
Arkan picks up Nadia from dr. Moewardi this afternoon. The man Nadia knew, even 2 months old, called her this morning. Arkan tells Nadia that the afternoon will be picked up from work and go somewhere. There was something that the handsome man wanted to talk about. That's why, this morning Nadia used an online taxi to go to work. Not bring a car.
Currently, the two of them were sitting in a restaurant that provided some Japanese dishes. Diversified sushi was already on their table at this time.
Arkan, who was wearing a shirt, toyed with chopsticks in his right hand as if he was confused about which food to choose. While Nadia looked at the menu on the table with a slightly wrinkled forehead.
"You've met people who are close to me. I purposely did that so you can understand my situation, Nad."
Arkan picked up a piece of greenish-colored sushi in its outer layer using chopsticks. The man, wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt, is very good at cutting a piece of sushi with chopsticks. The man deliberately rolled up the sleeves of the shirt on his right hand. He picked out a smaller piece, then stuffed the piece into his mouth.
Nadia was silent. Now... The girl who tied her hair back, sipped Lemon Squash Selasih from a beautiful glass. His face was thinking of something. His gaze was still on the dining table.
"I introduced my widowed mother, a stake that I took care of and a friend and someone who was like a sister to me."
Arkan looked towards Nadia. He looked closely at the white and beautiful girl. His eyes stared hard.
Nadia smiled slightly as the man looked at her.
The man who has a little curly hair, has indeed introduced Nadia to the most important person in his life. The intention and purpose is that the three of them will not be separated from Arkan if he marries Nadia, later. They will be at home with his mother and Fandi and Arkan will continue to maintain friendship with Daniel.
"Mas Arkan how long has he been close to Daniel?"
Nadia suddenly spoke. It seemed that he was more interested in telling me about the male nurse who was the assistant of the pediatrician who was in front of him at this moment. They are separated by a dark brown table, measuring 150 centimeters square.
"7 years."
Arkan continued to enjoy his food. He did not look at Nadia when he said that short sentence.
"Where do you know, Mas?"
Nadia asked seriously. He was stirring up the straws that were in the glass. Both of his eyes looked at Arkan.
"We used to know at Bergas Puskesmas. I was put in the health center for a year, after getting my doctor's degree. Daniel interned at the health center when he was in college," Arkan said.
"After that..."
Nadia was curious about the continuation of the story. He sat down and looked at some of the food. He's still thinking something.
"A year we were friends. I feel like I fit him. Connecting.from serious chat to joking. He learned a lot from me in everything. That's what I like most about him. His passion for learning never disappeared. We were only 4 months close at the time in Puskemas Bergas. After that she returned to the Nurse Academy. But.. We still often communicate well even though he is not at the Gas Puskesmas," Arkan explained. The story was a little cut off when he picked up a piece of sushi on another plate.
"After I returned to Solo and was called to work at Dr. Hospital. OEN, I finally called Daniel to be my personal assistant."
Nadia listened to Arkan's story carefully.
"Where does Daniel live, Mas?"
"She was hospitalized around Dr. OEN."
"Well, where did Daniel come from?"
"Faulty."
"Hmmm...."
"Why?"
"Looks like he really managed to get rid of Tegal's mediocre tone...."
Nadia smiled as she said that.
"Yes.he very well got rid of it. He said he must be able to adjust to the urban environment. Well.it is one of the results of his passion to learn new things. "
Arkan watched Nadia closely. The girl in front of him was a little confused.
"Aren't you eating?"
"In a moment, Mommy."
Arkan nodded. He continued to enjoy his food.
The food layout on his plate was very orderly. Like deliberately arranging food on his plate, not to be eaten but as if deliberately arranged neatly to just be seen. In fact, the man accidentally arranged the rice and side dishes on the plate neatly. It is because of habit. Nadia knows that.
Then the word cleaner must also be pinned to this man. When he eats, nothing will fall on the table. Whether at the time he took food from a bowl or another plate. Or the food that comes out of his plate. There aren't. He's very careful.
Next, be disciplined and organized. Arkan will take food as per his ability to finish the meal. He never leaves food taken away, not because he is greedy but he can exercise discipline and organize the food bought and eaten. When you finish eating, all the food will be gone. If he was silent, he would grumble and say one word. Mubazirs.
Nadia could explain all that in detail, because how many times they had eaten together and could already read the behavior of the man who had captivated her.
"I cannot forbid the relationship of Mas Arkan and Daniel because you have been friends for a long time and have known before compared to me. As well as Umi and Fandi, I understood the meaning of everything when Mas Arkan introduced them."
Nadia again sipped the drink in front of her slowly.
"Yes. They are the most important people in my life. So, I also want you to be the person who belongs to the important group of people in my life because that's why I introduced them to you" Arkan explained.
The man looked towards Nadia who was silent. It seemed like his strange behavior was visible in Arkan's eyes.
"What's wrong?"
Arkan raised his right eyebrow.
"Ah. ndak, Mum."
Nadia smiled bitterly.
"Cannot be. There must be nothing... The food is not good?"
Arkan looked at Nadia. He placed the chopsticks held on the table, in the tissue-lined part.
Nadia smiled bitterly again.
"You haven't touched this food, Nad, yet" cried Arkan.
Nadia was embarrassed. He rubbed - rub both palms under the table.
"What's up?"
Arkan asked curiously.
"Come on. by the way, dong..," forced Arkan.
"But... Arkan don't worry about it...."
Nadia said shyly. He didn't dare look at Arkan.
"Yes... Ndak. Oh, by the way...."
Nadia looked left and right. He didn't want anyone else to hear what he was going to say.
"Mas. I can't eat chopsticks."
The girl who was white and had a petite nose, said as she approached her head slightly to Arkan.
Arkan coughed. He immediately covered his mouth with his right hand, after a coughing sound - rather a bit of choking - was heard once.
"Mas..it was a promise...."
Nadia screamed a little when she saw the man before her. He pinched Arkan's left hand that was stuck on the table.
But Arkan couldn't hold back his laughter. He tried to duck under the table and close his mouth tightly. From his mouth there was still a sound of stifled laughter.
"O Allah...."
Arkan held his stomach with his right hand. His mouth is not closed anymore.
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