Denisa Rosaline

Advice from Aline

Aline leaves the rooftop. He went down the stairs to the floor where the finance department was in office. He opened his desk drawer, pulled out a device that turned out to have many messages coming from Siska, a friend of the Marketing Division. Today, he made a pact with a trio of quacks, calling them Siska, Irwan and Natalie because the three were very close and always together. They will have lunch together at a newly opened cafe. Irwan had made a reservation a few days ago.

Aline pressed the elevator and waited for a while. Upon entering the elevator, he again meets Ethan who seems to just get off the rooftop. Ethan looks at Aline and smiles wryly remembering the last sentence spoken by the sweet girl before leaving her alone in the rooftop. A spirit at once a rejection!

"Want lunch?" ask Ethan at the end.

"Yes, Brother. The same agreement of the trio quek-kwek from marketing," said the girl cheerfully, making Ethan chuckle with the name of a trio group of children when he was a boy.

"Had a friend as well apparently," the man continued to melt the atmosphere.

Aline chuckled with the joking handsome man beside her. "Could be kidding too apparently," he replied.

The two of them laughed together, along with opening the elevator doors. A beautiful woman wearing a flower dress on her knees entered the elevator?, making her second laugh subside, forced.

"Hi, Than," he said.

"Hello, Kania," replied Ethan. "Have not seen you in a long time." A stale base of Ethan.

"yeah. I found the Eagle wanted to jump lunch together, but there was none," he said sadly.

"Have you tried asking the secretary?"

"Udah, he said to the 4th floor here, but there's nothing."

"Ooh."

"You ... want to go lunch?" tanyanya while shaking her index finger alternately on Ethan and Aline.

"Yes!" ethan's answer precedes Aline's.

Aline is a little upset by Ethan's answer which he thinks could lead to negative speculation. Even if what he said contained no lies at all. But still people will think that they will have lunch together.

"Ooh." The woman is ria. "Gue first yes, mo nyari Delila," he said passed.

The atmosphere of silence was again created after the departure of the woman named Kania.

"His name is Kania, the woman who was betrothed to the Eagle. She's Delila Atmaja's friend." Ethan explains the girl.

"Ooh."

"Why should the three of us be involved with matchmaking huh? Like we're the only guys who don't do it." Ethan has a monologue that makes Aline smile by listening to him.

"Hey, why smile?"

"Maybe it's because you're so busy working that you forget that there are souls who long for the presence of a grandchild."

"Mahaha .... Your words are exactly what my mother said. Ahhaha ...." Ethan laughed.

They threw ridicule and jokes until the elevator opened and they parted in their respective directions.

At the cafe

Siska, Aline, Natalie and Irwan sit at a table in a corner with two sides that show the atmosphere of the sidewalk and street because of the glass walled. Truly a strategic place.

The cafe was really crowded that afternoon. Most are employees who are spending their day off.

The four of them have already ordered, but because the cafe is indeed crowded, so yes must be patient waiting for orders.

"See .. look!" Natalie made a sound to make three other friends who were still busy with their respective devices turned their heads.

"Oh, Nat. Just be surprised!" tegur Irwan's.

"Now look!" the demonstration, giving the salary that is opening the IG page a Jonathan_Prasetya.

"Busyet bye!!! Seriously? I wonder who the girl is. So lucky!" siska shouted no less hysterically.

"Lucky why?" asked Irwan plain pretentious.

"Ck .... My tamvan brancher never looked close to a girl, let alone posting girls in her sosmed. This is suddenly a girl post, even though it's just a silhouette doang, still a girl really lucky!" Siska.

"Eh, I failed to focus on the caption. 'Not sailed already shipwrecked first. Should I sail this ship that has been damaged?' What does that mean?" asked Irwan then handed the device in front of Aline. Makes him want to not accept and see because he is no stranger to the caption

Aline who was not interested in the unfaithful conversation of the quack trio became interested after seeing a silhouette of himself that he believed was taken secretly by Ethan when they were in the rooftop earlier. Of course he recognized himself who was in the photo. It was himself while sitting on the bench sipping his matcha green latte. The photo was taken from the side, right from the direction where Ethan was standing on the wall. Also said the ship and shipwreck they discussed earlier. This photo was uploaded a few minutes ago. That mean? Aaaarrgbw ... Aline shook her head expelling all thoughts.

Aline handed back the dozen million gadgets to the owner, Natalie.

"Original. I'm really curious about girls!" siska said spirit 45.

"Same. I too!" nat timpal.

"Ah, ordinary. You need to know yes, ladies, Mr. Ethan is of a high standard. You guys aren't in that shit!"

"But if you look around, these people's lines look like lo, Lin." Nat looked at her dress and Aline carefully. Making Aline suddenly choke with his drink.

"Thu .. uhuk .... Sister Nat, if you say do not carelessly. Justjust do it!" reprimand Aline.

"Hehehehe .... Yes, yes, Lin. That was just my guess. It's similar, hehehehe." Nat scratched his nape that was not itchy, a little hesitant because it had disturbed the calmness of the beautiful girl in front of him.

"But I'm willing and sincere that my tamvan gap is falling into Aline's arms." Siska monologues, but the effect still makes Aline choke.

Then the trio of quacks laughed because they managed to tease the sweet girl who did not talk much.

They spent the afternoon joking. Sometimes interspersed with gossip that can not be separated from the trio kwek-kwek it.

Upon returning to his office, Aline again checked the report from the Accounting Division on his desk until his return hour was over. Tired, that's what he felt. Hoping to be a short day, it turns out Monday is a very long day full of emotions. Outside biyasah pemirsah!

After all neat, Aline went down to the lobby, wanting to take a break on the soft sofa that was there, her intention. Today, Aline is lazy to use the busway, he plans to ask to pick up the same branch ojek only. And hurry to the resto, because tonight he will be permission to go home quickly and finish whatever will be delivered by his ex-girlfriend, Arya.

After making the order, Aline waited. It's very difficult to get a clock driver like this. Finally after waiting for a while, he got his driver. After being told that the driver was a little far away, Aline sat down to join some other employees who were sitting on the sofa.

"Yes, I'm also curious" said a short-haired female known to Aline from the promotion division.

"About there's going to be an extension, won't there?" This time the shoulder-haired woman with a very cute face voiced.

"Hopefully brought in during the A.C HUT event tomorrow. I can't wait to see Mr. Ethan take on a girl. Can't wait to see Grandma's face drop by, must be really cool. Anyway I support Mr. Ethan with this chick!" This time a woman with shoulder-length hair with a beautiful face and make up cheered her friends. And the talk about the silhouette of the girl at the instastory of a Jonathan_Prasetya still continues until Aline's order ojek babang picks up.

After his death, Ryu, the barista asks Aline to replace him for a short meal. After that Aline prepared. He deliberately brought a change of clothes.

At exactly 8 p.m., Arya entered the cafe. He looked around for someone, but he could not find it. When he was about to call, a message came in and he immediately opened it.

Aline: Brother, drink for a while, I'm ready. Just ask 'order Aline' the same barista!

That's how it's made. Arya approaches the bar table and asks for Aline's order. While waiting, he borrows a piano on Ryu, by chance tonight there is no show. Arya started her beautiful game. This time the song "I'm the Wrong" from Nuca and Mahalini represents his feelings.

Really, Arya's appearance made some guests moved. Some recorded it and uploaded it to social media. Especially when Arya stated that the song was dedicated to a very special girl boisterous visitors increasingly become.

Aline sits at the bar table waiting for the pianist to finish with his show. Thank goodness Arya just glanced at him for a moment so that no one realized the existence of the girl who was offered the song by the man.

They then went down in turn. Aline who was followed by Arya entered her parked car a little far away.

"Where are we going?" aline asked after a while of traveling.

"just driving around. Unless you have a purpose, I'm going along."

"To the park in front of it, yuk" pointed Aline to a park that had begun to be seen. The park is not too crowded because it is quite night.

"All right, Princess." Arya smiled very sweetly.

Aline sat on the park chair, while Arya leaned on the hood of her car.

Aline glanced at his watch. It's almost 9.

"Sir .. "call Aline.

Arya turned her head, realizing that it was time.

"Are you ready to listen?"

The girl nodded.

"I was betrothed to my colleague's son, papa," he said starting to tell stories. "Name Khanza. We were friends from childhood, but not close enough. I refused, of course. My heart is still filled with you. Be honest. Don't be mad at me. I tried, but I couldn't. This feeling is too strong for me to just wipe it out." Arya stared fixedly at Aline who looked down more tonight.

"While my mom wanted so badly to see me get married. I can't. I refused, for sure. I have mentioned your name several times. Ii'm sorry. But I can't lie. That there's only you here. I don't want to fill it with another name." Arya looked up, dispelling the fog in her eyes. His heart aches, choosing the happiness of his parents or the happiness of himself.

"Really, I do not want to be a child of disobedience by subordinating the happiness of the woman who gave birth to me. But I also cannot deny that your existence is still very strong to give happiness to me. I was confused and upset and left my parents' house. Choosing to live in the apartment that I once wanted to give to you, the first treasure that is very valuable from my own efforts, like you who are very valuable to me, he said, but it won't be because you're hunting away and disappearing."

"That's why your mama came to me?"

"Yes, Lucy played a role there too. I apologize deeply for my mother's name."

Aline nodded slowly. "I don't know why Lucy hasn't liked me since she first worked at A. C. I never had to deal with him."

"Lucy is my cousin. The guy is like that. In a minute, I'm gonna go get some ice cream." Arya running. If this is his last date, he will make the most of it.

Before long, the man returned with two pieces of ice cream in his hand.

"Thank you" said Aline, taking her favorite vanilla chocolate-flavored ice cream.

They enjoy ice cream in silence.

"So, what do you think I should do?" ask Arya.

"Eitherway. You're wrong to ask, brother!" the answer is because he himself also went from home because he did not want to be betrothed. Then he continued. "I was in your position." Wirih he said.

"You mean?"

"Yes. You remember that time at the cafe, you asked me when I changed?"

"Yes, of course I remember. Does this have anything to do with your statement?" Arya concluded.

Aline nodded, but did not immediately make a sound. He put together words that he deserved to tell so as not to judge.

"I went away from home, more precisely expelled from the house for refusing the arranged marriage that had been planned by papi." Aline turned her head to look at the night sky sprinkled with stars. "I wanted to stay in Sydney to continue my post, but because of our broken relationship, I needed a new atmosphere to forget my pain, so I decided to go home and fly to Berlin. After completing my studies, I returned home. I remember, on the tenth day I came back, Papi called me to his study. He told my grandfather's will that my family and his best friend's family wanted to have a message. At that time of course I wanted to be betrothed papi. I refuse completely. And it ends with my expulsion from the Tiocandra family. I had wanted to go to Jogja, but Allah SWT had other wills. Be I stranded in Jakarta, with only a shirt on my body and a few pieces of rupiah that I borrowed from my nanny."

"Is that why you changed your identity?" ask Arya.

Aline raised her shoulders. "It could be yes, it could not. Papi disgraced me and no longer recognizes me as his daughter. Papi I'm a dutiful son, he loves the late grandfather very much, because grandfather is both father and mother to him." Aline stopped because the tears she had been holding back had also shed. "After all, I didn't carry any identity when I left the house. Papi would not allow. According to Brother, do I have to keep the name Tiocandra."

Arya chuckled, "That's not a question, let alone a statement. That's an affirmation!" said.

Aline flicked her shoulders in agreement.

"But at the heart of all the stories, when I was riding in a father's taxi to the harbor. Yep! I got on the boat. Don't look at me as if getting on a boat is impossible for me!" said Aline saw Arya raising her next eyebrow in disbelief as she said to the port. "OK .. okay ....!" Arya raised her hand sign of surrender and gave the girl time to finish her story.

"Through him Allah SWT gave me a guidance. Just a short sentence, but I still remember it today. He said that if we are Muslims, we have Allah SWT. Then he told me to be patient and grateful."

"So, now you're telling me the words of the taxi driver's father?" Arya then chuckles.

"We have the same beginning, the same storyline. Don't end up like me, brother! I didn't understand how close God was to us. But you, you have that chance. Pray and ask for His guidance! Let Him guide you to make a choice! Ask him to make things easier! Then be patient and grateful for the choices you make later! After all, just try to get to know the girl first. Who knows, he's your soul mate." Aline smiled very sweetly after saying the sentence made the man void of refutation and just focus on enjoying a smile as sweet as honey which always made him crazy.

"What if my soul mate is you?" tanyanya attacked back.

"I believe, if the soul mate, rezki and death are in the hands of God," concluded Aline.

"And I believe if the soul mate is picked up, not waited for!" said the man.

Aline looked at her watch. "It's been so late, didn't you mean to return me?"

"If you kidnap you, it's legal, ..."

"Quite wish, Brother. We're going home now yeah because tomorrow has to work."

"All right, Princess."

"Issssn ...."

They chuckled together and went back to their homes.

On her bed, Arya was still repeating what the girl who had her heart said. Then he decided to pray and pray for directions. Give fully to the Almighty, as Aline advised him in the garden.