Khanza and Gracio

42. Unnamed number

Last night Ryu could not sleep thinking of Khanza's words. Anxious and sad fused in despair makes it difficult to sleep. He went back and forth in bed, pacing around in the room watching every word Khanza said. Ryu did not expect that much Khanza thought. Somehow Ryu felt something strange from the girl's words. If indeed Khanza wants to live independently, it does not have to be like that to keep his distance from him. Another oddity he caught from Khanza's face was how sad khanza was when he said that. Sad and also depressed. His mouth said that but the glare of his eyes said another. What's the matter with that girl?

The sound of alarm startled Ryu's daydream. He rubbed his face rough while taking a deep breath. Ryu immediately got up from his seat to clean up and ablaze. Because it is time for dawn prayer. Usually at dawn, it is not the alarm that wakes him, but Khanza's ignorance that will come to his room and disturb him in bed. Otherwise, he would have woken the girl. Lifting out of bed and taking her to the bathroom for ablution. Then they will pray together. But this time it doesn't seem. Khanza didn't come to his room. Ryu waited for a few minutes, but the door to his room did not open. The girl did not show up. The dawn this time felt different for Ryu without Khanza as his mistress, and it made him very sad. At the last prostration a drop of tears fell wet on his alphabet. He prayed for the best for himself and Khanza.

While in her room, Rara had just finished her morning prayers. He was still sitting on his alphabet while reading the Qur'an. His tears flowed as his words recited the Holy verses of God. His shoulders held back his cries. The cry began to fill the recesses of his heart while performing the dawn prayer. He brings his sorrow to God. Because he believes only God can take away his sorrow.

A few minutes later, Rara ended her life. He wiped his tears. Although the sadness was not over yet, but for a moment he felt a calmness in his heart. Rara took off her face. Cellphone's ringing. He immediately took the flat object. His face immediately brightened to see who was contacting. Her mother. Video call.

Buru rush Rara running around looking for sheet mask in the drawer of the dresser. Then immediately put on it.

She did not want her mother to see the sadness on her face. The phone died, then it rang back. Rara neutralized the irregular breathing, then sat on the sofa. Putting a headset on both ears twisting the prophet's prayer. Then immediately pick up her mother's phone. The beautiful face of her mother was immediately visible on the screen of her phone.

"Assalamualaikum ma....!" sapa is very Rara slowly because it keeps the cracked mask. He immediately removed the headset.

"Waalaikumsalam boy! Khanza's another mascar?" asked Ara to look at her face.

Rara replied with a slow nod.

Ara smiled from across. Rafa appears beside her and sees Khanza.

"Honey, dawn is the mascara?" said Rafa.

Rara nodded. He signaled with his finger that he could not speak.

"Have you prayed at dawn?" asked Rafa who understood with that gesture.

Rara nodded slowly. He was very happy to see the faces of his two parents.

"Is his Khanza papa okay in there?"

Rara nodded again.

"Where's your brother?"

Rara pointed to the side.

"Mom and Dad miss you so much, son!"

"Rara also misses mom and dad very much!" rara answered, seeming conscious. His voice was so clear. He really misses his mom and dad when he's sad like this.

"Pa, ma. Sorry huh?" he said he was sad to realize his words. He unconsciously opened his voice so long for his parents.

"Good darling. Don't eat late?" said Rafa.

"Don't you hear his voice? I'm sure she just cried. I know Khanza! Back when they were apart, he always cried over Cio every time he finished praying, every night when he missed his brother. And he purposely wears a mask to cover the sadness on his face!" said Ara sobbing small.

Rafa immediately hugged his wife. He knows that too. Rafa sighed sadly. He had not contacted Cio to ask what happened because of guarding the child's heart. Because he also knew Cio must be sad and confused by Khanza's attitude. But he was very confident that his nephew could solve the problems that happened to Khanza.

Rara breathed a heavy breath. His heart was not calm, worried that his mother would find out about his situation here. He hopes not.

Rara immediately took off her mask, then went to the bathroom to clean her face.

His phone rings repeatedly. Rara hurriedly came out of the bathroom. Guess your mom called again. But his face turned tense after seeing who contacted him. The number is nameless, but he knows exactly who owns the number. The number that sent the message yesterday morning and made his attitude change in Cio's eyes. He stared for a moment at the screen of his phone. The last second the call would end, he immediately picked it up.

"Assyn....!" he said very slowly in a low voice.

"Hello spoiled girl pretentious....!" a voice from across was heard. Snide laugh.

"I know you're awake. That's why I called you" said the voice again.

"i-yes... Rara has been awake since. What did you call me?" tanya Rara was slowly afraid of fear. His eyes are already glazed.

The caller spoke. Talking with pressure with a threat. Rara listened faithfully.

"You must take responsibility for everything that happens between us! You can't go back to Indonesia before things get better" said the caller at the end of his speech.

"Good sister, Rara understands. Brother don't worry!" rara said with trembling lips. Phone's turned off from across.

The flat object slipped out of Rara's hand. He immediately sat limp on the lip of the bed. A little squash came out of his mouth. Rara crying. Her tears fell down her smooth cheeks.

Is her affection for Ryu too much? Hugging, kissing, sleeping together are common among siblings. It didn't occur to him that it wasn't worth doing by the brothers.

Because she loves Ryu only as a sister without any other taste.

But his affection is misinterpreted, considered too excessive and unnatural by someone. To make a long-standing relationship broken. And he is the destroyer of that relationship. It makes Rara very sad.

But from that number opened his eyes, heart and mind. Teach them the boundaries of relationships in fraternity.

Everyone's views and judgments are different. Maybe for him it was common. But in other people's view such a thing is unnatural and too excessive. Hence he started to keep his distance and boundaries with Ryu.

Actually Rara intends to return to the homeland this morning. To stay away from Ryu, so as not to become a problem in the other person's relationship. But the owner of the number asked him to take responsibility for what had happened before he returned home.

Rara is back. Slowly he grabbed his phone on the floor. He opened his WhatsApp. Read the message that came in yesterday morning. The message sent by that number. A message containing dirty words addressed to him. The word insulted and demeaned her as a woman. Words Full of insults and insults. It really made his heart hurt, very humiliated and made him very sad. This was a very difficult test in his life.

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