After Met You's
Second Meeting
Early in the morning, Anna had woken up from her sleep. As usual, he did activities in his tiny rented house. Things that have become routine before going to work.
After her activities at home, Anna immediately goes to a laundry, where she works part-time. He worked as a presser there. A pile of clothes was waiting for him. Without making small talk, he immediately did the task of smoothing a few pieces of clothing owned by his customers.
For him, making money is not easy. Let alone to buy luxury goods, to eat is difficult. Not to mention he had to set aside some of his salary to pay the contract. For the sake of connecting life in the capital, he had to work hard desperately. Every day he does the work, from one place to another.
It has become a regular thing indeed. However, sometimes he feels tired and tired of his own work. Ah, it's so exhausting, it's also troubling. If only his body had not been made by God, it might have been destroyed by too much burden.
After completing his work in the laundry at exactly 14:00 WIB, he immediately rushed home to a rented house not far from the laundry. He was dressed in a minimarket uniform. Not much time was spent in his rented house. A few minutes later, he rushed to the minimarket using public transport.
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Anna is busy with her activities as a minimarket cashier. It seems to serve some buyers who want to make payment transactions.
"Three hundred and twenty-five thousand rupiahs" Anna told one buyer, after she automatically counted her total items on a computer screen.
The buyer who was none other than the middle-aged woman seemed to give cash of three hundred and fifty thousand rupiah. Anna immediately grabbed the money, then gave the change.
"Thank you, happy shopping again" Anna said, giving a bag of groceries to the buyer.
Not only that. There were still many other buyers who had lined up behind the middle-aged woman. Instantly they shift, going one step forward, after the previous buyers are out of that line.
Anna continued to do the activity patiently and painstakingly. Activities that have been ingrained in his life for the past five years. So, it was only natural that he could do it so well. During these five years, he really spent his life just working and working. In fact, he almost forgot, when was the last time he played around just to get rid of fatigue.
Anna seemed to offer some promotional products to each of those buyers, though not so many were interested. He seemed overwhelmed to serve visitors minimarket is quite crowded, although there are other cashiers who help him.
Until it arrives at the last person in the queue. Without noticing the visitor clearly, Anna immediately grabbed the groceries belonging to a man who was standing in front of the cashier's desk. He also counted one by one the men's groceries automatically, through the barcode scanner that has been provided.
In just a short time, he was able to sum up all the prices of those items. He also mentioned the number of prices listed on the computer screen without looking at the buyer.
The man just handed him a credit card, making him immediately turn to the man, then reach for the card. For a moment he was stunned, watching the man's face. He felt that the man was no stranger to him.
"Mass? Didn't you help me that night?" said surprised.
Instead of getting an answer, the man simply frowned as if astonished.
"All right, Mom?" ask Anna again.
He seemed so sure. It was a pity that the man did not remember anything.
"I'm sorry, I don't remember" said the man flatly.
Anna was silent for a moment. "That's what, Mom, happened a week ago. That night, I was chased by two thugs and Mas helped me" Anna explained, swiping a credit card on an EDC machine.
The man began pressing the button on the machine, while entering the six-digit number that is the pin of his credit card.
"Mas doesn't remember it at all?" anna asked, still curious.
The man was silent for a moment, as if thinking of remembering something. "Yes, I remember" he said, after he managed to recall the incident a week ago in the rain.
Anna smiled knot. "Thank you, Mas, kar—"
"There is no need to say that over and over again" the man chirped the conversation, causing Anna to instantly clench her lips.
Still stunned, Anna gave the groceries along with the man's credit card.
"Thank you, happy shopping back," he said without getting a response from the man.
Between being embarrassed and awkward, it was definitely in his mind. But that is the reality. So, what can he do, other than berapang chest because of the unpleasant treatment? That is, making himself feel uncomfortable or whatever it is called.
Luckily no other buyers heard about it, at least he was not too worried about his reputation as a cashier in the minimarket. Because, it feels that his actions are very unethical by inviting buyers to talk about things that are not important, in the midst of transaction activities as well. What's more, being spoken to feels uncomfortable.
The man immediately grabbed his groceries, then rushed out of the minimarket. It seemed, the man did not care much and felt not curious about who the woman he had helped was. To him, it was just an accident. After all, he also did not have much time to serve things that were not important in his opinion. If there is still a lot of time to do important and useful things, then why should he waste time on things that are not important, he thought.
Anna really did not release the man from her net, before finally the man himself vanished from her sight.
Why is he so cold? Ah, I think I should know myself. We are like heaven and earth. Let alone to be together, getting to know each other also feels like a dream.
As Anna was struggling with her thoughts, suddenly someone's voice broke her daydream, just as the man vanished from his pair of chocolate beads.
"Who is that, Ann?" tanya Siska who is not is another cashier who became a coworker of the woman. Anna flinched, then turned to her.
"Oh, i-it's .. I don't know him either, it's just that a week ago we were brought together, he helped me from the pursuit of thugs," Anna explained with a focused gaze in any direction.
Siska, the woman who was the same age as him, didn't seem too curious about the man any further. He just nodded his head as if he understood.
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