It Turns out There's Love

04 - LEFT AT RESTO

After traveling for about thirty minutes, Zafira and Ronald have arrived at Plaza Indonesia Mall.

After parking the bike, the two immediately entered the mall and went around looking for shoes that Ronald wanted.

The two young men, before leaving for the mall had first gone to the school toilet, replacing school uniforms with ordinary clothes, like mall visitors in general.

Zafira was wearing a long-handed tee shirt with jeans underlings, Ronald wore a collared black shirt and knee-length shorts.

Zafira had folded his uniform neatly and put it in a paper bag and put it in, while Ronald's uniform was put in plastic and hung on a motorcycle.

Nearly an hour later, Zafira and Ronald were looking for items Ronald needed to play basketball.

They had entered in several shoe stores, finally Zafira's eyes were fixed on a pair of shoes, the young girl's hands took one pair of shoes, the brand Kickers, blue-listed white, and the other, at a price of 2.1 million, the young girl chose and showed the shoes to Ronald.

"What about this one? Looks like it suits you, the material is strong and waterproof, it must be durable for you to wear playing basketball," Zafira commented about the shoes he held while thrusting to Ronald.

Ronald took the expensive shoes from Zafira's hands, then flipped, twisted, observed from all angles Zafira's choice of shoes, finally after seeing the shape and color, Ronald nodded.

"I like your choice, the shoes are good," Ronald smiled looking at Zafira in awe.

Zafira only smiled back at Ronald's glance and refocused his gaze on the shoes that were still in Ronald's grip.

"We pay now," Ronald walked to the cashier's desk followed by Zafira, Ronald immediately paid off the groceries with an ATM card given by the father.

Ronald deliberately brought a large size backpack to insert a shoe box into it so as not to bother carrying groceries.

After stuffing groceries into a backpack, Ronald walked straight out of the shoe store by supporting the backpack on the shoulder, which Zafira followed beside him.

"Are you hungry?" Ronald asked softly, turning to the white girl beside him.

Zafira who was asked, seemed to smile and replied without shame.

"Yes hungry, tired also turned out to go home straight to school," Zafira said honestly while chuckling to show a row of white and neat teeth, exactly the same as the teeth of the mother, Laras.

"Well, how about we get some food before we go home, what do you want to eat?" Ronald asked attentively.

"How about we go to the "Sate Khas Senayan" restaurant? I like the food menu there, mama papa often take me and Zafran eat there," explained Zafira gave the idea.

"Okay, if you want to go there, let's go there" Ronald smiled happily according to Zafira's wishes.

Both of them have been sitting in chairs, facing each other, their tables are in the corner, quieter and not too noisy with the sound of other visitors who are chatting or joking.

"I order beef satay and mineral water, what do you want? there's chicken and goat meat, too" Zafira handed Ronald a list.

"Just like the menu of your order," Ronald did not open the list of menus that Zafira offered.

After ordering the menu and the waiter had delivered the food, both of them immediately ate the food that was on the table.

Unfinished the two finished the meal, suddenly the cellphone in Ronald's backpack rang.

Ronald opened the backpack and picked up the phone, his eyebrows clinging to the name on the screen.

"Who called you?" Zafira asked, looking at Ronald.

"Mama" said Ronald, short and put the sophisticated object back in a backpack.

"Why not get lifted? Just pick it up," tell Zafira.

"Later on, we finish the meal first," Ronald continued to bite the meat satay, remove from the skewer and chew it casually.

Ronald's phone kept ringing and Ronald kept ignoring. If counted, maybe almost ten times the caller tried to contact Ronald but the basketballer still did not touch him.

"Let's pick up your mama's phone first, pity from the mama you called, maybe there's something important..," Zafira said with a slightly pressed voice.

"Well," said Ronald obeyed Zafira's request and stopped eating.

Ronald picks up the phone in his backpack, and the thing in Ronald's hand still rings.

Zafira blinked his eyes, trying to see the name on the phone screen but had not had his eyes catch the name of the caller on the phone screen, Ronald had shifted the lift button and put the phone in the ear.

"Hallo?" Ronald was silent for a moment listening to the caller.

"Oh yeah, I'm also in Plaza Indonesia, all right, wait a minute, I'm a few minutes away, don't go anywhere," just that word that slides off Ronald's lips.

Without waiting for an answer from the caller, Ronald immediately cut off the conversation and turned off the phone, then put the small object into the pocket of his pants.

Zafira who had been sitting there watching Ronald, immediately asked a question.

"What's up, Nald? Did something happen?," the girl focused her pair of eyes looking wonderfully at Ronald who was already standing up from the chair while supporting the backpack on her shoulder, ready to leave.

"I went down to see my mama for a while, you okay wait here? I'll be back here soon" Ronald said in a hurry.

Zafira was about to answer Ronald's words but his mouth was clenched again because Ronald had first twisted his body and left Zafira before hearing the sentence that the girl would say.

The girl's clear eyes moved following Ronald's hasty steps, in just a matter of a minute, Ronald had vanished from his sight.

Zafira shook his head to see Ronald's behavior that seemed to be in a frenzy to make the girl did not have time to ask a lot.

And without putting the slightest suspicion on Ronald, the beautiful girl with a sharp nose back to take one skewer, bite and chew it slowly.

The young girl so enjoyed her favorite satay, she didn't think much about Ronald leaving, she just enjoyed every piece of satay meat that went into her mouth, every meal she ate at this restaurant, she said, with friends or two with his twin brother, he will definitely immediately remember his mother and father, Laras and Arga, because this place is one of the places they visit most often.

Ronald, who had come out of the resto, immediately stepped his long legs towards the escalator, the basketballer looked very excited, the head continued to lead to the resto, and the, both eyes glanced sharply at the door of the resto making sure Zafira did not come out and remained inside there.

Ronald continued to walk with a little run, on the escalator even his feet keep walking down the escalator stairs with a quick movement, occasionally his head keep looking back to make sure no Zafira followed behind him.

But Ronald did not realize, if there was one figure wearing a black hat, which since from the restaurant continues to follow him with a distance of ten meters.

The man's feet continued to follow and chase after the footsteps of Ronald, Ronald who walked quickly made the man difficult to follow him, plus visitors at the mall this afternoon happened to be quite crowded, so that the man had to try hard to pursue Ronald while occasionally hiding among the visitors in front of him so that Ronald did not see his whereabouts.

The man seemed to run a little as Ronald got further away from his sight and was covered up among the passing mall visitors, the man continued to run small and sometimes had to collide with mall visitors who ran into him.

Just like the man, Ronald also walked a little run while looking back to make sure no Zafira figure followed him, and occasionally the basketballer also hit the mall visitors who blocked his way.

After a few minutes of chasing Ronald, finally the man's efforts were not in vain, now the distance with Ronald is only about Seven meters, the distance is now, his heart was relieved because he could still monitor Ronald's whereabouts even though he almost lost track.

Ronald has reached his destination, for the last time, Ronald again circulates his eyes back, right and left, his eyes turning around, making sure there is no Zafira there.

Ronald took a breath and threw it long, now he can breathe a sigh of relief because the young girl who was left in the restaurant did not follow him.

After making sure the situation was safe, Ronald quickly walked straight into a store.

Ronald glanced around the room looking for something, but his eyes could not find what he was looking for.

"You've been a long time!," suddenly a figure was standing beside Ronald.

Ronald jolted his eyes toward the sound.

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