Lika - Liku Asmara Aldo - Thea

Kiriko Iwate

Tokyo, December 14, 2015,

Once again, Kim Sarang had made Aldo so gobsmacked. No, not because of Kim Sarang's face. But more on the background of the Korean girl. Especially on their social status. Just look at this house. So luxurious. Just like the palace. And it's so strategic. That is in the suburbs of Tokyo that still looks beautiful. 

Kimi has said that his father used to work at the South Korean embassy in Japan. His family lived in Tokyo for about a decade. But the girl never told me about the luxury house in the suburbs of Tokyo. This house is even bigger than the one in Dokji-ri. It's so far different. This one's much more charming. His house is so vintage. Wall after wall that gothic aura was deeply felt. The last facility in his house that dares to swear you must be lazy to go everywhere. 

For the second time, Aldo again felt the beauty of waking up from a very beautiful dream. The man who was five centimeters taller than Kimi dreamed of being married to Thea. The wedding was held on the beach. Unmitigated, not Bali or Senggigi or Belitung, they got married in Guam. Then, because of Kimi's kindness (her name is also a dream!), Aldo and Thea are allowed to stay in this luxurious house forever. They build a harmonious relationship abroad.  Raising a cute child in one of the most populous cities in the world - Tokyo, he means. 

DUK! DUK! DUK!

Aldo started senewen. He knows who it is. Who else if not Korean girls who often bully him until blood rises to the crown. With a terrible shock so forced, he walked towards the door. 

"Michin paen-" As soon as he saw Aldo's sewot face, Kimi immediately changed his greeting. "-I mean, Aldo-kun..."

"What's wrong?" aldo malasas said. He was yawning in front of Kimi. Maybe just to look like you're waking up. 

"You are, always have been. Not in Korea, not in Japan, why do you always put music out loud? It's only half seven in the morning. Even if you want at any time, still can't turn on music that loud."

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry," Aldo's head scoffed a few times. 

Kimi sighed, her head sticking out towards the inside of the room. "And my goodness, Aldo, Aldo. Even the music you heard was also their song, right? What is the name of the idol group? That one, you know, AKB48's sister group. Which one of the members there is a very jaim."

"The name is JKT48, and there is no well-member-member JKT48 jaim. Don't you just talk."

Kimi shook her head in anxiety. "Oh my goodness, Aldo, that same fans JKT48. How much did you get paid for the first idol group in Indonesia?"

"You who are also a fan, should know." said Aldo who began to get inflamed. 

"I have to admit, I'm a fan too. But I'm not as frak as you. And move aside, I'm going inside. I'm curious to see the idol group's video." Kimi immediately charged with great difficulty. Wasn't hard. Aldo's defense is weak this time. Now the man is no longer ashamed as a fan of JKT48. 

It does. Aldo is currently posting a video clip of JKT48 adapted from AKB48's "Manatsu no Sounds Good. This is Aldo's incredible fanaticism. Until Tokyo, he forced himself to carry the JKT48 CD. 

Kimi's eyes immediately watched the video clip. Seen in his eyes, a group of young girls were dancing on the sand of the beach. Jump here and there, put a sweet face to attract the attention of fans (most of whom are men), there are even one-two members showing a mimic that has made Kimi disgusted. 

"Sok cute!" Kimi clucking. "Look at that, the Japanese member. What does it mean to make love signs from both hands? Her pretentious smile makes me sick to my stomach."

"Emang Haruka cute, really," bela Aldo. "He's cuter than you, Kim."

"Ecluding from your girlfriend too?" counterattack Kimi offensive. The girl laughed, feeling that she had won. 

"Gee..eee..eee..." Aldo started to pass out. "...what's seeeh? What does this have to do with Thea?"

"Yes, it has something to do with. You're his girlfriend. If I were him, I would be angry. Fortunately-"

Aldo looked back. Apparently there was Thea who forced herself to smile. To the left of Thea stood a Japanese girl who was the same age as Aldo and Thea. The girl had long, curly hair. She's a housekeeper at Kimi's house. Don't be consumed by Japanese comics, either. Although you could say the waiter, the girl did not wear maid-maid-style clothes in the manga. It's not like that. The girl was instead dressed casually in knee-length leggings that were so repressive once. And the girl who picked up Kim Sarang last night seemed very enthusiastic about watching the JKT48 video clip. 

Kimi breathed back. This time he breathed a big breath. Smiling, he approached the younger girl he seemed to be. With Japanese as fluent as Indonesian, Kimi said, "Kiriko-san, what's wrong? Do you like that idol group?"

Kiriko blushed her face. Slowly his head nodded. Now Kiriko is edging towards Aldo. With English stammering, Kiriko said, "Mister (in Aldo's ear, heard as mista'), are they JKT48? You're a fan, right? Wota, too?"

Aldo grinned wide, nodding. Kimi irritated. Thea smiled as she turned her head to the left. 

"You want to visit their theater?" asked Kiriko enthusiastically to hear the answer. 

"Ummph, yes..."

Kiriko spontaneously held tightly onto Aldo's two hands. "Hontou ne's? Anata wa JKT48 no fansu?"

"Totemo, Iwate Kiriko - san. Mecha kucha hen na wota nda." said Kimi nyengir. "And, I just found out that you are also a fan of that idol group, Kiriko-san."

Kimi clucked a few times. "Since when? Why did I just find out? I've never seen you so enthusiastic about the 48 Group?"

Slowly Kiriko lowered her head. It seems the girl was reluctant to answer. 

By the way, as already said, Kiriko works as a waitress in the Kim family home. During this time, after the Kim family barely returned to Tokyo, Kiriko - along with her father, mother, and three siblings - took care of the house. The relationship between Kimura and Iwate's family was almost invisible as employer and subordinate. More like the relationship of two friends who have been friends for a long time since kindergarten. 

"Yes whatever," said Kimi whistled The Beatles' "Let It Be. "Oh yeah, Thea, you didn't know that your boyfriend was bringing a CD from your past to Japan?"

"How do I know, Kim. Aldo has privacy. Even though her boyfriend, still brazen to check his bag, right?" thea spray. 

"Casual, dong. I'm just asking, not pouncing on you and your boyfriend. It's damn how you talk about it."

"I'm talking in a mediocre tone. You're the one who's too sensitive." 

Aldo directly mediates. "Already, already, how did it even become a fight anyway? Mending us a walk yuk."

Kimi twisting eyeballs. "And since I financed this trip, I arranged where we went well."

Aldo bites a finger. Address he may not be able to visit AKB48 theater even though it is already in Japan. It seems that he must throw away his desire to be able to see closer Miho Myazaki, Haruka Shimazaki, Rena Kato, Miyu Takeuchi, or Sakura Miyawaki who are the youngest of the mentioned. 

Kimi chuckles. "It seems like you can already guess my way of thinking well?!"

"Yes, yes I know. You're not going there, are you?"

Kimi brandished her finger gun. "Pingpong! Why go all the way to Japan just to go to AKB48 theater? Geez, Japan has a myriad of interesting places, you are even more interested in going there? Pleaseeeeeeeeee, Aldo, don't make me ngakak well."

"Well, it's in Japan, Kim," Aldo's alibi cangar-cengar. 

"Let's go, Kim. Just take Aldo there. He has been hard-earned to bring CD JKT48 to Japan, the purpose is to ask his oshimen, Miho Miyazaki love his signature on CD JKT48. Keep asking to be written in Japanese, 'For my beautiful beloved fans, Aldo Hutomo.'" Thea smiled, then looked away. 

This time Kim Sarang's eyes and mouth widened. While Kiriko again painstakingly said in English, "Mister, who is your oshimen? For me, I love Shania Junianatha. I like the way she gives the audience a very beautiful smile. And, in Koisuru, her dance is better than the others. Could you please give my regards to her when you visit that theater again?"

This time, Aldo laughed the loudest. Very happy that guy. Finally he could make a Kim Sarang feel cornered.

Seoul, December 15, 2015

Uh! Kim Min-soo is so excited. Who would have thought, among all the music stores, only at Saranghae Music Store, he could get that music CD. JKT48's latest music CDs as well; not the old ones. Before being taken to the cashier, he cradled the CD. He looked carefully at his cavalry. Nice too. Eye-catchy caver. And creative. Maybe some of the members who make up the heart logo are some kind of fan service. Do not be surprised, JKT48 is the sister group AKB48, must know very well the technique of selling so that the merchandise sells. Aren't the Japanese really good at marketing? Just look at automotive companies from the country. Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, Toyota, or Nissan. Quickly, from what he read on the internet, the streets of Jakarta are always crowded with vehicles from Japan. 

CDs are not too expensive. Only 5500 won. Not too breaking his wallet patterned flowers flowery feeling to a man who was far away in Indonesia there. Because of that man, he became interested in listening to the songs of 48 Group, especially JKT48. Although actually not much different from JKT48 music with its sister groups in Japan.

"How good is JKT48 - to the point - that this store even dares to sell their CDs in Seoul? sighed Kim Min-soo. "What's the difference between them and their sister group? Which is, after I listened to some of his video clips, AKB48 is not inferior to Girls Generation or Sistar."

Suddenly a man approached her. Handsome too this guy. But unfortunately...

"Yes, do you like JKT48? Or just interested? I'm telling you, JKT48 is cool" said the man with two thumbs up. "Especially the name Jessica Veranda, Beby Chaesara, or Cindy Yuvia, Ah do not forget also, Andela Yuwono, a third generation member. I like the way he talks. Very amusing. I just found out there's an Indonesian dialect like that."

Kim Min-soo solemnly. Speechless. First, with his chauffeur this man spoke banmal to him. Second, this man continues to babble about JKT48 as if forcing him to like the idol group. 

But... he wondered how good JKT48 is? The impact was so great that Seoul. 

PS:

Banmal: the informal language of Korea

Totemo, Iwate Kiriko - san. Mecha kucha hen na wota: Very, Kiriko Iwate. He's a really weird wotalay.

Hontou ne's? Anata wa JKT48 no fansu: Really? Are you really a fan of JKT48?