Happy at the End of the Dusk
Americano Latte

"Life is like a cup of coffee, where the bitter and sweet meet in warmth"

~Syeza Anastasia Elhameed

"Ouh uncle? You just arrived?" Sheza smiled then approached Vino who was laying his body on the sofa.

"Eemm just got"

"Yakh uncle didn't come home but instead came here?"

"Aakhh I don't know!" Vino then straightened his body.

"There's a parcel from your mother!"

"Mom never forgets to give me a gift!" Sheza smiled then took the box on the table and opened it.

"Argh my favorite cake! I remember my favorite cake!" Sheza smiled with excitement.

Vino just laughed.

"How are you and mom?"

"Good! They're doing fine! I also met Al there!"

"Sister Al? Brother Al to Indonesia?"

"Eemm yes!"

"What's wrong?" Sheza took off one cake and chewed it, then squinted at Vino.

"Why look at me like that?!"

"You're not making trouble, are you?"

"Already done! The problem has happened!"

"Yeah! What are you guys doing?!"

"Alghifari asked Hameed to propose to Geisha for her!"

"Huh? Suddenly?!"

Vino just nodded small.

"Sir Al loves Geisha?"

"No! Not Al but I love Geisha!"

"Heeem?" Syeza looks confused.

"Yakh what does that mean? Uncle who loves Geisha but brother Al who will marry her?"

"The problem isn't just that complicated!"

"Then?"

"The reason is, Al wants to marry a Geisha because he wants to fulfill Zidan's request!"

"Zidan's request?"

"Yes! Zidan asks Al to look after the Geisha! And I don't want Al to feel burdened with it! That's why I asked to replace him to marry a Geisha because I love him but the problem is that the Geisha misunderstood! He thought I wanted to marry him because of Zidan's request!"

"Vakhh! The problem is complicated! Besides why would that stupid man want to fulfill Zidan's request by marrying a Geisha?!" Sheza sighed.

"Yakh uncle, indeed there is no woman who liked Kak Al so he wants to marry Geisha even though he does not love her?!"

"I think there's a woman that Al really likes but it doesn't seem like Al can have that woman!" Vino said, taking a cake and chewing it.

"Ouh? Uncle knows who the woman is?"

"No! I just guessed it!"

"Yahhh!!" Syeza looks upset.

Vino just laughed and stood up.

"Where's the uncle going?"

"Go home! I feel relieved to have voiced my heart! I have to go home and clear my head in order to find the best solution to face the Geisha!" Vino then walked away.

"You don't want to hear my uncle's advice?"

"No Scheza!"

"My solusi can help you uncle!"

Vino just waved his hand as he walked away.

Sheza just smiled a little and then sighed.

...***************...

"Oh Sheza?"

"Akh hi!" Sheza smiled and walked over to Alex.

"Why not tell me if you want to come? I can send a jet to pick you up!"

"Ahaha it's okay! Al's home yet?"

"Akh yes already! He arrived last night!"

"Eeemm alright!"

"Want me to call you?"

"Akh is not necessary! I came to see you!"

"Meet me?" Alex is confused.

"Yes! I've got a cafe nearby, want to have a coffee with me for a second?"

"Akh yeah!" Alex agreed.

~Cafe Frisson Espresso

"Aakkh the smell of coffee mixed with bread does make it comfortable!" Sheza smiled with relief as she opened the door of the cafe and the fragrant coffee that was mixed with bread broke through her nose. He chose to sit in a chair close to the window.

Alex just smiled slightly then stepped towards the barista and ordered two coffes.

"You know what coffee I want to drink?" Sheza asked looking at Alex who was ordering.

Alex turned around and smiled and sat down in front of him.

"Eemm knows! Americano Latte hot with a little cream on top, not too sweet and not bitter too!"

"Well you know my favorite coffee?"

"Alghifari told me and akh, we have the same fondness!"

"Do you like Americano Latte?"

"Yes! Do not forget to add a little cream atatanny, a, not too sweet and not bitter too!" Alex said with a small smile.

"Wakh! Isn't this awesome? I think you're just like Al who likes hot chocolate!"

Alex just laughed.

"Order! Happy enjoying!" Said an idol while offering a drink on the table.

"Thank you!" Sheza smiled and closed his eyes and inhaled the aroma of coffee presented in front of him.

"Wakhh the smell is so good!"

"You always inhale the aroma before you drink it?" Ask Alex.

"Heeem?" Sheza lifted her head and looked at Alex.

"The coffee!"

"Aakh! Ehehe yes!" Sheza just grinned.

"Why? Isn't the smell when you drink it the same?"

"Eeemm yes! But the smell will turn sharper when you inhale it first! And the coffee will really taste better! Know it? Sipping it first is how to drink the right coffee!"

Alex just laughed a little assuming the girl sitting in front of him, anyway how to drink it anyway the aroma of pleasure will remain the same, for years he had been accustomed to drinking coffee without inhaling it first and he still felt the pleasure.

"Wait a minute!" Sheza held back Alex's hand which raised the glass and was about to sip the coffee.

"What's wrong?"

"I told you how to drink the right coffee! You have to practice it!"

"Akh I'm used to drinking it like this!"

"Akh can't!" Sheza held Alex's hand.

"You want to waste the knowledge I told you about? At least you should try it first, only then do you decide to keep drinking it your own way or my way!"

"Aahhh"

"Let's do it!" Sheza smiled and helped Alex put the glass back in his hand.

"Take a good look at me and do as I do!" Sheza then closed his eyes and inhaled the aroma of coffee, he smiled then opened his eyes and sipped the coffee slowly.

"Why are you quiet?" Sheza asked when she saw Alex who was just sitting quietly staring at her.

"Aakkh I'll do it!"

"Aakkh intermittently!" Sheza held Alex's chin with both hands.

"Heeem?" Alex with his chin still above the girl's hand seemed confused staring at Sheza.

"Look good, when you breathe it you really have to feel the aroma, not just breathe! And don't forget to close your eyes so that the pleasure is more pronounced!"

Alex just nodded small.

"All right! Do it!" Sheza smiled slightly and then removed his hand from the man's chin and noticed that he was beginning to practice what he taught.

Alex closed his eyes and began to practice what the girl taught, long after he inhaled the aroma of coffee that was still billowing in front of him. For a moment he smiled slightly then after that slowly, he gulped his coffee quietly.

"How's it?" Sheza asked who was waiting for him expectantly.

"As you teach! The coffee feels even more delicious!"

"What didn't I say?!" Sheza smiled happily and then sipped the coffee again.

Alex just laughed.

"Akh Lex do you know? Live like the coffee in front of you, where the bitter and sweet meet in warmth!"

"This time I agree with your assumptions!" Alex said with a small smile.

"That means you disagree with my assumptions about how to drink coffee?" Canda Sheza makes Alex laugh again.

"Akh Lex, I'm sorry so early I'm interrupting your time!"

"Aakh it's okay! I also have no business!" Alex then took the coffee back.

"What's wrong? What brings you to meet me here?"

"It's about Al!"

"Alghifaris?"

"Yes! I think you must know this!"

"Heeem?"

"Alghifari yesterday went to see my father to ask him to propose to Geisha! You know this, don't you?"

"Akh yeah!"

"You also know that's not why Al proposed to her?"

Alex nodded back.

"Do you think this isn't a little strange? Why does Al think he married a Geisha when he didn't love her?!"

"Isn't that normal? Al just wanted to fulfill Zidan's request!"

"That's it but I feel that Uncle Vino's guess has a point!"

"Uncle Vino's guess?"

"There must be a woman that Al loved and that woman couldn't have made Al behave recklessly like this! Aren't you?"

"Huh?"

"You must know I don't! You must know that woman, too, right?"

"Ahaha what do you mean, Sheza? You don't know Alghifari? She's from the past until now no woman she knows except you're her schoolmates! Alghifari is not good at hanging out with women! You can see for yourself with the guys at the dimension, did you find any women in it? There was not a single Sheza, neither of his bodyguards nor his assistants!" Said Alex.

"Eemm was right but somehow I really believe in Uncle Vino's assumption!"

"That's just an assumption! Not all assumptions are true!"

"Aakhh, your attitude is very strange Lex!"

"Huh?"

"You seem to be hiding the truth!"

"Aahaha, it's not so!"

"really? You really don't know if there's a woman Al loves?" Sheza leaned closer to Alex while whispering softly towards him.

"Eemm of course!"

"Huufff!!" Sheza re-enforced his body.

"And I was very curious as to who the woman who had conquered Al's heart and wounded him!"

"You! You're Sheza's man!" Alex said in his heart.

Sheza took a sip of the coffee and stood up.

"You want to go home?" Ask Alex in a soft voice.

"What's with your expression? Are you sad that I'm going back to Landon?" Sheza asked with a small laugh.

"Aakhh ahaha no! I thought you wanted to see Al first!"

"Eeemm not! Let him rest! I have to get home soon! Anyway my purpose came to see you!"

"Let me drive you!"

"Akh is not necessary!" Sheza held Alex to his feet.

"Recide your drink! Later frequent visits to Landon, we can spend some time together while enjoying our favorite Americano Latte!" Sheza smiled and walked away.

Alex just stared quietly at the girl stepping away, then took a deep breath and took a slow sip of the rest of the coffee.