Miss Kissable & Mr. Strawberry

Birthday Cakes

A woman walks into a U.S.W food restaurant, carrying a square box in her hand. The woman then sat at one of the customer tables closest to the reception desk.

After he sat down and placed the square box on the table, a servant greeted him.

"Good morning, Mom. Welcome to our restaurant, please choose the menu!" said the waiter was friendly while putting the menu book in front of the woman.

"Thank you, but I'm not here to eat, I'm here to see your boss, Alexander" said the woman without receiving the menu book that the waiter handed over.

The waiter nodded and passed. A few minutes later, Alex came and approached the woman. Because before one of the servants told him that there was a woman who wanted to see him. Alex initially thinks Miss Kissable is coming, but after seeing the woman sitting behind him, Alex immediately knows who he is. Alex felt a little disappointed because it was not her Miss Kissable who came.

"Al!" greet the woman enthusiastically.

"Well, is mama here?" ask Alex lazy.

"Sit down yuk!" The woman who was none other than Alex's birth mother then stood up and pulled Alex's arm to invite him to sit.

"Al, mom, I'm sorry about the last incident. Mama didn't care about you, mama loved you, but it was mama-.."

"To the point, why did you come here?" Alex did not want to ruin his mood by discussing the incident at the club some time ago, which made him stressful at that time.

Mama Alex smiled, "Happy birthday Al, congratulations on the opening of this restaurant and everything you have now!"

"Mama is very happy, my mother's son is already big and now he can hold the responsibility as boss and CEO. Congratulations, son!" said mama again.

"You can just say it over the phone or via WA can, no need to bother here."

"Al.." said mama.

"Do you like your mom here? Mama has already expressed your desire to not come to the event last night, can you also not come here? Mama misses you, son"

"You're here to eat, call a waiter."

"Al, look! This is mama's bringing birthday cake for you." Mama opened the square box she was carrying and pulled out a pink tart with a sprinkling of whole strawberries on top.

Alex was silent at the cake, then glanced at the face of the mother who looked very happy. Alex chuckled, "Where have you been all this time? Tumben really giving cake, usually also say happy birthday just through chat right."

"Sorry mom. Al, mami made her own cake this morning, you can take this as my mom's apology."

"Bikin' himself?" alex's mind was filled, he was silent for a while while staring at the strawberry birthday cake in front of him.

"Strawberry cake, your favorite right!?"

"What's? Ma, mama gave Al a pink cake, there's more strobery. Don't be shy, Al men's time' is loved ginian!" alex ketus said.

"But you love strawberries, you used to.."

"First. That was ma, now Al udahgede' already do not like strawberries anymore. It's pink again, not really." said Alex as he slightly jerked the cake and looked at him ilfil.

Mama was silent, "What is it? I think Alex still likes strawberries, even though I've worked hard to make them. Strawberry fruit nyari early in the morning is also difficult, it turns out Al does not like." It's in the heart.

"Mama take home only the cake, just love it to the twins, fits this cake for girls?! Or not, just give to the girlfriend of the mama who is pretentious" Mama slightly gasped to hear it.

Countless times have Vanessa been hurt by her son's words and treatment. But Vanessa is self-conscious, it was she who made Alex turn into what he is now, if Alex to bad things to him then Vanessa is guilty.

Alex got out of his seat but his mother hurriedly stopped him. "Wait son, if you want to taste first yes cake! Mama made a special for you, son."

Mama Alex grabbed a special knife to cut the cake, and was about to cut the cake for Alex with passion.

"Ma, that's. Don't embarrass Al, there are a lot of customers. Mama want to give Al a cake that is a really gini girl?" Alex whispered a little, making mama then stopped from his activities.

Just a second mama looked up, met the view with her eldest son, Alex immediately went and left.

"Al's? Alex? Son?!" Alex did not respond at all and continued to move on.

Now mama can only stare at the empty birthday cake that she painstakingly made herself but was ignored by Alex, she put back the knife that had almost touched the cake.

(Flashback On)

Vanessa stands in front of the gate of the mansion she once lived in with her husband and son.

Tonight was a big and important event for his son. His son will be given great responsibility for some of the company's assets and shares, half of his father's property will be given to him as the sole heir. At this young age, his son will start running several businesses that will be needed to support his future.

Tonight is his son's birthday. But unfortunately, he could not see it. He could not accompany or see the happy face of his son in an important event tonight.

And long ago, Elfatt - her ex-husband - had given her the good news. Whatever their relationship was in the past, Alex was still Vanesa and Elfatt's son, and Vanessa had the right to know all about her son, and Elfatt himself also asked Vanessa to attend the important event for the sake of their son.

However, it turns out that Alex himself forbade Vanessa from attending. Alex didn't want to stand on stage with his mother, nor did he want to see her on the show. How sad Vanessa was when Alex asked her not to come, but Vanesa could understand that her son hated her. Vanessa realized that her past actions were too bad, she had disappointed Alex so much that she now had to accept the hatred of her son.

Vanessa realizes that even though she has repeatedly apologized and tried to repair her relationship with Alex, it is not easy for Alex to forgive her.

All this time, maybe Alex thought his mother had forgotten him or his mother was happy for his suffering. But no, Vanessa took off Alex not with pleasure. Vanessa was forced to choose between her marriage and her son, or choose her love and her twins.

And he chose to sacrifice his marriage and his son whom he loved dearly. Of course it was heavy, very heavy for Vanessa.

Now, he regretted his choice. The man named Vino whom he loved dearly, whom he had always been proud of, who was able to make him endure his love despite being married to another man, the man had abandoned him. In the past, Vino understood Vanessa so much, they loved each other and accepted each other's shortcomings and advantages. Although after Vanessa married another man, Vino remained loyal and was able to survive a secret relationship with Vanessa for many years.

However, when she learns Vanessa is pregnant with her child, she no longer wants to survive their affair. Eventually Vino asks Vanessa to end her marriage to Alex's father, then marries him. When Vanessa objected to his request, Vino gave Vanessa a choice. The first is if Vanessa chooses to keep her marriage, then Vanessa will have to give up their baby for Vino to take care of herself later after the baby is born, and Vanessa will lose Vino and the baby forever.

And the second option, if Vanessa chooses to keep their baby, Vino will definitely marry Vanessa and create the dream household they've always dreamed of. But, Vanessa has to let her marriage crumble, which means also destroying her son's happiness.

Eventually Vanessa makes a second choice, destroying her marriage and the happiness of her son. But after 4 years, in fact the dream of a happy household with Vino was destroyed. About a year ago they officially divorced, Vino left Vanessa with their 2 twins, Sita and Fita.

In fact, when papa Alex found out Vanessa was pregnant with the twins, papa Alex still wanted to accept her, even papa Alex would accept and care for the baby she was carrying even though it was not her flesh and blood. But Vanessa's love for Vino makes her prefer to leave her husband who sincerely loves her.

Now Vanessa is sorry, because she has destroyed herself. Her dream marriage that only lasted 4 years was destroyed. she also made her twins continue to grieve and it certainly made her heart broken. All that happened was his fault, because it was he who had destroyed his household with the harmonious father Alex first, even though he did not love her husband.he also destroyed the happiness of his son Alex, who also destroyed the happiness of his son Alex, until now he could only see the hatred in Alex's eyes.

Over the past year, Vanessa has been trying to make amends, trying to win Alex's heart back and get an apology from her son. 4 years apart with Alex, 4 years of age Vanessa also held back her longing for her son.

And tonight, Vanessa's great hope will be to see and accompany her son at the important event, now that hope is dashed. Alex does not want his mother to be there, even Alex thinks that the presence of his mother will only damage the atmosphere. Even though Vanessa knows Alex hates her, still every time Alex says something like that especially when Alex stares at her hatred, Vanessa feels heartbroken.

Right now, he could only cry, stand in front of the gate of Alex's house and look up where Alex's room was. He looked at Alex's room as if he was staring at his son's face. Vanessa's gaze deepened, to the point that her fond memories of being with Alex in the past re-spinned in her mind like a projector.

Vanessa was silent for a long time, only her tears spoke, explaining the feeling that was building up in her heart.

The next day, Vanessa went to the market early in the morning. Because since last night I had intended to make a birthday cake for Alex, Vanessa is now exploring the market so early. she had to look for ingredients to make her cake in the traditional market, because this early morning the mall or other shops have not opened.

Afterwards, Vanessa eagerly went to the kitchen and made a cake for her son who is having a birthday today.

(Flashback Off)

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"Nia, what are we doing here?"

"Yes eat, Kay. I'm the laper, we'll eat first! It's a new restaurant open today, there's a promo price too, Kay."

As it is Sunday, Kayla and Nia plan to visit the public library together. Nia also invited Kayla shopping for their school camping later, even though the camping is still two weeks away. Yes Kayla yes, it is good enough to take advantage of the time on Sunday.

That was what they had planned since yesterday, but this was nothing but something unplanned that Nia had done first. After picking up Kayla, the plan was that they would both go to the library first, but this Nia instead took Kayla to a restaurant and took her out to eat.

Kayla grunts a smile at the behavior of this fellow. Though it was not yet 9am, Nia was already hungry again. And what makes Kayla feel funny too, Nia does not know that the restaurant they came to is Alex's. If Nia knew, she must have been excited herself, but Kayla had no interest in telling Nia.

While enjoying her snack, Kayla circulated her gaze to the entire spacious room. Kayla was here last night, but it was a big event and the decor of the room was certainly different from today. Some wall hangings are still installed in some places, and it seems to be left as an object to beautify the look of this new restaurant.

Kayla frowned when her brown bead caught a familiar figure on the other end. Kayla is not surprised if she is here, she is the owner of this restaurant. But Kayla was curious about the woman sitting opposite Alex, and it felt like Kayla had seen her.

Kayla fixed the location of her glasses so she could see carefully whether the woman was crying? Their distance was quite far considering that this place was very spacious, Kayla was sitting in the middle of the room while the woman was at the end, precisely in the eastern part of the room and closest to the reception desk.

"Eh, that's Alex's mom, right?" kayla murmured in her heart. "He's crying? What the fuck is Alex, why is her mom crying?"

Kayla's curiosity is getting tickling, Kayla feels she has to find out what happened. Kayla moved out of her seat.

"Kay, where are you going?"

"I'll go there first, a minute! You just ate it, I'm done."

Nia nodded as she chewed her food, "Don't be long huh! I'm almost done with it." Nia half-screamed as Kayla walked further and further away from her.

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"Assalamu'alaikum, Auntie!"

"Wa'alaikum greetings." replied Alex's mama as she wiped her tears and looked up.

"May I sit down?" ask Kayla carefully.

Mama Alex looked at Kayla from toe to head, then nodded doubtfully while frowning in confusion.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Alex's friend, Auntie." said Kayla as he was.

"Oh." said Alex's mama look cute.

Kayla did not see the happy look on Alex's face even though Kayla was already smiling.

"Well..aunty bawain birthday cake for Alex huh?" Kayla asked trying to melt the atmosphere.

Mama Alex looked at Kayla doubtfully, "You're Alex's friend?"

"lya aunty."

"Nearly what is Alex?"

"Not too close, we're one school but another class."

"Oh, you know who I am?"

"Tante... Alex's mom, right?"

"Hm, and you know that Alex's birthday today?"

"yes, I was at the show last night."

Mama Alex raised her eyebrows slightly. "This child is present? He must be pretty close to Alex, because Mas El said Alex didn't send his friends to the show last night." he murmured inwardly.

"Sorry aunt, I nyamperin aunt because I saw aunty... cry." said Kayla hesitated.

Since then Alex's mom's style of speaking looks indifferent, so Kayla feels awkward and hesitant to talk.

Mama Alex chuckles, "Oh huh? You're watching me?"

"I was sitting there just now, not too clear, but... is it because of Alex?"

The look on Alex's mama's face changed a little, but she seemed to be holding something back, Kayla thought. Mama Alex just chuckled in response to Kayla's words earlier.

"Sorry aunt, did Alex hurt Aunt again?" ask Kayla to the point.

Mama Alex gasped and interrupted a little dislike of Kayla. "What do you mean? You think Alex can do that?"

"I'm not close to Alex, but I know him. I'm sorry if my aunt thinks it's presumptuous, but if Alex is sick to aunty's heart, I can't keep quiet. I saw myself earlier Alex nolak fitting aunty want to cut the cake."

Alex's mom's gaze was the same. "Em. sorry aunt, if your aunt Alex has a problem-.."

"I was wrong about cake!" mama Alex sounded cold.

"meaning?"

"Let's see, when my son gave me this cake!"

Kayla looked closely at the pink cake filled with strawberry toppings. "What's wrong with the cake? Alex likes strawberries." Kayla murmured softly but could still be heard by Alex's mother.

"Alex used to love strawberries, but not anymore, he's big."

"Did Alex say that?"

"Hm."

"I don't know what her problem is, why she lied to her own mother, but Alex still likes strawberries, aunty."

Mama Alex raised her eyebrows in disbelief.

"yes, Alex still really likes strawberries, last night she said it herself."

"But Alex refused the cake?!" mummy mama Alex confused.

For a while the two fell silent, until Kayla saw something between the nails of Alex's right hand. Something pink was exactly like the cake in front of the two of them.

"Tante... make your own cake?"

"yes, aunty thought Alex would be happy, and want aunty bribe, but it turns out.." this time the tone sounded soft and not indifferent like that again.

"Quiet aunt, I guarantee Alex will eat the cake! I'm sure, actually just as Alex saw this cake earlier he must have drooled. I think he refuses because of the prestige of doang deh" Kayla said with a smile, making Alex's mother curl her lips even though she was still confused.

"You sure?"

"He'em, sure aunt."

"But how do you think mastiin Alex wants to eat his birthday cake? He just refused directly." Kayla smiled knot.

"I have an idea, I'm sure it works. Alex must have eaten the cake until he was, alone!"

Mama Alex became curious about the words of the girl in front of him, this child was so sure Alex wanted to eat birthday cake made by Alex's own mother, but it was clear that Alex had refused.

And this kid also said that Alex would spend his birthday cake alone?

How is this kid going to convince Alex to eat his birthday cake, even spend it alone?

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... Seriate...