Just A Professional Relationship
Episode Thirty Five

Sunlight slipped from behind the curtains. Wake up Axel who sleeps on the sofa in the middle room. Not long after moving the sleeping Nadin into his room, Axel fell asleep quickly. Maybe because yesterday was his first day filled with crying. Somewhat makes him not think that crying turns out to be able to spend his energy.

Axel sat down in a doldrums. His sleep could not be sound, as a result of repeatedly waking up due to the sobbing that came from Nadin's room. But he could only hear it without doing anything. Then I tried to close my eyes.

After rising up, the place he came to for the first time was the kitchen. Check the ingredients that are there. It all seems very complete. It seems like Nadin is always storing groceries for the next few days.

When he found the rest of the rice in the rice cooker, Axel immediately decided to make fried rice and omelet. It felt like he hadn't held the cooking utensils for long. In fact, he has a talent that is passed down from his father.Even before joining Hybrid, he also had time to become a chef in his shop.

Nadin who was still asleep at that time, was awakened by a noise from the direction of his kitchen. The sweet smell of cooking caressed his nose. For a moment he thought that his mother was there and was preparing breakfast as usual.

The woman got up quickly, and came out of her room.

“Mother?” mumbling slowly.

For a moment he was pensive, slowly making him realize that the figure he saw was not the mother.

Axel turned his head and smiled as he looked at Nadin who was standing in front of his room. “Again, Nadin,” said. Although not avenged.

Finally, he left the stove only to lead Nadin to a chair at the dining table. “Wait for ya, soon to be in order.”

Nadin remained silent. A little disappointed that reality was not on his side. He is still not fully aware. Still feeling awake and feeling unawakened from his dream.

His attention was only stolen when Axel put the food he had made on the dining table. A plate of fried rice, and an omelet in black. Nadin was quite surprised to see it, so he glanced at Axel quickly.

The man simply smiled with pride and confidence with his cooking. Then sit on the chair opposite to Nadin. “Come to eat. You must like.”

Nadin grabbed the spoon with doubt. Then it turned to the black omelet and devoured it. Before long, his tears began to flow, and grew increasingly swift. “I-mom..” said with a vibrating voice.

Axel was not too surprised to see the reaction of the woman before him, because, he cooked the egg even on the advice of Nadin's mother. Axel was told a lot about what Nadin liked, and what Nadin hated. And one of them was, the soy sauce omelet he just made.

Axel reached out his hand and leaned his body forward. He rubbed Nadin's cheeks wet with tears, though it would soon return like that. “More yuk, eat it.”

Every day, Nadin's activities are no more than just staying in the room, going to the toilet, and then returning to his room. While Axel, keep watching while watching tv or playing mobile phone. Actually he had to go home, at least to pick up some change of clothes. But he was too worried to leave Nadin alone. As a result, he asked Rina to come to deliver his luggage.

When he heard the sound of the fence being opened, Axel immediately headed towards the front. And found Rina who was dragging a large suitcase.

“Jeez, do you want to push sister or what? Feeling sister did not ask for this much clothes.”

“Say mother, Brother Dion is not home is also okay,” replied Rina. Of course he's kidding.

Axel brought in his suitcase, followed by Rina who seemed to be looking for something. “Sister Nadin where?”

“Again in his room.”

“He's okay, Brother?”

“Surely why-napa, lha. Don't be bothered ya!”

Lina sat on the sofa in front of the TV. Waiting for her brother to bring her a glass of cold juice. “Kak Dion already like who has this house aja.”

“Udah cepet drink, selusin, keep going home.”

“Iya, yes!”

Rina drank her drink. Her sister sat next to her while watching television.

“Kak.”

“Hm?”

Axel suddenly choked and coughed, even though he was not drinking anything. His face suddenly warmed up. “Heh, by the way like it so much.”

“Ya why, anyway.”.

After stopping for an hour, Axel was finally able to drive away Lina with great difficulty. Finally things calmed down again. But he started to get confused as to what to do.

Axel took a walk, watching the whole house. Even just realized the existence of a closet filled with photo frames. Although some of them fell. More precisely, it was deliberately allowed to fall.

When he saw the photo, he immediately knew the reason why the owner did not intend to justify his position. Because Juna's face is in all the photos.

“Huh, why don't he just throw away all his photos.”

Axel was about to leave his place, but stopped immediately when he found something beside the wooden cabinet. There's a guitar wrapped in a scabbard—that's pretty dusty. When checking the contents, the guitar there still looks good.

Axel carried the object, and sat back on the sofa. Start strumming one by one guitar beam, while justifying his somewhat false voice.

At that time he realized there was a carving on the bottom of the guitar that reads ‘Happy Birthday. J.A’. Again, Axel immediately knew why Nadin seemed to not care if it was filled with dust even once.

“Lo again, lo again..”.

Axel's skillful hands, began to play soft notes while humming softly. Makes him quite homesick to the times when he was still singing regularly on stage.

Nadin clearly heard the melody and the melodious voice. A little treat his feelings that are compassionate not careless. Make him fall asleep immediately, and wake up at night, in silence.

The condition of the room is dark. He had no desire to even turn on the lights. Only the sound of television could be caught from outside the room. Suddenly made him miss the beautiful tones that he had heard.

Nadin came out of his room. As usual, Axel greeted her with a smile. “You hungry? I have made food,” said the man.

Without saying a word, Nadin walked limply and sat down beside Axel.

“You want me to get the food here?” asked the man, intending to go to the kitchen.

However, Nadin pulled his shirt, then shook his head. Axel sat back down. Staring fixed on the face of Nadin who looked pale, with his hair a bit tangled.

“Can play guitar for me?” nadin Pinta.

Axel again grabbed the guitar he kept next to the guitar, then started strumming the strings. “You what song?”

“What aja.”

The man thought for a moment, before his finger started dancing agilely. Churning out a melody made Nadin feel calm.

Axel also made a soft voice. Sing a stupid human song from There's a band he really likes. Bringing her back to the times when she was in school.

Still singing, Axel glanced at Nadin beside him, who seemed to lean on the sofa while closing his eyes. Although thin, but his lips slightly raised a smile. Makes Axel feel a bit relieved.

Suddenly, Axel's hand came to a halt as Nadin's head rested on his left shoulder. He thinks Nadin's asleep. But, his eyes immediately opened and glanced at the confused looking Axel.

“Why stop?”

“I think you're sleeping.”

“Ngak..”.

Axel laughed a little. Then continued her singing, while letting the woman next to him lean on her shoulder.