
Chapter 14
Early in the morning, Uci was ready to go to the factory and do his work as usual. While traveling around the production area, the girl accidentally crossed paths with Arifin.
"Sci!" Arifin took the time to greet Uci and invite the girl to talk.
"Mr Arifin!" Uci replied to Arifin's greeting politely. This is the first time the test meets again with Arifin, after the commotion Erin made in front of the minimarket a few days ago.
"Can I talk to you for a second?" ask Arifin to Uci.
Uci also took a moment to talk to the boss. It seemed like Arifin was going to discuss about the commotion that occurred the other day when they accidentally met on the street.
"What does the master want to talk about?" ask Uci.
"I haven't had time to apologize to you about the incident the other day. I'm sorry, huh? I apologized on behalf of Erin. But when they meet again, Erin makes trouble again. I'm really embarrassed."
Uci reviewed the smile. Maybe the girl won't apologize. Moreover, the real culprit here is not Arifin, but Erin. But it was precisely the man who had to apologize constantly to Uci just because of Erin's actions.
"No problem, Sir. I have forgotten. You don't have to talk about it anymore" said Uci.
"If you're angry, I'll understand. Erin has gone too far" said Arifin. "You're okay, right? Erin's words must have hurt you."
Uci tried to understand. After all, the source of the problem from the beginning was indeed Uci. Only, Erin overreacted it.
"I'm fine, Sir. I am guilty too. I can understand that your friend is still upset with me" said Uci, not minding Erin's attitude towards him.
"Not to remember anymore. It's all done" continued Uci.
Arifin was quite relieved. At least he said the apologies he had to say.
"Thank you very much, Uci!" arifin.
"There's no need to say that, sir!"
I thought their conversation was over there. But apparently, Arifin still invited Uci to discuss other topics.
"May I ask you something more?" ask Arifin.
"Please, Master!"
"When we met at the minimarket the other day, you were together with Hengki, right? You know Hengki?" ask Arifin to Uci.
Uci himself also did not expect that Arifin would know Hengki. The world is really narrow. Even the boss at his factory and the carwash employee near his contract can get to know each other.
"I know Mas Hengki. Mas Hengki works at a carwash not far from my contract. You also know Mas Hengki?" ask Uci.
Arifin nodded his head. The man was even more curious about the relationship owned by Arifin and also Uci.
"You look very close to Hengki. Do you have a special relationship?" ask Arifin.
"special relationship? Do I and Mas Hengky seem to have such a relationship?" cetus Uci chuckled. "I was quite close to Mas Hengky. But we have no special relationship. Mas Hengki is a close friend of mine," said Uci.
"Near friend? Does that mean you're in a time of approach?" ask Arifin again.
Uci shook his head. "It's not like that, sir. Mas Hengki is my best friend," said Uci said as it is about his relationship with Hengki.
"Friend?"
"Yes, Sir. We were close, but Mas Hengki and I were close as friends. Mas Hengki always helped me when I was having difficulties" explained Uci.
"Oh, so!" arifin commented while nodding his head. The man was relieved. His curiosity has been answered.
Arifin throws a sweet smile at Uci. The girl's heart immediately pounded as she saw the smile on Arifin's face.
Uci's curiosity also re-emerged about Arifin and Hengki's relationship. Given that Arifin and Hengki did know each other, Uci wanted to know what kind of relationship the two men had.
"Master, may I ask you something?" ask Uci.
"What's? Just ask!" sahut Arifin's.
"Master knows Mas Hengki, right? Looks like Master also has a close relationship with Mas Hengki, huh?" ask Arifin. The girl thought back to the words spoken by Erin. At that time Erin once said "you should defend Arifin!" the Hengki.
From that sentence, it seemed like Hengki and Arifin also had an unusual relationship. But when they met the other day, the two did not show much interaction with each other.
"Why with Hengki? "
"I'm just curious. Actually what relationship does the Master have with Mas Hengki?" ask Uci.
Arifin was silent for a moment. Unfortunately, the man did not have time to answer, Uci was first called by his coworkers.
"Sci! Come here!" call on a colleague of Uci to ask Uci to return to the field immediately.
Uci turned his head towards his co-worker, then he looked at Arifin who was still standing before his eyes. "You can go back to work now" Arifin said before Uci said goodbye.
"I'm sorry now, sir!" sahut Uci then ran away from Arifin without listening to the man's answer.
'It's a pity that I haven't gotten any answers from Mr. Arifin, ' Inner Uci.
Already failed to get an answer from Hengki, now Uci also failed to get an answer from Arifin. The girl also chose to bury her curiosity deeply and did not want to bring it up again.
In the afternoon, Uci left the factory after his job was over. The girl exited the factory building while reading a short message from Hengki.
[What time are you home?]
"Mas Hengki? Why is he asking for my return hour?"
[I just got out of the factory.]
Hengki immediately jumped off his stool as soon as he read a reply message from Uci. "I need to get ready!" hengki Mummings.
[You're not busy, are you?]
It seems Hengki wants to take Uci to go somewhere. The man looks excited preparing before inviting Uci to meet.
[No. Why?]
[You haven't eaten, have you? How about we eat together? I'm the one who deals.]
Uci smiled to himself reading a message from Hengki. "Mas Hengki wants to treat in what order, huh?"
[Not yet, Mas. What is this event to buy everything?]
[I have a surprise for you! I'll pick you up at 7.]
Uci was also increasingly curious. I don't know what things Hengki will do later when he meets Uci.
"What surprise is this? Am I a birthday?" oceh Uci chuckled.
While elsewhere, Hengki was busy getting ready with neat clothes. Just wanting to go to dinner with Uci alone, the man seemed busy preparing a lot of things.
"Cute, wait for my surprise!" muttered Hengki enthusiastically.
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