The Mate of Teenagers

Part 20 Expressions of Taste

That night Rama picked up Raya who had just come home from work. Rama knows that Raya must be overtime. He stood up putting on a sweet smile as Raya walked over to him.

"Please princess" said Rama. Raya shook her head. He got into Rama's car.

"You hungry?" rama asked in the car.

"Morning"

"Want to eat something? we'll stop by for a minute at a store near here"

"All right"

Rama chose a shop that looks simple but crowded visitors. The food there is very good.

Raya sits sweetly at a small table in the corner of the tavern tent. He observed his surroundings, imagined by Raya if he had met Aska in the tavern. But darling, Aska couldn't have eaten at such a modest tavern.

"Why daydream?" Rama came to the Kingdom with a long tray of food they ordered. There was beef rib soup complete with potatoes, it was Raya's order while Rama ordered oxtail soup which he thought was very tasty.

"You eat here often?" tanya Raya while scooping the soup that is still hot.

"Lumayan often, sometimes I also come here with Aska and Jordan"

"really? Aska want to eat here?"

"Yes, why are you surprised? even Aska likes rib soup the best you've ordered"

Raya fell silent as she looked at the puff of smoke from her soup bowl. Aska the pretentious young master was apparently also eating in the same store.

"Has he not rebuked you?" rama asked seriously.

"Aska mean?"

"Who else?"

"No, he doesn't seem to remember me" Raya said with a smile but her heart ached.

Raya was nervous and put down her soup spoon. He turned his gaze away trying to avoid Rama's strange gaze on him.

"Jawablah, if you don't answer that means you still have a fondness for Aska"

"No, I've forgotten all" suddenly the sentence was triggered from the lips of Raya. He cursed himself why not be honest with Rama if he still harbors a love for Aska.

"Then do I have a chance to get closer to you?"

"Uhukkk!" It choked on the soup.

"Why don't you eat carefully!" Rama handed a glass of water to Raya.

"I've been harboring feelings for you for so long. Since high school when you first became a transfer student and Aska always pranks you, I already liked you"

"What's? so..."

"It's true I like you Raya, I shut up because I saw Aska and you liked each other so I relented. Now seeing Aska playing you like this I decided to move forward"

Raya fell silent while playing her fingers under the table. Hearing Rama's confession left him confused and not appetizing anymore.

"I'm not forcing you to give me an answer now, I'll give you three days to answer it"

"Three days?!"

"Why is that too long?"

"Oh no"

"Let's go home, you don't be so nervous" Rama said as he grabbed Raya's wrist. Raya wanted to reject Rama's movement, but he felt bad.

Rama's car drove down the road to Raya's house. Along the way Raya and Rama did not salig talk. Both dissolve with their minds. Rama wished strongly that the girl beside him would accept him as a lover.

While Raya, he did not know how to. He was looking for joy in the recesses of his heart for Rama.