Fika Diary
Episode 6 IS BACK
Not long after, my college friends were seen coming to my house they were Shinta, Zilda, Erika Anto, Ryan and Arif they're all best friends with me every break or empty hour. Sometimes we go to the cafeteria or the front stall of the campus or we just sit in the boarding house I Shinta, he said, and Zilda was Erika home close to campus so she only needed to ride a motorbike to get to campus.
“We are deeply saddened, Fika” said Arif, our class leader who also got the nickname Mr. Ustad because of his religious appearance. But he is often the talk of friends because he is somewhat innocent and often gives advice to friends who feel wrong or do not want to do the task.
Arif memimin prayer and tahlil reading for Dad. After reading the prayer we talked for a while.
“Fika, you will still be in college right?” Shinta tried to start the conversation.
“Insya Alloh, Shin. But for 7 days I have remained
in-house. Regarding the lecture I still do not know, please just pray”
“Wah, I will sleep alone, Fik if you go home” Zilda my roommate chimed in. The three of us hugged each other's sign of heavy letting go. But time had to separate and we parted not knowing if this was a temporary separation or a long separation.
After all the friends came home lonely across themselves towards night, just stayed me, Mother because Kak Fina has to go home tomorrow she still has to go to work as well as the Great mas and their children Ana and Dawn also have to stay in school.
Mom called me to talk in the living room. I had expected what my mother would say because now the father in charge of making a living for the family was gone. While the mother since young never worked because her physique was not too strong, she was used to help keep Ana and Dawn during Kak Fina's work. While brother Agung work out of town and home also erratic. Back when Dad was alive he often invited Ana and Dawn after school now taka da again who can do all that.
There were no tears on the cheeks reminiscing about the deceased who had been facing the divine.
“Fik, I'm sorry if after this you may not be able to stay at the hostel anymore because mom has no friends at home. So if you still want to go to college you should just PP ya!” my mother said ridding me of my daydreams from remembering my father.
“Iya ma'am...” I answered briefly while trying to wipe my tears, thankfully mom didn't notice me. “I'll look for work bu after this..”.
“Im sorry Mom, Ka. You shouldn't think about making a living, you should only think about learning, son!” Mother spoke while shedding tears. I can't bear to see that Mother who is nearing her old age must be left alone.
“Mother don't talk like that!” I hugged my mother and we both cried. “I'm sincere with all this! It should have been a child to serve his parents, and now Fika only has a mother so it has become an obligation of Fika to guard and protect Ibu” after talking we enter each other's rooms
respectively. I checked my phone with some messages from Bagas, Zilda and Mas Andra, my cousin's brother.
“Hopefully you can remain patient in the face of this ordeal! Believe me aka tone of wisdom behind a tesj” message from Bagas.
“Fika, will you be back in 7 days? Now that I miss you, I miss joking, eating with you, showering with you. You are my best friend.
and bolting you in exchange for you mala mini” Message from Zilda is indeed a child from the city of S is very spoiled at least can not sleep alone since at home.
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At 8 o'clock 10 minutes the sound of a motorbike in the yard and I who was watering flowers looked at the figure who took off his helmet when I put the hose and turned off the faucet after seeing Mas Andra who took off his helmet. He is more handsome his skin is now clean when as I remember it seemed a bit dark and dull now either he treatments in the salon where so the skin becomes kinclong.
“Mas Andra, enter yuk breakfast first inside!” I said please come in and breakfast from the inside to hear me say hello there was a guest mom came out to us.
“No need, Fika I have breakfast at home earlier”
“Ardi anyway who came, said your mother yesterday you ran out from out of town huh?” Mom opened the conversation.
“Iya, Bi I just got from Bandung” Mas Ardi replied
“Wah away mas! Do you work out of town or what?” I asked him if we rarely met that day if he was not out of town.
“Ngak always Fik, indeed the work is uncertain depending on where the project takes place move away. When you are done, move location”
“In his work architect well pretty yes salary, Ardi” Mother began to tease the niece of her husband.
“Alah bi, the same is the greater the income the greater the expenditure as well!. You yourself how Fik has been what semester you are now?”
“Semester 5” my answer is short.
“Then it's less than two years away well?” Mas Ardi tried to guess and I just nodded.
“That's Ardi.. Fika now wants to find work if you happen to have info about job vacancies you tell Fika” Mother directly conveys her heart to Mas Ardi.
“Iya Fik seems at PT Panasonic in PEER is in need of production personnel yesterday I got info from my friend you should try to come there but I asked my friend first. I'll call him soon yah!”
Shortly thereafter Mas Ardi was calling someone and they were seen seriously talking on the phone. Shortly thereafter Mas Ardi ended the conversation on the phone.
“Fika, tomorrow you come to this address” Mas Ardi shows his phone to a company address “Besok is the last day of this vacancy I have contacted my acquaintance who also works there. May you be lucky” said Mas Ardi while rubbing my head.
“Aamiin..” say me and Mom together.
