Rainbow At The End of Longing

15. The Wrong Taste

Maya is back at work as usual. Alhamdulillaah Rafka has been completely healed and can already be left to go to work again. Although for the time being Maya can not work full time until the cafe closes, but it is not a problem. At least Adit and the others are not lost anymore.

Geck. Geck. Geck.

I heard my door knock from outside.

"Get in," I said.

Door opens. And it turns out it was chef Yudha.

"Mom Boss, here I bring lunch for Bu Bos as well as a little boss," said chef Yudha as she walked towards me with a tray of food and drinks in her hand.

"Yeay, lunch. Thank you, Om Yudha, "cries Keinan who immediately leaves his toy and runs to my desk.

"Thank you very much, chef," I said thankfully after chef Yudha put the tray she brought on my desk.

"Together, Mrs Boss, little boss. Please enjoy lunch," replied chef Yudha.

"Wuaahhh, macaruni soup with fried chicken. Om Yudha knows his favorite Kei," said Keinan with a sparkling face.

"Obviously tau dong, little boss. The food should be consumed, yes. There can be no waste" said chef Yudha.

"Definitely finished, Om. Take it easy," Keinan replied.

"IIip. Yes, if so, back to work again, yes. Come, Boss, I'll excuse you first" said chef Yudha.

"Yes, chef. Thanks again, yes" I said.

"Together, Miss Boss," replied chef Yudha.

Chef Yudha then turned around and stepped out of this room of mine.

"Come, sis. Wash your hands first, after that we have lunch together, yes," I asked Keinan.

"Okay, Mother," replied Keinan.

I then brought Keinan to wash my hands in the bathroom in my room. After that, we both enjoyed our lunch together.

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Currently Awan and Nisa were enjoying their lunch in a bamboo hut on the edge of the field. Just Awan and Nisa alone, because today Rijal is not to the field. Rijal was driving Abah Imron to check into the puskesmas in the village next door. Abah Imron is ill.

"Kang," called Nisa after the two of them were done with their lunch.

"Yes, Neng," replied the Cloud.

"Neng can say something not like Kang Awan?" tanya Nisa looked hesitant.

"By dong, Neng. What do you want to say?" ask the Clouds.

Nisa was seen squeezing both fingers of her hands on her lap at this moment.

"What's up, Neng? Neng wants to say what's the same?" ask the clouds again.

"Cloud People... Eccid..... Eneng likes Kang Awan, ", Nisa replied in the end, even by pausing her every word.

The clouds already consider Nisa like her own sister. So he couldn't return Nisa's fond feelings to her. Moreover, for some reason, but Awan is very sure that he actually already has a family out there. Despite his memories that still have not returned, but Awan is very sure that he already has a wife. Even vaguely, Awan also remembered that he seemed to have a child as well.

The clouds breathed a sigh of excitement. The clouds don't want to hurt Nisa. After all, Nisa and her family have helped Cloud a lot. Those who have been saving and caring for the Clouds all this time. But Cloud also did not want to give hope to Nisa, because the Cloud could not reciprocate the feelings of Nisa.

"Eneng, I'm so sorry, but I can't thicken the feeling of aching to akang," said Awan slowly and carefully, not wanting to hurt Nisa more deeply.

Nisa seemed stunned to hear the reply of rejection from the Cloud.

"Eneng already looks like his own little sister. I love him equally, but it is the affection of a brother to his sister. So sorry yes Neng, but I really can not bales the feeling of liking fun to akang," said Awan explained.

"Yes, akang. No pa-pa. Eneng understands," replied Nisa by trying to show her smile.

The clouds knew Nisa's smile was forced. Nisa just wants to show that she's okay. But the cloud could do nothing. Because Cloud really can not return Nisa's love for her.

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"Why are you smiling, Yud?" asked Maya when she saw chef Yudha who was smiling herself while enjoying her lunch.

Now it is Maya's turn and chef Yudha's turn for lunch break and also Dzuhur's prayer. They are used to taking turns during meal breaks and prayers, because of course the customers are not likely to be left alone.

Chef Yudha looked surprised and excited to hear the question from Maya.

"Ah, mmm, e-nothing. Why not," replied chef Yudha wrongly.

"Yud, you know everything. You can't lie to me" Maya said.

"What do you mean Maya?" chef Yudha asked confused.

"Don't know you like Mom Boss."

Chef Yudha immediately rounded his eyes in surprise. Didn't expect that Mbak Maya would be able to guess very precisely like that.

"Mba-mbak,," chef Yudha was about to refute, but his words seemed to be stuck in the throat.

"You can't lie, Ma'am, Yud. Ma'am can see everything. How do you always try to be close to Keinan, even some times you are also insistent to pick Keinan home from school. You are always attentive to the Boss, always deliver food to the Boss and Keinan Bu directly. Always ask if there is a desire or cravings that are being experienced by the Boss Mom. You can see all that. And Ma'am knows exactly what you're feeling, Jud."

Chef Yudha stunned. Didn't expect that Maya would pay attention to such detail and could guess all her intentions so easily.

"Dengerin Mbak well, Yud. You better forget your feelings. Throw away your impossible wish that can never become reality."

Mother Maya's words were so striking felt by chef Yudha today.

"There is only a Cloud Boss in the heart of Boss Ma'am. Although the current existence of the Cloud Boss is still unknown, but Mbak is very confident that you will also not have the slightest chance of being able to replace the Cloud Boss position in the heart of Boss Ma'am, especially Keinan. After the bitter incident that Bu Bos and Keinan experienced first due to Bayu's departure, it wasn't easy for Bu Bos and also Keinan to open their hearts and accept the presence of the Cloud Boss. And now, you hope that the two of them can accept you to take the place of the Cloud Boss? That's something very difficult, Jud. Even arguably impossible," continued Mbak Maya again.

Chef Yudha was silent. He realized that everything said by Maya Mother was true. And actually chef Yudha himself also knows that this feeling is something wrong. But really, chef Yudha could not prevent this sense from continuing to grow in her heart.

"Yud, I don't blame you. The name of the like is indeed we can not predict when it comes and to whom we will feel it. But I hope you will listen to your words. Take care of your feelings, Jud. Do not let the taste grow and develop. It's enough we both know about this. Do not let others, or even the Boss himself to know this problem. You certainly also do not want it if until the relationship between you and Bu Bos and Keinan becomes changed and awkward if until Bu Bos knows about the problem of your feelings this?"

Chef Yudha was silent and thought about everything that Mother Maya said well. Weighing all the good and bad possibilities. Until he finally made his decision.

"Yes, Mother. I know I was wrong. I know my race is wrong. And I'll hear what Maya said. I will bury my feelings deeply. I already owe a lot to the Cloud Boss. And I will never betray the Cloud Boss. From now on, just like all of you, I will take sincere care and protect Boss and Keinan. Help them both sincerely. For the sake of repaying my cultivation to the Cloud Boss," said chef Yudha in the end.

"Bak is proud of you, Yud. You have dared to make the right decision, even if it hurts you. Trust me, one day you will find your own true love. The best for you" said Maya with a smile.