I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
28. Dilemma 2

A Bistrot on the outskirts of town looks quite crowded when the time enters lunch hour. Almost all tables filled by visitors, whether it's in pairs or alone.

One of them, Ariel, was sitting by the window with a plate of pasta in front of her. His eyes stared out the window propping up his chin, looking at a chocolate shop across the bistrot where he was.

Across the street, Joel was with Christina. Pushing each other around and laughing. Christina seems to be enjoying her time with Joel.

'Why does it feel like this now? What's wrong with me?' grunts in the heart.

His hands were stirring up the pasta that was in front of him. When a voice rebukes him.

"Excuse me, can I sit with you, miss?" soft sap.

"No, look for another empty chair" Ariel replied flatly without turning her head.

"Did Joel and the other woman disturb your mind, Ariel?" ask again.

The question seemed to wake him up and make him look up in shock. Even more surprised when he knew the man who greeted him was Bram who was still smiling where he stood.

"A-A-what are you doing here?" asked Ariel stuttered.

" Isn't that the obvious answer?"welcome Bram to hold back the laughter.

"Don't make fun of me,!" welcome Ariel to advance her lips.

"If you want to sit down, then sit down. But if you don't, then you better go!" continued.

Bram chuckled while pulling the chair in front of Ariel. His face smiled triumphantly as Ariel's face began to turn red.

"What's troubling your mind,?" bram asked after his laughter subsided.

"And you're gonna make fun of me after you get the answer?" welcome Ariel narrowing her eyes.

"Are you following me?" search Ariel.

Bram was back in silence while covering his face.

"Trust me, I'd really like to do it. And it was very easy for me" Bram replied in his laughter. " But I don't do things that low because I respect you" he continued.

His face turned serious quickly as he said the last sentence. Making Ariel stunned for a moment.

In his memory, Bram's warm attitude like this is what made him fall in love at that time. The look of his sincere eyes was seen again in his eye pelubuk.

'Thicken it! Why is he showing this attitude again,!' he lamented in hi.

"Awww," complained Ariel as Bram pulled his nose.

"What the hell," he said.

"Mistake it yourself you daydream," ledek Bram.

"I'm not daydreaming" Ariel denied.

"Did you see your face, Ariel?" bram Goda. " There's an apple on your cheek when you lie" he continued.

Ariel's face turned red to hear Bram's words that managed to corner her. With a last resort, Ariel turned her face away, looking back out the window.

"Please order you, sir," said a servant laying a meal in front of Bram.

"thank you. Ah yes, please combine the bill with mine, we are together" Bram said, pointing at Ariel with his finger.

"Well," greeted the waiter with a friendly smile.

Ariel turned her head for a moment and turned her face back when her eyes met Bram.

"That means, you let me treat you, right?" asked Bram grinning.

"Do as you please" Ariel turned her head for a moment and turned her face back

"Is the food bad?" tanya Bram tried to keep talking to Ariel.

"Once," Ariel answered raising her shoulders without turning her head.

"That means you haven't eaten?" ask Bram again, "you're just stirring up your food. As far as I can remember, you don't really like pasta," she continued.

"I don't even know why I ordered it" Ariel replied.

Ariel starts to set her sights on Bram. Exhale deeply and stare at the food that Bram ordered. Then gulped his saliva while biting his lips.

"Eat it," Bram gave his food. "And let me eat this" Bram pulled the pasta plate in front of Ariel.

"Eeehh, no, no, no" Ariel held Bram's hand to take over the plate.

"I don't know what it's going to be like" Ariel said. " In addition to being cold, I've been stirring up this food like a toy" Ariel explained.

"I'm amazed you've noticed it" continued Bram.

"Do you think something like this is my first time?" sindir Bram raised his eyebrows

"Hey,,, come on. Jagan brought up the past," Ariel replied with a reddened face. "At the same time it was you for making me wait" he added.

"And it pisses you off to order something you don't like and ask me to eat it after you're satisfied playing with your food" Bram said.

They couldn't hold back their laughter. Bram gently raised Ariel's hand from his hand as they stopped laughing.

"I don't have a problem eating this. Then, for you to eat this,! Isn't this your favorite food?" bram pulls Ariel's plate and gives Ariel her plate.

"But--,," Ariel hesitantly stared at the plate Bram had thrust at her.

In front of him, a plate of Meatloaf that is still warm in front of him. Bram had even plugged it into smaller pieces, making it easier for Ariel to eat it. Restore his appetite which was lost.

[Meatloaf is processed ground meat and various spices and eaten with barbeque sauce.very popular in the United States, especially north america.]

"Maoknlah (eat),! " Bram said with his mouth full, having already bribed his food.

"Akhan inghin alou tdhak de makhn (Will be cold if not eaten" he said again.

Ariel laughed seeing Bram continue to talk without swallowing his food first. Making a sauce stain stick to the corner of his lips.

"You really don't get rid of your bad habits, Bram" greeted Ariel in his laughter.

"Apaa?" Bram was still chewing his food while raising his eyebrows.

Ariel leaned her body on Bram with her hands outstretched, then wiped the sauce on the corner of Bram's lips with her thumb.

Bram was stunned for a while when their gazes met. His heart was beating faster as Ariel's face was very close to his.

'Is this just my feeling or does Ariel look prettier than before?' whispered heart.

Ariel raised her eyebrows when Bram suddenly turned stiff. Then put the back of his hand on Bram's forehead.

"Are you sick, Bram?" ask Ariel plain.

"T-No," replied Bram stammering.

Ariel tilted her head and moved away from Bram to sit in her own seat.

"Of course" Bram replied quickly.

Ariel raised her shoulders and began to bribe her food. But now it's Bram's turn not to touch his food anymore.

"Is the food strange?" ask Ariel. "I'll order another meal for you" he continued.

"No need, this is enough" Bram replied.

Bram regulated his breathing and calmed his heartbeat. He turned his gaze to the chocolate shop across from where they were sitting.

"May I ask you something, Ariel?" ask Bram.

"Yes, sure. What'sthat?" reply Ariel.

"Have you come here with Joel?" ask Bram.

As if she had just realized her question, Bram cursed himself for discussing Joel. He thought he was digging a hole for himself.

"No," Ariel replied casually.

"I accidentally saw him in that shop. And I also don't plan to say hello because he's with someone" said Ariel.

'Huuff,, thankfully, ' Bram's inner relief.

"What makes you so upset?" ask Bram again.

Ariel looked at Bram, then turned her face to the window for a few seconds and looked back at Bram.

"I wonder why I'm upset" Ariel answered, raising her shoulders.

"But to be honest, I'm better now" Ariel smiled.

"I know what will make you so much better" Bram said with a smile.

Ariel raised her eyebrows curiously and saw Bram raise his hand to call the maid.

As if it was a planned gesture, a servant came up with a tray containing Deesert and put down their spelling.

"When did you order it?" ariel asked widening her eyes.

Deesert who became his favoit presented in front of him. Ariel stared fixedly at Bram's face.

'He still remembers all my favorite foods, ' Ariel's inner self.

[Shoofly pie's. A typical American food made from buttercrumbs and molasses,]

"I ordered it while you were busy daydreaming by looking at Joel across the street with that flirtatious woman" Bram said.

"What do you mean flirtatious woman?" welcome Ariel to laugh.

"The woman is Cristina. He was once a patient of Joel's" Ariel explained.

"That's more horrible. You've been his patient, too" Bram said unhappily.

"Hey, it's not that scary, they're friends. And that's natural" Ariel replied.

"And you're also friends with Joel, Ariel. Don't forget that" Bram replied.

"Why are you the one who looks angry here?" welcome Ariel laugh blandly.

Bram's words slowly disturbed his mind. But immediately Ariel dismissed the thought so as not to control her heart.

"Can I punch him just once?" ucab Bram half whispered and then blinked his eyes.

"In your dream" Ariel put a white cream on Bram's nose.

"Ariellll,," Bram's protesting voice was only met with a light laugh by Ariel.

Ariel ate the deesert happily and left nothing behind. Growing a satisfied smile on Bram's face.

"Thank you, Bram" said Ariel breaking the silence.

"For?" tanya Bram frowned.

"Your life comforts me, and,,, the food you gave me," replied Ariel pointing to the empty plate on the table.

"Not a problem" Bram replied.

"But I'm curious about something" he continued.

"What's that?" ask Ariel.

"Why are you here?" ask Bram. "And please don't use my answer as the answer" he added.

"Alright," replied Ariel again chuckling softly.

"I've just come from a musical instrument repair shop. The cello in my workplace was broken, so I brought it in for repairs. And today the time promised by him that the Cello was done, so I took it," Ariel said.

"Why didn't you tell me?" bram protest.

"It happened when I just got out of the hospital, and you know what that means, right?" welcome Ariel to calm down.

Bram let out a long sigh before he said back.

"I can buy you a new cello, Ariel," Bram said.

"no need. That's the cello from where I work. And of course they have their own qualifications regarding the Cello they have" Ariel said.

"Then, just for you" Bram said.

"I already have one in my apartment, Bram. Thank you for the offer, I appreciate it, but I refused it" Ariel refused.

"alright. But in exchange, will you come with me? Just for a moment, I promise you'll be home before nightfall" Bram asked as he extended his hand.

"Where exactly?" ask Ariel.

"The place you'll like" Bram replied smiling.

Ariel weighed in on Bram's invitation for a moment.

'I didn't do anything after this, nor did I have any appointments with anyone. I don't think it would be bad if I went with him for a while. Think of it as distracting my mind. After all, he had changed, ' thought Ariel.

Ariel looked at Bram who was still waiting for her expectantly, as Ariel's hand stretched out to greet Bram's hand.

Bram smiled happily and hugged Ariel away after paying the bill from the bistrot where they enjoyed their lunch.

"Just leave your car, I'll ask someone to drive your car to your apartment safely" promised Bram, who was greeted with a nod to Ariel's head.

Unbeknownst to them, Joel had seen them from the moment Ariel wiped the corners of Bram's lips as they ate with a rumbling heart. Without knowing that Ariel also saw him with Christina.

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