Dusk And Suffering

9. Laughing Does Not Mean Happiness

"Papa's son is great, never removed from the champion. As a gift what if we eat in a restaurant. You can take your friend if you want."

Coral did not answer immediately, he stared at the road that was never empty of riders and then said, "Yes I already want. I'll call my friends soon." The coral ran back to the school.

Akmal only seemed to see Corals that could return as cheerfully as it was after yesterday just crying to show.

Not long after, Karang returned with three friends. Akmal looked at them one by one. Seeing their simple appearance made Akmal remember the words of Karang last night. Is this the friend that Karang left last night? Ask Akmal in the heart.

"Pa, don't be, huh?" asked Karang who saw his father just silence.

"So dong" replied Akmal who was forced to break his daydream. "Well let's wait, shall we? The road to the car" Akmal said.

The four boys sitting behind were jostled due to the limited car seats. However, even so they did not let out their laughter even though they had to sit clean. No exception Corals.

The boy laughed freely and looked happiest among the other friends. This makes Akmal's forehead wrinkled because the attitude of the Coral is very much different when at home and now.

Their jokes did not stop until Akmal's car turned into a fancy restaurant.

"We've arrived." Akmal's words made their joking laughter pause for a moment and scramble down from the car.

"Well, the restaurant is big and red. Two more floors. I'm shy, aren't I?" ask one of the friends of the reef.

"Yes, I've never been to a restaurant this big, either" another friend said.

"We're here to eat, pay, don't think. Come inside!" The reef groped one of his friends to come with him. The three friends of the Coral just stared at the astonishment of the luxurious decorated building.

While Akmal just walked behind them with a head bobble because of their innocence. Akmal let them find a comfortable seat. They finally chose a seat near the glass wall.

"This is the menu, choose whatever you want. Do not look at the price list, Om will also pack for your parents," said Akmal enthusiastically.

"Well, thank you, Om. Om very kind. Hopefully Om's sustenance is smooth and a blessing. Aamiin," said Fajar happily. Among other friends, this Dawn is the most able to behave the village more than its age.

"Thank you, yes Om," said another friend of Karang.

"Together."

The four of them came back boisterous with the menu book that was in the hands of the Coral. Sometimes they giggle when they see the row of menus in the book.

Akmal just stared at the Coral which was very different from what he saw. For today, Akmal first saw the laughter of the Coral that never faded from his lips. The coral has two distinct personalities.

When at home, Karang became a private closed, quiet, not much behavior and moody. Very different from what Akmal now sees. It makes Akmal think that he is the cause of the Coral to close itself when at home. Not expressing as now. Is it possible to get comfort outside the home? Akmal.

"Pemisi, here's the order." The beautiful waiters offered one by one plates containing luxurious food.

Akmal who accidentally saw the waiters seemed to think hard. It was like he had seen that smile, but where? His face was as he had seen it, but again he could not remember where he had seen the face and smile. Her face was too pretty for a waiter.

"Good fun, sir. It's good to see you again" said the waiters suddenly.

The words from the waiters made Akmal frown. He was confused by what the girl said.

"Ten years ago. You almost hit a little boy who crossed the street carelessly. Do you remember?" askalanya.

Akmal's eyeball he turned to the side, apparently remembering what the girl asked. But the more he remembered, the more he forgot. His gaze then turned to the girl, scrutinizing every corner of her.

'Where have I met this beautiful girl? Beauteous?' Saying the word beautiful made her remember a name.

"Senja, are you twilight?" asked Akmal with sumringah because he managed to remember. Even though he didn't know his guess was wrong or right.

"Does you remember my name?" ask Dusk in amazement at once wonder.

Ten years is not a short time to remember a foreign name that even they only met once and a short duration as well.

"Your name is too beautiful to forget. You're grown now and more beautiful," praised Akmal who made Dusk's face flushed.

"Thank you, sir. Then I'm sorry. It's nice to meet you, Father." Dusk covers away from Akmal's desk.

The man just stared at the twilight's back which was getting away. No matter what with her, her mood suddenly changed to be more cheerful and happy. However, in the next second he tried to forget and did not want to think about the child. Even though he felt very close and wanted to meet her again someday.

"Well, how did you know that brother?" ask the coral while chewing food.

"No, only Brother had almost run over Brother earlier. But a long time ago, Brother was a little boy, his name was Kak Dusk."

Coral only mangosteen while including food that he tastes ordinary. But another expression on the face of his three friends who felt the pleasure of the food.

"Not the food?" akmal asked the three friends of Karang.

"It's not good anymore, Om. This is delicious, the cuisine of the canteen Mother who we have always considered the best to lose in a landslide," replied one of Karang's friends who left a laugh.

"Pa, I'll go to the toilet first." The coral walked quickly to the bathroom.

"Basic, the Coral habit, the child. Surely he is full, his stomach can not accommodate a lot of rice," he licked Fajar who got a nod from the other two friends.

'Hubby? Is every coral eating a lot going straight to the toilet? Why don't I know something this small?' akmal's mind felt pinched in his heart.

"What kind of friends are you in your eyes?" Akmal threw a question that made the three children stop eating for a moment.

"Corals kayaking, Om. Very kind, like to help other friends, generous, humble, he never distinguishes friends, not picky friends, never arrogant with what he has," answer one friend.

"Now is also the happiest, the smartest among us. Our teacher said, Corals bring positive energy to the people around them. That's why we also never stop laughing when we are with him" added Fajar.

Akmal is slowly muttering. The knot smile he showed because he felt proud to be the Coral Father.

"But, sometimes the happiest people, the happiest, laugh the most like they have no problem. He's the one who's got the most trouble and keeps the wound."

The words of Dawn made Akmal's smile fade away instantly.