Chapter 3: Regretful in TEEN




“Mela, why are you still in the shop?” Sara asked.

“I’ll sleep here tonight. You go sleep with mom; I know you are tired.” Mela answered.

“Are you sure you can sleep here alone?” Sara continued.

“I usually sleep here so it doesn’t matter.” Mela replied with the sad expression.

“Okay. Good night and I’ll come and help you in the early morning.” Sara replied with waving hand and walked straight to the house near the shop about 300 meters. 

Mela nodded as a goodnight to her sister and continued her washing and preparing the chairs and table for her selling tomorrow. Anyway, she doesn’t forget to text her boyfriend about meeting each other near the shop. Mela was not please to meet him but he insisted on meeting so she agreed. Moreover, her feeling is not so good so she thinks he might be can help her with reducing this thing out. 

“Why do you want to see me at this late? Your mother might be knowing about our relation…ship…” Mela is not yet finished her sentence then Reii kissed her lip. 

“I miss you so bad. Sorry to kiss you without permission but I really want to do this” Reii exclaimed.

‘Emm… are you here alone?” Mela tried to change topic.

“I’m here with my friend, but he hides at the tree near there. You don’t need to worry; he won’t see us.” Reii said with his hands are moving all around Mela’s back and waist and his lip is kissing Mela’s neck and face. 

“Can you stop? I don’t like it. I am so tired.” Mela exclaimed with pushing Reii away from her.

“Okay. Sorry!” Reii stopped touching Mela but his face looks down with disappointment. 

“My dad just left home and my sister just came, I have a very complicated things to solve so you should go home now, Good night!” Mela walked away from Reii without giving a chance for him to say goodnight.

Mela is laying down and put her right hand on her forehead, her eyes are looking straight to the ceiling. She is thinking about her dad, – “Why did he do that? Am I not his child? Why is he so unreasonable? I lost the money but I didn’t say he did it. I just asked and what’s so wrong about asking? Why is he so mad and need to leave the house? Am I wrong? Am I that bad like he said earlier?” I am just 17 years old but I have to work very hard to support everyone in the house and to deal with all his dept and others’. I am so tired. What has happened to Reii? He has done something which is not good; why his friend was with him. I start don’t like him now. What should I do? Why my life is always has problem?”

Mela is thinking about those things until she falls asleep.

Everything seems so normal except, Reii is staring at Mela’s face without moving his eyes. 

Mela doesn’t look at him but she knows. She tries to ignore him because of what has happened last night. Her shop full of customer today due to the holiday is coming. It is New Year so there are 9 days of holiday. All her mother’s relatives came and asked her mother about her dad and her mother keeps repeating and telling them.

Mela can see through her mother that she is upset but she cannot help. Her older sister is helping with service and she’s herself with making and going to buy more ingredient. It is the first day of New Year, so her mother lets her go to Pagoda but Mela doesn’t go instead of going she is selling and everyone comes and chatting in her shop with watching drama. 

“Ma, go and sleep; you’re tired let me do this with Sara.” Mela asked her mother. 

“Okay, but just finish the TV at 11 am.” Similai exclaimed.

“Okay.” Mela kissed her little sister as good night and her mama off. 

"Sara, can you go to collect the money? I’ll go get the water for washing as the movie is almost end.” Mela asked her older sister.

“No worry, I’ll go now.” Sara replied with her exhausted expression. 

“Thanks sis!”

Actually, Mela doesn’t say thanks to her mama or her papa often as she always thinks that they both are unfair to her. Anyway, she always follows what they ask her to do, but she doesn’t use that word to them. Exception, for her older sister is different, she often uses it with her and her customers. 

“Sis! Where should I keep this money?” Sara asked.

“You can keep on the desk in the box there; I’ll count it after I finished washing. Then you can go home. Thanks!” Mela replied.

“Can I sleep with you?” Sara asked.

“You can if you want, but can you go and check on Moon and mama?” Mela requested.

“Okay. I’ll check them now.” Sara is off and Mela nodded as a yes.

“Mela, I don’t see Moon in the house. What should we do? I asked mama but she said, she doesn’t know and she thought he is with us.” Sara ran and talked to Mela with her pale face. 

“I don’t know, maybe he is at Pagoda or at our cousin’s house. No worry! I think you can sleep with mama if he is there just text me, okay?” Mela suggested. 

“That’s good idea. I’ll go now.” Sara went to the house.

About 40 mins later, Sara texted Mela about Moon is present at home and Mela replied to Sara to sleep and will talk about it tomorrow.

At 1am, Mela turned off the light, suddenly, her back door of her shop is knocking then she doesn’t make any sound, but her phone was ringing. She doesn’t pick up even though she saw the number is her boyfriend. When her phone stopped ringing then she saw the message on the screen written that – Reii is in front of her back door. She opened the door for him. 

“Why are you here without giving me any notification?” Mela asked with her frighten expression.

“I’m so sorry but I cannot sleep without seeing you. I remembered everything we were talking phone about women and men stuff, so I cannot calm anymore when I see you.” Reii talking with his face look down on the mat.

“Emm, it’s okay. I just scared as I am alone. Oh, did you see my bro anywhere earlier?” Mela started changing the topic as she feels hot which is happening to every person when they are with their lover one. 

“He was with me. We were at Pagoda and he was alone so I just dropped him off – I am not sure the time.” Reii replied. 

“I’ll go take shower now so you should go home.” Mela suggested.

Reii is standing up and Mela too then Reii is hugging and kissing her without smelling her body but Mela doesn’t refuse as she doesn’t understand what it is so she lets her body moves instead of her brain. They are kissing in the bathroom and Mela follows what her body wants. 1 hour has gone and Reii is laying on the bed. Mela is in the bathroom with the pain of what Reii had left for her. She washing her blood on her clothes and blanket then she asked Reii to leave because she doesn’t want Reii to know about her pain.  

“Am I wrong, why did I allow him to do this? Is this how people kiss, why did it so pain?” Mela laying on her bed and thinking about what has happened earlier. It just a blink of eye, she feels regret but warm at the same time.