Bab 3

Lina and Angga walked together to the canteen while talking about themselves. Every class they passed was greeted with smiles by students who passed them. Lina, who saw them, felt that the decision her parents had taken was the right thing for her. .

Then after 5 minutes they walked from their class and arrived at the canteen which was very busy with students having snacks and quite a few of them were just accompanying their friends while joking.

"This is the main canteen of this school and actually there is another canteen but you have to wait for home time because the canteen is only open during home time." Angga said

"I'll go first, okay?" Angga continued as he walked towards his favorite place to buy Fried Noodles topped with chopped chicken.

Lina was then alone among the other students passing by and sat on a bench in the canteen while enjoying her food with her friends. Then Lina went around the canteen looking at the food she wanted.

The canteen is very large with an area like a large box and can accommodate 300 students in the canteen with around 100 shops open there. This canteen is divided into 2 doors, namely the back door which is connected directly to the school yard and the front door which is connected to the classroom hallway. .

Then Lina stopped in front of the hallway where the rope was attached and Lina saw an iron marker above the hallway that said "Canteen 2". Then Lina thought maybe this cafeteria was what Angga was referring to but she saw that from outside the hallway it was very dark with the lights on. it was still dead but there was a delicious smell coming from the hallway accompanied by the sound of someone cooking.

"Huh? There are sounds of people cooking from inside?" Lina said in front of the hallway while thinking about whether she would go in to check or not. Moreover, Lina felt that at this school there was nothing the same as what happened at her previous school.

After thinking that Lina had decided to enter the canteen, Lina crossed the line covering the canteen aisle and then started walking towards the very dark canteen.

After arriving at the canteen, Lina looked around to find the source of the sound and immediately saw a shop open inside with slightly dim lights.

Without thinking, Lina immediately walked towards the shop, then looked inside while calling the shop owner.

"Hello! Is there someone on guard?" Lina asked while looking around to find someone but all she saw was a dark place with several cafeteria benches and tables scattered around irregularly.

"Ahh, welcome. Can I help you with your order?" Answered a guy who suddenly appeared in the shop, smiling.

"Ahhh!!" Lina, who was shocked, fell to the floor.

"Ehh, are you okay?" The guy asked as he came out of the shop and helped her to stand up.

When the boy reached out his hand to Lina, Lina, who saw this, immediately became embarrassed and her face turned red as she took the boy's hand and started to stand up.

"T-thank you..." answered Lina

After Lina stood up and brushed off the dust on her uniform, the guy looked at Lina up and down before speaking.

"You're a new student, right? I've never seen you before." The boy asked Lina.

"Yeah... My name is Lina and I'm a new student here, actually a transfer student." Lina answered while remaining focused.

"I see... Oh yes, my name is Rasyid, nice to meet you..." Rasyid said while smiling at Lina.

Lina, who saw Rasyid's smile, smiled back. Then Lina saw the menu in one corner of the shop which made Lina curious and then asked Rasyid.

"Rasyid, if I may, can I ask you something?" Lina asked while looking at Rasyid.

"What?" Rasyid answered.

"This shop is open, right? But I saw that it said closed in front of the entry point." Lina asked Rasyid while looking around.

Rasyid, who heard this, thought for a moment while playing with his feet. Lina, who saw him, was a little confused as to why Rasyid, who was calm at first, suddenly had his feet moving as if he was restless.

"Oh, that... This shop is indeed open even though the sign says closed, then why did you come here if you saw the sign said closed.

Lina, who heard Rasyid's answer, then thought and asked herself why she still went in even though there was a closed sign on the hallway leading to the canteen.

"I don't know either... maybe I heard the sound of someone cooking and then the smell of the food was so fragrant that it made me walk alone to find out." Lina said

"Oh, that... That's me cooking and I'm preparing it for sale later. Do you want to try it?" Rasyid answered while advising him to try.

Lina, who heard this, felt happy because she could be the first to try Rasyid's new dish.

"Of course." Lina answered.

"Okay... Choose where you sit while I prepare it." Rasyid answered before starting to walk towards the kitchen to prepare Lina's.

Lina then sat not far from the kitchen as she looked around, which had the feel of a Japanese temple with several magic paper decorations with Japanese writing and lanterns as lights.

After a short time, Rasyid came back with a bowl of ramen and put it on Lina's table.

"Please enjoy." Rasyid answered before walking back towards the kitchen.

"Thank you..." Lina answered before she looked at the ramen.

Lina then realized that the ramen was exactly the same as the one she had eaten with her parents.

"This ramen..." Lina asked while confused then she started eating the ramen.

And how surprised she was to find that the taste of the ramen soup was exactly the same as the one she had eaten, Lina ate the ramen with gusto while shedding tears.

Rasyid, who saw Lina from the kitchen, just smiled before he washed the dishes while talking to someone.

"Look... He still likes your ramen even though it's been a long time." Rasyid answered while washing the dishes.

The figure then spoke to him.

"I see... I think the child has forgotten what I made..." said the figure as he wrapped his arms around Rasyid's neck and kissed his neck.

"How could it be... Besides, he's also one of your regulars, just like me... So it's not easy to forget the taste you made." Rasyid answered the figure while holding the figure's hand.

Rasyid then started to feel strange because the figure suddenly appeared in his canteen shop.

"So, you suddenly appeared here? It's very rare for you to appear at this time of the day, Lilias?" Rasyid answered while raising his eyebrows.

The figure was named Lilias, Lilias immediately put on a serious face and started talking to him.

"There's something I want to talk to you about. It's about "him"." Lilias answered