5 Lost

About half an hour later, they arrive at Giant Supermarket.

And again, the parking area is full.

Tiara wondering, why is today almost full everywhere?

First, Lily's school, then the traffic was not running smoothly either, they almost stuck on the street, and now the supermarket.

After a while, she just remembers that today is the young date of the month, means it's around the first date of the month.

Usually around that date, the people that works already payed of their sallary.

Seems like, that's why everywhere is full, especially at supermarkets.

They must be shopping for the monthly necessity, just like what she will do right now.

Luckily, Lily and Leo were not affected by that, in fact, they play with their own toys busily in the car.

Lily plays with her lego's and Leo busily bites his rubber toy.

Well, seems like Leo is in the phase of growing the tooth.

Usually, the baby with that phase always feels itch around their gums, like Leo now.

That's why Tiara always bring the rubber toy recently.

Minutes later, Tiara found an empty parking spot.

Finally, she thought in relief.

"Okay, kids! We've arrive!"

She speaks to her children enthusiastically.

"Yaaay! Finally!"

Lily said with the same enthusiastic feels.

Leo squeals happily while claps his hand.

"I was becoming of drowsy, cause you haven't found a parking lot, Mom."

Lily said with a sigh.

Tiara just chuckle humorously.

"Well, come on, out of the car."

Tiara open the lock of the car door, then Lily climb out from the car, before stretch her limbs for a while.

After that, Tiara loose the belt of Leo's car seat and pick him up, then she open the trunk.

"Lily, honey, can you help me take out the stroller, please?"

"Of course, Mom."

They both take out the stroller...succesfully.

"Thank's, honey."

"You're welcome, Mom."

Tiara lock the car door again and put the key in her purse.

She put Leo in the stroller and push it.

"Come on, Lil."

"Yaaay!"

Lily cheers again, and Leo, like usual, giggle excitedly while claps his hand.

It make the rubber toy fall from his hand, but he pick it up immediately, before bite it again.

Tiara chuckle again.

Not long after, they already in the supermarket.

It turn out that indeed, the supermarket is full of people who are doing their shopping.

Even the cashier side also full, whereas the cashiers themselves is already about 5 or 6 person.

And at each cashier the queue is a long, long lines.

"Wow, it's so full, Mom."

Lily commented spontaneously.

"Yeah, maybe it's because today is a young date of this month, so it's really common that people do shopping for their monthly necessity."

Tiara answer her.

"What's the young date?"

Lily ask innocently.

Tiara chuckle a little.

Sometimes she forget if she is talking with a 6 years old kid.

"Well, the young date is the date when usually, the people that have a work, get their payments from their works."

"Oh...so, it's mean that every young date, the people have a lot money?"

"Yeah...I suppose."

"What about you? I mean, you don't do work, but it seems that, you have a lot of money too?"

Tiara chuckle again.

"Well, my money is from your father, honey. I am your father's wife, so, if Daddy got money, he will gave it to me too."

"Really? Yaaay! Then, can we buy ice cream?"

"Later, honey, later, for now, let's focus on shopping for our necessity first, after that, maybe we can buy yours and Leo,'s new clothes, you both need that, and maybe after that, we can buy ice cream, sounds good?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Then come on!"

Lily pulls Tiara's hand eagerly.

Tiara chuckle again while ruffling her hair.

She walks deeper in the supermarket, still pushs Leo's stroller, but then seems confuse for a second.

"Hmm...what are we buy first, Lil?"

"Oh, I don't know, you're the Mom, duh."

Tiara chuckle again.

"Okay, let's buy the basic first."

Then Tiara walk to the main necessity aisle.

She buys a sack of 10 kilos rice, a 2 litre bottle of coconut oil, a 2 kilos sugar, and some kinds of soap, like detergent, the bath soap, and the soap for dishes.

After that, they move to another aisle to buy some groceries, like wheat flour, eggs, salt, et cetera.

She also doesn't miss to buy the cereals, milk, baby porridge and biscuits, even some kind of fruit like watermelon, orange and banana.

Those foods are mostly for the kids, especially Leo, whose start to can eat a little, although not entirely.

Then they move again to another aisle that contains of clothes and shoes.

Lily and Leo are more grown everyday, so yeah, they really need another clothes and shoes that the size are more big.

"Mom! Take a look here!"

Lily suddenly says excitedly.

"What is it, honey?"

Tiara walk closer to her daughter.

"Look, it's cute isn't it? For Leo."

Lily shows her a stripe shirt that the colour is bright blue.

"Oooh...you're right, Lil, this is really cute! Let's find the match of this."

Tiara dismiss her hold of the stroller unaware, before joins Lily to find the pant and shoes that match the shirt.

Suddenly Leo cry hysterically while scream 'Mama! Mama!'

Tiara jump in surprise before walk fast to the stroller, but Leo is not there anymore.

She gasps in fear.

"No! Leo! Leo!"

She scream frantically.

Lily rush to her.

"Mom, what's hap...Leo? Where is Leo?"

"I don't know, honey...Leo! Leo!"

Tiara calls again while runs frantically to the direction of vague voice of Leo whose still call 'Mama!'

Lily whose runs behind her also calls for Leo desperately, with tears stream down her cheek.

But they couldn't see him anywhere, until Leo's voice vanish completely.

"No! Leo! Leooo!"

Tiara calls again before grabs Lily's hand and yet try to still search him, slip between people by people that seems more crowded every second now, but it's no use, Leo is disappear completely, like swallowed by the earth.





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