The Fate Or Destiny

Eps. 40. What's up Ben

Keke finished arranging the order cake in a white box with the Keke's Dessert logo. His eyes watched for a moment the few dus, ascertaining the condition of the cake and the neatness of the packaging, then he let out a sigh of relief because it could be finished on time. There are 2 types of cakes ordered this afternoon, cheese brudel and peanut filling biapong, soon the order will be taken by customers who have already. By late afternoon, it's time to take a shower and rest his tired body because of the routine throughout the day.

"finished finally. Tin.... Is your friend at work? If it's not so there's aunty Lenda acquaintance who needs work as well..."

"Later Titin seek certainty sis..."

"Today Tin. Our orders are more and more, Brother Keke wants someone special to handle this work. Aunty Lenda and Aunt Wisye focus on catering."

"Said aunt Wis, there's aunty Yul wants to go to work too..."

"Oh yes there are two people anyway. Brother Keke needs someone to help you make cakes and dessert..."

"That's it..."

"Hours work like you Tin. until the afternoon..."

"Yes, Titin's gonna call..."

"Yes, there must be certainty.we want to accept the order of several cafe cakes starting this month..."

"Yes, sister, after this, Titin called ya..."

"You who brought these boxes to the front, will soon be picked up."

"Yes sis..."

"Sir Keke wants to take a shower now..."

"Yes..."

Titin now works until the afternoon, helping Keke handle the order. Light snacks in the form of desserts, typical Manado cakes and other popular cakes that Keke tekuni runs more smoothly. There are only daily orders outside of routine orders. Now the type of light snacks he offers is increasingly varied and there is a unique creation of his own. Daring beginnings try new recipes then creatively modify the taste, shape, topping or content. Try selling the sample and it turns out that someone likes it.

Keke climbed upstairs, not yet at the last rung of the stairs a voice could be heard from the mouth of the stairs below. Keke...

"Guin..."

"Eh... sister?"

Unbeknownst to Lody had already climbed up with a smile on his face. Keke continued his steps as Lody got closer. Keke to the dispenser to take drinking water, he sometimes forgets this one need when he is busy working. Sometimes he remembers putting a tumbler on his desk, but today he forgot again, so his throat had been dry ever since.

"Sister took a bath..."

Lody said as he reached the top floor. Lody was getting more and more familiar just saying hello and behaving. He put his backpack on the couch.

"Oh well, let's keep the bathroom..."

Keke pointed at a door in the back corner, a bathroom for the kids and Rommel. In his room Keke had a private bathroom. The arrangement of space on the top floor is not complicated understandably not using architects as well as interior design. Three rooms are in one row from face to back. The family room is also connected with a dining room and a small kitchen without a partition. There is a small balcony at the front and there is a terrace to wash the sun in the back. Furniture is only as needed.

"OKs. Can you borrow a towel?"

"Ehh?"

Keke. He had no spare towels for others to use, no new towels anyway. Keke thought for a moment then stepped into his sister's room, picking up one of the clean towels from a pile of clothes still wrapped in laundry plastic.

"It's not a new towel but a clean one."

"So, I don't have soap..."

"Eh? In the bathroom there's liquid soap..."

"OK..."

Lody entered the bathroom and Keke entered his own room, which was located at the front, locked the door and entered the bathroom. Brother Lody more and more often stop at Keke shop, it seems every need in Manado he stopped by.

Keke is actually still stiff with the relationship of these brothers, but he does not want to be impolite by not ignoring the arrival of Lody's brother. He accepts Lody's presence but always with just a short conversation or short pleasantries.

One hour Keke in the room, meaning just lying down for a while, he fell asleep. Indeed, now he is not too worried about children, besides Rommel, the two aunts also pay attention to Via and Lisya. It was advantageous because he could have some time to rest, and it turned out that his body needed that.

While rubbing Keke's eyes out of the room, outside Keke's eyes adapted to the dim afternoon sunlight. He stepped up intending to look for the children below.

"Just wake up, Rens?"

There Benaya turned out, she did not pay much attention because there was no sound heard in the room when she came out of the room. Keke stopped and looked at Benaya who was sitting on the sofa.

"Here..."

His right hand waved gesturing for Keke to approach. A smile made him look handsome in Keke's eyes.

"Hey.it's Rens..."

Keke was dumbstruck by the smile or because he was not fully aware. Ben waved again...

"Iaaangggg.here."

Keke who regained consciousness threw a small smile back at Ben. With short steps he approached. As he was about to sit down Ben caught Keke's wrist and took Keke sitting beside him.

"Tumben sleeps late in the afternoon?"

"Don't know..was that want to straighten my back, straightness. Bens' brother was a long time ago?"

"Almost an hour..."

Ben replied after looking at the clock on the wall.

"Not home yet?"

"Yes, get here."

"If so, don't hug. Brother Bens hasn't bathed, still stinks of sweat, go home shower gih..."

Keke lowered Ben's arm around his shoulder.

"Hahaha.it could turn out you like that, funny... Usually aja plate.nih face minimal expression, minimal reaction, nih mouth minimal speech..."

Ben covered the entire surface of Keke's face with his hands. Keke moved his head trying to let go of Ben's hand stuck in his face.

Ben still laughed and deliberately put his hands together while Keke also tried to release Ben's hand on his face. Both of his hands were holding Ben's.

"Guin..."

"Yes brother?"

Keke distanced his body from Ben, staring at the brother's clumsy. Just remembered he had Lody here.

"Wake up?"

"Yes..."

Keke glanced at Ben whose face so quickly changed expression.

"I don't want to say goodbye, there's an event at the Five Point Hotel..."

Keke only realized his brother was now wearing a neat, long-sleeved batik intersecting slimfit that formed his body. Looks handsome wahh... Keke kept a smile realizing he had assessed the appearance of the older brother.

"Yes, be careful."

"Sister here. The show may be long. Brother lazy to go home to Tomohon, it's a very late night like just finished."

"???"

Keke stood up, walking after Lody who had already twisted his body and moved towards the stairs. Her brother did not ask for her consent, only to inform her. Keke wanted to respond but the older brother wanted to walk.

Where do you sleep? What time do you come back here? The question was stuck in the throat.

At the end of the stairs, Lody deliberately waited for Keke to follow him, for some reason Keke did that.

"So Ike's not waiting, but Ike fell asleep..."

"Ehh yes..."

Lody stared intensely at Keke, Keke looking down avoiding the gaze. In another part of this room there are those who stare dislike.

"So, I want to say something. Tomorrow, yes..."

"Oh..."

"So, I'm going to go..."

"Yes..."

Lody held onto Keke's shoulder for a moment and left a smile before descending. Keke turned towards the sofa again, sitting near Ben again.

"He's been here a lot now."

"Yes..."

"I don't like you hanging out with Rens..."

"Ehh? Who is deket... me?"

"Yes.you."

"You mean Bens? Where am I hanging out with Lody? What kind of a deck?"

"Your attitude towards him, I'm disturbed."

Keke stood up from his seat away from Benaya, something was working in his brain right now.

"What is my attitude like? I've known Lody for a few weeks, and by the way, where is my demeanor with her bothering Bens?"

"Like that..."

"What am I asking?"

"That one..."

Keke looked at Ben with annoyance even anger started to take hold of his heart. What is it with guys who are usually adults? Can't explain correctly what kind of attitude Keke had problems for him.

"Denger ya. I don't know how my attitude that Brother Bens does not like. But this is strange.he's my brother, he came here as my family. I've only been polite so far. I didn't expect them to exist, Papa and Lody's sister, but the truth is they exist. Please tell me, what kind of attitude I have to be..."

Keke now looked at Ben with an angry look, as well as the intonation of his voice. Ben's words raised anger in Keke's heart. Ben who heard Keke's voice was conscious, he was like opening a large waterway. He started this. Seeing Keke's emotions when angry at others, different from seeing Keke's emotions because of him.

He also did not understand why he had uttered that sentence. From the first moment he saw Lody, he felt something in his heart. Saving for a few weeks and was ignited when he came home from the office he saw Lody's car parked in front of the shophouse.

When he saw that Ben was silent and did not answer anything, Keke was getting more emotional.

"Go home!!"

"Mirror..."

"Go home now! I don't like Brother Bens here..."

Keke goes into his room leaving Ben unable to figure out what is happening within himself.

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Hii...

I tried to write a large series of conflicts for the two of them so that there is greget gituuu...

I turned out to be a writer who doesn't really like intrigue and complexity in a relationship.

Maybe also because my flying hours in writing are still mediocre hehehe, do not have the ability to manage conflicts and present attractively, so I decided to write as much as I can 🤗✌😌

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