Salto World Wine
chapter 17: The Cafe
“ Seriously Win? Start when?”
Anya who was still curious again asked questions during the break. While Ocha, the girl was very relaxed while eating meatballs with super spicy sauce in front of her.
“ Since I makap”
“ Everywhere there is no deliberate accident intelligent” Ocha with his spicy mouth started following their conversation.
Wine doesn't care. After all, there is a point if everything done in the racing arena yesterday is a deliberate thing, something that has been planned in advance.
“ Continuously. Bang Arka is mature, you are taughtakin marry dong?”
The meatballs that were in the mouth of the Wine gushed out for a moment. Not about the word marriage, but the word ‘matang’ uttered Anya sounds so laughable. Not only Wine, Ocha also choked on a spicy brush until his eyes released a clear liquid.
Anya sometimes can not choose a word that is good to hear, what is in the head of this girl, then that will come out.
“ Mature. lo kira food!” ochas Ochel.
“ Yes mature dong. Work okay, have a lot of money, buy a house just swipe a card doang. if the age is already 30 range maybe yes?”
If Arka heard it now, Wine was sure the man would mengedumel indistinctly, would have dropped his lips one full day. Or maybe it will scream ‘ Need my ID?’. Just imagining it makes Wine laugh on its own.
“ 27, age 27”
“ Serious for what?” anya's expression was now very similar to her expression when she first heard of Arka's age.
“ Old face so age 27?”
This time Ocha's speech that makes Wine back up. What a shame the face of Arka in the eyes of all of them.
“But handsome sih” Anya chimed.
Wine immediately raised his hand inviting Anya to high five. About the goal, Anya and Wine is indeed the universe.
“ Lah my grandfather handsome noh. Lo still on mau?” Ocha is not inexhaustible with the way of mind to his two best friends.
Both Wine and Anya nodded simultaneously. Don't expect to get serious answers from two humans who have somehow come from this planet.
Wine and Ocha have been friends since childhood. While Anya they began to meet since Junior High and make friends until now. For Ocha to have a friend like Wine alone has almost made him crazy, and 5 years ago Anya came to make Ocha must often stroke the chest so as not to get crazy. At least between them there should be a normal one person.
“ Lo invited to marry not the same bang Arka?” Anya asked back.
Not directly answering, Wine thought for a while before finally nodding “ Diajakin. But you know it's big no for same marriage air force”
Anya and Ocha nodded their heads together. Both of his friends knew the reason Wine was avoiding serious contact with the air force. Especially if it is not the lives of his parents that make Wine afraid to establish a relationship with the air force. Their duty to go out of town for days makes Wine afraid that what happens to the baby will repeat itself and happen to his own partner.
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“ When do you get this assignment?”
Wine folded back the paper he had just finished reading. After school Arka asked to meet and deliver Wine back to mother's house later. Now they are in a cafe that is quite far from the school considering that there may be teachers or other students who will see it if they choose a cafe close to the school.
“ Week ago”
“ New brother talking now?” Wine looked at Arka who was sipping her coffee casually.
“ His intentions after getting a letter of duty brother will talk directly to you. Just because your condition is also not too healthy, so brother postponed until today”
Wine nodded. Actually it does not matter if they do not meet 1 today, but this is more than 5 days Arka must fly to Solo carrying his own plane and take care of all the affairs there. 5 Days will feel like 5 years for Wine later.
“You also test next week. That's better, you can focus on learning if it's”
“Cuman 5 days right bang? Not adding?”
Arka nodded. Pulling the Wine hand on the table and holding it tightly.
“ Oke” the task paper he had folded was returned to Arka. In just 5 days, he will also be busy for the exam. It won't be a big deal like that.
“ Dek”
Wine smelled his smile as a call he was not used to hearing from Arka entered his sense of hearing. Since when did this man call him Dek?.
“ Yes mas ganteng” goda Wine back. Don't just be ashamed. Arka must feel it too. And when he saw the face of Arka who met, Wine laughed loosely.
“ Amused, rich ordinary aja deh” said Arka who makes Wine laugh again.
“ Wine goosebumps bang”
“Sama”
Again, their laughter re-echoed at the cafe this afternoon.Talking to Arka was indeed endless to make Wine laugh. The more you know this man, Wine the more you know if the nature of Arka is sometimes not much different from him.
“ After exam. Want to meet your brother's family in Jogja not Win?”
The question finally returned Wine heard. Wine did not reply, the previously pleasant atmosphere turned awkward just because of the 10 words earlier.
Feeling something different, Arka again grasped the hand of Wine tightly “ Brother does not make you marry your brother. Brother just wanted to recognize you as parents abang”
“ Give Wine time until the school exam to think yes bang. Wine replied after my brother came home from Solo”
Not wanting to mess up the atmosphere of their meeting, Arka nodded in agreement. Let everything go slowly, not necessarily in accordance with the plan that he has designed far away.
“ Want what gift from brother after exam finished?” Arka asked back. Wine who had previously lowered his head now looked back at him with a sparkling gaze.
“ Free walks possible? If you have aj” holiday
“ Brother still has a 1 week leave ration this year.we are going to Jakarta after you finish study tour huh? while looking at the campus that you want to go to”
Wine nods enthusiastically “ Ocha equally can be invited bang?”
“Bby. Invite your handsome mas can also”
Wine's forehead frowned in confusion. Staring at Arka with a thin smile that has now let go of his hand and sipped his coffee again. Wine deliberately did not make a sound, just looking at him with a suspicious but flowery gaze that made Arka now look at him with a chin that was moved forward several times. As if with the movement was the news ‘ Why? What?’.
“ Brother jealous huh?” wine Goda.
“ Who? A brother? No tuh. Why also jealously”
Wine nodded his head. Uphold the position of his body then fold his hands in front of the chest “ Oh no one is jealous. Okay deh later Wine also invite the handsome Wine” mas
Arka eyes round instantly “ Seriously you want to make sure he?”
“ Yes said brother can be earlier”
From here Wine could see Arka sighing, before finally sipping back her coffee.
“ Oh yes udah” said ketus.
“ Yes udah”
Really why this man who has the status of being his girlfriend is so adorable now. It feels like Wine wants to pinch him and turn Arka into a teddy bear.let's see who will survive.
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Bekasi,
December 7th, 2021
