Short Story (Cerpen)

Usually White

Category: Palau Cerpen

Title: Usually White

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Hot air enveloped the city that afternoon, the sun shone very brightly without a cloud barrier in the sky, and the wind seemed to be impenetrable which made the weather hotter perfectly. Visible Deni drove with his motorbike quickly, sometimes he had to stop suddenly because he avoided the angkot that blocked the road suddenly, he said, Deni intends to immediately get to the boarding place to avoid overheating on the way after returning to college that afternoon. Before turning to the alley where the cost is located, Deni stopped at a minimarket that he used to go to if he wanted to buy something. After parking the bike, Deni went straight into the minimarket to the point that he did not realize the key was still stuck…

Enter the minimarket during the day it feels like entering the refrigerator because the air from the AC is blowing in the room. Deni also took a deep breath after closing the minimarket door from the inside and made the cashier who was on duty that afternoon smile to hold back laughter because he saw the behavior of Deni who rushed inside minimarket because just want to feel the cold air in the room, and Deni finally realized it. With a smile Deni also said to the cashier 'quiet as mbak, I came to buy kok ga just ngadem aja hahaha.', 'yes yes mas. believe kok hihi' the cashier replied with a hold of his laughter.

Maak keeper cashier at the minimarket is already used to see Deni because Deni often to the minimarket to buy food, drinks or other needs at the boarding place and vice versa Deni has often seen the cashier's mother on duty. After taking a canned drink from the refrigerator, Deni headed to the cashier, 'Bak is really hot today outside, Mbak is delicious never hot here right?' Deni asked while offering a canned drink that he bought 'every day is also hot right mas, yes already my nemenin I work here aja, do not use the heat of hahaha' The cashier replied and this time was not holding back his laugh. 'yee mbak I will go to college in the morning, I will not be able to, if you also have to work together part time it is usually malem mbak and if the mallm then it is not a duty to guard the cashier right? and the malem is also not hot..'. Hearing the answer from Deni mbak cashier could only smile while saying 'five thousand mas..' Deni took the wallet out of his pants pocket and at the moment of wanting to take out the money suddenly there was a person who patted his back from behind while saying softly 'gold…', Deni immediately looked back and he saw a sweet-faced girl…

The girl is younger than Deni, her black hair is straight shoulder to shoulder in a back tie so as to create a cute impression if in view, her skin looks clean well groomed and her body is slim and can be said to 'contain'. Deni watched the girl with a confused face plus the girl wore a plain white shirt and black skirt like a student who was in the campus ospek event…

'yes, what's wrong?' Deni replied with a confused face. 'who in front of the bike mas ya? here's the key left on the mas' bike'. The girl answered while giving the key to Deni motorbike which was still stuck because Deni rushed into the minimarket. 'oh yes-iya' Deni said while looking at the motorbike from inside the minimarket. 'luck ga in take mas' said the girl. 'iya mbak, sorry I did not realize earlier, thank you very much mbak..'. The girl just nodded and walked into one of the rooms in the minimarket leaving Deni.

'Tomorrow ati-ati mas prone to theft of motor lo mas here' said mbak kasir. While giving money to the cashier Deni asked, 'who was that? How did he get in there?' Deni while pointing at the room entered by the girl earlier. 'oh the girl was indeed another trainee here mas, rich new employee that'. 'huh? so you want to be the cashier here?' deni said while shocked. The cashier simply nodded while saying 'pake a plastic bag?'. 'Oh no need to mbak, I entered the bag..'.

At the cost of Deni sleeping while thinking about the incident last afternoon, he was still surprised the sweet girl was going to work as a cashier at the minimarket near his cost. Deni does not mind his work, for him any work is noble that is important halal, what he thinks is that the girl is too sweet to be a cashier. Deni also began to think if he wanted to meet the girl earlier he stayed at the minimarket and bought an item to be an excuse to just meet and chat and Deni thought of it all with a smile alone in his face…

The sun was shining brightly again as before, the heat was very strong, but this afternoon Deni did not care anymore about the heat and all the inconveniences that occurred on the way home from campus today, he immediately drove on his motorbike, this time not to immediately go to the boarding place but to the minimarket that haunted his mind all day…

Until the front of the minimarket Deni parked the motor neatly, and did not forget to pull out the key this time. He walked slowly towards the front entrance of the minimarket, before opening it he tried to see from the outside whether the girl yesterday had worked at the cashier.

'There!! Yes.!!', Deni slightly shouted in front of the minimarket door. Deni opened the door minimarket slowly. He looked at the girl in the cashier room, the girl was busy watching the cashier computer monitor screen in front of her so as not to notice Deni who was entering the minimarket. Ma'am keeper cashier is usually not in place, there is only the girl guarding the cashier and some male employees are arranging the goods on the sales shelves.

Deni immediately headed to the drink stand and picked up a few cans from there, then he headed to the sales rack of the magazines because that was where the closest place to the cashier was, Deni looked at the magazines while his eyes looked at the girl. The girl was wearing a white shirt and a black skirt like yesterday, her black hair was tied back, she said, so that his sweet face is not blocked by hair if seen from the side and his white shirt he wears can be said to be thin enough so that Deni was surprised by what he just saw, when the girl turned her back to Deni, he could see quite clearly that the girl was wearing a black bra…

Deni was silent for a few seconds in front of the magazine shelf, suddenly he was nervous and his mind continued to be imagined black, sweet girl… deni's brain suddenly filled with these things and dirty thoughts also had time to enter Deni's brain..

Almost a minute he stood still in front of the magazine rack, until finally the cashier guard girl looked at Deni because it felt strange there were people standing quietly nearby from earlier. Realizing the girl began to see Deni, Deni immediately headed to the cashier to immediately pay for what he bought. And Deni came in front of the girl. The girl began to remember the face in front of her…

'That was yesterday?'. The girl started the conversation by asking. In his heart Deni thinks this is a profitable moment because he does not need to be awkward to start a conversation with this girl. Deni replied while watching the visitors at the minimarket this afternoon which was quite quiet so that he could casually chat with this girl because no one was waiting in line to make payment behind Deni. 'Yes mbak, the key yesterday forgetfulness continues to be taken same mbak... Liisaa... yes? mbak Lisa huh?' Deni sees the name tag attached to the girl's shirt, which Lisa says. 'The base lives here?' Lisa simply answered by throwing another question. 'My cost is here anyway, so I often come here if you buy something, mbak who usually does not enter?'. Deni tried to extend the conversation as much as possible because the goods Deni bought had begun to calculate the price at the cash register. 'Mbak usually today there is no schedule to take care of the cashier mas, change with me now, why mas?' Suddenly Lisa answered coldly and mimic a face that began not to relax. Deni realized that, he thought this girl did not like being invited to talk to people who were strangers to him, but Deni would not just stop this conversation, not now…

After a few seconds of silence, Deni replied 'oh ga what is it mbak, mbak kok pake black? the color is usually white, right?' Suddenly Deni spoke like that in front of the girl he just saw yesterday. Hearing what Deni just said and realizing Deni's presence which Lisa thinks is quite suspicious from earlier near her, anger also appears on Lisa's face, which is very bad, with a loud enough voice Lisa suddenly snapped at Deni 'eh Mas!! Don't be so rude!! If you have the same eyes mouth on the guard mas!!'. Suddenly the entire room in the minimarket became quiet, Lisa's voice could be heard by everyone who was in the minimarket. Looks like one of the male employees who was arranging the goods on the sales shelf had started to stop their activities and walked to the cashier.

Deni just fell silent…

'What is this lis?' the employee said to Lisa. 'This wow is brazen as I am mas.' Lisa replied with a very angry look. The male employee was confused by what Lisa said and he immediately asked this to Deni directly in front of him. 'I'm sorry what's really going on? What are we doing with this new employee?' The employee asked in a firm tone.

Deni answered innocently because he was also confused why Lisa was suddenly so angry with him while yelling at him. 'I'm sorry, I actually don't understand why Lisa is angry with me, I just asked why this plastic bag is black? is it usually white?…'

Lisa did not answer the question from the male employee because she was confused and embarrassed, he felt he did not know what to say to the man's employee and of course he was very embarrassed and very, very guilty to Deni for yelling and angry at him which turned out to be thought so getting angry was just a misunderstanding, not what he thought…

Lisa just stood still without saying a word in front of Deni and the man's employee…

Suddenly Deni said 'it's okay'what is it, maybe there was a misunderstanding and I also did not know that Lisa is a new employee here, so how much mas?' Deni also requires the amount of price to be paid. After paying a sum of money to the man's employee, Deni stepped out of the minimarket without looking at Lisa's face again.

Lisa actually wanted to call Deni to apologize but her lips felt stiff as if she could not say anything more and Deni finally left with his motorbike…

Lisa bowed her head and felt very guilty to the guy she didn't know who she had been snapping at earlier…

A week after the incident, Lisa still thinks about the mistake she made a week ago to a man she did not recognize and had been the victim of her misunderstanding. He felt uneasy over what he had done, he also felt too loud the first time the guy had asked him to chat at this cashier. Every day she wished that the guy would come to this minimarket so that he could apologize to her, Lisa noticed every man who entered this minimarket, she said, Lisa tried to remember the face of the man she had snapped, but the man never came back after the incident…

Three weeks have passed, and Lisa has not seen the guy visit this minimarket, Lisa remembers the guy saying that the cost is near here and he often visits this minimarket if he wants to buy something and Lisa also had the thought to find the boarding address but it is very unlikely it feels done because the guy's name alone Lisa does not know let alone the boarding place and everything about it… and the words of the man who often visited this minimarket it feels no longer valid after the incident at that time…

Lisa could only reflect on the mistake she made, she could only hope and surrender someday to meet the guy and apologize deeply.

A month has passed, the state of the minimarket that afternoon looks crowded buyers, seen Lisa who is not wearing a thin white shirt is busy serving buyers who are making payments at the cashier. Lisa already wears an employee uniform, she is already a permanent employee at the minimarket. Lisa is still hoping to meet the guy she's been waiting for all this time, but the state of the minimarket today is crowded so that he can not pay attention to one by one visitors who come and must concentrate on his work because buyers start queuing long enough in front of the cashier.

'Everything fifteen thousand mas' said Lisa friendly to one of the buyers at the cashier while continuing to pay attention to the cashier computer monitor screen. 'wah now it's working here huh mbak?' Suddenly Lisa heard a voice from one of the buyers in front of her, suddenly she fell silent stiff…

…'Is that him?'…in Lisa's heart wondered…

Slowly Lisa began to turn away from the cashier's monitor screen, and began to pay attention to the face of the buyer covered by the LCD screen to find out the amount of price to be paid by the buyer on the cashier table.

with her heart racing, Lisa saw the man's face before her…

finally he saw the face that had been waiting for his presence all this time, the face of the guy he had snapped in public in this minimarket a month ago..

The man smiled to see Lisa's shocked face mixed in confusion. Lisa did not see any anger on the innocent face of the guy, only the sweet smile that Lisa saw on the guy's face…

Suddenly Lisa shouted to one of the employees who was arranging goods on a shelf near the cashier, 'gold please replace me for a moment'. Lisa came out of the checkout room, and she quickly held the right hand of the guy she had been waiting for all this time, she clasped the guy's hand while pulling him out of the minimarket. Visitors and employees who are in the minimarket see Lisa with a face that seems confused by what Lisa does..

Outside the minimarket Lisa immediately apologized for the incident that occurred at that time, she also said that every day she waited for him to visit this minimarket so that he could immediately apologize to her. Lisa also apologized for not apologizing at the time after the incident so she had to think about her mistake all day. As Lisa spoke, Lisa continued to hold the boy's hand until she realized that the boy's hand was trembling because it was held by him…

Slowly Lisa let go of her grasp after apologizing and talking at length about the misunderstanding of the time. Then the man replied with a smile of embarrassment because from earlier heard Lisa's explanation while holding her hand, I'm not angry really Lis, I was just really confused at that time, how suddenly you until I snapped it, but anyway all uda passed, do not think again, I'm really not angry'. Hearing the answer from the guy, Lisa's heart was immediately relieved as if the burden had been lost. 'oh yes I had not paid lo, nih.' the guy took money out of his wallet. 'oh no need, I treat, just take it as my apology to you' said Lisa with her face that looks happy. 'wah? asiik... thank you very much lis.' said the man while taking Lisa shake hands. Lisa nodded her head while smiling.

'Ok me first yes, there is something I have to do at the boarding house, you sneak in there, ntar berated boss lo..' The guy bailed to Lisa while walking towards his parked motorcycle. Lisa nodded her head while waving to the guy, Lisa's face looked happy, her sweet smile could be seen again on her face.

Then suddenly Lisa realized that she did not know what the boy's name was all this time, and immediately she shouted 'Mas...wait mas. whose name?'. Almost the guy was about to leave on his bike, then he looked back at Lisa while saying 'I'm Deni.. and after this I will be here more often even though I do not want to buy anything.' without a second thought Lisa nodded with a smile that looks much happier than usual.