ENDRO, THE BODYGUARD

I ENVY YOU

"I envy you, End..." Mentari lirih. Every word that was spoken from his lips, only a bitter sound in Endro's ears.

"Why?" Endro seemed to frown upon his forehead hearing Mentari's confession.

"Because you're happy...

Because you have a very good father, even though you no longer have a mother. You're happy, End. You also have Nini who loves you very much."

Crossroads that separate their goals, leaving a sense of marketing in Endro.

An unanswered question filled the entire space in his mind. No matter what the girl meant, she did not understand at all.

How do you know if I am happy to have a father? Could it be Nini who had told him?

Ah... It's probable. Nini just seems to know everything about Mentari... Maybe they share stories.

Endro kept his feet under the real sun.

Not now, maybe tomorrow... Your fate will change.

Endro stared directly at the sunlight that seemed to be at the top of his head at that time for a few seconds.

Like the sun that will light the world, and you will light my world.

"Miss-call..." Endro exclaimed when he found Nini sweeping in the yard of his hut.

"Son Endro... Come by first, son." Nini stopped her work while approaching the fence made of bamboo slats in front of her hut.

"What is this cooking today? Endro wants to eat Nini's cooking today." Her request.

"Gee... Lucky Nini cooked a lot, son. Comein. Nini cook oseng-oseng tempe beans with your favorite kale vegetables." Nini is so excited. The woman really looked sincerely treating Endro.

"That's mah, lucky Endro, Ni." Endro was happy. He snuck in and immediately sat down on the wooden chair where the dining table was.

Nini brought a plate and a glass for Endro. He served the food he had for the man he had considered his grandson.

"Nini didn't eat with me?" Endro asked when he received the plate that had been filled with rice and side dishes from Nini.

"Nini's still full, son. You're the one who eats. Seeing you eat, Nini will feel fuller." Nini smiled.

"Yes already... Endro eat yes, Ni." He was greeted with a nod of Nini's head.

Endro ate so voraciously that afternoon. The woman's cooking has been her favorite dish ever since. If Kamil does not have time to cook, then Nini will deliver some of his cooking to the house of Endro. Plus, Kamil often set aside shopping money for the woman.

"Eat slowly... You'll choke on it." Nini warned.

After eating, he did not go straight home. Endro will jostle first to straighten his abdominal veins on the cot owned by Nini who was in the room.

"Thank you, Ni. Endro's stomach so crispy like this enjoy cooking, Nini" said Endro grinning.

"Nop... Sorry..." Endro took out his compound. Every time he would burp, then every time it was his mouth first said an apology. While Nini just shook her head to see Endro's behavior.

"This..." Call him start getting bitter.

"Grand." Sahut Nini is short.

"Speaking out about Endro, Ni." Reveal it.

Nini stopped the activities she was doing at that time. He turned his face to Endro. "Then?"

"Did Nini tell herself?" Endro began to ask questions that filled the space of his mind earlier.

"No..." Sahut Nini is short.

"Then? He knows where ya are, Ni." Ask Endro again in confusion.

"He knows himself, son." Nini approaching. He sat next to Endro. "He peeks at you often. In fact, he was willing to get a punishment from his father just to see your closeness with your father, son.

Mentari, every afternoon will be told to pick the crops by Alex. And every chance that, Mentari will watch over you and your father.

Maybe he wants to have a father like Kamil. Such a gentle and loving father." Nini explained how Mentari always felt.

"But... What about your relationship? Doesn't he want anyone to know about him?" Nini said in astonishment.

"Endro doesn't know yet, Ni. Endro only heard from Nini's mouth at that time." Tell the real Endro.

Yes, they are close. But Endro did not understand the truth at all, except the Mentari status for the Alex family. Glean boy...

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