If You Love

Eps. 34. Rilly Jean Tendean, Do You Still Remember Me?

Rilly had finished her final exams, she didn't go to school anymore while waiting for the graduation announcement. He did not include students who were eligible for the college entrance pathway based on merit, although in fact his grades in the twelfth grade were good, either, but the value of his report card from Amurang subpar makes him not in this category. Unlike his friend Giveel who graduated in a well-known public university in Indonesia.

Rilly and the Betsy oma are still in Jakarta waiting for Rilly to get the graduation announcement and the closing ceremony. Finally, Oma Betsy agreed to move but lived with her aunt Irma at the officer's house in Tomohon, and Rilly will be looking for boarding houses in Manado if he can pass the State College entrance selection he seeks.

Rilly is studying in the dining room, she's been moving rooms since Ando's brother came back to live in this house. Brother Ando came and sat down in front of Rilly and put a plate full of food on the table.

“Udah eat Ril?”

Brother Ando is not as early as Rilly here, has often invited Rilly to chat. Rilly turned her attention, momentarily looking at Brother Ando who was also staring at her.

“Oh... already brother..”.

“Still learning? Isn't the exam done?”

“Oh... This is for college entrance selection preparation..”.

Rilly lifted the thick book she was studying, showing the front cover to Ando's brother. The guy nodded his head in understanding.

“When announcement passed SMA?”

“Next week brother..”

A few minutes lasted two people sitting opposite each other's activities.

“Rill... make me chekalang noodles..”.

“Hahh?”

Rilly looked again at the guy whose hair was intersecting the buzz cut in front of him, who looked very masculine because his two jaws were so prominently balanced with a nose that was not too high but not too wide as well.

“Masakin instant noodles..”

“Oh? That?”

Rilly pointed at the plate that looked freshly eaten by a few spoons.

“Nice to eat this, already cold vegetables.. want to add with fruiting so tasty to enter the throat. Instant noodles I keep in the top cabinet at the right.. make four packs yes?”.

“Oh yes sis... briefly..”.

Rilly went to the kitchen, made this guy a request. Somehow the two of them, if following the words of Betsy who recognizes Rilly as his son, then the status of Fernando is the puppet of Rilly, Rilly, but it's no validity and again it's kind of funny if Ando's brother becomes Rilly's nephew because Ando's brother is older, his age may be ten years different from Rilly's.

A few minutes later…

“This brother..”.

Rilly placed a bowl container with a large size made of glass, containing boiled instant noodles that reflect hot steam. Ando who was playing his cellphone immediately smiled to welcome the soupy food that became mandatory food for him. Rilly turned to the kitchen to pick up a smaller bowl and chopsticks, knowing that this instant noodle fan brother always uses chopsticks when eating noodles.

“This brother..”.

Rilly placed the bowl and chopsticks on the table but Ando's brother had eaten directly from the big bowl, turning the noodles with a fork.

“Enak mienya... What are you wearing?”

“Otherwise, only nambahin tofu, mustard, spring onion equals 1 egg, let there be nutrition, sis..”.

“But it feels different..”.

Brother Ando ate and looked voraciously, sipping the broth while sounding.

“Oh... That's because Rilly doesn't use the spice, Rilly uses the same shredded garlic that exists.”.

“Enak... yummy..”.

Rilly was smiling, happy to feel that his homemade noodles were enjoyed by brother Ando. While Brother Ando ate, Rilly several times glanced especially when he heard the sound caused when Brother Ando sipped the noodle soup. When it's almost finished filling that bowl…

“You want Ril?”

Rilly laughing…

“It's finished new nawarin.. hehehe, brother Ando aja, Rilly does not like instant noodles. Anyway Rilly knew Ando's sister that her portion of noodles should be four packs of one meal.”.

Fernando spent his noodles, he did not seriously offer the last part of the noodles because he still wanted it. Rilly lowered his head in her smile, trying to concentrate again on the book before her.

“The best noodles I ate.. Your noodles are delicious, Rill...”.

“Hehehe just instant noodles brother... everyone can make it..”.

The two people who began to enter into a more free relationship were both smiling.

“Ando? Already home?”

Armando's heavy voice suddenly disturbed the interaction of the two people at this dining table. Om Armando just came home and entered the house through the side door, this dining room must be passed by om Armando to his room.

“Pi? Just aja... just ate too..”.

Rilly was suddenly afraid to stand up and immediately went into the room, ando's former food will be cleaned later after Armando sleep. A year here does not change the views and attitudes of Om Armando, even though Rilly has really tried to be kind.

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In the central part of the country, ora Susan came home and this made Brill so happy, he missed Susan's cooking. It used to be time in Amurang that occasionally oma would cook for her.

"Oma ya nginap, don't go straight home."

Brill who descended from the upper room with a carefree heart greeted oma with a wide smile.

"Well, Ima can't Brill..."

Oma Susan kept her smile, this one granddaughter who was the most able to indulge in her compared to her other grandchildren, even the two granddaughters of her eldest son did not do that because since childhood rarely with her.

Brill's expression immediately changed. But...

"I'm with oma deh..."

"Well, I can't... Oma didn't come back to Amurang, Ima went to Jakarta..."

Oma still keeps a smile.

"You want to go to Jakarta?"

"Make what? Lazy ah..."

"Oh... lazy yes, do not want to meet your friends? What's-her-name? Betsy's granddaughter's friend oma... What's-her-name? You used to want to meet him..."

Rilly.

Brill only answered the oma question in his heart. He still remembered the name even though a year had passed, but he also still remembered his disappointment because the girl refused to meet.

"Why is his face like that? Hehe..."

Oma Susan laughed now.

"Oma joked Brill, oma will not go anywhere, oma just want to stay here this month, our house in Amurang want to be renovated, want to change zinc and ceiling, it's an old house right..."

"Serious oma want to stay here?"

"Yes... Om Dicky is the same mom you asked oma to stay with them, but oma is quieter here, oma is less comfortable living in the official house.,."

"Oh. good oma, I have a friend here..."

"I don't mean like that, oma ahh..."

"Hehehe..."

"Oma's in my mom's room..."

"Son, the oma in the room just like always..."

"Booking yes oma."

"Tomorrow.today oma is tired..."

"Yes, I didn't ask for it today..."

"Yes. yes.. oma to the room now."

Not yet able to stand from the sofa, aunt Nellie and aunty again who everyday so assistant in the house oma out of the room that is intended for Susan in this big house.

"His clothes Nellie made?"

"Had..."

"You ask Rina, your room where yes.help Rina cook yes, the other grandchildren will gather here later tonight..."

"Yes..."

Two oma assistants headed for the back area.

"Who's gonna be here?"

Brill asked while, helping oma stand up from the sofa.

"Everything like, is still a holiday right.this morning they want to go to Amurang oma say here aja, noon oma already here..."

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By nightfall, the big house is quiet because Brill only lives with om Markus and aunt Rina and three other ARTs, too, now it's getting more crowded because all of Susan's grandchildren are gathered here.

Brill is no longer too careless to be among them even though he still tends to be silent.

Briana, Bierna's smallest sister, Brill's age, came to sit happily beside Brill.

"Brill, take a selfie..."

"Huh?"

"Selfie, show off my handsome cousin at IG first...."

Briana had already taken a photo with the smile of a Brill. Briana looked at it for a moment.

"Ah, the results are not good, you do not look at the camera..."

Briana thrust her advanced hp at Brill. Inevitably Brill did Briana's request, still a bit stiff because it was not too familiar, while Briana actually wrapped her two hands on Brill's shoulder.

"Smile dong Brill..."

Finally the photo with the cousins continued with the others. The atmosphere was getting more familiar at dinner, they ate on the side terrace while barbeque, Susan oma only joined for a moment and then entered again into her room.

Actually, if Susan who initiated her grandchildren to meet again here, she wants the family bond between them to be close, close, so even though they live in different countries they will still feel each other's strong family ties, one day they can support each other and help each other.

"Brill what's your IG name? I want to follow..."

"Huh? I don't have any..."

"Seriously don't have one? If so, I'm looking for your name not to meet..."

"Not have either..."

"Oh my goodness Brill... Why isn't there?"

Bierna quickly interrupted.

"Lazy time..."

"I also have an account but lazy to socialize the media..."

Joel made a voice in response to Bierna who looked up at Brill.

"I'm making an account?"

Briana is most happy to have a friendship with Brill from among all the cousins offering services.

"Whatever..."

Brill refused.

"Here's your phone..."

Then Briana started asking for some personal data.

"Nih. Everyone.. confirm friend requests yes..."

Briana returned Brill's phone.

"You're just looking for your own friends, Brill. Funny you, even mami Inggrid as papi James who has an account Fb... Uh Ignya all of you, here I make."

Brill changed hands again.

A few hours later after the excitement with his cousins, Brill increasingly opened his heart space to socialize. There was nothing to lose it turned out, it was he who had felt his cousins more than himself, it turned out that the conversation could just continue, if he spoke, they listened and listened, and their reactions felt sincere. The blood relation turned out to be so thick, Brill felt comfortable just being between them.

While in his room, there was something he had wanted to do since earlier. With a slouch leaning against the headboard of the bed, Brill searched for someone's name in the breakout column on his new fb account. There are several names that are the same with the same clan, one by one Brill opens the most similar to the name he seeks.

Tried a few times with a long name nothing matched. Brill tried under a short name, see. But there are two similar names, the name Rilly Jean Tendean and Rilly Tendean. Brill opened an account Rilly Tendean, he listened to other info, from Manado but residing in the city of Bitung.

Then Brill opened an account called Rilly Jean Tendean, his heart pounding, it's a similar name, hopefully this is the Rilly he's looking for. When Brill opened the account, a profile picture of a smiling sweet girl appeared.

Brill noticed and was stunned...

Is this Rilly?

Brill looks for any resemblance to Rilly that's in his memory. Brill repeatedly read the little information listed, there are only two clues about Rilly Jean Tendean that makes Brill a little sure... Living in Jakarta, from Amurang. Brill couldn't see more, all he could see was a picture of it, and was it similar?

Brill asks for friendship and waits impatiently... Wishing they could connect even if only through social media, so that he could get certainty that this is the Rilly he knows.

"How are you, Rill? Do you still remember me?"

Brill muttered while looking at the photos on his screen.

"Is this you now?"

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Hii....

Pa tidings?

Happy fasting for those who are doing it.

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