Duren Palm

cashier's crush (Revision)

Three years ago.

In the school cafeteria, Rianti and Shinta were waiting for his order to arrive. Rianti ordered boiled noodles and Shinta ordered meatballs. While drinking, they both ordered ice tea.

"Ri, we're going to step up to eleventh grade. Do you want to go to IPA or IPS class?" ask Shinta after finishing breakfast. Looking at the focus on Rianti who was wearing his gawai without blinking.

"IPS, my brain can't get into IPA class." Flat, almost no expression on Rianti's face.

Smiling a snail, Shinta again wiped her ice with a face of her sumringah. "O .. Yes I've come with you, yes."

Rianti glanced at a glance, Enter IPS aja uda like seneng, what else if you can enter IPA.

"Yuk, back," asked Rianti who responded with a nod of agreement from Shinta. However, unexpectedly, came a student in sports clothes walking towards them. "Rianti, be my lover" he said softly, handing over a box of chocolates wrapped in pink ribbons. Staring at Rianti closely, without poking fun at other students who were excited about it.

While Rianti, speechless, silent, glued and gaping. Suddenly the heart seemed to grow flowers of various colors. Fragrant, makes Rianti's cheeks perfect. It was never imagined by him that a famous and handsome Doni Setiawan expressed love for him in the school cafeteria.

Five seconds, it's been five seconds Rianti pecked. His round eyes blinked, there was a strange sense that ran through the mind making his vocal cords tightly bound. Not to mention the pounding on the chest that is crazy. Sunguh, Rianti wanted to fly right then and there.

"Udah .. cepet accept." Shinta whispers.

"Eh, i-iya yes, sister." replied Rianti stuttering, the skin of her face blushing. Suddenly embarrassed to be stared at by Doni that close.

"Ok, today we're officially dating. At three o'clock in the afternoon I picked it up, yeah. We're dating," said Doni with emphasis in each word.

****

Black mega almost covered the sky. Cold wind is no less showy. Stabbing the body of Rianti who was waiting for the idol who never arrived. "Where are you, Don? Why not just yet." Mumbled in a soft voice. Back and forth on the porch.

"Cie .. there is another fret ni yee .. "tease Shinta who knows when to arrive. Ignoring the look of Rianti's face like doused in vinegar.

"Doi hasn't come yet?" continued again. Break down, sit in a rattan chair.

"Not yet." Rianti answered briefly. While the hands are relentless just keep contacting Doni using his cell phone. "Where the hell," he said annoyed, then joined to lay down next to Shinta. Look at the foggy afternoon sky. "It looks like it's going to rain" Rianti said. Long-winded. Closing my eyes enjoying the cold wind that hit my face. Forgetting a moment of endless frustration.

"I'm envious. You already have a girlfriend, while I .. Gebetan just don't have one." Out a long sigh after Shinta's words. A desperate voice that instantly made Rianti open her eyes.

"Eat him, so the girl is not too coquettish, the person becomes afraid to want your whims. They think you're a real girl." Rianti was seen dictating his best friend.

"Yes, I can't do that, dong." Shinta rolled her eyeballs, protesting. "Cewe who looks like a centil is not necessarily a girl who is not real. For example, a shabby book cover does not mean the contents are ugly, even the contents are more qualified. So many people read it to the point that the cover gets ugly. Then, there is also a neat package but the contents are destroyed. Just try to buy instant noodles and keep the contents cracked, do you buy? It must not be, right. So, the point is don't judge people by their outward appearance, either" Shinta said at length. The annoyed snort was branded like that.

"Yes. I'm sorry, " said Rianti, sorry. There's a point. A person's heart cannot be seen from the outside.

Silence, both are silent. Rianti thought of Doni. While Shinta, trying to neutralize his emotions that are a little overflowing.

"What time's it gonna be?" Shinta mediates awkwardness. He realized, his long speech might add to the burden of Rianti's mind.

"Four three." Rianti answered slowly followed by a long breath.

"Are you on the phone, not yet?"

"Udah, really. But not lifted. I didn't read the chat either" replied Rianti. Disappointment on his face.

"Yes, already. Let's just wait. Maybe the street's jammed."

Time just keeps turning. Until the cloud that was gray finally poured out its contents. Heavy rain poured over the afternoon which was almost before the magrib. Giving a sullen sigh in Rianti's heart. Disappointed, have been waiting for hours but unfortunately the awaited did not come. Finally, Shinta returns home and Rianti enters the house.

Rianti and Shinta go to the Xl class of IPA to find Doni. Asking for an explanation for his absence yesterday afternoon. Asking for certainty about their status. But darling, what was sought never came. Even astonishingly, Doni has moved abroad. What the hell.

Shocked? Clearly, who could be calm in that situation. Rianti's eyes began to glaze over. Hearing Doni's classmate's explanation made her more vulnerable.

Whatisthis? Why didn't he leave? Am I not attractive to the point that he regrets and tries to avoid me? Was I just considered a joke by him?

***

Get them in front of the biggest mall in Semarang.

Like most visitors, the two just go around in circles. Wash your eyes by looking at things you can't possibly buy right now. Resist the inner, that is what their intention is before entering the shopping center.

"Eh, you feel like something's weird, don't you?" Rianti whispered. bring her face closer to Shinta's. "I feel that someone is following us" continued Rianti again.

"Nothing, really." Shinta answered casually. Looking left right, front behind. And there is nothing suspicious. "Udah, don't parno-an. We're here to wash our eyes. Not for a guts test," Shinta said. Makes Rianti smile bitterly. Neutralize fears that may be just 'feeling.'

Suddenly, unexpectedly someone blocked the path of Rianti. High School student figure complete with white uniform gray and backpack on the shoulders. Rianti stepped to the left, the man to the left. Turning to the right, he went to the right. Who the hell? Rianti sat in withstanding the upset.

"Please step aside, we're going through!" Rianti's words responded to the loud ruckus of the student. Making Rianti and Shinta fight, confused.

Again, beyond the shadow of Rianti. The student flips his body while bending next to his knee. Raising your face, developing a smile. "Be my girlfriend" he said out loud. Pouring a sprig of red roses and a box of heart-shaped chocolates.

The jedar!

Rianti was struck by lightning in the crowd. He was stiff, his tongue was also stiff. A few seconds later, he could control his mind. He shook the student's hand and said in a growling tone, "Oh, don't be ashamed. I'm not a joke!" Sharp, Rianti stared at the man cruelly. Goddamnit! Who the hell is he.

Rianti stepped back. Ignoring the strange gazes of visitors who had already looked at them because of the loud voice of the student. But again Rianti's steps stopped, because he came back to block. "I'll let you through as long as you want to be my girlfriend, accept my feelings Rianti. I'll make sure you won't regret it" said the student confidently. Develop a smile and return innate thrusting.

Jeez ... Where did this boy come from, why did his voice grow louder?

"Receive my gift first, then you can go, Iaaang .." he said with a wink.

Rianti was again made gaping, ashamed of the call of the unknown man. With emotions almost exploding, Rianti also took his gift. "This is what I accept, but not how you feel!" rianti said with great emphasis. Pass away with almost half a run. "Bas on a crazy boy!"

After feeling quite far away, Rianti and Shinta sat on the iron chair, adjusting their breaths.

"Do you know him?" ask Rianti.

"Know ... his mother is a regular customer of the store and his aunt is Mr. Haikal," replied Shinta who sounded racy.

Behind them was a man who was watching the incident.

He snarled, clenching his hand.

It looks like his face is red with a jaw that has been tightly clenched. "Damn it," he hissed.

Before long, his phone shook. He received a message from his father, Mahendra Abbas.

[Meet him now at Matahari Mall. He has been waiting for you, his name is Melati.]

Yes, the man who peeked at Rianti and received a blind date message was Ardi Mahendra Abbas. The one who had been sending spies to keep an eye on Rianti.