Love at the End of Time

Chapter 3

Gilang put his body on the sofa with his eyes closed.

"Just got home Lang?" asked Mr. Ahmad to walk up to his nephew, then sit in front of Gilang.

"Yes Uncle, Gilang today is unlucky and upset with the girl. He did not want to pay compensation after hitting a car," Gilang said after telling him that his uncle's car was hit by a girl.

"What did you say! My car was hit by a girl! Then, you just shut up after what happened!" shouted Mr. Ahmad with a surprised reaction and walked out to his yard.

"Sorry Uncle, Gilang thought the girl would obey after I threatened. But Gilang mistook. Turns out that chick's a little bar-bar, Uncle!" terang Gilang walked following his uncle out of the house and told him about his debate with the girl.

"You should just report to the police station so that he is deterred," said Mr. Ahmad as he felt his car was slightly scratched.

"Keep, you didn't follow the girl where did she go?" timpal Ahmad again.

"No, Uncle."

"Basic stupid! Look at the beautiful girl just shut up, you" Mr. Ahmad shook his head slowly about the playboy nephew's attitude.

"Hehehehe," Gilang only grimace revealed a row of white teeth.

Mr. Ahmad immediately entered the house casually and took the bag in his room. Then, out the room walked forward.

"Come, come with Uncle," asked Mr. Ahmad to Gilang who was quietly standing next to the car.

"Where's Uncle?"

"To the cafe, look at the beautiful girl," said Mr. Ahmad just got into the car.

"Well, really Uncle. It can be this way. Aunty won't get angry if she gets caught going to the cafe washing her eyes, Uncle!" sahut Gilang got into the car sitting next to his uncle.

Mr. Ahmad just kept quiet and drove his vehicle out of the house splitting the road to the workshop.

An hour drive away, Ahmad's car arrived in front of his subscription workshop.

"Loh, Uncle! How, to the workshop? He said to the cafe?" Gilang looked up at the workshop in front of him and only realized that he had been lied to by his own uncle.

"Who told the cafe?" kilah Pak Ahmad out of the car avoiding Gilang who asked a lot.

"Uncle himself said," exclaimed Gilang come down from the car following his uncle met with workshop employees.

"Star, would you really paint my car that scuffed?" pinta Ahmad to the officer.

"Ready, Mr. Ahmad. Beres!" sahut Bintang smiled broadly at his regular subscription.

"All right, then I'll just go home. When you have finished contact me Bin," said Mr. Ahmad to Bintang employees who always finish their work carefully and quickly.

"Ready, Mr. Ahmad."

Gilang was just following where his uncle was stepping.

"What are you doing behind Uncle Lang?" astonished Mr. Ahmad saw his nephew walking out looking for a taxi.

"Well, it's Uncle Gilang! How the hell?" Gilang scratched his un-itchy head in confusion and followed his uncle out of the workshop.

After getting a taxi, Ahmad told the driver his address and drove the vehicle to his palace home.

*

Ratna had arrived home a while ago.

"Mbak Rat, what's with your elbow?" frida asked in shock to see her brother's hand wrapped in plaster and then sat next to her.

"Just a small wound, it was accidentally slipped on Devi's house when she was going home," Ratna told her sister not to worry.

"Oh, thank God," Frida said back to watching television.

Ms. Yuli attended the study at her friend's house with her husband Adam.

"Bak to the room first Frid, want to change clothes," Ratna stood up leaving her own sister in the living room.

In the room, Ratna broke down her tired body after a long argument with the man, plus her aching arm throbbed in pain.

"Duh, it hurts! It's because of that guy, it's really bad to see you on campus tomorrow" muttered Ratna walking to the bathroom to wash her hands and feet.

Out of the bathroom, Ratna immediately changed her clothes with her favorite nightgown.

Afterwards, Ratna went out of the room to have dinner with Frida.

"Frida, you're home yet?" tanya Ratna chewed the rice into her mouth.

"Already Ma'am, Dad arrived home when Mbak Ratna came out to take Mbak Devi earlier," replied Frida and Ratna only responded with ber Oh ria.

After dinner, Ratna and Frida sit together in the living room and wait for their parents to come home.

Ratna also soon left Frida who returned to watch television drama soap opera today to sit on the porch of the house because she wanted to contact her best friend.

"Assalamualaikum Ero" said Ratna sitting cross-legged in the long chair.

"Waallaikumsalam Ratna, my beautiful, cute and cuddly best friend" Ero chuckled across the phone.

"Geez, don't bring me, but it's chatty" said Ratna laughing after saying.

"What's up? Tumben phone! Must be venting?" asked Ero who seemed to know that his best friend contacted him when he was upset again.

"Kok knows the hell Ro! You're a shaman?" ratna's Protest on Ero.

"So, really vent!" Ero didn't think that his guess was right.

"Yes? There was a guy on the road plus restrained," said Ratna who began to tell the incident this afternoon to Ero.

"What! So, he's the senior brother at our college? You don't know his name? What's she like?" Ero asked in surprise after hearing the story from Ratna.

"Not yet to know Ro! But I know his face. After a long argument, I went to take Devi home leaving the man for granted," replied Ratna still so upset by the incident that happened to her.

"Alright, tomorrow I pick you up at 8 am and leave together to campus" said Ero who was curious about the figure of the man.

"Okay, I'll wait tomorrow. Yeah, I hung up. Want to study hard. Assalamualaikum," Ratna said.

"Grandoall."

Ratna went into the house and saw her sister still focus on watching television while crying.

"Well, you cry Frid?" wonder Ratna saw her sister.

"That's Mrs Rat, her husband cheating right in front of his wife's eyes with a sly smile," said Frida wiping her tears with a tissue.

"It's just, uh, Frid! The soap opera is taken seriously, until it cries too," said Ratna shaking her head, then walking towards her room.

"Eh, Sister Ratna make no mistake. The real world is also a lot of times a husband and wife cheating," cried Frida disputing her brother's words.

Ratna did not pay attention to the babble of her sister, she just wanted to go to bed soon so that tomorrow wake up fresher.

Before long, both Ratna and Frida's parents arrived home after attending a lecture. 

"Assalamualaikum," said Bu Yuli, opening the door of her house, followed by Adam from behind carrying a parcel.

"Waallaikumsalam" said Frida standing over to her mother.

"Away alone, son?" tanya Bu Yuli sat on the sofa beside Frida.

"Yes, Mom. Sister Ratna was in her room studying," replied Frida looking at the parcel laid by her father.

"You didn't learn Frid, you saw the soap opera" Mr. Adam said.

"Hehehe. No, Dad, tomorrow's the 3rd grade. So, 1st and 2nd grades are off" Frida said with a smile on both corners of her lips.

The three chatted jokingly with laughter without Ratna sleeping in her room until late at night.