Me, What It Is

CHAPTER 25 ~ Hugging You Erat ~

Reana wakes up at dawn, after fulfilling her duty the girl steps out of the room. His eyes immediately focused on Nico who was still sound asleep. Slowly the girl approached and sat down on the living room carpet while looking at the peaceful face of Nico in her sleep.

Reana smilingly stared, her hands flicking the strands of hair of the man.

Still not awake, maybe last night brother Nico can not sleep, brother Nico certainly not used to sleep outside, whispered Reana heart.

It's true Nico couldn't sleep last night but not because he wasn't used to sleeping outside. But because the man was engrossed in a smile of his own staring at the door of his room now inhabited by Reana.

It was like a dream, the girl was in her room right now. If he wasn't sure between fantasy and reality, maybe Nico had gone into the room to prove that she was actually asleep there.

But no, Nico was sure Reana really existed, actually being in her apartment, even before going to bed the girl gave a kiss on her cheek. Until now the kiss was still felt, Nico returned his own smiles. Nico is secretly grateful that Reana's mother kicked him out.

At dawn Nico fell asleep, unable to endure his sleepiness.

"Sir, this morning I went to college, I went home looking for a new hostel" said Reana slowly, as if asking permission from the man.

Reana said slowly, very slowly, but it was enough to wake Nico up. The man immediately grabbed Reana's hand which was about to move into the kitchen.

"What do you want? looking for a new hostel?" nico asked as he sat down, his eyes still half-open.

Reana nodded. Nico pulled the hand of the girl sitting next to him.

"I can't stay here forever, right?" reana asked back.

"But this was last night why the rush?" asked Nico who was still lazily waking up, his body looks tired.

Reana was silent, the girl did not want to argue about the man who looked still limp.

"You went to college this morning, right? I'm getting ready first" Nico said, waking up heavily.

"Sister, it's dawn now, why get ready now?" ask Reana to remind.

Nico glanced at the glass window of the apartment, only then did the man realize, it was still very dark out there.

"Then I borrowed the bathroom for a while, yes" said the man had begun to fully realize.

Reana just smiled. While Nico is into the room, Reana walks into the kitchen. Open a large refrigerator in the clean kitchen.

It was beyond suspicion that Reana thought that the contents of the male refrigerator were just all sorts of soft drinks, coffee or milk. But it is filled with all kinds of food ingredients in packaging. Vegetables are also available.

Did Nico cook himself? ask the girl in your heart.

Reana finally decided to cook fried rice for breakfast this morning. Cook enough rice and then prepare the ingredients for the fried rice seasoning. The girl began to busy cooking fried rice complete with shrimp and fried chicken. Not to forget the girl prepared orange juice to increase appetite.

Before long Nico appeared, his face brightly shining. Reana smiled glancing at the handsome face of the man. Nico went straight to the dining table, looking at the row of dishes that had been served, impatiently the man immediately sat down to get ready to eat.

Actually it was too early for breakfast but because last night stayed up, since last night the man was hungry again.

"Let's eat" Nico asked Reana who was still standing looking at him.

"Breakfast this early ?" reana asked in surprise, even outside it was still dark.

"But I'm so hungry and the smell of your cooking makes me hungrier, you have to take responsibility" Nico said.

"Yes well, let's eat" Reana said, cheered by Nico.

Reana sat down in front of Nico.

"Sorry, brother, I have been presumptuous to cook without sister's permission" said Reana has not started eating.

"Mmm, no problem, it's me who feels bad, I should cook for you" said Nico eat so voraciously.

"Silver cooks themselves? in the fridge are so many groceries" asked Reana.

"That's for Rommy, I mean those friends from yesterday. If they stay here sometimes like to get bored buying outdoor food and ask to be cooked with Rommy. So I just prepared the ingredients, Rommy cooked" Nico told me.

Reana nodded in understanding.

"Sister Rommy pinter cook ya?" reana asked while bribing her fried rice.

"Mmm.. smarter you anyway, your cooking is better" replied Nico after thinking for a while.

"Apaan, that's because all the ingredients are delicious, I just stay mixed" said Reana protested with Nico's assessment.

"But after all the wife's cooking is still better" replied Nico at will.

Reana pouted, her face blushing.

"Morning has been served a good breakfast, mmm. It feels like having a wife" continued Nico, looking at the girl's reddish face, smiling.

Nico loved looking at Reana's blushing face. The girl pretended to be careless to finish her food.

"Sister, where can I wash my clothes?" reana asked to try to divert the conversation.

"Laundry" answered Nico briefly.

Reana breathed a heavy breath, the man's life was not spared the cost. It pays nothing, it costs nothing, but maybe it's what life is like, plus it's all for the care of Nico's expensive clothes. Expensive items, of course, maintenance costs are also expensive.

"You want to wash yourself ?" asked Nico, and immediately replied to a nod by Reana.

"The door beside the kitchen set, there is a laundry room" replied Nico smilingly pointing to the door beside the kitchen.

Reana immediately sparkled, finished breakfast with the spirit of the girl immediately cleaned up their former breakfast. As usual Nico who tries to help, is strictly forbidden by Reana.

With her travel bag the girl walked into the door that Nico pointed to. The girl had not had time to wash her clothes that had been used in college, but had been told to leave her boarding room.

"Well, it's so spacious, it's unexpected that in the apartment there's a room like this, wider than my boarding room" Reana exclaimed after being in the room.

There is a washing machine and a hanging cabinet to store detergents, soaps and other cleaning equipment. On the wall is also available iron trellis provided for hanging clothes by using a hanger.

Reana put dirty clothes into the washing machine, but still confused how to operate.

Nico appeared from the back side, looking at Reana's dirty clothes with a smile. Then the man pressed the power button, the engine reacted shortly after and Nico added liquid detergent and fragrance, pressed the start button, then the man left it, just like that, grabbing Reana's hand and taking the girl back to the middle room.

"Why rush to find a hostel, you don't feel at home here?" ask Nico to the point, after sitting on the living room sofa.

"It's not so big brother, but I can't be forever ngerepotin brother Nico.

After all, women and men living in a room like this is not in accordance with our norms and culture, I don't want one day we can have problems because we live together like this" reana said at length.

"Well..all right... miss Reana, today I will not let you find a new host, but I do not want you to carelessly choose because you want to rush out of here, understand?" ultimatum from Nico.

"Or I find an apartment in this building, I believe there are still empty apartments" proposed Nico.

"No way I can afford it, a simple boarding house is sometimes still late" Reana replied with a small laugh.

"I bought one for you" said Nico as if making things up but his expression showed seriousness.

Reana smiled gently.

"Who does not use money to buy an apartment? old man's money? what do they think about knowing their child is wasting money on a girl they don't know and maybe don't even like" Reana said, staring gently at Nico, give understanding to that man.

Nico breathed heavily. It's like having a burden of not being able to help Reana.

"Don't want to nemenin I nyari kost-an right ? nico no college today ?" reana asked with a cheerful face, the girl did not want her problem to burden Nico.

Nico shook his head.

"I have no activities, you finish college later we look for boarding houses together yes" said Nico back cheerful, while Reana nodded with a smile.

Reana walks towards the DPRD bench, after her two college eyes are over, the girl plans to wait for Nico under the shade tree. The girl was stunned to see Nico who sat pensively alone, no friends who used to accompany her.

In the final semester there are not many activities on campus, in addition to thesis guidance only a few courses are still left behind. That's why Nico is not much more activity on campus. And also with his friends.

Reana walks towards Nico who is still waiting. Although around him many girls who glance or make it as an object of conversation that is not endless discussed.

But Nico never stood up, never cared, the focus was just waiting for Reana. The girl smiled as she reached Nico. The man immediately stood up to grab Reana's hand. Immediately taking her away, her expression did not show the boredom of waiting.

Nico drove Reana wherever they heard the boarding room available. None of them passed the Nico criteria. The man refused for various reasons.

From a place too far away, the room is too narrow, hot, unsafe environment. Even once, had not had time to get to the boarding house because some students around who whistled teasing Reana, Nico immediately pulled the girl's hand, stopped seeing the boarding.

The road together is still tempting, what if Reana's own way, inner Nico.

That's how their activities in recent days, Nico did not get bored - his boss drove Reana looking for a boarding room. From north, to south, from west to east, but it is still difficult to find boarding rooms that fit the Nico criteria.

Reana could only shake her head as Nico looked around for reasons of rejection. Sometimes Reana feels that Nico is just looking for an excuse to keep the girl from moving out of her apartment.

Usually, after arriving at the apartment, Nico will discuss the locations they came to and show how lucky Reana was for not moving to the place they saw earlier with various made-up reasons.

Reana can only take a deep breath, in her heart maybe one day she will find her own new boarding room. Because there's no sign Nico will let him move out of this apartment.

And it was customary for Nico to take Reana to college and pick her up to find a boarding room and take Reana to work at the restaurant and pick her up again.

Reana really felt bad for always bothering Nico, but the man never felt bothered that he did all that happily.

The only thing Reana can do to repay Nico's kindness is to make him breakfast, lunch or dinner. Clean the apartment as much as possible.

Although Nico always forbid Reana clean-up because there is a duty to do homework like that. But the girl can't just sit still, while Nico prefers if the girl just sits with him.

Like tonight after dinner Reana cleans all those dirty dishes and cleans the kitchen. Nico suddenly appears stretching a necklace in front of Reana.

A necklace with a heart-shaped pendant curved exactly like the mobile phone hanger that Reana chose for their mobile phone toy both.

It was clear the necklace was reserved by Nico specifically for Reana. Reana was glued, Nico put the necklace around her neck. Reana clasped the locket with both hands.

Wh why? always giving me gifts, I need nothing, I have received enough of your kindness, Reana screamed as she touched the heart pendant that had been attached to her chest.

Nico flips Reana's body before him. Looking at the face of the girl who was down.

"Sister, why do you always give me this? I don't deserve it.." Reana's words were cut off, Nico's fingers crossed over the girl's lips.

Slowly Nico lifted the girl's chin then kissed Reana softly on the forehead, the girl closed her eyes. Feeling the softness of the kiss on his forehead. But Nico's treatment not only got there, slowly Nico's kiss dropped into Reana's eyes were still closed.

The girl trembled, Reana really did not expect, the heart of the girl pounding the kiss Nico slowly came down to the top of the girl's nose and ended up on her lips.

The man kissed Reana's lips repeatedly, as if it was never enough for her to feel the sweetness of the girl's soft lips.

Don't brother, don't go on, please stop, I'm afraid, I'm afraid we forgot ourselves, Reana screamed.

The girl's body trembled withstanding the opposition between letting Nico and enjoying the sweetness of the gentle kiss and the fear of forgetting themselves because they were alone in the apartment.

Reana admitted, many times she felt forgotten by Nico's gentle and friendly attitude, and she did not want to happen when there were only the two of them in this room.

Reana's eyes were still closed, both of her hands clasped tightly onto the pendant in her chest. His body was still shaking violently, Nico felt that tremor. And the man understood Reana's fear. Slowly release her kiss and hold the girl in her chest.

I won't force it if you don't want it, inner Nico.

Then she hugged Reana. Just being able to hug the girl was enough for Nico. The man closed his eyes soaking into the warm body of the little girl.

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