Cheesecake and Guilt

Anas had a small plate at hand when I peered into his room last night. He was sitting cross-legged on his revolving office-style chair with one hand on the keyboard, tapping his fingers playfully on the laptop, and his eyes wildly scanning the screen surface. I walked near to his messy bed and sat down onto one of his many dirty shirts and pants lying on the floor and waited until he had done typing with ferocity his chat dialogue onto the MSN Chat interface.

“Mana kau dapat kek tu, ‘Nas?”
“Cheesecake ni? Ada kat peti ais, aku ambik ah…”
“Sapa punya?”
“Mamat kot, dia yang bawak balik.”
“Apa angin beli kek? Saja-saja?”
“Aku rasa si Aida kasi dia.”
“Kasi Mamat?”
“Ha'ah.”
“Sempena…?”
“Esok birthday dia tak silap aku.”
“Birthday Aida?”
“Bukan, birthday Mamat.”
“Oh.”
“Kau nak ke?”
“Boleh gak, tapi, takpa ah, nanti aku ambik sendiri.”
“Apsal? Kau rasa guilty?”
“Sebab? Makan tak mintak izin?”
“Bukan…”
“Alah, bulan mulia ni, Mamat dapat pahala apa, bagi makan orang lapar.”
“Bukan ah, dol. Aku ingat kau rasa guilty pasal kek ni kek Aida.”
“Oh, itu!”
“Takut ah sama dia?”
“Takut...”
“Sapa suruh kau gatal tulis email parody perletakan jawatan dia, nahas ah.”
“Aku mana tahu, aku ingat dia cool…”
“Tak pasal-pasal lah dah kena marah.”
“Alah, korang jugak yang gelakkan paling kuat bila aku tulis email tu.”
“Ye ah, aku tumpang gelak je.”
“Ntah ah, kengkadang aku rasa bosan gak pagi-pagi Sabtu tak dapat email best.”
“So, kiranya email dia letak jawatan Vice Pres. Persisma tu…”
“Hey...bila the opportunity has presented itself, carpe diem ah.”
“Nak sangat carpe diem…”
“Aku kutuk-kutuk Majlis Tertinggi Persisma tu, bukan apa, gurau je.”
“Yang lain semua okay, lepak je...”
“Benda ni, biasa ah, tahun lepas-lepas pun batch senior mana nak dengar cakap batch junior.”
“Tahun lepas?”
“Bukan. Ni zaman Mizi, Isham tu semua.”
“Apa sebabnya?”
“Diaorang tak puas hati yuran Persisma naik jadi US$20, so, boikot tak nak bayar yuran.”
“Oh.”
“Sekarang, kita-kita lak jadi senior, mana nak akur cakap junior, ye tak?”
“Aku tak leh nak kata apa ah, aku transfer ke sini, korang-korang ah punya hal.”
“Oi, jamah sikit cheesecake kau…”
“Hm, nah, habiskan ah terus, bawak ke sinki sekali.”
“Boleh tahan gak, lagi sedap dari yang Ed buat dulu.”
“Ed ada buat ke cheesecake?”
“Dulu, yang masa dia belajar baking apa ntah tu…”
“Dia bawak sini?”
“Agaknya, aku pun tak ingat, aku tahu makan je.”
“Oh.”
“Banyak lagi ke cheesecake si Aida ni?”
“Kau tengok ah sendiri.”
“Okay.”
“Oi, oi, jangan habiskan, kek birthday orang tu oi!”