Abraham and Asyila 2

Superior Seeds

It's been over a week that Grandma left the world. For more than a week, neither Abraham nor Arshad, their first son, had no appetite.

“Mas, eat yes!” Asyila tried to persuade her husband who had been eating less frequently for a week.

“No, Syila. Mas is not wanting to eat,” reject Abraham and continue to look at Erna's face in the picture frame.

“Asyila knows Mas misses Grandma very much. But please eat a little, at least for Abraham's health. Look Arsyad! Our son does not even have an appetite like Mas,” said Asyila while holding back her tears that were preparing to fall.

Abraham lifted his head and immediately embraced his wife. He almost made his wife sad because of her long-lasting sadness.

“Please eat the food that Asyila made, even if only a little!” pinta Asyila was more precisely begging.

Abraham slowly realized his attitude instead made his little wife become worried about his health. He almost forgot, there are still his sons who need more attention from him and also the wife.

“Im sorry Mas ya Syila, please call the kids!” pinta Abraham's.

Asyila's smile again expanded and she rushed to call her two little sons who were in the vineyard of the late Grandmother's house.

“Arsyad! Ashraf!” call Asyila while waving her hands towards her two little sons.

Ashraf immediately ran to his mother, while Arsyad remained in the vineyard with a sad face.

“Honey, direct to the family room yes!” asyila pinta.

“Good, Mother,” reply Ashraf and run into the house.

Asyila walked over to her first son and embraced Arsyad's body lovingly.

“Mother knows, Arsyad must be sad and miss with Nek Yut. But, if Arsyad continues this way that there is Nek Yut will be sad in heaven. Arsyad wouldn't want to, right, see a sad Nek Yut in heaven?” ask Asyila.

“So, Arsyad should not be sad huh Mommy?”

“Iya darling, if you are Nek Yut happy in heaven. Arsyad has to smile a lot and eat a lot, Arsyad wants to make Nek Yut happy in heaven?”

Arsyad nodded repeatedly saying what his mother had said.

“Because Arsyad wants Nek Yut happy, let's have lunch together!”

Asyila breathed a sigh of relief as both her husband and Arsyad decided to return to eating. Asyila was very hopeful, that the husband and two young sons could eat food with enough portions.

“Dad... Arsyad wants to eat a lot so that Nek Yut is happy in heaven,” said Arsyad eagerly.

Abraham who was originally a lot of moody slowly began to show a smile on his face. He realized, it is not good to drag on in grief especially if it has a bad impact on his two young sons.

“Mother, want that one!” Ashraf excitedly pointed towards the capcay kuah that he could not reach.

“Mau capcay kuah babe?” ask Ashila to make sure.

“Iya Mother!”

Asyila took out a bowl containing her homemade capcay gravy. Carefully, Ashila poured it onto Ashraf's plate.

Ashraf who is a few months old again at the age of 4 years is very good at eating alone without having to be fed by the Mother.

“Now Arsyad wants to eat what side dish, baby?” ask Asyila who is now giving her attention to Arsyad.

“Arsyad want chicken thighs, Mother,” replied Arsyad.

Asyila smiled so much that her teeth were visible. Carefully he took the chicken thigh part for Arsyad who finally wanted to eat.

Of course Asyila was very happy with the wishes of her first son, because Arsyad more than a week just eat a few tablespoons of rice.

“Now it's Mas's turn that Syila should pay attention to!” pinta Abraham's.

“Alright, Mas. What do you want to eat now?” ask Asyila who was getting ready to pick up the dish her husband asked for.

“It looks like potato paste is better, all sambalnya,” sahut Abraham.

Asyila picked up the side dish that her husband had just mentioned. Afterwards, Abraham asked Arshad to lead the do'a before eating.

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Arsyad who was very close to his great-grandmother always told him at the funeral. Many things that Arsyad told and he also expressed his longing to the figure of an old woman who was very soft and humorous.

“Mas, what tomorrow we should already return to Bandung?” ask Asyila who actually does not want to return to Bandung.

“We can not linger here, there is still a lot of work that has not been done. If Syila wants, Syila can stay here for a while,” reply Abraham.

Asyila immediately rejected her husband's remarks, how could she live in Jakarta while the husband was in Bandung.

“Asyila follow Mas to Bandung. But, what about Arsyad?”

“Arsyad has gone to school here and that's what our son wants. Let Arsyad here with Dad and mom.”

Asyila approached her first son and asked him for an opinion regarding the school. Arsyad who really wants to go to school in Jakarta with the spirit of saying that he wants to live with his Grandpa and Grandma.

“Arsyad sure to stay here? Arsyad does not miss Daddy and Mommy?”

“Kan, there is a video call Mother,” replied Arsyad.

Asyila hit her husband's arm in anxiety with Arsyad's reply.

“Why did Syila even hit Mas?” abraham asked in amazement.

“How can a child of Arsyad's age be so smart to answer questions from the mother?”

“Yes how else, we're both seeds, right, it's good. Superior seeds,” replied Abraham very casually.

Asyila's face blushed in embarrassment hearing her husband so casually say the seeds were superior.

“What Mas said is true, isn't it?” Abraham again seduced his wife.

Asyila put her lips together and ran away from her husband.

Finally there was a chase between a couple of husband and wife.

In Abraham's house, there was only a small family of Abraham. Asyila's parents Dyah and her parents have returned to their homes.

In fact, two domestic assistants who worked at the house had resigned, so Abraham was forced to find a new domestic assistant.

Some of the house guards resigned and only two people remained.

Mr. Udin who guards the gate of the house still works because he feels that the house has become a second home for him.

“Kok Same father Mother run away?” ask Ashraf to Arsyad.

“Daddy same Mother again sports so it is not easy to get sick,” replied Arsyad.

Ashraf gave a small nod and invited Arsyad to play chases like Father and Mother. Arsyad also responded to his sister's request and they ended up playing a romp in the front yard of the house.

A few minutes later.

“Superior seeds where do we go?” abraham asked who had captured his little wife.

Abraham hugged Ashila's waist firmly, but not to the point of making Asyila in pain.

“Mas, do not say such superior seeds. What if someone hears?” ask Asyila while looking around the room.

“Who are you listening to our words? Isn't this house quiet now?”

“Yang Mas said it was true, but what if Grandma heard Mas's words? Then, Grandma protested because Mas was very happy to disturb asyila.”

“Seems not. Instead, Grandma will be happy if Mas disturbs Syila,” replied Abraham.

Asyila could not believe what her husband said. By reflex, she pinched her husband's waist. When Abraham was off guard, Ashila ran back to get her husband back to chase after her.

“Syila!” call Abraham while shaking his head because his wife was nosy.

Abraham 💖 Ashila

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