
" Mark stops, followed by Joelin who returns to the lab to retrieve a pen and a piece of paper. Joelin left the place. Where is he going? it's no secret, all the lab residents know the answer. Joelin will definitely catch up with Mickey. The same thing that Mickey would do if now the culture room is Joelin.
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Colorful flowers decorate the path along the campus garden. Winter has changed with spring. Joelin inhales the air deeply and exhales it slowly. His regular footsteps were still walking down the road. The sweat on her facial skin increasingly supports the beauty of Joelin radiating out. His appearance is more perfect with hair that is left high. He was cool with the afternoon routine that had been in the last few weeks he was engaged in, afternoon sports.
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"Joelin where?" ask Si An on two creatures who are now cool with mobile games on their respective phones, things they often do in the afternoon before leaving the lab.
Mark moves his shoulders in ignorance, while Mickey chooses to be indifferent.
"Has he gone home?" ask An again.
"What's wrong?" ask Mickey who is getting upset with Si An who is busy looking for his wife.
"There's nothing, I just want to know where he is."
"Maybe it's an afternoon run." Mickey replied casually.
"You don't want to go home yet?" ask An again.
"Not yet."
"You Mark?"
"Wait a minute." replied Mark while looking for his car keys.
"Look home." take Mark to Si An, "We're first bro." Mark told Mickey who answered with a nod to the man.
It's been over 30 minutes since Mickey was engrossed in his cell phone, alone in the room filled by the empty desk.
"Where are they?" a very familiar voice greeted his hearing.
"Home home."
"My wife must be so tired" Mickey said, grabbing Joelin's hand.
"Hey, don't be reckless we're not home."
"It's just the two of us, baby."
"Mickey.." grunts Joelin upset with her husband's behavior.
"We better get home soon." Joelin said as she grabbed her briefcase and walked away from Mickey.
"Okay.." Mickey replied, trailing behind Joelin.
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Joelin sighed deeply, her eyes focused on looking at the thing in her grasp. With a disappointed face he wrapped the thing in tissue and threw it into the trash can in the bathroom. Next Joelin drenched her face and stepped out of the place. After successfully getting into bed, Joelin looked at Mickey's face with a feeling of guilt. After looking at Mickey, he decided to rush to the kitchen to start the day by preparing their breakfast and lunch.
After Joelin, Mickey slowly opened his eyes.
"What's wrong with her?" murmured Mickey who began to be disturbed by some changes in lifestyle and mood Joelin lately.
Suddenly his wife was routinely exercising and increasingly tightening the diet menu every day.
"Does he want to lose weight?" mickey asked as he moved into the bathroom before catching up with Joelin to the kitchen.
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Mickey pushed the grocery trolley carefully, while Joelin was clamoring over some of the vegetables on supermarket shelves.
"What are you looking for, baby?" mickey asked curiously, as he remembered they had passed through this area many times.
"eh.." replied Joelin lowly hearing Mickey's question. He himself was not aware that they had already passed through this area many times, even the grocery trolley that Mickey had driven was already filled with vegetables.
"You still want to buy something?" ask Mickey softly.
"eng.engak." replied Joelin hesitated.
"You why? Not feeling well?" mickey asked worriedly at his wife's dazed expression.
"I? Let's go home." replied Joelin ignoring Mickey's question.
The man caught up with Joelin, twitching his forehead.
"What's wrong? Did I make a mistake?" mickey's inner self is increasingly curious about Joelin's attitude.
After paying for their groceries at the cashier, Mickey and Joelin leave the supermarket.
Now Joelin is busy cleaning vegetables and fruit, and storing it in the refrigerator.
"Why you?" mickey asked as he hugged Joelin's waist from behind.
"hm?" joelin asked confused by Mickey's question.
"Darling, what's wrong with you?"
"You've been looking uncomfortable lately" Mickey said.
"Am I that?" ask Joelin.
"Yes." Yeah."
"I'm fine, baby."
"You're not okay."
"I'm okay, baby."
Mickey twisted Joelin's body and looked into her eyes deeply.
"You didn't say you were okay."
"Your feelings." - Joelin.
"At least tell me what you want."
"that's. mmmmm..." Joelin was hesitant to tell her the contents of her head.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing. I just feel like my body is too fat." replied Joelin. He's embarrassed to tell Mickey his current wish.
"Oh my goodness, baby. You're skinny like this feeling fat?"
"Yes." Yeah." Joelin nodded while putting on a spoiled face that looked adorable in Mickey's eyes.
"Continue?"
"If I get fatter, I'll be ugly and you don't love me anymore" said Joelin.
"Darling, I will always love my wife. Want you fat, skinny, messy when you wake up. ouch. aching dear" ringis Mickey felt a pinch of Joelin on his waist.
"Collapse when you wake up? who made me fall apart?"
"I'm kidding, baby."
"Not funny."
"But even if it's a mess you're still sexy in my eyes." seduced Mickey.
Joelin floated a golden tease on her husband's forehead. Followed by a chewy object that now landed on his lips.
"I'm sorry, honey, it's worried you. I just wish I could make you feel like you're a father soon." - Joelin.
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Today Joelin is testing the green table. His head has been a little dizzy since this morning. Mickey and Mark, who had their first thesis exam a week ago, were busy helping Joelin prepare for some of her exams soon. While Si An who was also the test today repeatedly squeezed his hands out of nervousness.
"You okay?" mickey asked worried about Joelin's pale face.
"i'm okay." replied Joelin.
"Your face looks fucked."
Joelin is heard by Mickey.
"Tell you, yeah." threatened Joelin.
"I mean you look very pale."
"Maybe because of fatigue." Joelin replied casually in her heart she said another.
"Maybe my wait is finally over, my body feels bad these few days." - Joelin thought expectantly.
"Dear spirit." whispered Mickey quietly and carefully so that only the two of them could hear.
"Good thanks" replied Joelin no less slowly.
The woman tried to win herself in order to face the examiners. Joelin's beating heart finally found a bright spot, now it's her turn to be tested. The girl presented her thesis deftly, and answered the questions of the examiners carefully. As expected when the announcement arrived, Joelin was declared a pass with satisfactory grades, 91 for her thesis.
Si An and Joelin alternately receive congratulations from classmates and the exam committee. Joelin breathed a sigh of relief as she grabbed her phone and sent word to her family in Indonesia, stating that she and Mickey had passed the final exam. Waiting until they meet again.
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Joelin took a long breath. Her eyes were staring at the pregnancy test that she was now holding. For months he had been struggling, and hoping. But the results remain the same, there are no signs of pregnancy. Graduation is fast approaching and Joelin is eager to give Mickey a special gift on their graduation day. She wants her pregnancy to be a gift to Mickey, but to this day the results are the same, negative.
If she had known this hard to get her pregnant, she probably wouldn't have taken the contraceptive pill. After wrapping the pregnancy test kit in her hand with tissue and throwing it in the trash, Joelin rushed to wash her face.
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