Love Because ...

SHOPPING

Sunday, Rara sat in front of the house breathing fresh air in the morning. As usual morning dew adorns the leaves and green grass. Rara took off her sandals and set her foot on the Japanese grass in the yard.

“Ncold nduk?” tanya Bu Sriyantika saw Rara's bare feet stepping on the wet grass by the morning dew. Rara smiled shaking her head slowly.

“ Nduk, it was malem not so monthly shopping, would not be later afternoon we shop, just the two of us?” tawar Bu Sriyantika's. Rara smiled nodding.

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At ten Rara and Bu Sriyantika go to Citylink, Rara drives using Fortuner car owned by Bu Sriyantika. They start shopping for kitchen and daily necessities, until their trolley is fully loaded. They're lining up in Kasa. In front of them were lovers, the man in white wearing a black silhouette Navi shirt and cotton pants. His hands were placed on the hips of the woman who was wearing tight jeans and an armless t-shirt.

“Thank ya baby already memenin I shop, you are very good dech,” said the spoiled woman.

“Sama-sama dear, what the hell is not for you?” answer the flirtatious man while rubbing his hips.

Rara who was busy with her clothing did not touch them, in contrast to Bu Sriyantika who was not comfortable to make.

“God, dear someone forgot, I have not bought skincare,” said the woman flabbergasted.

“Yes have already taken it, let me wait here, this will be the same I paidin.”

“Akh thank you dear,” said the woman added spoiled pinching the chin of the man.

It was a long time for the man in the woman's house. His jaw rang, he raised his call.

“Halo darling, love, sorry dear new I picked up I again help mamah at home, you do not get angry donk...” he said.

Hearing the man's conversation in HP, Bu Sriyantika was stunned to feel uncomfortable with his behavior. The queue forward the man paid for the woman's groceries while chatting seduce other women via phone, Bu Sriyantika felt disgusted with him. Before long he stopped his phone, then the woman wearing a white shirt with no sleeves came back to his lover.

“Whose phone just called from whom?” ask the woman.

“Owh is mamih, where is nanyain anymore? Keep me answer again the same way prospective ghosts,” obviously the man's installment makes the woman smile spoiled to him.

Ms. Sriyantika looked at the cynical male with the mottled nose. He kept on being privileged and prayed that such a man be kept away from his children, Tia and Rara.

“Nduk, this run out to the foodcourt first yes aunty laper,” said Bu Sriyantika, Rara nodded.

They were looking for a Sundanese foodcourt, Rara and Bu Sriyantika were sitting at a four-seat round table. Ms. Sriyantika put her bag on the empty seat. He was still privileged to remember the disgust of the incident earlier.

“Why aunt?” ask Rara to see her tantrum.

“That was a brash guy, he's on the same way his girl, uh keep fitting his girl permission to go to take skincare, he even calls each other flirtatious girls that. He did it again at his mother's house. Keep fitting the girl who took the skincare back, he even did it again the same phone call mamihnya, do not know again shopping the same prospective daughter-in-law he said. Very insolent that that guy,” grumbled Bu Sriyantika told Rara at length.

“Ha ha all girls are considered mamihnya yes aunt?” rara laughed.

“Ikh just pray away aunt kids from the kind of rich guy that.”

“Emang which aunt?”

“That was before us when ngatri in kasa!”

“Wah Rara did not ngeh aunt, probably because Rara was busy ngebales chat kids aunt.”

“Ya already nduk, it is not important also to know which person. Aunty wants to go to the toilet first yes.”

“You're in aunty?”

“Don't dong, you're here just waiting for the pesenan!” said Ms. Sriyantika smilingly carrying a bag on her arm.

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After Ms. Sriyantika's toilet walked into the foodcourt, her phone rang making her stop walking grabbing the device from her bag.

“SAYANG?” shouted the white woman wearing an orange blouse and a miniskirt. Ms. Sriyantika scrunched her forehead looking at him, she thought the woman called him affectionately.

“HAI darling!”

A male voice sounded from behind him. Ms. Sriyantika looked back at the black-shirt playboy, apparently she had changed girls again. The woman ran towards the man with her high shoes, so her spirit was Bu Sriyantika who stood between them, accidentally her arm was nudged to make her HP fall. The woman was shocked to immediately approach Bu Sriyantika.

“Oh mother sorry accidentally,” said the mini-skirt woman regretted. The man helped pick up his HP and handed it to Bu Sriyantika.

“This is mom, sorry my boyfriend accidentally,” said the man friendly, smiling.

Bu Sriyantika snatched her HP quickly staring cynically at the man. He even saw compassion for the woman who nudged him.

“Aduh, beautiful you have to be careful, inget pesen aunt must be smart to take care of yourself!” said Bu Sriyantika advising the woman, making the lovers look astonished.

“Iya aunty,” said the woman smiling.

Ms. Sriyantika went away and checked the phone screen who called, looking at Tia's name in the missed call. Ms. Sriyantika immediately called Tia back.

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After he returned to the foodcourt, he was shocked to see from afar the man sitting with his new lover next to his table about five meters apart. He approached Rara trying to be indifferent with a pair of teenagers who were making out. Arriving at the table, the mini-skirt lady looked at Madam Sriyantika, then threw a friendly smile at her as if giving a second apologetic smile. Ms. Sriyantika who was still standing returned the smile of the woman earlier. The man who smiled also looked at Bu Sriyantika, but he was indifferent not to return the smile of the man.

Then the man looked towards Rara who was sitting next to Bu Sriyantika. He slashed his eyesight at Rara. Ms. Sriyantika felt dislike for her behavior that kept paying attention to Rara.

“FEBBY!” yelled the man.

“FEBBYYY!!” A second voice called Rara by the name of Febby until Rara turned to her. The man got up from his chair smiling a lot at Rara and ran towards her.

Madam Sriyantika was surprised that the man knew Rara, the man almost reached his desk with open arms as if he was about to hug Rara. Ms. Sriyantika was upset, the reflex hit the man with her bag.

“E-ee-ee wants to do you a favor! what do you want?” said Mrs Sriyantika angrily hit the man's arm.

“Tante?” said Rara was shocked to stand looking at Bu Sriyantika's behavior.

“Feb Feb! Feb! Auw auw auw!” yelled the man complaining. The man immediately approached and hid behind Rara dodging Bu Sriyantika's punch .

“You want to say my son, you brash boy!” hardik Bu Sriyantika was more shocked by what the man was doing holding Rara. He chases after the man and then hits him again with his bag, but the man avoids circling Rara's body.

“Feb Feb!, this is aunt loe? help dong, Auw Auw aunt stop auntie!” said the man.

Ms. Sriyantika and the man chased each other around Rara's body like Tom and Jerry. The mini-skirt woman was even confused to see her lover chasing with a mother. All the visitors laughed at the funny scene.

“Tante is aunty enough!” Rara held onto Ms. Sriyantika's hand, breaking them.

“Feb is why aunt loe?” ask the man holding Febby's right arm tight.

Rara was surprised that the man was holding his arm, he immediately pushed the man to the front several steps backward. The man was shocked by what Rara did to him.

“Feb?” he wanted to go to her to ask for an explanation.

PRITT PRITT PRITT.“What's the matter?” a security guard shouted at them.

“This brash guy sir wants to seduce my son!” said Bu Sriyantika loudly.

“No sir, the aunt misunderstood me, my people want to talk to my friend Febby!” obviously the man was about to approach Rara again.

“E-ee-e, don't get close!” shouted Miss Sriyantika to the man.

“Stop! Stopit! stop!” the security guard broke up.

“mbak do you really know this man?” tanyanya, Rara shook her head.

“E... You are! it's been a pity to say don't approach my son!” said Ms. Sriyantika was getting ready to go forward to hit the man, but was stopped by the sound of the security guard's whistle.

“My pack really doesn't know him, and my name isn't Febby either but Mutiara.” Rara took out her identity card and handed it to the security guard, Mr. security guard read the card.

“Become a her not Febby but Pearl!” obviously the security guard showed the card to the man. The man looked at Febby, he was so sure that in front of him was Febby. He knows his best friend very well.

“Akh sir can't believe, I'm sure a hundred percent cent he's Febby, at most he's now again my fuss. He is the one jail,” said the man keukeuh put both his stairs on the waist.

“You do not maksa dong,” sahut Bu Sriyantika.

But the man ignored the words of Sriyantika's mother and quickly broke through the approaching security guard and held Febby's arms together.

“Feb if you are angry with me, I accept! but at least tell me where Tania and Isti ato Trisan aja, well yeah well?” Persuade the man with a serious look accompanied by his installment style wiggling Rara's arms. Rara was surprised by her attitude, Bu Sriyantika was about to pedal her bag again but suddenly, suddenly,

THE PLAQUE!

The hard slap landing on the man's cheek made him startled. He took his hand off Rara's arm.

“Febby?” said the man holding his left cheek that hurt slapped Rara. His girlfriend approached.

“Dear you didn't papa?” said the mini-skirt lady. The man was still silent, flinching to look at Rara as if he could not believe what his best friend was doing.

“I warn, don't touch my body again!” rara was angry.

“Let's go home auntie!”

Ms. Sriyantika smiled proudly at what Rara was doing. The two of them left the foodcourt carrying their groceries.

“Udah mas should not disturb them,” advice of the security guard on the man who is still gawking.

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“Basic brash man, how dare he hold you back!” gerutu Bu Sriyantika sat on the sofa of the new coming living room.

“Tante kesel, how could he disrespect women, will change women in one day!”

Rara who was sitting quietly heard her tantric chatter.

Tia who was in the room, heard a commotion immediately coming towards them to the living room. He heard his mother angry, grumbling.

“Why the hell mih, just came straight angry unclear.”

“Where mamih not angry dear, there was a brazen playboy cowboy who dared to touch Rara!” says emotion.

Tia looked towards Rara who was smiling at her instead.

“Untung aja you just did a Pearl nduk,” continued Bu Sriyantika.

“Tante is proud you slapped him just now, emang brazen guy it should be digituin!”

“That's serious Ra?” tia asked in shock. Rara nodded.

“Mih that's not excessive huh? slapping people anyway!” tia protest.

“Nduk if you see how his man behaves. Mamih sure you not only slap him, but surely nojok him abis-out,” said Bu Sriyantika.

“Nduk aunty worried about you nduk, you go home again aja yuk to Semarang,” persuad bu Sriyantika to Rara.

“Loh how is that? yes don't need that also dong mih, Rara here only two weeks when we return again?”

“Iya aunty, by the way Tia is really aunty.”

“But aunt is worried, later if there is a brash guy again same you how?” said worried.

“And there is Tia mamih here take care of Rara,” by Tia. Rara nodded in agreement.

“Kalo gini aja, how if you ta’aruf aja! You keep marrying you can stay here with your husband. So aunty calm nduk ninggalin you. Calm dear aunt has many friends in Bandung who have good children, polite, and pious again. Aunty knows ya yes, you want ya?” babble Bu Sriyantika made Tia and Rara stunned with shocked eyes.

“Mih mih! don't be lebai mih, mamih parno it!” sela Tia's.

“Tante, quiet aunt, Rara can protect Rara herself really. Rara can ngaku as a pearl once aunty, besides there is Tia, there is Allah.” Rara stroked Bu Sriyantika's shoulder to calm her down.

“Yesterday Bagas ngaku-ngaku your fiancee eh she has a wife. Just now the playboy boy claimed to be your best friend. Later if there is a brash guy who tells your husband how?” luh Bu Sriyantika's.

“Ya Rara left again from Bandung.” Rara smiled in response to Bu Sriyantika's delusion.

“Ke Semarang?” tanya Bu Sriyantika.

“Emm, if you go to Semarang Kasian Ranti aunt, right he again deketin Bagas later if Mutiara meets him how? How about going to Solo, there will be Rara's family. Rara can find them, the distance of Solo Semarang is more remote, so Rara can often visit aunt?”

“Iya later open branch again in Solo!” chirps Tia pissed off cutting.

“This both of you are dumbfounded geez!”

“What is halu nduk?”

“Mamihh hallucinations!”

“No hallucinations, this is a plan. Isn't it Ra? you're leaving if there's a brash guy who says your husband?” Rara nods a calming smile at Bu Sriyantika.

“Tante is now a quiet aunt first, here Rara wants to focus on branch cooperation here, anyways Rara wants to live as a Pearl first to protect Rara.”

“Iya nduk aunty agrees,” said Bu Sriyantika smiled, Tia shook her head anxiously at the behavior of Rara and her mamih.

What Sriyantika ma'am did did indeed look excessive, it was her experience that made her behave like that. Yes he once gave up everything for love, love to a man who lied to him resulted in his life being estranged. Which makes Tia lose her papih affection. That makes him careful in exerting all his strength to be truly selective in choosing a prospective partner for his daughter later.

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On Monday morning Bu Sriyantika returned home to Semarang, Tia and Rara drove him to the airport and skied to the office afterwards.

Tia sat in her swivel chair daydreaming about her mamih story about yesterday about Rara's attitude that slapped a man. Rara was never that rude to anyone else, even to Bagas who hurt her.

“Assalamualaikum tea, any guests?” sahut Dini from the door leaf.

“Who?”

“Gue.” Wildan said as he lowered his head into the office.

“Hei in Wil!” she always knew her best friend was coming. Wildan sat on the couch.

“Wah tumben main here, no pa?”

“This I have promised you, if you have twice successful events I want to use the agency elo wat SPG regular in Bandung.” he smiled.

“Terious?”

“Huum.” Wildan said while handing the map to Tia.

“Alhamdulillah, make where is this?” tanya Tia picked up her map, but Wildan did not focus instead looking out of the office as if looking for someone.

“Loe who's coming, Rara?” sela Tia made Wildan smile with her guess. Yes Tia can already guess her college best friend likes Rara.