LDR(Far Kangen Near Armband)

Bab12. Love issues.

"Sunday morning."

Unlike usual, this Sunday morning Echa was still in her room. Although his eyes were not closed, Echa was still on the pillow. 

It is not the habit of Echa who turned lazy, it's just that little Lila who was sick again and asked to continue in the hug of her brother.

In the past when there was Angga, Echa would often jog every morning with him as well as little Lila who did not want to miss. But after Angga has studied abroad Echa is rarely for sports outside, anyways not good if jogging alone. 

At least if there is a friend who ngajak, then Echa want to follow, if there is no, yes at home. Some at home Echa or at home Angga also have their own sports equipment, so still can maintain health even if not join jogging outside. 

Especially now, there's little Lila who's fussy and mint in the arms of the same Echa, so yeah can't go anywhere.

Actually yesterday it was Lila with a high fever, and last night the heat started to fall. But because he was fussy and mintak slept in the same hug Echa, be the night mama Lina ngantarin Lila to the house of Echa, because it is not possible also Echa who slept in the house of her parents-in-law while her mother was alone at home.

Until this morning Lila's condition has improved, her body is also not hot anymore. But because she was spoiled for Echa, so this morning she still did not want to escape from her brother's embrace.

...****************...

"Lila, sister Echanya do not hold dong, sick tauk sak Echanya if in the hug continues." Oceh Angga from a video call via laptop. Echa just smiled in response to the ravings of Angga on his sister.

"No, Lila, the hug doesn't hurt, Echa doesn't hurt, does it?" He looked up at Echa. Still with a smile, Echa shook her head.

"That's why Echa doesn't hurt, wlek." Sewot Lila was followed by the sticking out of her tongue.

"Huuu, you little boy."

"Biarin, the important thing is that Lila can hug Echa, wlek."

"Ish, be careful later if Angga brother has come home, will not be brother Angga kasi Lila hug Kak Echa again."

"Emang why, brother Echa Lila's sister."

"Yes still can not, brother Echa is his wife, brother Angga. Entar kak Angga hugged Kak Echa from morning until noon until the middle of the mall, so that Lila did not get to the side of the curve Echa."

Hearing the words of the older sister Lila's face began to look sad, but a moment later returned cheerful when she heard Echa whisper something in her ear.

"Jaudah no papa, but the brother Angga came home is still long, wlek."

"Now that can bend Echa's sister just that I'm a brother Angga can't." Lila's murmur conveyed what Echa whispered to her, Lila again tightened her embrace. 

In the arms, Echa whispered something to Lila.

With her song face but still looking fat, Lila said. 

"Lila can hug Echa's sister, Lila can also kiss Echa's sister. Lila immediately kissed Echa's cheek.

"Heh heh heh, who let Lila kiss Echa's sister, Cha don't want Cha to be kissed with Lila." 

Echa smiled amusedly at the words of Angga, cook him jealous with his sister. Echa tau is just a joke Angga, but still sounds funny in his ears.

Regardless of Angga's words, now even Echa who kissed Lila's entire face, until Lila laughed amusedly because of her sister's kiss.

...****************...

Amidst their jokes, suddenly the door of his room opened, Sarah's mother who stood there.

"The message from earlier mama ngetok door not answered, again the same husband's phone turned out." Sarah entered the room and walked up to them.

"Ehk, no kok mah, Echa people again joking with Lila, the family who suddenly called." Echa's refutation was still given, when clearly they were again calling.

"My mother-in-law, my wife should not be upset, she's ashamed." 

"What the hell." Ketus Echa's. Angga and his mother laughed. Lila who did not really understand the adult chat just kept quiet while continuing to hug her brother.

"How are you there, healthy." Now that Sarah's mom is picking up the chat, Echa and Lila are just quietly watching.

"Healthy ma, Alhamdulillah. My mother-in-law is healthy, right?"

"Kalo mama thank God healthy, but the heart of mama who sometimes like unhealthy, envious to see husband and wife again phone." While glaring at the smile on his gaze attached to the face of his only daughter.

"Please ma." Echa said shyly, her cheeks looked red. Angga's face looks happy across there.

"Yaudah Angga is fine there, study diligently, do not like the lyrics of other girls, remember here there is a heart that is always faithful waiting."

"Every mother-in-law of your daughter-in-law will always remember your mother-in-law's advice." Said Angga by raising his hands at the temple of the head sign giving respect. Sarah laughs to see it, although Angga looks joking but Sarah believes in Angga, the man whom she already knows the behavior and nature of the baby until now, Angga who always took care of her daughter, Angga, comforting in every sad Echa, it always has been and he is sure to continue so.

"Oh the problem of the heart insyaallah will always be Angga guard mah, will not other lyrics. But still, mama also don't forget to do'ain Angga." Said Angga, this time in a serious tone. A smile accompanied by a nod Sarah gave.

"Jaudah important do not forget to pray, diligently learn, do not forget the sport of his health is maintained, the same is most important, take care of the heart of your child." Accompanied by the smile Angga mangosteen.

"That's it, assalamu'alaikum."

"Well, what's the end of it?" Angga protested. Sarah chuckles amusedly. Echa and Lila who had been watching also laughed.

"Yaudah if you don't want to be respected, Angga chat with mama, because Echa has been awaited as well as the minister below."

"Hhhh!"

"Well, there really is an Echa!, who is it?" Now it's Echa's turn to be shocked.

"Echa!, girl or boy ma?" Angga who asked, there was jealousy in his tone.

Vaguely Angga still heard Echa whisper to his mother..."Mah says it's a guy, say it's a guy."

"I'm danger lo Cha." Saut Angga flat, jealousy is still evident in his tone. Echa even laughed at the babbling of her husband.

"Echa used to come here, yes Alifah, Sindy, same as Salsa." Mother explained. He knew the son-in-law was jealous, and Sarah was happy to hear it. 

At least Sarah knows that marrying Angga to Echa is not wrong, because both have jealousy that can only be had if someone has a special place in his heart.

Echa down, now it's Sarah's mother's turn to chat with Angga, also replace Echa hugging Lila, little Lila also did not protest, even follow chatting with her brother.

...****************...

After meeting with his friends who apparently want to jump Echa jogging, Echa rose again to the top to make pamit with his mother.

Lucky time Echa said little Lila was asleep again, so Echa did not have to bother persuading Lila whose condition had just healed from illness and usually always asked to join if Echa wanted to jog.

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

After jogging several times around the field, Sindy, Salsa, Alifah and Echa sat at one of the tables on the edge of the field, where people usually relax after tired of exercising. 

Shady trees around the field add fresh and cool air around, making people who deliberately come to exercise feel the air is still clean and free from pollution.

People who come here not all want to exercise, some come just for photos, some just want to see the crowd and wash their eyes, and some even come for a dating place, some just want to see the crowd, hadeehs...🥴.

In the middle of sitting quietly unwind, suddenly Salsa sleepy.

"Cha according to loe love how the hell is it?"

"Lha...! Why this kid, suddenly talking love." Surprised, Echa tried to hold back her laughter. Alifah Sindy even chuckles amusedly to hear it.

"Well, nothing, just doang, I can't cook a lot."

"I.iya may, but why suddenly you have a lot of love problems?"

"Yes no papa, just a prank. I don't want to answer, either, papa." The sibling was upset, Echa even became unwell, Sindy was the same Alifah with all his might holding a laugh.

"Udah ah, I want to go back." Ketus Salsa who immediately stood up and prepared to leave, but his hand was immediately held the same Echa.

"Don't baper it dong Sa, sorry I'm wrong, sit again well, yeah,. Now we're talking about love." Persuade Echa, again Alifah and Sindy must be able to hold back laughter, whether the comedy of the kind in front of them.

Despite not answering, Salsa complied with Echa's request, and she sat down with them again. 

With a frowning face Salsa turned her face away from Echa. Echa can only see his best friend this one suddenly lashes out at him, but Sindy and Alifah also participate ngetawain Salsa but the only one who hit the sap is even Echa.😟

But for the sake of friendship Echa will try to answer.

"Ehm, so that love...emmm???" Echa's words stopped, he scratched his nape that was not itchy, his mind was still loading, he was also confused about what to make up. References are minimal about love.

There was no answer, Salsa squinted her eyes at Echa, Echa was more and more unwell.

"Hehehe..gue also confused Sa, do not know me if the problem of love, mending loe ask other problems aja." Salsa instead snorted at Echa's reasoning.

"Basak Yes Echa does not know the problem of love is he who was married first among them." Inner Salsa.

"Udah do not have to be that his face, if Echa emang can not answer it can not be forced."

"Salsa is suddenly a love problem?, someone is shooting you, someone is expressing their feelings as loe, or even loe himself is starting to like someone?"Alifah mediates, but more like interrogating.

"Not so, um..gue just want to know, love how?"

"Ehm...There is something the same with me, I don't know what the answer is. I've never dated, nor did I know, so I went to Echa, she's married."

"Yes even though I'm married, but if I don't know how, I have to cook it I have to know to answer the loe problem." Saut Echa, the tone of his speech began to provoke emotion. Sindy even chuckles amusedly at the sight of her friends, fighting with problems that are not clear direction.

"Udah do not fight, cook abis running sports want to exercise the mouth again." Alifah mediates, then draws Echa's hand to the table after pulling Salsa's hand on the table.

"Come salaman, cook because love even becomes marahan." Alifah linked Alifah and Salsa's hands together, but after he left, their hands came back apart. Alifah grunted annoyed, indeed so mediating his friends need extra patience.

Alifah stayed back on the spot, thinking about how the solution reconciled his two best friends. Salsa and Echa were also still quietly, Cindy instead looked at their faces alternately, waiting for a response what would happen afterwards.

After a long silence, it is now Sindy's turn to take her role.

With a smile, Sindy again linked the hands of her two best friends, both of whom shook hands with Sindy's hands.

But this time Sindy did not take her hand off Salsa and Echa's hand, no longer wanting a similar incident to happen.

But the problem was that the people around who were looking, staring at them with strange gazes were also suspicious. Sindy mah cuek only, Echa same Salsa wrong behavior made.

And Alifah began to be able to smile again to see the absurd behavior of his best friend.

Sindy's face now began to serious, she began to express her opinion, about Love. 

"This problem of love is a problem that is quite complicated my best friend, so we as the successor women of the nation should not be too busy with such problems, but if friends insist to keep wanting to know, so I am Sindy as your best friend you and you (Sindy turns alternately to Salsa and Echa), Sindy will faithfully explain."

"So you still want to know?" Ask Sindy in her contrived style. Salsa and Echa quickly shook their heads. 

"Lho, was he said to want to know the problem of Love?" Both back to shakes. Alifah with all his might held back a laugh.

Sindy took a long breath. 

"So really don't want to know." Both back to shakes.

"Keep why still marahan, let's quickly apologize." Sindy said, still with her gem mode. But both are back.

Sindy sighed again, she took her hands off on both of their hands, Sindy stood up from her seat....

"Look at friends, this was how love, the pain is endless, fellow friends can be hostile to each other with a word that has a thousand meanings, that's love." Sindy ended her words, suddenly the sound of applause broke out between them. Without Salsa and Echa realizing they were surrounded by people who had just watched them.

With a shocked face and still gawking, the two looked at the table, apparently their hands were still holding. The two hurriedly pulled their hands.

Echa and Salsa were bearded while smiling forcefully around her, annoyed and embarrassed. 

They were forced to endure shame because of Sindy's behavior. 

The two turned to the seat of Alifah and Sindy, they were nowhere. Apparently Alifah and Sindy had run away from them.

Embarrassed Echa and Salsa stood up from her seat while covering their faces with hands. 

It sounds clear the voice of people around as if encouraging, but do not know anything. 

"Don't fight anymore."

"Lelaki is not just one but best friends are only one."

"I love you."

Hearing the absurd chatter of the people, Echa same Salsa even become misbehaved and more embarrassed made.

Slowly walking out of the crowd, after being free the two immediately ran as fast as they left the annoying place.

One or two cheers were still heard in their ears, both of them tightening their runs to get away from everyone who had witnessed their humiliation. 

Bodo is very much called love. Salsa and Echa have forgiven each other, and now they have the same goal, reply to Alifah and Sindy who had heartily abandoned them...😠

...🙃🙃🙃...