Love, Treasure And Erlita

Chapter 21

After transit and moving trains at Surabaya station, they finally arrived in Banyuwangi. Apparently someone picked them up there.

Nafan immediately shook the hand of a man who was waiting for them at the passenger exit.

"Bro, thank you for picking us up. Look at the luggage this much."

"Let's relax Bro, your bike's still at home, you'll take it tomorrow."

"Ta, this is Faris, a friend of mine who happens to be his house near here. I usually nitip the motor there if I want to go-go."

Erlita shakes Faris' hand, "Erlita."

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They traveled by car about half an hour through the forest area into a quiet countryside and far from the word luxury.

"Mas, did he say Nafan's house was deket from the station?" Erlita asked worriedly as she felt increasingly distant into the corners. "It's not the wrong way, is it?"

"This includes near mbak, not up to half an hour. Even longer from the airport. If it can be smooth. It's also rare for a taxi to drive to this area."

Now Erlita knows why Nafan refused to board the plane. He felt a little uneasy because he thought Nafan calculated and less money to buy tickets.

They stopped at one of the three houses that lined up facing south. That's where the official house that usually Nafan occupy. It occupies the rightmost house. While the family is occupied by Mr. Ramlan, senior Nafan. And the far left is empty since the previous occupants were mutated to Borneo a month ago.

Faris immediately left after taking down Nafan and Erlita along with their belongings. Erlita looked at the house which only measured five times ten meters, with a building structure that was far from solid and safe. The walls are dull and dirty, the roof frame looks weathered and the floor is black tiles without ceramics. Erlita even imagined she would be able to take off her sandals and shoes when she was inside the house out of disgust.

"Ta, come on in! You wanna stand there?"

Erlita was not sure to enter the house that looked more like a rundown warehouse. Dirty, old and untreated. He thought about going back to the city to find accommodation. He really couldn't stay in that house.

"Fan, can't you please call Faris now? I want to follow him back to town. I can't live in a place like this."

Nafan sat on one of the chairs on his porch and tried to contact Faris.

"Gga lifted up, Ta. I think he's far away. Won't be coming back."

"If so, can't you find me a hotel or inn near here?"

"There it is, Ta. About ten kilos from here. Walking is good."

"Street?! Don't have a vehicle?"

"I told you, my bike is in Faris' house. Tomorrow it's just gonna be taken."

Erlita pulled over her own eel. I just want it to feel like he's dead. But he was sure it would be very sad considering that no one would find his body in the middle of such a corner.

Although reluctant, Erlita is forced to follow Nafan into the house. Because the leftmost house looks creepy.

Erlita did not expect that although small and looks seedy from the outside, the inside of Nafan house looks clean, neat and comfortable. Especially the main room section which measures about three times four meters.

There is a single-sized bed with sheets and a pair of neatly arranged bolster pillows, a table with a row of books that are also very neatly arranged, the window facing the porch of the house, and the, and a small wooden cabinet. The floor is carpeted so it looks cleaner and more comfortable.

Nafan is very good at organizing his house. Although there is no luxury furniture there, but every corner of the house is neatly arranged and looks clean and comfortable. Erlita looked around again. There are no photos at all on the walls, no ac and no bathroom.

"Fan, this is a real house, no bathroom?"

"Well, where am I taking a shower?"

Nafan invites Erlita to see the bathroom that turns out to be behind the house, precisely behind the outside of the house.

"Yahoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!"

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Erlita did not want to take off her shoes despite being inside the house and Nafan did not mind her because he knew very well how the condition of the marble floor in Erlita's house. He only wanted to take off when entering Nafan's room because there was a carpet underneath.

Erlita looked at the second room in the room. It was full of books, unused furniture, a closet and no bed. The room was more like a barn. Erlita began to doubt where she would sleep.

"Fan, don't tell me we're gonna sleep together in that little bed."

Nafan nodded with a smile.

Erlita's getting frustrated. He already thought that tonight he would not sleep because he could not sleep with a hard and narrow bed, with Nafan and without AC. What a perfect torture.

Erlita searched for an empty place in Nafan's room to put her things to be dismantled. There is no gap in Nafan. The small wooden cabinet was already full of Nafan's clothes.

Seeing Erlita having trouble finding a place, Nafan took out all his clothes, put them in a cardboard box and moved them in the other room.

"Now you can use this closet, if it does not fit, some of it is still stored in the suitcase."

Now Erlita knows why Nafan forbade her from carrying so many suitcases and boxes. Because for three suitcases, the house was already difficult to accommodate. Erlita never once imagined in her life would see and feel for herself living in such a slum, cramped and secluded house. And he could not believe anymore that it was the tech who sent him there. The most careful and full of luxury in looking after her and raising her.

"Fan, go to the bathroom. And remember don't stay until I take a shower! Watch out!"

Nafan patiently obeyed the orders of his bossy wife.

Nafan bathroom is also quite comfortable and clean even though it is fairly narrow. During the bath, Erlita repeatedly called Nafan's name for fear of being left alone. Nafan had already prepared flip-flops in front of the bathroom for Erlita to use after coming out of the bathroom. He could not bear to see the girl exhausted from having to wear high heels while at home.

It was Erlita's first time wearing flip-flops and it turned out to be comfortable as well. So he decided to continue wearing it while in Nafan's house.