MY FOSTER SON

Instant Noodles

Knocking the door from behind Kalingga's door, Jojo comes carrying a glass of warm milk while asking the man. Although Jojo doesn't understand what's really going on, he can quite understand Kalingga's feelings when he hears what Kai has to say.

"I'm fine, Jo. Thank you," said Kalingga.

After confirming Kalingga's condition, Jojo returns to the kitchen, and sets off with Kylan, who has just returned home from work.

"Hey, are you hungry?" jojo asked Kylan.

"No, what are you cooking?" kylan asked, he sat on the dining chair while moving his head to the right and left due to the uncomfortable neck.

"Sister Kalingga bought a pizza," Jojo replied, he immediately picked up the pizza and warmed it in the microwave.

"It looks good, I'm gonna take a shower. Just take the pizza to my room, my body really needs a break, Jo!" kylan Pinta.

"Ah, fine. Go."

Jojo did as Kylan asked, after the pizza was warm enough, he delivered the pizza to Kylan's room and put it on the table while the man was taking a bath. Jojo also makes a glass of warm milk for Kylan, like being a parent, Jojo tries to be fair in treating all of his foster children.

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Early in the morning, Jojo suddenly woke up from his sleep because he heard a noise from the kitchen. Jojo comes out of the room, he slowly peeks towards the kitchen, holding the handle of the broom, Jojo tries to anticipate if there are thieves entering his house.

From behind, Jojo sees a man sitting crouching like he is doing something. Because the lights were only partially lit, Jojo could not recognize the man's back. Slowly, carefully and without making a sound, Jojo thrust a broom at the man.

"Hey, thief, huh?" jojo asked, he prepared with a broom handle in hand and swung it at the man. Due to the quick question and movement, the man who was sitting crouched down was unable to avoid the sudden rush.

"Joojo, Jojo. It's me!" the man shouted in pain.

"Good Keenan, what are you doing at this hour?" jojo asked, he was surprised and relieved that the man was Keenan.

"I just got home, wanted to cook instant noodles, but the egg slipped on my hand and fell off," Keenan replied, apparently the man crouched on the floor to clean up the fallen and broken eggs.

"Ah, thank goodness. I thought you were a thief, brother," said Jojo breathing a sigh of relief. "Sorry I hit you, brother. Is anyone sick?"

"Fortunately I am a tough guy, I can't get hurt just by the broomstick" Keenan replied, chuckling.

Besides being handsome, Keenan is a cool person, he always treats Jojo like a friend, invites him to joke or tease like a brother.

Jojo asks Keenan to sit quietly in the dining chair, he takes over the task of cooking instant noodles soup with two eggs plus vegetables.

Keenan happily waited, in just a few minutes, the desired food was served.

"Next time you can wake me up, brother. Don't cook yourself" Jojo said.

"Ah, before you're here. I'm used to doing everything myself" Keenan replied.

"At first I thought we could live independently without the help of others, in fact since you've been here, we've been very helpful. We also do not need to make a fuss when ordering daily food or rotating who should clean the house every morning," explained Keenan.

"Oh, yeah. You no longer need to be in touch with our mama about your salary as a maid in this house, Jo. We'll pay you every month, don't worry, we know what you promised" Keenan said.

"Why indeed?" jojo asked, although it felt impolite to talk about something like this, Jojo was quite curious.

"Hmm, we just don't like mama getting involved and meddling in our affairs. We are used to living independently and taking care of everything ourselves. But, we thank you for sending you. Previously there had been two maids who resigned because they did not feel at home working here, it must be because of Kai's unsettling attitude," explained Keenan again.

Jojo has no idea what happened to the family, nor why the foster children seem to dislike Merlinda, their own mother.

However, Jojo did not want to know too much. He is quite a loyal listener every complaint of his foster children. For Jojo, there was no need to find out what he should not know, whatever the reason the four men hated Merlinda, they must have their own reasons.

Jojo sits across from Keenan, the man eating voraciously while telling his busyness starring in one of the big screen films that tells the story of romance and love triangle.

"Have you seen my movie?" ask Keenan.

"Some, I just watch movies on television. I've only been to the movies a few times" Jojo replied. Instead of the money he used to watch movies in the cinema, it was better to use it for daily meals, he thought.

Keenan just nodded his head slowly. Little does he know about Jojo's difficult economic situation, living away from his parents and financing his own education is certainly not an easy thing.

Keenan finished the noodles in his bowl until there was nothing left. He washes his own bowl because seeing Jojo put his head on the table, the girl still looks tired and sleepy.

After washing the dishes and hands cleanly, Keenan approached Jojo who was seen sleeping in a sitting position.

"Jo, you have to sleep in the room" Keenan said softly. But Jojo did not respond, it seems that the girl is already sound.

"Hey, are you really sleeping?" keenan asked, he shook Jojo's body slowly. Tired, Keenan finally decided to leave.

Keenan walked towards the stairs, he wanted to rest because tomorrow morning he had to go back to work. However, he anxiously leaves Jojo sleeping in an uncomfortable position. What if the girl falls off the chair?

A feeling of worry and heartlessness enveloped his heart, Keenan finally returned and held Jojo, moving the girl to the sofa in the living room. At the very least, Jojo did not sleep in a sitting position.

It's been almost a month that the girl has been working in this house, taking care of Keenan and his three brothers. Do almost all the homework yourself, cook to clean the garden.

Kalingga began to reduce the work of Mr. Lin because now there is Jojo who helps. Like it or not, the presence of Jojo brings a new atmosphere in this house, a more crowded atmosphere, a house that is always clean, there is no more commotion about buying what food and who should pay for it. Or even a small quarrel because they do not want to clean the house in rotation.

At five o'clock in the morning, Jojo wakes up on the living room couch, feeling confused and forgetting how he could end up sleeping here.

Jojo stretched his body, circulating his gaze around him. Apparently all her foster children are still sleeping and the state of the house is still quiet. Walking lazily, Jojo returned to the room to clean up and prepared to start his work.

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