The Winter Promise

Chapter 73: Goat Satay At Night.

“Where are you Mar?”

“You go first make a burn with my friend.”

“This is not to forget the mutton was brought.”

My mother gave me a plastic bag containing beef.

Today is the Eid al-Dha holiday. As most people do, today I will burn in the office together with Mr. Hari and the others. After the morning I helped Mr. Ustadz and the other mosque teenagers to cut the sacrificial animals in the mosque, in the afternoon Mr. Hari invited me to burn in the office. Mr. Hari said this to familiarize himself with others.

***

“I've prepared everything.”

Mr. Hari gave me a skewer and a small knife.

I've been on the roof and I've met Mr. Hari who has prepared all our needs for the fires.

“This is the meat I got from the mosque after helping there.”

I also gave the plastic bag that I brought to Mr. Hari.

“A lot of meat you brought Mar.”

Mr. Hari also received the meat and put it in a tray.

“This is just a little bit of meat I got from the mosque.”

“What are you doing there?”

Ask Mr. Hari to me.

“Amar is a mosque teenager there, so every eid al-Dha he helps in sacrificial activities, so he gets a lot of meat.”

Maul explained that to Mr. Hari.

There really wasn't much meat I got from the mosque. I only get two rations, committee rations and also community rations around the mosque. The reason why I get so much meat

when Eid al-Dha, because my mother and father always sacrificed every year, so I get a pretty large part of the cow that was cut.

“I didn't expect that you like to organize Mar.” either

“I did that because my teacher told me to. I feel bad if I don't help him.”

Not long after, came Mr. Febri with a large bag in which contained a lot of drinks.

“Now below is there a security guard?”

Mr. Febri put the drinks he had brought on the table.

“Iya, the company below who rented a security guard.”

“But isn't this a holiday?”

“I invited him to burn. I only invite for people whose house is near here only.”

“Oh so, then who brought this much meat?”

Mr. Febri looked at the meat we were cutting into small pieces.

“Amar took him.”

Said Mr. Hari.

“Good work Mar.”

We also divided the task in the fires this time. Maul and I were in charge of cutting the meat into small pieces and thrusting it into skewers, while Pak Hari and Pak Febri prepared the burnt.

“How are the comic developments you have corrected?”

Mr. Hari's hand did not stop fanning the charcoal that was in front of him.

“I've checked all the comics and everything is in accordance with the standards for readers in Indonesia, there are no weird comics.”

Mr. Febri lit a fire on a piece of paper he had brought.

“I am also the same, after many Japanese comics that I read, it seems like the comics made by comics in Indonesia there is nothing strange.”

“Then how is the application development Mul?”

“The application is all ready, just waiting to be released.”

“Good, means we can release the application according to the date we have agreed at the beginning of the meeting.”

Mr. Hari looks happy to hear that.

“How are the responses from the comics about this app?”

I was still curious about it after hearing the response from Sister Rania.

“Many of them give positive responses about this application from the comics, they hope that this application will be released soon.”

“My friend has also signed up on the web to join.”

“It was very good Bri, the more comics available in the early releases, the more interesting people are to read comics in that application.”

“Finally I can sleep quietly too.”

Ever since I received the assignment to create the web from Mr. Hari until now, I had never slept under twelve at all. I must have slept at one o'clock or two in the morning. Fortunately, when Mr. Febri studied, I was allowed to go to the UKS to sleep there until I rested.

“Excite Amar, soon you do not need to sleep late at night anymore.”

Mr. Hari also encouraged me.

“Just relax, I'm used to it.”

“But take it easy, I will call some interns to help you when the app is released.”

“Create that!? That was very helpful once.”

Finally my job is holding it too. Even though working together with Mr. Febri I think it's easy, what if plus people again. Looks like there's no more work you'll do. Is that why I won't be used again? Then this is so bad!

“Do you also need people to help you handle the web and its application Mul?”

“I only need one more person to handle the web. If for application, I can handle it myself.”

Whoa! As I expected from Maul, she is very reliable.

“Then I will immediately open an internship from now so that when the application has been released, the interns can already work.”

Oh yeah I almost forgot about it, if next week the application has been released. I didn't realize it because I was too busy with the work I was doing right now.

“What Mr. Hari does not intend to buy chairs and tables for his office, because I see the office that now feels empty once, even we just meet still using mat.”

“Then..”.

Maul looks very excited.

“But for the meeting room it seems we still use the mat only. I'll buy chairs and tables for the meeting room when I have employees. Because the money I have is no longer there to buy it.”

“Honey once, But come to think of it sitting on the mat is not too bad either.”

Maul also became weak again.

We started to burn the satellite after everything was ready. After the satellite matures, Mr. Hari distributed some of his satellites to the guards who were at the bottom of the guard office. Though earlier Mr. Hari called him to eat together on the roof, but they seemed bad to join us.

We also eat satay even though Mr. Hari has not returned.

“Mar, Mull! Soon UTS will begin, you must maintain your value when UTS later, do not drop a bit.”

“Quiet only.”

Me and Maul answered Mr. Febri's warning in a compact manner.

“I've been astonished by your grades lately. Even if you're working on something and you seem to be spending all your time at your job, but why doesn't your grade ever drop at all Mar?”

“Indeed from the beginning I never learned Sir, that's why my grades are still the same as before no matter if there is work that interferes or not. As long as I still listen to the teacher explain in class it is enough.”

“Simply, but it's great that you can do that easily. You see I once offered some jobs to the students, but because of the work I gave them, their school became abandoned.”

“That's all thanks to you too Sir, if you give me a lot of tasks when I do my work, maybe my work can be neglected.”

That's of course, because even if I'm working on something that's making money, but if it's already interfering with my school, I'll definitely leave it. School is more important than anything. If it's money, I can look for it when I graduate.

Many people say that good opportunities do not happen twice. But in my opinion, a good opportunity that happens because of the effort we do, as long as we do the same thing as we did before, then a good opportunity that could happen again.

“Maul's value also lately nothing goes down, even sometimes increases.”

“Where did Mr Febri know that?”

Maul.

“I had asked him to the productive teacher of RPL. Because if the value of Maul decreases, it is my fault also for giving this kind of work.”

“Just relax, I often do work like this Mr.”

“Wah! You guys started it first.”

Mr. Hari also returned after giving satay to the security guards and joined us to eat the satellite.

“Oh yes Bri, are you still playing the game Dito2?”

“Still, even I often play the game together with Amar and Maul.”

“What does Pak Hari also know about the game?”

Actually I hesitated to ask this because I saw that Mr. Hari was not a person who wanted to spend his time playing the game.

“If you only know, I know. But I didn't play that game because there was no time to play it.”

My guess is right again, somehow I feel that the life of Mr. Hari's youth is very gloomy because it is always working and working. I don't think it would hurt if he paused for a moment to rest himself

from this exhausting work. The mentality of a boss is different.

“But why did you ask about that Ri?”

“I'm actually interested in creating an esport team in the game field. Because I have some acquaintances who are already running businesses in that field and many of them are successful.”

Esport yes... Indeed, today many people who have a profession as a professional player or commonly abbreviated as pro player.

“That's a great idea in my opinion, I'd like to manage it for you if you want to make it.”

Mr. Febri looks very excited. Indeed, no one can beat him if he is talking about the game. I was once called to the lab during class hours just to ask what was good at the time.

“But I don't know yet how to build such a company from scratch. Looks like if I want to make it, I'll ask my friends.”

“You can think of that when this company is already running and growing. For now we have to focus on this one first.”

“You are right, first we succeed this company and start building a new company.”

Are they both not kidding? They both forget how exhausting it is to build a business from scratch. But I think that working according to what we like will not be too tiring.

***

“Pak Hari is lucky to have a friend like Mr. Febri who wants to help him without the slightest payment.”

Maul said to me.

We were on a bus heading towards Cibubur. We were looking out the window and saw a very long line of cars.

“Actually I was also a little surprised when I heard Mr. Febri who wanted to work without being paid in the least. Whereas when I was talking to me about the payment from the work I got from him, he was very strict in discussing it.”

“I think when in school first, Pak hari and Pak Febri are close friends like the two of us and also Riki.”

“It looks like so.”

Our bus was running little by little following a very long traffic jam.

“Can we also be like that huh Mar?”

“As long as nothing silly can break a friendship, I'm sure that the three of us can be like that.”

I also looked at Maul.

“What is a silly thing here?”

“Of course love.”

Because I almost had a fight with Maul just because of Miyuki's problem and that's the root of love, and also if I don't explain about the plan Kirana made during Junior High, and also if I don't explain it, maybe I also had a fight with Riki just because of that matter. The initial reason why I couldn't be friends with Takeshi was also because of that. Maybe if I met Takeshi without Miyuki there, maybe my relationship with Takeshi would be much different.

“This time I agree with you, I used to be very angry with you because I thought that you were after Miyuki too. Right now I feel so stupid for accusing people who are anti with the name courting like that.”

Ohh. It turns out she feels, I guess she doesn't feel at all.

“As long as we trust each other, I am sure that our relationship can be stronger than Mr. Hari and Mr. Febri.”

“Hopefully that's the case.”

Friendship... When I was discussing this somehow my mind always remembered with my childhood friend at that time, because he was the only one I considered as a friend at that time. I also had not visited his tomb for a long time because I did not want to remember the times when he was with him. Because when I remember those times, my heart hurts and I am lazy to do anything. Maybe next time I will visit his grave to release everything there, I can't be like this continuously.

Oi... Are you seeing me in nature? If you're looking at me right now, I want you to see that I can also make friends that I trust. You used to tease me about it, you always said that I was a loner who couldn't possibly have friends, but it was all wrong. Right now I have some friends that I can trust even if not a lot. So you don't have to worry, I will definitely live life the way you want, even though I still can't accept love because of your departure, but one day someone will come who can fill the void for your departure.

What am I talking about, I'm sure he can't hear me here either, because he's quiet in nature.

the End Chapter 73