A Million Love For Alana
Lose Quickly Again

Alana arrived at the kost. He put the bag down and immediately rushed to clean himself. Just stepping her foot into the bathroom, Alana's phone vibrates, Alana sees her phone, there's an incoming call from someone she knows.

“Yes Pak Alka?” answer Alana.

“You've reached your boarding?” ask Alka.

“Have just arrived,” replied Alana.

“Oh, yes already,” says Alka.

“What's the father of the phone? Is my job wrong?” ask Alana.

“No, Just make sure you are home or not, because I saw you coming home on foot,” replied Alka.

“Iya had a walk, but already wanted to reach Mas Fatih, so I was escorted to kost,” said Alana.

“Iya I know!” said Alka.

“Kok Pak Alka knows? What did Mr Alka see?”

“Ehm .. I mean, ti—not like that, yes I know because you were telling me,” replied Alka nervously.

He was reflexive to talk like that because he was annoyed to see Alana coming home with Fatih. Though he was willing to drive his car slowly to pay attention to Alana who was walking alone on the sidewalk earlier. Fatih overtakes his car and stops next to Alana, and invites Alana to come with him.

Alka cursed himself because he lost quickly with Fatih who immediately peddled Alana home together. Alka is still not okay with Alana, at work she is fierce with Alana, always looking for Alana's mistakes, the time is suddenly not sure to go home together? It seemed like he was humiliating himself in front of Alana instead.

“Pak Alka's? Hello .... Is Mr Alka still alive? Hello, Sir?”

“I—iya I am still alive! You want to curse me to die?” alka replied with a raised voice.

“Yes I think is dead,” said Alana, “Telefonnya I mean,” he continued.

“Tok you to campus, Lan?” ask Alka.

“Iya to campus, I have to see my supervising lecturer again, sir. Oh yes Mr. Alka, tomorrow maybe I'm late, I apologize first. And, I will add my working hours like that, sir,” said Alana.

“Iya, it's okay, do not need to add hours, go home as usual, you finish your business with your lecturer first, I understand how if you are sekripsi,” said Alka.

“Thank you if you already understand that, yes I want to clean first, sir,” said Alana.

“Oh yes, thank you for the time,” said Alka. “Ehm Alana? You still hear me?”

“Iya sir, still. What's up?” ask Alana.

“Tok you to campus with whom?”

“Custom with my friend, Sir,” replied Alana.

“Oh I thought to myself,” said Alka.

“If yourself why, sir? I am indeed going to campus with my friend boncengan using a motorcycle?” alana.

“I think to myself, I'll take you,” said Alka.

“Pak Alka again kesambet what, yes? Can you tell me you want to take me to college? No need, Sir. I have been used to myself, after all Mr. Alka is a lot of work. Thank you very much for the offer, Sir,” said Alana.

“Sa—I'm serious, I swear! I want to take you to campus, then I pick you up, so you are not late to the cafe,” said Alka nervously.

“Hmm ... So let me not be late, sir? I am late can be a consequence with the rules sir, I have no problem having to go home at night because of additional working hours after returning home?” alana. “There's nothing to talk about anymore, right? I closed the phone, sir?” alana.

“Iya, Alana,” replied Alka.

“Yes when I was a kindergarten boy picked up? Who is he?” alana said and went straight to the bathroom.

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In the morning Alana was surprised there was a car in front of her boarding house. Alana knew it was Ardha's car, because yesterday afternoon at the cafe Ardha said that Nina wanted to meet him. His nephew who was very close to him asked Ardha to take him to meet with Alana. Alana thought Ardha was talking like that yesterday afternoon, it was true, Ardha with her nephew was waiting in front of her boarding house.

“Tante, Lana!” shouted the little girl in two braids from inside Ardha's car.

“Hai Nina? How beautiful are you, honey?” alana.

“Come aunty in,” pinta Nina.

“Yah Om Ardha as driver dong, Nin?” ardha.

“Kan om has promised to send me to meet Aunt Alana?” answer Nina.

Nina met Alana a few times. They met in the park near the cafe if he was taking his tantnya or omnnnya to cafe Tiara. Nina is close to her om and tantenya, as well as oma and opanya. He often went with Ardha, or Zhalina. He was not even close to his mama-pa, understand both parents are very busy, so sometimes Nina to school was with Zhalina who also wanted to teach, so sometimes Nina to go to school, fortunately, the kindergarten school where Nina studied was still a foundation with the school where Zhalina taught. Alana gets into Ardha's car, she sits next to Nina and they hug.

“What's the inventor of aunt hmm?” ask Alana.

“Kangen same aunt, did Nina long not come om to the cafe, or join aunt? So kangen,” replied Nina.

“Oh so? Aunty thinks what's up,” said Alana.

“Tante come home from college what time?” ask Nina.

“No idea, Honey, why is it?” ask Alana.

“If when Nina returns home from school auntie has come home, we eat ice cream first, yuk?” bring Nina.

“Eating ice cream? Aunty has to work, baby? Later if aunty is late getting scolded by the aunt's boss,” replied Alana.

“Yah ... so aunty can't?”

“Iya, darling. How about another time? Aunty day after the holiday at the cafe, if Nina wants, the day after tomorrow how?”

“The demand now, the day after Nina wants a vacation to Paris, Nina wants to come with papa-mama to Paris, Aunt. Papa said long time there, because papa there is a job also there,” said Nina.

“If you can, I will say Tiara, let Tiara later tell Alka, you today change holidays, so the day after you leave for work, how about Alana?” advice Ardha.

“Ehm .. I am not good with Bu Tiara and Mr. Alka, Sir,” replied Alana.

“Tiara definitely knows how, especially Tiara knows how Nina,” said Ardha.

“Do not, Sir. Later I will permit alone with Mr. Alka, but permission for a few hours, not permission not to enter work. Work it must be responsibility, sir. Hopefully my supervisor lecturer will not be long coming,” said Alana.

“Oke, how's Nina? Nina does know Aunt Alana is busy, so it's okay to eat her ice cream for a while? Or just gini, eat ice cream at the cafe Aunt Tiara?”

“She, it's okay,” replied Nina.

Ardha knew that Alana would not seek a storm with Alka. Ardha also did not feel good to disturb Alana's working hours because her nephew had long asked to meet with Alana. Ardha sometimes feels Nina like her own child, Nina is closer to herself, even her mom and dad vacation even Nina prefers not to come, she even wants to with her opa and oma, she said, also om and tantenya. But this time her mother forced Nina to take a vacation to Paris.

Alka actually wanted to pick up Alana, but again she was first with someone, but today it is different, not Fatih but Ardha and his nephew. Alka does know Ardha is close to Alana, because Ardha is indeed the one who recommends Alana to work at cafe Tiara.

Alana did know Ardha long before she knew anyone in the city, her meeting at a painting exhibition made Ardha and Alana close. Ardha who knows Alana works part-time as a cleaning service at the maternity clinic, finally she recommends Alana to work at the cafe Tiara, fortunately, at that time, cafe Tiara was in need of several new employees at its new branch cafe.

“Why lose fast again anyway? Last night Fatih, this is Mas Ardha?” alka with annoyance.