"I can eat by myself!" concluded Andi when he heard Putri talk as if emotional.
"Wow, relax. Ok, i get it. The important thing is you eat well."
Andi took the plate Putri had provided along with the side dish. Still retaining prestige, he was just a thin look on the woman sitting next to him. But still, hunger is heavily implied on his face because he eats with gusto.
"This much food is just for me?!" protested Andi.
Andi just wanted to ask Putri if she had eaten or not. However, as we know, Andi is too prestige to ask and express it in another way.
"I'm already full of you eating. So, I won't eat anymore," Putri replied, smiling slightly as if she knew the meaning of the man's remarks.
Putri noticed the man sitting beside her. She never felt so happy, even if it was just by looking at it. Andi hadn't even given anything to her. The ceremony remarks uttered from Andi's mouth were received with another in Putri's heart. Now and then, Putri noticed if there was a sentence of attention that Andi sometimes slipped into her cynical words.
Inevitably, the day that Andi didn't expect came. Both parents had landed at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and were waiting for the driver to pick them up.
Previously, it was Andi who was going to pick up his parents. However, his father refused because he had bought a plane ticket and travel that would take the two from Jakarta to Bandung.
Andi didn't prepare anything for his parents. He only prepared a strong mentality when facing the things his father had planned. It's different with Putri. The beautiful doctor took a week off to be satisfied with spending time with her future in-laws.
Time passed, and the journey was about five hours long for Andi's parents. Finally, they arrived at his son's residence.
"How are you, Mom? Are you healthy?" asked Andi.
"If I can travel a long way, the sign is that mama is already quite healthy, Ndi. Yes, hopefully the pain doesn't recur."
From a distance, Mr Soni noticed his son and wife talking. He folded his hands with a cold expression without speaking as if to pounce on something. Seeing his father upset, Andi was even more unwilling to ignore him.
He deliberately walked past his father without the slightest glance.
"Tsk!" hissed Mr Soni. Without expecting anything, Andi felt very calm if he was indifferent to his dad. In his opinion, it would be useless if he begged his father to his knees about this arranged marriage because he understands how his father is very well.
"Hello, Mr. Hartono! Yes I have arrived in Bandung. Hopefully our meeting will be no obstacle. Ah, here I bring a little souvenir to you."
There was a conversation between Mr Soni and Mr Hartono on the phone. However, the apparent welcome was different when Andi's father talked to his friend.
****
With a gloomy-looking face, Maria sat down on the chair next to the window of her room. Her feelings at the moment are not in a state of disrepair. On the contrary, she seemed to harbour the most significant lie to her best friend.
Guilt haunts her every time. But, during this time, she never kept something without telling Siska.
Her eyes seemed to be focused on seeing a photo with a white figure that revealed a photo of her and Siska smiling happily on the beach.
"Never have I ever thought about you, Sis," she said.
"I have to tell you about this. At least, let me calm down and she also knows that I'm not involved in this before it's too late," said Maria.
Although her message yesterday has not been replied to by Siska. She decided to come directly to her best friend's house.
"Maria, are you here?" asked Siska when she saw her best friend coming.
"I'm going to talk about something, Sis," Maria said.
"It must be a matter of texting, huh? I didn't reply because there was no data, Mar. I'm sorry, huh?" excused Siska.
Of course, Maria knew that Siska was lying.
Siska was stunned, silently waiting for what exactly Maria would say. It seemed that Maria wanted to express a painful thing on her face. Then, anxiety hit because if it were a bad thing, her current state of the heart had not recovered, and she was not ready to face all the barrage of problems.
"I want to talk about this because I feel awkward in my heart. Actually, I did know Putri before you told me to be with her yesterday," said Maria.
Siska sighed heavily. Now he was sure her hunch was correct even though she didn't know exactly what Mary would tell.
Seeing Siska's response, Maria tried to brace herself and continued her conversation.
"I know her because, Andi had contacted me the first time Andi met Putri. At that time, I was on the phone because she said that suddenly Putri came directly to his house in a severely intoxicated state. Andi who panicked, he called me and asked for a solution. Finally I came to his house and helped your doctor who was again teler back to consciousness. And Andi also told me that he was matched with Putri. Automatically, I want to ask the two of them not to harass you because I'm your best friend and I don't want you to be disappointed."
Siska wrinkled her forehead, and she seemed confused about what Maria explained.
"Wait a minute. So, at that time, Putri knew that Andi already had a girlfriend?"
"Yes."
"So, actually, she already knew me?!" Siska realized something.
"yes, she knows. Why, Sis?" asked Maria in surprise
Finally, Siska recounted all the events she had experienced a few days ago. She only realized that so far, Putri knew about her but didn't say anything. Maria, who had thought that her best friend would be angry, was upset with Putri because she seemed cunning.
However, on the other hand, Siska thought that maybe, indeed, Putri only wanted Andi alone. There is nothing more if, indeed, Putri does not like him. It could be that Putri harmed him because she's her doctor. Anything the doctor could have done had he not liked Siska.
No matter Siska's upset with Putri, she is still not the woman Andi's parents expected. No matter how strong Siska hated Putri, the woman had saved her life to health until this point. At least, that's what Siska had in mind at the moment. Luckily, Siska has positive thoughts that not everyone can do in this position.
"You can't be like this, Sis. I'm so upset with her," Maria said indignantly.
"Let's say it, Mar. If Andi is a soul mate with me, it won't go anywhere. But, if it's not Putri's soul mate, no matter how strong she is, it will definitely be ruined too."
"yes, anyway. But...."
"Just let it be. After all, Putri is chasing her happiness anyway, Mar. There are still many positive sides that people don't know. I was able to heal this, too, thanks to her. It's ok," Siska interrupted.
"How come you're so good anyway, Sis?"
Although bitter, Siska felt good about the presence of Maria beside her. She regretted not telling Maria in advance and preferred to be alone and hold her alone until she cried for days.
The two also hugged each other with tears of emotion.
Indeed, friendship is more important than anything else. Somehow the fate of Siska's relationship with Andi will be. What is clear is that he already has everything in the presence of Maria.
Drrtt ….
A message came in on Siska's mobile phone. She picked up her cellphone and saw the message, which turned out to be from Andi.
'Are we still can met, Sis?'