05 Applying a Job (2)

Author’s POV

Naomi wiped her sweat, today she has to prepare food for her father's sale. Benny sells mie ayam and bakso, and every day Naomi helps him prepare his ingredients. Seeing Naomi who seemed exhausted, he asked her to take a break and leave the rest to himself.

"Dad, it's okay... Well, it's almost done," she said while making meatballs.

Benny smiled calmly, he was lucky to have a daughter who understood his condition. He felt very guilty for what had happened to his family. Starting from a decline in their family's economy, until he put a burden on his only daughter who should be having fun at her age. He never heard her daughter complain about their life, never.

"Yosh! Finally done," said Naomi with a proud smile.

It was still 6 in the morning, and Naomi only got 3 hours of sleep because this dawn she was working on a CV to send to Louis Studios. 

Naomi looked at her dad and called him while he was making meatballs, "Dad, I'm applying for a job, you know," she said with great enthusiasm. She had almost forgotten to talk about this to her father,

"Is that true?! Where do you apply it?” asked Benny also with enthusiast,

"It is, It’s at Seira's office. Incidentally, they need a senior 3D artist. I've already submitted my application, but later if my CV is received, they will call me for an interview, "said Naomi with a smile that did not leave her lips. Benny also smiled seeing his daughter who was smiling at him.

"Today, I'll help daddy, okay..." asked Naomi who was shaken strongly by Benny,

"No need to... how about your freelance work, have you finished it?" She shook her head. Luckily his father warned her because she also just remembered that she had a deadline in the afternoon. With an unwilling heart, Naomi lift her head, "Okay... but dad, be careful..." she said to which Benny nodded. The two of them helped each other to tidy up and put the meatballs into Benny's cart. After everything was done, Naomi went to shower. After she finished showering, she went back into her room and opened her laptop. She returned to work on the deadline this afternoon.

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"Yosh!" she murmured happily.

Naomi has already completed the character design for her to send to the client. She stretched her stiff body because she was doing his job very seriously. Sometimes she yawns because she lacks sleep.

Seeing her bed which seemed to call her, she then slammed herself on the bed to release all her fatigue. She sighed and tried to close her eyes.

As soon as she closed his eyes, the image of Alex began to haunt her. Immediately, she rolled his eyes lazily, why should she imagine the figure of Alex? 

She thought about Alex's words as if he wanted her back to him. She just chuckled, maybe that tall man was joking because until now he had not shown himself.

Disappointed.

She shook her head quickly, why was she feel disappointed if that man didn't serious about what he said? She recalled her encounter with Alex which was completely unexpected. If Alex hadn't gone after those sissies, maybe they wouldn't have seen each other forever.

But why did he has to be chased by sissies?

There's nothing better, right? Again, she imagined how different he looked from what he was before. He grew taller and of course, his face became more masculine. Not only that, his body was getting stronger and wider than before.

Her thoughts went deepened, remembering how that body had given her a sensation she had never felt in her life.

She admits she misses that body,

However, to miss and return to that man, she doesn't think that it will happen because the wound that he inflicted on her is not an ordinary wound that can be healed. Alex is the beginning of all the wounds that exist from her.

It's supposed to be unforgettable. 

Her eyes watered, remembering what she had been through. Starting from the trauma that that man inflicted on her to the trauma that someone else stalked on her. Her life is full of sad drama and she hates them very much.

Why did all this have to happen to her?

What she wants was a stable life, a good career to become a successful woman, both in terms of career and life. She still holds her dream of starting her own company even though she is currently at a point where it is impossible to achieve it.

No one has the right to stop her dream. She didn't care about other people's reproaches once they hear what her dream was. She will continue to try even though she may become a successful person at a young age.

"I have to try," she said, looking up at the ceiling. It didn't matter what people would say, but she believed in herself.

Her mind couldn't stop thinking about Alex and she hated it. She bit her lip furiously, why didn't she stop thinking about him earlier. She opened her eyes with a ragged breath,

She wished that man would just disappear from her life, but why did she keep thinking about him?

"You know, Naomi. Don't fall in the same trap," she thought as she patted her cheeks,

It was already 7 p.m. and soon her father would be home. She turned her body back to the left, trying to hold back the sleepiness that was starting to attack her. Until finally, she decided to get up from her bed and started walking around incoherently, to relieve her sleepiness,

Then, she heard a knock on the wood which he believed was his father who had come back home. Quickly, she stepped on and helped her father to take out the rest of his father's product which had started to run out. Naomi smiled happily, her father's product was selling well today.

"It's about to run out, huh..." said Naomi who was putting the rest into a container,

"Yeah, thankfully it is..." he said with a smile that she liked. After she finished putting the chickens into the container, she moved to the kitchen to put the chickens in the refrigerator.

After that, Naomi pushed the cart to a place that was still accessible by the roof of her house, so that if it rained, the cart would at least not get too wet.

"What are you cooking today, Naomi?" asked Benny as Naomi had just put the wagon in its place,

"Today, it's just tofu and eggs..." she said slowly. Due to economic pressure, they sometimes only eat their leftovers food. It was very rare for them to eat meat like they used to eat so often.

So don't be surprised if sometimes she doesn't cook anything.

Benny nodded in understanding and invited his daughter to come into the house. There, they were joking while enjoying the side dishes that Naomi had cooked.