Theatricals
Ep.30 - Edelweis' Waffle

“Oh... So, Jo likes waffles? That was Mam?” edelweis asked, his phone was placed next to his ear, while his other hand was busy recording everything his mother-in-law said.

“No special topping request?”

“Oh... Okay, deh Mam. Thank you very much, for the info. I love you. Bye..”

Edelweis smiled widely, he stared at his tab containing notes from Emmeline that he wrote. However, his smile disappeared instantly as he realized that he was not so sorry for the ingredients to make waffles.

“Terus, how's dong? Did I order online, huh? Get people to buy? Or—”

Edelweis looked at Sinta who had just returned from the toilet, a smile re-emerged on her lips. Sinta, who was confused by Edelweis' gaze, frowned.

“Why, mbak?” sinta asked as she sat in her chair, she smiled clumsily.

“Lo can make waffles, no?”

“Waffle?” Edelweis. “B anyway, mbak. It can be called, yes, it can be. But, sometimes many fail.”

Edelweis immediately pursed his lips.

“What's wrong, mbak? Want to make a waffle?” tanya Sinta who is called Edelweis. “Why not ask for help just like Adinda? He can make brownies, surely can also make waffles.” Sinta advice.

Edelweis flicked his finger, confirming the suggestion Sinta had given. “Yaudah, do you have Adinda's number? Try it, you connect him and ask if he can or not? If you can, after the office, he helped me so.”

Sinta nodded, “Oke, mbak. I'll call Adinda first, yes.”

Edelweis nodded, he smiled widely. Can't wait to make Jonathan's favorite waffle then get praise from the man. Hope so.

***

“Sorry, yes mbak. You see, I promised my mother today to go home quickly, want to take mother to brother.”

Edelweis pursed his lips, he was disappointed by the rejection Adinda gave. But maybe he forced. It could be that Edelweis forced on condition that the reason Adinda is not about the mother. If you have been in contact with a mother, let alone a promise to mother, Edelweis can not just damage it.

Edelweis cleared his throat, he nodded.

“Mbak Edel don't get mad dong. Promise me, next time I will definitely teach you mbak.”

Edelweis let out a rough sigh. “Yaudah anyway, how else. Gakpapa kok.”

“Truly mbak?”

“Iya..”

“What if in exchange, I take you to buy the ingredients? I think it is still hunted if only to buy the material aja.”

Edelweis shook his head, “No, I can order online. You just send me, yes what I need to be readyin.”

“Oh... Okay, then I'll chat, yeah. Uh, but I don't have a mbak.” number Adinda said, she forgot that she didn't keep any Edelweis contacts.

Edelweis held out his phone, “Ya, so you write the number lo.”

“Okay, mbak.”

After Adinda's number was stored on Edelweis's phone, she contacted Adinda again to confirm if the number was correct. And, when Adinda's phone rings it means the number is correct.

”Yaudah, you don't forget to tell me, yes.”

Adinda nodded, “Siap, mbak. I'll chat later, yeah. Yaudah, I go home first.”

“Oke, be careful.”

“Mbak also be careful.”

Edelweis glanced at the clock on his wrist, he had to get home sooner than Jonathan. And must prepare it so that when Jonathan arrives, the waffle he made is ready. Although Jonathan usually comes home at night, even midnight. I don't know where the guy actually went.

***

“Grand flour, milk, margarine, sugar, eggs, baking powder.”

Edelweis sense, all the ingredient info for the waffle he got from Adinda is all there. So now Edelweis is just about to execute him.

“Okay, Del. This is very easy for her, you just follow her step by step and tara... Surely a good waffle will be created. I'm sure of that. ”

Before starting, Edelweis washed his hands first.

“Combine wheat flour with baking powder, then mix with granulated sugar.”

Edelweis nodded, he picked up the wheat flour that was still tightly wrapped. He took scissors to open the flour packaging. “250 grams how much? Where I don't have any scales anymore. How nih.” said Edelweis, he sighed in frustration. Just starting out, there are difficulties.

However, it is not Edelweis name if he does not finish what he has started and intend it. “Smuch stupid, I use a feeling. People are also a lot of tuh who cook using feeling.” Edelweis just poured the flour into a medium-sized bowl. “Eh, most not anyway? Yes, I feel ugly anyway.”

Edelweis let out a rough sigh. Feeling that the wheat he poured too much, he took the initiative to return the flour to the packaging again. The reason, Edelweis less careful, as a result of the flour that should go into the packaging just spilled soiled the kitchen table.

“Yelah... It's not really me. Okay, that's gakpapa, the name is also the beginning, right? Usually a messy gini, the results are always satisfactory.”

No theory from where, Edelweis just believe in that belief.

“Baking powder,” Edelweis takes the baking powder packaging, opens it and instantly inserts a teaspoon according to the instructions into the bowl containing the flour. “And, egg.”

Although with all the difficulties he did, Edelweis could also break the two eggs even though they had to be accompanied by broken eggshells mixed in the dough and yolks that just broke.

Edelweis went back to reading his gaze, he nodded his head and picked up the next ingredient. “Milk and sugar. And, I'm staying mixed.” Edelweis immediately pulled out the hand mixer, he smiled widely.

Edelweis is not the type of woman who likes to be in the kitchen, even she is forbidden just to touch the kitchen an inch. But, for Jonathan's sake he ventured. And, the waffle was the second meal he made after the previous porridge.

“Pegal also turned out.” Edelweis had complained, but it was only a while when he mixed the ingredients, not even fully mixed the dough. “Lah, this is a crazy liquid. Where is this waffle? What, I add more flour?”

According to his instinct, Edelweis reinserted the flour. However, instead of getting the right dough, he actually made the dough become thick, very thick even. Until finally he continued to try until finally got the dough that he felt was perfect.

“Udahlah, it's fitting this time.” Edelweis flicked his shoulders as he lifted the dough and felt better than before. “Margarin is last, done, done. Stay in print aja.”

As a result of looking at internet tutorials, Edelweis can also use the waffle grill tool. One by one the dough he poured into the mold, he waited in anticipation for the waffle he was going to make. Luckily, Edelweis uses an electric waffle grill, so just wait for the tool to sound, meaning the waffle he made is ready.

“Ah... Turns out it wasn't as hard as I thought.”

Indeed, yes if it has not been tried it certainly does not know the easy difficult thing. Luckily Edelweis was willing to try, so he knew that what he found difficult was easy too. And, it seems that there must be a special reason to break the bad thinking, for example Edelweis. For Jonathan's sake, he willingly went down into the kitchen, fighting something he wasn't before.

“Ah... Real easy. I'm plating, so. Can't wait, see the happy reaction Jo nyobain waffle that I made.” Edelweis smiled widely, he was impatient.

However, Jonathan did not return home in time as he usually did. In fact, the time almost shows one hour a night, the man has not seen any signs of going home.

“Jo where the hell, I don't go home.” complained Edelweis, he pursed his lips, drowsiness since earlier attacked him. However, as much as he could fight it, he wanted to see firsthand the reaction of Jonathan eating the waffle for him.

Edelweis yawned, he folded his hands on the table and dropped his head there. His intention was not to sleep, but what power he could not resist the drowsiness getting longer. As a result, he fell asleep with the waffle beside him.

At half-time in the morning, Jonathan arrived at the apartment. He deliberately went home later because he spent time with Retha before she went to Japan tomorrow. His intention was to stay at the woman's place, but Retha refused, the woman did not allow it at all. Jonathan chose to go home. Actually, she could have stayed at a hotel near Retha's house, but somehow she felt like she wanted to go back to the apartment. As a result, here he is now, in his apartment.

Arriving at the apartment, Jonathan did not go straight to his room, he instead went to the kitchen. And, it was surprised by the state of the kitchen is super messy.

“Yes geez... What the fuck!”

It felt like Jonathan was annoyed to see the state of the kitchen falling apart, he wanted to get angry at the main culprit. And he already knows who did it. Who else in this house besides himself is also Edelweis and there is no way Jonathan accidentally made the kitchen mess, it is certainly Edelweis the main culprit.

“Less aja Edel!”

Jonathan was already preparing to get angry, but when he found Edelweis who was asleep by leaning on the table, made his intention was nagging immediately. Especially seeing the waffle beside the woman.

Jonathan drew closer to Edelweis, he noticed for a moment the woman before finally turning his gaze to the waffle.

“Edel make waffle?” Jonathan couldn't believe that Edelweis had actually made this meal.

Jonathan cut the waffle, smiling faintly as he felt the taste. “Cold and hard, it's definitely him who made this waffle.” because according to Jonathan, if his waffle has a good taste, it's definitely not Edelweis who made it.

“Del, wake.”

Instead of waking up, Edelweis squirms, he continues to sleep. It seems the woman is exhausted.

“It doesn't work this late, Del. Moreover work.” Jonathan knew, if all this time in the office Edelweis not much work, all the work of the woman was bestowed on Sinta.

“Del, wake.”

Edelweis opened his heavy eyes, faintly seeing Jonathan. “Jo, you just came home?” asked Edelweis who only got deheman from Jonathan.

“Moving to room, Del. Booth!”

Edelweis nodded obediently like a child, he stood up with difficulty because of his drowsiness that could not be helped anymore. “Jo, I'm so sleepy. You eat, yeah the waffle. I made that. Bye, Jo..”

Jonathan could only chuckle as he shook his head in astonishment at Edelweis' departure.

Jonathan stared at the waffle on the table, sitting on the couch. Jonathan himself already knows what the taste of the waffle is like, but there is encouragement from him who wants to eat the waffle.

“Actually not good, but maybe because I'm hungry, I eat deh.”

Jonathan also enjoyed the waffle calmly even to the toilet without rest.

***

”Jo, Jo, Jo. How was my waffle last night?”

Edelweis directly pointed at Jonathan with questions as the man walked out of the room. He followed in the footsteps of the man who was about to wear his work boots.

“Oh, so it's waffle made by lo?”

Edelweis smiled happily, he nodded. “Iya. How, how? Yummy right?”

Jonathan smiled cynically, “Enak where to try? Hard gitu.”

Edelweis' smile faded away instantly.

“Other times, if you can't make anything, don't make it. Waste of food. Where the kitchen so messy kayak ship broke, make dizzy, sore eyes see it.”

Edelweis pursed his lips, he was saddened by Jonathan's unexpected response. “Keep, waffle where to in?” edelweis asked, because he did not find the rest of the waffle even so he had to think if Jonathan liked it.

“Gue throw it away! Not worth eating that, want to be flanked again.” lied Jonathan, too prestige to say if he spent all the waffles.

Edelweis is getting sad.

Meanwhile, Jonathan immediately moved on, he was already preparing to leave. Unconcerned with Edelweis feeling sad, Jonathan waltzed away leaving Edelweis. He had to drive Retha to the airport this morning.

Edelweis could only stare at Jonathan's departure without intending to yell at the man. “Great, Jo. Time banished. No humanity.”