30 DAYS WITH U
53. SECRET LOVER 5

Keila, who had just returned home from work, sighed as she threw her body on the sofa. The shadow of Andra who was sitting on her dining table chair while eating dishes made by Keila, made Keila feel a longing feeling in her heart. Keila looked at the shadow of Andra and found a small smile of Andra forming at the corner of her lips. 

“How's my cooking? Cute?” asked Keila who looked at Andra expectantly. 

“Not bad. Still worth eating.” Andra replied by trying to hide a small smile on the corner of her lips. 

“You!! Why do you always say my cooking is not bad and not delicious??” keila asked annoyed at the answer from Andra who ate his homemade cooking voraciously. 

Andra swallowed her food first before answering Keila's question. “I'll say this cuisine is delicious, when the time comes later.” 

“Time to arrive??” Keila looked at Andra with a look of wonder. “What does that mean?” 

“When you become my lover, every day I will praise the dishes you make. How??” 

The shadow of Andra and himself sitting at the dining table then disappeared, making Keila return to reality where he was currently alone without the figure of Andra beside him. Why. . . I didn't realize that little smile that formed at the corner of her lips? 

Next day. 

After work, Keila who ran out of some essential needs was forced to go to the supermarket to shop. Should be. . This shopping activity was done by Keila together with Andra. But after getting to know Andra, this was the first time for Keila to go shopping without Andra by her side. With the trolley car in front of her, Keila then picked out some of the items she needed for her needs for a month. And again the shadow of Andra who went shopping together with herself in the past appeared in front of Keila. 

“Ah, so you use that brand when it's coming month??” asked Andra while nodding her head. 

Keila looked at Andra with a look of wonder. “Why are you nodding your head, Andra?” 

“I'm trying to remember all the brands from the daily needs you use. From toothpaste, toothbrush, bath soap, shampoo, laundry soap, dish soap and even the brand of sanitary napkins you use when the next month comes.” 

Keila shuddered in horror at the words from Andra. “Stop doing that! My body shuddered at your words.” 

“Why?? Isn't this what men should do when they go shopping together with their partners??” 

“No!” firmly Keila. “Most men don't do what you just said.” 

“Ah really??” Andra furrowed one eyebrow. “That means such a man is not a good couple.” 

Hearing the answer from Andra, it was Keila's turn to frown. “What does that mean?” 

“As a good couple, men should understand women. You know that woman has many needs and many difficult conditions in her life?” 

Keila nodded her head. “I know. Then?” 

“As a couple, someday there will be a time when a man must go shopping for his own needs for himself, his wife and his son. If that happens, then I will no longer be overwhelmed and confused about what to buy for your needs.” After answering a question from Keila, Andra then placed her hand on Keila's head and gently stroked Keila's hair which was neither too long nor too short. Andra's hand stopped above Keila's head and Andra closed her lips to Keila's ear before whispering. “Am I not the ideal partner for most women??” 

Keila removed her head from Andra's hand and moved away from Andra. “Sial, you're Andra!! You showed off yourself, huh??” 

Seeing the shadow of her being together with Andra in the past, Keila's lips involuntarily made a smile. Keila remembered that time she really could not reply to Andra's words because of her embarrassment to hear the words of Andra who was giving “guarantee” to her. But when those memories appeared and formed a shadow in front of Keila, smiling Keila gave the answer that Keila should have given back then. “Your words are right, Andra. You're the best couple I've ever met. You are a dream of many women including me.” 

Next day. 

Damnit damnit! Keila cursed to look at the sky as it rained heavily. Why did it rain when I got off the bus and not when I got to my apartment building? Keila who did not carry an umbrella in her bag then chose to use her bag as her head protector, when she was about to run through the swift rain that fell. 

As soon as he arrived at his apartment, Keila was drenched because he was reckless to run through the swift rain that fell. After changing her wet clothes and warming herself up, Keila then sat on the balcony of her apartment as was her custom. Complete with earphones attached to both ears while playing songs on the playlist on her phone, Keila stared at the rain falling which formed beautiful curtains.

Buk. 

Another shadow appeared in front of Keila because of the song that was spinning in Keila's ears at this moment. 

Keila stared fiercely at Andra who threw her jacket at her. “I told you I'm not a washing machine that accepts your filthy clothes! Stop throwing your jacket at me, Andra!” Keila then threw back the jacket that landed on her head back to its owner. 

After receiving a jacket thrown by Keila, Andra then disappears from the balcony of her apartment. Keila thought that calmness would come after seeing Andra disappear from before her. But reality says otherwise: Andra just went into Keila's apartment. 

Hearing the sound of her apartment door opening, Keila spontaneously turned her head back and gawked at what was in Andra's hands right now. “Why did you bring a thick blanket here? If you want to sleep, don't sleep here! Sleep in your own apartment!” 

While walking up to Keila who was sitting on the balcony of her apartment, Andra replied to Keila's words. “Who said I want to sleep?? This blanket, I brought for you.” After saying that, Andra who was standing next to Keila then bowed her body and put a blanket on Keila's body.

Thanks to Andra, Keila currently looks like a big lump of ice cream due to the blankets placed by Andra all over her body. 

“. . . In this way, you will not catch a cold, Key,” said Andra while sighing with relief. 

“I don't feel cold, Andra!” firmly Keila while trying to remove the blanket that covered her body. 

Andra who was aware of Keila's actions, quickly then tried to stop Keila's actions by hugging Keila's body which was wrapped by a thick blanket and said in a pleading tone. “Do not remove, Key!” 

“Because of this blanket I can't feel the cold brought by the rain, Andra! Let me take off this blanket!” 

“I don't want to see you sick again, Keila. Seeing you hurt, it really hurt to me, Keila.” 

Hearing Andra's words, Keila stopped her movements. “Let go of your embrace and I won't take off this blanket. This position really makes me uncomfortable, what if a neighbor sees us??” 

Andra then let go of her embrace and sat down beside Keila. Meanwhile Keila who had promised Andra, then opened half of the thick blanket that wrapped her body. 

“Why did you open it?” andra asked in surprise at Keila's actions. “You can get sick from this cold.”

Keila smiled slightly at Andra's question while putting half the blanket on her body to Andra's body and making Andra also feel the same warmth as her. “We use this together and don't protest anymore. You're really interrupting my activities enjoying the rain.” 

The shadow then simply vanished along with the rain that had stopped falling from the sky. The cold wind gushed fiercely making Keila slightly feel a chill piercing into her body. Lazily, Keila got up from her seat and grabbed her thick blanket that was on her bed while muttering, “I won't be sick, Andra. I won't be sick while waiting for you to come home.”