Attracting a Heart-Captured Dragon
Chapter 2's
This semester is the final determination of my school year while studying here.. Only about 1 year less left for me to be in this beautiful city.. This may also be my last winter in town.. Sometimes if I remember, I feel a little sad after everything I've been through here.. Moreover, I am also getting used to working in my place now.. I will definitely feel lost their figure when I return to Indonesia later.. I also had to part with kirey and Lilian, because we were from a different city.. However, still for the sake of the future and also I have to come back soon to help as much as I can in terms of finances to ease the burden of papa.. I ended up asking the education admin section and they gave advice to try to take additional courses so that the time is shorter but of course it requires additional costs.. I was looking for another way to get that extra money, because in the scholarship agreement I received, there were certain requirements regarding this and I was too lazy to take care of it as it felt like it was a waste of time for nothing..
“ Mir.. Almiraaa..? You're okay, okay? How about daydreaming?”
Ozge said in Turkish, drinking a cup of coffee in his hand
“ Actually.. I'm in need of money.”
Almira was bowed with a long breath
“Almira, I know the hardworking type. But, don't you feel too self-imposed?"
Hazal, who was walking in Turkish, came after the end of the lecture,
“ Me? What yes?”
“ YES, OF COURSE!!”
Ozge and Hazal speak Turkish simultaneously
“ ........ ”
Almira was silent to the reaction given by Hazal and Ozge
" Forget it, what if we go somewhere today? Come almira"
“ WHAT? Where to?”
Hazal and Ozge had been lazy to watch me speak and immediately pulled my hand to stand up and half-run towards Hazal's car.. They also brought me to an art building with a bridge set above the bosphorus strait.. It's so beautiful this place.. As I was walking, my eyes were fixed on an abstract art made of thousands of small woods.. The circular, straight, and curled incisions make it look very classy. I saw Hazal and Ozge talking to someone who looked pretty handsome in a suit that made him look luxurious, it seemed like it was his friend..
Every time I see their friends, I always ask in my mind, what do they do until they can be put in such a position? Is it because of the legacy? Or because of their tireless efforts in achieving their desires? If it's really like that, then I really have to learn from the positive side of them at a relatively young age but already have a job position that is quite high. When I turned my gaze again to the other carving art, there arrived a few people walking through the hallway across from where I stood.. It was as if they were discussing something important.. Unconsciously my eyes were shifted to the figure of a man with glasses and high rubbed with a suit blazer suit that makes it look so dashing and dazzling that it is difficult to make my eyes to reverse the view.. The man finally realized I saw him and looked back at me.. It dawned on me to take my eyes off and walk away from the area of the abstract art room to catch up with hazal and ozge..
When I finished walking around, Hazal took us to eat at the restaurant where I worked and intended to take me to work.. We also walked to the car park, but suddenly Ozge felt his stomach hurt and hazal accompanied him to go to the toilet.. Hazal gave me the car keys so I could head to the car first and wait for them in the car given the cold weather.. I also walked to the car, but in the middle of the journey I forgot where the car park belongs to Hazal because I see here there are 3 cars in the same.. I also tried to search by pressing the key button that Hazal gave me, and suddenly someone spoke to me..
“ Again you seem confused. This time what are you looking for?”
Said a man standing behind Almira
I turned my head to him, looking 2 handsome men like Gentleman standing in front of me who can make women's hearts beat fast.. For some reason instead of answering this man's question, I again stood like a stone statue, looking at this bespectacled man as if so charming especially when viewed at such close range.. What's wrong with me? Why is it that every time I see it, like something is pulling me away from it, my heart is not rhythmically clear, I must have lost my mind.. Before long he also seemed to be waiting for my answer by giving a questionable look with his hand stuffed into his pants pocket..
“ Aaa.. I forgot which car belongs to my friend, because there are 2 cars similar to his car”
Said Almira who showed the car keys to the man
“ Have you found?”
“ Yes, it looks like the one over there because the previous 2 cars did not respond to this car key”
Almira pointed at one of the cars as she climbed down the stairs and walked towards the mobi;
“ Oke”
I bow my head to them and say goodbye to them.. One man behind her returned a nod to my head, but not to this bespectacled man, whom she did look at me carefully as if I were like a walking research object.. It's a pity for this man, I walked right away from them, but these two men were following me.. I tried to turn right and they followed me.. I go left, they're the same.. I got a little upset, when I finally got to the front of the hazal car, they were still following me.. Do they mean to mock me? What the hell are they doing? When I tried to turn around with a sour face and wanted to say spicy, one of them passed me and it turns out their car was right parked next to Hazal's car.. I was embarrassed to cover half my face with the bag I was carrying..
I tried to peek a little from under the bag and could be seen the glasses guy smiling with a little laugh looking at my current behavior, I walked to the side of the car door and turned on the car engine, he said, but unfortunately I did not see that the scraft I used was pinned by the car door when I closed it.. While trying to walk to the back door of the car, I was surprised because the scraft felt suffocating me until I lost my balance to stand up, and again this bespectacled man swiftly grabbed me and held my body.. However, my hand really can't be invited to communicate well, he said, what happened was that I should have grabbed back this guy's hand but what I did was accidentally hit this guy in the head with the bag in my hand when he tried to pull me back so as not to fall..
“ AAAARRGGHHH...!!”
The man cried out because he felt pain and touched his head
“ OoHhh?? NOO.. Are you okay? WHAT DID YOU DO TO PULL ME??"
Frantic almira tried to see the man's condition
“ Excellent.. I'm helping you and you're scolding me?”
“ Why did you arrive... Jeezoo... Whatisit? Why is your forehead so red? What is a Memor? A bump? This fast?”
“ What's your bag filled with? Stone?”
Said the man still holding his head in pain
“ Sorry.. Sorry.. are you okay? How's this...”.
Almira bowed a few times and tried to take responsibility
“ I'm okay. Get in your car, very cold weather”
Said the man who turned around by opening the door and getting into the car, then passed away
“ What?? Wait.. You just left? Sorry, I was not intentionally... HEYYYY!!”
The glasses guy got into his car and left me.. I opened the contents of the bag I was carrying at the moment, what caused until the man's head was bruised.. And really great, it turns out I forgot to bring a stainless steel thermos bottle containing coffee cappucino that is still filled.. I immediately floated my gaze and mind at this moment recalling the bruise on the man's head.. Almira.. Finish you!! Hazal and Ozge finally came back, seeing me behave strangely they looked at me.. I handed the car keys to Hazal with a slight annoyance, looking confused on their faces at this time.. We drove straight to the restaurant where I worked..
“ Hazal, what's wrong with him?"
Said Brother Ozcan who saw Almira standing lifeless by rubbing a few glasses
“I also don't know, when it came he arrived strange like that"
Say Hazal with a glass of warm coffee
“ Is he depressed?"
“ Ahahaha... No brother.. You also clearly know he's like a Bull"
“ Look.. He brought a pair of glasses, a different plate to put on the table. Then do you see there's not a single spoon. He lined up all the forks on the table.. You sure he's okay?"
“ Ahahaha.. I'll give him to you. Take care of him. See you later, brother"
Hazal who laughed after finishing her coffee and immediately passed away left the Restaurant
“HAZALLL..!! That child.. But is almira really okay?”
Sis Ozcan said, Take Hazal's glass and walk to the kitchen
Aye right.. What's wrong with me? I should have focused on finding additional work for the additional study I wanted to take.. Now is not the time for the unclear, remember you must return home soon miraa! But I still couldn't focus at all, how could I act like nothing happened after hitting a man's head to such a bruise?? Isn't he a VIP guest here? Isn't he a friend of Mete Bay?? Ahh almiraaa... Why are you causing trouble that shouldn't have happened?! Ozcan hanim who was worried to see my behavior today finally told me to clean the outer terrace area and currently I was assigned to check on the inventory materials in the storage warehouse.. Today the restaurant did not have so many visitors, so we were not so busy that we could close the restaurant on schedule..
To get to the apartment tonight I tried to find additional job openings that I could do, but it seemed difficult with my crowded lecture hours in the morning to noon.. Where can I find additional work this time? I tried to search back but suddenly remembered there was a cleaning department job vacancy in the art building that I visited today.. I immediately searched for information about the vacancy and after reading it was very appropriate to what I needed, and did not clash with my job at the restaurant and with my college schedule.. I sent my resume to them..
Morning before returning, this was the third day after I tried to send my resume to the art building.. Maybe with my condition they won't accept me.. Yes, I also have to be ready to accept that fact if it is like that.. For now it seems like I should really focus more on my final thesis first.. While I was focusing on it, lili and kirey just finished their lecture and knocked on my bedroom door..
“ Mir.. Almira.. Pinjem history book dong.”
Said Kirey and Lilian who entered the room of the almira
“ Of dong.. Why do we reject the offer.?”
“ Basarrrr..”
“ Oya, just got a letter for you.”
Kirey handed a letter to Almira
“ Thank you..... AAAA!! Yess!! I got accepted for extra work.. Day after start working”
“ Work? Another addition? You really are mir... Congratulations to both of us.”
Say Lilian while opening the Laptop and turning it on
“ Let's do it fast.. I have to edit this data and finish today, tomorrow I'll leave this report to Mr. Onur.. Hopefully there are no problems so I can focus on working”
“ Trust.. There will be no.”
Said Lilian and Kirey simultaneously with the same expression while looking at the Laptop screen
“ Mir, you have a work schedule, will you be in the afternoon? Can't nitip Kofte and kumpir? Sometimes I like to feel hungry while staying up late working on my thesis.”.
“ Yes Bener rey.. Good food at the restaurant where you work.. I also want to go to mir.”
“ Okey.. I'll bring you done work.”
So grateful that I could get a chance like this, it was rare for people to be as lucky as me right now.. I also eagerly worked on my thesis really trying not to have the slightest revision.. Before long time seemed to pass quickly, I also finished working on the repair data that will be given to the tour package tomorrow.. Now, I need to get ready to head back to the restaurant.. Hopefully the work today goes well so that when I go home maybe I can still continue the search for data for my thesis..
When I arrived at the restaurant it was a lot of visitors and they all looked busy serving the requests of the customers, he said, maybe because the weather feels cooler than usual, visitors prefer to eat in place rather than take it out or even sit on a terrace close to the beautiful waters of the Bosphorus strait.. I got ready and worked to help them all.. When the order and the number of resto seats have exceeded the maximum seat quota, we were forced to close while waiting until the customers who previously finished the dish first and left.. Now the atmosphere is more relaxed than ever.. I decided to walk to the back porch while seeing what the situation outside the restaurant was like..
When I opened the door, the air really felt piercing every skin on my body.. This winter was colder than the previous year.. I also swiftly tidied the tableware scattered to the ground because it was hit by a strong wind at the main table at the end of the back porch.. At this time the backyard can not be used because the weather today is very cold and the wind feels strong.. As I took out a fork that fell to the ground, my eyes seemed to be directed back towards the stream of the bosphorus strait.. If the weather is not gray, maybe it seems like at this time I can see the sunset beautifully here.. As I continued to look at the sitting area around the bosphorus, people passed by walking around the edge of the strait waters, too, the seating in the park was very empty because no one wanted to sit in the middle of this weather..
But again I saw the man in glasses sitting alone in the middle of the weather like this.. How's the bruise on his head? I'd love to ask him that.. What is really wrong with him? Why did he do that? He looked even more lonely and deeply hurt than his current appearance.. What exactly does he feel.. With the looks and advantages he had it seemed like he couldn't possibly lack a single thing, in the sense of everything he wanted he could get.. Then why is he like that? Am I the only one who sees it like that or maybe someone else sees it? But if it's true, why let him be lonely alone like that.. Before long I heard the sound of the pounding of shoes walking towards me and I looked back..
“ Sorry did I surprise you?”
Said a man who looked like a General Manager
“ You..?? Just sec.. Aren't you the one who's always by her side? Do you speak Indonesian too? Waw.. Surprising once.”
“ aah yes.. Introduce me Emre, Assistant and General Manager (GM) Pak Serkan”
Emre handed over his card to Almira
“Sorry, what are you?”
“ Assistant and GM pack Serkan Bay, and he is the CEO of our company.”
“ Serkan?? Oo.. Okey.. So, that guy is.... Okay, yup.. Then, can I ask you something?”
Almira who was surprised was wrong and tried to tidy up his uniform that looked very neat
“ Do you not know? And why would I leave him like that there alone in this weather??”
“ I don't know, sorry.. Well, I wanted to ask you that"
“ If the time is right, I'll tell you.. But, for now just let him be like that.. Every month dated the number 4, he must be like that”
Said Emre who turned his face looking towards Serkan
“ Every month dated the number 4? Like 14, 24? And always at dusk before night??”
“ Ya”
Emre and I immediately looked at him at this moment.. Why does he look so pathetic? Doesn't he have someone to back up his load? I thought all the upper classes could easily overcome all their difficulties, but it turned out that by looking at it like that today, my opinion seemed very contradictory.. The weather became so cold that it made me sneeze a few times, emre who realized it also advised me to go inside.. And I followed him, with a last look before I stepped in, and the man stood still like a statue facing the beautiful stream of the Bosphorus..
When my work hours were over and the restaurant was completely closed, ozcan hanim and Mete Bay came up to me with a cup of coffee to send to someone.. I immediately understood who I should send this coffee to.. Without saying I took the coffee and they smiled at me and left.. On the way home, I seemed to understand exactly where to wait and for how long.. And true as I expected, the man came and walked towards me with a different appearance.. He no longer used his glasses, his face was covered with the scarf he used, his well-groomed hair turned into a mess.. The same is just the clothes he wears..
“ This time you arrive first, miss coffee delivery. My coffee? Thank you”
Say a cup of coffee from Almira's hand
“ Hey, mr glasses!”
“ I have a name, call me Serkan”
“ Sir, This.. Wear it as soon as you get home.”
Almira hands a small box to Serkan
“ What is this? Medicine from china? What for Memar in my head that already ti.”
“ No! That's Wind oil.. Eucalyptus oil.. I usually take it anywhere.. Try to breathe in and you rub it on your stomach and chest or even your neck and forehead.. You'll feel better”
Almira is trying to practice on what part she usually uses
“ Why did you give this to me?"
“ Don't get me wrong.. I thought you might have been cold, after a long time......... In essence, consider it the good between fellow human beings.. I have no other meaning. Bye.”
Without saying any more and hearing him speak, I walked away leaving him in silence and with the cold weather tonight made me want to quickly step up to get to the apartment to rest and warm myself.. Arriving without a stale lily and kirey immediately approached me and took the food I brought for them.. After you finish cleaning up, I went out of the room with a laptop in my hand and We gathered in the middle of the room working on our thesis each accompanied by a snack night and sometimes seasoned with laughter because of seeing the expression of each..
Not feel the morning back towards, this time the morning sunlight can feel a little warm than before even though the sky still looks gray.. In a hurry, I prepared to go back to campus to hand over the revision data to Mr. Onur so that I could be in time to come to the art gallery for my additional work.. While walking the weather was still cold even though I was wearing a winter jacket and thick scraft.. I don't know why and for what reason I arrived to imagine the figure of the man.. Is he okay after being silent in such weather? As I thought about it, I walked towards Mr. Onur's room.. But again as if we were in a match, why do I always cross paths with him? The bespectacled man came out of the room and shook hands with Mr. Onur.. What the hell is he doing here?
“ Morning almira.”
Emra who arrived was present beside Almira
“ Emre..? What are you guys doing here? What.... him, the owner of this university too?”
“ Ahahaha.. Nope.. Pak Serkan is doing his session.”
“ Session?? With Mr Onur??. . . . . . Does he..”.
Almira's gaze instantly changed upon hearing Emre's words
“ As I said before.. If the time is right, I'll tell you.. And it looks like they're done.. Sorry, I have to go.. Have a nice day”
Emre rushes into the car and tries to get Serkan back
Emre half ran to the car they parked, I looked back at him and this time he looked at me and looked at me.. His gaze looked so solemn as if it could intimidate anyone near him.. One of his hands was put in his pants pocket, but the other hand seemed to be picking up something in his current suit pocket.. Then I saw the bottle of wind oil I gave him and it was as if he accidentally opened the lid of the bottle and inhaled it, then smiled mischievously at me.. The current behavior made me smile embarrassedly and I tried to hold back my laughter because there was a Mr. Onur near us.. The car passed next to me, seen emre coming down and opening the car door to him.. He came in and they drove away.. Mr. Onur immediately called me and I approached him to give a revision of my thesis..
Really very grateful, the data that I gave absolutely no revision improvements so that I can continue for the next data.. Mr. Onur also seemed to feel proud of me and said that it was not useless to approve me at the previous seminar.. Mr. Onur finally made a suggestion for my next research data that would help me a lot later, and I agreed.. While waiting for news from Mr. Onur, I can focus on doing my side job at the art gallery.. Okay, alright.. Almiraaa..