Aldebaran Looking for Love

Chapter 7

After all the courses are over, Ai and Sammy walk towards the car park. As usual, Sammy accidentally drove Ai back to the hospital.

They sat next to each other in the front seat singing indistinctly. Stay by Justin Bieber and Kid Laroi.

"Ohhhh uoooooo, ohhh uooooooo!" They were screaming following the song.

Ai and Sammy are karaoke lovers. It's just that their favorite activity has long been stopped since Mira often went back and forth from the hospital and Ai became the backbone of the family. Now, they always take advantage of alone time in the car by singing crazy.

Stay's song is either a song they're singing barbarically at the moment. They gave a pause shortly after the song.

"Cilaaaa! Not karaoke for a long time!" sammy said, hitting the steering wheel.

"Yes. Sorry, my life so big sampe–" Not yet Ai finished talking, her smart phone is clinking. He also checked the contents of the notification.

Mom :

Son, can I buy you some chicken soup? My mother's tongue was bitter.

Ai immediately chuckled, "I don't think I'm afraid to complain even once."

"Why? Who's the chat?"

"Nyokapp. Ask to buy chicken soup."

"The ordinary?"

"Yes." Yeah."

Sammy immediately took the right side of the road to turn the direction. Ai panicked as soon as she understood Sammy's intentions.

"Eh, no, Sam. I bought it from an online office."

"Great style lo. Deket doang."

"Haha. That's very good." Ai nyengir's. Finally let Sammy turn his car around to the regular chicken soup.

Sammy pretended to grunt.

Soon, they arrived at the soup shop.

"Just a minute, I'll buy it." Ai gets out of Sammy's car to buy Mira's order.

Sammy watches Ai talking to the salesman's brother, from inside the car. He felt so happy to see his friend. Ai's face looked tired and her body grew thinner and thinner. Her hair was simply soaked, like she had no time to take care of herself.

With the order of the Flower House getting more crowded, Ai is getting preoccupied with her small business. Not to mention having to do college assignments and take care of his own mother. If there is an actual definition of wonder woman or super girl, Ai is the person.

If there was anything Sammy could do to help Ai, he would have. But his friend was not easy to receive free help. He prefers to work hard to not be indebted to others. Sammy and Shaletta even send flowers to the closest people even though there is no important event, just to help Ai.

Like earlier. Shaletta accidentally ordered the most expensive flowers for her mother's birthday. All that they did to help Ai who had so high self-esteem.

"Sorry, wait a long time?" Ai, in an instant, had already gotten into the car again. Sammy's daydream stopped instantly.

"Eh, no really. Lebay deh."

Ai chuckles, and she offers Sammy a plastic pack.

"This is for Auntie" said Ai.

Sammy's stunned.

"Baiiii!" He grumbled, not good. Why was his mother bought too?

"Same Auntie would love the same chicken soup Mr. Tris." Ai pretentious.

"But Mama can buy it for herself!"

"Gue can also buy for Aunty. What's the harm anyway?! My son often repotin, time can not reply?"

Sammy grumbled to himself, "Work desperately, but the money to buy chicken soup for socialite mothers!"

Ai secretly smiled when finally –mau don't want– Sammy received the package. His friendship with Sammy is second to none.

"Where is Sunday?" ask Sammy, driving his car.

"Orderan is also many Sundays? Why not send everyone to Tantri or find a new employee to help you on Saturday Sunday?" Sammy gave me advice.

"Saaam, I need some extra money. I can't waste money on new employees."

"But you're so skinny, Ai. I'm afraid you're sick too."

"No. The body of the poor is hard. You know, we're more afraid of lethargy than getting sick."

Sammy directly pulled Ai's head off.

"Muluu! Be guarded! Sick really just found out?!"

Ai grinned, then said, "Doain just so I'm always healthy."

Sammy just shut up.

"Heeeeeey! It's all I ever expected to be normal with me! I don't want to be loved!"

Sammy glanced at him, "Who is loving you too?! I'm gedek!"

Ai laughing. You know full well that Sammy is just big shit. If he had to name one person outside of his family, who really cared about him, Sammy would be the one.

"Lo no intention of dating, Ai?" sammy asked, suddenly.

"Heh?! Tumben very lo nanya this is the same me!"

"Gue was curious. Why don't you try acquaintance with Etta's brother?"

"So, what the hell, Sam!"

"Seriously, I'm really doing this. Probably the same Etta, you're not good at talking. But you can be honest with me."

"There's no reason. The vow! I just don't have time to think about love right now."

Sammy glanced slightly towards Ai. And realized that Ai still had a few words to say, so she waited.

"Lagian lo ngapa dah. Usually you do not want to interfere in my love affairs, because you yourself do not want to be disturbed." Ai mocked.

But Sammy is in serious mode. He was not affected by Ai's evasion this time.

"Gue just wants you to have another life, in addition to managing the House of Flowers and Aunt Mira. It's sincere, not that I don't like you to take care of everything this independent. But I want you to grin," said Sammy.

Ai contemplating.

"Gue doesn't need another life, Sammy. I just need to be healthy."

"Gue knows. But that doesn't mean you can't have anyone else to share your burden, Ai. To make you happy. To purify you."

"Gue's got the same thing as Etta."

"But the same boyfriend is different."

Ai shakes her shoulders, "Lo knows I've never been together, Sam. I don't feel like I'm losing anything right now. I don't think there's anything lacking in my life."

Ai's reasoning was too logical to the point that Sammy had no more support sentences to say. Finally, he could only growl.

Ai laughing.

He patted Sammy on the shoulder, "Lo was worried as much as I was?!"

Sammy sneered.

"Thanks, Sammy. But I'm fine. As long as I'm healthy, may I always be strong to deal with everything."

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Sammy's concept is "You've Got A Friend in Me" by Randy Newman.

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