So far, he has never even seen Gisel humiliated in front of many people, somehow making Arthur feel very curious about the woman named Naomi. That's why Arthur is here.
No longer heard sobs from Naomi, making Arthur look at her several times. He was confused about how to start a conversation in a situation like this, what if because his words made Naomi cry again. Only his breath remained a little breathless with the sound of a blocked nose, it seemed that Naomi was aware of his existence.
"Usually ... when in a movie or drama when a guy sees a woman crying, given a handkerchief ...,"
Immediately surprised Naomi, a stiff silence . Her eyes glanced to the right-left and started with fear.
How Naomi felt scared, it was obvious when she came here that she was alone, but when she was getting calmer, she suddenly heard the voice of a man who appeared out of nowhere and was about to sit next to her. Naomi remained silent without a word, she did not not dare to look back. What if the guy's a freak?
"But ... I only have a few sheets of tissue that I took on the table."
Arthur while stretching out his hand while giving some sheets of tissue to Naomi who was still wrinkling her head and no movement there made Arthur a little confused.
"Are you okay? I'm not a freak or a crazy person, so I'm one of the guests inside," said Arthur, trying to explain the situation that might make a woman who has beautiful eyes misunderstand her existence so she kept quiet.
Actually Arthur does not intend to scare Naomi. He tries to be careful, wait and not bother her, but still it scares Naomi.
Slowly Naomi with a little courage, having listened to the man's statement which might be true. Slightly swollen and wet eyes Naomi felt ashamed to show her face so she covered it with one of her hands and the other took a tissue from the man's hand.
"Thank you," said Naomi gently and turned his back to the man and then cleaned her face with tissue.
Arthur seemed to smile at Naomi's funny behavior. The calm atmosphere was heard only by the sound of the night breeze blowing through the leaves of the trees. Arthur has not been in such an atmosphere for so long, he has been trapped in his office room and home.
Sitting still looking at the leaves moving with a gust of wind somehow made her feel calm. The air here also smells a little different. Maybe it's because a lot of big trees keep it from smelling pollution.
"It turns out it's comfortable here too, it doesn't even smell like pollution smoke," said Arthur with a random topic about melting the atmosphere.
"You were so cool earlier!" said Arthur.
Immediately changing the subject closer. it immediately made Naomi look towards Arthur with a confused look. However, when Arthur wanted to look back, Naomi turned her eyes.
"I accidentally saw everything there. This is the first time I saw Gisel defeated by someone else." said Arthur, grinned with satisfaction when he returned, considering Gisel's upset look at losing the argument.
Naomi was still silent, not responding to any of Arthur's words, because she felt ashamed if she remembered the incident. More precisely, Naomi doesn't know how to respond to that.
"I want to thank you. Because of you, I was able to get away from people like Gisel." said Arthur while looking towards Naomi and then smiling so sweetly that Naomi was surprised to see it.
It's weird to see a smile from a handsome man. The taste is palpitating but confusing. Besides, Naomi's good-looking man who has met many of them does like to spread charm, so that's why Naomi is not very interested even though her face is very handsome.
"But, since when are you here?" asked Naomi.
Arthur again sizzles a little. A small smile from his lips when he hears Naomi's voice, which eventually opens her mouth as well.
"Maybe ... two minutes after you get here?" Arthur replied.
"Why? Why are you sitting here?"
"Why ...? Do you think I came here to make fun of you," said Arthur. Who immediately whizzed at Naomi's mind, which made him unable to hold back laughter.
She's so innocent of her mind, even now the look Naomi gave her is so funny. Maybe it's because of her eyes that grow tired of crying for too long, or indeed her face is really cured, Arthur thinks.
"No! I'm not that kind of person. Ah! Come to think of it, if you're one of them, then your age is still ..." Arthur said not to continue making Naomi confused with his speech. "I'm older than you." said Arthur casually while Naomi still didn't understand his words.
"Can you forget what you saw earlier?" asked Naomi, breaking the silence, making Arthur look towards Naomi, who seemed to bow her head while playing with tissue in her hands. Naomi felt like she was being humiliated and her pride at the moment really couldn't accept any good.
"I thought I was wrong to come here, even though I didn't mean like ..."
Arthur was silent for a few seconds, as if he had lost a word in his brain. "I'm sorry for bothering you," said Arthur, who was aware of his hasty attitude because he was curious about Naomi but instead made Naomi sad again. It was obvious when Arthur saw Naomi's trembling hand but she tried to cover it by playing with tissue.
Arthur cast her eyes towards Naomi, who still seems to have received no clam. Somehow Arthur feels that Naomi has something called, 'Anxiety'. Apparently from her body language, it makes Arthur feel sad to see her. But nothing Arthur could do because he was just a stranger to that woman, he started walking away.
The event had been over 30 minutes ago. All employees seemed to walk out of the cafe and greet each other to separate. Only Naomi runs in different directions from her co-workers. It's really been a day that's been draining her mind, energy and mental state. Naomi walked to the bus stop.