Assalamualaikum Captain

Comfortable Start

Joo Young looked at Min Hyuk who had fallen asleep after chatting with his Mayan world friend from Malaysia, who turned out to be Keyla.

"Ck. Even the rest of his smile was still there."

Aye!

Min Hyuk did not stop smiling while texting Keyla.

The man really fell for Keyla apparently.

Joo Young leaves Min Hyuk in Sua's study. The man went to step his foot into Jia's ward. He wanted to check on the girl's condition.

The city of Chuncheon was already brightly visible from before. Summer makes the sky brighter faster than in winter. Even when the hour hand has shown at seven in the morning, the sky still looks dark in winter.

At present, the clock is already showing seven o'clock over thirty-five minutes.

The man shifted the door of Jia's ward slowly. He was stunned when he saw and heard the girl reciting the Quran.

The girl's voice was very sweet. His heart felt peaceful when he heard the holy verses sung by Jia.

like mom used to be. He's ingrained.

Joo Young smiled seeing the girl wearing the face she bought. Very pretty and right on her face.

The man stepped forward, approaching Jia who was sitting in a wheelchair.

Jia who realized his arrival instantly stopped his activities. He looked up and found Joo Young smiling at him. The girl returned Joo Young's smile.

"I'm sorry, I interrupted your worship" Joo Young said as she sat on the sofa not far from Jia's seat.

"It's okay. I'm done too."

"Whose cell phone is it?" joo Young asked when he saw the girl putting down the phone he had just finished using to read the Qur'an.

"This is Sua's spare phone. He lent it to me so I could call you if I needed anything, because he had to have surgery this morning. So all you guys, I downloaded the Quran app."

"Alright, then, I'll buy you a new phone."

"Eh? No need. Sua said, I can use this phone at any time."

"And if his girlfriend calls, are you going to talk to her?"

Jia was silent for a moment.

"But said Sua, she-"

"So you appreciate Sua more than I say? Your own husband?"

Joo Young interrupted his words. The girl fell silent with her sad face.

"It's not. I just don't want to bother you," she felt guilty.

"Do you think you're not bothering Sua?" joo Young's tone sounded sharp.

Jia lowered her face. The girl felt even more guilty, she could no longer answer the heartbreaking question of Joo Young.

"I'm sorry" said the girl so softly.

Hearing the apology made Joo Young realize that she seemed to have intimidated Jia with the question.

There was guilt in his heart.

The man got up from his seat and crouched down before Jia. Both hands held the two sides of the wheelchair.

"You no longer feel that you will trouble me" Joo Young smiled, "I am not a stranger to you. So please, whatever I buy for you, don't you refuse well" Joo Young said so gently.

Jia raised her face and looked at the two beads of the man in front of her now.

Both of their eyes meet.

The eyes of the man were so warm. Sweet smile to make the man's eyes slightly narrowed, for a moment managed to hypnotize him. He instantly turned his face towards the window in embarrassment of having been blown away by the aura emitted by Joo Young. He was trying to hide the hue of his face that was starting to turn red.

Why was he so handsome, his inner voice asked.

Joo Young smirked when she saw Jia wrongly looking at her. The girl looks adorable to him.

Cute, he said in his heart.

"Are you hungry?" joo Young asked as he stood up.

Jia turned her gaze to Joo Young back, "A little bit," she replied.

"Well, I'll go for a while to buy us breakfast. Is there anything extra you want?"

Jia shook her head slowly, "Nothing," she smiled.

"alright. If you suddenly want something or something to happen, just call me on that phone."

Jia just nodded her head while smiling.

"I go first" said Joo Young, who was about to walk away. However, his steps came to a halt as Jia pulled the jacket he was wearing.

Joo Young looked at him with raised eyebrows, "What's the matter?" ask the man.

"Assalamualaikum," Jia said as she looked at Joo Young's two beads.

The man was stunned for a moment when he heard Jia's greeting. It has been a long time since I heard a word that means prayer.

"Waalaikumussalam," Joo Young replies as she manages to neutralize her feelings. Every time he smelled the smells of Islam around him, he felt that his mother was still by his side. Only his mother tried to instill Islamic values in him. But the belief factor of his father's family is very strong compared to the teachings of his mother, making him increasingly rule out that since childhood he was educated with the teachings of Islam.

Jia smiled at the man's broad back, which grew further away and disappeared behind the door.

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"Key, let's have breakfast, son."

Kanaya opens Keyla's room door and finds her son sitting on the balcony smiling at her phone screen. The girl was still cool in reading her chat room with the Korean man, even though they had ended the chat activity more than thirty minutes ago.

The woman approached her son.

She cleared her throat, "Hayo, this mama's boy, why smile for yourself?" asked Kanaya who was trying to tease her daughter.

Keyla was misbehaved after realizing her mother's presence. She smiled shyly.

"Not so mah. Something funny just now" he said.

"Mommy's son is in love?" guess Kanaya.

"Not so mah. Falling in love with what," Keyla chuckled as she turned her eyes away.

"Key, uh,"

"Yes mah?"

Kanaya stared fixedly at the two beads of Keyla's eyes seriously.

"You do realize, the longer mom and dad get older?"

Keyla nodded her head.

"You're aware too, right? What do all parents want when they get older and when they grow up?"

Keyla nodded her head again. He was beginning to understand the direction his mother was talking at this moment.

"Then what are your plans, son?" asked Kanaya who had been intimidating him.

Keyla bit her inner lip.

"Wish the best for Key. God willing, if this year there is a mate, Keyla will soon have a wedding," the girl stood up from her seat and stared fixedly at her mother's face that had a little wrinkle but still looks beautiful.

The girl smiled, "Keyla understands, I want Keyla to get married soon, especially at the age of Keyla who will be 25 years old. Keyla understood mah," the girl carried Kanaya's right hand in her grasp.

The girl gently rubbed the middle-aged woman's hand, "Keyla is also thinking of getting married. Living happily with the couple Keyla loves and also with the children Keyla cherishes forever. Like mom and dad. But it all depends on the will of God. Keyla just asked, mom and dad continue to pray for the best for Key. And always Ridho over everything the key does. God willing Key will do his best until the wishes of mom and dad are realized. Ridho's parents are God's Ridho right mah?" the girl smiled.

Kanaya was moved to hear her daughter's words. Unknowingly she shed tears.

"Yes dear. Mama always Ridho will do everything you do. You have never disappointed us all this time. I'm sorry mom."

Keyla nodded her head.

"Why are you crying?" Keyla wiped Kanaya's tears.

Kanaya laughed as she rubbed her eyes as well.

"Mama is just overwhelmed. Mama's son who was small, is now an adult." he said.

"Yes already. We have breakfast, have been waiting for the same father and Makci, your Pakci downstairs," Kanaya asked.

Keyla and Kanaya stepped out of the room towards the dining room. There are Robbi, Wirma and Asraf who are already sitting in their respective seats.

"What a long time is kenape?" tanya Asraf who unknowingly uses two speech dialects from Indonesia and Malaysia. They chuckle at hearing it.

"What's the fuck you talking about? immediately hit by the new language rape law know the taste," said Keyla who had just arrived in the dining room.

Kanaya and Keyla took a seat next to Asraf.

"Where is it?"

"Is," the girl laughed followed by the three people who were in the room.

"Well, is this breakfast?" keyla asked when she saw the food that had been served on the table.

"Specifically for you Key. Makci mu is deliberately wake up early to masakin his beloved nephew," said Kanaya while glancing at Wirma. The woman he looked at smiled.

"Kan Makci promised yesterday" Wirma said, scooping food on Robbi's plate.

"Thank you Makci," said Keyla who was replied with a nod and a smile by Wirma.

"Come, please eat."

Kanaya, Keyla and Asraf began to taste Wirma's cuisine. They immediately praised the taste that was in the food at the first feed.

"Well, this Macci is delicious. Chewy like eating mochi. What's this called?" keyla asked as she tried the food wrapped in baked banana leaves.

"That's Ilabulo Key. Made from sago and other kitchen spices. Such as pepper, cayenne pepper, ginger, garlic, onion, salt and other flavorings. And can also be mixed with chicken liver or chicken skin."

"Well, that sounds easy to make. Then why use banana leaves anyway Makci?"

"That's Key's trademark. Said the late Grandma Ade, the food will taste better when cooked by wrapping using banana leaves. And it turns out right, Makci was shocked when she first started eating yellow rice and ilobulo wrapped in banana leaves," said Wirma when she remembered her late mother Robbi, Nayla's grandmother.

"Well, key wants to do it. It's delicious" Keyla said with anxiety and put Ilabulo back in her mouth.

"Macci has recipe notes and how to make it Key. Makci love you later. While Makci's Sago is still a lot, you can take it to Japan and make it there. There must be rarely Sago flour there, right?"

Keyla nodded her head.

"Yes Makci. Sometimes I really want to cook Indo food but it is difficult to get the ingredients. Asian Mart is far from campus as well."

"You can bring the materials in this house, baby. I'll shop again."

"Well, is it really Makci? Thank you, well," the girl smiled broadly.

Wirma nodded while laughing at the girl's behavior.

"Already, continue to eat again," said Kanaya.

They continued their eating activities while interspersed with small talk. Robbi and Asraf on a typical male topic. While the three women were on the topic of food recipes.

In addition to Ilabulo, Wirma deliberately prepared other foods such as Bilendango or Fish sliced rica. The fish is split and cleaned and seasoned in the middle and then fried.

And there is also Binthe Biluhuta or better known as Milu Flush for local people. Made from corn that is boiled and seasoned and also given grated coconut tops, eggplants and fish that have been torn.

They enjoyed their heavy breakfast this morning.

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Jia turned her head with a smile when she heard the door of her ward shift. But when she found that it was not Joo Young who entered the room, her smile faded.

"Sorry to disappoint you. I'm Min Hyuk Joo Young's best friend. Where is that guy now? He left me who was asleep alone" the man poked his lips in annoyance and stepped forward towards the sofa not far from Jia's place.

Spontaneous Jia rewinded her wheelchair, she felt the need to be vigilant at this moment. Because he doesn't know Min Hyuk.

"Hey! Don'worry. I'm not a bad guy. You don't have to be afraid of me" the man realized that his presence made Jia feel afraid.

"Where is Joo Young? Why did he leave you alone?" min Hyuk asked but was ignored by Jia.

The man pursed his lips, "How come you don't trust me?" ask Min Hyuk.

Jia still closed her mouth.

"alright. We'll keep quiet until Joo Young returns, "he rests his body on the back of the couch and closes his eyes.

Jia was still staring warily at the man before her.

"Well, you make me look like a bad guy. Don't look at me like that."

Jia gave her smile looking at the stifled expression of the man.

"You can smile as well as it turns out," Min Hyuk smiled.

"I'm sorry" Jia said sincerely. He felt guilty for not trusting the man who claimed to be Joo Young's best friend.

"No problem. It's only natural that you be careful of someone you don't recognize."

"I thought you were home."

The voice made Jia and Min turn their heads together at the source of the voice.

Joo Young came with several bags of food and drinks in both hands.

Min Hyuk stared intently at him.

"Your staff. Didn't wake me up and leave me alone there. If a nurse walks into Sua's room to look for her and sees me sleeping and steals my chance, what?" said the man while dramatizing the situation, "I'm good looking adorable many women," he added so confident.

"Well, is it Jia? I'm handsome, right?" he blinked his eyes asking for the support of the girl.

Jia only smiled faintly while nodding her head.

Joo Young who saw the behavior of his best friend just rolled his eyes lazily.

"Hey! Sick tau," protested Min because he was given the knock of a spoon on his head. Joo Young did that on purpose.

"Sergeant Ahn Min Hyuk. Quiescent. Ate. And get out of here" Joo Young said with his flat face.

Min Hyuk swallowed his saliva then rolled his eyeballs lazily.

"Ready Captain" he said, sounding forced while taking over the spoon held by Joo Young.

When Joo Young has said the word "Sergeant" like that, it means he is using his position as a superior to master the situation. He as a subordinate could only obey him.

Jia laughed at what the two men were doing.

Joo Young stepped over to Jia's place and pushed the wheelchair up to the table.

He sat on the sofa right in front of Jia's wheelchair.

His hand moved open a box of chicken porridge and began to take a spoonful of that porridge.

"Eh? I can do it myself" Jia refused as Joo Young thrust the spoonful of porridge at her.

"There is no rejection" said Joo Young softly but sounding resolute.

Jia exhaled slowly before finally accepting the bribe.

"It seems I need to get out of here quickly," muttered Min Hyuk but it was still heard by the two of them.

The man felt uncomfortable and also envious to see what the two people in front of him did.

"That's why you're looking for a girlfriend there" said Joo Young, as she greeted Jia back.

"Or a future wife?" The man laughed mockingly at Min Hyuk.

"Damn you!" Min Hyuk poked his lips.

Jia laughed when she saw him.

It seems I'm getting comfortable even though I still don't remember anything. Inner sounds.

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