When Love Should Choose

Bik Aini's story about Ardian

Chapter 5

After Bik Aini died, Nia walked around looking at her own room. The room was spacious but very luxurious for him. Look at the bed alone, expensive bed with beautiful bed linen. Plus the air conditioner aka air conditioner that hangs on the wall near the window of the room.

Nia walked up to the dressing table and sat down on the round chair that was there. He saw his own face in front of the makeup mirror. His face looked somewhat tired and pale after a long journey. Coupled with the new surprises he went through earlier.

See first the large and magnificent city of Medan as the provincial capital, through the large streets that are jammed and dense traffic flow. Different types of vehicles are racing each other with impatient horns when there are slightly slower moving vehicles. Then he arrived at Om Vishnu's luxurious villa, set foot into a large house that he never thought of in his dream.

Meet Bik Aini who tells the story of Ardian, Om Vishnu, and Aunt Siska who is rarely at home and busy every day. All of that is very different from the quiet and relaxed life in the hometown.

Does every human living in a big city like Medan have to be so busy every day? Do they also have to struggle with work every day that is not inexhaustible to make the highway was never quiet and crowded like all are competing towards or take care of important things? There is also no chance to spend more time at home with family, until parents and children are rarely able to meet.

Another with his life in his own home. She and her mother often talked together, joking and laughing. Her time with her mother was more than enough. Helping with work in the kitchen, cleaning the house, sitting together on the porch, all those are the moments he was with his mother through the day. Except when at school, morning to noon is indeed time spent in school with lessons, friends, and teachers.

Nia stopped looking at herself in front of the mirror. He opened a large bag on the floor. He chose one sleeper stel that he brought from home. Light blue nightclothes. She intends to shower first now, eat, and after that night just put her clothes in the closet like Bik Aini's message earlier.

After bathing and sidling, Nia went down to the 1st floor to find Bik Aini. He saw, Bik Aini was busy cooking in the kitchen.

“Biks cook for dinner all of us?” asked Nia while looking at the various kinds of vegetables and side dishes that were being stirred Bik Aini in the cauldron and pot.

“Iya, Non. He wants all the residents of this house to eat cooked Bibik cuisine so that Bibik's heart is happy. But more often who eat only Bibik itself is the same Wak Amat. Hehe.”

“Means?” asked Nia not understand.

“I mean, Mr, Madam, and Nak Ardian rarely eat at home. Because they come home late at night, so they've eaten out with the relationship or at the restaurant they like. If Nak Ardian is eating more with his friends at the mall, pujasera, or what's the name.”

“Wah, the cuisine is so many and delicious just Bibik and Wak Amat who eat?” nia couldn't believe it.

“It, Non. How else do you want? If you cook a little, suddenly the Master and Madam come home quickly and there is no dinner provided how? Son Ardian also sometimes go home at night but have not eaten. He said he was tired of eating out, occasionally want also Nak Ardian help spend Bibik cuisine. Hehe. If made breakfast, usually Mr, Madam, and Nak Ardian indeed taste it.”

“Oh, so, yes?” nia's Numps.

“It is, so, Non. Let's not stay here longer, Bibik cuisine is a practice, deh! Non help spend, yes?” bik Aini said as if pleading.

Getting such a plea, Nia could not bear to laugh. Bik Aini also laughed because she felt amused at her own request.

Finished cooking, Bik Aini cleaned the cooking utensils in the sink. While Nia helps Bik Aini bring her cooking to the table, serving it neatly and attractively.

“Non can eat first if you feel hungry,” said Bik Aini. “No need to wait for Nak Ardian because he could come home late at night. Entar Non Nia hungry, deh!”

“Yeah, Bik?” ask Nia in amazement. “Ardian sometimes come home late at night too huh, Bik?”

“Yes, tuh! It was almost midnight just getting home. But not often. Usually at 10 pm already at home Nak Ardian.”

“Master immediately left again, just a moment in his study earlier.”

“Where is Wisnu Om?”

“Pick up Madam for a weekend together in a villa in Berastagi. Entar sometime Non will be invited there too if Nak Ardian wants to come along. But usually, Ardian boy doesn't want to. She doesn't like being close to the Madam even though the Madam is nice to her.”

“Oh..”

“Non Nia never been to Berastagi? It was a very famous weekend spot for the people of Medan. It is located in the mountainous area, so it is very cold and cool, as in Puncak so.”

Nia shakes. “New this time Nia to Medan, Bik. Let alone to Berastagi, to the smallest mall in the city of Medan has never been. Haha.”

“Oh, fast..,” smile Bik Aini. “Besides Berastagi, there is also Lake Toba which is very famous for Medan people, also famous throughout the country.”

“Iya, Bik. Nia had read the saga book the occurrence of Lake Toba. The most famous lake in North Sumatra, right, Bik?”

Bik Aini nodded. “Makanya, Non invite Nak Ardian to go there for a walk with his mother's father. Poor you see, Mr and Madam are always going anywhere alone, Son Ardian never want to participate. Like not one family only.”

Nia was speechless hearing Bik Aini's words. He felt a bit sorry if the family of Om Vishnu is like that now. What's wrong with Ardian, why doesn't he like his stepmom? Is he still unable to accept the replacement of his biological mother even though it has been 10 years? Isn't Bik Aini Aunt Siska a good person?

Finished Nia helped Bik Aini serve food on the table, she sat on the chair facing the dining table. Alone, meet a variety of side dishes that look delicious and served hot. But all that he himself ate? While having Bik Aini and Wak Amat has been set aside in part in the bushel brought to the back house. It was there that Bik Aini ate with her husband and slept there.

Is Ardian coming home for dinner? Otherwise, how unfortunately this side dish is a lot no one helps to spend, thought Nia.

“Non eat first,” says Bik Aini again. “Do not wait for Nak Ardian. Ladies and gentlemen, of course, do not eat at home because they have left for Berastagi.”

“Iya, Bik,” Nia nodded and started scooping the rice following the side dish that was in front of her.

After the plate was filled with quite a lot of side dishes, he began to eat his food greedily. Understandably, his stomach has felt rumbling since then. Moreover, the food in front of him was very good. Bik Aini is smart to cook it until sweet salty acid is tasted in the right fit on the tongue.

“Bibik to the back house first yes, Non, want to take this bushel to Bibik's husband so we can both eat. Non dare to be left alone?”

“Nothing, Bik, just go. Nia dare to be alone,” said.

Nia saw Bik Aini walking out of the main door and turned right. Surely the back house he meant was on the right side of the main door of this house, thought Nia.

After eating, Nia waited for Bik Aini back but it seems that Bik Aini is not back tonight. The proof is already at 8 p.m., but there are no signs of Bik Aini yet. Feeling drowsy, Aini cleaned her dinner plate in the kitchen. After washing his hands clean, he went up to the 2nd floor, heading for his room. I feel tired all day. Therefore, he fell asleep shortly after entering the room.

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