Meaning of Love
05. At Last They Know
It is true said people who are experts in feeling, if the heart is not calm then the body also sluggish. He squirms lazily on his bed. Napping feels at night, so sleepy. Aditya forces himself to get up before he gets even more lazy and ends up skipping work today. He saw his phone, not just to see messages from the Stars but only saw the messages of operators who often make his pockets thin. One message came in five minutes ago.
BT PRAM
"Bang Dit, you're waiting for the new kid. I've been waiting an hour, you,"
Pramudyarta, his junior who is scheduled for today's morning duty. Aditya looked at the clock more closely, it was only one o'clock in the afternoon and said the new candidate had arrived.
"Gosh, I don't know what makes him so diligent," said Aditya.
Aditya
Wait another 20 minutes, I'll be there now.
***
"Cock this hour has come him," asked Ariani who was shocked to see Aditya had arrived at the restaurant at this hour. Ariani stands in front of the restaurant to welcome guests who come or just offer lunch to those who pass on the streets.
"There are candidates now" Pram replied.
"Oh yes, Bang Yudha is now on holiday," said Ariani. Pram shook his head to see that late Ariani thought.
"Where is he, Pram?" ask Aditya immediately.
"It's inside. I think he started to get cold for too long under the AC," replied Pram with a grin.
Aditya walked half-run into the room. A girl sat at one of the tables while reading the file in front of her. It looks like he was serious about this interview. His eyes caught Aditya's approaching figure. He immediately stood up and threw a smile at the man.
"beautiful," inner Aditya.
The girl was wearing a neat white shirt. His skin is yellow with minimalist make up on his face. Hair wrapped in hairnet. Looking at the size of his thumb, it can be guessed that his hair is so flat.
"Aditya" said Aditya, extending a hand to the girl.
"Prastika," the girl also mentioned her name.
"Have you waited a long time?"
"No, sister. I did deliberately come early, the purpose was to look around this restaurant. But the brother in front told me to stay here and not to let me go around" he replied.
Aditya almost laughed but he postponed because he wanted to keep his wife in front of the new prospective employee.
***
"Well, tomorrow you can work" said Aditya.
A smile was shown by the girl.
"Thank you, brother"
"Everything,....Prastika"
Prastika Narayani, that's the girl's name. He's one county with Aditya turns out. Different from the district.
Prastika left after saying goodbye to Aditya. The man felt strange in his heart, the warmth said Prastika like making him forget about the Star for a moment. But he denied his heart, however he did not have the time or opportunity to live another love.
"Sayanggg," call him friendly. The view of all that was there really did look cynical.
"Oh how are you?" ask the stars to all the officers there. Everyone just nodded without answering.
A box is in his hand. Like a blue box. The white plastic that carries it is not enough to hide the color of the box.
"Well, Tang?" ask Aditya.
"I brought you stock. Here's my cooking, you eat yes, baby," tell the stars. He walked away without saying anything more.
Now it was Aditya's turn to get their gazes. Looks like they're demanding an explanation from Aditya. But soon they were ordinary before the captain was angry for taking care of his personal affairs.
Ariani and Pram coughed even though it was a pretense. Their esophagus doesn't itch at all. They only mocked Aditya who still can not move-on from his lover who happens to have worked here. Aditya gave a grouchy look, rather than the cynical look earlier, their way was more irritating.
"You got a virus?" ask Aditya.
"No,bang. The lunch was sprained," replied Pram while chuckling.
Aditya felt a subtle innuendo in his sentence. Wanted him to grab Pram's hair. Testing patience when his mood is at a bad point.
***
A hot rumor must be a headline in a media. In this restaurant, the mouth of the gossip is the most trending medium. Soon the events of yesterday had reached Bang Yudha's ear. Moreover, the two were met in one shift this morning. Bang Yudha must have devised a systematics of questions to be dropped on Aditya. He seemed so excited, sad and concerned about the news.
"Are the Stars here yesterday?" tanyakanya.
"Yes, Bang," replied Aditya soberly.
"Don't he live here? There's no way he's going all the way to just see you?" Bang Yudha urged Aditya.
"He moved here, Bang. The son was transferred here,"
"Son? Lo mean......."
"Yes, Bang. The Lord had too much pity on me to have longed for this long, so He brought the woman closer to me. But even I'm dizzy myself," said Aditya cutting off the question to be asked by Bang Yudha.
"Yes, but you're wrong to continue this relationship, Dit. This is just one restaurant that knows, I am afraid that later many people who know especially from your family and stars. Isn't that even more dangerous for the two of you?"
"Gue doesn't know how to bang,"
"Lo why the hell? There's no other girl besides her?"
"That's not the problem, Bang. You will know for yourself what happened, " Aditya said as he ruffled his own hair.
"Lo survives for Sintia, but if you still survive like this the future of Sintia is also threatened, Dit,"
Aditya did not answer. He left without concern for Bang Yudha. For him others could only advise him from their life position, not from his life position. They only knew that Aditya was wrong, but they did not understand how he was worried. He pondered among his raging thoughts.
" What do I care about people, in the end they will know," he said.
He sat down again in one of the chairs. The broom he was about to use to clean the floor was even thrown carelessly. Bang Yudha looked at him but no longer dared to comment. He considers Aditya as his own sister, wanting him to help Aditya to get out of his problem. He thought that after the last meeting, Aditya had nothing to do with the Stars. It turns out Aditya is desperate to get this far for the girl. Too much has been hurt from all sides.
