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Dawn began to rise, warm sunlight illuminated the gloomy city that Ran lived in.

Ran woke up feeling very tired.

Is it morning already? What time is it? Ran looked at his watch. At 6, I have to prepare breakfast. Hopefully ‘that person hasn't woken up yet.

Ran got up from his bed, he stretched his body first before starting his morning activities.

His eyes accidentally captured an old photo that was displayed in the corner of his room.

Ran was silent and stared at the photo for a long time, in the photo, there is a woman who looks young, with long white hair dangling while smiling warmly, and with a long smile, and hold a toddler who has the exact same hair as him.

Ran just kept quiet without commenting.

Until he stopped daydreaming and stood up.

Never mind, better make breakfast

Ran headed for the kitchen, his father still asleep drunk, Ran looked at his father for a while with a sad look.

Why did you turn out like this?

Ran's father was in a very miserable condition, his body was fat and dirty from not being properly cared for, his excessive alcohol consumption started to damage his body.

Ran has tried many times to resuscitate his father, but all his efforts failed because his father had no desire to change.

Ran had long given up on healing his father, he chose to focus on his life. Even in the depths of his heart, he still had hope for his father to return to the way he was before.

For now it is better to focus on making breakfast first, what are the ingredients in the kitchen?

Ran checks the kitchen to find food ingredients that can be processed to be breakfast.

Rot tawari, eggs, and half-rotten vegetables? I have to buy some more groceries, to make a sandwich now.

The kitchen that was originally quiet, became a little more lively.

Tracks. Tracks. Tracks.

Cshhh....

The sound of a knife cutting vegetables and colliding with a cutting board, and the sound of oil hissing when heated, made the atmosphere in a quiet kitchen more lively.

Ran fries the eggs as a sandwich filling, he also adds some vegetables such as tomatoes and celery to make it healthier.

After the cow's eye egg matures, Ran lifts it, not forgetting to slightly swing her eggs up and down to lower the excess oil on top of the egg.

Then Ran put the cow's eye egg on the Bread, then he added some vegetables on top of the egg.

Does it feel like there is less? What's yah? Oh yea!

Ran flicked his finger as he remembered something, he walked towards the refrigerator and picked up a bottle.

"Mayon! Almost an oblivion."

Ran smeared mayonnaise on top of vegetables, then re-stacked the bread as the last layer. Then the rectangular bread was cut into triangles. He put the sandwich on a small plate, one for him, and another for his father.

Ran took his portion of the sandwich, then ate it deliciously.

It is good, even though the vegetables are less fresh. Oh yea! I forgot about part time.

Ran recalled something important, he rushed to his room, then picked up his phone that was inside the bag. He hastily opened the messaging app and saw a message from a contact named ‘bos'

Fill message.

16:30. Hello Ran, don't forget the night shift today.

17:00. Ran? Why haven't you read my message?

17:30am. This is not funny Ran!

20:00. Ahey! Is it dead, huh?

06:27. Facing now to Ran's office!

"Well, the boss is angry, what about my fate now? Ah shit!"

Ran thought about what he should do, he had missed his shift and had made his boss furious.

"Just meet me first."

“Haup” Ran devours his sandwich round and round

He then immediately changed clothes and took his bag, he was a little troubled by the rush, as a result, he was wearing clothes carelessly.

The clothes she was wearing were very tangled and dirty, but she did not care and went straight to her workplace.

The clock shows the time of 09:20, a time that is still classified as morning on the weekend, only a few people who have been up and on the move.

Ran heads to a fast food restaurant that there are only a few in the city.

A large board reading ‘Buka’ adorns the entrance of the restaurant, Ran as quickly as possible towards the back door. Just before he grabbed the doorknob, the door had been pulled back, a tall man appeared from behind the door.

“Huwaaa, Ran! You surprise me!”

“Oh Bob, sorry, hurry up!”

“Hehe, well I know why, you've made a big mess well boy”

“Whispering ah! Step aside, what do you want to do anyway?”

“You need to take out the trash, want to be thrown away too?”

“No, you think I'm trash?”

“Minip”

“Woi! damn you!”

“Hehe joking, don't get angry constantly, later fast old”

“Mitos to trust"

“Not a myth, it's been a lot of proof”

“Halah! ja-“

“Woi! Ran, have you come? Quick in! Don't keep talking!” The sound of screaming from inside the restaurant kitchen, makes Ran's conversation with Bob stop. They looked at each other silently in shock.

“Ummm, Ran, continue later yah”

“Oh ok, sorry to disturb, please continue”

Ran walked into the restaurant with a little fear, even though he was a Hyper, he still felt intimidated by his boss.

In the kitchen of the restaurant, there is a lot of busyness, some are frying chicken, and some are cutting potatoes. Among the busyness, there was a woman in her 30s who was washing dishes and glasses.

Not until Ran to where the woman is, the woman has realized first with the presence of Ran. He looked back.

“Come finally! Where have you been from yesterday?” The woman immediately questioned Ran with a loud voice and sounded rude.

“A-anu, yesterday I.... eeeeee.... overslept maybe?”

Brake!!!!!

“Woi boy! You think this restaurant has your father? Don't be so happy!” The woman kicked down the sink and scolded Ran

“....” Ran just shut up and looked down

“No other defense makes more sense?”

“....” Ran remained silent without even answering.

“Hhhhh, no, I'm sorry for now, but instead, you should take 2 shifts today”

“Eh? That's all?”

“You wish what it was? Want your salary to cut a month?”

“Eh, no really, no, ummm, ja-so, thank you boss.” Ran thanked while lowering his head.

“Iya, it's fast there change clothes, the important thing please do not repeat this thing”

“Every boss!”

A sense of pleasure and relief was felt in Ran's heart, he immediately went to the dressing room to change into a restaurant uniform.

Thankfully, even though the boss was fierce, he never gave too heavy a punishment.

Ran immediately changed into a restaurant uniform and then hurriedly went to the kitchen to work.

When he came out of the dressing room, he accidentally almost collided with a woman.

“Uahhhh, Amy! Almost got hit by”

“Loh Ran? Where the hell have you been? Why wasn't there yesterday?”

“Yahhh, yesterday there was a little problem”

“Hah? What problems? You-you weren't hurt, were you? Are you sick? What pain?”

“Not really, justaaaaaa, just a small problem, not a serious problem, and I am also in good health kok.”

“Thank God if so, if you have a problem just say well to me, do not dipendak yourself because it is not good!”

“I-iya, thanks Amy”

The woman is Amy, one of the female employees at the restaurant where Ran works. She was a beautiful woman with long jet black hair and a petite little body.

Not a few male employees who fell in love with Amy to try to approach her. But unfortunately, no one manages to be Amy's boyfriend.

Ran managed to get close to Amy because when Amy became an employee at the beginning, Ran often helped her. Good at cooking, keeping the cashier table, doing friendly service, and cleaning the restaurant.

Uwahhhhhh, Amy is so beautiful, she is so considerate and kind.

And of course, Ran also falls in love with Amy, though she doesn't dare to approach Amy for feeling so inferior.

“Oh yes Amy, what do you want to do to the dressing room?”

“I want to take my phone, it seemed to miss in tas”

“Owh, let me just get you”

“No need, I don't want to trouble you”

“It's okay, I don't mind kok”

Brak!!!

“Hoi, don't date in front of the locker room door!, here you are Ran, don't laze around!” Boss Ran called out to Ran from the direction of the kitchen tightly.

The atmosphere became awkward due to the boss's screams.

“Ummmm, see you Amy”

“Ah yes, spirit well it works”

The two of them split up, Ran went into the kitchen and was willing to do his part.

“Ma-Sorry boss because long time, what can I do?”

“Fry potatoes only there, now more orders french fries”

“Every boss!”

“Usakan not long!”

“Good boss, I'll work on”

Quickly, Ran made an order of fries. Starting from peeling the skin of the potato, cutting it into several parts, cleaning it, to frying it with perfect maturity.

“Avonly ready!!”

“There is an order for sets of 3 and 7, please prepare” immediately

“Baikkk”

“There are customers who are asking for compensation 2 burgers and 1 serving of french fries because there is hair in the food, please prepare”

“Iyaaa”

The activity in the kitchen continued until noon.

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Plaque! Srettts

The sound of a wet mop was clearly heard inside the restaurant. It looks like Ran is mopping a dirty floor because of the customer's footprints.

Hufft, just mop the floor, after that I can go home

Ran's work time is over, he works from morning to night to replace his work time that was previously missed.

“Hoi Ran! Is it finished yet?” The boss of the restaurant came from the kitchen to check on Ran's condition.

“Oh boss! A little more bos”

“Ok, if you have told me, I will be in the kitchen to arrange the dishes” The restaurant boss goes back into the kitchen.

The boss of this fast food restaurant is quite famous for his very firm tone of voice. Even so, he was actually very gentle and kind to his workers.

He rarely gives very heavy punishments such as cutting the salary of his employees. Ran also felt grateful for getting a good boss like him.

Sip finished, just report it out home.

Ran had finished mopping, he put the mop in the bucket and was about to go to the warehouse, but he went first to the kitchen to report to his boss.

“Bos, I'm done”

“Ok, put the cleaning equipment back to the warehouse, after that we go home."

“Baik”

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Cklek.

The restaurant boss locked the door. Ran stood in the back.

“Sip! It's locked, let's go home”

“Good boss, until tomorrow”

“Yes, be careful on the road, tomorrow please come on your shift."

“Good boss, thanks”

They both split in opposite directions. With their backs to each other.

While walking, Ran checked his Handphone to see the time. The clock on his Handphone shows 11 p.m.

Grandma's shop should still be open, right? Stop by before you go home.

Ran went to a small store, this store was a normal store that sold food items such as vegetables to meat. The owner is a grandmother who is well known by Ran.

“Excuse Nek Ima” Ran to grill from the outside, silent, no one answered his call.

“Halo excuse me.” Ran returned with a firmer tone.

“Yes yes, who? What's up yah?” A hoarse voice came from inside the shop.

There was the sound of a door lock being opened, a shop door was opened, from inside the store, came out a grandmother who looked tired.

“Halo nek Ima, sorry to interrupt the nights, I want to buy nek” Ran vegetables greet the grandmother very politely.

“Oh you yeah! What's your name? If not salahhhh..... Run yeah!? Aye right?”

“Ran nek, my name is Ran”

“Oh Yes Rannnn!! Hehe, how are you doing, son? I haven't seen you in weeks. Last time you bought my trade, right?”

“Healthy really, I at that time deliberately pushed to make stock a few weeks. Sorry Grandma, I rarely come here again because busy” Ran replied with half lying.

“Ohhhh, if you are busy you're okay, the important thing is that you are healthy and healthy. Oh yeah, what were you here for?"

“I want to buy some nek” groceries

“Ohhhh, then, let's go in here son, most grandmother merchandise already grandmother entered into” Nek Ima walked into the store while bowing.

“Good grandma, thank you, excuse” Ran follow nek Ima slowly.

In the store, there are some food ingredients to kitchen spices, some covered with plastic.

“Come on, please choose first, then take it to grandma just make it count. Uh for a second, the price list is where? Grandma search first yah” Nek Ima left Ran to find a list of trading prices.

Ran focus on choosing the items you want to buy.

Buy eggs, bread, cabbage, tomatoes, chili, lettuce, soy sauce, salt, and sugar, what else is it? Hm? Looks like the lettuce is less fresh, this one seems fresher huh? Or the same?

Ran is very focused on choosing ingredients with good quality, it is quite difficult to get fresh vegetables in the store nek Ima. Because most vegetables are sold by nek Ima long enough, so less fresh.

However, the price is very cheap compared to the market, making Ran keep buying vegetables at the store nek Ima.

Yosh, it seems like this is enough.

Ran had already decided on what kind of food he would buy. He went towards the nek Ima who was looking for a price list around the cashier.

“Nek Ima, I'm done”

“Oh yes, incidentally grandma still just met the price list, briefly weighed first yah”

Nek Ima picked up some of the items Ran was going to buy, then weighed some items to count.

“Tomat 1 kilogram, eh? It's 1 or 7 well?”

“1 Kilogram nek”

“Oh yes, meaning 1 kilogram tomato. Then, is this onion or garlic?”

“I bought two of them nek”

“Oh yes? Means 1 kilogram garlic, and 2 kilogram red onion. Means soiii....? Eeee..”

“So 3 kilograms of nek, but usually the price of garlic and onion is split”

“Yes, right, right, grandma remember. Meaning next....”.

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“Means the total is 23 Tarc yah”

“Good Nek, here's the money”

“Thanks well nak”

“I'm the one who thanks Nek”

[TARC] A new currency that was officially adopted 15 years ago. This currency was used after the world economy was destroyed due to massive losses due to ‘Monster Attack" and the emergence of Gate.

The whole world, too, decided to work together by removing the entire border between countries, so that everyone could enter and exit into other countries easily.

To control the economy, governments are working together to create new currencies to facilitate every transaction made by foreigners and natives. Although it takes 1 year more so that all people in the world can adapt to the new currency.

This form of money, in the form of a special metal in black with gold numbers to show its value.

“Haha, you are well, Grandma who should be grateful, thanks to you who often shop here, Grandma's store still survives”

“It's okay Grandma, I also like shopping here”

“Already, you should quickly go home before the night. Be careful on jalan”

“Iya Nek, thank you. I pampered du”

Ran stepped out of Nek Ima's Shop, Nek Ima looked at Ran from behind with a warm and friendly look.

Night streets as usual, quiet and dark, Ran relied on the light of Remang-Remang from the street lights that had been almost damaged.

When did the lights get replaced? Stingy government policy.

Only alone on the streets, able to make people bored, Ran is not an exception. He twirled the plastic bag containing his groceries while humming.

“Hmm... Hmmmm... Hmmm..”

While walking, Ran recalled his memories with Nek Ima when he first knew about Nek Ima.

When Ran was a child, he was often invited by his mother to shop for groceries, Nek Ima is the place where Ibu Ran's subscription has been for a long time. And from there Ran knows Nek Ima.

In the past, Nek Ima Store was not as small as now, the store was quite large, even Nek Ima was able to hire employees to serve customers.

And among her customers, Ibu Ran was her loyal customer. Almost every day he shopped at the store nek Ima.

The relationship between the two of them is very close, so Nek Ima wants to help the Ran family when it falls, even though it makes Nek Ima have to lose big.

Because he felt indebted, Ran remained a subscription in the store nek Ima, although cheap prices remain the main reason.

Today is not bad, tomorrow is the same.

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Many people say, so as not to expect too much at something that is uncertain. And this time Ran understood the meaning of that sentence.

In the middle of a smelly and dirty little alley, Ran was sculpted with a contrived expression. In front of him was Michael along with his gang, they were gathered in the middle of a small alley while smoking and drinking alcohol.

Those who were initially busy chatting about something while throwing curses at each other, looked at Ran with indifferent eyes, looking at each other, but that look turned into a happy look when it realized who was in front of them.

Although their happy view is not a friendly and friendly view, but the view of wild animals who are happy with the arrival of their prey.

Ran forced a stiff smile to at least be free from this situation.

“Ha-Halo friends...”.