The Winter Promise

Chapter 116: Very Noisy Fireworks!

In the afternoon a cloudy day had arrived, the rain that fell earlier made the leaves on the surrounding trees still wet. The sun has also begun to sink in the western horizon and the crescent moon has appeared on the opposite side.

I'm currently at Miyuki's house with my other friends to hold a new year's evening burn-out. When I was there, I could see Kichida and Yoshida cutting meat.

Me and Maul went straight to Miyuki who was preparing all the equipment needed for the fires.

“What can I help you with?”

I asked Miyuki who looked busy at the time.

“No Mar, everything I prepared this morning. We just burn.”

Miyuki tried to look reliable.

Seeing him at this moment somehow made me a little calm after doing a tiring activity not too long ago.

Since there was nothing I could do, I approached Kichida again and wanted to try to help her.

“What can I do?”

I asked Kichida for something.

“If you want to help me, you can help me cut this meat into small sizes to later be stuck to skewers.”

Kichida gave me a bowl of still-uncut meat.

I started to take the knife that was there and cut the meat given by Kichida.

I saw Yoshida looking at me while he was chopping up the meat.

“What's up?”

I reprimanded.

“You are adept at cutting the meat.”

“I've done something like this a lot at home.”

“Are you at home cooking your own food?”

“Iya, long before I had a job like now, I still often cook my own food.but now I buy more finished food outside.”

Because I do not have time to cook at home, besides my return time is also getting late because I have to go first to the office if there is a task there. After all, my money is also a lot, buying food so for dinner will not spend my money.

“I'm less likely to see your abilities that are greater than mine, even though I am a woman here.”

“Create what minder, if you have often cooked later will also be proficient by itself.”

Hearing that made Yoshida get excited again and began to move his hand to cut the meat in front of him into small pieces.

“I look forward to once cooking on the mountain again.”

Said Miyuki who had just come to us after preparing everything on the front page.

“What's the reason?”

“I feel that cooking on the mountain is amazing. We can cook while watching a very beautiful scenery.”

It looks like he's been hit by mountain fever.

So I learned this from Riki, he said if someone climbed into a mountain, he would become addicted to the sights he found there. Even though he didn't get the sight he wanted, he would still get mountain fever as well.

I was also confused when told about it by Riki, so what caused people to get mountain fever.

“Not cooking on the mountain is difficult?”

Kichida asked Miyuki.

“In fact it is difficult, because when cooking there we only use a portable stove whose fire is not so hot, besides that the cold air temperature makes the food cool quickly if we do not spend. But that's the challenge of cooking on the mountain.”

When I saw Miyuki right now, I somehow remembered Riki when I explained something she liked.

“I can't wait to climb the mountain together with Amar and the others.”

Yoshida.

“What did you do on vacation yesterday Mar?”

Miyuki was sitting next to me to help me cut the meat that was there.

“I am only at home and occasionally go to the office to hold meetings there.”

“Although your holiday still works?”

“Of course, I only get off on Saturdays and Sundays. Sometimes also I have to enter on Saturdays because there is an impromptu meeting.”

But at least I don't have to go to the office every day.

“By the way where are Riki and Rina?”

“Riki is going to pick up Kirana, while RIna says there is something she did first at her home.”

Maul answers questions from Kichida.

“What Natasha, Rian, and Akbar so come?”

Miyuki asked me.

“I don't know, but it looks like they're coming. Because I've got a message from Rian that he's on the road.”

Not long after, we heard someone press the doorbell of Miyuki's house.

“Before a while, I want to see who came that.”

Miyuki directly went to the front gate to greet the person.

“Why Takeshi?”

Because I didn't see Takeshi's nose at all. It should be that when it comes to Miyuki's matter, she will definitely arrive earlier than the others.

“She is playing with Misaki inside.”

Answer Kichida.

“So she's come.”

“Iya, she came along with me and also Yoshida.”

“I guess he'll come alone here.”

“Mana maybe Takeshi dare to do just that.”

I just found out about it. I thought he was a man brave enough to approach Miyuki to come to her house after I saw that she dared to express her feelings in front of others. It turned out that all this time I was wrong, he was still afraid to do things like this. Looks like your road is still long Takeshi.

“Since when did Misaki become close to Takeshi?”

Maul asked in surprise to Kichida.

“Actually Misaki always asks when Amar came to us because she wants to play the game together with him. But because he felt bored, finally Takeshi who accompanied him to play the game.”

Yoshida.

“Good then.”

At least this could make his relationship with Takeshi better. You should use this opportunity as best as Takeshi can.

You don't need to be confused as to why I helped Takeshi. Because I had always felt sorry to see Takeshi who was always portrayed by Miyuki, especially now that Takeshi and I have no problems anymore. So as a good friend, I will help their relationship to be smooth.

Moreover, if Takeshi manages to conquer Miyuki's heart and they both date. Then the issues that talked about my relationship with Miyuki would disappear by themselves.

This is what I call rowing once two three islands are exceeded.

Then Miyuki came along with Akbar and his sister. It turns out that Akbar brought his sister in the burning event this time.

“Congratulations malem all of you.”

Akbar greeted everyone there.

“Hai Akbar!”

They all welcomed Akbar well, but Akbar never got together with us at rest.

“I'm sorry for having to take my sister. At the moment in my house there is no one, so I have to take her away together.”

Of course her aunt would not leave her alone after experiencing such an incident.

“No problem Bar, the food available is also plenty. We can't possibly spend it all.”

Miyuki smiled at Akbar.

Akbar was slightly lulled after seeing the smile from Miyuki.

“Bar, come with me for a minute!”

I also pulled Akbar somewhere to talk to him.

“What's Mar?”

“Remember! Don't tell them about yesterday.”

I warned Akbar about it.

“I know that, I won't do it.”

“That's great, I don't need to explain it more to you.”

We went back to another place and I continued my work again.

“What are you two talking about?”

Miyuki asked me.

“Male talk only.”

Miyuki narrowed her eyes.

“There must be something you're hiding.”

I said with a small laugh to make it more convincing.

The work of cutting me was almost finished and now I continue it by thrusting all the meat into the skewers that Maul had brought earlier.

Suddenly Misaki came out of the house and came straight to me.

“Bang Amar!”

Misaki hugged me from behind.

I don't know why every time I meet Misaki, she's acting on me like my own sister.

“What's Misaki?”

“Come we play the game!”

“Not that you played with Takeshi?”

“That person is too weak, I always win against him and I become bored.”

“Hahahahahaha..

Hearing that made me and Maul laugh because Takeshi was humiliated by the Elementary School boy.

Even to this day Misaki still does not want to call Takeshi by his name. What you've been doing all this time Takeshi, should be enough time when you two were able to get him to say his name, or at least your image on his mind he's a good person.

“I am indeed not too good at playing gim.”

Takeshi tried to cover up his embarrassment.

“I'll do it after just burn ya.”

“Good.”

Misaki also sat beside me and saw what I was doing while playing the game.

Why are these two brothers and sisters beside me all. I need a lot of wiggle room here.

Then Riki and Kirana come along with the arrival of Rina, Natasha, and Rian who come simultaneously. At the time, I was surprised by something. It was Nadira who came along with Rina.

Before leaving, Nadira asked me where I was going. But I said that I was just playing to Riki's house and celebrating the new year with her.

“Why can you be with Rina Nadira?”

Ask him.

“Kakak himself why are you here? Not that Brother said he wanted to celebrate the new year with Riki.”

Nadira asked me back.

“She did celebrate the new year with me loh.”

Chirps Riki.

“Why can she be with you Rina?”

“So I met him while on the road, and when I said my destination was gone. Suddenly he wants to go there.”

Lina explained it to me.

“I already know that you must be hiding something Kak.”

“Who is Mar?”

Kichida asked me.

“She is Nadira, her sister Amar.”

Miyuki answered that question.

“AMAR'S SISTER!”

Everyone who did not know was shocked to hear it.

Actually you don't have to be that surprised, not something that is impossible I have a sister. After all Riki had said it a long time ago that I did have a sister.

“The atmosphere is much different from her brother.”

“I agree with you Kichida, he looks more friendly and kind.”

Kichida and Yoshida.

“Already, we better continue our work.”

“OOOO!..”

We started to do our own work.

Around ten p.m., we started the burn-out. Riki and I were in charge of lighting and embers.

When the fire is ready, and the fire is on. We started burning all the ingredients we provided before.

There was plenty of food provided by Miyuki and the others. There's fish, chicken, meat, sausages, and some vegetables.

After finishing burning all the ingredients, we went to the living room to eat the food while waiting for the new year. There is also Miyuki's father and mother.

“How's Mar?”

Miyuki manyapaku's father was friendly.

“Alhamdulillah good Om, Om yourself?”

“Om good too.”

“Nadira also come here?”

Miyuki's mother asked Nadira.

“Iya aunt.”

Nadira still looks embarrassed and finally she is a little hiding behind my body.

We all saw on the television show it had started counting down and everyone who was there was doing the same thing except me, because I don't know what the fun of counting down is at a new year's event like this.

When the countdown was over, there was the sound of fireworks.

“Let's all see the fireworks from the second floor!”

Miyuki invited us to take a look together.

We went to the second floor to see the fireworks on the balcony of Miyuki's house which was wide enough to accommodate us all.

We saw the fireworks together. Although we only watch the fireworks not in a strategic place, but a lot of people who light it at that time that makes the sound around very noisy because of it.

This is just my opinion, because I think spending money just to buy fireworks is very wasteful or a waste of money.

How much they spend just to buy fireworks that will be thrown away like that.

When the fireworks were over, we went back to the living room to eat the food we had prepared.

While we were eating food, Rian asked me something that almost made me panic.

“Friends, earlier on the way here I had time to read a news story. The news is about the police who managed to thwart the case of kidnapping a father to his son, and in the news it is said that with this case also the case of kidnapping it will soon disappear.”

Why should he talk about this at a time like this!

“Very early his father dared to do such a thing to his own son.”

Yoshida began to respond to this.

“According to the news, he did just that because the economic condition of his family is not good.”

“Although his family's economy is not good, but kidnapping his own son is outrageous.”

Then Miyuki looked towards the three of us.

Yeah, you know the three of us I mean here are me, Maul, and Riki.

“Why are the three of you silent and saying nothing about this? Especially you Rik, usually you will respond to it.”

“What do I normally do at a time like this?”

Riki started to look panicked because Miyuki managed to find out something. His intuition when he was researching something was indeed very creepy.

“Usually you would be enthusiastic if you were discussing such things and asked Amar about his opinion.”

“Hahaha..”.

Riki just laughed to dispel Miyuki's suspicions. But if you just laugh without giving a clear reason is still lacking Rik. You should have given her some reason to be more convinced that you had nothing to do with this conversation.

Then Miyuki also looked at me who was cool eating the food there.

“What's up?”

I'm flat on him.

“How do you think about this Mar?”

“Police is great because it can thwart that kidnapping.”

“That's it?”

“Yup, that's it.”

Miyuki started to narrow her eyes and still suspected me of something.

“Stop suspecting my brother, my brother every holiday always spend his time lazing at home, so there's no way he knows more about it.”

I am grateful that Nadira is here. Although he said such a thing, but at least he helped me to get out of this problem.

And we spent the new year's night eating, playing cards, and telling stories until morning before we got home.

the End Chapter 116