5. Jane's Secret Packet

Josh followed Jane's instructions and went into the kitchen with her groceries bags and happily arranged the items of the bags into Jane's cupboard and fridge. Josh was very familiar with Jane's house because Josh always stopped by to check on Jane's condition, who often got sick when she was tired. Himself, had long been the person Jane used when Jane was sick. And Jane was always the one Josh used to chase away the crazy women who were after him. The need for each other causes them to become very close and closes their old story of having previously had bad feelings for each other.

“This woman lives alone but always does this much shopping,” said Josh to Jane, who likes to cook her own food.

“What is this?” Josh stared at the small pink box inside one of the bags.

“There is a card too on the packet?” Josh looked deep on that card.

'Ah, just left it here. I don't think this is something I deserve to see,' Josh thought when he saw the label notes 'women secret packet'and accidentally see what inside the pink box through the side transparent side of the box. He smiled shyly and shifted himself to another item and arranged the remaining items.

“Ah, done,” Josh smiled happily at his neatly arranged work.

Josh took a bottle of cold soda from the fridge and headed into the living room. He turned on the TV and sat comfortably on Jane's couch.

“It's been a long time, this lady with her business,” Josh mumbled, changing channels one by one while waiting for Jane, who wasn't finishing yet with her very private special business.

Sporadically, Josh looked at every painting on every corner of Jane's apartment wall. Josh smiled when Josh's eyes landed on a work he knew very well. Yes, that's right, a small 25 cm high sculpture in the form of a dolphin lying on top of a heart that is still awake and neatly stored in Jane's glass cupboard.

'Ah, it's still staying there, she can usually make it as a display. Instead of keeping it in her bedroom,' Josh mused at the loving sculpture he had given as a first gift to Jane.

“Hmm, doesn't she know I took three days off to finish that,” mumbled a snorted Josh with a smile.

The gift Josh gave to Jane to comfort Jane, who at that time was very sad to know that Kevin dumped Jane, the rotten man that Jane had been waiting for was finally caught cheating on her. Of course, he wouldn't come back to her again. The bad news is that the man ran away with the money that Jane had saved from her hard work teaching painting to the children around her building for their failed wedding plans.

“I'll be responsible for you, Jane,” Josh muttered in his heart, promising to make Jane happy.

'Ah, but you keep rejecting me,' Josh in his mind recalled the first rejection in his love life.

“That doesn't make sense, how can you treat me like that, ugh,” Josh said again.

Josh's one-sided love is still very big for Jane, who is completely indifferent to it. Josh didn't want to share his feelings anymore because he was worried that Jane would run away from him, especially since Jane didn't care about love anymore. Since the last 2 years, Jane has only been raving about painting and wants to be an artist. It became a topic that always revolved around each of their meetings.

“An artist, an artist, and be a great artist,” Josh muttered under his breath copying Jane's speech, still staring at the sculpture he had given her.

So that Josh also approached Jane in the same way by saying that Josh also wanted to be a great sculptor and pottery artist, even though Josh didn't really need to be like that. For Josh, being able to step into this girl's life closer and be accepted was his ultimate goal, following Jane's every step including enrolling for a training program at Y Fam Group which was really weird for him to do.

“Josh you'll be in a trance, why are you daydreaming. It's still noon,” Jane's voice at the end of the living room door brought Josh back to reality, “Don't daydream,” Jane continued.

“No, I'm not daydreaming, just tired of waiting for you for so long. I almost fell asleep because of you,” Josh sneered at Jane.

“Shh, that's bad. You're annoying ah,” Jane smiled wryly walking over to the sofa.

“Eh, why are you beautiful, where are you going?” Josh glared at Jane in the pink knee-length dress, “So damn beautiful!” said Josh, raising the thumbs of his right and left hands.

“Oh really?” Jane's cheeks blushing, “Is that true?” Jane smiled sweetly then continued, “Stop making fun of me,” and suddenly her expression turned into a wry smile.

Josh laughed happily at how expressive Jane's face was.

“What the hell, I'm telling the truth,” Josh replied to Jane, “I never believed you were so beautiful?” continued Josh bragging.

“Ugh, stop it. You just give me goosebumps. Stop teasing me, you are such the baddest,” Jane replied and sat right next to Josh, who was facing the TV.

“Wow, you always watch documentary like this, why don't you just go to remote corners of the world and explore the beauty of nature yourself,” Jane commented to Josh. Josh, who was still looking at the beauty of Jane in the knee-length dress, answered briefly, “If you want to go with me? Why not!”

“Me? With you? Oh! Never in a million years! Honestly, I'm afraid of the forest, especially like that,” Jane's hand pointed at the documentary. “It's very scary in the middle of the dark night,” she continued, seriously answering.

“Haha, are you afraid of demons in the middle of the night?” Josh replied laughing. “Haha, you're just like a demon, why am I afraid of demons, what is clear is that the forest holds a lot of terrible beasts,” replied Jane, who also laughed a little cursing Josh.

“Aish, how can you equate this handsome me with a devil,” said Josh with a cute expression, “You are cruel!” he continued.

“He-he, peace!” Jane laughed softly while holding her cheeks with her hands and made a funny expression and her hands were imitating cat hands, “Sorry. Sorry. My handsome superhero. But surely lying,” Jane also mocked Josh.

Josh could only smile funny seeing Jane's every behavior that was so sweet in Josh's eyes.

“Hah, I haven't finished my groceries yet,” Jane remembered her mess groceries and got up from her seat to go to the kitchen. “Don't tell me you already take a look in my stuffs? You don't see…?” Jane pointed her hand to Josh to try to find out but end up not continued her words.

“Ah, your stuffs?” Josh smiled, and his eyes looked a little naughty. “The…,” he stopped his words and looked deep at Jane.