About A Taste

New Friends

three hours passed, taking a range of six hours to travel from my small town to Tokyo. In the previous few hours, I had already finished the drawing I made. I was less satisfied with the results because I only used pencils and other Minim drawing tools. I tidied up my equipment and put it on the left side of the table, close to the window. I was silent for a moment in confusion. I was running out of ideas to fill my free time. I fell back on my chin while staring out the window.

Not feeling half an hour passed, I was still dumbfounded to look out the window with cool, moist air. The sky I had seen before was very clean and bright, now it had become cloudy as comulus clouds began to envelop it Like clumps of clouds that resembled broccoli. Not long after, the bright afternoon sky had now turned as faint as the morning sky at dawn.

Cold wind began to feel piercing my sense of touch and made me shiver while goosebumps for a moment. I shut the window, right away, pull it from top to bottom and then lock it tightly using a user lever whose shape and size only differs slightly from the ice cream stalk and its length is equivalent to 2 inches of nails. After doing that, the train lights immediately turn on and emit light that is not bad enough for eye health in reading.

The air began to get colder, passengers began to remove and immediately hit their jackets and sweaters. Thankfully, I was wearing a sweater today

The sky began to spill its water which was falling to the surface of the earth's crust so thick and so swift accompanied by lightning strikes and thunder that rumbled and lightning like splitting clouds. Seeing the phenomenon at once directly I closed the car window glass using curtains that were originally hanging and now scattered wide.

From a distance, precisely at the end of the connecting car door between the carriages with each other. I saw a conductor pushing a trolley with various snacks and it was in it ala carte. What is the duty of the conductor is to stop at each row of seats and offer what food it carries. Until finally he arrived at my place and offered food contained in ala carte.

" Excuse me ma'am would you like to order one of these?" said the female conductor while holding coffee and tea.

" Thank you for the offer, but all I need now is Instant Pop Noodles Is there?" my words intentionally taste sweet and cute.

" There's Mom, which one would you like? There's a chicken curry taste there's a chicken onion taste."

" I want the chicken curry alone Mommy." I said while looking for the money that fits the market price of the Instant Pop Noodle.

Not long after, I found the right money. I watched Pop Noodles placed by the Mother Condector. Already in a state filled with hot water and spices and forks placed on the lid to overwrite the lid until tight. Well-being

I got up from my seat and approached the conductor who had moved to the other table.

" She's the money" I said in a small voice to the officer. The conductor just silent "this is the money Pop Mie Mbak" said firmly once again. Then the Mama started to open her mouth and said "I'm sorry, Mommy, but this is all that's in the trolley is the facilities of the train." I was speechless embarrassed to hear what the mama conductor said. I immediately took a way out, "Yes it is then this is for the Mbaknya aja." I said while putting the money into the pocket of the uniform Mbak conductor and immediately turned the body back to the seat.

On the seat I thought of one thing, when I turned around, there was a man with deep black hair and sunglasses wearing an open chest black jacket until the black shirt he was wearing was seen. The man glanced at me. I don't know what Ya means if she wants to laugh at me or There's anything else besides that I keep thinking about it while I eat my Instant Pop Noodles.

Moments later, the train I was riding had stopped at Tokyo's main station. I opened the curtains on the window and made sure that nothing was left behind. The rain that the train that I was riding found was evenly spread across Tokyo. After cleaning things up, I waited in line to walk out of the carriage.

Outside, I immediately looked for a seat to wait for an invitation. The atmosphere in Tokyo is very crowded and noisy. The sound of that voice came in buzzing in my ear. It's very different from my small town. I said in my heart.

Not long after walking, I finally arrived at the invitation room and immediately approached the empty seat. I sat down and put my two suitcases next to me. I checked my phone and saw that there was an unanswered incoming call from Lina. Want to call back it was already on the phone first. I immediately lifted up.

Hello !

Hello, have you arrived at Tokyo station?

Dong say, just sat in the waiting room.

Okay, I'm on my way to the station. Awaiting yes...

Eh? now it? Didn't you go to work today?

Come in anyway... But you see also my watch.

Just like Lina said, I stared straight at the clock. It's 18:30 now

Oh yes, it's been hours coming home from work.

Yeah, thats. This is where I'm near, I'm waiting.

*ok sip's.

Tit...Tit*... (Connection disconnected)

I put the phone back in the bag, sitting around looking around waiting for Lina to arrive.

A quarter of an hour later, my phone vibrated once and it indicated a notification coming in. I saw Lina's name on the screen of my cell phone that went wrong and

^^^"Udah. Where's lu say? I was outside. White car Pajero yes say.^^^

^^^"^^^

"Ok wait for me to come out"

^^^👍👍👍^^^

I got out of my seat and dragged the two suitcases I was carrying. As soon as I walked out of the lobby door, my eyes were immediately fixed on the car whose characteristics were the same as Lina said. There's his car. I gotta hurry. Suddenly, my footsteps stopped when I saw Lina coming out of the car. Her hair was wavy with bangs aside, though, using a light green blotch black dress and with a yellow line at the end of the dress that is only limited to the knee made around 360⁰ dress with subordinate heels. "We meet again." We hugged and laughed together.

......................

"How are things in the village? Is Jack still crazy about you? how are Audrey and Vinton related? I really miss them." Lina.

I answered all the questions Lina had given me along the way to the contract.

After that Lina confided about the beginning of her work in Tokyo, until her current existence. I'm so happy to be a good listener for Lina. Lina has never changed. She's a tough girl. I said in my heart while listening to Lina's life story.

Our trip was very happy but slow. In addition to the rainy weather factor, the clock factor home from work is also very influential in traffic. But after an hour more we told the story, it did not feel like we wanted to get to the destination.

"Is this really my place?" Ask me after hearing the word we have arrived and see a large white house with a high fence and a pole light that makes it look arrogant.

"Yes, we've reached my house" said Lina, unbending her seatbelt and getting out of the car, opening the garage gate and sitting in the steering chair. I was silent in a thousand languages, glued to the house and worshiped in my heart.

Lina put the car into the garage and opened the trunk door.

"When do you want to look from the outside? don't you want to come inside?" lina said while turning off the engine.

"Eh, sorry." I said as I looked at the luggage.

I dropped my suitcase from the trunk, while Lina closed the garage gate. After that Lina immediately led me into her house and I walked after her from behind. Lina's house is so luxurious and big, it's really very aesthetic.

"Listen to me for a moment. This is a sofa and TV to welcome guests, there is a dining table, a hallway near the stairs to the kitchen, the kitchen is just like a regular kitchen, there is a bathroom, there is a bathroom, the slim door is to the backyard where to dry clothes. If it's a room, everything's on the first floor. You can have any candle you like except the one on the right side of the stairs. That's my room." Lina.

"But say, how much money do I have to spend to stay here?" My toot.

"I don't need your money. All I need is your presence. Enough of my solitude in this big house." Said Lina in a small voice as she stepped towards her room.

"Thank you*" I said.

Lina looked at me and gave a smile. After that I immediately chose a room opposite Lina's room on the left of the stairs