
The rest of the time that Abhimanyu and Almira spent was only awkward, after the man openly wanted to buy clothes for his wife. On completing the transaction, they return with Gerald as well as his three students.
“You guys are still here?” Alma asked Gerald.
“Yes, they asked for food. Here you want to go.”
“Ah, coincidence. We also want to eat. Right, right, Bi?” almira asked the man beside her.
Infiera who was standing beside Bimo glanced at Abhimanyu. He looked at the grocery bag in the man's hand, making his heart slightly squeak. Fiera felt further away from the man.
“Come, Nis.” Fiera holding her friend's hand—turned—leaving them.
Bimo nodded his head at Abhimanyu and soon caught up with his two friends. Gerald spoke for a moment. “You want to join us?”
“Bby, I'll treat you.” Almira said with a big smile on her face. “Come, Bi,” invite Almira to Abhimanyu, he threw away the awkwardness felt before.
They agreed to end the relationship from the beginning. Shouldn't he be ready to let go of the man?
The three lecturers finally caught up with three students, apparently they entered a betawi restaurant. Infiera, Anisa, and also Bimo had already sat down first at one of the tables.
Gerald asked the waiter to add a chair to the table, so they could eat the six.
Everyone was compact to order soto betawi and rice, considering they were very hungry.
“You want to go together to Bu Gina's wedding?” gerald asked his three students.
Fiera was silent listening to that. Ms. Gina's wedding will be in two days. That's right when the second eruption will return to Palembang. So, she had to wait until her in-laws left.
“I ... looks like it will go after from campus.” Gerald immediately glanced towards Fier.
“How about with me?”
Abhimanyu who was playing his phone immediately sharpened his hearing to wait for the answer his wife gave.
“Bapak mah, who was invited just Fiera, this? I how, sir?” Anisa sulks, feeling jealous of her friend who got a lift offer from her handsome lecturer.
“You want to come too? Yes, you accompany Bimo on the bike. Kasian she single immortal.”
“Ish!” Anisa frowns, while Bimo immediately glances sharply at his lecturer.
“Indeed the father of singles? Dad is not married either. It's old too!” Bimo engga wants to lose. He felt that he was too young to be said to be immortal.
Gerald snorted. “You are, why not just say yes?”
It provoked laughter from the three students who were there.
“Yes already, you singles together,” said Fiera with a very crisp laugh mocking his two friends and also the lecturer.
“You are single too!!!” It was said simultaneously from Gerald, Anisa, and also Bimo. Then they laughed together. Like singles looking for support from each other.
The eheemm!
Deheman's voice came from Abhimanyu. He put down his phone to stop the laughter of the four people before him. In addition, he was a little irritated when they said that Fiera was also a single person. The woman laughed and did not reject him at all.
The three students stopped their laughter and looked stiff, while Gerald turned to Abhimanyu. “How about you? Would you like to join us too? As a singles union Indonesia?” Gerald asked indifferently.
Abhimanyu glanced at Gerald, his eyes glaring, warning...
“Gue just kidding.” Gerald chuckled with Abhimanyu's ferocious gaze, but inwardly he cheered happily.
A few moments later. Their orders arrived. One by one, they got their share. It starts with Almira, Gerald, then Bimo, and then Anisa.
The waiter put it on Abhimanyu's side, making it the man who should help split it. However, when it was Infiera's turn, Abhimanyu suddenly placed it in front of him and grabbed a spoon.
Unexpectedly Abhimanyu scooped the celery slices that were on top of his wife's betawi soto, it made Almira, who was sitting next to him surprised. Likewise with Anisa, who immediately nudged Fiera's hand.
Infiera just froze in her seat, watching what her current husband was doing. He was not afraid that others would suspect.
Only Gerald at the table did not react to anything. He just glanced, then started eating the betawi soto that was in front of him. Gerald even had time to ask for additional emping there is a waiter restaurant.
“Bi,” whispered Almira. “What are you doing? Give Infiera's soto.”
Abhimanyu lifted his face, he looked at his wife and handed the soto over after taking all the slices of his celery.
“This, eat. The celery, no longer exists.”
Fiera received the sotos. He was confused by Abhimanyu's attitude. Why would he do that? Not only were there her friends, but beside her, Almira stared confusedly at the two of them.
Almira stared alternately at Abhimanyu as well as Fiera. Suddenly, he asked. “Why did you throw away his celery?”
“Because he doesn't like it.”
“How do you know?” ask Almira again.
Only then did Abhimanyu realize his behavior that confused everyone he glanced at everyone who was now pointing at him.
“It... .”
“That's because we had met Fiera in the hospital while she was allergic,” Gerald replied interrupting Abhimanyu's remarks about to explain.
“Ya.” Abhimanyu answered briefly. He thinks Gerald's only helping his confusion. However, unbeknownst to Abhimanyu, Gerald knew that Infiera was his wife.
His father had told him that the son of his friend who had just married also worked at the same campus with him.
Until, one day he actually saw Abhimanyu along with the woman in the hospital. That woman is Infiera. Gerald was driving his father who was undergoing routine treatment for his diabetes.
He immediately concluded that Abhimanyu's wife was Infiera. He had no idea what the reason the two were hiding their marriage was.
However, what Gerald knew exactly was how Abhimanyu behaved. He is not someone who is friendly to anyone. So, it's a little strange to be in the hospital. It was an accidental meeting. Obviously Fiera got into Abhimanyu's car.
“Ah, so it seems. Father attention too, yes.” Anisa giggled with her words, but she hurriedly fell silent and continued eating. After all, Abhimanyu wasn't like Gerald who was easy to joke around with.
After that, Fiera did not care about Abhimanyu at all. He ate his soto. While Almira, still continue to pay attention to Abhimanyu and also the woman in front of him.
He was not that innocent to be unaware of Abhimanyu's exaggerated attitude. What else for reasons like Gerald said. Can Infiera do it alone?
After eating, Almira was about to pay a dead end to buy everything, but Abhimanyu first issued his card.
“Use this only.”
“But, I promised you a deal.”
“It's okay.”
“Alright!”
After paying, they prepare to go home. Bimo says, “Nis, you want to be with me?” Their house has the same direction.
“Of course.” He was happy to get a ride.
“Fier, where are you going? Come on, I'm intervening?” Gerald offered.
“No need, sir, I take the ojek online only. Excuse me.”
Fiera just passed by. He did not want to linger near Abhimanyu who was with Almira, his lover.
“Padahan, he can nebeng,” muttered Gerald, but he also can not force. Then he looked at Abhimanyu. “Gue first, yes.”
Abhimanyu simply raised his hand in response. While Almira smiled, nodding.
After Gerald's departure. Abhimanyu glanced at Fiera's departure. Apparently, the woman was still standing by the side of the road, waiting for the online motorcycle taxi she booked.
“Ayo,” take Abhimanyu hastily walking towards his car.
The car drove off after the two entered. Abhimanyu immediately approached Fiera who was still standing there. The woman did not seem to have gotten her motorcycle because she still continued to play her phone.
Abhimanyu stopped his car and opened his car window. From behind the wheel, he thanks, “Come, go up.”
Fiera who was bowing her head, looked towards the origin of the sound. He looked at Abhimanyu's car in front of him and in the front seat, beside him Almira sat down, smilingly looking at him.
“Come, Fier, stay with us.”
What the hell is he doing? Did he do this to me on purpose? Fiera murmured in her heart that began to feel sore.
Infiera glanced at Abhimanyu who was still waiting for him.
“No need, Sir, I'm ordering ojek.”
“Good!” abhimanyu firmly with a cold voice. It was obvious that he didn't want to be disputed.
Almira immediately turned his head with an impulsive Abhimanyu tone. Again, his attitude was a little strange to this student.
“But, pak—“
“Come in, if you don't want us to be the cause of the jam.”
Infiera glanced towards the back. Some of the cars that had just come out of the mall couldn't wait to get going and they blocked their way.
Holding back a little furiously due to Abhimanyu's puzzling demeanor, Fiera finally nodded and got into Abhimanyu's car. He sat in the back seat.
“Fier, where are you going? Let's take you first.” Alma said kindly.
However, Abhimanyu interrupts first, “I will take you first.”
“Ah, so, huh? All right then.”
Almira finally leaned her back, her eyes fixed towards the front. His suspicion of Abhimanyu's strange attitude to his students further strengthened the notion that they had something to hide.
What don't-don't...
“Already arrived,” said Abhimanyu when he was not far from where Almira lived while in Jakarta.
“Ah, yes, thank you. Fier, I first, yes.”
Fiera smiled clumsyly. He nodded politely.
Abhimanyu immediately restarts his car, but just a few meters away, he stops him again. “Moving ahead!” his orders.
“Why?” ask Fiera confused. Why should I move? Isn't it the same?
“You think I'm a driver? I'm your husband, Fiera!”
“Father, right, his girlfriend Bu Almira!” he answered, turning his face away.
Abhimanyu fell silent with the words of Infiera. That woman must have misunderstood her relationship with Almira. However, he also could not explain with the current circumstances.