Love Story of Poor Men & Rich Girls

Prologues

That morning as usual I went through my routine of seeking fortune by busking in the capital of Jakarta.

I myself was born and raised in Bandung, after High School I migrated to the Capital to find a job. But the cruelty of the Capital and because of my diploma which was only a high school graduate made it difficult for me to get a job.

I am the backbone of the family, because it has been left by my father since I sat on the bench of Junior High. I have a mother and a younger sister who are under three years old.

Since then I have been looking for money to support them, busking after I go home from school, no more shame I feel, all I do is for my mother and sister.

Arrrrgh today felt very hot, from morning I went around with my guitar, peddling my voice accompanied by the sound of a guitar, but not how much I got. The day had shown at 12 noon then, my step was directed to one of the famous campuses in Jakarta, to busking of course.

It has become my habit every afternoon to go to the campus, because the exact dining place in front of the campus is always crowded when the break and lunch hour arrive.

A year has passed since I first set foot in the Capital, so I have known all the merchants of that place, and of all the merchants I was closest to a rice-seating merchant named Bi Eha.

He was very kind to me, because he often gave me rice suture for free, although not infrequently I refused because it felt bad, but he still forced me to eat lunch in his place, he said, because he thinks I remind him of his son who died a few years ago.

Sure enough, when he got there the place to eat was filled by the students and students who were about to eat lunch.

"Excuse me mas and I'm sorry to interrupt lunch." I also started playing a song, starting from the end of the table in the cafeteria, some songs I finished playing until I arrived at the 4th row of tables in the cafeteria. There seemed to be sitting a beautiful girl and her 3 friends who had just seen her first.

For some reason my chest was pounding when I saw him, unblinking eyes were looking at him.

Oh my God, what this is called love at first sight.

I don't think I've ever seen such a beautiful girl in my entire life, I was silent for a moment and kept looking at her pretty face, all of a sudden.

"Mas-mas, how did the singing stop? I'm looking at the face of the tea again, have a crush on you!!!"

As soon as I woke up from my daydream, because one of them said so to make the beautiful woman look at me, we looked at each other, then I bowed in shame.

"Oh yes mbak sorry yes, out of tenmen is very beautiful rich squirms angel."

I continued singing, this time I brought a love song to attract his attention, and sure enough the beautiful woman who had looked at my face this time looked deeper and deeper into me.

I felt my chest pounding faster, until finally the sound of a bell that signaled the break was over.

"Nih mas, his voice is really good how not to be a singer?" Said the beautiful woman while thrusting a piece of money into my hand.

"Don't let the song be free, I'm presenting it to you because it's so pretty."

But the woman continued to force and then held the money in my hands, and then passed because the break was over.

I was still glued to the spot looking at him and his friends walking towards the campus gate.

Suddenly I was startled by a clap of someone on my shoulder and said.

"Name Riri!!!"

It turned out that it was Bi Eha who had been watching me.

"Riri bi's? How I just saw ya bi first."

"Yes Riri is a new student." Said Bi Eha while cleaning the table.

"Beautiful to Bi." I said with my own smile.

After lunch at bi Eha's place I finally helped her clean up her stall, I did always do it because that was my only way to repay her kindness.

"Where did it get so much today?" Ask Bi Eha.

"Slightly Bi, maybe today Adit's sustenance is just this." while reaching into my pockets and showing my income today, and without me realizing there is a hundred thousand in my hand.

"Why are there a hundred thousand? The feeling before here is none."

After I remembered back I finally realized that the money was from Riri.

Late in the afternoon, I finally said goodbye to Bi Eha because tonight I will send my income for this week to my mother and sister.

"I'm Bi first, but calm down tomorrow I'll go back to see Riri." I said with a smile to Bi Eha who was only nodding her head to hear my words.

The next night after sending money to my family I sat quietly on the rented terrace while daydreaming about Riri's face and smile.

"Oh God, I'm in love."

Suddenly my daydream was interrupted by someone's words.

"Woy Bor daydreams aje lo, new possession tau tau tasa."

It turned out that it was Udin's voice, Udin was my best friend during my time in Jakarta, we became familiar because Udin's contract was right next to my contract.

Udin's job is a pickpocket, yes he is a pickpocket, even though Udin is a generous pickpocket who is liked by the people around where I live. Of course they did not know the true profession of Udin.

How not, Udin always helps the surrounding people in need with the results of his pickpocket. Unbeknownst to the citizens the money used to help them comes from where.

I asked him why he did it all, and he said it was because Udin was inspired by the Robin Hood movie he watched as a kid. Strange indeed, but even so Udin is the only friend I have in Jakarta, who always cares about me, other than Bi Eha of course.

"Bor you why? Tumben daydreams alone."

"Gpp Din I'm happy again."

"Happy why are you? abis dapet windfall lo ye."

"Yes, I've got Din's fortune."

"Where's money? For gw dong, understand earlier job again deserted."

"Yeeee who said I'm dapet dapu panjul, you think the windfall is just money."

"Well, keep windfall what do you mean?"

"Gw just met Angel Din, so beautiful. I think I fell in love at first sight."

"Ah tablecloth I guess dapet fortune what, you've eaten a belly? I've got your favorite egg martabak, duck eggs again."

"Thank you Din, but don't have to I don't want stomach pain because of eating martabak from you, surely it's buy from your results nyopet right?"

"Not woooy, suudzon to you. This martabak tuh can be given the same Babeh seller martabak in front of the alley you know, it was fitting I passed there are pesen martabak telor, but after the martabak want to be uh even in the message cancel, the message, so be given to me the same Babeh. This is called a real windfall, sure you don't want to? I ate myself aje."

"Eh with gw Din hehehe."

And finally that night I closed with my chat with Udin who was accompanied by a glass of coffee and egg martabak.