Don't Take My Son

Meet Rival

A week had passed after Kharisa's meeting with his brother Rendi. Their relationship is getting closer despite being far apart. They often contact via chat WA, sometimes via vidio call if Rendi kangen with his nephew. Rakha is also quite familiar with his new om.

With enthusiasm he tells his favorite om that he has a new om.

"I'm happy to have Om again, Om Lendi well, bring me ice cream." Report Rakha to Faisal when they vidio called five days ago. Last weekend Faisal was out of town, in Semarang to be exact, he accompanied his professor to attend an international seminar who appeared as a speaker held at the state university there.

"Try yesterday A Isal can come here, must have met my brother, Mas Rendi send greetings to A Isal, he said thanks for taking care of me and Rakha." Rendi did send a message like that to Faisal, and he promised to thank Faisal directly for taking care of his sister. Kharisa himself was actually disappointed when he knew Faisal would not visit him, but how else, he had to understand with the busyness of Faisal now, instead he had to support for the progress of his career. And why he was disappointed, Faisal was not who he was, there was no obligation from Faisal to keep looking after him and Rakha. But why he hopes that Faisal will always pay attention, do not imagine what it would be like if he did not communicate with Faisal for more than two days, there he felt there was less and made him lazy to do activities. All this time Faisalah where he confided, a place to convey his complaints.

"Nyantai atuh Neng, God willing there will be another opportunity to meet Mas Rendi, Saturday tomorrow if there is no activity A Isal there, kangen also the same Rakha, he said, vidio call by meeting directly it feels different"

"'The wind is just the same as Rakha? Same I don't miss ?" Whether there was courage from where Kharisa asked like that, but he soon realized how stupid he asked like that, even though only joking, what if Faisal later perceived he wanted to be missed by Faisal? Ah shame it feels.

"If the same momy can not miss, there will be angry, A Isal does not dare.he.he.." Kekeh Faisal's.

"Who is angry? I'm a free woman, no one's gonna get mad." Kharisa responded to Faisal's words.

"Oh... so his momy wants to be dikangenin too, yes Udaah A Isal is also kangen same momynya Rakha."ujar Faisal chuckled.

"Look is absolutely forced." Kharisa even scowled, he knew Faisal was just teasing him.

And Faisal kept his promise, this weekend he came to visit Kharisa and Rakha, unfortunately he reached the house of Wa Dewi at nine o'clock at night, so did not get to meet Kharisa and Rakha for fear of interrupting their rest.

After the dawn prayer in the mosque he went straight to the house of Kharisa, still wearing sarong, cocoa and peci, exactly the usual style of santri mondok in Abah pesantren. The door of Kharisa's house opened and Bi Nani was sweeping the living room towards the terrace.

"Assynolt...." Faisal took off his cousin's flip-flops he borrowed, heading straight for the living room door.

"Waalaikumsalam, uh...A Isal, when is it coming? come on in." Bi Nani kindly greeted Faisal.

"Last night Bi, straight to Wa Dewi's house." Faisal also entered, immediately greeted by a small boy who had just come out of the room, he looked excited to see his favorite om coming.

"Yeeaahh Om Isal is coming." he cried as he ran into the body of the man in front of him. Faisal grabbed him, rubbed his head and then peeked at the top of his head.

"Have the dawn prayers yet?"

"It's dong Om, the balu is finished, Momy is still naji in kamal, I miss Om Isal" said spoiled Rakha still hugging Faisal.

"Om also miss Rakha, Om not told to sit?"

"He.he. uh yeah, let's sit down." Rakha pulled Faisal's hand towards the living room sofa. They let go of each other miss telling each other, precisely Faisal listened to Rakha's chatter telling his new Om, also his experience when he went to Jakarta to pick up Momynya, staying at his Dady house.

"I nginep in Dady's house, the house is big, there's a pool, but I don't calm down if the streets to monas, as long as I play scootel bought in Dady, I already can, I've been, I'll see you play scootel, yeah." Faisal listened to Rakha's story by occasionally responding to it. For some reason when Rakha tells her dady her heart breaks, like there is a feeling of being rivaled, a sense of worry that Rakha does not love her anymore. He immediately threw away the feeling, he loved Rakha sincerely, he was sure that Rakha who was small and innocent, sincere also loved him.

Their conversation stops when Kharisa and Mama leave the room together and join in hearing Rakha who returns to tell stories while playing in monas.

Faisal invites Kharisa and Rakha jogging sports, more precisely the streets in the central square are usually crowded visited during holidays. They set off on a Kharisa motorcycle, Rakha sat in the back seat flanked by Faisal and Kharisa, not forgetting to bring her scooter. The town square is a car free day area on Sunday, the place is different from the square in another city which is identical to the vast field, the square in this city is more like a park, dealing with local government offices that have a typical pendopo building. In the middle of the square there is a fountain, there is a koi fish pond that is of interest to small children who are interested in feeding their fish. Many interesting spots for photos, there is also a suitable area to play roller skates or scooter, and Rakha also played her scooter there accompanied by Faisal. They enjoy breakfast in a special place where the seller of various foods that are suitable for the breakfast menu.

At nine they just returned home, on the terrace looks Rafael is sitting on a chair while playing HPnya. It had been half an hour he waited on the porch, mama had invited him in but Rafael preferred to wait outside, he had come to take Rakha and Kharisa for a walk, indeed he had not told Kharisa, Rafael thought Kharisa and Rakha were going nowhere, so he confidently came to Kharisa's house, but it turned out that he was not home, he also did not think that there was Faisal too, even went first with Kharisa and Rakha. Indeed Rafael did not expect to meet with Faisal who was considered as his rival.

"The lady......." Rakha got off the bike as the bike stopped in front of the fence and ran towards her dady after the gate opened her momy, then kissed her dady hand, Rafael replied by kissing his son's forehead. "I'm out of the game, playing scootel with Om Isal" said Rakha.

"Well, exclaim dong, why is Dady not invited." Rafael asked in a loud voice, for Kharisa to hear it.

"El why don't you come in? There's a mama with Bi Nani." Kharisa immediately switched the conversation of Rakha and her Dady.

"Had met earlier, I deliberately wanted to wait outside" said Rafael

"I went inside first yeah." Kharisa entered by carrying a plastic bag containing market snacks.

"Miss.... A Isal to Wa Dini's house first well, want to take a bath." Faisal hastily retired before Kharisa entered, he approached Rafael and Rakha.

" How are you?" Faisal reached out his hand to take Rafael by the hand, looking a friendly smile on his lips.

"Mmm..good." Replied Rafael while welcoming Faisal's hand. Samar looks a smile on his lips, he sits with Rakha on his lap, his attitude shows reluctant to chat with Faisal.

"Rakha, Om Isal to Wa Dini's house first well, want to take a bath, Rakha also took a shower first so as not to smell acem." said Faisal while scrambling Rakha's hair.

"Yes Om, but later Om Isal came here again yeah." Rakha said expectantly

"Yes, I'll be here again."

"I'll excuse you first." said Faisal to Rafael while nodding his head. Rafael nodded his head, then took Rakha to take a bath, he wanted to bathe his son. This time there was no rejection from Rakha.

"Sa we walk yuk...." Invite Rafael after you are done helping to put on Rakha's clothes.

"Mas Rendi said he wanted to come here, but didn't say what time, it's not good if he comes here, I'm the same Rakha doesn't exist." Kharisa subtly rejected Rafael's invitation, and Faisal was also unlikely to be left, he asked Faisal to come here.

"Isn't it because there's him?" Rafael asked with a little disappointed because his plan to take Rakha the streets seemed to be canceled.

"Who? Faisal?" Kharisa asked back to make sure. " Oh yeah, I asked him to come here, so there's no way I'm leaving him." Kharisa's answer made Rafael's face sour.

A few minutes later Rendi came with her fiance, her name is Alya, beautiful, white, her hair is straight shoulder to shoulder, looks harmonious to be a couple Rendi who also has a handsome face. Looks like she's a good girl. Rendi introduces Alya to her mother and sister, mama welcomes her kindly, mama looks happy to see Rendi who turns out to have a future wife and will formalize their relationship to the marriage level at the end of next month, it's a month and a half.

"Mah Uwi, this is a kebaya cloth for my various recipes later, for Mah Uwi and Kharisa, so please be sewn immediately, the model is free. Isn't it baby?" Alya who was beside him nodded his head. " Yes free, more towards the modern kebaya." Answer Alya.

"For Mama...?" Mama seemed hesitant to accept it. If she gets a uniform, it means that she will have to attend and will definitely meet her husband.

"Mama, Kharisa and Rakha should come and be part of the groom's family. Promise yes Mah Uwi will come, I will be sad if Mah Uwi, and my sister does not come." Mama did not say anything more, finally she received a parcel of cloth for kebaya.

Rendi invites them to eat together outside, all the way. Rafael and Faisal were invited, including Bi Nani.

"Find me this is a thanksgiving event to meet a sister with her sister, so you all have to come along" Rendi did not accept rejection.

They also went to the restaurant using two cars, Rendi's car and Rafael's car. Mama and bi Nani are with Rafael and Alya, while in Rafael's car, there are Kharisa, Faisal and Rakha. During the trip, the atmosphere in the Rafael monil was so quiet, Rakha suddenly became quiet. They seem not to know each other, it looks so awkward to start a conversation, whether they will be until when they are silent, because the trip to the place to eat was quite far away.

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