Finding True Love Aishah

Work in the Office

A black sports car drove at a fairly high speed, passing a road full of water, because only a few minutes ago the heavy rain subsided. 

"Aduuu…." 

Screaming a woman, apparently he was hit by splashes of water from a sports car that passed quite fast earlier. His work clothes now do not look white anymore because they are full of mud splashes.

As the day grew, the sun began to show its dim light. Replacing the black clouds that have vanished brings falling water soaking the soil and plants that are still wet with morning dew. Half that the rain has flushed the beauty of the morning atmosphere. Making the faces that had been eager to scavenge the windfall turn into tangles.

Across the street, at a bus stop, a black hooded woman in a black skirt suit and a white shirt with a name tag bearing Aishah, which was pinned in her veil. Aishah, that's the woman's name. He was busy cleaning his clothes full of mud splashes. He looked very panicked, because this morning he had a meeting with a client from out of town. He should be at the office before 8. 

Aishah's motorbike had to go into the workshop due to traffic jams. So Aishah had to take shelter where he fixed his motorcycle long enough. It makes him late to the office. Especially because of the rain, online taxis are booked never come.

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Radit immediately stopped his car by the side of the road. Radit got down from the car, then saw the state of the person across the street who was hit by splashes of water when his car passed earlier. He saw a woman who was busy cleaning her dirty clothes exposed to the splashes of her car. Radit immediately approached the woman.

"Sorry, because I got your clothes so dirty, clean this. Is anyone hurt?" Radit felt guilty and immediately apologized to Aishah while offering a handkerchief. Radit seemed to pay close attention to Aishah's situation.

"I'm fine, thank you." Aishah received a handkerchief from Radit accompanied by a faint smile on her lips. Then he immediately wiped his clothes.

"Taxi…." Aishah swung her hand in front of her body, a sign calling a taxi that slowly began to be clearly visible. The taxi began to approach him. The taxi turns on the accent to the left, a sign that it will pull over. The taxi stopped in front of Aishah.

"Sorry I have to go first, I'm in a hurry." Aishah got into the taxi.

After Aishah leaves, Radit immediately heads to his car.

"What's up, sir?" Ask someone sitting in the car, when Radit opens the door.

"Nothing - what." Radit got in the car.

I think I've known that woman.

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Aldi saw Aishah enter his study with a small run. It seems he is in a hurry. Because the time has shown at 08.15 minutes. Aldi immediately approached Aishah who was about to put the bag and the files he brought on his desk. With responsiveness Aldi helped put the files brought by Aishah. The file that Aishah was carrying did look heavy.

"Aish tumben just came, Mr. Bima is waiting for you in the meeting room from earlier."

Aishah, who is more often called Aish, only saw Aldi at a glance with widened eyelids and then moved to the meeting room. Aishah brought the meeting files she had prepared from home. 

In the meeting room, Aishah saw Pak Bima who was busy with her laptop and her secretary Rina who was busy with sheets of paper in her hand. How relieved Aishah because the client from outside the city has not arrived.

"Aishah why you just arrived, immediately prepare the meeting files. We do not become a meeting in the office, the client asks us to hold a meeting at a cafe near the office. We're leaving now, I'm waiting for you at the reception desk"

"Ba good sir." Aishah answered stammeringly while adjusting her breath which was still panting. Aishah immediately picks up the bag at her desk, but is stopped by Aldi.

"Where are you going, just come and go again?" Aldi scrunched his forehead.

"The meeting does not happen in the office, said Pak Bima client asked for his meeting at the cafe near the office." Aishah picked up her briefcase, then paused for a moment to stare at Aldi.

"Oh.. uh your clothes why are they so cute?" Aldi pointed at Aishah's clothes which still looked dirty with traces of mud water.

"So there was a splash of puddle water on the road, when there was a car passing." Aishah tried to remove the traces of mud that were still stuck with his hands.

Without waiting for Aldi's approval, Aishah immediately left in front of Aldi.

"But Aish!" Aldi ran to his desk and came back to Aishah with a woman's coat in his hand.

"Wear this!" Aldi thrusting a lady's suit.

Without a second thought, Aishah immediately picked up and put on the suit quickly, then hurried away. Aldi was still staring at Aishah's departure until Aishah's back vanished from his sight.

Arriving at the cafe, Aishah and Pak Bima and Rina occupied the table that had been booked before. Aishah looked at his dirty clothes, despite having worn Aldi's suit, but the chest shirt still looked brownish in mud. Aishah just wiped it with a handkerchief, so the mud stain is still imprinted.

Not long after, came two men in black suits approaching them. It turned out that the two men were the clients they were waiting for. They shake hands with each other. When shaking hands with one of her clients, Aishah felt she had met the client. 

"Sorry we're late, the streets are a little jammed." Radit nodded his head politely.

"Include this my secretary Rina and this is Aishah who will deliver our presentation this time." Pak Bima introduced Rina and Aishah to his clients while pointing towards Aishah and Rina alternately.

"I'm Radit and this is my Assistant Toni." Radit also introduced himself and his assistant.

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At his desk, Aldi was seen smiling himself while looking at the two cinema tickets he held from earlier. She was imagining herself with Aishah entering the cinema while carrying popcorn in her hands. Suddenly his daydream was scattered by a man who patted his shoulder from behind.

"In lunch yuk!"

One of his co-workers invited him to lunch, because it was time for lunch. Aldi and Ega headed to the nearest restaurant. Ega ordered meatballs and orange ice followed by Aldi who ordered the same menu.

"Ga, how long has Aishah been so close?" Aldi pulled out a chair to sit there.

"Yaah in the new also left Aishah for a while, already rich left only a year. But I'm wondering why you guys aren't so, when you're so close to each other." Ega took a seat in front of Aldi.

"Sometimes I think it's not like that either, but we've been friends since High School. We've gotten too close, I've also considered Aishah like my own sister. Moreover, Aishah also has the principle not to date first, before she gets married and I really appreciate that." Aldi stared at the ceiling of the room where he ate.

"I also don't want to ruin the friendship we've been in for so long. For me now, the most important thing is that Aishah's happiness, being able to always protect and make her laugh is very important to me."

Obviously Aldi at length, Ega could only gawk without saying anything listening to Aldi's explanation. Without them realizing so much the preoccupation of chatting, it turns out the waiter has served their order from earlier.

"Wrap me in with you." Ega patted Aldi's shoulder a few times hard.

"Eh ga, eat yuk to get cold." Aldi immediately picked up the spoon and fork on his plate, then ate his ordered food voraciously.

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"The presentation is good, the material is easy and interesting. We can continue our cooperation." Said Radit in a pleased and satisfied tone.

"Thank you, Mr. Radit, we'll do everything we can." Timpal Pak Bima shook Radit's hand.

After the meeting was over, they continued to have lunch together at the same cafe.

"I'm sorry for this morning, I was in a hurry so I didn't see anyone across the street, your clothes got dirty."

On the sidelines of lunch Radit broke the silence between them. All the participants of the meeting looked up to see Radit. Aishah who felt invited to speak directly ended the views of several people before him.

"Oh yes Mr. Radit is okay, I apologize, because your handkerchief is dirty because of me." Aishah looked at Radit for a while and finished her lunch.

After lunch, they returned to their offices.

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"Aish tonight there's no show?" When the time came home from work, Aldi ran from behind and walked beside Aishah.

"Why Di, tumben nanyain show ?" Aishah slowed down his steps so that Aldi could line up his steps.

"If there's no show, I want to take you to the movies, there's a good movie, I've bought tickets, too." Aldi took two tickets in his pocket and showed them to Aishah.

"Okay, but as usual, we have to go home before 9pm." Aishah agreed to Aldi's words.

"Ready, everything is arranged, after all we leave after the magrib so we can go home before 9. We meet in front of the cinema at seven o'clock yeah, lest it not come ." Aldi handed one of his tickets to Aishah.

"okay." Aishah received the ticket that Aldi gave enthusiastically.

Then Aishah wrapped her thumb and index finger. Then they split up to go home.