JODOH: First Love

24. dinner together

Now Raya, Yana, Beni and Rashid are sitting four of them on a mat that stretches on the kitchen floor, Rashid is sitting next to Raya and Beni is on the other side. The atmosphere seemed so warm full of laughter.

Because Rashid is a person who easily mingles with people, even though he is a little quiet. Beni idly asked about how Rashid could be close to Raya.

" Where do you know Raya?" Ask Beni.

" From Junior High!" While scooping the spicy acid sambal that Raya cooked onto her plate, Rashid only answered briefly.

" Likes it from Junior High?" Ask Beni again.

" Well, I love it from the first time I met you!" Rashid replied while teasing Raya.

" His girlfriend is from Junior High, very long?" Ask Beni astonished. " How many years thu?"

" Yes not dating Bambang, not you!" Omel Raya who called Beni bambang because she was upset. While throwing a spoon towards Beni, but swiftly caught by Beni.

" This one girl, so bar-bar!" Oceh Beni put the spoon back into place.

"Mishey yourself!" Yana Bela.

" Ayang mah, not belain me!" Rajuk Beni to Yana.

" No need to alay, chocolate cave sambal is also the mouth!" Say Yana while taking a spoonful of sambal.

" A girl with a freak?" Ledek Rashid to Beni, whispering.

" Hummer!"

" Thank you for love, if you don't run away?"

" Not run away, I even invite marriage" said Beni a bit loud to be heard by Raya, and Yana.

" Who do you want to marry?" Tanya Raya's.

" Wedlock Yana, cook you?" Said Beni, who was directly hit by Rashid.

" No need to macem!" Omel Rashid.

Some children who like to play with them, come with their mother.

" Doctor.... Doctor!" call them from outside.

Beni swiftly went ahead to open the door and told the children and also mak ngah join to eat together.

" Come on in, eat together!" Take Beni while walking towards the kitchen.

"Let's eat!" Ajak Raya took a plate for the three children (Mansur, Ali, and Bayu) who made Raya kruk yesterday.

Beni sat in the middle of the three children.

" I'm eating next to me!" Bring Yana along, while slightly shifting a little closer to the Kingdom.

" Mom is eating!" Answer mak ngah while taking a plate to put boiled sweet potatoes into the dish.

Mak ngah used to bring food to be given to doctors who live next door to this house. Usually from their own crops in the garden cultivated by the husband, who lives in the field.

" Dak can refuse mak, Lantun kepunan!" Beni Saying.

Yana took the plate to mak ngah, from the dish rack that is not too far away, because the one in front of them has been used by children.

" Take a taste of the cuisine of Raya ni Mak!" Beni Saying.

" Mommy the doctor is beautiful, pinter, good at cooking too!" Praise mak ngah.

" Cooked with Yana mak, if Raya herself can't!" The lowly Raya.

" Mommy, who is this?" Mak asked Yana whispered while glancing towards Rashid.

" Your own acquaintance and mak!" Yana's words were a little loud until they were heard by everyone there.

"That's so handsome, doctor!" Ali said to Mansur right next to him.

Mansur who heard that only saw Rashid with a sharp view, like he did not like it.

" Rasyid ma'am!" Rasyid said as he reached out to Mak ngah.

" Call mak ngah ja, like another one!" Said mak ngah fascinated with Rashid who is handsome and also polite.

" Mansur, sir"

" Bayu, sir".

The three of them took turns shaking Rashid's hand and kissing him.

" Rasyid, call Rashid ja!" Rasyid's rather strange words were called sir by the children.

"Stop the doctor, same doctor!" Mansur.

Rashid who heard Mansur's words slightly frowned, feeling strange about his behavior.

" Receive it if you're old, and it's natural to call you father!" Ledek Raya slightly whispered in Rashid's ear.

" Yes no pa-pa called father, if that calls our son Ay!" Said Rashid right in Raya's ear.

Raya's face immediately met red hearing Rashid's words that made her heart flowery and also misbehaved.

" Don't be weird!" Raya said as she rolled her eyes irritated and pinched Rashid's thigh hard, but could not pinch.

" You why Ra, allergic?" Tanya Yana who saw Raya's cheeks flushed red.

Until everyone who was there looked towards Raya, and saw the Pilli Raya that was flushed like a cane crab.

" No pa-pa, just spiciness!" Say Raya while misbehaving, while fanning cheeks with his hands.

Raya glanced at Rashid for help, but Rashid just kept silent while continuing to eat the food on his plate.

" Are you sure, Ra?" Asked Beni who saw Raya's cheeks getting redder because it was spiciness and also embarrassed by Rashid's behavior.

"Yes, doctor, sick?" Tanya Mansur chimed.

Rashid who heard Mansur's attention to Raya felt a bit strange, according to Rashid the boy was a bit exaggerated. So Rashid finally made a sound.

" It's just that, you can't eat spicy." Bela Rashid looked at Mansur, who was looking at him sharply.

Inadvertently Rashid saw the movement of the lips mansur which was like saying 'Sok tau'.

'What problem is this kid?' Rasyid thought strangely, immediately Rashid saw the direction of Mansur's view to Raya which you thought was a bit strange.

After finishing his meal Rashid asked if they had ice cubes.

" Yes, is there ice?"

" Well what?" Tanya Yana was confused.

" If you want the most ice cubes in the front stall, which was a very late afternoon rame it.!" Sahut Yana's.

" Can anyone make an impression?"

" I'm all, sir!" Tawar Ali, who happened to eat very slowly and was still sitting in the dining room, while the others had already gone ahead with Beni.

" Come on!"

" We got a nice car up ahead?" Tanya Ali girang.

" Take the others too!" Tawar Rashid.

" Hoor...!" Ali immediately ran to the front room to invite your friends to the front stall.

Rashid went with Ali, and Bayu. Mansur like very dislike and reluctant to talk or close to Rashid.

They brought home a lot of food and ice cubes needed by Rashid. Rashid went straight to the kitchen, and prepared a compress for Raya whose cheeks were still flushed. Raya will only heal if his cheek is already compressed with ice cubes.

" it!"

Rashid gave the ice cubes wrapped in Rashid's handkerchief, and it was still the same handkerchief a few years ago. The twin handkerchiefs they bought at Junior High.

Raya wanted to cry seeing Rashid's attitude like this. He would just shut up without asking, then go find the Kingdom of medicine, even though it was not so valuable according to others, but for the Kingdom this made him very happy.

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Sometimes women don't need luxury. But just enough to feel noticed, and fought for.