November Rain

Chapter 33: The Short Escape

[BRIAN]

Another weekend strikes and the fact that I have to work overtime makes me sick. Especially with my beautiful girlfriend here ready to leave me on her own vacation and only invites me to her home for a packing session, instead of a make out session.

"Bawa yang ini apa yang ini?" Indrika mengangkat dua botol shampoo yang hanya berbeda varian aromanya.

"Yang itu aja." I point to the green one.

"Tapi enakan yang peach baunya.." she pouts and I just wanna kiss her right away.

"Ya trus ngapain nanya? Babe, you should consider bringing smaller size, instead of the same size with only different scent." I take the green one away from her and she puts the peach one inside her luggage. If it was Indira she might have prepared shampoo sachetan instead. Handuk aja pake kanebo biar nggak susah nunggu kering dan tinggal masukin tube. Magician.

"Eh, tunggu. Bandung lagi panas nggak ya? Kalo pake yang ijo lebih dingin, it's mint." Her gaze shifts from the bottles to me. "Bri, It's not only the scent I concern about. The ingredients matter." She grabs the green one back from my hand and reconsiders. Her forehead wrinkles in confusion for a zillion times today.

This is just the shampoo part. Didn't I mention other things like the tops, the skirts, and the shoes? We even bickered over the need to bring the whole big pouch of make up after she complained that her luggage was too heavy, but didn't want to let even one bottle of the foundation go.

She'll only be away for three days but it seems like she's going for a whole month. I just don't understand girls except Indira. She packs everything incredibly small and light. Both of them travel frequently but Indri tends to travel for work while her sister travels for passion.

"Kamu nggak biasa packing sendiri kan? I knew that Kura did it for you almost all the time."

"I knooooow.." she sighs. "Dira selalu praktis dan cuma masukin hal-hal yang dia tau aku bakal butuh. Because she knows better than anyone I can't decide which one to bring, just like this." Tangannya membentang ke seluruh barang yang berantakan di depannya.

"I'm worried about suddenly needing one of the things I left behind, even though it's not so necessary."

Sekarang dia kembali mengangkat dua helai atasan yang tadi sudah dia singkirkan dan menimbang-nimbang keputusannya sekali lagi.

"Oh, c'mon you're not contemplating over those again." I roll my eyes.

"Bri, this is girls vacation we're talking about. I HAVE to be fashionable at least this one time.

Bukan cuma urusan kerja yang aku nggak perlu pusing-pusing mix and match. We're gonna take a lot of pictures, I don't wanna look...dull." she sulks.

"You're prettier without your clothes anyway." I grin and she throws one of her shirt to my face.

"Aku harus ganti-ganti baju di setiap spot, to make it look like I have a loooong holiday, as if I'm not just visiting a place or two."

Girls logic. I failed to comprehend.

"Lip tint yang cherry atau yang orange ya, Bri? Bagusan mana?"

"I like the cherry one. It's tasty." I remember the taste of kissing her lips when she put on that one. It was sweet and the smell was alluring.

"I'm not wearing this to kiss you. Focus!" She looks even cuter when she's annoyed.

She's going to Bandung with her college best friends she barely had time to spend with these days. For the past two weeks she's been excited and wouldn't stop telling me about their plans, which of course make me jealous as I have to be working in the office through the weekend.