The Lover In Dream

Little Courage from Big Expectations

It has been two weeks of Rio's decision to quit his place of work, there is still two weeks for him to enjoy the day of the last day before he really leaves. This week Rio chose to visit Iksan in Jakarta, as well as sign off on Iksan's offer formally. As usual, he rode a motorcycle to get to Jakarta by taking up to hours. When he arrived in front of the Iksan family home, Rio smiled slightly. He saw a second-story house covered with tall tree trees in the midst of the arid housing in the area. To get to Iksan's house, Rio had to go through a small gate for pedestrians after storing the motor in the trunk of the house car. From the middle room, he could see a large glass that displayed a beautiful view of towering tree trees and tall grass. Darisana, Rio was like seeing a vast expanse of garden. Even the street in front of Iksan's house was nowhere to be seen.

"Ri's jam?" Tanya Iksan broke her daydream.

"No, I left this morning" Rio replied.

"Where is Hana?" Rio asked this time when he did not see Hana anywhere.

"Road, shopping to the mall. He has not seen Jakarta for a long time" Iksan explained.

Rio chuckled as he sipped a glass of coffee that Iksan brought, Actually Iksan is simpler than he looks. Although born to a wealthy family, he prefers to work as a game developer and become an ordinary businessman. After marriage, he decided to leave everything in Jakarta and chose to stay in Bandung with Hana and then fully become a loyal Bandung citizen. And a house this big, which he had since a young age had to be willing to leave, although occasionally he and Hana came here for certain business.

"Nih" said Iksan while thrusting a piece of paper containing numbers.

Rio tried to read and understand everything on the paper, he himself felt surprised by the salary value offered by Iksan.

"Lo sure ni Mas give me this kind of salary?" Rio asked trying to convince himself back.

"Ga most of this? For standard salary in Bandung" he added.

"Hahahaha, not Ri. I'm sure this will be comparable to your results later in the company. I also have to take care of all your documents in the company, so in two weeks you will only stay in without complicated care of it" explained Iksan.

"Crazy, this is most times a mas" Sela Rio.

"Bro, the salary for the employee is more motivated. If your salary is met, all benefits are available from vehicle to insurance. Employees will no longer be thinking about moving to work. All they think is the focus of their cooperation, and that's what I want from you. I'm sure you're not going to abuse me anyway Ri" he explained.

Rio just nodded, he then took the pen from his small bag then signed the contract with complete confidence. Before long Iksan made a copy of it and gave Rio a copy as proof that they were ready to cooperate.

"In the meantime, you can stay at Hana's house first Ri. Gapapa" Iksan said.

"No, maybe next week I will go to Bandung. Make find a hostel and start rapping all my stuff a little bit. Let's not have too much later in the day. I also gamau ngerepotin lo all" Resist Rio.

"Well Ri, I'm like who you are"

"Hehe, yes mas. I've got a new job whose salary is many times the salary of my current salary, continue I still have to take care of you? Enough lo aja ngerepotin mother if nginep in my home" Ledek Rio.

Laughter Gelak Iksan greeted along with the rain that began to fall. The first rain of the year, brought a great hope that began with a little courage. That day, Rio decided to stay at Iksan's house because the rain did not stop until the night.

*****

"Naomi" Call Kubo from a distance.

Naomi pretends she hasn't heard Kubo's calls since getting out of the apartment. For two weeks he had been Kubo's assistant secretary under Naya's direction. His pace grew faster when he saw Kubo continue to follow him until the front of his apartment room. Since learning that Kubo is his superior, Naomi becomes stiff and can no longer be as relaxed as before knowing his reality. As her apartment door rang and opened, Kubo quickly pulled Naomi's arm and held her back.

"Naomi" Call Kubo when their eyes look.

The man also entered Naomi's apartment, although Naomi did not offer him. Naomi just sat down with an annoyed face while trying to kindly serve drinks from the refrigerator.

This time Naomi was silent, though her guts displayed an unenviable vexation.

"I'm sorry if you think I lied to Nao" Kubo said softly.

"Why didn't you talk from the beginning if you were my boss? Why should you shut up and pretend? It's impossible if you don't know" asked Naomi.

"Yes, I know, it's wrong. But I want to know the personality of the person I will work with, I recruited you without knowing your personality. And what I did yesterday was just for that. Isn't that natural?" Kubo Obviously.

Naomi was just silent, she then started to sigh. He took some food from the fridge and started cooking. He doesn't care if Kubo's there.

"Have you eaten ?" Ask Naomi.

Kubo shook his head, making Naomi add some food ingredients to make it more. Before long, the woman served some food at the table and sat down in front of Kubo.

"Let's eat" Take Naomi.

There, the two of them were enjoying the food Naomi had just made. Naomi could not cook much, she did not know what food she could cook with seasoning that Naomi did not know. This time he could only cook Rice, some meat stir-fry and a rolled up omelet. Not to forget, he also made sauces as a complement to his food. Kubo ate quite a lot tonight, out of all the rice Naomi cooked, Naomi only ate one small bowl and the rest was spent by Kubo. The man even helped Naomi to clean up the used utensils. While waiting for Naomi to do the dishes she tries to explore every item in Naomi's apartment. Everything looks neat and clean, even the book beside the television is also neatly arranged. Naomi's pencil and pen are lined up next to her.

Not far from it, there is a picture frame, there is Naomi and a man. Wear clothes of the same color. In the hand of the man holding a flower, Naomi's two hands were greeted and a big smile on her face.

"Your boyfriend ?" Tanya Kubo ventured.

Naomi turned her head, her eyes then fixed on the picture frame. Then smile a little.

"Yes" Naomi replied briefly.

There is little disillusionment with Kubo on Naomi's answer, she hopes that Naomi is still alone. But he also cannot deny that maybe his presence in the past did not give the impression of anything other than bad experiences that Naomi might try to eliminate from her life. Maybe what Naomi thinks isn't as special as what Kubo thinks.

"Did she mind you working away from her?" Ask Kubo.

"A little bit, but now our relationship has improved" he replied.

"I heard that long distance relationships are not easy. Maybe it will be difficult, especially in the long term" Goda Kubo.

Naomi kept the last dish she washed, she then approached Kubo and pulled his shirt. Naomi dragged him out of the apartment room.

"Im done with you" Naomi said.

Kubo was cast out brightly, but instead of feeling humiliated he smiled. She knew Naomi didn't really mean to throw her out of her apartment. So far, all I know is Naomi has a soft heart. He even let someone else into his apartment.

"I just need a little courage to get close to you Nao, and I won't be able to just give up" Kubo thought.

"While there's no hope, I just need more courage to get you"

Kubo entered his apartment while humming a little. He was full of confidence that he could make a new hope with his courage that no one could resist.