CURTAINS OF THE PAST

WHATSAAPS

"Thank you for Antoni tonight, I'm so happy. I also really feel like I have a new family." Iffah stood waiting for Toni to get back in her car.

Yes, that night Iffah was escorted again by Toni to his house after they spent time with Toni's family at the Zulherman residence.

"I'm also very grateful to you Iffah, you made my Grandma and my family so happy today." He said while smiling.

"Then I say hello to Ghali." Pamit Toni's.

"Yes, I'll salami." Iffah Saut.

"Assalamu'alaikum's chat..." Toni stepped up after getting a sautan from Iffah and then went back into her car parked in front of the minimalist house.

Iffah was still standing until the sedan that Toni was carrying completely disappeared from her sight.

"Ahems...Ahemmm..." Ghali came as a surprise to Iffah at the time.

"Ghalis... You surprised you didn't know?." Iffah grumbled while pinching Ghali's arm.

"Aw sick..." Ghali complained a little. "Sister Iffah is outrageous..." Ghali pretended to be pouting.

"Why so outrageous, baby?" Iffah seemed confused to accept the accusations of his only child.

"About a new family, Ghali is forgotten." His grunts entered the house.

"G-galiii... Not so deck, honey..." Iffah felt guilty.

"Well, must be angry..." His murmur panicked then followed Ghali into the House.

"Ghalii, sorry brother Iffah dong... I forgot to call you. Don't fuck gini..." Iffah tried to seduce Ghali as much as he could while sitting in the middle room chair, but Ghali remained in his stance.

"Darling... Are you worried about brother?. Sorry brother dong. Iffah promised not to repeat it again." Iffah's pledge and she almost cried.

"Tadaaa. Kena praaaank.." he again surprised Iffah. Ghali was only afraid that her brother was actually crying over her.

"You're restless, brother can really hang you." Iffah took both his hands and turned his back on Ghali.

"Cieeeee, who's blooming..." Temptation Ghali while grinning.

"What the hell are you, who's the flower?" Answer Iffah ketus.

"Sister..." Ghali grinned.

"Nothing, it's normal." Elak Iffah's. His face was red with embarrassment.

"No, his face is red..." Ghali was teasing her brother.

Iffah looked at her face in front of the mirror in her room.

"Is my cheek right? But why?." She looks like a typical girl, who would act stupid like that if she fell in love.

*****

Toni laid her body on her soft bed. He closed his eyes for a moment and then re-imagined the face of Iffah who had made his family truly live as a family intact and harmonious.

Toni sat back down to reach for her phone which was on the nightstand next to her bed.

Jemari Toni shrewdly fiddled with the flat screen and opened the call contacts there.

Toni returns it to the home screen. He then opens the app*W*hatsAap.

Have you been sleeping? Toni typed that into the Iffah contact. But remove it back.

Ah, why am I following this~ Inner Toni looks upset because of her cowardice.

"Bismillah..." Toni re-typed the same writing and then pressed the send button.

Toni was made cheerful by her courage. He bit his right thumb's nail.

Check one, check two...

Tap, tap, tap....

Even the seconds of the wall clock seemed to be racing with the rhythm of his heart that was pounding incoherently at that time.

The warning changed.

In the read,,, typing...~ Toni even watches her phone screen closely.

Not yet," One reply from Iffah was received.

Why aren't you sleeping?" Again, the message from Iffah began to be a little long and questioned him again.

Oh, I just want to make sure you're okay." Toni sent it.

"Ah stupid, gila, crazy... Time to send those words anyway. To be pulled, he's read it again." Yeah, they both looked stupid by themselves that night.

Toni and Iffah kept talking to each other, until they were both unaware of who had last written the message.

They ended up falling asleep while grasping their flat objects.