How Matcha Love You's

Vaccine

Salma looked at Pratama with a flat expression.

The happy feeling that Salma initially felt instantly faded mendegar Pratama said that, he felt disappointed. Not disappointed in her boyfriend, Salma feels disappointed in herself who might now be seen by Pratama as someone who would be willing to do just that.

“Sorry.” Pratama.

Salma was relieved Pratama understood it.

‘’’’’

Today Salma is going into work on the night shift. Before work, he chose to stay home.

After finishing breakfast and cleaning the cutlery and washing it, Salma went to the living room to just sit on the sofa while playing her phone.

“Honey, you're done with breakfast?” Seen the contents of the incoming message from Pratama who is none other than his girlfriend.

“Iya already.” Reply Salma briefly while smiling happy because his girlfriend always contact him which he thinks means Pratama is very attentive to him.

“Begini yes it feels like dating.” Salma thought as she leaned her head against the sofa.

Salma admits that she is currently happy, she is not even thinking about Malik anymore like before she decided to accept Pratama as her boyfriend. Thinking about this, making Salma remember Malik again, just remembering him instead of still hoping, Salma only mused how long he had hoped to live with his first love.

His phone suddenly rang, Salma saw Resya's name written on the screen.

“Halo, assalamualaikum Resya.” Salma said after picking up the phone.

“Waalaikumussalam Salma's. Are you busy?” Tanya Resya sounded hurried.

“Not really. Why Res?”

Today Resya was assigned to give vaccines to children at one of the schools outside the city. But because there was a problem, he could not go to work today especially out of town. Resya intends to enlist Salma's help to replace him in the line of duty, given that Salma this afternoon is empty of work schedule.

“My mom suddenly fainted and now I want to immediately take her to the nearest puskesmas.”

Hearing that, Salma moved and wanted to go to Resya's house immediately.

“Are you still at home?”

“Iya, I'll be leaving soon.”

“I'll be there.”

“No need.”

“Actually today I have a duty to give vaccines to children at schools that are quite far outside the city. Can you help me replace me with that task?”

“Hah?”

“…..”

Although Salma is not a general practitioner who is accustomed to giving injections to patients, but because he is also a doctor, he is also a doctor, he also got teaching to give injections and previously he also did it several times to his patients.

Salma immediately prepared to leave.

“Aren't you coming to work curfew?” Mom asked to see Salma tidying up her hijab from the front door of the room.

“I replaced Resya bu. Her mother fainted, so I'll take her place.” Reply Salma while putting the jacket in her bag.

“Do you go far?” Mom asked to see her daughter was going to bring her jacket like never before.

“I went to the city uncle. There I'm going to school to give you the vaccine.”

“Oh.” Mother pulled herself aside to give way to her daughter.

Before going to the vaccine destination, Salma first went to the hospital to pick up some of the equipment she had to carry. After taking the equipment according to Resya's direction, he immediately went to leave the hospital.

For a moment his steps stopped in one of the aisles of the hospital where he worked. Salma remembered, here he was staring at Malik last time.

Salma also turned around and looked at herself at the glass door. He recalled the moment he learned that Malik was secretly staring at him from the reflection of the shadow on this glass door. “I hope you are happy too.” Salma muttered, then resumed her steps.

‘’’’’

As usual, before Malik left for school, he enjoyed his coffee while waiting for the rice he made to ripen. Malik also plays mobile, opening his social media. “Not him last time he was seen with a guy.” She thought she had seen Salma with someone in the hospital cafeteria two years ago. But until now, there was no news that Salma would get married or show herself with a man in her social media. “Maybe he's not that kind of person.” Malik thinks Salma doesn't tell his love story.

For the past two years, Malik has been trying to get away from Salma. Once upon a time, when he was in the village, he who realized the existence of Salma from a distance immediately moved away so that Salma did not see him. Malik does not want the same incident to happen again when Salma realizes Malik is watching him. Malik tried to stay away and ignore someone who had not really been replaced in his heart until now.

‘’’’’

After a long journey, Salma and one of his colleagues finally arrived at the school they were going to. Salma is not alone, she goes with Ristia who is a nurse who works at the same hospital as her.

Salma and Ristia were welcomed by some of the teachers here. Because one of the teachers who taught there knew that they were from a hospital far enough away, they were asked to absorb the drinks they prepared first.

“Drink first. Ma'am doctor must be tired because it's been a long journey.” Said the teacher who brought drinks to Salma and Ristia.

“Thank you bu.” Reply Salma and Ristia and absorb the prepared drinks.

After a few moments in the teacher room while chatting casually with some of the teachers who were here, Salma and Ristia went to the student classroom to give the vaccine.

Vaccines are given for three classes, namely fourth to sixth grade. Salma and Ristia chose to give the vaccine to the lowest class first. They are in fourth grade.

After a while, Salma and Ristia finished injecting the vaccine to all fourth graders. Although there are some children who initially do not want to be injected, but because of the help of the teacher who also persuaded them, finally they want even though there are some students who can not resist crying.

Salma and Ristia stood up from her seat, intending to go to the next class but were stopped by one of the teachers.

“Let them alone to come here bu.”

“Oh good bu.”

Fifth and sixth graders took turns to get a vaccine shot.

In the midst of injecting the vaccine to sixth graders, Salma felt like urinating. Although it can be detained, but he chose not to hold it because maybe it will make him less focused when injecting students.

“Ristia, I live first yes, go to the toilet.” Said Salma approaching Ristia who was busy giving vaccine injections to the students.

Ristia nodded.

Since Salma did not know the location of this school toilet, she approached one of the teachers who was in the classroom to question it.

“The nearest one is at the end of the bu, Mother from here is straight. Toilet is next to sixth grade bu.”

Salma also walked out of the classroom following the instructions of the fourth grade teacher.

A few minutes earlier.

“Excuse me sir, sixth graders want to be vaccinated now please go to fourth grade.” Speak to one of the teachers from the front door.

“Good, thank you bu.”

“Please send your children out to receive the vaccine.” Malik gave instructions to the students he taught.

After all the students left the class, Malik sat in the seat in front of his class. Because the surrounding looks silent, Malik chose to wait while playing the phone.

After a while outside, Malik heard a step not far from him. Hearing that, he turned his gaze and found someone very familiar to him who was also staring at him.

“Salma.”