Thirty One

Eshika slammed her bedroom door. Indignantly, she quickly changed into his school uniform and put it in the dirty clothes basket.

"That boy! Because of diarrhea because of my fried food, so you just don't want to rule me."

Eshika threw herself on the bed.

"I hate to cook! You crazy Tama!"

Eshika snorted in annoyance. But, just as she was about to close her eyes, there was an incoming message on his cell phone.

[ Tama ]

[Diarrhea like this makes me lose fluids, Esh. ]

[Cook the one with the gravy, okay? ]

[ Like quail egg macaroni soup, pindang catfish, shrimp dumplings, or chicken soup. ]

"Eh???"

Eshika rubbed her eyes reading Tama's message. Is this really diarrhea or is it really not eating enough?

"Ting!"

Tama sent him a message again.

[ Tama ]

[ And don't forget to take the food to my room, okay? ]

[ I can't move, Esh. ]

[My body is weak. ]

Eshika let out an exasperated sigh. Reply to the message.

[ Tama ]

[There are no quail eggs in the refrigerator. ]

[The only fish available is tilapia. ]

[The only prawns are dried shrimp. ]

[The only chicken there is intestines and liver. ]

Eshika sent the message right away. If you want to eat gravy, why don't you just eat instant noodles?

But, a moment later Tama's message came again.

[ Tama ]

[That's okay. ]

Eshika breathed a sigh of relief. However, her face immediately changed when she saw Tama's next message.

[ Tama ]

[Here take my ATM. ]

[ You go shopping first. ]

[My car keys is still with you, right? ]

Eshika gripped her phone so tightly. This is why I feel like I'm his helper???!

[ Tama ]

[But, before you go shopping, please cook some food, please. ]

[I am so hungry ]

"Tama! Are you really diarrhea or what?" asked Eshika confused and surprised.

But, instead of arguing about it, in the end Eshika also went to the kitchen. Opening the refrigerator, Eshika then saw that there was sweet corn. Without thinking twice, Eshika decided to cook chicken liver corn soup for Tama.

Not taking off her apron, Eshika brought the corn soup along with a glass of warm tea on a tray. When she entered Tama's room, she saw the boy was lying, grimacing.

Eshika approached him.

"This is your food."

Tama opened his eyes. Glancing over as Eshika placed the tray on the nightstand. The girl's hand reached out.

"Where's the ATM?"

Tama's nostrils twitched.

Yes yes. Are all wives like this? Move so fast if there is about money. But look when I ask her for cooking?

Tama cleared his throat. "Wait a minute, Esh. It's really hard for me to wake up."

Covering her mouth, Eshika reached out to help Tama to get up and sat back against the head of the bed.

"Did you?" asked Eshika.

But, Tam shook his head. "My hands are really weak, Esh. I can't eat by myself..."

"Eh?"

Eshika looked at Tama in horror.

"Maybe I should really go back to my Mom's house huh? Let's take care of Mom. Then I was interrogated why I got diarrhea like this," said Tama wearily. "Poor me."

Eshika flung her buttocks on the edge of the bed. "Here I feed it!"

Tama tried his best to suppress a smile. Cleared his throat as Eshika helped Tama to fix his seat. Then the girl grabbed the bowl of porridge.

Tama with a laughing heart opened his mouth when Eshika fed him.

Ah! Is this what makes people want to get married? If it's served like this, it's good too. Hihihi.

"I am Thirsty, Esh."

Eshika took the hot tea and helped Tama to drink it.

Tama frowned. Coughing after drinking.

"How come it feels weird, Esh? Sweet not, salty yes."

Eshika scooped up the porridge again. While aiming for Tama's mouth, she answered. "People with diarrhea use salt, not sugar."

Tama growled. But, he couldn't do anything. Until Eshika finished feeding him, Tama said.

"Water, Esh."

Eshika chuckled once while tidying up Tama's lunch. And without a word she left.

Not long after, Eshika came back in. This time with a glass of warm water. After Tama drank it, Eshika put the glass on the nightstand.

"All right," the girl whispered. "Now I want to go shopping."

Tama nodded. Pointing to his bag. "In the purse."

Eshika opened Tama's backpack. Shows the black leather wallet he found.

"Yes."

Eshika opened it. "BRI, BNI, Mandiri, and BCA. Wow! Which one has the most money?"

Tama glared. "BCA is for money coming into distributions, Mandiri is for money coming out of distributions, BNI is for profits, and BRI is for your share."

"That means I should take BCA or Mandiri, right?" asked Eshika grinning.

"Reckless you, Esh. I told Mom."

Eshika pouted. Take out the BRI debit card from inside and put Tama's wallet back in the bag. She approached Tama who was still half sitting on the bed.

"The pin?"

"374452."

Eshika frowned. "Why is it so hard to make pins?" she cursed while writing the pin on her cell phone.

Tama shrugged her shoulders briefly. "And you think you are the smartest? Tskckck."

"You mean?"

"It turns out that you are not that smart to know that my pin is actually a pattern."

"Pattern?" asked Eshika seeing the pin back. "What pattern?"

"Whatever!" Tama looks at Eshika. "I want to rest first while you shop."

Eshika nodded. Put the card in her pocket and went to help Tama lay down.

Stunned. Tama just stared at Eshika pulling the blanket over his body. She smiled.

"Get well soon."

And Tama can only stare.

*

"Oh come on, Tam. I just entered Carrefour. Still want to pick up the trolley. And you just called."

Eshika grumbled when she found her cell phone ringing. And when she saw who was calling, she immediately grumbled. Tama called herself. Just as her left foot crossed the Carrefour doorway. Seriously.

"Why is that?" asked Eshika irritably. However, she still managed to smile when she found an officer helping him pull a shopping trolley. "Thank you."

On the other side came Tama's voice.

"Find some fresh vegetables, Esh."

Eshika's eyes rolled. "I had a feeling that you wanted to cook some soup."

"Yes, but you'll need carrots and cabbage and beans."

Eshika shook her head. "Want a complete package, really?"

"Yes, Esh. Let me be really healthy. I have diarrhea. Excrete a lot of body fluids. So, it needs a lot of nutrition and vitamins."

Even though she knew it was useless, Eshika still sneered. The next second she said. "Yes, yes, yes. Then, what else?"

"Ehm.... Don't forget to buy some fruit, okay? The stock at home seems to have run out."

"Yes. What fruit? Orange?"

"No. Papaya is better. Papaya. Kiwis too. Ehm ... if you want to buy oranges, you can. Oh! Are there strawberries? Black Grape?"

"Buy all?" asked Eshika in disbelief.

"Yeah why?"

"Is there a lot of money in the debit that I brought?"

"Belittle. It's more than enough to give your living for a month," said Tama. "You don't know what my distribution's turnover is?"

"No," the girl replied lazily.

"Idiot!" cursed Tama. "Oh yes. There are bananas, right? Buy it too."

Eshika pushed the trolley lazily. "I'll see. It's still in the flour bin."

"Okay. And buy my shampoo, Esh. I think I ran out of shampoo."

"I don't know what brand of shampoo you have, Tam."

"I'll pap in WA later."

Eshika's footsteps stopped. Seemed to be aware of something. "Tam?"

"What?"

"Are you actually really sick or are you trying to make me go shopping?"

"Eh! I have diarrhea and it's said to be working on you?"

Eshika's lips pursed. "Well I mean, maybe your diarrhea is real. But, what does your diarrhea have to do with asking me to buy shampoo?"

Tama's breath was heard on the other side. "Oh come on, Esh. What's wrong with buying me shampoo as well?"

Eshika was silent.

"Okay. Then you don't have to."

"Eh?"

"Bye."

"T---"

"Tiiiitttttttttttttttttttttt…"

Eshika looked at her phone screen and found that the call had ended. Biting her lips in annoyance, the girl grumbled. "Why am I even surprised? Spoiled child mode when sick huh?"

*

tbc ....