Loving Assistant Mom

16

"Can I help you?" edwin asked with an expressionless face. 

"Deliver this letter to Meisya, please pass it to the department office tomorrow," James handed Edwin the brown envelope. Edwin accepts and ....

"Maybe we need to talk, right now," Edwin walked out of Meisya's apartment and stepped ahead of James.

James walked quietly behind Edwin, following where Edwin was going. Arriving at the apartment gazebo, Edwin sat down and James sat in front of Edwin.

"There is something I need to tell you, that I am a lover who in two more years or maybe less, will be the husband of Meisya, I see the unpredictability of your relationship with my lover, he said, I don't accuse you but my little heart says, if you like Meisya" Edwin said calmly, his eyes not out of James's face.

James was seen holding his breath and gulping his saliva. He moved his face, looking at Edwin's face.

"I do love Meisya, but there is no intention in my heart to snatch it from you, from the very beginning we were friends, he said, he has said that you are his first love and that no one can take your position from his heart, even if I could take it from you, it would be useless for me, I'll just have his body, not his heart and soul" James got up and stepped up leaving Edwin still stunned in the gazebo.

Slowly James moved his foot. His mind went nowhere, Mei I lied to Edwin, if, if I could, if I wanted to take you away from Edwin, take you away from his side and we lived happily together, today I want to leave Mei, I want to, two weeks I'm going to Korea to be a guest lecturer there, alright you are Meisya, I definitely miss you. James kept his feet. He will try for two weeks to remove the shadow of Meisya from his eyes, maybe two weeks at Hankuk University can help him gradually forget Meisya.

***

"Where did you come from, last May cariin, buy what in the future, is it all complete?" ask Mei while stepping into the kitchen.

"It's from James, leave it to the department's office he said," Edwin handed Meisya a brown envelope. May's shocked, when did James get here?

Meisya wanted to ask Edwin a lot but her little heart forbade. Mei receives a brown envelope and puts it on the table in her room.

Mei stepped into the kitchen while curling her long hair and tightly clamping it. Mei started preparing the seasoning for cooking the soto, Edwin looked at her from a seat not far from where Mei was cooking. Various feelings raged in Edwin's heart after his conversation with James. How did James know if he was May's first love, whether James ever expressed his feelings, where, at what time. Whatever it is thank you Mei for telling James directly. Whatever Meisya said to James, at the time of how the two of them were. It's Ed already. Meisya still prefers you.

Edwin gasped in shock as Meisya was already by his side and patted her on the shoulder. 

"Heh kaaan brother daydreaming, why sit in the kitchen trus daydreaming, benar ya patient that the chicken is still in the soft, the season is also ready, the safest again, nih soto was ready," Meisya patted Edwin's still silent cheek and looked at him. Mei raised her face, looking at Edwin who was sitting down.

"You love me, don't you Meisya?" ask Edwin suddenly. There is a sense of pain in Mei's heart that somehow comes along when questions from Edwin arise. Meisya's eyes glazed over.

"Why did the question suddenly come up, brother, is it because James is here, then why would I beg you here if I don't have any feelings for you?" tanya Mei was still looking at Edwin with a strange look.

"What did James say to that question from my brother?" ask Meisya again. Edwin stood up and hugged Meisya. Carrying his head in his chest.

"I'm so afraid of losing you Mei, it took me five years to heal my heart from the wounds of loss, I don't dare to accept the reality of having to lose again, you know, you know, two days ago my new mama told me, if mama accidentally brought you home so you could heal my wounds, and mama succeeded," Edwin broke his arms, looked at Meisya's face, kissed her forehead Mei. Mei let go of her embrace and headed for the kitchen again. Readying the final stage of his cooking. Meisya was getting confused, what was between brother Edwin and James thought.

***

The morning of May was in the department office he handed the brown envelope to Mr. Edward.

"Finally he went to Korea thankfully everything was ready, so he just left" Mr. Edward stepped out of Meisya. May gasp, Korea? James didn't say anything, why so suddenly.

Mei rushes to get her phone, she calls James. Not picked up, has already departed Meisya thought. He called again, and James's voice sounded heavy...

I'm leaving Meisya, take good care of yourself

James Jaames's..

Then James' voice disappeared... Meisya felt empty of mind why suddenly James what is? I don't love you, but something's missing when you're gone, why James?

Meisya sat stunned in the corridor of the campus, she should have gone home, no more lectures, but Meisya felt heavy leaving the campus, she said, the millions of questions on Meisya's head made her peck at the place until two hours passed.

***

Meisya pressed the password of her apartment stepped slowly with an empty mind, until she was unaware of the gaze of Edwin who followed her since he entered into her room.

"Kaaak kakaaak," Meisya's cry resuscitated Edwin.

"There's nothing, ever since you came in, you've been here, in the dining room near the kitchen" Edwin said.

"Oh yeah, how can I not see?" Mei scratched her head.

"Where can you see if you dream, surely daydream James yes, have met your handsome lecturer?" edwin asked with an unsightly face. Mei was silent for a moment. He opened his eyes and looked at Edwin.

"Oh yaaaa, so you daydream, sad yes left by a handsome lecturer?" ask Edwin without a smile.

"No, brother, I'm the same James will be friends since the beginning of me here, a little he helped me in the beginning of college, try his own brother who digalam, try, if you have a good friend, you suddenly say, how do you feel trying?" meisya asked as she brought her face closer to Edwin.

"Sit here brother kasi knows, has never said brother, right, there is no pure friendship between a man and a woman, no, surely one of them will fall in love ato even the two of them finally attracted each other, and if you know, James said the same brother, if he loves you, if he loves you, he said, he also said that if he did not have the slightest intention to take you from brother, but brother is not sure of his words, brother remembered he was sampe belajain ngasi chocolate pas valentin, kak, is there no one else he can pack chocolates, trus letters to your majors as well, lah kapain until titipin to you, cook do not have fellow lecturers, he already doctor, he loh already doctor, must have had a lot of colleagues on campus," Edwin spoke a little fiery, Mei was a little afraid to see Edwin's face change.

"So stop being close to my dear James Meisya, I don't understand why he's trying to get away from this bad state, he realizes you already have, he said, but he still could not disappear you from his heart, James thought, with far away from you, he would be able to remove your shadows," Edwin clasped the finger of Meisya who was still staring at him in confusion.

"Your pretty face, your spoiled and sweet demeanor, makes anyone fall in love quickly with you," Edwin pinched Meisya's cheek gently.

"You know what, you're talking to me where James is?" ask Mei curiously.

"You don't need to know, obviously we've spoken, and he knows what my thoughts are" Edwin replied slowly.

"Sleep if you are tired, we do not need to go to Darling Harbour, we just walk around the apartment here, there are beautiful cafes, there are beautiful cafes, ato we just sit around to take a chair and sit on the balcony, hmmmm hmm?" Edwin was still looking at Meisya's face.

"I want to eat, brother," Mei passed leaving Edwin to the kitchen. 

"Oh my goodness, where is soto, I just have the panc, and I want to eat whataa?" Mei looks upset.

"Well last night after you cooked, brother ate, and then had breakfast, trus baruuuuu only you did not come from campus ya did not eat all of them, besides there was a chicken ungkep Meiii, you did not come, stay fried just bother," Edwin scratched his head that does not itch.

"It's outrageous, the pot soto is drained," Mei took out the fryer and started pouring cooking oil to fry the chicken.

"It's just a small pot, anyway," Edwin still defended himself.

Meisya is still stuck on Edwin who does not leave for him soto even though a little.

Finally cook fried chicken plus sambel plow Meisya version.

Meisya cool to eat until sweating because it was spicy, Edwin wanted to but if his stomach could not stand the spicy sambel, eventually Edwin just eat fried chicken chocolate with soy sauce without chili.

"Hmmmm is old, but the taste is spicy kok kayak kind of child," ledek Meisya.

"Biarin, the important thing about eating the way continues," replied Edwin while chewing with enthusiasm.

"Kaaak do not get used to, wonder even the brother who is eager to eat fried chicken," Meisya looks annoyed. Suddenly the door was knocked on and Meisya opened the door with her left hand, as her right hand was covered in chili.

Gavin's face appeared while grinning. 

"Borrow a backpack, no punya, a big pepper, invited camping class meetings."

"However, I'll take it first, who knows it fits, it's not that big, but it's bigger than a backpack to campus, wait here, there's my sister, you're on the spray again," Meisya lowered her voice. And step into his room.

"Who's May?"asked Edwin who washed his hands after eating fried chicken.

"Gavin sis, would like to borrow a backpack, make camping the same," Meisya replied from inside the room and went out again to meet Gavin.

"Now, it's just me, how?" ask Meisya.

"Hmmm yes, I borrowed May yes, hmmm three days ajalah, pack the rent?" ask Gavin to get stuck.

"Yes, pay for the front-of-the-campus food truck" Meisya said, shaking her head.

"Heh, you're a loan shark, yes you're skilled," Gavin brought Meisya's bag to his apartment.

Mei came in and continued eating. When finished he washed all the dirty dishes and dried his hands using a clean napkin in the kitchen. Then he went into his room and found Edwin's unusual face, holding his phone.

"What's up, brother?" tanya Mei was scared. Edwin gave the phone to Meisya's hand.

"There's a woman calling, she's confessing to James' mother."

And Meisya's face, turned pale instantly.