MAMA's Soul Secret

Feeling neglected

Waking up Joon steps into the bathroom, after which he continues to the kitchen, the morning a little quiet with the cold air that feels more soothing than usual, either because she is alone in the kitchen preparing breakfast, her anxiety arises when Shaina does not show up from the children's room which forces Joon to peek at the woman out from behind the door.

Long enough for Joon to wait for a female figure to appear until his cooking is almost finished then Shaina is present, he comes closer to Joon, although last night they argue.

"I'm helping you get to the table, okay?" Shaina said starting a conversation between those who had a moment of silence, she acted as if last night had never happened, even though Shaina could not hide her lethargic and lackluster look from Joon.

Joon nods a small nod in response to Shaina's question, occasionally glancing at the woman who looks calm but like a mine ready to explode at any time.

"I'm sorry" Joon said hesitantly, turning to Shaina for a moment.

Shaina briefly looked towards Joon then at the very back, busying herself with the presentation of their breakfast.

The awkward atmosphere was felt between the two of them.

"I'm sorry, last night I was angry with you guys" continued Joon, because previously he was sorry he could not respond to anything.

"Yes" said Shaina briefly, he turned his body towards the children's room.

Not long after Shaina left the kitchen was heard the sound of children coming out of the room, they were so carefree and happy, of course because their new bag was expensive, a gift from Darrell last night.

"Uncle, look! This bag matches Alice's suit?" Alice blocked Joon's way to the dining table for food.

Unaware of the innocent nature of the cute girl has lit the fire of Joon's anger back which has been extinguished.

"How's Uncle? Good right? Alice herself who chose to wear this shirt" continued Alice, she circled in front of Joon while playing her new bag.

Shaina captures Joon's displeasure with Alice's naive behavior, "Alice don't disturb uncle, let uncle sit down first so that he doesn't spill his porridge" Shaina said.

Joon briefly glanced at Shaina and then he returned busy with his breakfast menu.

"But Ma, Alice wants to be seen by her uncle" Alice's sergeant.

"Uncle!" A pair of tiny hands wrapped around Joon's waist who was already sitting on the chair, the owner of the hand was no longer Alfan. He continued to smile sweetly as he looked at the grown man, "unbelievably surprised, Alfan surprised?" Alfan asked Joon.

Joon is stunned as he rolls his eyeballs to the left and to the right, "yes of course uncle is very surprised because of Alfan" Joon chirped.

Alfan stretches out his arms from Joon, he rewinds his steps and turns his back to Joon, "Good uncle is Alfan's bag?" Added Alfan.

Joon was hissing and upset but he kept showing off his smile.

Shaina who finds Joon's writhing immediately tells Alice and Alfan to sit down to enjoy their breakfast before leaving for school.

"Alice put the bag on the sofa first let it not get dirty later" said Alice who made Joon's face come up and look at Alice.

"Alfan too!" Imbuh Alfan who ran after his sister made the look of Joon's eyes come after them.

He lifted his lips slightly as he muttered, "that little bag is that good?".

Shaina just sits quietly staring at Joon in front of her without voicing his opinion because he does not want the last night to happen again let alone this is still very early, especially, the children have to go to school feeling happy so that they stay excited while studying later, even Joon also has to work with good feelings without any more debate at home.

Joon and the kids blinked about going to their respective destinations but when he opened the door already stood the figure of the man he hated the most was Darrell who had done the movement of pressing the doorbell but Joon first open the door.

"Are you here again?" Seloroh Joon's.

Darrell with a friendly smile said, "i want to take the kids to school".

"Yeahhhh....! Uncle Darrell's here again!" Alice and Alfan exclaimed, they were surprised to see Darrell at their doorstep.

Darrell was on his back and opened his arms wide to not Alfan and Alice running towards him. But Joon quickly intercepted their hands at the door.

"Don't play games anymore! You have to go to school so you don't miss the bus" Joon sidelines, his expression last night back visible from Joon's face.

"Don't worry, today we will go together." Darrell told the boys.

"Horeee...! Alfan..." Alfan and Alice jump up and down in joy as Darrell is delivered.

"No need! We left together and took the bus as usual!" Sergey Joon.

Suddenly Alfan and Alice lower their faces combined with a sullen and disappointed expression, but Darrell again provokes Joon by saying he deliberately came from afar just wanting to take the kids to school.

Hearing that Alice and Alfan increasingly want to ride in Darrell's car and Joon no longer forbid them, he does not want the children to hate him just because Darrell is like a hero of misfortune.

Inevitably Joon lets them tag along with Darrell, riding into his luxury car that is already parked on the shoulder of his home road.

Shaina only notices them and does not want to interfere in the family's affairs, let alone knowing Joon is unstable.

Joon could only stare at Darrell's car with the children passing him as he walked towards the nearest stop from his house, gasping in anger as he watched the car soar in front of him.

Getting off the bus, Joon does not go straight to the cafe but catches up with the kids to school, where he gets a scene that really makes his blood pressure rise.

Darrel is introduced to all of Alice and Alfan's schoolmates as their Uncle.

Suddenly the children scolded them, "waaa...! Your uncle's a rich man, too" chirped one of them because they saw a nice car and Darrell's office man.

Joon continues the trip to the cafe on foot with a chaotic feeling. Because of last night's problems and continued this morning Joon so not excited at work so he often makes mistakes that make him angry by his boss.

Because of spilling water and coffee grounds, breaking the cup that was released from his hand even he accidentally nudged the other employee.

Harris was also curious about Joon's unusual circumstances.

"Why did you get fucked up anyway? You don't usually mess up" said Harris.

"It's nothing just because it's messed up again maybe" Joon replied.

After work all the employees get ready to go home as well as Joon, but on the way home he stops in front of the cake shop to buy the favorite cakes of children and Shaina.

"They must be happy to see this cake" Joon muttered, smiling broadly at the cake in his hand and imagining the smiles of Shaina and the children as he returned home.

His quick steps suddenly stopped, when a car parked in front of his house had caught his attention. The car was no stranger to him, and the sound of laughter from inside his house made him clench tightly.

Just a step he stepped on the floor of his house, he was presented with a view that sliced his heart. Darrell was cleaning the tip of Shaina's lips with a tissue that was dirty because of the cake she had eaten.

Shaina moves away from Darrell, staring at Joon who just came home.

"Uncle, try here, we ate a cake brought by Uncle Darrell, it tastes so good, let's eat!" Alfan approached Joon.

Joon sees all his family members start or even very familiar with Darrell, they all seem happy with the presence of Darrell is no exception Shaina even though he looks silent, but he is very happy, joon caught the woman smiling as Darrell's hand approached his lips.

"You guys eat" Joon replied.

"Why Uncle? It's so good" Alice interrupted, she came closer to Joon and pulled Joon's hand while whining, "let's uncle! Comeon! C'mon uncle....!"

"Stop Alice! Release him! I'm tired of just coming home!! If you want to eat, eat! Don't bother me!" Jerk Joon.

Shaina is aghast and stands up from her place, while Alfan and Alice are frightened by Joon's attitude, Darrell who sees him is secretly on his back and immediately changes his expression with a confused face when Shaina turns her eyes on him.

Joon walks into the kitchen with his hands carrying the cake he bought. Not long after, Shaina followed her into the kitchen.

"Today the cafe must be rame huh?" Shaina asked trying to melt the atmosphere.

Joon did not deny it, he put the cake that he bought earlier on the table and poured water for his drink. Shaina opened the package that Joon brought earlier, a happy expression immediately sticking out of his face

"Waaww more cake! I keep it first, huh? Tomorrow we eat" Shaina said, but Joon just glanced at her.

After saving the cake, Shaina takes some other pieces from the refrigerator and brings them to Joon's front.

"You ate this first, huh?" Shaina said with a big smile to Joon in front of her, "you just came home from work must not have eaten, so eat this a little to prop up your stomach" continued Shaina.

Joon is still unmoved from his place, he stares cynically at Shaina who is unceasingly smiling at him.

"Oh! So you want me to bribe? Okay, but this time, right?" Shaina glanced at him with a smile, raised her hand in front of Joon, "open your mouth, a..aaa.a.." a piece of cake was right in front of Joon's gritted mouth.

Joon is reluctant to open his mouth even though he bribed him, there he brushed off Shaina's hand until the piece of cake was fused with the kitchen floor.

"I'm not hungry" Joon said and he turned around, heading to his room.

Shaina stood stiffly staring at the shapeless piece of cake on the floor, as soon as the clear beads came out from the corner of her eyes. He immediately wiped it so as not to imprint and returned to the living room with others even Darrell who had not yet moved from his seat.

Shaina does not know what to do because Darrell shows no signs of coming home soon, inevitably Shaina invites Darrell to dinner together, although she is worried Joon has not yet come out of his room.

The sounds of the children's chatter and Darrell echoing through the dining room even rang out all the way to Joon's room. Joon who had changed clothes finished bathing sat on his bed, he looked riled up while clenching his hands, and held something in his throat that increasingly stifling.

After Darrell gets home, the children still laugh about their excitement with Darrell, but Shaina who still thinks about Joon who has not eaten dinner, tells the children to go to bed immediately, while he comes to Joon's room door.

"Joon, out! You haven't had dinner yet" Shaina said, knocking on the door.

But there was no reaction from inside the room, even though Shaina repeatedly called Joon.

Joon has just opened the door of his room for a long time when Shaina was already feeling sore because he was standing in front of the door for too long to persuade her.

"Let's eat, I've prepared dinner" said Shaina trying to be calm even though she got a different response from Joon.

Shaina is deliberately calm and friendly because she most does not like to get things done with anger, he knows Joon is unstable right now but at least one of them has to calm down so as not to cause more serious problems.

"I'm not hungry!!"

BUUKK!!

Joon violently slams on the door of the room, surprising Shaina.

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...Sorry yes if the part is too long and will feel bored reading it, it's because it began to approach the part-part ending, thanks for everything, sayonara👋👋...