The Ark of Love Nurmala

For the sake of you

That night Aldi slept at Mang Jun's house. The responsibility was very friendly, he told me about his past at length, his tired body was no longer able to support his ears and brain to listen. He's sleepy.

"You're sleepy, Al" asked Mang Juni.

"Hehe, yes Mang, sorry!"

"Oh yes, please rest!"

Aldi headed towards a simple room belonging to Mang Juni. His tired body curled up on a cot, Mang Jun lit an anti-mosquito repellent in the corner of the room, then closed the door slowly.

Night continued to slow down near morning, Nurmala had awoken when her mother was still snoring on the bed, by wearing her face she sat down and prayed, she asked "If indeed Aldi my soul mate, ease O Allah" Nurmala closed her prayer then rushed into the kitchen.

"Are you awake, Neng?!" greet Samsudin when you want to go to the bathroom. Nurmala just assented her father's question while doing work in the kitchen.

At Mang Jun Aldi's house is ready. She brushed her curly hair softly, the scent of hair oil and her masculine perfume lurking into the corners of the room. While looking in the mirror Aldi said "I can definitely ask you Nur!" There was a spirit burning within him. This is what people call the power of love.

Aldi lifted his curtains and then exited the room confidently. "I'm ready!" exclaim Aldi to Mang Jun who is still in the room.

"Okay, young man!" Mang Jun exited the room with his motor key. They came out, Mang Jun then locked his house.

Mang Jun Motor turned to Nurmala's house.

Aldi pamit returned to Bandung, to Nurmala and his parents.

"Bring this Kang, open it when Kang Aldi is hungry!" Nurmala gave a package, apparently he woke up early to prepare Aldi supplies.

Aldi shook hands, leaving Nurmala who followed him to the terrace of the house.

"So girls don't be so lazy!" samira said after Aldi's departure.

"Simplice how the hell Buk, Nur did not do anything!" bela Nurmala's.

"That's it, you bring all the food!"

"Pity Kang Aldi has not had breakfast Buk, afraid of catching a cold when on the way!"

"It was Buk, it was true what Nurmala said. Let's go Nur let's go in, my stomach is hungry!" samsudin said while embracing his daughter's shoulders, Samira grumblingly walked into the house.

Aldi was still frontal behind Mang Jun's boncer towards the terminal. The sun began to warm up to their bodies that were speeding. A small terminal began to appear from a distance. There's a bus parked there.

"Still deserted Mang?!"

"Well, it's called Al's little terminal, we'll wait here!" Mang Jun invited Aldi to sit on a bench on the edge of the terminal. Some time they waited finally there were some people coming and getting on the bus.

"Oke Mang, thank you so much for bringing me here, I signed Nurmala Mang!"

"Yes Aldi, be careful on the road yes, spirit!!" June shakes hands, and Aldi gets on the bus.

The hunger is beginning to feel. Aldi smiled at the rice from Nurmala.

"Thank you Nurmala, my love, my dear!" batin Aldi while eating his food.

The bus began to move, driving meandering on the road of tea plantation hills towards the city of Bandung.

Arriving at the rented Aldi immediately took out his motorbike to the ojek base.

"Bang, come with me?!" aldi asked the motorcycle taxi driver at the base.

"Not yet to enter Al's work?" ask a base motorcycle.

"Not Bang, three more days, it's not good to be alone in the rented" Aldi replied as he looked out at the street. The three days were Aldi ngojek, from morning until nine o'clock at night. In Aldi's mind there was nothing but to raise money for Nurmala's hand.

"Alhamdulillah Bang, today is crowded!" aldi said to his ngojek friend.

"Yes Al, what if tomorrow work has entered, do you also still want to ngojek?"

"Maybe it's still Bang, it could be after work" Aldi then turned the motor. It was getting late, Aldi chose to go home to the rented because tomorrow had started work.

"From the morning I didn't see you Al, where the hell was it?" asked Rudi when he arrived at the rented but did not find Aldi in his room.

"I'm looking for Rud's money!"

"Where, ngojek?" rudi asked, answered with a nod of Aldi.

Aldi later recounted his arrival to Nurmala's house, and relayed Nurmala's mother's request.

"Hemmh, what a pity Nurmala's mother!" Rudi felt a struggle with the attitude of Nurmala's mother.

"But it's legitimate Rudi, Nurmala has a lot of crush from the class of people, even though I remain the winner of Nurmala's heart!" aldi said with a proud smile.

"5 million is not a little money Al, you can?!" Rudi was still riled up if Aldi would have trouble collecting that much money.

"I will try my hardest for the sake of Nurmala Rud, whatever I will do as long as I can marry Nurmala!"

"Spirited Aldi, good luck! We as men must have a strong determination to fight" said Rudi while patting the shoulder to support, Aldi felt more excited. Aldi rushed to the bathroom, prayed Isya' then lay down to rest.

The next morning the employees of PT KLAMBIKU have entered work, as well as Nihaya and Nurmala. Apple morning starts with a welcome from the manager, closed with a disciplined and honest sentence.

Nurmala looked at Aldi who was standing in front with the section chiefs and supervisors. At first glance Aldi is also seen looking for the figure of Nurmala even though only from a distance. Everything is running as usual.

Aldi watched over the workers, circling from table to table researching the produce, sometimes sitting with the guards near the gate. Back to work he's back at base until nine p.m.

If he's in night zero, he leaves for the base at one o'clock in the afternoon and returns home after Magrib's time.

"How much money have you collected Al?" rudi asked when he saw Aldi's tired face coming home from ngojek.

"Still far Rud!"

"Why don't you borrow from the cooperative where I work, Al?"

"No ah, I don't want to burden my life by paying interest all year long!" aldi said as he took off his jacket and shoes.

"But you can quickly marry Nurmala!" said Rudi.

"That's true Rud, but how long do I have to chase down a collector if I can't pay the debt? my only motorbike will be lost you confiscate!"

"If you don't hurry, Nurmala will be taken by Al!" said Rudi as marketing cooperative save loan.

"I will try as hard as Rud, even if in the end not a match, what can I do! maybe my soul mate isn't Nurmala!"

"Spirited man, Nurmala must be waiting for you, not someone else!"

"Thank you Rud, I hope so!"

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notes:

This story is set in the year 2000.

Salary Aldi 200 thousand at that time, equivalent to 2 million in the present era.5 million equivalent to 50 million.