Linger

Just The Way You Are

I do not know how long Kalea stood in front of the elevator door that never opened. Several times he tapped his shoes to the floor to drive away the boredom. This afternoon, he was assigned by Mama to deliver lunch and some of Papa's vitamins that were left behind because the man was in a hurry to leave for the office this morning.

Along the way to the elevator earlier, some people threw astonished gazes at him. Perhaps busy wondering, who is the girl in the t-shirt suit and training pants who dares to enter this big office? Why didn't the security in front drag her out because of her more gem-like appearance than a guest? And other similar questions.

After waiting, the elevator in front finally opened, revealing a tall girl who was busy playing her phone. In a hurry, Kalea stepped into the elevator and immediately pressed a button to the floor where Papa's room was.

As long as the iron object carried him up, Kalea glanced several times at the beautiful girl beside him. He seemed to be enchanted by the beauty of the girl, until he unconsciously began to examine the appearance of the girl in great detail. Starting from his back black hair that contrasts with his pale white skin, thick lips that are polished with bright red lipstick, to a sharp nose that looks fit perfect facial features that are almost perfect.

"Am I that pretty?"

Kalea flinched as the girl's clear voice interrupted. He scratches the head that does not itch in his efforts to reduce awkwardness because he has just been caught looking at someone who has just been met until as fast as he can.

"Sorry." He said softly while smiling awkwardly.

Unexpectedly, the girl beside him chuckled. His gaze that was originally glued to the phone in hand instantly turned towards Kalea. And when the gray bead met her bobby eyes, Kalea completely lost her ability to speak.

This girl is beautiful. Exceptionally beautiful. All the features on his face look fitting to complement each other. There was hardly any flaw Kalea found on this girl's face, making her instantly feel small. He looked at his own appearance, starting to compare his haggard appearance with the appearance of the girl beside him who looked graceful and classy.

"You know me, don't you?" ask the girl suddenly. And Kalea innocently shook her head.

The girl chuckled back. The phone in hand is completely forgotten. Kalea saw the girl folding both hands in front of her chest, looking at her with a gray bead that in an instant had managed to make her feel opium.

"You've never seen tv, have you?" ask the girl again.

Kalea nodded back. Because he never actually watched television. I don't know how long it's been, he can't remember anymore.

"Pantes." The girl said with a nod of her head.

"If you watch TV often, you know who I am."

What the girl said might seem like she wanted to boast, but somehow, Kalea did not feel any arrogance in the tone of her voice at all. In fact, Kalea felt that the girl was so friendly to her.

"Irina." i." The girl hands him.

Kalea was silent for a moment, looking at the helping hand for quite a while before welcoming him. "Calea." He said introduce himself.

"You're so cute." Praise the girl named Irina to make her blush.

Kalea wanted to throw a lot of praise in return for the praise Irina had said to her just now. But the desire never arrived because before his mouth could say anything, the elevator door first opened.

Kalea saw Irina walking out of the elevator. Then before the iron door closed again, the beautiful girl had said to him. "Irina Ayu's. In case you wanna know more about me, you can use your browser to find everything about me. All the information about me is there." Then the elevator door closed and the iron object moved again.

Irina Ayu's. Irina Ayu's. Remember that, Kalea. Her name is Irina Ayu. Kalea repeated that sentence inside her head. Until a while later, the elevator door opened again and Kalea immediately rushed out from there.

His legs swung lightly down the corridor towards Papa's room. Along the way, he repeated the sentence he had spoken in his heart since then. About the name of the beautiful girl he met in the elevator earlier.

Arriving in front of Papa's study, Kalea paused for a moment, only to fix a few strands of hair that had slipped from the ties. Then he threw a knock at the dark brown door.

Not long after, the door in front opened, displaying the figure of Papa standing up to greet him with a fluffy smile. The middle-aged man immediately pulled his arm, led him into the study and closed the door again.

At first Kalea felt astonished because Papa looked so excited just because he found his figure standing in front of the door. And his astonishment was instantly answered when his eyes caught the figure of Gavin sitting on a long sofa near Papa's desk. The man was eating his lunch, looking surprised when he found Kalea suddenly appeared from behind the door with an appearance that Kalea did not even know how to describe her own appearance.

God fucking. If he knew Gavin would be here, he would try to look better. At the very least, he could wear a more appropriate suit and slightly apply powder to his face that was now pale like an undead. But more than that, how could Mama not prevent him from going to Papa's office in this ruffled outfit knowing that Gavin would be here? He was sure Mama knew about Gavin's whereabouts, because after he remembered, Mama was so excited when she told him to come here earlier.

"Kal, why? Here sit."

Kalea grunts sebal. Inevitably he walked over as Papa waved and patted the empty space on the sofa, right between Papa and Gavin.

"Hello, Kalea." Gavin greeted him while the man's mouth was still filled with unfinished food chewed.

Kalea only responded with a wry smile before sitting herself in the middle, ignoring Papa who started to babble at random things that Gavin strangely could tell. Presumably, the two adult men had indeed found each other's wives.

"Have you had lunch?" gavin asked after swallowing his food.

Kalea shakes. In fact, for the past few days, he has not had regular lunch. Mama even rambled more often to remind him of lunch and Karel called him many times on his orders. But still, it was not capable enough to revive his appetite.

"Open his mouth." Gavin said as he thrust a spoon in front of Kalea's mouth.

For a moment, Kalea fell silent. He looked at Gavin in doubt. Gavin wasn't trying to get him to eat with the same spoon as the guy, was he? No. gabe. Kalea is not disgusted. Only, were they really that close to being able to use the same spoon to eat?

"Open his mouth, Kalea." Gavin and Kalea had no choice but to open their mouths wide.

One mouthful made it into his mouth and he chewed the food in slow motion. His eyes glanced back at Gavin who was now feeding another spoon into his own mouth.

"Open up again."

Kalea according to him. He ignores the light pangs that escape Papa's lips and tries to focus only on Gavin and the food that continues to be fed into his mouth.

Bribes after bribes kept coming, until finally the food in the lunch box was gone. Gavin moved deftly to clean up their eating marks. The man walked to the corner of the room to get rid of the trash and returned to the sofa with a bottle of mineral water that had been opened and then poured it on Kalea.

Kalea accepted it with pleasure. The water in the plastic bottle was greedily steamed to a half-out, then the rest, as expected, was confirmed by Gavin.

******

The wind blew on Kalea's face, making strands of her hair that came out of the bonds fly to cover her face. He removed the strands of hair from his face with a sewot motion, making Gavin who was standing next to him chuckle softly.

Right now, they're at Papa's rooftop office. After finishing lunch, Gavin took the initiative to invite him to go here under the pretext of getting fresh air. Though the sun was shining so hot upon the head, and Kalea did not understand why she agreed to Gavin's invitation without asking much.

"You're making a lunch with Papa?" ask Kalea. He turned his head towards Gavin, only to find the man nailing towards him.

"Yes. Papa asks for a meal. Because I happen to also run out of meetings with clients, so I just agree to his invitation." Obviously Gavin with a big smile.

Compared to the upside with Gavin who looks excited, Kalea actually snorted sebal. Puckles on Gavin's forehead.

"Why?" ask the man.

"I'm the same Mama." His sister.

"Why order?"

"You know you're going to Papa's office, but you didn't tell me at all." Kalea pours all her frustration.

"Why should you tell me?" gavin asked innocently, making Kalea again snort.

"If I knew you'd be here, at least I could wear a tidier outfit, Gavin." Kalea explained in a clear irritated voice.

"Why are your clothes now?"

"Dirty, Gavin. I'm a rascal." Kalea pout. Again he saw his own appearance that was inversely proportional to the appearance of Gavin neatly wrapped in a light blue shirt and black material pants. The man's pantofel shoes looked shiny, much different from the buluk flip-flops he now uses as footwear.

"You're not illfeel see your future wife looks like a gini gembel?" He looked at Gavin seriously, hoping that the answer that would come out of the lips of the man would not be a cliche sentence like you are beautiful and so forth.

"If it was someone else, yes, I would have been illfeel. But since it's you, Kalea Dimitria, then there's no reason for me to feel illfeel."

Hah..percuma did expect to hear an honest answer from Gavin. I don't know how long the man has been practicing until finally his lips so clever to say a variety of sweet and dreadful sentences. At first Kalea was just having fun. Because honestly such a sentence managed to make his heart beat and he became enthusiastic. But over time such a sentence sounds a bit nonsensical. Sometimes, he wants to hear a rational sentence, to convince him that his relationship with Gavin is real. That he was not fantasizing about being Cinderella, the lucky ash hive who was able to marry a handsome prince who was valued by many women.

"I'm no longer a monster. It's serious." Gavin said, just to make Kalea turn the eyeballs off guard.

"Do you not believe?"

Kalea clearly shook her head. "There are men who do not illfeel see the appearance of women who are like gini. Men are visual creatures, Gavin. You if you want a reasonable fight." The omel.

However, even though Kalea had nagged like that, Gavin had no intention of changing his statement. He remained firm on the initial statement that it did not matter how Kalea looked because she would still be Kalea somehow.

Instead of responding to Kalea's nagging with another sentence, Gavin pulled out his phone. Without warning, he pointed the phone at Kalea, photographing the girl without her permission.

Kalea was obviously upset that Gavin had photographed himself without permission, hitting Gavin's arm several times and causing him to complain of pain.

"Udah knows I look like I'm dirty, even photographed!" snarl.

"Remove!" his orders were then, but Gavin firmly shook his head. Hurriedly the man put the phone back in his pants pocket to avoid the actions of Kalea anarchists who could have seized his phone to be able to delete the photos he had taken.

"Gavin! Here's hapeenya!"

"No. Let me keep it, or I'll make wallpaper if I have to."

"Don't be crazy!" Kalea is getting sewed. His hands move anarchically, trying to get the phone out of Gavin's pants pocket.

"Let the whole world know that my future wife is beautiful, even without makeup."

Said Gavin lightly. Both of his big hands blocked Kalea's hands, blocking his entire movement.

"You are cut down to the same universe and all of it." Kalea is still struggling to be released, but Gavin certainly will not grant her wish.

"No, not."

"Gavin," he called with great emphasis.

"What are you afraid of, Kalea? After all, if we are married later, I will also often see your appearance as a gini." Gavin said in the end, only to make Kalea stop revolting and silent for quite a long time.

"Emang if you wake up, your appearance will be neat? No, right? Keep the problem where? After all, you will also see my pillow face later, which I guarantee is also much different from my face that you see so far." Gavin said after being silent for a long time and Kalea also did not respond to his words.

"I don't care if you want to think I'm a lame or something. Obviously, you are beautiful. You are beautiful in my eyes, because you are you. Point. Don't argue with me anymore, okay?"

Kalea had no idea what was going on with her when the sentence reached her sense of hearing. It seemed to lose the ability to digest information and turn it into an action when Gavin's hand that had originally blocked both hands tightly now switched to grasping it tightly. The man's dark bead looked at him deeply, so deeply that Kalea felt he was trapped in a long labyrinth that had no way out.

Then, as Gavin brought his body closer, Kalea completely lost control of herself along with Gavin's heavy voice tickling his sense of hearing.

He said, "You're beautiful, just the way you are, Kalea Dimitria."