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Planning a Home

Renzana Alcatraz

February is almost full, but the rain is still coming. Since the barbeque party in the backyard until near noon, rain seemed to be spilled from the sky. Even as the evening approached, the rain had not yet subsided. Lucky Nada Sumbang already paid first before the rain fell. If not, maybe they will fail the performance due to being caught in the rain and not so go on tour.

"Mas, you want some hot chocolate?" bargain Kanya as I sit on the porch next to the house. Enjoy the rain that has no signs will soon subside.

"Can,"

Looks like she just finished her shower after almost a whole day playing with Victor. The baby boy, who has not even one month, likes to laugh when he sees his older sister.

"Okay, I made it first."

Kanya immediately disappeared after saying her sentence. In this house, there is indeed a household assistant who helps all needs. However, even so, all things that can be done alone will not be done by a household assistant. Perhaps that is why Kanya is so independent for her own needs. Even Aunt Sukma also prefers to cook alone in the kitchen rather than relying on household assistants.

Before long, Kanya returned with two glasses of hot chocolate in her hand. The woman sits on the side porch of the house that connects directly with the garden.

"Rain all day makes the atmosphere so shahdu gini. Araz isn't bored?"

"No really. How to get bored if accompanied by a woman as beautiful as you," I said to make Kanya turn the eyeballs. Looks like seduction's starting to not affect the woman.

"So about Mas Araz's offer to join MediaPena. We haven't made a deal yet."

"How do you want to make a deal? Regarding salary, I dare to love you above your current place of work. The allowance? Don't worry, for lunch, health, BBM, holidays, new year, all safe."

Kanya laughs. Gentler. So contrast with the rain that fell with the heavy.

"Okay, deal if that's it."

"Deal." I extended a hand. We shook hands for the deal to be agreed upon with each other. "We can immediately sign the contract once we arrive in Jakarta. Btw, Hanung also submitted your resignation letter the same day he decided to leave."

"What's? Why didn't Mas Hanung say I was? Araz why did you just say that? Ih, you guys are playing me on purpose?"

I know, Kanya's reaction will definitely be angry when she hears my confession. However, I myself forgot to convey the most important part when I received the mandate to recruit Kanya from Hanung.

"Sori, I was wrong. I should have told you from the beginning, but I completely forgot about this. Because .. well, maybe this sounds just looking for excuses. I was really happy to meet you and .. I forgot the important thing I had to say. Sorry again."

Kanya's laughter grew wider when she heard my apology.

"It's okay, Mom. I was just kidding. Hanung actually told me the same thing yesterday. I'm the only one with you guys who just want to make a decision. Suppose I refuse your offer, I will be unemployed in the land of people dong," said Kanya not fully make the laughter subside. Anxiously I pinched the woman's cheek which instantly made her blush. "Mas Araz, please. I'm not a kid. It can be pinched with that gemes."

"Who told you to gemesin. So, when are we planning on going home?"

"Where to go? I'm home, Mom."

I looked at Kanya's face which now clearly seemed to tease me. I grabbed her sweaty hand when my attitude suddenly started to change.

"To our home, Kanya Gayatri. MediaPena will next be the home where we go home. Isn't going home just about the house? Is not the house just its physical form? While we could just mean going home with more space than just a building?"

"Mas Araz can not, just a day without making me salting like gini?" kanya asked me to smile in the middle of a serious moment I talked to her. It took me a while to talk seriously about this woman.

Kanya's laughter broke. I know it's overkill, but seeing him laugh so loose makes me want to make more laugh.

"To a flamboyant man who can't be denied his charm, so when do we go home?"

"Where's the day after tomorrow? We can find a flight today for two more days. Agreed?"

"Well, the sooner the better. I miss my cozy apartment room."

"Is it uncomfortable here?"

"It's not so, Mom. It feels different. There's more to feel that's my place."

"When is it here?"

Kanya looked pondering before answering my question.

"A house full of warmth. The house to go to when tired, giving up, and. Maybe the place is where the miss is."

I am secretly grateful. Women who previously refused when asked to go home have now found the true meaning of home.

I remember how Kanya argued with Almira and Damar early last year when they asked her to come home. Various reasons that they convey as if unable to break through the fortress built by the woman. Even when Aunt Sukma asked him to come home, he never ignored her. Until one night - the day I hit the Son - the woman was willing to obey. She was willing to go home for the man who was once her first love.

"Congratulations, you can defeat yourself. Defeat the selfishness that you have been damning until it becomes a grudge."

"I should have said thanks to Araz. If only that day Mas Araz wouldn't have forced me to go home, I don't know what would have happened. Maybe I'll regret it. It was Araz who made me realize the importance of forgiveness. Especially forgiving yourself that's the hardest part."

The tip of my lips is expanding. I clasped more tightly Kanya's hand which was now warming in my grasp.

"If you don't want to fight for yourself, of course everything I do will not change the situation. After all, you have fought for yourself."

His smile grew wider. We talked about a lot of things with the rain that was starting to fade.

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So, this will be the chapter leading up to the final episode of the story Home.

Thank you to all of you who have read and supported us so far. May you be blessed with goodness. Sorry if in the end there is a story that makes you dissatisfied or something.

See you in the next story. Probably about Alcatraz Algol Sirius. Uh, don't know also ding, we'll meet in which story. 🤭🤭