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*flashback

Okay, we'll just connect. After Maghrib, yes, his birthday should be celebrated, but both"

Rara nodded. Hafiz opened the door for Rara. And finally he went to the office with a happy heart.

Hafiz's tiredness paid off already, after meeting Rara. On the way, he always smiled, until in the middle of the lonely road, he was stopped by several motorcycles. They wore black helmets, and did not open them at all.

"Down! Downhill!"

Car glass at the banging.

Hafiz was surprised, and immediately went down.

"What's wrong?"

"Don't ask you too much"

Then they beat Hafiz with baseball sticks.

"Who are you? Don't go near Rara again, if you still want to see the sun." Then Hafiz fainted. They just left hafiz.

*At the hospital.

Rara approached Hafiz who was lying on the patient bed.

"Son Rara?" Ask a woman.

Rara looked over, and nodded.

"I'm Hafiz's mother. Sorry to bother you, son. Hafiz called the name of Nak Rara. And I found Rara's nak's number and found out Rara's son."

"Mas Hafiz why Aunty?"

"Don't call auntie, just call mama."

"Oh, yes ma. Why Hafiz, ma?"

"Whenever it happened, we were on the phone this morning, telling Hafiz to be taken to this hospital. Early in the morning, Hafiz came out of the house, mama didn't know where she was. All of a sudden, Mama got word, that Hafiz was here."

"Sorry ma, maybe if this morning mas Hafiz did not meet Rara, this incident will not happen."

"So, you called hafiz, he'll meet your daughter-in-law"

Rara surprised. I don't know what that talk means.

"Rara can get close to Hafiz, ma?"

Rara approached the man who promised to take her to dinner tonight. But not yet at night, he is here.

"Mama stay, son" he said while holding Rara's shoulder.

"Mas.." said Rara slowly, holding Hafiz's hand.

Hafiz remained motionless.

He looked at the man who was just asleep.

The Maghrib day. He should have been in the room waiting for Hafiz's invitation. But he's in this room now.

Arya's mom returned to that room. And sat across from Rara, holding the child's hand.

"Ma, is there any mucena? Rara wants to pray"

"Some, one second, son."

Ms. Arya put up a container and mukena. In his prayer, he pleaded for Hafiz to return to her normal state.

"Hafiz just got home last night. His father had told him not to go out today, because the company let in the handle by his father first. But, his position in the office forced him to leave. That's the reason for that to his dad."

"It's not that Hafiz is just an ordinary employee, ma. He should have stayed home. I can ask permission from his boss"

"Boss? Meanin?" ask mama wonder.

The door was knocked, someone was delivering food.

"How are you doing with Hafiz, ma'am?" ask mbok Asih.

"There has been no change. That's Rara, who he mentioned earlier"

Mbok Asih approached Rara, he saw Rara who only looked at Hafiz.

"Cah ayu, eat first" he said then he returned to Bu Arya.

"Yes, thank you. I'm not hungry yet" Rara said.

"Come, Ra. We eat first, it's night. You will be sick." said Ms. Arya slowly.

Bu Arya's authoritative, loving attitude makes Rara comfortable.

"Ma, let Rara take care of Hafiz. Tomorrow's Saturday. Rara's off to college. It's all Rara ma's fault, if Mas Hafiz hadn't seen Rara this morning, maybe this wouldn't have happened."