The Winter Promise
Chapter 96: It Is An Irony.
When I was inside the cafe, I saw Akbar in the uniform of this cafe and now he was carrying the order I ordered. A vision ensued between me and Akbar. We were both silent for a moment and didn't know what to do at the time. Because starting a conversation is not my habit, I am sure that Akbar currently does not know what to say because I caught him working here.
“This is the fries, sorry to wait.”
Akbar put the food right in front of us.
“What coffee do you want? Just order.”
Malik's brother told the comic to order coffee while Akbar was there.
“Capucino one yes.”
“Good.”
After recording the order, Akbar left.
I got a secret that seemed very useful to me. It seems that after my work is done, I will ask Akbar directly why he can work here. I'm sure he can't hide it anymore like before.
“What was your friend?”
Malik knows something because of what we did.
“Iya.”
“If it's your friend why don't you talk to him. Is your relationship bad?”
“No, our relationship is fine, it's just that I'm confused to say what to him at a time like this.”
“You're weird once.”
“From discussing that, it is better now that we start discussing about his contract.”
I'm not good with the comic who's been listening to us.
“Who is Mr Malik?”
The comic asked about me. Maybe he felt strange seeing me here with Brother Malik, he must be thinking that I was his sister.
“I'm an intern who works at the company Comic Universe, and I'm on assignment to accompany Kak Malik and learn from him about the management of this contract.”
Malik looked at me, he wasn't ready for what I said just now. I gave a sign to Malik with my hand so that he would follow what I was doing.
“Then, can we start the discussion?”
Brother Malik said to the comic.
“Good.”
Malik also began to discuss the issue of the contract with the comic. The comic turned out to choose a profit sharing option because he was very confident that the comic would sell in the market. Malik gave him a form to sign and the comic signed him.
In the midst of the discussion, Akbar came back to give coffee orders from the comic and left again without saying a word to me.
I'm sure he's panicking right now knowing I'm here.
Discussion of the contract issue was completed very quickly, even I myself was very surprised because the discussion turned out so quickly. I think there will be a bargain between the two parties about the price, it turns out this comic receives the division given by the company.
“Are you still in school?”
The comic looked back at me and this time he was more focused on the uniform I was wearing right now.
“Iya, I am now still in school.”
“What's your name?”
“I Amar.”
I put my hand on him.
“I'm Hendri, my pen name in Comic Universe is Hen.”
Mr. Hendri shakes hands with me.
“Now what class are you Mar?”
“I am still first class SMK Sir, this year I just entered.”
“No need to call me sir, that call makes me look old. Call me Brother Hen.”
“Good Brother Hen.”
It turns out he's much friendlier than I thought. Whereas when he came here, I felt a strong aura of intimidation from him as he looked towards me. I even thought he suspected me a little.
“Is this a school assignment or are you working on your own accord?”
“This is of my own volition, sis, enough to add my pocket money when in school.”
I smiled at him a little to make him look more friendly.
“What's not burdensome to your school?”
“No Brother, I don't get too many assignments from this job. So this is not at all burdensome to my school.”
If you find out I'm a little burdened because of this job, maybe Mr. Hari will be prosecuted for hiring minors.
“You are now school where?”
“I went to school in SMK Sawah Besar.”
“SMK Large Crater! My neighbor's son also attended school there, what majors do you enter?”
“Multimedia majors.”
I also glanced at Brother Malik and hoped he would provoke a conversation with him, I felt not strong if I had to serve him until the end of this meeting.
“What is your job at Comic Universe?”
“I'm only helping Brother Malik.”
Hendri nodded while drinking the coffee that he had previously ordered.
“Is there still anything to discuss again?”
Hendri asked Malik.
“It looks like no.”
“Then I give permission to go home first because there is still my comic work that is not finished.”
Hendri stood up and put on his jacket.
“Thank you for your cooperation and have taken the time for us.”
Malik also stood up to take off from Kak Hendri, it made me want to not have to stand too.
“No problem.”
Hendri wanted to get his wallet out.
“For coffee let me pay later.”
“Oh so, thank you.”
Hendri left us both.
“Huh finally finished too.”
Malik sat back in his chair and tidied the files into his bag.
When it's done, it means I can go home now.
“Why are you talking like that Mar?”
“What the man said if he knew that I was his superior Kak Malik recalled that I was currently using the school uniform.”
Surely one of these cafes will stir with his screams. I'm joking, he's probably gonna scream when he hears that I'm his boss, Malik.
“I'm not well considered a superior by my own superiors.”
“Already, besides my position in Pak Hari's office is indeed an apprentice.”
“But there will be in particular.”
“...Yes also anyway.”
Malik finished his coffee and wore his jacket.
“Come we go home Mar!”
“I want to be here for a while, there is an affair I want to finish.”
“So, then I go home first.”
Malik left me and I immediately moved to sit near the barista to talk to Akbar. It just so happens that he is currently there while making coffee orders for other customers.
“What are you doing here?”
Akbar greeted me as I was just sitting down.
“I should have said that to you.”
“I work here, will you report this to Mr Febri?”
So that's what he's afraid of, so he's hiding this from me and Mr. Febri.
“I also work somewhere so I can't possibly do that, if I do that it's very ironic once.”
“Do you work at Comic Universe?”
“Where do you know?”
“I know from classmates, if you retire at the Comic Universe booth along with Riki and others. Although my friend said that you were told by OSIS, but I don't think that's possible.”
It turns out that Akbar already knows what my true nature is, even though I feel that our relationship is not too close.
“Then is there something you want to explain to me?”
Akbar breathed a very long breath.
“I don't think there's any other option to explain it to you.”
At last... Let's see what made him do this.
“I work here to help my family finances, so I have to work here.”
Helping the family finances...
“Why don't you take the excul first? There is no harm if working after carrying out exkul.”
“Working here is paid according to the hours I work. If I follow my exkul first, my time working will be less and therefore the payment I receive is also a little.”
So that's the reason, it makes sense and he doesn't cover it up at all. This time he really told me.
“You enter rohis only! Coincidentally the excursion is only held once a week and usually the excretion time is only thirty minutes.”
“Create that? I don't know about it. Can we move excul?”
“I don't think it's a problem.”
It was better than not following him at all.
“I follow the exkul and usually our mentors fill in the material from the exckulnya only thirty minutes and the rest we only discuss about the problems that are happening now. If we want to go home sooner too, we are allowed if he has finished filling out the material and is discussing.”
“It looks like I will go in there so that Mr. Febri does not ask it directly to him, I also do not feel good if constantly asked like that.”
“Why don't you want to tell this to Mr Febri?”
“I'm afraid Mr. Febri forbid me to work.”
Scared huh? Akbar did not know that Mr. Febri often gave jobs to his students. Should have known it he wouldn't have had to worry about saying he was working somewhere.
“Do you not know that Mr Febri often gives work to his students?”
“I just found out about it from you at this time.”
Just deserve.
“There is no way a person who often gives his students a job would ban his students if he was working somewhere. In fact he once told me that he wanted to give you a job if you really needed money.”
“Why didn't you tell me this from Mar!”
“You yourself are always covering it up from us.”
Akbar who was aware of it immediately smiled a little at me.
“Maybe I will say this to Mr. Febri.”
“That's great.”
I also want to give a job to Akbar in Comic Universe, who knows Pak Hari is in need of an intern again. But before that I'll talk to him first.
Since my business here is done and I already know the secret that Akbar has been hiding without asking for help from Maul, it seems like I will just go home.
“Do you want to go home Mar?”
“That's.”
“Hurry once, here just a minute. There's still something I want to talk to you about.”
Just back at school she left me and didn't want to talk to me about anything and now she's asking me to stay for a while. Just be right.
“Alright, if for a while I may still have time.”
I looked at my watch and it turned out that time was still four in the afternoon.
“It seems to be busy once your work.”
“I want to go home quickly because it is now prone to kidnapping. You also don't come home too late.”
“Let's just relax, all the roads I've been walking towards home are big roads and lots of people. Less likely if I get kidnapped like that.”
I sat there again and looked over the menu there, because it was impossible if I had to sit here without drinking anything, at least I had to buy something.
“Fried potatoes one more yes.”
“Good.”
Akbar took note of my order and gave it to his co-worker who worked in the kitchen to make it.
“So what do you want to talk about?”
“What is your relationship with Miyuki?”
I took out my wallet and paid for my fries.
“If that's all you want to talk about, I'd better just go home.”
“Wow.. Waw... Waw... Relax Mar, why are you so sensitive when you connect about Miyuki? LDKS used to be the same... Here's the change.”
I sit back.
“I'm tired of being connected to Miyuki by so many people. Classmates, other classes, coworkers, and much more.”
“Loh aren't you two really dating?”
Akbar looks confused.
“Where did the news spread huh!?”
I held my head because I was not strong with the news I had just heard.
“I know because there are some class children talking about this.”
“Our relationship is just friends only no more.”
“Honey once.”
“Why? Do you want me to get closer to Miyuki?”
“I don't want.”
Heee... Tumben once, usually if there is a friend of mine that I offered like that will immediately get excited and ask me to introduce him immediately.
“Why?”
“The competition is too much.”
Exactly it.
Finally my fries arrived faster than before.
“Your observations can be too.”
“I do not like to approach women who are too beautiful, besides the opportunity is very small and the rivals are many.”
“You are not wrong.”
“It's been a long time since I've spoken to you like this. Probably last time was LDKS.”
Okay back to the usual discussion that Miyuki had not in it.
“Not every day I always talk to you when in class.”
“If in class talk we are not so serious because there are other friends there.”
“Serious how?”
“As talks when there is a case when LDKS.”
Oh that case... I think it's like a normal conversation for me. Yes, although it makes our brain think more.
“Have you been told by Riki about solving the problem?”
“Riki already told everything when returning to the tent.”
“Then I don't have to explain it to you anymore.”
“Where do you know all that Mar? When told by Riki I salute you very much.”
“I just combined all the hints I got when I was there.”
Although the rest I told Maul to find out more. Without her information, there was no way I could have devised a plan so thoroughly.
“The way you solve the problem is very smooth and no student knows that you solved the problem. From someone accused to someone who gets everything done.”
Akbar also praised.
Indeed I was accused because Brother Alvin wanted to see how I solved the problem. So of course I have to solve all those problems without being known by a single student.
“That's all thanks to your help.”
“Why don't you show that ability to others Mar?”
“For what should I show it?”
“I think it is very useful if used to help others, and also so that I am not so surprised by what you do.”
I smiled and continued to eat.
“I intend to hide it. I was happy when I saw the surprised faces of people, let alone people who often undercut me.”
After I finish my fries, I intend to go home.
“Thank you Mar would like to leave time to talk to me. I'm feeling good now.”
“Sama-sama then I go home first yes.”
And one problem was finally solved.
the End Chapter 96
