
Adlan ordered a serving of nasi uduk with side dishes grilled chicken, fried sambal, tempeh, tofu, and lalapan. Kiran bites her chicken while smiling at Adlan who keeps a careful look at how she eats which may seem tacky to most people, but not to Adlan. He looks adorable.
"Shame on Om?" he said while embarrassed.
"No ko. seneng even see you eat a lot of kayak gini," said Adlan while putting his hands on the table.
"Let's finish!"
Kiran was starving, she went back to eating her food so greedy, until it ran out of nothing.
After spending a serving of nasi uduk, they resumed their journey. The atmosphere in the car was quiet because Adlan was busy composing the right words to express his feelings.
Adlan continued to struggle with his thoughts while carrying Kiran around looking for the furthest access to the destination.
"Oms. We're not nyampe-nyampe, are we?" tanyanya. The reason, when delivering Shifa only takes 15 minutes. It has been more than 15 minutes Adlan car still around the city of Jakarta, which he himself does not know where, even further away from the contract.
"The road we passed earlier, stuck," said Adlan looking for an excuse.
Kiran could only nod in confidence with Adlan's words. He again sat leaning back while staring at the crowd of Jakarta at night.
"Not for a year I was living in Jakarta," Kiran's voice suddenly broke the silence. Adlan turned to her who was still staring at the window.
"Where did you live before?" asked Adlan who suddenly wondered where she came from.
"Bandung," Kiran replied as she turned towards Adlan.
"Oh," he answered while nodding his head.
"And I was lucky to know Abiyu's extended family. They were good, even though I was the maid in the house, they loved me very much, I was lucky to meet them, as well as Om Adlan," he said, looking at Adlan with a smile.
Seeing Kiran's smile, Adlan grew more and more convinced of her feelings. His determination is unanimous, Adlan will express his feelings now, no matter if you have to get a rejection, at least he has expressed his feelings.
Seeing the road conditions are not too crowded, nor too quiet, Adlan pulled his car on the shoulder of the road near the oil refueling station.
"Co stop Om?" asked Kiran while chirping.
"Roman. Speaking of which," Adlan changed his sitting position sideways facing Kiran, with one right hand on the steering wheel, while the left hand squeezed the seat back, to eliminate his nervous feelings.
"What by the way?" ask Kiran normally.
Without further ado, Adlan immediately expressed his feelings very straightforwardly. "Om likes Kiran. Kiran wants to be Om's girlfriend?"
Like a person who had run a marathon of 5 kilo meters, Kiran's heart beat very fast in an instant. He tried to take a deep breath, to neutralize his nervousness in front of Adlan.
"Om gonna be kidding me?" Kiran ventured to hear Adlan's words.
"No. Om not kidding. It's serious."
"But. mba Shifa? doesn't Om like him?"
Adlan shook his head immediately. "That's Om lakanin for the sake of being able to have dinner with you, Om had to lie, because if not in that way, you would not want Om to invite dinner. Aye right?"
"But..."
"So you still have doubts, no need to answer now. Om still used to wait until tomorrow" he said with a smile.
Kiran looked down, she did not know what to answer, maybe Kiran needed time to answer Adlan's question. Not to be disliked, many things he had to consider, especially Kisya. He must have thought that he was dating Adlan, because he wanted to get close to Abiyu again.
"I don't want it to happen, I don't want to add to the hostility" he muttered.
Because Kiran kept quiet, Adlan returned to drive his car at a speed towards the rented place Kiran. There was no conversation, after his love statement earlier, even to the front door of the contract, there was no conversation, Kiran came down without saying a word, making Adlan become pessimistic with her own feelings.
All the steps we take must have risks and the risk of expressing love is accepted, or rejected. Adlan was preparing for the worst possibility, so as not to be too disappointed if he got a rejection.
Days change. It had been more than two days that Kiran had silenced Adlan. They do not say hello, what else is the way of the two. Kiran deliberately avoids Adlan to ascertain her own feelings, as well as Adlan's feelings for her.
What after staying silent for two days could make Adlan angry, or turn hostile?
Not wanting to hang the feelings of others for too long, Kiran came to Adlan's car while the owner was still upstairs, and was still working.
Long enough to wait, finally the one in later oun came. Adlan sees Kiran crouching near the car while playing the phone.
Not directly greeting. Kiran looked up her head as Adlan stood right in front of her.
"Of."
"What are you doing?"
"You meet Om," Kiran stands before Adlan.
"Glove to be sure."
Adlan tries to be ordinary, because seeing the look on Kiran's face that is not too convincing will accept her love.
"Say. Ready for your decision, even if it's a rejection."
"Ko said that?" Kiran tried to look at Adlan's slightly lowered face.
"Om funny you don't know."
Adlan raised her head, just as Kiran smiled towards him.
"Well, you know, his eyes were nakutin, now ko nyenengin?" adlan said while throwing a smile in the other direction. Avoiding Kiran's gaze made Adlan's heart beat irregularly.
Not yet able to answer, suddenly Abiyu and Kisya were present between the two of them.
"Om," said Abiyu greeting, but his eyes were sidetracked by Kiran who was standing right in front of Adlan.
"Abiu? tumben's here?"
"We have a promise with someone" Abiyu replied without taking her eyes off Kiran.
"What are you doing here? two more?" his face began to pucker up dislike.
"Om there's a need for Kiran. And this is a little secret. Isn't it Ran?"
Kiran smiled blushingly.
"You guys dating?" this time Kisya asked.
"Hhmm... Don't know, maybe it will?" saut Adlan while smiling.
"Don't ngasal Om." hit Abiyu ketus.
"How was it?"
"You're not dating, are you?"
"Well.Why is it?"
"I don't agree." Abiyu told Adlan.
Adlan frowned, "why?"
"Kiran's color loves Abiyu, Om." saut Kisya snatched up the conversation.
"What?" he stared in disbelief.
"What kind of joke is this?"
"Kishya. I ask you to shut up. It's not a matter of Kiran ever liking me or not Om. It's because he's too young for om pacarin."
"So. Do you like Abiyu? you silenced Om for still loving Abiyu? is that right Kiran?" ask Adlan to Kiran.
Kiran immediately shook her head violently. "Not at all, Om. I need time because I need to think too.
"Lying, that must be because you still love my husband."
"Kishya. Quiet."
"I won't keep quiet until he's telling the truth in front of Om Adlan."
"Kiran. tell me the truth. Do you really love Abiyu? and still love her?" ask Adlan.
"Not at all, Om. I've been missing Brother Abiyu for a long time."
"Prove that you've forgotten my husband."
"I'll prove it." as Kiran stared intently.
Kiran looked at Adlan's face.
"I'm ready to be Om's wife, not as a lover. If Om wants us to date, we should stop here."
"Kiran."