
In the afternoon, Narendra came home with his disheveled face. It is common for all residents of the house to see the tangled face of Naren like this. Of course he was tired because his work in the office was always piling up, as if endless.
With a briefcase in tenteng and also a suit that he sipped over his shoulder, he said, Narendra sat his body on the living room sofa and leaned his back that felt sore and closed his eyes goods for a moment.
Ayunda who had just finished bathing also smiled little to see her husband. She came closer and sat down next to her husband. Feeling the presence of the wife, Naren immediately opened his eyes and pulled the nape of the wife then without hesitation kissed her lips with affection, even had time to mumble her for a moment.
"Mas, issshhh.." Whining Ayunda, she pushed her husband's field chest away.
"Why hmm?"
"Had to like not knowing where, where to try? Just play nyosor, what if someone sees it? Shame on you later."
"Why should I be ashamed, huh? We are married, so it is natural. Husband and wife kiss just now tuh gapapa." Narendra replied indifferently, as if his actions were not wrong at all. Unlike Ayunda who has bent her face so upset.
"Your husband is right, baby. It's just that your husband is indeed his watados already at the stage of worrying." Chirps Arvino who also just came out of his room.
"So, what the fuck is going along."
"Likes Papi dong." Arvin replied that he would not give up. Before long, Melisa also came out of the room and rolled her eyes in a careless manner because she had just come out of the room, but she was already in a very annoying scene.
"You guys if you don't fight it will be hives huh? The habit of fighting doesn't know the situation." Said Melisa who was already completely fed up with the father and son debate. They are like that every day, even every time they meet.
"As it is, Mommy. Every meeting must be like this." Ayunda replied, she herself also felt annoyed at her husband because there were always things that made the two argue, no matter though the root of the problem was very small though.
"Here you go, let's just leave them, baby." Invite Melisa while pulling the hand of the daughter-in-law slowly.
"Come on, Mommy." Answer Ayunda. He got up from his seat holding his distended stomach, then followed the step of the mother-in-law with careful steps.
"Do you see them fighting every day?" Ask Melisa.
"Yes, Mi. Sometimes Ayu wonder, they really father the same child, no? Every meeting never get along, there is aja that makes them argue even though the problem can be said trivial." Answer Ayunda.
"Oh, Mami herself was astonished as well. But Naren is Papi's son, baby."
"Hahaha, it wasn't Ayu's intention to make.."
"Yes yes, Mami knows it, baby." Cut Melisa quickly before her daughter-in-law finishes speaking.
"Mommy.."
"Yes, honey. Why?"
"Eemmm, Uncle Adam can stay here, right, Mi? Ayu wants to ask permission from Papi, but Ayu is afraid that Papi is not ngizinin. Today, yes, Mi? Can ya?" Tanya Ayunda.
"Can, baby. Of course, why ask permission? This is your home too, baby. Anyway, why are you afraid to ask Papi for permission?"
"Hehe, don't know. Papi is fine, but his face sometimes scares Ayu." Answer Ayunda lirih. To be honest, Arvin was very nice to him. But it still felt terrifying to have to ask permission directly to the middle-aged man. His facial expression was very flat, but maybe yes it was factory-built like that.
"Well, like a wall?"
"It wasn't Ayu who said it." Ayunda replied with a soft laugh.
"Hahaha, funny huh.."
"No, Pi. Mami said Papi's face was flat like a wall." Tapping on the person who made the two women look at each other simultaneously.
"Jeez, Mommy. We're less far from escaping her.." Say Ayunda while rubbing her face. They fled to the kitchen, but the two men caught up and had sparked a debate.
"Yes, let's go to the back garden."
"Don't it be late." Arvino.
"Okay, we're not going to the park but you guys don't debate. Just be careful if you debate again."
"Yes, he started first." Arvino.
"Well, what is Naren? Papi kali." Reply Narendra did not want to lose because he felt no guilt whatsoever to the father, he did not accept if the father instead blamed him.
"Oh, you're the first time!"
"Gosh.." Melisa and Ayunda said together, they also shook their heads. Wonderful about the father and son.
"Darling, are we cooking?"
"Yoo, Mommy." Reply Ayunda with a glowing face. Easy actually to make Ayunda's mood improve again, just invite him to cook for sure he will be happy because cooking is his favorite activity. She loves to cook, but lately her hobby has to stop because Naren and Melisa compact forbid her to cook for fear of fatigue.
"You two, go to the living room. Call uncle later." Melisa.
"Uncle?" Ask Naren. He did not know that his Uncle Ayunda came to visit his nephew here.
"Yes, your wife's uncle came here to see your wife's condition."
"When did he come here?" Ask Naren again.
"So afternoon."
"Yaudah, then Naren will take a shower first. After that make some coffee, baby?" Pinta Naren with his wife.
"Ready, Mas. Just clean up first."
"Yes, honey. Sun first.." He blurted his lips like a duck.
Plaakkp..
Arvin patted his son's lips using the newspaper he used to read, Narendra mendelik make the two women giggling because for them this is very funny. Besides, they are always annoying because they always argue, but sometimes their behavior can make them laugh. There are always both ways that are entertaining.
"Nyebelins." Cetus Narendra decided to get out of his seat and go to the room to clean his body.
"Darling, what are we cooking?"
"Well to stir-fry kale in terasi pakein, is there a Mami?"
"There, baby. We're cooking that for the vegetables, what's the side dish?" Melisa asked again while looking at the contents of the refrigerator.
"How about cream?"
"Same onion, baby. How, it fits, right?"
"Well yes, make the addition to know the contents."
"Okay, let's cook it for dinner." Melisa immediately agreed with the advice given by her daughter-in-law. It is like this if the two cook, will give each other advice to cook, whatever it is because the second taste is almost the same.
"Don't go for a walk, baby. You just clean the same vegetables ingredients to make the sauce yes."
Ayunda cleaned his vegetables, then cut them. He also prepared tools to make sambel. Ayunda shed her tears when she had to peel an onion, it is common if peeling or cutting onions nwat will feel very painful and everyone knows it, especially mothers.
"Honey, where's Mas's coffee?" Ask Narendra. He had just finished cleaning his body, then came out wearing his casual clothes. He was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and also knee-length shorts.
"Let Mami make it, next time you should be able to make your own coffee. You don't depend on your wife, this is your wife is already heavily pregnant you know." Melisa.
"Yes, my dear Mama." Narendra answered while peeping the mother's right cheek.
"Ckk, you know Mami's weakness best." Chirps Melisa while patting her son's arm softly.
"Yes dong, who was. This handsome Mami's son always knew anything about Mami." Narendra replied with a smile. Melisa just chuckles softly and gives black coffee to her son.
"Bag.."
"Yes, honey. Why?"
"Which Ayu order?" Ask Ayunda with a small smile.
"Lho, what message do you have? I forgot to do it."
"Isshh, strawberry fill mochi. I signed it this morning." Say Ayunda while pursing her lips in annoyance. It could be that the husband forgets her even though earlier, he himself offered her what he wanted to bring.
"Well, I forgot."
"It's a habit, if that's why nanyain want to be brought what was the same morning as me?" Tanya Ayunda sulks.
"Darling, sorry I completely forgot. Tomorrow will I buy it, right? Or now I'm pesen online."
"It's not in the mood." Reply Ayunda while chopping her vegetables with emotion.
"Darling, don't be angry. I forgot, I swear, baby. It was at a real rame company, so Mas forgot that you asked for mochi." Naren persuaded his wife.
"Diem!" Ayunda answered with a ketus, making Narendra die of fleas instantly.
"Hayo you know, your wife sulks at that. Address later malem not in love ration you know.." Tempta Arvin, made his son snort angrily towards him. But he smiled with satisfaction at the reaction of his son.
"Nyebelins." That's all he said because Narendra had been misfocused when he saw someone tailing behind the Papi.
"Uncle.." Call Narendra. He immediately got up from his seat, and copied Adam's hand with reverence and courtesy. Adam rubbed Narendra's back head with a slightly restrained smile at the corner of his lips.
"How are you, Uncle?" Ask Narendra.
"Uncle is fine, what about you, son?"
"I'm good too, Uncle. Let's sit down, get some coffee?"
"No need, son. Uncle has no coffee, you are old. Got a stomach disease." Adam answered while rubbing his stomach.
"Milk?"
"It's milk for Uncle." Ayunda. She immediately got out of her seat and picked up warm milk with a mixture of cereals in it.
"Darling, no need.."
"In drink yes, if coffee is not allowed, maybe if milk will not be a problem, it's also because there is cereal in it." Clearly Ayunda, made Adam smile and looked at Ayunda with sadness. Looking at Ayunda, she seemed to be looking at Mona, her daughter. It was a pity that he had to lose the figure of the princess that he loved so much for being a victim of promiscuity.
If only he could keep his daughter together, he might not lose Mona forever. But regret now is also useless, all of it has happened and he has given it all up. His life was ruined because of his daughter.
"Uncle, why are you staring at me like that?" Tanya Ayunda.
"N-no, son."
"Did Uncle think of Mona?" Ask Ayunda again, making Adam bow his head. If I can be honest, yes. She misses her daughter very much. Lying that he was willing, he was sincere with everything that befell his daughter, but he also did not want to live in regret.
"Sorry, but you look like her now." Ogre Adam, while reverberating his two hands that felt cold.
"Uncle.."
"I'm sorry Uncle saw you as someone else."
"It's okay, Uncle." Say Ayunda with a smile.
"Indeed, Mona why?" Ask Narendra.
"He's dead, son." Adam answered with a smile.
"H-aahh?" Surprised, Naren was surprised by what Adam said. Mona's dead? But when and why?
"Yes, she had an illegal abortion but all of it failed and left her dead, son."
"Gosh.." Narendra looked very surprised to hear the words of Adam, he did not expect that free association could also occur in the village like where Adam lived. He did not know what the atmosphere was like because he had never visited there, but he could not think that it could also happen.
"Losing is one of the most painful things." Ayunda lirih. He also felt the pain of loss, even when he was a child. While he still needs the affection of his parents, fate takes everything together. It felt so painful, that it felt to sigh even it felt very heavy.
"Yes, you're right, son. Uncle is proud of you, because you can bear all that pain alone, even when you were very small back then."
"Ayunda did not regret why fate was so evil to Ayu, but with all that Ayu finally understood. All the pain made Ayu more mature, grew into a strong and resilient woman, not giving up easily even though circumstances forced Ayu to give up though." Say Ayunda at length.
Yes, the cheerful figure of the beautiful woman turned out to hold a lot of wounds and pain in her childhood, no one knows how sick Ayunda was at that time. He survives only with a trust capital. The belief that one day his life will change, that is the trust he has always held until now.
Right, everything's changed. Destiny leads him to true life and happiness. In his current life, he hopes to always be given happiness that never ends. Because of the pain he had already spent first, when he was young.
"Nothing is easy, but believe me that behind all that there must be wisdom, do not regret anything, Uncle. Life is not as long as it goes as we want it to. Be strong, I will not say to be sincere or make peace with the situation, because it must be very painful right? But, I'm sure that Uncle is a strong man, I'm sure that Uncle can get through all this." Narendra said as he patted his uncle's shoulder gently.
"Is this karma?"
"No, this is not karma." Answer Arvin.
"Death is a definite destiny, we just don't know when it's time. Therefore we must prepare everything as well as possible for provisions in the afterlife."
"Trust me, this is all just a test. You are a strong man, a strong husband and father, so God gave this trial. Be strong.." Melisa said with a smile. Making Adam nod his head, he felt his life would be over when he had to lose Mona.
But, it turns out that he met people as good as Melisa, Arvin, Naren and also his own nephew, Ayunda. Ayunda was very lucky because she was surrounded by good people.
"You're so lucky to be surrounded by people as good as they are, baby. You should look so happy now."
"Uncle still has Ayu, don't give up hope. Come here, don't forget that Ayu is Uncle's family." Say Ayunda with a smile. Adam nodded slowly, he smiled despite his tears so happy he met the family who had this angel-like heart.
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