THE SACRED LOVE OF MENTARI

ADAM'S CUISINE

Dari and Adam started their new lives, and Tari today plans to include job applications in several companies.

After he had prepared breakfast for Adam, he was now getting ready to put on a neat stellan, and he was standing in front of a large mirror in his room.

Through the glass in front of him, Tari smiled when she saw her husband walking up to her, Adam wrapped his hands around his wife's waist from behind, Adam put his chin on his shoulder.

"You have to put in a job application today" he asked spoiled, he wanted his wife to stay at home spending all day with him, because he himself has not been able to find a job considering there has been no confirmation from his brother about his diploma.

Dance turned around and put her hand around her husband's neck, "I'm sorry I had to go and leave you alone at home, but I have to find work."

"Hmmm, forgive me for not being able to give you a decent life."

Dance cupped her husband's face and looked at Adam's bead, their eyes were beaming, "Never say that, we'll work together to change our lives for the better."

"Thank you, Dance, for accepting these unemployed and cool men."

Dance kissed her husband's cheek, "I LOVE YOU my husband."

"I LOVE YOU TO my wife."

"I have to go now mas." Dance took her bag and the brown map contained her job application cv.

"I'll take ya." 

Because he did not have a vehicle at all, so Adam intends to take his wife using the angkot only.

"Mas at home." decline Dance.

"But I'm afraid that anything will happen to you dear, you often see the news that there are often crimes on public transport."

"Here dance will be fine mas, mas don't worry ya." Dance tried to calm her worried husband.

"If I get a job later, I'll save up to buy a vehicle, well the minimum motorbike so I can carry you everywhere, I don't want you jostling on public transport."

"Yes, but before that happens, where should we use public transportation first, yes."

"Hmm."

"Yes yes, I left first." he said.

"I'll drive you to the front of the alley, at least until you get the angkot."

"All right."

Hand in hand they walked towards the highway to wait for the angkot to pass by.

While on the way, Tari passed by Nindi's mother, one of her neighbors, Nindi's mother greeted.

"Wahh, where are you going to dance."

"You're looking for work, ma'am."

Nindi's mother turned to Adam who only looked ordinary, "Keep her husband, don't dance."

Adam was a bit bothered to hear the question, Dance who did not want her husband to be underestimated said, "Mas Adam works ma'am, but mas Adam is still on leave, yes mas."

"Yes, I'm still on vacation." Adam confirmed his wife's lies.

"Ohh, I think unemployment, it is not good if the wife works while her husband only works to sleep at home."

Adam tried to resist his embarrassment to hear the ramblings of his neighbors near his house, well this is one of the risks of living in a densely populated housing complex like this, anything is noticed and commented on, he said, unlike the housing complex of his parents, the people there live alone without caring for each other's lives.

"Yes ma'am, I go first." said Tari did not want to linger near Nindi's mother who could be said to be the culprit of gossip.

"Yes." Yeah."

Dance walked with Adam.

"You're not ashamed to have an unemployed husband like me." looks like Adam is still thinking about the words of the Dance's neighbor.

"Don't take the heart of Miss Nindi's words, what matters is not what bu Nindi says."

"Hmmm, but still I feel like a useless man, what kind of husband do I let my wife work while I just sniff at the doank house."

"Mas." Dance stopped her steps, Adam reflex also did that, "Mas, I tell you yes, maybe mas do not remember, I am not a mas job, I just want to enter a job application, I just want to enter a job application, instead of directly working, there must be an interview process first."

"It's like you're trying, not like I'm the one who has no effort at all." it turns out that Nindi's bu's talk just made Adam so sensitive.

"God, what sieh that is in mind mas Adam, how would I enter a job application if mbak Eve has not brought the diploma that I asked, later if mbak Eve brought her diploma mas Adam, then, there's no way Adam's car was just sitting at home."

"Hmm."

"Already mas do not discuss this again, and one more thing, do not be horrified the word okay people." fortunately at this time the alley to the highway is quiet so that no one sees their debate.

"Hmm." Adam simply replied with hmm hmm doank.

"Look we just continue the journey before the angkot passes."

They walked back to the highway.

Dari stopped the first angkot she saw after waiting for approximately 10 minutes.

The passengers were not too many, only 3 people were sitting in it.

"I'll go first." Dance grabbed Adam's hand and kissed him.

"Don't forget to tell me."

"Yes, um." Dance in and sit in the empty passenger seat area.

Before the angkot runs, Adam approaches the driver and says, "Bang, please take my wife safely to the destination yes, I don't want my wife to do anything because I can't live without her." 

Sik the driver looked back at the woman in question, as well as the other passengers who also glanced towards Tari, I swear Tari felt very embarrassed, he fell down because he became the center of attention of the other passengers.

"Ihh mas Adam this is nothing sieh, will I be ashamed." inwardly.

"Okay sip mas, my beloved wife will deliver my destination intact without lacking any."

"Thank you very much."

"Hurry home, baby, I'm waiting for you." he exclaimed before the angkot walked.

Dari smiled in response to her husband's words, her sense of discomfort due to the debate just disappeared.

They waved each other so angkot walk that brought the passengers to their respective destinations.

While Adam was back home, either what he was going to do, maybe sleep or how.

****

Meanwhile, in the family residence of Eve, Eve is currently helping her husband to put a tie.

"Mas."

"Hmm."

"In the company there are no vacancies."

"Make Adam." guess Irfan heard his wife's question.

Irfan certainly knows what is happening right now in his wife's family, yesterday his father-in-law called to ask him not to provide assistance in any form similar to Adam who was not considered as part of the Vijaya family.

"I know." 

"Papa called yesterday, well he told me briefly about your brother who is a dissident, and papa also advised me not to help your brother in any form."

"I think papa's attitude is right." Irfan supported her in-laws, maybe they were a species once yes, "It was your sister who chose to go with the poor woman and leave your family, you know, so it's only natural that you feel hurt and ask those closest to you not to help your dissident sister, and you should do that too Eve."  Irfan pressed his last sentence because the smell of the wife had the intention to help Adam.

"Well, whatever the fuck, don't follow along with Adam, Adam was fighting for his feelings, what's wrong." 

"That's not wrong, as long as she fights is a woman worth fighting for."

"So according to the mas, the dance is not worth fighting for just because he comes from a family less than being."

"Well, I'm basically supporting Papa Eve, and you, don't ask me to help your sister anymore."

"Why did Irfan mas so annoying like this." his sizzle Eve had been upset by her husband in the morning.

"The thing about Adam is none of your business, Eve, you better focus on taking care of your own family."

"Adam's my brother, how could I be so sick of seeing him out there in trouble." Eve so loud to hear the words that came out of her husband's lips, her husband really did not empathize at all with the condition of Adam.

"He alone chose the path of his life and chose a difficult life, so why should we bother to lend a helping hand to him."

"Enough Irfan, if Irfan won't help Adam, it's okay, I don't think I can help my own brother with my abilities." Eve inflamed.

"Just do it, and you know the consequences if you know what you're doing behind it."

Eve gulped her saliva at the words of her husband who was true, her father was a hard man, who did not hesitate to play hands on his children, he said, but indeed all this time Eve was a submissive child so she never get physical violence from her father, Adam who often get it.

Because Eve was silent, Irfan again said, "Here you go, don't think about your sister if you want our lives to be calm, you better just focus on taking care of our daughter." irfan ended the debate that morning.

Irfan put on his suit and prepared to get off and have breakfast first before going to the office.

"You still want to hang out here or come down for breakfast."

"Hmm." Eve followed her husband downstairs, and after her husband left, she planned to go to his parents' house, moreover, the goal if not to ask his mother's help to give Adam's diploma so that his sister is easy to get a job.

**** 

Adam: I'm boring

Adam was so tired of being alone in his wife's house that he sent a message to his best friend Marcell.

Marcell: Elahh newlyweds kok boring, lo work tuh Tari

Adam: Anjirr yes, your brain is in that direction mulu, insaf lo, the apocalypse is near

Marcell : After you say boring, as far as I know there are no boring newlyweds, there are also newlyweds who are busy crouching in the room and meet each other friendly

Adam: This is also me in the room

Marcell : Lha continues

Adam: I was alone

Marcell : Dance

Adam : Here I go to work, while I only sleep doank, really useless men and do not know my shame

Marcell: You know how to find a donk job

Adam : My diploma is staying at home, yes when I go home and ask for it my same order, there I was thrown sandal 

Marcell : Yes sieh, now people if they want work that is seen diploma first, about the skill number so, but there is a job that does not need a diploma

Adam: Apaan

Marcell: Kuli, you want

Adam: Need to be considered

Marcell : Elahh lagak lo, at best distinguishes which shovel you do not know

Adam : Underestimate me elo, you know my major has something to do with caring

Marcell: The connection is how you mean, the architect, the artisans design the building image, yes I just haul bricks, stir cement

Adam: Yes, you know

Marcell : Yes, I do not understand, it is not my field of expertise

Adam ended his message with Marcell, he did not want to disturb Marcell who was certainly busy, unlike him who was unemployed.

It was really very boring if nothing was done like this, even sleep was very boring, because there was nothing Adam could do, Adam finally chose to go to the kitchen, he said, I don't know what satan so he suddenly thought of cooking, but just cooking instant noodles he can't.

But think, he had to try, right now the technology is sophisticated, so he can follow the tutorial cooking via youtube, with the thought he rounded his intention to enter the kitchen.

"Once Dance comes home, she will be able to eat immediately." he said on his way to the kitchen.

He looked at the ingredients available in a small kitchen refrigerator, there were eggs, fish and some vegetables.

"Okay spirit." Adam encouraged himself.

Before he does his cooking activities, he first looks for cooking tutorials that match the ingredients available in the refrigerator.

"OK saute kale only, this seems easy, and after that I can make an omelet and fry fish" he said confidently.

And after that, he took the ingredients out of the refrigerator and began to execute them according to the instructions in the vidio, it turns out that making sauteed kale is not as simple as it looks, especially for Adam who had never before the name of cooking, but for the sake of Dance, he was determined to be able to.

Adam did succeed, but the results of the cooking is far from perfect, even arguably failed, saute kale made kematengan that makes the kale very soft, very soft, the omelet is blackish or maybe more precisely you can say charred, but Adam is satisfied to see the results of his own cooking, "Ahhh can also me." he said proudly.

And the last thing he did was fry the fish.

When entering the fish, the oil spurts everywhere, even hit the skin of his hands so that it makes the skin a bit reddish.

Adam grimaced feeling the pain of hot oil that touched his skin, not yet the wound on his face healed, now the skin of his hand was splashed with hot oil.

And as a result, the fish was not less black with an omelet that he made, "Indefective, but as I have tried."

After all the food was on the table, Adam then took a picture, his intention he wanted to send it to Dance.

Before being sent, below the picture is given a description.

The results of my first cooking, I tried for you, quickly go home my beloved.

"I hope Tari comes home soon, and tasting my cooking."

****

Dari submitted applications to several companies, and after that she just waited for a call to conduct a job interview.

He was quite tired after this half day he had to go to the company one to the other.

And now he is sitting in a wooden chair in front of a stall after buying mineral water, Tari gulps the water until the remaining half.

At that time she heard the sound of chat notification from her phone in her bag, Tari reached into her bag to look for the object, she smiled as soon as she knew that the sender of the chat was her husband, her husband, he opened it and saw a picture of the cuisine laid out on his house table.

Just looking at the picture alone, Tari knew that the cuisine was failing and likely not worth consuming, but that was not what mattered, what mattered was how her husband tried to cook for her, and that made Dance moved.

He then touches the keypad button to reply to the message.

Dance: I will be home soon to Adam, and thank you for Adam's efforts to cook for me

Adam: I'm waiting for you, baby

****