream.

“Dah bul, it's a genuine squeeze!" Kai sat back down on the spot. Kai's words made Meysa chuckle to realize his recklessness this time around.

The two of them were dissolved in silence, no one had any intention of starting any conversation. They both looked down and looked at each other from the end of their eyes. Kai himself did not want to start a conversation, but this time he only wanted to observe the face of the Moon with such a close distance.

“Kraukk..

The two immediately looked at each other when they heard the alarm sound from a starving stomach.

“You hungry?" asked Kai with a stifled smile.

Meysa who had been leaning her head on the table in a slanted position slowly got up with a smile of embarrassment.

“Hehe yes, no lunch yet!"

Suddenly Kai's face turned flat. A year passed turned out that his virtual love had not left the habit, still lazy to eat. It made him angry and anxious.

“Bul, bul, habit!" Kai shook his head, though he was happy this time to pay real attention to people he could only remind of eating and maintaining health through a device.

Meysa herself immediately frowned when she saw Kai move while carrying a plate near magiccom.

“Not mateng!"

“Eat what dong bul, you must be hungry times, yes!" lirih Kai with an anxious face.

Haru's taste further undermines Meysa's heart when it turns out Kai stepped to make sure the rice was only for him.

“Eat chicken ajalah!" Meysa shrunk her nose while looking down. His hand pulled the plate in front of him. Sadness makes him no longer able to resist hunger.

“Do not use rice?" Kai sat back down.

“I laper!" Meysa began to chocolate chicken and lalapan on the existing sambal.

“I'm the one who bought rice!" tawang Kai's. Meysa, however, disagreed.

“Let's stray!" he said with a mouth full. There is no more keeping the image in front of the Star, he does not care at all, the most important thing is that his stomach must be filled.

“And there's BPJS!"

Meysa's laughter immediately broke upon hearing Kai's words, let alone seeing the man's flat face holding back his laughter. Reminds him of their jokes first.

“GPS!" meysa said. His laughter faded, he preferred to look down when the look of his face turned sad, holding back tears that almost spilled while continuing to chew food was a way to cover the heart that was again hit by sadness.

Kai who realized that also preferred to be quiet. He didn't want to make Meysa sad.

“I bought rice yes, Mey!"

“Ndon't do it," sergeant Meysa. “You eat too, eat this first, then eat again!"

Finally Kai no longer pushy, he prefers to obey what Meysa said and both of them eat chicken without rice.