Linger

Grocery Shopping

Three days later, after his conversation with Gavin that night left a big question mark left hanging without an answer, Kalea again found her head filled with another question mark when she found the figure of the man in her house since early in the morning. It's not a weekend, so it's kind of weird to find someone super busy like Gavin taking the time to just chat with Mama in the kitchen, while cooking for some reason.

Kalea had just woken up, her eyes were still slightly swollen and there was a trace of saliva on the corner of her lips that made her appearance completely inappropriate for her future husband to show. So Kalea hurriedly turned around, stepped quickly up the stairs to return to her room before Gavin or Mama realized her existence there. 

Arriving at the room, Kalea directly barged into the bathroom. He moved quickly to lock the strands of his hair that were originally scattered in disarray using a hairband that was coiled on his wrist then grabbed the toothbrush, and then, apply a mint-flavored toothpaste on it and immediately brush his teeth so vigorously. Finished with dental work, Kalea turned to her face. Wash the face and then put on face soap to make sure all the stains left during his sleep crashed immediately. In a short period of time, his appearance had changed to a little better. Now he just needs to walk towards the wardrobe, pick up a more fitting suit to replace the oversized sweatshirt and also the over-the-knee shorts that sink in this shirt.

But when Kalea just arrived in front of the closet door, had not been able to open it, the door of her room was first knocked. Kalea naturally would not have time to ignore that knock and change her clothes first. So, he walked quickly to the door, opened it in a single pull and Gavin appeared in front of him, with an innocent look and a smile that was too sweet.

"Hi." Say hello to the man, only to make him hesitate because he did not expect that the one who would stand in front of the door of his room was Gavin.

"Oh, hi." Kalea greeted back awkwardly. "Kok you here? Whynot? Not work?" tanyanya then, pretended not to know that Gavin had indeed been in his house since.

Being flocked to such a question made Gavin chuckle. There was one more thing that he began to memorize about Kalea. That is the habit of the woman who will talk more and tend to be faster when being groggy or wrong behavior. In Gavin's eyes, it looked funny.

"One-one, Kalea. I'm confused which answer to answer to that." He said after his silence stopped. He saw how a red tinge appeared on the cheek of Kalea, inviting astonishment because he felt he had done nothing to this woman. Then a silly question popped into his head. Is Kalea always this easy to feel wrong in front of a man?

"What are you doing here?" repeat Kalea with restless moving eyes, trying hard to avoid eye contact with Gavin.

"Main." Gavin answered briefly, only to make Kalea turn with a gawking look that could not be hidden at all.

"This morning?"

Gavin nodded. "Can't do it, huh?" ask her with the thinest smile.

"It's not a problem, it can't be,"

"Continue?"

"It's weird, busy people like you can have time to play at my house this early in the morning." Kalea turned around, about to walk back towards the closet and let Gavin stay standing in the doorway. But Gavin's voice made him stop his steps and immediately turn around with an expression of astonishment.

"I'm not busy, because now I'm unemployed." The man said it casually as if without any burden, smiling sweetly as he leaned his shoulder against the side of the door of Kalea's room, looking at the woman fixedly.

"What do you mean, anyway? You fired?" Finally Kalea walked back in front of Gavin. He folded his hands in front of his chest, focusing on the dark bead of the man before him that now seemed more radiant than usual days.

Unexpectedly, Gavin nodded his head, accompanied by a smile that rose wider than before. As if the fact that he was fired from his own father's company is not something sad. It was as if Gavin had indeed been waiting for this day for a long time. As if being able to escape responsibility about the company is something that is so relieving.

For a moment, Kalea fell silent. He didn't know how to react to Gavin's statement just now. Should he smile and feel happy, if stopping working at his father's company does make Gavin more comfortable? Or should he scold this man and have him ask for a second chance to be re-employed in his father's company?

But all the thoughts that were in his head were in fact only in vain when Gavin suddenly burst into laughter, making his sturdy shoulders shake violently as well as causing a very noticeable wrinkle on Kalea's forehead.

What's so funny? What is so funny about the fact that Gavin has been fired and is now unemployed? What was so tickling that Gavin's laughter never subsided for even ten seconds? Kalea was busy wondering, but the answer she received was really too annoying to hear.

With watery eyes from her long laughing activities, Gavin said "Handering." Just to make Kalea snort miserably and directly throw a hard punch on her shoulder.

"Aw!" screeches Gavin. His body that was originally leaning on the side of the door immediately he stood up, he rubbed his shoulders that felt hot due to the Kalea punch.

"I think you're really fired!" pissed Kalea. He frowned, making Gavin anxious. It felt like he really wanted to raup the thin lips that are now pouting. But then he remembered his promise to Irina, that he would never treat Kalea the same way he did to Irina. But more than that, Gavin doesn't want to touch Kalea excessively if it's not the woman herself who started it. For Gavin, Kalea was precious, so he didn't want to take anything away from her. No, when he can't give you any guarantees.

"My loving father took a few days off before our wedding." Said. Now, his eyes looked at Kalea's bead boba so closely. Trying to find a side that he had not seen from this woman for a long time. And when he managed to find it, Gavin felt an empty part in his chest slowly start to fill up again. Irina had indeed accompanied him for quite a long time, since many years when he was in the worst condition until finally able to get back up. But, Gavin could not lie that Irina's presence could never fill the empty space left by Kalea when their separation occurred many years ago. That empty space Gavin had provided was special for Kalea, so no one else could fill it, no matter how well they treated Gavin.

"You should use your time to rest. Why did you even go to my house this early in the morning?" Kalea was upset, somewhat inexhaustible at the behavior of Gavin which on some occasions even felt more absurd than Karel.

"My rest is when I can see your face from this close distance."

God fucking. Kalea practically rewinded her body as Gavin suddenly slightly bent over so that their faces became closer.

"Gavin!" peekik Kalea's. One punch almost lay back on Gavin's shoulder when Mama's voice suddenly interrupted. He peeked, finding Mama had been standing behind Gavin's large body with furrowed eyebrows.

"What do you want?" mama asked in astonishment when she found Kalea's hand hanging in the air.

"Why did you yourself come here?" Kalea asked back, lowering her hand and completely undoing the intention to hit Gavin. Kalea's behavior made Gavin who had re-enforced his body chuckle slowly.

"The story is back!" pissed Mama. But a second later, the look on the woman's face instantly turned bright as her head turned towards Gavin.

"Your mom is ready for the shopping list. Later after this child is ready, you guys go straight away." Mama said to Gavin with a nod of her head.

Kalea who still did not catch Mama's intentions could only fall silent, waiting until Mama looked back at her and explained everything.

"There's a game of change of clothes." Mom's orders after turning head.

"Modal shopping with Gavin." Mama said lightly while turning her back, ready to step away after rubbing Gavin's shoulder slowly.

"Cock? That's Bi Imah's job!"

Mama stopped her steps on the third step, turned her head towards Kalea then smiled before saying. "Once you try how it feels to shop monthly, so that later fit already live together you are not confused anymore if you have to shop alone to the supermarket." Then the woman turned around and actually stepped away from Kalea and Gavin.

After Mama was no longer seen before her eyes, Kalea turned to Gavin. "Why should exercise shopping monthly, right later-"

"Because I don't want to use a housekeeper." Sela Gavin fast.

At first Kalea had thought badly of Gavin when she heard the man's statement about not wanting to use the services of a housekeeper.

But his bad thoughts instantly disappeared and he was completely misbehaved when Gavin lightly said. "Because I just want to stay with you in our house."

"Royal change, I'm waiting for you downstairs." Gavin landed his big hand on Kalea's head, slowly breaking her hair and then passing it by, leaving Kalea with a red tinge that adorned her cheeks and a heart beat.

Oh, so this is what is meant by being ruffled with hair, but a broken heart?

*******

The supermarket they visited was not too far from the Kalea housing complex. So when Gavin offers to take off on a motorcycle, Kalea agrees.

But then he regretted his decision when now, he found himself feeling the difficulty of staying upright on the seat of the motor sport that Gavin was driving. The man was not speeding, but because the seat design of the man's motor sport that made him always have to lean his body forward made Kalea a little uncomfortable. From that moment on, he felt like his body was floating in the air as they passed by the sleeping police even when Gavin had slowed down his motor speed. He was afraid of falling, but did not know where to hold so he could only scrape the jacket that Gavin wore as a handle.

"Hand on my shoulder if you're afraid of falling!" Gavin shouted so that Kalea could hear his words. But even though he felt like he had shouted as loud as he could, Kalea still could not hear him clearly because the woman only replied with a Ha? which forced him to repeat his words.

"Hand on my shoulder, Kalea!" reworked.

"It's okay. Just wait till." The word Kalea who has more to hold on to the jacket Gavin alone. After all the supermarket they were heading to was close, and Gavin was not speeding at all. So Kalea thought holding on to Gavin's jacket was safe.

A few minutes later, the bike stopped. After making sure Kela got off safely, Gavin parked his bike in a parking lot that still looked deserted. Sure oes. It's still morning, and Gavin doesn't think people will be as smart to come to the supermarket this early as he is.

Finished parking the motor, Gavin approached Kalea who was standing in front of the entrance, looking down while playing his phone.

"Come on." Said.

Kalea. Then the phone that had seized his attention was put back in his pants pocket. He did not mind when Gavin grabbed his hand, holding him inside the supermarket.

"What do we want to do shopping?" he asked after Gavin took out a grocery trolley with one hand while the other still clasped his hands possessively. It was as if it was a little child that could not be let go of his arm so as not to be lost.

"Much." Gavin answered briefly.

Kalea didn't ask much more. He just followed where Gavin's footsteps took him away. First they walked to the vegetable shelf. Gavin deftly began to include various types of vegetables listed in the list that Mama had written neatly on a piece of paper. Then they switched to the meat section. Gavin took three boxes of fillet chicken breast, two boxes of super quality beef and several boxes of salmon. The man did not look at all difficult to find the groceries on the list, even though the number is quite a lot.

While Gavin is still busy putting other groceries into the trolley, Kalea steals the opportunity to let go of the man's hand. Maybe because you focus too much on the food, Gavin let his hands loose and he immediately used the opportunity to cover the existence of the freezer because he intended to buy some ice cream for him to enjoy while accompanying Gavin shopping. It is still morning, but the air is quite hot so eating ice cream is the most appropriate choice.

But when he finally found the existence of a freezer in the supermarket, Kalea was instead made silent on the spot when he found a girl crouching near the freezer while hugging her own knee. The three or four-year-old girl looked down so that Kalea could not see her face. But from the movement of the child's shoulders up and down as well as the sound of sobbing sounds, Kalea knew that the child was crying.

For some time, Kalea just stood still in her place, not knowing what to do. It was only when the girl raised her face and their gazes met that Kalea hurriedly ran towards the child. Kalea squatted down to align their body position. Then, his hands stretched out to wipe away the trace of tears on the child's padlocked cheeks.

"Hi" she said slowly. Impressed carefully because he did not want to make this child in front of him frightened.

"Where's your mom?" tanyakanya. The girl nodded weakly.

Kalea sighed. As expected, this child must have been separated from his mother when the mother was busy shopping. Today's mothers love that. Likes to forget their children when they are busy shopping, especially if there is a massive discount, all things also seem to be forgotten in order to get the discount item.

"You want to go with Brother, don't you? We go to the security guard to help find your mother. You see, if you just stay here, you won't see your mom." Kalea Tawar. Because he knew, not many adults would visit the freezer area let alone this early.

It didn't take long for the girl to nod her head while wiping away the tears that had soaked her cheeks. Kalea reached out to help the boy get up. He was amazed when the little hand was in his hand. Instantly he felt he could understand the feelings of mothers who did not want their children to grow up quickly. Because just by holding small hands like this, it was able to make Kalea's heart feel calm.

They then walked to the information site after Kalea picked up some ice cream from the freezer and gave the child a chocolate-flavored piece.

While eating chocolate-flavored ice cream in hand, the boy went with him wherever Kalea's footsteps took him. Until finally their steps stopped when a voice called and made them turn their heads in unison.

Seriate