
The same day in a different place.
"Mas will be engaged to Nadia...."
Arkan blurted out the sentence while writing some white sheets of paper on the practice table. He spoke but did not look at the person he was referring to.
No one replied to a sentence made by a pediatrician. In the practice room only sound clang bottle and some tools made of iron.
"Camekin...? Like talking to a wall?"
Arkan looked back. A male nurse stood by the bed, behind him.
"Yes already. Nice dong. What do I do, Mas?"
The tall male nurse continued to do her job. He also did not look at Arkan. He felt insinuated, finally answering Arkan's question.
"You don't like it?"
Arkan stood up, walked slowly a few steps, approaching the male nurse who was behind him. He embraced the busy nurse with a bottle and a few boxes of medicine. His right hand was on the right shoulder of the nurse wearing a green toska uniform.
"Why should I not like. Arkan will wear that woman."
He answered quietly and did not look at all. Tone of voice trying to stabilized.
"We know each other. Pretty long. Know the nature of each. You don't like Nadia. What don't you like about Nadia?"
Arkan is trying to find the eyes of a man who works as a nurse. He wanted to meet those eyes.
"It's been... Mas. We're in the practice room right now. People will see."
The man was feeling restless and a little anxious.
"I will continue to do this until you see and answer my question. I don't care if other people see my behavior. You know my nature, don't you, Niel?"
Arkan is still trying to find the eyes of a male nurse named Daniel.
Daniel knew that Arkan wouldn't stop acting like that. He knew Arkan was a persistent man. He will not stop trying if he does not get something as he wishes. Daniel shifted his body a quarter of a turn. He was now facing off against Arkan who was on his left. Both of his eyes were trying to see the face of the young doctor who was before him. He looked straight ahead. Sometimes he gets a little down. Shame when he sees his interlocutor who continues to stare as if he wants to read his mind.
"What do you want Arkan to ask?"
Daniel tried not to flinch. But his eyes couldn't seem to focus on Arkan's eyes.
"You don't like Nadia?"
Arkan asked that gently. Arkan's eyes tried to probe Daniel's mind through his brown eyes. The two men stood face to face. Their distance is only one inch.
"Like Mas.... Okay...satisfied, right?"
Arkan laughed a little.
"I know your character. There are many things you keep. So does your opinion of Nadia."
"And my opinion may not all be true, Mommy." Daniel shifts to a cupboard that contains some supplies and some stored medicine. He passed by the thin body of the man beside him earlier carrying a few items in both hands.
"All decisions are in Mas Arkan. Like I said, I'll wear it."
Daniel is now standing to the right of Arkan. He was busy putting some bottles and medicine boxes into the closet.
"But I want to know about your opinion..," asked Arkan.
"For what? Since we know, I've dated up to 3 women I've dated, but I never asked Mas Arkan's opinion about the women I've dated" Daniel explained. Movement ceased. The nurse stared at Arkan with sharp eyes. He stated that sentence solemnly.
"Because you don't think about my feelings. You should have asked me dong like I'm asking right now. That's the first reason. Second reason, because right now I'm getting married, not dating. So I asked for an opinion about someone who would accompany me for life."
Arkan is now on the edge of the bed. Stand up straight. He folded his arms around his chest. The young doctor looked handsome.
"Already Mas.... Don't ask me. I've already answered."
"But there's still something you're hiding, Niel?"
Arkan tried to frame Daniel.
"Mas, it is better, Mas, Istikharah Prayer than to ask me this. God must have kept the clues."
Now, it was Daniel's turn to stand up straight and face the young pediatrician. He was trying to balance the prowess of the man before him.
Arkan speechless.
The two men of different professions were faced with serious gazes. Their distance is about 5 feet. They try to read one mind and another. The position of the two of them at this time with the perfect physique makes them like a scene in a Korean drama that has a high rating. Korean drama that always awaited its presence by fans who are mostly housewives. Because he wants to see the action of his handsome main character.
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