
"Thank you for visiting our restaurant, I hope you are satisfied with our service" said Ami with a friendly smile at visitors who just finished paying.
The visitor just smiled and nodded, then left from there, while Ami exhaled tired, not tired from work, but tired because his head kept thinking about Fariz.
"You seem very tired Mi, if you are tired you can rest first who has already noticed Ami?" said a man who was a bartender there to Ami.
The distance from the bartender table with the cashier table is not too far away, Ami there did work as a cashier, with one other friend, but when there were no visitors, in the morning he usually helps other employees work, for example, such as mopping or wiping tables and glass.
While Rini, she prefers to be waiters or waiters, because she says if she does not like to stay too long in one place, she will be easy to get bored, if you have to sit at the cashier table, if you have to sit at the cashier table, all time.
The working system there is full time, does not use a shift system, the restaurant is open from seven in the morning and will close at 10 pm, he said, but there are breaks at certain hours with each other alternating.
"No need for me to be okay" said Ami smiling at the man who was three years older than him.
The man just nodded at Ami's reply, before long another waiter came to the bartender's table, giving a note containing the menu of drinks desired by visitors.
Ami watched around the restaurant, until his attention was diverted to the sound of the phone next to the cash register that sounded, he immediately picked up the phone in a friendly manner.
"Hello with Alanya Resto, how can we help you?"
'To my room now, I need your help.'
Hearing the orders from inside the phone, Ami frowned in surprise, knowing that the one who called her was Fariz.
"But at this time I am busy, sir," declined Ami.
'What I see is not like that, you from a few minutes ago were just daydreaming, behind the counter.'
Ami just poked her lips slowly, hearing Fariz's innuendo-like speech.
"But—"
'I wait.'
Ami stared in disbelief at the now-silent phone, Fariz cut off his words and just turned off the phone.
"Why Mi? Who just called?" ask her who is next to her.
"Pak Fariz" said Ami.
"Who is Mr Fariz?" ask his friend who does not know Fariz's name.
"The person who replaced Bu Kia, his name was Mr. Fariz," said Ami, his friend only nodded in understanding.
"Why did he call you?"
"He asked me to go to his room, he said he needed help."
"Oh, if that's what you're going to do, here let me take care of it."
"It's okay if I go?" ami asked doubtfully.
"It's okay, you go, maybe he does need your help" said the friend.
"Yes, I go first, yes" said Ami who began to leave his place.
He walked with lazy steps, as he climbed one by one the stairs leading to Fariz's room, after arriving, he tried to calm himself down and said that everything would be fine.
Slowly his hand began to move, knocking on the door and as before, he did not get any sayings from inside the room, he took the initiative to open the door immediately.
"Good afternoon sir" said Ami as she entered the room.
"Sit down" Fariz ordered, pointing to the chair across from his desk, with an eye gesture.
"Well sir," said Ami continued to step, until his step stopped in front of the table and pulled a chair.
"What do you need help with?" ami asked not daring to stare at Fariz's face for too long.
"It was just a form of formality as subordinate to his superiors. Or do you want me to call you sir?" ami asked to look at Fariz at a glance, after which he again threw his gaze in another direction.
"Call me as usual" said Fariz, still staring at Ami without taking a second away from Ami.
"But—"
"Call me as before or your salary I cut!" threatening Fariz, made Ami look at him with enlarged eyeballs that even made Fariz want to laugh, but as hard as he could try to keep his expression.
"Can't do that, what right do you have to cut people's salaries carelessly, I didn't do anything wrong" protested Ami.
"I'm your boss now, I'm entitled to do that, because you've made a mistake. And your mistake is to refute what I'm telling you" Fariz said casually.
Ami looked at Fariz with annoyance, why the man who usually looks grown up, now so childish like that, whether the person in front of him is the same as the person who had been his girlfriend for a few months.
Maybe because he was married so his attitude also changed. Inner Ami.
"Alright, so what do I need to help—"
"Your talking style should also be like a few months ago," Fariz's cut made Ami tick.
"Is that important?" ami asked in annoyance.
"It's important, because let me feel comfortable talking to you," Fariz said, nodding confidently.
Ami sighed deeply, trying to be patient with the man who somehow became such a bitch.
"Alright Mas Fariz, what can Ami help," said Ami with a forced tone.
Fariz tried his hardest not to smile, he was currently like a teenager who had just been in front of the woman he loved so much, as if he was able to make the room that was originally pitch black, as if he was able to make the room completely dark, decorated with twinkling stars is also a colorful and glowing aurora in the middle of darkness.
"This helps me check this out, my eyes feel tired, maybe because I'm not fully healed yet" Fariz told Ami.
"All right," said Ami, taking the file and starting to look at it.
"This isn't a restaurant report five months back, what's the need to check this out?" ami looked at Fariz in surprise.
"Of course it is necessary, at this time I am trusted to run this restaurant, that means I have to know all about this restaurant from a few months, even from a few years back," said Fariz straightforwardly, as if that was the truth.
However, it was actually Fariz's alibi who wanted to stay near Ami for longer, after an unexpected encounter earlier this afternoon, he thought of a way to keep Ami in his room for longer.
Fariz also looked at the file in his hand, but his eyes occasionally looked towards Ami who was seriously staring at the paper in his hand.
"Later you report, the points of the report," Fariz said.
"Yes" said Ami without looking at him.
Fariz remained silent with Ami, for a while they seemed completely immersed in what they were doing, though Fariz occasionally looked towards Ami.
Slowly distracted by a notification from Fariz's phone, Ami was able to see the phone's screen at a glance, although it was unclear, but she was sure it was a chat notification, because he was willing to remember the tone of the chat from Fariz's phone.
Fariz started picking up his phone and before long, he smiled as he looked at the chat.
Hows it? You must be happy, you work there, don't say thank you.
Enjoy your time there, hopefully this time you get it again.
The two messages from the green chat app, a chat from Aaric, made him smile, not expecting Aaric to plan this.
Thank ye. The reply Fariz sent to Aaric.
What Fariz did, can not be separated from the attention of Ami who thinks, if the message on his phone it is a message from Cindy.
Mas Fariz seemed, happy with his marriage, even with just his message, he could smile like that. Inner Ami.