I'm Not a Wild Grass

Second Kiss (POV Laila)

"Why's your face, La?"

I met Erlan in the cafeteria at lunchtime.

Nindi didn't come in today. According to Mas Idham Nindi, he was ill.

'It's worth it when the event on the beach yesterday Nindi did not come. It could be that Nindi had started to get sick by then, I guess.

Since Nindi didn't come in, I went to the cafeteria by myself. Hixes. It feels so lonely if there are no friends to talk to. Especially since this morning I didn't see Erlan either. Maybe because I'm the one who left a bit bad luck.

"Erlan?"

Erlan then sat down on the bench that was in front of me. Then he looked at my face that was filled with red spots.

"Why's your face, La?" Erlan asked, repeating.

"Fur allergy. Yesterday there was a cat who knew me. Appear in a rash. But the medicine ran out. It's getting worse, huh!" My face explains.

"I'm being ugly, right?" Ask me then in a lethargic tone.

Erlan seemed to be thinking hard. And the edges were silent not answering my question earlier. I was also angry with him. I comot only the largest meatball in the bowl, then move it to my own meatball bowl.

"My meatballs got taken anyway, La?" Erlan lodged a protest.

"You're a nyebelin! So this is a tribute to your mistake!" Answer me origin.

"What's my fault?" Erlan looked at me confused.

First I split the large meatballs from my loot earlier, then added a lot of soy sauce into my own meatball bowl.

"Hiii.. that meatballs what's soy sauce soup anyway? Don't eat mostly soy sauce, La. soy sauce is sweet. You're not afraid of fat what?"

"Proof I'm not fat. If I'm fat, you don't like it.."

I stopped my speech. Inadvertently even slip-up saying taboo things that I shouldn't have said in front of Erlan.

I bow my face deeper. While my hands were playing meatballs with the spoons and forks I was holding.

After a moment of awkwardness wrapped around us, Erlan suddenly stabbed the piece of meatballs that were in my bowl, then thrust it into my mouth.

"Food meatballs, La. Not toys. Don't play it dong. It's not a ball," Erlan always tried to shift the topic.

I took a bribe from Erlan. Feeling moved because Erlan could still behave normally even though I had rejected her feelings.

I also chewed meatballs with a view that never separated from Erlan's oriental face. And even the urgency was fed by the young man.

Then, when Erlan was cutting the large meatballs that were in my bowl, she again said.

"I don't like you because of your physique, La. So even if your face is broken this way my feelings will remain the same" Erlan said without looking into my eyes.

I struggled to swallow the meatballs in my mouth when I heard Erlan's statement. After I managed to swallow everything, I commented.

"My face is really ruined, isn't it?" Ask me with a clear look.

"Yahh. From Micah Tambayong, so his grandmother gerandong," commented Erlan.

"Mak Dong's Vampire!"

I also directly mengawil his left ear Erlan until the young man grimaced in pain.

"Admend it! Golly, La! Forgive Mak Lam-"

"Erland!" I yelled at Erlan and drew her ears down. Made him lower his head to ease the pain of my hand.

I don't care about the views of the people around us. It feels like my hands are not satisfied with the ears of this young man in front of me. I stood up and tried to catch Erlan's other ear. Yet..

The truck..

"Ouch! It's hot!" I complained of pain when my arm accidentally splashed into Erlan's meatball bowl which was still a bit hot.

"Oh my goodness, La! Tuh kan's!then don't play games if you eat again! You're good to me!" Tegur Erlan later.

I'm pissed off.

"Another sick person is advised. It was Lan!"

"Yes, yeah. Excuse me. Going to base camp? I think there's a cure there," Erlan asked later.

"Stay, Lan. I'll have plastic first!" I said before finally sliding away towards the cafeteria cashier.

For dining in the canteen, payment is always made at the beginning. So that actually after eating I can go directly. But I decided to go back to the cashier table to ask for a plastic bag.

After getting two plastic bags, I went back to my table again. Where is Erlan still waiting for me with a look of misgivings and asking.

"What's that doing, La?" Erlan asked as she looked at the plastic bag I was holding.

"Make a meatball wrap, Lan. Honey, that's a lot. Got you to get wrapped up too?" I offered Erlan a plastic bag.

And Erlan immediately shook his head quickly.

"If so, then your meatballs are for me?" I'm requesting.

"Take it," he said, giving me a look of amazement.

I can guess what's on my guy's mind. Finally, while wrapping the meatballs in both bowls, I commented.

"It's been bought, Lan. It's a shame if it's not finished. Buy it with money. My friend said that if food is not consumed, it's called mobanjir" I joked.

"Mobadzier, La! Mubadzir!" Erlan Correction.

"Yes. Anyway, that's it!"

After wrapping all the meatballs until the soup, then me and Erlan returned to base camp.

Thank goodness my skin didn't blister. There is only a reddish mark on the arm that still has spots of allergic rash.

After being given the ointment, I was immediately able to resume my work for the rest of the day.

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After work, Erlan again offered to give me a ride home.

Although I still feel bad, but I also feel happy with the free ride that I can still enjoy. Hehe..

When I was about to go home, suddenly my stomach felt mules. I finally asked Erlan to wait for me while I went to the toilet.

After doing my wish in the toilet, I rushed out and was about to return to the front of the office. Erlan's place was waiting for me.

But when I was around a corner, I was shocked by the pull of someone on my hand. I know I've been between the wall crush and a guy who popped out of nowhere. And as I turned my face upwards, my eyes instantly widened in shock upon learning the identity of the person who had kidnapped me to a quiet corner of this person.

"Keong?!"

My boss scrunched his forehead. I don't know what's on his mind to be intimidating like this. Suddenly I remembered my first kiss that had been stolen by her.

'No! That's not a kiss! It was just a two-mouth accident!' I corrected my own thoughts.

"Why's Lo face?" ask the conch suddenly.

I didn't answer the conch's question right away. Just glaring at her for some time.

"That's like an allergy." said the conch. And I still kept quiet and looked at him fiercely.

After a long time staring at each other, the conch asked again.

"What's Lo's relationship with that guy who likes to take Lo home, huh?" Ask the snail suddenly.

For a moment, I stared confusedly at the Conch. A few seconds passed while the two of us stared fiercely at each other in silence. After remembering my current position in the Conch's captivity, I immediately rediscovered my voice.

"And what's the need for you to know what my relationship with Erlan is? You're not who I am!" I challenge you with a loud voice.

"Lo.H..!"

"What, huh?! Don't mind you my boss, you still feel you have the right to interfere in my personal life huh!" I went back to rampaging. Settling all my irritation towards the conch who often behaved abnormally.

"Lo!"

"What?! Lo! Lo! You don't think I dare, do you?! Don't expect me to be silent about your anarchist and abnormal behavior all this time. I, Laila Matoa, have greater courage than anyone else! I-hmmphh!!"

I widened both eyes. Surprised by the attack of the kiss that the conch put into my mouth. For the second time...

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