30 DAYS WITH U
36. STATUS OF LOVER 7

Bonita and Hardan break into Keila's apartment. The two walked behind Keila. Once inside, Bonita sat down on Keila's large sofa while Hardan walked over to Keila's kitchen table and handed her a large plastic bag. 

“What is this?” keila asked astonished to see the large bag of pouches given by Hardan. 

“Food ingredients. Out of the three of us, you are the one who cooks the best. So we both come with groceries and you'll cook them for kam.” Hardan rolled his one eye at Keila with a mischievous smile as he managed to prank Keila. 

“You are. .” Keila looked at Hardan and Bonita in turn. “ really hasn't changed in the slightest.” 

“Take it. . . Both of us will not be able to match it. Just look at your girlfriend, Keila!” Bonita then changed her gaze towards Andra who was standing beside Keila and was already wearing an apron on her body. “She's even wearing an apron and preparing to help you.” 

Keila who was unaware Andra had been wearing an apron then turned her head quickly towards Andra and looked at Andra with a surprised look. “I didn't expect you to be really considerate, Andra.” 

“Thank you for the compliment, Keila” Andra smiled and started unpacking the plastic bag Hardan gave her. 

“Me or you cook?” keila asked Andra when she remembered Andra's delicious steak. 

“You only. I'll just help you.” 

Since the groceries Hardan brought were meat, Keila and Andra then agreed to make the meat a steak for his dinner along with Hardan and Bonita. After an hour in the kitchen, Keila and Andra had finished cooking for four people. Andra who helped Keila by arranging the dining table was also finished arranging a cooked steak and pouring wine that was also brought by Hardan as a celebration for Keila and Andra. 

“Goodbye,” said Hardan and Bonita at the same time when they saw the meat they brought had turned into a steak that looked tempting. 

When everyone including Andra tasted his steak, only Keila had not eaten her own food to wait for the reaction of the other three. Keila waited patiently for the three people from cutting the meat, chewing the pieces of meat until the meat was swallowed. 

“How?” keila asked curiously looking at Bonita who was sitting right in front of her. 

“Ehm. .” Bonita nodded her head while thinking about the taste of the flesh left in her mouth. 

“Why just ehm?” Keila was getting curious. Keila then turned her gaze to Hardan who was sitting beside Bonita. “What about you, Hardan? Is my cooking good?” 

“Ehm. .” Hardan gave the same reaction as Bonita complete with a nod of his head. 

“Ah you two this. I know you are a harmonious husband and wife but can you please give your judgment immediately instead of saying erm.” Keila cut off her meat and started eating the piece. 

“Why didn't you ask Andra?” bonita asked with a naughty smile. 

“Just free I asked him. Andra will definitely answer nicely to all the dishes I make,” Keila replied as she chewed on the steak. 

“Really?” Bonita narrowed her eyes and then turned her gaze towards Andra who was devouring Keila's artificial food quietly. A small idea then came to Bonita's mind as she looked at Andra. “So how's Keila cooking, Andra?” 

“As usual, tasty.” Andra replied calmly as she continued to eat the pieces of her steak meat.

“Ah really??” Bonita smiled looking at Andra who was eating Keila's artificial food quietly. “Then which is better: food made by Keila or Keila?” 

Andra put down her fork and knife when she heard the question asked by Bonita. Andra was silent for a moment and made Bonita who saw him suspect Andra would definitely choose Keila as the answer. 

“Both are equally good. Keila made food good for my stomach and Keila good for my heart.” 

Hearing the answer given by Andra, made Bonita, Hardan and Keila startled at the same time. Bonita and Hardan froze for a few seconds before finally Bonita looked towards Keila who was still frozen in disbelief at the answer she had just heard from Andra. 

“Key!” bonita shouted with a shrill voice. “Do you want to exchange my Hardan for that Andramu??” 

“Uhuk!” Hardan who was surprised by Bonita's question almost choked because of the words of his wife-Bonita. “How can you intend to trade your husband just for such an answer?” 

“You don't remember?” ask Bonita to Hardan. “A year ago, I asked you the same question and the answer you chose was me. It was an answer I heard often from most men and for the first time, I heard a man who gave an answer like Andra.” 

“Then? Just because of that answer, you can't trade your husband so casually, Bonita.” 

“I know it, dear.” Bonita smiled slightly as she managed to tease Hardan-husband. “I'm just kidding. I know Andra will only give that answer if it relates to Keila and not another woman.” 

“He really didn't change after we got married. This is not the first time she intends to trade her own husband like swapping things. .” Hardan replied by shaking his head. 

“Then let me ask you one more question, Andra.” Bonita looked at Andra still with curiosity. 

“Please.” Andra remained calm even as Keila, Bonita and Hardan chuckled at Bonita's remarks about swapping her own husband for another man.

“Because both have the same goodness, if you are required to choose between Keila and Keila made food, which one would you choose?” Bonita looked at Andra with sparkling eyes. 

“Should I choose one of them?” ask Andra. 

“Yes. Must be one,” firmly Bonita by lifting her index finger. 

“Then this is my answer. When I'm hungry, I'll choose Keila's food and when I'm not hungry, I'll choose Keila. Did that answer your question, Bonita?” 

Bonita put down his knife and fork. Bonita then pulled Keila's hand forcefully and grasped it tightly. “Very good.” 

“What are you doing, Bonita?” keila was surprised. 

“As your best friend, I bless your relationship with Andra. Don't you waste this guy like Andra. He is a man you find very difficult to find in the world as it is today.” Bonita then released her hand in Keila's hand and turned her gaze from Keila to Andra. “And for you, Andra. If you have any difficulties with Keila, you can contact me and Hardan for our help. Remember this, we will both support you as long as you are Keila's lover.” 

“I understand.” Andra replied with a small smile on her face as she was happy. 

“What the fuck are you, Bonita?” keila asked in disbelief. Keila then looked at Hardan for his help. “Hardan, please control this wife of yours!” 

“You don't see?” Hardan smiled at Keila. “ He will not be able to control if he is excited like this. I'm sure this Boniku won't misjudge anyone, Keila.” 

Keila could only endure the look on her face that was flushed red with embarrassment. Right now his feelings are being mixed between shame, joy and annoyance. Keila is upset that her two best friends now seem to be more on Andra's side than she is. This was the first time that Keila's two best friends showed closeness to Keila's lover. On the other hand, Keila was delighted, her two best friends providing support for her relationship with Andra. At the same time, Keila was embarrassed by Andra's answer to Bonita's question.

After two hours of joking with each other Bonita and Handra then say goodbye to Keila and Andra. Before returning home, Bonita pulled Keila's arm and whispered to Keila with a mischievous smile on her lips. 

“Karma path is sweeter and more romantic,” whispered Bonita. 

Keila furrowed her brows at the whisper of her Bonita-friend, “What does that mean by the path of karma?” 

Bonita smiled mischievously at Keila before finally whispering again. “At first, I insisted on refusing that Andra was not your lover. But now look!! You really became Andra's lover like Andra said. What is this name if it is not a karmic path??” 

“. .” Keila could not reply to Bonita's words and could only push Bonita towards Hardan and ask Hardan to immediately bring Bonita home before more talk to insinuate himself. 

 After Hardan and Bonita go home, Andra helps Keila to wash dirty dishes and dirty cookware before returning to her own apartment. While washing the dishes together, Keila asked Andra who had been circling in her mind since. “Why did you refuse to cook the steak? Didn't I ever tell you that your steak tastes better than mine?” 

“I want to show off the gastronomy of my lover.” 

“That's it?” keila asked in disbelief. “I don't think that's it, there must be another reason, right? Didn't Hardan and Bonita say that they knew that my cooking was the best of the three of us? So tell me, why did you refuse, Andra?” 

Andra who had finished washing the dishes then cleaned her hands before staring at Keila. “You're sometimes really stupid huh?” 

“I'm stupid?” keila asked in disbelief. “How can I be this stupid?” 

“I refused because I didn't want anyone else to eat my cooking. All I'm allowing to eat is you, Keila. You are only a.” Andra gently stroked Keila's head. “Do you understand?” 

“Then let me ask you one more thing.” 

“What?” asked Andra who was still gently stroking Keila's head. 

“Why on the first question Bonita you did not choose? Most men will choose her girl when compared to her cooking?” Keila asked Andra a question. 

“Because everything about you is a source of happiness for me, even when it's just a simple meal from you. So I can't choose which one is better because in my eyes all about you is a good thing.” 

Keila who was embarrassed, then nodded her head with a small smile on her face. In his current mind, Keila spoke to herself. You're right, Bonita. This man is a precious diamond that I might never find again if I lost it.