(Not) The Substitute

Eps 61 - Mother-in-law

Elsa wakes up in her room in Olga's apartment, holding her heavy head. After gathering all his consciousness, he got up and went to the bathroom to clean himself up.

"I was drunk" Elsa muttered as she tried to recall the incident last night, which Elsa remembers only Jimmy gave her a drink.

After bathing and feeling refreshed, Elsa went out of the room and found Olga preparing breakfast.

"Good morning, Bebs. Wake up you're the end" Olga said.

"Last night who brought me home?" ask Elsa while poking the chocolate jam on the dinner table.

"Jimmy, he said you were drunk. You even threw up in Jimmy's car" Olga said, which made Elsa gawk.

"Geez, my stupid. What does he say?" ask Elsa

"Don't say anything, oh yeah breakfast gih, this afternoon there's another photo shoot"

"Yes, thank you, Ga" said Elsa and Olga just showing her witty smile.

"I haven't found a side job, Ga. So sorry yes until now I am still hitchhiking" said Elsa embarrassed.

"What the hell is it, I'm glad you're here" Olga said, laughing "I'm a friend, and you better focus on your career. If your career has been smooth, you can even buy your own house here" said Olga encouraged Elsa and Elsa nodded in agreement.

"I'll work hard, I promise" said Elsa, who made Olga laugh.

"Good girl"

..........

OSEK may be a pleasant time or it can be annoying for some people, but for Elnaz it's a fun thing and he really enjoys it. Elnaz also made new friends there besides Andy.

The suit of Ospek activities is completed, Elnaz and Andy rest while waiting for the invitation of Elnaz.

"El, like one of our seniors has a crush on you deh.." said Andy after he gulped water from his bottle.

"Cooking? Who?" ask Elnaz.

"That's..." Andy was referring to a student who was quite handsome and at this time the man was looking at them, or rather Elnaz.

"I think I've known him before." muttered Elnaz while returning the man's gaze.

"Ah, he's Robin." cried Elnaz later.

"Robin's? Robin who?" ask Andy curious.

"A supermarket worker, at that time he had taken me to the hospital said Kak Arfan" replied Elnaz.

"Oh, he deserves to see you continue" said Andy again.

Elnaz took the initiative to meet Robin and Robin welcomed the arrival of Elnaz with a warm smile.

"Hi.." greet Robin with a smile on her lips.

"Hi, college here?" ask Elnaz.

"Yupz, um I didn't expect you to go to college here as well" Robin said again.

"Yes, thank you for taking me to the hospital"

"Yes, same thing. Was that the man who was your husband?" robin asked again and Elnaz nodded with a knotty smile, Robin could only smile thinly and also nodded her head nod.

"Oh yeah, it's Andy, my friend" Elnaz introduces Andy who comes after him.

The three of them chatted and immediately looked familiar. But suddenly Arfan came to interrupt the chatter of the three young men.

"Sir Arfan, it has come." said Elnaz.

"Bike the bike" answered Andy "When I wanted to take Elnaz on the bike, so remember the time of our High School, El." he said to Elnaz.

"Hehe yes" replied Elnaz.

"Memorating the memory of time.." grumbled Arfan "You remember the same time people's wives?" her cynical question made Andy laugh.

"We've been together a long time, so we have a lot of memories, don't we?" ask Andy again who made Arfan snort. Like Robin could only watch the three humans while smiling knots.

"Already, let's go home" asked Arfan.

"Bye, Brother Robin..." Elnaz waved at Robin which of course made Arfan burn jealous, what else Elnaz smiled broadly at Robin and Robin also waved his hand at Elnaz and smiled widely.

While in the car, Arfan grumbled because Elnaz was close to the man on his campus.

"I've reminded you, honey. Do not get close to students on campus, later they interpret it with something else you know" said Arfan who made Elnaz sigh long.

"Oh Allah, dear Brother Arfan. It was just Andy with Brother Robin, Brother Robin had helped El at that time, and El just said thank you"

"Sister Robin?" arfan asked with great emphasis "Romantics is calling your senior, El" Arfan again grumbled.

"Sir Arfan, it's not romantic, just respect because he's older than El" replied Elnaz again. Arfan just snorted and was reluctant to reply to his wife's remarks. Seeing her husband who was like her sulking because of jealousy, Elnaz also swung spoiled in the arms of the husband.

"Aryan's brother is jealous?" elnaz asked his end and Arfan nodded honestly, making Elnaz giggle amusedly.

"You're a teenager, still beautiful, must have had a lot of fancies for you, El. What's more the college students, they are also younger than me, I'm afraid you feel more comfortable with them" said Arfan who showed that he was also insecure because he was adrift of age quite far with Elnaz. Elnaz who realized that her husband was insecure was even stunned for a moment but then he smiled amusedly.

"No one can make El comfortable more than Brother Arfan" said Elnaz sincerely who managed to publish a smile of relief on the lips of the husband.

..........

After taking Elnaz home, Arfan returned to the hospital to continue his work. While at home, Elnaz was busy cleaning the house as usual because this morning he did not have time.

After she finished cleaning the house, Elnaz took a bath and then relaxed while waiting for her husband to come home.

Elnaz opened his phone and surfed on social media until again Elsa's photo surprised him.

Elnaz also saw more and more photos of Elsa's photo shoot in Elsa's social media posts.

Even more and more people who follow Elsa social media and like her Elsa also already have fans.

Elnaz tried to contact her sister but her number was off.

"Did he change the number?" muttered Elnaz confused.

Just as Elnaz was about to put down his phone as it rang, Elnaz frowned in confusion as the name of Aunt Yuni was on his phone screen. It's unusual for her mother-in-law to call Elnaz.

"Assalamualaikum, Aunt" greeted Elnaz after he answered his call.

"Greetings waalaikum, El. Is it home, El?"

"Yes, Aunt. Em Kak Arfan is again working" said Elnaz because he thought his in-laws must be looking for his son.

"Yes, Mama knows your husband works. Mama does want to talk to you, we have not talked for a long time" said his mother-in-law's words certainly make Elnaz feel confused but also happy. What else because Bu Yuni mentioned the word Mama, not Auntie.

"Ep.. What do you want to say, Auntie?" ask Elnaz again.

"Kok nanya so the same as your mother-in-law, El. Yeah just want to talk, Mama's home alone, Papa's working. Oh yeah, your college gimna? Smoothly? Have you made new friends yet? Andy said he was also studying at the same college?"

Elnaz laughed at the successive questions of his mother-in-law

He answered them one by one and Elnaz felt his mother-in-law was no longer sniffling at him.