My Berondong Husband
#59 Ruben in Love 1 (Americano Coffe)
"Americano Coffe one."
"Americano Coffe one."
Say two people at the same time when they order the same coffee, the cashier is silent which order to serve first.
Meanwhile the two looked at each other, with unusual eyes, then each end of their lips smiled knot.
"The mother used to be a mas" said one of them, Ruben.
The cashier nodded and then served the woman called by Ruben earlier. And the woman smiled again, then paid for her order, then chose a seat not far from the place of booking.
Reuben changed the order, after ordering it was intended to find a seat, but somehow his eyes remained on the woman.
Ruben ventured to step closer to the woman, then stood right in front of her desk.
"Can you sit here?" Ruben asked to confirm that the chair was in one table with the woman's chair.
The woman nodded. "By, it just so happens to be empty."
She smiled again, sweeter than before. Ruben immediately gasped, the motion of the woman's long hair as if blown by the wind, her face looked beautiful with one dimple on the right cheek.
"Only alone?"
"It just so happens."
"My name is Reuben" said Reuben, reaching out to the woman, and seeing her, and catching Reuben's hand.
"Shihah,"
"The name is good, unique, similar to the name of a Malaysian Malay."
"Maybe when I was born, Malaysia was trending, yes." Shiha said again smiling.
The smile made Ruben enter the rainbow vortex, then fell on a pile of pink heart-shaped clouds.
Is this what love is at first sight? Like an impossible thing the thought appeared in his mind, because all this time he had not thought about love or the like, even though he was more than thirty years old.
Seem weird? But not for Ruben.
Enjoying solitude is something fun even though for people something quite funny might be.
Many friends, relatives, relationships and even employees, match him with many women, but he has not intended to have a single relationship. Either in a relationship or a wedding.
But after meeting Shiha for the first time, everything felt different. There was a voice that seemed to encourage Ruben to greet Shiha first.
Reuben's daydreams instantly disappear when their ordered coffee has reached the table, two americano coffe, with the picture above.
Shiha enjoyed his coffee, as Ruben did the same, but from behind the cup-hanger hole, his eyes still stared at Shiha.
"Where to die?" Reuben asked again, melting the atmosphere he was trying to keep waking up.
"In the beautiful palm housing, Block D." Answer the woman.
"Far from here, work?"
"His work is near, in the same place." Shihah pointed at a five-story glass building.
Ruben turned his face, staring at the building Shiha had pointed at earlier. Ruben made sure that the building was an office where the designers and architects worked.
"Oh designer? Or architects?"
"For now assistant architect, help make a home."
"Price?"
Shiha smiled, then laughed softly that was covered with the back of his hand.
"You're funny, his hands are muscular. No, I helped design the house."
"Oh, kirain you coolie."
"If you are alone? You're an office worker too, right?" This time Ruben asked.
"I'm just a regular employee at Putra Group, part graphic design." Ruben said lying, somehow he did not want to say that he owned the Putra Group branch.
"Well, the big company that's at the end of that road?"
"It's great to work there." continued Shiha.
"What's so great?"
"Well, to me, everyone who wants to work and take risks in the job is great."
Ruben just kept nodding.
Then the two engaged in conversations that occasionally interspersed with jokes and laughter.
Reuben like he was not, he could so freely tell Shiha, but usually he was stiff and indifferent to many women.
While so friendly and kind answered every question that came out of Reuben's mouth, as if he did not feel disturbed from the question.
"So you like horror movies too?" Ask Shiha later.
"Yes, it's exciting to see people scared, but the creeps are also fitting our shadow is in his position."
"Because I like it too. Watch the movie, but if there's a ghost scene, just scream in fear."
Reuben and Shiha laughed together. Only this time Ruben could laugh so loosely, as if he had never been a ignorant and arrogant person.
Shiha glanced at the black metal clock in his left hand.
"It's late in the afternoon, I want to go home first yes, see you again." continued Shiha.
At first Ruben nodded, but then he made up and said. "I can ask for your number, or at least I'll take you home."
"Can,"
Ruben pulled out his phone and typed and sifted Shiha's number.
"I'm taking you home?" bargain Reuben.
"No need, it will trouble you again. We're just getting to know, too."
"I don't feel bothered, I also want to go home, although not in the same direction."
Shiha tried to continue to refuse with Ruben's offer, but Ruben continued to force him.
"Yes, that's okay." Shiha finally gave up and let Reuben drive him home.
Shiha and Ruben walked out of the caffe. Ruben guided Shiha to his car, and for some reason it seemed like a perfect fit, today he only brought his office car and not his expensive car.
The two get into Ruben's car, Shiha sits next to him who is driving. Then run the car slowly.
"Don't my father take you home?" Ask Ruben again and again.
"No, just relax. If the core of your question is angry or not, I answer no." replied Shiha who ceplos.
Reuben did not speak much anymore, for that was what he wanted to hear from Shiha's mouth.
Despite asking like that, Ruben thought if he really wanted to know a woman named Shiha with confidence? Because he had never done it before.
His love story is not as smooth as other people, when other people change girlfriends like eating nuts, he is quite silent while enjoying his expensive vape.
At first he thought dating and being in a relationship was just a waste of time and unimportant things.
"Where else is this?" Ruben asked as the car he entered housing a beautiful palm block D.
"Two aisles after entering the block, home color cream number 24."
Ruben runs his car to the house that Shiha said. From there Shiha's house is not far away, Ruben actually knows the housing, but he just keeps turning his car around and making him stray in order to be with Shiha longer.
However, Ruben stops his car in front of Shiha's house. A beautiful house with two floors.
Shiha opened the door, then got out of Ruben's car.
"Wanna stop by?" bargain Shiha.
"Maybe next time, I have a schedule too."
Shiha nodded then waved softly at Ruben who started running again his car.
Ruben took the car away from Shiha's house, though he kept seeing Shiha from behind the rearview mirror.