The Malang Widow

Cook together

After knowing Deri, now my days are filled with time with her. After work he always took the time to stop by my contract to meet me if I happen to be not on a shift work schedule. Whether it's a snack or a pack of food he often brings for me.

Of course I like it, but I honestly don't want to trouble her like this. Ever since I responded to her introduction, my relationship with her seemed to have gotten more intense. Not infrequently he also contacted me through chatt if I was working, although I was not the one who started.

"When will we take a holiday with us on the road?" pinta Deri to me while watching a tivi in my rented room.

"Where are you going?" I asked back while eating the snacks he brought me.

"Yes around the city of Bandunglah, or to the tourist sites that are here, you have not been since living here?" she explained to me, hoping I would.

I just fell silent and didn't bother him anymore, because I didn't want to if I expected more of Deri than a friend. The presence of Deri is able to drive away my loneliness when I have to start my new life which has absolutely no close friends here. Therefore, I honestly feel lucky to meet him. It's just that my heart was so scared that one day I would fall in love with her for all her attention to me.

I really wanted to refuse Deri who came to my contract every time, but I did not reach my heart. Although his attitude shows a special concern for me, but I think maybe because I and he are regional friends who happen to meet together in this overseas, so he tried to get along with me.

Therefore in the end I don't mind if I always have to accept her coming in my contract. It is also what makes our conversation always connected, because there is always something we discuss especially about our school days and our friends the same.

Deri, who works at a building materials company, has been in town for about five years. It was visible from his poultice almost all the streets and every corner of the city in this place. I feel like I am getting tired of living here. Unlike me who just started fumbling the streets around this city and do not know the ins and outs of this city.

That night we went together, Deri who had invited me to dinner outside together finally there was no reason for me to refuse. After returning home from work, I hurried to get ready before he picked me up. I don't know why that night my heart was so happy, blossoming like a woman in love.

"Ah.... there are only you flowers.., do not go to GeEran deh, he just temen loh, he also may just think you are a temen to make lonely days here, he said, remember also what your status is, and until now Deri does not know, right?? forget him..forget him.don't expect him more..plisss.." said myself to the mirror as he shed his tears because his heart was so fragile at the time.

I who had been actually still keeping the wound that is still about the glorification caused by divorce with Bagas was actually still feeling stressed and depressed. Occasionally in my daydreams still overshadowed the pain of my bad past life with Bagas. Since the presence of Deri, everything has subsided a little, but because of my disbelief, that's what makes my heart agitated.

"Greng.greng.."the sound of Deri's motorbike arrived at my doorstep.

"Krek" I opened the door immediately, because I was ready.

Deri who at that time looked cute using a black t-shirt combined with a hat made my heart thump at him. Her sweet smile that greeted me who was standing at the door wearing a maroon dress as if a romance arrow that was ready to stick right in my heart.

"Yuk" he asked while starting his motorbike.

"Where are we going to eat?" I shouted at him because the sound of the motor and other vehicles accompanied our journey.

"Ke cafe ucikra huh? you've never tasted cooking there, have you? delicious, the menu is also macem-macem!" clearly with a shouting tone as well.

"Okay, I'm telling you!" I cried while smelling the perfume that Deri was wearing on my nose which was right behind his back.

Before long we arrived at a cafe which is quite romantic. The bright colorful lights that are slightly dim combined with the sparkling sound of a small waterfall in the pool that is on the sidelines of our seats make my mood so comfortable. Plus the unceasing Deri looking at my face that made the red hue on my cheek blush in embarrassment.

"What do you want to order?" tanya Deri offered me the food in the menu book on our table.

"It's up to you, what do you eat, I follow along" my answer is that I do not want to choose a menu that I think is not too appetizing other than because only being able to be with Deri alone has made my heart quite comfortable.

"Yes, but you don't want to cook something? sure I chose it?" said he who then called the cafe waiter there to immediately order the food he had determined.

I just nodded in agreement with what he ordered. In addition to not thinking about the menu, I also do not want to drain the bag of Deri by ordering food that I can actually choose according to what I want. Because I'm sure that Deri is also a fellow overseas like me, whose daily needs only rely on salary. Plus I don't know the ins and outs of Deri's family background how, whether he's a person, or just a regular person.

"Where? good food in here?" asked Deri to me while eating the food she had ordered for me and for her.

"Yes, so can you cook? what if we cooked together? it is quite economical, to eat both of us, jd no need to buy in warteg again, because I often bosen, just how well, if you want to cook me alone jatohnya wasteful". Ask him to me who is curious to know the taste of my cooking.

"Gleg" I gulped with a feeling of indecision. How could I avoid him let alone let him take us to cook together, which means that every day I will see him again. It even looks like a husband and wife couple. I also didn't think about why it was as if he wanted to be so familiar with me". I murmured in my heart.

"Iiiya also save money, I also keep eating out long bosen, sometimes it is cold to cook. The only problem is if for example I work shifts whose schedule is not with you how? we can't eat together every time". My answer reasoned while sucking a straw from a glass containing orange juice.

"Yes, too, but actually you can, you can cook just as you, well later the key to your contract I duplicate it, so I can eat in your rented, how?" ask him seriously to convince me.

"Wow, will it not be a problem if you are often hired by me?" I was a little worried as I twisted the red dress I was wearing.

"Hmmm you think I'm going to contract you? which is not, carelessly very much you accuse me like that, besides we are one area, easy if I mean you want to find me in my village". Said Deri ketus by showing off her pouting face.

"It's not that I mean Der, I just don't feel good about our citizens if you contract me often, we think we're a perverted couple again". Obviously I feel bad.

"Owh, yes already if we cook together just as coincidentally our shift is the same and can meet how? you can also sometimes cook, sometimes you can also buy". He said he had no reason to stay with me.

"Hmmm, if it wants you". My answer is that I no longer want to argue because it does not reach the heart of him.

Deri finally smiled with relief to find me agreeing to her will. While finishing food, he never ceases to talk to me about himself or his work. So did I, much of what I told about myself, except with my status. I don't think it's time for him to know, and I didn't have the courage to explain it to him at the time.

I'm afraid that Deri will stay away from me if she knows my widowed status. I'm actually happy to be friends with him, because there's no friend who can be close like this in this city other than him.

After that dinner, unceasingly Deri continued to invite me to chat until sleep which stopped our chatter. Almost every time, Deri always called me, much more often than before the dinner together.

The next two days, we had the same shift schedule. Deri also took my promise to cook for her. A bag of crackles containing groceries and vegetables he gave me to cook at that time. Not to forget he also helped me prepare the cooking ingredients that I would cook.

He watched me begin to cook. Their smiles on his lips while occasionally seeing my face splashed with the rice water that I was washing because the basin for the container missed falling.

Instantly he helped me pick up the basin, and immediately wiped away the splash of water on my face with his fragrant handkerchief. He gently rubbed the handkerchief on my face. This makes me sting even more. Her romance made my heart GeEr who was as if she was having a crush on me.

His face that was getting closer to my face when he was wiping the water on my face seemed to make my heart wriggle want to be smelled friendly by him. For some reason it was like there was a sense that began to churn there and in every highlight of his narrowed eyes.

"Tara.udah mateng, yuk we ticipin cook it, hope you like it, btw if you do not like tomorrow I can fix it deh". I said while offering a bowl of vegetables that I had cooked.

"Ahh, if you're the one cooking I'd love kog". While taking my cooking that he put in his plate.

"Hmmm it's delicious.it's delicious... tastier than cooking my mother at home". Praise him to me for making my heart shake even more GeEr.

"Only you can" I replied while eating together and felt the results of my cooking that I think is ordinary. I don't know for Deri whether it's real good or just praising me so I'm happy and keep cooking for him.

Since then we have always cooked together if our schedule is the same. Deri who always loved with my cooking even often praised delicious it makes my heart more excited to always make it cook.

Sometimes even though our work schedule is not the same, I still make cooking for it which I then put in a food container and then I put it in front of the door to contract Deri, so that later if he has come home from work can directly eat my cooking.

He was also happier with my treatment. It seems he is showing more and more of his attention to me. It was as if there was only me in her life at the time. Every time, Deri and I spend time together. Whether it's my contract, or sometimes I come to his contract.

My heart feels more comfortable with him. Although at first several times wanted to stay away from him, but now it seems like I am really starting to not be willing to get far from him. Her gentle temperament towards me, made the seeds of my feelings begin to grow on her in no time. The behavior that I had longed for in a man that I did not get on my ex-husband Bagas was now on Deri.