
"Thank you! Accept it! Thank you!"
Refusing, means to repay Andika in the cafeteria earlier. Accepting, means getting some money from Ana. Of course one of them is so interesting. Should I choose the second?
Just as I was about to reply, Arga stepped in, waving with a smile on her lips. He walked towards me, then pulled my hand away. Arga looked back right at the exit doorway and said, "Don't be a nuisance again my girlfriend!"
***
I let Arga sit down, then made him a big glass of mango juice. Arga immediately thanked me when I put it on the table in front of him.
"This is your father's food stall?" He looked around. The terminal looks crowded. And the shop across the street. One or two people crossed the street.
"Give me the main menu of this stall."
I looked at him full of sight. "Are you going to compare it to the stall across there?" I asked while pointing straight ahead. Arga smiled widely.
"Don't worry. Besides judging, I'll pay for it too." Again he smiled, showing off the beautiful deckil on his cheek. Real handsome. Many college students idolize it.
I sat in front of him. "It's not so." I smile shyly.
"Are you going to treat me because I came back to help you?" He glanced seductively.
"But, of course, not at my father's shop."
He lifted two fingers into the air. "I was just kidding. Really."
I stood up. "I'll make you the main menu of this shop. Wait a minute, will you?" I hurried to leave him.
"Dad said you didn't have to come. Dad can be alone" said Dad as I approached him and took the rice, doused it with gravy and put the bulging of the snapper head on it.
"I'm your daughter, Dad. Time can not help," I said while scooping green sambal.
"As you can see, the stalls are very quiet. So there's no need to come."
I looked around. Indeed deserted. There were only three customers eating. Across the street, people lined up. Was the food there so good that it was crowded with shoppers? Really make that.
I looked at me, and then disappointed. "No need to bring customers here. You're making me feel so useless."
I jerked. Didn't expect Dad to say something like this.
"Next time, don't do it again. Let the customer come alone."
"He forced it, Dad." I looked towards Arga. The man stared back, smiled broadly, then returned with the thick printed book he was reading.
Dad went into the kitchen and came back again with a bowl of hot gulai that reflected a thin vapor. A savory smell filled the room. Dad's cuisine is always inviting to taste. A few months ago while I was on vacation and helping Dad out here, there were still a lot of customers who were booking impatiently because it was so crowded. People want to be served immediately. Two maids hurriedly wrapped up the food. But now, let alone the waiter, getting 50 buyers is already a miracle.
My eyes warmed when I remembered Dad calling me often with a smile. Sometimes showing off a wad of money. I always respond with a smile. However, everything changed when the stall across the street was completed. I don't want to have to move from Unila because the cost of school there is quite a lot. To buy printed books, eat, and more.
"Yes."
I flinched as Dad touched my soft shoulder. I rubbed the corner of my eye. Father hinted with his eyes that I should immediately bring the food he had prepared in the large tray towards Arga. That guy, he seemed engrossed in his reading. He looked up as I put the tray on the table.
"How does it feel, you think?" I asked as he grabbed the spoon and then tasted it slowly.
"Enak" he said to the second bribe.
"If it's good, why is it so quiet?"
Arga returned to bribe, then shook his head. I keep looking at him.
"Do you want to try eating at the opposite stall to compare it?" He put down his spoon. I looked at him in disbelief.
"sorry. I thought you were so curious." He grabbed a glass of juice and drank it until it was noiseless.
"I was curious. Honey, it's so expensive. You see for yourself, don't you, this food stall is so quiet?"
"I really don't have the money to pay for it."
Arga smile. "I'll treat you."
I let out a breath. Feeling bad. "I'm troubling you again."
"No problem."
"Say. How do I repay you?"
Arga. "Just be my good boyfriend."
"What?"
Arga smiled widely. "Didn't everyone in college know you were my girlfriend?" Arga ganged tease. I laughed wide.
"Thank you you for being so good. Someday, if you ask me something, I'll give it to you."
Arga stopped and looked at me for quite a while. I put my shoulders down and smiled cheerfully. "I mean. Don't you believe it?"
Arga returned my smile. "All right, I believe. Come on, come in."
As the outside condition that looks luxurious, it turns out the inside is even more astonishing. What makes the eyes look in disbelief, is a menu list accompanied by a price that is so cheap taped to the wall. I really didn't expect this food stall to cost much less than Dad's food stall. Maybe, this is why my customer ran away here. By the way, is that price not a loss?
"Sit. Order whatever you like. I came out for a while" said Arga as he reached for his HP which read in his bag. I'm nodding.
After Arga's death, I went back to the menu list on the wall. Absolutely do not believe in the row of prices listed there. Really very cheap. Is it not a loss to sell one portion of gulai at a price of 8000 only?
I flinched as the chair before me was pulled back, then someone sat on it leisurely. The one I hate so much. I acted indifferently by pretending not to see him and looking the other way as our gazes met. It sucks! Does he have anything else to do but bother me?
I gasped for breath when I heard the sound of the chair being shifted, then Andika crouched down in front of me, smiling sweetly. "What do I look at now?"
I turned back to look. Andika finally sat back in the chair.
"What exactly is your motive? Why do you keep harassing me?"
"Because you haven't answered my question."
It was fortunate that before I punched his handsome face as he continued to act annoyingly, my HP rang. Quick lift.
"What's? Your mother's in the hospital? All right, I'll taste it myself."
"Sorry I can't accompany you. Oh, yeah, I told you I'd buy you, right? I sent you a picture, huh? I come there often. You just show me my picture, I'll pay for it tomorrow."
"I can pay for it myself. It turns out that the price is very cheap. May your mother recover quickly."
"alright. See you soon."
I turned off HP. Jerking her breath when she saw Andika making her hands on the table, her gaze fixed to my face.
"I heard a little. Order what you want. I'll treat you."
I stood up, intending to move my seat. However, not yet had time to step, Andika quickly stood up then pressed both my shoulders slowly so that I sat back down.
"Guide me eat."
I took a breath, turned away when I accidentally met him.
"Tell me what you really want." I tried to soften even though his attitude in the cafeteria had made me sick and embarrassed. In fact, he just wanted to say that we were dating. Ah, nevermind. Remembering it, it will only make my chest rumble irritated.
Andika smiled thinly. Then he brought his face closer to mine, in a quick motion, putting his lips against mine. I turned and pushed him with all my might.