Home For My Soul

107|I'm Serious

When we got to the apartment, we went into our rooms. I'm getting ready for the final semester exam starting next Monday. Things that are not scary for me because I have learned since far away. Moreover, I am quite confident because my first semester academic results were very good.

It was dinner time, Amarylis didn't wake up, so I let her rest. I've been used to cooking easy meals since I lived alone. Just look at how through online videos and cooking is done. It tastes good too.

I kept the Amaryllis section in the fridge and stuck a note on the door of the freezer for him to read it. When she wakes up while I sleep, she doesn't have to bother cooking to fill her stomach or wake me up.

“Good morning,” the new sweep out of the room in the morning.

“Congratulations pa—” reply me, but my tongue is blocked looking at her clothes. “What is it that you wear?”

He looked at his body. He was wearing a loose shirt, but that was not the case. He wears shorts, too short to keep me sane. “My clothes. What's up?”

“Wear a polite dress. Those pants are too short,” my nag.

“Too short what? His pants were up to half my thighs, unlike the ones the artist wore. The bottom of the buttocks until it pokes so, they are not ashamed.”

“Lo change now or I change,” threatened me.

“Just change if you dare,” challenge. He again crossed his arms in front of his chest, completely teasing me this early.

“Oke.” I turned off the stove, removed the apron, then approached it.

“What do you want?” He took a step back, but I was faster. “Theo! What the fuck!?” He rebelled as I carried him on my shoulders. Waw. He's so light.

“Do not move much or you fall later,” I said while hitting his butt. Things I soon regret, because my mind wandered back. “Lo thinks I'm not serious, so you already know I'm serious with all my sayings.”

“OK, okay. Lower me.” He stopped trying to get off my shoulder. “Theo, you're not seriously going to change my pants, ‘kan?”

“Butnya lo earlier told you to replace if I dare? I dare,” my challenge while opening the door of his room. “Where are the pants instead? Suitcase or closet?”

“I can change by myself! Lower me!” panicked shouting.

Then I put him down. “Why didn't you say that from earlier?” I looked towards those shorts. “Don't ever wear that again or I throw away all lo.” shorts

“You are indeed very annoying!” protested, but I got out of the room.

I put the beef-eye eggs, fried sausages, tomato slices, and some lettuce sheets on the table. The last toast was ripe, then I moved it to the plate and put it on the table as well. I was hungry, so I didn't wait for him to join me.

He came out of the room, so I turned my head and saw him wearing long cotton pants. Goody. He's got trousers, why tease me with shorts? Just looking for trouble. Didn't he know men had a big fight every morning?

“Better I stay alone than stay with you and its many rules.” He sat down in front of me and took a loaf of bread. “What's wrong with wearing shorts here? I wouldn't be so out there.”

“Wait for us to get married, then I will not forbid you to wear whatever you want at home. Better yet you don't wear anything.”

He coughed as he gulped down his drinking water. “Married? I haven't started college you've talked about getting married?” tanyanya did not believe.

“Lo himself who agrees that the status of my future wife. The ring is also still you wear, ‘kan? Then why are you surprised so?” I said indifferently.

“I'm still going to college, not housekeeping.”

“We will not get married until graduation. Just relax.”

He no longer protested and ate the bread. I ate my share quickly so I could go back to my room and continue my studies. After a week passed, then I had free time to go back to work taking care of the restaurant.

“I want to keep working,” he said slowly. I raised my head and looked at him in confusion. “If we get married later, I don't want to just at home.”

“Lo can do anything you want, except make friends with other men.”

I don't want to be like Papa who's no longer close to his own siblings, so I've learned to trust Matt. I also believe in Hercules, but I can't lie to my conscience, Richo and Nolan are people I suspect have other motives.

Yes, they are her siblings, but as Katelia, not Amarylis. They don't have the same DNA, so if they fall in love with him, that's a reasonableness. Keeping your distance is the solution.

“How can I avoid men if they are my coworkers? Or in college later, they're my old friends?” tanyakanya.

“Lo can meet them by bringing a girl friend. I don't like to see you alone with men, or three with men. Make sure there are your same-sex friends who participate in your meetings or discussions.”

“Why didn't you say that back then?” his protest.

“Passed with summa cum laude—” teaseku.

“Nothing to do with summa cum laude!” as usual. “I can't read your mind, so you need to speak clearly. Okay, I won't discuss ONLY with men.”

“Good. Anything else?” I'm just impatient. He said he didn't want to get married, but he asked me to talk about what we can and shouldn't do in our marriage.

“Hah?” tanyanya's confused.

I took a deep breath, calming down. “In addition to keep working, there is more you want to discuss about your duties as a wife?”

“Oh.” He thought for a moment. “I can't cook, so don't ask me to learn it. I also do not want to clean the house, wash clothes, and so on alone. You should help me too.”

“Gue is not a poor person. We're gonna hire some waitresses at home. You just serve me in bed outside of your working hours,” I said casually.

“Theo!” scold him with a red face. “What's all that in your head!”

“It's morning, Kat.” I pointed down. “The little guy just went to bed again after waking up as he pleased. Do you think I'm messing around asking you to change those shorts?”

“Oh!” He was stunned for a moment. Then his red face grew red. “You're serious, you want me? Not that all men will accept any woman if she is?”

I snorted loudly. “Lo think I what? Hipersuel? It's all I want. Let there be another woman in front of me, there will be no reaction whatsoever from my body.”

“Wow ...” His face is getting red.

“Well, wow. Because of that, I sure chose you to be my wife,” I. “There again?”

“About children,” said.

“Gue wants us to have two children. No debate,” my word fast.

He closed his lips. He would say just one child. “Then, we wait until our age is mature enough to start the program.”

“Gue won't wait. Getting pregnant is better. Their distance can be three years, because I want my son to be exclusive for two years. As long as you are still eating, you cannot diet. I don't care what a big fat you are, because I'd rather lo so than a flat like this.”

“Kepleng? This is my ideal weight,” protest.

I swept my gaze at her seductive body. “Lo balance is only big on chest and buttocks. That's not idel weight,” teaseku. “There again?” I asked quickly, seeing that he still wants to argue about ‘e ideal weight’ of his flattened body.

“Regarding finance—” said, but truncated the sound of the bell.

“Sebentar.” No one said they would come to visit. Who pressed the bell? I stood up and walked towards the small screen on the wall near the door. Damnit. What the hell is he doing here?