The Pledge of the Ingkar
IYI 8'S

After a half-hour drive, they finally reached their destination that night. They entered a simple restaurant, but it was very comfortable with a beautiful atmosphere. Zoya likes him a lot.

Damar pulls out a chair for Zoya. A simple thing that can make Zoya quite flattered by it.

“Please sit, Zoya.” Damar only smiled after pulling the chair for Zoya.

“Thank you, Mas. You are very good,” said Zoya immediately occupied the chair, while returning Damar's smile to him.

“Anything for you.”

Damar started calling the waiter so he could order food for them. One of the maids approached their seats.

“Ingin order what, Mister?” asked the waiter while showing a quite seductive pose in front of Damar.

“What do you want to order, Zoya?” Damar deliberately ignores the servant by showing his attention to Zoya. Shows if Zoya is a nearby tenant.

“I want to order duck burn part thigh, petai burn also.” Zoya immediately handed the menu book to Damar so that the man could order.

Damar smiled in admiration looking at Zoya. This is one that Damar likes from Zoya, Zoya is not a woman who likes to jaim like other women. Zoya will be herself and it makes Zoya look more attractive than other women.

“Give two as Zoya ordered, one serving of parchment, grilled sausage and more defaults," Damar told the waiter, then looked back at Zoya. "How about the drink?”

“I want iced tea only,” he replied to Damar.

“Alright, two iced teas. For now that's all.” Damar immediately returned the menu book to the waiter who was still standing in front of him.

“Alright sir, your order will be up soon.” After saying that, the waiter immediately left with a lethargic face, as he failed to tease the handsome man who was a customer at the restaurant where he worked tonight.

After the waiter left, Zoya immediately asked, why Damar ordered so much food, while they were just the two of them.

“Why did you order so much food, Mas?” ask Zoya to Damar.

“Because I know you like the food I ordered, unfortunately there are no meatballs, cassava leaf gulai and others, if any I will also order it for you. I also know how much you can eat. We don't have to worry about spending time with me, Zo.”

“I didn't know that you would notice me until like this, Mas.” Zoya is quite surprised because Damar knows his favorite food.

“Of course you don't know it, because you've been too busy working to ignore every attention that goes to you," said Damar enough to insinuate Zoya who heard it.

Damar can understand how hard Zoya is working and why. Because she knows the life Zoya has lived quite hard since she was very young.

“Sorry, if I ignored your attention so much during this.” Zoya is feeling very guilty right now.

“It's okay, I understand, it's definitely not easy for you to get through everything. Because you have to lose your parents at a very young age. That's certainly not easy. But you didn't give up at all. That's what I admire about you, Zoya. A beautiful woman who is good and independent,” praise Damar.

Damar begins to show interest in Zoya. Because she wants Zoya to know how she feels about Zoya. She has been close enough and tries to always pay attention to Zoya, hoping that Zoya will know her feelings and be able to reciprocate.

“Thank you for always trying to understand me, Mas. I really appreciate all that. I'm glad that there are people who are so sincere about me like you.” Zoya does not expect that Damar cares about her more than Zoya could have imagined.

Zoya only thought that Damar was a good man and that he cared about everyone she knew. So Zoya is afraid to think that Damar seriously likes her. That's why Zoya tries to be ordinary, so as not to hope and not to make people hope. But he did not expect, if Damar gave special attention only to him, something that Damar had never given to others so far.

“I'm also happy to do all that for you, you're special to me. I wish you could feel that."

Damar realizes, if he wants to get Zoya then he must start to dare to show everything through speech. For Zoya to know, that Damar's attention to her is different from what Damar does to others.

Zoya does not know what to answer in return for Damar's words to her. Until finally, the food they ordered arrived at the table they were sitting on. Saving Zoya from the awkwardness she feels towards Damar.

“You don't have to think too much about what I just said, Zo. I just want you to know that you are different and special to me. Don't feel bad for me. Really I didn't mean anything to say all this to you!” damar said he was afraid Zoya would feel uncomfortable and instead stay away from him.

“Thank you, Mas Damar.” That's all Zoya can say. Because Damar was really very understanding of her.

“No problem. Come on now we eat. Before this food gets cold.”

They both started their dinner. There was no conversation they had. They really enjoyed their dinner this time. Without any more awkwardness.

Damar was also happy, at least he was already one step ahead in approaching Zoya. Because he has revealed everything. Even though he did not dare to say love. But, for now, Damar felt quite satisfied, because he could tell Zoya that she was valuable to him.