
A tall man knocked on the door,
" Get in son." the homeowner opened the door and greeted him with a friendly smile as usual.
" Seey mom?" the 29-year-old came in.
as usual, with a little in his hand.
" mom just ketapek an son, nothing serious.., and you often say..
your help is enough, son." said the mother saw there was a long white envelope that she slipped between the fruits that the man carried.
" If you refuse, I will go home feeling sad." said the man forcefully.
" But Kinanti has graduated from college, already has her own salary.no need to be helped continue like this.." the mother felt burdened.
" Look it's pocket money given by brother to his sister mom. Even though he has worked, I will still give him..
I'm sure, if Aji were still around he would be like that to his sister." said the man in a slightly different tone after mentioning Aji by name.
The mother was silent for a moment, she thought for a long time..
" Daughter." call the mother heart,
" with mom..?" the answer is no less heart-hearted and subtle.
" What about mother's proposal..?"
" which proposal is ma'am?"
The mother breathed,
" about Kinanti.."
" oh, yes, ma'am." the man set his breath,
" how son.. age is 25, if not forced mother sure he will be celibate for the rest of his life.."
the man was silent for a moment, he looked a little worried.
" I have to how ma'am?, afraid that there's something she loves out there." replied the man with a face that looked calm.
" What about Damar?" ask the curious mother.
" I'm a mother." replied the man calmly,
" do you know how mom?"
" my mother was my own mother.."
the mother was silent, her heart was trenchant..
this child, really makes me unable to say the word.
" Would Damar be patient with Kinan? his attitude was stubborn" said the mother later.
Damar smiled, though,
" like Aji, stubborn.but his heart is sincere..is he like that ma'am?" ask Damar, please,
the mother smiled while nodding.
" if Kinanti and I never had a relationship with anyone after breaking up with her boyfriend a few years ago..
that approaches yes a lot, but the child is like a statue.cold, indifferent, gluttonous..
I'm afraid someone's offended by her behavior.."
Damar smiled lightly hearing that.
" if you want Damar? is there a heart attack? if there really is forget the mother's proposal." the mother is worried.
Damar smiled again, again,
" i was even worse ma'am.no woman ever matched me..
my older cousins and younger siblings often introduced women, but they surrendered before the war.."
" why is that so, son?"
" just relax ma'am.they gave up because I was too busy working, not because of my treatment or anything else..
the average woman accuses me of not liking women because I lack care and attention.."
the mother was silent,
" i keep going the same way how will son??" the mother was worried.
" Try asking the same Kinanti.would you have a husband who is busy working like me?,
I can vouch for everything else except the attention of mom..
my time is up for work." said Damar make the mother look lethargic.
" I don't care ma'am, if Kinanti wants to get married..
it will help me put pressure on my family as well..
besides, I can properly fulfill my promise to keep his family on Aji..
mom take it easy, I won't waste her..
but. if Kinanti turns out there is a lover. I do not hesitate to finance her marriage with her lover.."
again mother was stunned by the sentence Damar.
" Yes already ma'am. has started the night, I went home first." said Damar arrived, arrived, and,
" you know? haven't seen the Kinanti yet?" prevent mom, stop,
" next time mom.."
" the next time when. the day after tomorrow he's back at work.."
Damar was silent for a moment,
" where is she, ma'am?" tanyanya.
" So went with Yusuf, don't know where...let me call for a minute..?"
the mother got up to take HP.
" No ma'am, I've seen you before.."
" that's not it. I haven't graduated college..
besides, I don't know Damar at all.."
" he's met me a few times ma'am, it's just that he doesn't realize who I am.." Damar suddenly remembered the face of the teenage Kinanti who was filled with tears.
A few years ago, at Aji's funeral.
At that time his heart was like a prick, the sound of Kinanti's lamentation over his brother's departure was so heartbreaking, making him never sleep well since.
" Well, my mother wanted me to meet Kinanti..
let me come here tomorrow again." said Damar relented.
Kinanti was busy tidying up her room while looking at the clock a few times,
" fear of the night ma'am, will Kinan take the bus back to his boarding house." replied Kinanti while tidying up a few more things,
" the patient mother.. Kinan comes home once a week to the future.."
" why so once a week, you've not received tutoring on the weekend?"
" no ma'am, Kinan changed his tutoring schedule so Saturday could go home." replied Kinanti threw a big smile at her mother.
" Ow. ya wes, which is important take care of your health. oh yes, let mas Damar who drove you. soon he arrived.."
Kinanti pecked for a moment, digesting the last sentence her mother said earlier,
" who's gonna drive me, ma'am?" asked Kinanti, she was afraid of hearing wrong.
" Damar. yesterday he was here, but you didn't come home..
let him come here and take you back to the boarding house." replied his mother,
" mom..?!" Kinanti objected, her face sour instantly
" You're not a child, don't sulk like that. Instead you've talked to mom before, if you know each other first..
if it does not fit yes no need, after all he has considered you a sister..
don't forget, he also nitip your pocket money to mother yesterday.." his mother put the envelope yesterday in hand over the resin to Kinanti's mother.
" I'm not a kid that he should give you pocket money?! it is better to keep it. or wear it for daily needs..
my money or the delivery of the man, it's up to the mother to use which, of course, more money.." Kinanti's face was really sour.
" do you really want me to meet that guy?" ask her later with a better face.
He does not want to hurt his mother, however, his mother wants the best for him even though the way is a bit difficult to accept by Kinanti.
" I want you to know him, promise to be friends even if you won't make him your husband..
at least, give him a good impression.show your gratitude because he has made you a scholar." said his mother while stroking her son's back.
" His age is almost 30 years old.he is a mature figure, he is,
maybe, if he can't be a husband, he can be a good interlocutor" his mother smiled.
" Yes wes. ready to be ready first.later you call that Damarnya has come.." mother got up, then walked out of the room, leaving Kinanti with a doubtful feeling, and then she got up,
yes the new age has been ushered.Kinanti thought in her heart.
But he said he did not know.he who financed me college.
And sure enough 30 minutes later there was the sound of a car stopping in front of Kinanti's house.
" I'm sorry ma'am, I got stuck. There was an accident on the road.." Damar's voice was heard by Kinanti from outside.
" What's the matter, son. Mom called her Kinan for a minute, and you didn't make warm tea just yet.."
" h. ndaknah for tea ma'am, I happened to have a drink earlier. let his Kinanti me just deliver directly..
afraid he was in a hurry." said Damar while sitting down.
He sighed, his face a little tired from the traffic.
A few minutes later the mother came out, followed by Kinanti behind her.
" Nah.. Nan, this is Mas Damar, and mas Damar, this is Kinanti.." his mother introduced and tried to open a conversation between the two.
" Damar.." Damar's voice calmed down as he extended his hand, he only stared at Kinanti at a glance.
" Kinanti.." the two shook hands, Kinanti looked at the man for a moment, her face was just as stiff without a smile and friendliness.
Mother can only shake her head to see that, it could be that two of them are cold like that.
" Night hunt, let's go.." Damar opened his voice.
" Yes," answered Kinanti short then walked inside picking up her bag.
In the middle of the journey both equally silent, it makes the atmosphere in the car quiet and clumsy.
" We'll eat first, okay?" Damar will turn his car into a dining area.
" No need, I had eaten with my mother" replied Kinanti quickly.
" But I haven't eaten since lunch, there's no harm in you eating again" said Damar, as if he didn't care much about Kinanti's opinion, but he turned his car to the diner.
Kinanti got out of the car, painstakingly controlling his irritation over the man's attitude that was as good as it was.
" Let's eat." said Damar when the food in the message had come.
the menu is a little appetizing, fried duck with kale oseng and raw sambal, soon come again sweet sour gourami and spicy calamari.
" This restaurant is also a lot of yes the menu is good.I just this time stopped here.." said Damar, but Kinanti did not answer it.
Damar who knew Kinanti was upset smiled faintly,
" sad may be. but still have to eat. yes deck.." Damar's voice was calm, quiet,
" Don't call me deck" Kinanti was unhappy.
" then?" Damar frowned, his forehead,
" my name is direct, don't use the deck" replied Kinanti quickly, he looks sniffy.
It made Damar smile again in his heart,
" it's fierce like a firecracker." muttered Damar, Kinanti who heard it like she didn't accept it,
" What did he say?"
the question is full of emphasis.
" You're fierce, like a firecracker..Are your students not afraid of you like this?" ask Damar with a smile.
" I'm just mean to a certain person." replied Kinan,
" certain? why is that..?" Damar who had washed his hands did not take the rice, he was a little interested in the woman before him.
Somehow Damar felt hatred in his eyes, as well as his attitude, when today they had just met.
" so I belong to that particular person? tell me because you are fierce to me. When this is our first meeting.." asked Damar after seeing Kinanti long silent.
" i'm not fierce.. speak me like this.." replied Kinanti suddenly calm down, somehow his mother's sentence arrived suddenly ringing, ringing, that he should try to establish a good relationship even though his heart does not like.
Damar was silent, he looked at the woman before him with a heart.
For a size 25-year-old, he looks younger, it might be because of his slim body.
His chin was also split, sweet as hell similar to Aji's chin.
Damar took a long breath.
" Hear me Kinanti. I have no intention of hurting you, I just want to protect you and your mother selflessly..
so stop that outrageous vigilance of yours on me, hurting you is tantamount to destroying myself. Understand that.." Damar's voice was calm yet full of emphasis.
While Kinanti was as aware, she shouldn't have said such a disrespectful word.
somehow the anger in his heart just overflowed without him being able to control it.