6 Hot Air

    Arriving at home, Nuansa was greeted by her parents who were surprised by her rapid return.

"Why are you coming home so early? Was everything went well?" asked Durah, she was even more surprised to see Nuansa who looked annoyed.

Nuansa was about to answer everything with honesty, but a thought crossed her mind, 'If I say that Neptunus is pervy and an annoying person, surely they will tell me to stop from this job because they will be fear of something bad will happening to me. Yet if I think about it, Neptunus doesn't seem to have any malice towards me. And I can't stop here, as long as Neptunus doesn't go too far for me, I'll keep going and won't let anyone tell me to back away even if that guy's behavior is annoying.'

"Of course everything is fine, mom," replied the girl.

"Are you sure?" It was Arfan's turn to ask.

"My face doesn't show it, dad?"

"That's not what it means, Nuansa. You're coming home too early, a first-time business meeting with a client takes only one hour and fifteen minutes? Really? One hour is your commute time from here to the restaurant, and from the restaurant to home. So, what did you guys take to talk about in fifteen minutes?" added Durah.

"We ... We just eat and make agreements, agreements and regulations. The rest is done, we just need to meet face to face and ... yeah, what else?"

"Only fifteen minutes?"

"Emh ... Time is gold for Neptunus, so he doesn't want to waste time getting acquainted with someone who will only be his girlfriend for a month."

"Hmmm, I see. How is Neptunus?"

"He ... He ... He is a good man."

"And?"

"Friendly enough and ... a little tall."

"So his height is a bit far from you?"

"Yes."

'And arrogant,' thought Nuansa.

Durah and Arfan then glanced at each other.

"Ok. That means starting tomorrow you are his girlfriend and starting tomorrow you will get your first wage," said Durah.

"Yup, that's right," said Nuansa.

"Ok, let's come in."

'Huft, I'm safe,' thought Nuansa.

***

The moon has changed with the sun, Nuansa prepares to welcome the day and do her activities as usual: selling cassava chips.

"Are you sure you want to sell chips again?" asked Arfan to his daughter as the girl is preparing to leave.

"Dad, it does not mean that because we will get so much money from Neptunus, we will leave our chips. We must be active in making money, no matter the amount we get," said Nuansa.

"But what about Neptunus? You are his girlfriend from today," said Durah.

"He's only going to need me from the afternoon to the evening, take it easy."

"How do you know?" asked Durah.

"He's a businessman, so he must be busy."

"You just guessing, right? Don't be like that, Nuansa."

"Mom, don't worry, my guess must be right."

"Alright, I have to go," continued the girl who immediately left after greeting her parents.

Nuansa walked out of the narrow alley of where her house is and intended to go around to the usual places where she sells her cassava chips. When Nuansa came out of the alley where her house is, she saw a luxury car parked across the alley of her house. This is the first time the girl saw a luxury car circulating in her neighborhood.

But Nuansa chose to be ignorant and didn't think about the car, moreover, she immediately got her first customer when she left the alley. Her first customer today is a woman with her toddler riding a motorcycle. This woman is Nuansa's regular customer, so she and Nuansa are quite close, and they talk for a while.

"Whose car is that, huh?" asked the woman.

"The one parked over there?" Nuansa asking back without looking at the luxury car she meant and the woman meant. Because the car they mean is the same: a car parked across the alley of Nuansa's house.

"Yes. I never saw a luxury car here."

"I don't know, at first I was a little surprised. What kind of rich person who wants to visit here? I never thought of it, so when I saw that luxury car, I was also surprised, but never mind, why should we think about it, it's not our car, so it's not our business."

"Hahahaha, you're right. I'm leaving first, I have to cook for lunch."

Nuansa ignoring the woman's words because she suddenly focused on the woman's daughter. The toddler keeps looking at Nuansa, but Nuansa is not sure that the sight of the toddler's eyes is on her.

"Nuansa! Nuansa!" called the woman.

"Huh? What?" said Nuansa who just realized that the two of them are going home.

"I'll go home."

"Oh, yeah, thank you so much."

"You're welcome."

After that woman and her daughter left, Nuansa frowned because she's still confused by the woman's daughter.

"She was looked at me? What's wrong with me?" muttered the girl while looking over her body. "Nothing," she continued.

Nuansa then squatted and grabbed her basket and intends to continue her selling-cassava-chips activity.

'But it looks like she was looked behind me,' thought Nuansa, she then got back to her feet without lifting her basket.

Nuansa felt a hot air behind her as she stood up, so she turned around and found Neptunus who's only 20 cm away from her. Because of their close distance, Nuansa was hit Neptunus and immediately fell backward because she was shocked by the presence of Neptunus.

But fortunately, Neptunus swiftly supported Nuansa's body so that the girl did not fall and their position is just like a dancing couple.

Neptunus and Nuansa engage in prolonged eye contact by the side of the street, a very common place. But a moment later, both of them 'came back to their senses'.

"I've been waiting for you," said Neptunus.

Instead of speaking either, Nuansa slapped Neptunus' cheek hard enough, Neptunus then screamed a little bit.

"What's wrong with you?! Why did you slap me?!" asked Neptunus while they are still in the same position.

"What are you doing?! Let me go! It's by the side of the street! What do people think of us later?! Besides, I am not willing to be in a position like this with you!" said Nuansa.

"Then? What's the problem with people's minds?"

"People will think nonsense about us! Gosh! Your brain has been completely buried by your dirty minds!"

"Ok, the just see. Hey people! Look at us! We are in a position this woman is not willing to do with me!" exclaimed Neptunus.

"Hey! Are you crazy?! Yuck! You are crazy! Get off me!" Nuansa tries to free herself from Neptunus, but Neptunus' hands are too big, so she can't free herself.

"Hey, people! Why don't you see us?! You see, right? No one cares about us," said Neptunus. Nuansa then slapped him for a second time and make the man a little shocked and immediately release Nuansa.

And of course, Nuansa dropped down because Neptunus released her.

"Ah!" screamed Nuansa.

"Hey, you are a cassava chips seller, huh?" said Neptunus, after rubbing his sore cheek, he then lifted the cassava chips' basket.

"Come with me to the car," the man continued.

"A-at least help me f-first!" said Nuansa who tried to get up, but Neptunus chose to ignore her and crossed to his car. Nuansa then catches him up after successfully getting up. The girl then got into Neptunus' car and found the man is eating her cassava chips.

Nuansa was about to protest, but Neptunus immediately covered the girl's mouth with his index finger until Nuansa's spit was smudged.

"But those chips are-"

"Shhh. Just shut up, I'll pay for all of these. Check the backseat, I've bought bras of all sizes for you because I don't know your bra size." Neptunus interrupted Nuansa.

'Gosh, this man is insane,' thought Nuansa.