
"Arkan...? Arkan Wiguna...?"
"Yes, Mba. Why, Mba?"
Nadia asked curiously to the fat woman in front of her.
The woman wearing the hijab dressed in a brown PNS shirt, fell silent. He saturates himself with the food in front of him.
"Why, Mba?" ask Nadia. He grew curious when he saw the woman.
"He was my friend in High School first. You guys been dating?" ask the woman who is now sipping Avocado Juice in front of her. He ate and drank voraciously. Naturally, his body was very filled.
"Where is it? Said to be dating anyway, he has not expressed his feelings, but his attitude has considered me his girlfriend. He's been coming to the house a few times and taking me out" Nadia explained. His face was still very curious.
Nadia had no idea where this woman was going.
"Come dong Mba Riana... What's the matter?"
Nadia whined spoiled while shaking the hand of the woman before her.
Riana is a close friend whom God met accidentally with Nadia. 5 years ago they met in the library of Sebelas Maret University. They were one campus but different majors at the time Nadia was studying medicine, while Riana was taking the Post Graduate Program in Educational Psychology. Just ordinary meetings, stories and chatting but felt there was attachment, finally they exchanged mobile numbers and continue to maintain friendship until now.
And... Riana is Mas Am's sister. He did deliberately want to match Mas Am with Nadia after 4 years of their friendship.
"I'm afraid of the wrong thing, Nad. Fear of being a burden on your mind."
Riana stirred up the straw that was inside the glass. He threw his eyes down when he said that sentence.
"Relive, Mba. Hopefully not," Nadia convinced.
"Arkan.. he.. High School time, we know never dating. good boy and continue to be the class chairman."
Riana stopped her speech.
Nadia can't wait for the connection of the next sentence.
"But I've never been in a class with him. So. I don't know for sure."
"I don't know for sure... What's this about, Mba?"
Nadia was really impatient with the words issued by Riana. It seemed that the woman had deliberately delayed the sentence she wanted to convey.
"Ah.. I'm afraid, Nad."
Riana.
"Now Mba Riana has even given a burden to me because of incomplete speech."
Nadia lured Riana to continue her next sentence.
"Arkan..setau we never dated, because he did not like women.", explained Riana slowly. His voice slightly disappeared when he said the last sentence.
Nadia remained silent. He tried to digest the last sentence. He leaned his back on the chair.
Riana said as if feeling guilty.
"Did he ever have a case according to your guesses while in High School first Mba? Who was caught or had evidence?"
Nadia spoke seriously. He seemed to be angry when he heard the statement from Riana.
"No. Never does. Just a rumor" Riana said.
Nadia smiled a little. He wanted to throw away those negative thoughts. He saw that Arkan was not like that. She felt a kind and gentle treatment of Arkan towards her during these past 2 months. Immediately to be pushed aside, a new rumor was obtained from Riana.
"Sorry, Nad. I didn't mean to."
"No papa, Mba. I wasn't affected by the news just now."
Nadia began to sip the drink that was in front of her.
Nadia and Riana often share their stories since they became friends. Yesterday's... Nadia decided to meet with Riana and tell about the man who approached her. Apparently, Riana is Arkan's schoolmate. The world is narrow. But.he did not want to narrow his mind when he heard rumors from Riana. Stant... Arkan has never been shown to do what his schoolmates rumored. The statement that Riana said earlier. Nadia.
"How are you doing with Mas Am?"
The woman in front of Nadia opened another conversation. He was serious when he asked this.
Nadia seemed lazy to answer the questions of her best friend and her sister Mas Am.
"I don't know Mba. Mas Am repeatedly promised to visit the house, but it never happened."
The girl moved her back forward. He played a spoon on an empty plate.
"He was quiet, Nad. You have to understand the character."
"Well.tired dong Mba if so continue. I have to be aggressive only," Nadia annoyed.
"Bad reason is Arkan?" Riana quipped the girl who was in front of her.
Nadia rolled her eyes. He didn't answer.
"Yes..perhaps because he's more gentle than Mas Am."
"Yes.. already... keep trying with Mas Am. If you are a soul mate, you must be united," said Riana. This woman seemed to really want Nadia to match with her older brother.
Nadia thought more about Arkan who had met many times, came to the house and took her out. The man who worked as a doctor and was well known until now, flashed through his mind. Especially if he remembers Arkan being so brave to face his mother and father when it comes to home. Rarely such a man. Gentle man confronts old woman. Not just to play with the feelings of women.
A bunch... Nadia saw her professional friends think that women are just a game. Women are only considered like goods when they are tired of being abandoned. There are also friends who are serious about dating but when invited to get married, end their relationship because they do not want to be tied to a serious relationship. The reason the man was so cliche, was because it was not yet established.
But Arkan looks different to him. Although Nadia has never dated, but Nadia has many male friends and knows very well the character of the striped, selfish men and keep the image in front of girlfriends or parents.
Until now, Nadia saw Arkan's figure as near perfect. No perfect human being was created by God. There must be a reproach and Nadia does not know, what is the reproach of Arkan, a pediatrician who has physical perfection in the eyes of the women who see it.
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