Glass Flakes

Dinner

Three grown men are at a gym to fill their weeknight. Dimas who had just gotten off the treadmill grabbed his towel and sat on the bench not far from him. He grabbed the bottle of mineral water he had brought and gulped down its contents. Not far from where he sat was Niko who was still busy forming her arm muscles with two barbells in her hand.

"Where is Dim?" Devan's voice approached while wiping the sweat on his face.

"Go home" replied Dimas briefly.

"Don't go to the arena?"

"Sir"

"Club?"

"Sir"

"Many of them call Dim, so as to avoid the temptation of the damned devil" said Niko who had suddenly sat beside Dimas.

"Damn you, you think I'm a demon?" annoyed Devan throws his towel at Niko.

"Hahaha, you too, we've become the son of mama, still lo poisonin"

"Hellehhhh, you know, you've got it" elak Devan won't lose. "What about my cafe? It's Sunday night guys, Sunday night. Are you going to sleep at this hour?" devan continued by emphasizing on the word Sunday night.

"Ok" replied Dimas briefly. Then it passed leaving his friends to clean themselves up.

"It's really drastic, isn't it a change?" Niko said as she stared at Dimas' departure.

"Hemmm, and strangely we became like this because we followed him" Devan replied confirming.

Since Dimas stopped his bad habits, little by little his two best friends followed him. Devan who incidentally is from a family of businessmen opened several cafes to start his business. While Niko prefers to work with Dimas after resigning from the company where he worked.

The three of them were friends from High School. It was with them that Dimas spent his youth. Until now they are also witnesses to changes in Dimas. Lovely friendship, right?

Sunday morning, Talita invited Adinda and Maya to take a walk to the largest mall in the city. They seem to be picking clothes at one of the famous outlets. And over and over again, from one store to another. Like there was no fatigue the three girls put their feet.

After almost circling the entire contents of the mall, now Dinda and the others have been sitting in one of the fast food restaurants. Several paper bags containing their groceries were laid on one of the table chairs they occupied.

"This time to mama yuk's salon?" take Talita to Dinda and Maya.

"I'm just this free, sis" answered Maya honestly.

"I follow you" said Dinda.

"You're Din's ketchup?" ask Maya who sees Dinda as uninspired.

"Aren't you tired of the whole mall?" ask Dinda back.

"Yes brother, kok rich shoots that anyway" Talita also pay attention to Dinda.

"No papa"

"What is malem why brother?" Maya curious.

"Ntar Malem's wedding anniversary mama sama papa. We and our family want dinner" Talita explained.

"Trus why?"

"Ihhh, must be explained, right?" upset Talita because Maya who never realized that later there will also be Dimas there.

"Ooohhh, yes" Maya said as if remembering something. "You can definitely Din" he said later, holding Dinda's hand in support.

At night, Dinda was preparing in her room. It looks beautiful with Tunic floral motifs combined with matching pasmina. He still hesitated to leave his room. Several times he adjusted his breathing to reduce his nervousness.

"Aren't you ready?" Talita asked who was suddenly in Dinda's room.

"Already"

"Let's get off. My mom is waiting"

"Yuk"

They both went out of the room together. In the living room there is already Mr. Lukman and mama Ambar waiting. Once everything was ready, they set off in one Alphard-type car. During the trip Talita who knows Dinda's nervousness also tried to entertain her by occasionally taking her selfie and also talking about everything Dinda likes including her favorite Korean drama. Mama Ambar and Mr. Lukman did not bother with the fussiness of his daughter. They knew Talita was trying to distract Dinda. And they also realized the nervousness that had been clearly drawn on Dinda's face.

After a half-hour trip, they finally arrived at a family restaurant that was quite luxurious. Talita took Dinda walking behind her parents. At the entrance there was a waiter who welcomed and drove the family to the private room that had been booked before.

With mixed feelings, Dinda took a seat right beside Talita. Just putting his bag on the chair beside him, there was a man's voice that made his heart race. He just kept squeezing his fingers that were already shaking in his lap.

"Sorry late" said Dimas kissing the hand of his father and mother. Not to forget he also rattled Talita's hair teasing him.

"Apaan sis" upset Talita tidied her hair.

"Just come home to you Dim?" Ask papa who saw Dimas still wearing his work shirt.

"Yes pa" Dimas sat himself next to his mother. And that made Dinda keep her head down even more because Dimas was now right in front of her.

Dimas who had sat perfectly also noticed Dinda in front of him. As soon as he entered the room, the girl still lowered her face.

"Dinda didn't have a hand, did she?" Ask mama to worry.

"I,, yeah ma"

Talita who was next to him also clasped Dinda's hand.

"If you're not comfortable, I can go" Dimas told Dinda.

Dinda who heard it just shook her head. He did not want the special event that his father-in-law had prepared to fail just because of him.