Kutikung With Bismillah

Chapters 20. Starting From Friendship.

At exactly 4 p.m., Zafran decided to go home out of curiosity with what Leo said, will Hanna really serve him?

Zafran chuckled to himself when he thought about what was inside his head, he then walked quickly to the parking lot where his car was, then immediately hit the gas to the apartment.

It did not take long for Zafran to get to his apartment, about 15 minutes his car had entered the destination.

Zafran immediately got out of the car and rushed into the apartment. However, his steps suddenly came to a halt when he heard the laughter of a woman who was very familiar in his sense of hearing.

Zafran then turned his face to the side where the voice came from, he then frowned when he saw Hanna sitting in the garden chair along with several women and children. It looks like they are residents of the unit in the apartment.

Hanna, who had just finished buying less food, stalled in the park when she saw the children and their mother playing. He decided to join them as well as treat his injured heart.

"If you'll excuse me, Buk" said Hanna, giving her a 1-year-old baby sitting on her lap. For almost an hour she was with them, and she kissed the baby's cheek and called out her name with anxiety.

"Why hurry, Hanna? Now it's still 4" said one of the mothers at the place.

"I have to prepare food for dinner immediately, Buk," Hanna replied with a big smile, she then chuckled when she saw the baby blabbering incoherently.

"It's lucky your husband has a wife like you, Hanna. It's friendly, diligent, smart to cook again. Nowadays not everyone can be like you," said another mother.

Maybe for those born in the 70s and 80s, many women are still smart to cook and become housewives. But for girls today. It is rare for someone who is good at cooking and decides to be a housewife, rather than working outside the home.

Hanna smiled wryly when she heard the praise they gave her. If the husband also thinks like what other people think, then his life will be happy. However, the reality is inversely proportional to what others think.

Hanna then climbed away from the place by waving her hand and commenting on the big smile. He turned around and walked to his apartment unit with the groceries he had bought.

"Hanna!"

Hanna jumped in shock when she heard someone's voice, suddenly she looked to the side where Zafran was standing at that place.

"Lord Zafran? You, you're home?" hanna asked stammered in surprise at the sight of the man.

Zafran smiled thinly while nodding his head, he then glanced towards the package that was in the hands of the woman.

"What did you bring?" asked Zafran while pointing towards the package.

Hanna spontaneously looked towards her hand that was being pointed at by Zafran. "Ah, this is leek. I forgot to buy it." He replied quietly while showing what was inside his package.

Zafran again nodded his head and invited Hanna to both get into the elevator, to their respective apartment units.

There was no sound in the elevator until they got out and walked down the aisle, then stopped in front of Hanna's apartment unit.

"Are you going to cook?" zafran asked after being silent for a while, he wanted to try opening a chat with the woman.

"I've cooked, sir. Just make her dessert" Hanna replied, nodding her head. "What, do you want to eat? I cook chicken and potatoes sambalado, also there are fried tofu and his friends." He decided to offer Zafran with shame.

Zafran was silent when he heard Hanna's words. It seemed that what Leo said was true, and his head immediately nodded quickly to confirm the woman's offer.

"If so, I will prepare it for a moment, sir. You can wait in your apartment unit while taking a break" Hanna said later.

Zafran nodded his head again. "Come with your painting tools, I want to see you paint."

"Just take it. If not, then I will come to your unit to take it myself" said Zafran, who did not want to hear the rejection. He then walked quickly to his apartment unit and entered the place.

Hanna was glued when she heard Zafran sayings, she was sure that the male family had told her that she could paint.

"That's it. I just follow what he wants, rather than getting it wrong again in Leo's eyes" muttered Hanna. He then entered his apartment unit to prepare what the man wanted.

After waiting for a while, Zafran who was sitting on the living room sofa woke up when he heard a knock on the door. He immediately opened it and allowed Hanna to enter.

"Do you want to eat now, sir?" hanna asked as she placed the food she brought onto the table, as well as her painting equipment.

"Later on, I want to see you paint first," Zafran replied, making Hanna swallow her saliva violently. "I've seen your painting, and it's so beautiful. Can you teach me?"

Hanna looked at Zafran in disbelief upon hearing the man's words, for the first time there was someone who praised his beautiful painting, even asking to be taught. Is that man wrong?

"My paintings are ordinary, sir. I can't paint beautifully." Lirih Hanna with her head bowed.

"No, your painting is really good. Come on, teach me!" Zafran got up from the sofa and grabbed Hanna's painting tools and took her to the balcony, of course making both Hanna's eyes glazed over.

In the past, his father always tore his paintings. Let alone praising, his father always even said what he did was not important. The same is true of his stepmother and step-sister, as well as Leo and the entire male family.

None of them considered his paintings good, even everything he did was always wrong in the eyes of people.

"Why are you quiet?" asked Zafran who was already standing on the stairs, making Hanna gasp.

"Ba-good, Sir. I'm going to put this food in the kitchen first" Hanna said as she walked quickly to the kitchen. He immediately put down the food and rushed following Zafran's footsteps.

Zafran then prepared two chairs on the balcony next to his room, and told Hanna to sit nearby.

"What if you call me Zafran? I feel uncomfortable hearing you always call me master" Zafran said seriously as he turned to the side, looking at Hanna.

Hanna was silent in confusion. Why did Zafran suddenly ask for such a thing, did he already make the man uncomfortable?

"I've never been friends with a woman, so you're my first woman. Come on, we're friends!" Zafran extended his hand before Hanna, making the woman panic.

"But why do you want to be friends with me? I just-"

"Would you want to or not?" zafran asked quickly as he did not want to hear the rejection.

Hanna fell silent. He felt confused and shocked by what Zafran was doing, could he really befriend the man? Will there be no problems later?

"Well then, Tu-eh Za-Zafran. A-ayo we're friends!"

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