Take My Heart's

MEET AGAIN

The scorching sun did not seem to dampen Khalisha's spirit in helping her grandmother. Heedless of the sweat flowing down his forehead. With two small baskets in his hand, he continued walking without a sigh coming out of his mouth.

As usual, Khalisha never let her grandmother walk away alone. After school, he often helped his grandmother sell cakes in the streets. It was heartless to let grandma walk alone peddling her homemade cakes. As a result, whenever there is free time, he will certainly take the time to accompany the grandmother to go anywhere.

To be honest, my grandmother could not bear to see Khalisha walking far with her. It should be time for him to rest, or at least study at home. Tired is definitely felt now. After school, he had to help her earn a living.

"We'll rest here first, Lis," said the grandmother stopping her footsteps. Grandma sat down on the side of the road.

Without saying anything, Khalisha put down the basket she was carrying and sat down beside the grandmother. He spent about two hours on the side of the road. Unfortunately, the cake sold only a few.

His eyes glanced to his left and right. Sepi, that was the only word that was on his mind at the moment. There were only a few people walking briskly across that huge alley. It is natural that most people choose to spend their time at home. Daytime is a good time to rest. Moreover, the sun that stings the skin, it certainly makes people lazy to go out of the house. Seeing her silence, Khalisha felt that the road in the alley was hers.

"Lis, are you thirsty? Grandma get me a drink first, yeah. You wait here!"

Grandma then stood up and wanted to move her legs to find the nearest stall. However, his steps came to a halt as his hand was suddenly held by Khalisha.

"Grandma's sitting here. Let me buy you a drink" Khalisha said.

"But, Lis. You are tired already. You should have gone home from school, you were resting at home. You do not need to join Grandma selling around like this. So, let Grandma buy her a drink, "persuade grandma.

"It's okay, Grandma. I want to take a walk around here. Tired of waiting for buyers who do not come," he reasoned.

Grandma thought for a moment. Both of his eyes looked around him. Grandma finally gave up. It's only natural that Khalisha is bored. Since then, no one has bought their cake here.

"Well, if you want that. But you have to come back quickly, yes. Be careful!"

Khalisha got up and walked away from her grandmother. In fact, he could not leave his grandmother alone. However, instead of letting his grandmother thirst and walk again looking for a stall, he better do it.

The houses in the large alley were on average looking nice and spacious. Almost all houses have a front yard filled with beautiful flowers there. It's just that, from every house he passed, no one was seen on the porch of the house. This makes it a reason to go somewhere else.

He then accelerated his footsteps when he saw a stall. He had to come back soon, rather he did not want to make his grandmother wait too long. It's just that something unexpected happened back in his life. Either this is fate or just a coincidence. Not at school, outside the cafe, even in this big alley, again he was reunited with Daniel.

"Loh, let's meet again," said Daniel rather surprised to see Khalisha who suddenly appeared before him.

The one called instead looked coldly, then left just like that to a row of neatly arranged drink bottles. Daniel looked in annoyance. For the umpteenth time, he was simply ignored. He hurriedly picked up some snacks, then quickly stepped towards Khalisha.

"What are you doing here?" tanyanya tried to start a conversation.

"Don't you see that I'm looking for a drink?" ketus. He took a bottle of mineral water.

Daniel sighed, then said, "That's not what I meant."

Khalisha did not look at Daniel at all who looked confused. With a bottle of mineral water in his hand, he again stepped past Daniel and headed to the stall owner's table.

Daniel's not his name if he just gives up. He also approached the shop owner to pay for all his groceries. Confidently, he handed over a hundred thousand pieces of money to the stall owner.

"I'm the only one who pays, Mom," said Daniel kindly.

"No need" Khalisha refused. He took out ten thousand dollars, and said, "Mom, I paid for this."

"Why don't you want me to pay?" tanyanya did not understand. Usually his friends really like when he treats food or drinks, but this one girl even refused him raw.

"I can still afford this one" Khalisha replied coldly.

"Who are you two, which one is the money?" the shop owner's mother asked to cut their conversation.

"Take my money, Mom."

The shop owner's mother took Khalisha's money. It didn't take long for him to hand over some of his change. Quickly, he took the money and hurried away from the stall. Fear if he does not return soon, grandma will feel worried and will go looking for him.

"Hey, Lis, where are you going?" daniel looked at Khalisha who was walking fast. He hurriedly placed the selected snacks on the table of the shop owner.

Khalisha did not comment on Daniel's call at all. He just kept walking fast. All he had in mind right now was to return as soon as possible to where his grandmother was sitting waiting for his arrival.

Seeing the figure of Khalisha who had just come out of the stall, Daniel panicked himself. He wanted to catch up with Khalisha, rather want to know where else Khalisha went.

"Mom, a piece of wrap all got me this! I'm in a hurry."

The shop owner's mother immediately counted and put all the snacks that Daniel took into a plastic bag, then handed it to Daniel.

"Everything is—"

"This is Ma'am the money" Daniel cut out the hundred thousand. Quickly, he picked up the plastic bag and hurried away after Khalisha.

"Wait a minute, kid! The return!" yelled the stall owner's mother, who was no longer heard by Daniel. The stall owner's mother sighed, then muttered, "Young people today, what's the behavior on weird?"

Meanwhile, Khalisha finally stopped her footsteps. Without saying anything, he unscrewed the bottle of mineral water he bought and handed it to his grandmother who was sitting waiting for the buyer.

"You bought just one, Lis?" asked the grandmother not to just take the water purchased by her granddaughter.

"The money is not enough if I buy two," he explained briefly, "Grandma just drink first!"

"Trus how are you? You're also thirsty" asked the granny feeling guilty.

Inevitably, the grandmother took the drink from Khalisha's hand and gulped it down gently to leave half the bottle. Grandma then handed it back to Khalisha.

"You spend it, Lis! My grandmother was not thirsty."

And again, without saying anything, Khalisha immediately took the water bottle. He could not deny, sipping for a sip of water gave freshness to his dry throat.

Daniel who kept running small finally stopped as well. With a breath of breath, he found the figure he was looking for. Khalisha was seen being with an old woman. He did not know what was the connection between Khalisha and the old woman. Instead of being curious and not wanting to run his little was in vain, he decided to approach Khalisha.

"Kuenya, Dek?" haggle with grandma when she sees Daniel coming closer.

Unlike the grandmother who looked hopeful, Khalisha stared lazily.

"You again, you again. Why are you here?"

"That's very true, Lis. I'm new nyampe," said Daniel pouting.

"Who is he, Lis? Your friend?" asked grandma staring in turn.

"Yes, Grandma. I'm a friend of Khalisha's. My name is Daniel" said Daniel.

"Don't talk to you! Since when have I been friends with you?" reply Khalisha cold.

Grandma who had seen them since, heaved a sigh of relief. It's nice to know Khalisha wants to be friends with someone else. Although Khalisha was still cold to her and would not acknowledge her as a friend in front of her, at least she knew if there was someone who would accompany Khalisha other than herself and her husband.

"What a hell are you saying that. We've met a few times, when I didn't think of me as a friend" Daniel said.

After saying that, he felt confused himself. He did not know why when he was with Khalisha, his supposed cold nature changed immediately. But before, he had never behaved like that to others, including his parents and friends.

Grandma smiled at Daniel's attitude towards Khalisha, then said, "Your friend is right, Lis. Don't you act like that."

"Tuh, understand what your grandmother said. You have to treat me well."

Khalisha looked in annoyance at Daniel. The guy next to him had no other job but to disturb him. He could not understand Daniel's way of thinking. Of the many people, only he continues to be disturbed. He even followed her from the stall to where her grandmother was.

Daniel's eyes were suddenly glued to two small baskets in front of Khalisha's grandmother.

"You guys sell cookies?" ask Daniel in curiosity.

"Yes. It's Grandma and Khalisha's sale" said the gracious grandmother.

"If so I buy, Grandma. Can, right?"

"Aren't you buying snacks at the shop? How about some more cake?" cut Khalisha.

"What if I already bought snacks? Your cake looks good. I want to." Daniel took the money in his pants pocket and handed it to Grandma.

"That's a lot of money. How much would you buy?" ask grandma.

"All this money I bought Grandma's cake how much?" daniel asked, which shocked Grandma and Khalisha.

"Everything?! Not wrong? What other event are you having?"

"I don't have any events" Daniel said spontaneously.

"Don't tell me you want to eat all these cookies alone" Khalisha guessed.

"Yes. I was alone at home. So yes, I ate the cake myself" replied Daniel lightly.

"You're crazy to eat this much cake alone? You may have stomach pain later. After all, this cake if stored overnight, it will not taste as good as when just purchased. The cake we sell is not a pastry and durable," explained Khalisha inexhaustible with Daniel.

Grandma looked in shock. For the first time Grandma saw Khalisha watching others. Usually, Khalisha is indifferent to others. Other than a flat and angry expression when he accidentally mentioned the word rose, there was no other expression on Khalisha's face. Seeing Khalisha like that certainly made his hopes big on the boy before him. He hoped that the boy could make Khalisha change as it was before.

Grandma then took some of the cakes and put them in a plastic bag.

"You bring this first. If you like it, you can buy it later with Grandma. You can also order Khalisha. You're one school, right?" said grandma while handing over a small plastic bag.

"Yes, Grandma. I went to school with Khalisha" said Daniel and took the plastic bag. His hand, which still holds a hundred thousand dollars, he handed it back to Grandma.

"No need. For today, it's free for you."

"But, Nek—"

"It's okay. Think of it as Granny's gratitude because you want to be friends with Grandma's granddaughter," cut Grandma with a happy smile.

"Thank you, Grandma. Later if I want, I order through Khalisha aja yes, Grandma. So, Grandma don't bother coming here."

I don't know why, Daniel was so happy. Finally, he had reason to meet Khalisha at school. It was very difficult for him to meet, let alone chat with her. When rethought, usually he is being chased by girls. Invite him to chat, watch the game, whatever the girls do to get close to him. But now it's the opposite. He felt that he was the one chasing Khalisha. Perhaps, it is karma because all this time he always ignored the girls who tried to approach him.

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