Habits

Story

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The girl's steady steps led her to a brown cart that read 'Lumpia Wet'.

A young man thrust out a white plastic bag that condensed and still raised smoke from it.

"This, neng. Wet veneer 2, doesn't matter all."

"Eat the brother, has been prepared all this."

"Kan, Neng Hana mah is always right on promise. Yesterday said to buy, definitely now come."

"AHAHA can do it, bang. Btw, it's still an angel, isn't it, bang?"

"Still at me, neng. If it's cold, let it get hot again."

"Asik, very steady."

Hana then chuckled and grabbed a few pieces of money in her uniform pocket. After finding it, he handed it over.

"Now, bang. Thanks, yeah."

"Eh, mostly this, neng."

"Huh? What, bang? No whining,"

"Thank you Hana!"

The girl laughed and gave a thumbs up without looking back while walking away.

"Udah?"

"Udah. Yuk, Deck."

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Today Hana comes home with Deka, a classmate who is quite close to her.

Her name is Deva Karina. But she took the initiative to call him Deka to make it easier. Finally, other friends called him Deka.

"Belom refer, huh?"

They sit in a chair in front of the indomarch shop in front of the school.

The Hana school area is famous for its shophouses and culinary. Lots of places to hang out, and culinary tours.

"Writtenly?"

Hana indifferently devoured a spoonful of wet spring rolls. He was not interested in the topics and conversations that Deka started. This wet lumpia was much more attention-grabbing.

"It's been almost 2 weeks, Han."

"Continue?"

The sentence spoken by Deka to persuade Hana was not successful in making the attention of the girl switch. He still behaved indifferently and continued to devour his wet spring rolls.

Deka understood how stubborn the girl was. But realizing Hana's change is lacking in control of her emotions, leading her to believe that Hana must miss Haris.

In fact, he often saw Hana daydreaming in her seat which is now moving. Previously in the right corner with Haris, now far left with him.

As he tried to reprimand Hana, the girl's answer was always the same.

'Thinking husband. Eating healthy junk food isn't it?'

And it always ends with a little story from her in Hana's head.

"Deca,"

"Hmm?"

Hana cleaned her food container and sipped her favorite canned peach drink. Breathe out and then say,

"Serious cave same all the answers are always cave love if you negur cave again dumb,"

"Huh? How-how?"

"Serious cave,"

"What?"

"They're cute,"

"Not a topic. Why hunted! What's serious?"

"Serious cave cave thinking husband. The cave is married. Gua has a husband,"

Deka's mouth and eyes successfully rounded. Just now he was thinking about Hana's condition and all her answers, then all of a sudden,

That girl raised this topic?

All his friends must have thought that every answer Hana gave at that time was just a joke. Remembering the girl often told her friends that she wanted to marry young.

"HAHAHAHAH,"

Hana complained as Deka flailed her shoulders and back while laughing. Naturally, at first Deka must be hard to believe.

So, he had prepared earlier with more concrete evidence.

"More,"

"FOR WHAT?!"

His right hand was forcefully pulled by Deka when the girl saw something shiny on Hana's ring finger.

"This-"

"Where? Believe it?"

Deka's mouth was still open and her eyes were still widened.

He took off the ring on Hana's finger and examined it closely. It was truly a wedding ring. In fact, Deka researched the inside of the ring and what she found made her scream again.

"FOR WHAT ZOHA-"

"Syuttt!"

Deka's mouth and eyes are still perfectly rounded. Hana was worried that the girl's eyeballs would jump out of place.

"Kok- can? Hows? What compassion? What's up here? Lu marahan with Haris because you married Arkan? Wait, this is Zoha the Arkan right? Arkana Zoha? Our class boy? Haris' cousin?"

"It's one-on-one, mother."

Deka nodded in understanding and listened carefully to every word in Hana's explanation.

The girl told me everything. Starting from his match, Evan, Haris, and Arkan. And the reflex response that Deka always does is to hit his shoulder.

"No more ah, story to you. Can dislodge the cave shoulder,"

Hana stretched her shoulders and muscles after she finished telling the story. Deka is still trying to understand the situation. Instead of understanding the story, he was more focused on understanding the current situation.

"Why did you tell the story to the cave?"

"Who are you anyway? Sampe cave dare story to you, means you're the one who believes cave REALLY, Deck."

"Gua has no one else. The cave doesn't know who to tell. Indeed, caves are also humans who cannot withstand their own burdens,"

Thats enough. Hana thinks it's enough he's been holding everything himself for 2 weeks. The girl chuckled and smiled smirkily.

Her marriage relationship after 2 weeks with Arkan is safe. At least, there are no serious issues or debates. Even now, it had been about 5 days that they moved house and the girl had already slept in bed with Arkan.

Just asleep.

They have set boundaries. And Hana thinks, Arkan is not a child anymore who should be given rules. The guy is an adult and can put himself in a good situation. So far.

"Eh, Hannah."

Deka's eyes rounded back realizing something, and Hana sighed again.

"Less what cave story? Why lag-"

"IS IT JEBOL DONG?!"

"Syuttt!"

Forcibly, Hana smothered her friend's mouth. Actually, this is something that he has also been expecting.

"Don't make nyesel dong cave, story to you."

"Sorry, release."

Deka showed me a row of his teeth. Hannah nodded and replied,

"Alhamdulillah, belom. Crazy once the cave is so, the belom is ready to cave. Test section again. Can be terrible cave if the ketauan tekdung,"

"Can you use safety? Then did I do it once directly so? If you are fertile, you can"

"KOK YOU SO CALL THE CAVE FOR THAT ANYWAY?!"

"Syuttt!"

Hana's curl was accompanied by her sharp gaze to Deka. His friend just smiled innocent.

"That's sunnah rosul, baby. Lu lagian shadow how if the guy nahan, kasian-"

"IT'S NOT THE SAME AS THE CAVE IF THE CAVE CAN'T WALK?!"

"Syuttt!"

Deka stood up and apologized to the few people who were staring cynically at their commotion. Many times the two of them shouted daritadi, it definitely made the people around them disturbed.

"Yaudah, change the subject."

Hana exhaled and leaned against the chair.

It was a relief to tell everything to Deka. He believes his friend is a person who can maintain trust well. Previously, he had also told Deka some problems and all proved safe. So, Hana simply considered everything before telling people.

"So, how's Haris? You must not be angry, right?"

"Lu know, the cave people are not angry for a long time. If there's a wrong person, a bad cave and an apologetic cave."

"That's your lack, Hana. Too kind. The wrong time, you're apologizing?"

"Not good to taste. Just as ordinary cave temen can not, let alone the same Haris? Very cave mind,"

"But here he's wrong, Hana. Cave if you're heartbroken know,"

"The two are hurt,"

"Everyone, he should be the one apologizing. You just wait,"

"Grand-s"

"For so long you must have fought, always you who met and apologized?"

"Yes,"

Deka, for the umpteenth time, breathed a breath of concern.

"Don't lose it, this time? This time it was. You should win,"

Hana's head bowed limply and she lowered her hat covering her face. How much longer will he have to wait to make up with Haris?

Honestly, since that incident, Hana felt part of her was lost, or changed. Just like he said at the time,

He can't do it without Haris.

"Lu must also learn to live without him, Hana. Gua knows you guys already have a really big deal, even you guys look like a couple. But also remember, there is a heart that you must take care of. There are responsibilities you have to run. There's a status you have to maintain,"

The girl felt slapped. True said Deka. There was an Arkan whose status was much more triumphant over him. But what is the power of status without a position in the heart?

Is it time he opened his heart to Arkan?

"You know, this is a risk you have to face when making a decision. And the laws of nature, you have to sacrifice something to achieve something."

"They, this is not that serious. The cave doesn't feel the same way as Arkan, and the cave still needs Haris."

"The word 'yet' can turn into 'will' and 'already'. The word 'still' can turn into 'already not'."

For the umpteenth time, Hana felt slapped. Why is this so much more complicated?

"And, what did you say? Not that serious? Think you lightly ngapin and tie a sacred promise that becomes a lifetime trust?"

Deka laughed, more precisely making fun of Hana.

During this time Hana thought everything was always easy to solve. But it turned out that he had never faced it and was still running away from trouble. That was why right now, he was dealing with a problem that he thought was more complicated.

"So, what's the cave?"

The girl covered her face with her white hat again. No, Hana's not crying. He was just tired of dealing with all this.

"Wait Haris. Never admit to a mistake you did not make. And Arkan, the cave thinks you should try to open your heart."

"Well?!"

"Hana, you know, marriage is no small affair. You can't be divorced and widowed, right? And your age,"

Again, the girl lowered her hat to cover her face. It was also terrifying to imagine the words of Deka just now.

"You even younger than me! The cave loses to the little boy, O Allah,"

Hana chuckled, "So something's wrong,"

"Yes, you're good to meet a soul mate."

"Really?"

"What?"

Deka drank her cold peach juice while looking at Hana with a questioning look on her face.

"Arkan,

really a cave mate?"

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