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Rara is still waiting for Bu Sriyantika and Tia to come home, she is neat looking fresh wearing blouse cream and trousers. Her hair was shedding heavily, her lips were already looking red blushing indicating her health had recovered. Rara looks beautiful this morning sitting at the dining table at the adjoining bi Atik. The hour hand has shown nine more, but Bu Sriyantika and Tia have not come.

“Bi?” tanya Rara at bi Atik is busy preparing the gudeg brought by aunt Sri from Semarang.

“Ya non?”

“Long time cooperation aunt Sri?”

“Owh already non, from neng Tia small even.”

“Tante Sri used to live here?”

“Iya non first mistress same neng Tia stay here. Neng Tia as a child school in Bandung, even sari during the time of the same mistress father still together.”

“Wah lama also ya bi, keep now papihnya Tia where bi?”

“After aunt is still there, but where aunt does not know. Sempet a few months ago aunty rich see papihnya neng Tia in Bandung, but aunty does not want to be afraid of wrong people hehehe.” Rara smiled at bi Atik.

“Assalamualaikum warohmatullahiwabarokatu.” Bu Sriyantika's soft voice greeted the house.

“Wa’aikumussalam warahmatulli wabarakatuh,” replied Rara and bi Atik compact.

Rara got up from the chair running towards them suddenly her steps came to a halt, looking at the figure that someone she had avoided the most.

“Rio here sign nak,” said Bu Sriyantika friendly to Rio behind him. He came wearing a navi t-shirt and jogger pants in black, looking handsome. Rio looked towards Rara and admired the beauty of Sang Khaliq's creation.

“Assalamualaikum Rara, Masha Allah you are beautiful this morning.” Rio praised her in front of Sriyantika ma'am.

“Wa’alaikumus-sa-lam,” replied Rara staggered. She realized she was not wearing a hijab, ran straight to her room looking for a triangular veil and wore it with her little safety pin.

‘That's my feeling or is Sri's aunt ordinary?’ muttered Rara monologued in front of the mirror confused by Sriyantika's attitude that looks ordinary on Rio. Rara went straight out of the room, making sure.

“Eh Rara dear here we eat gudeg,” sahut Bu Sriyantika who sits in the main seat of the dining table. Tia and Rio sat on his right and left.

“Cepet here gudegnya run out of tablets!” said Tia moved one seat so Rara could sit next to her mamih.

“So Rio, this is actually not a typical Semarang food but typical Jogya, this aunt for yourself! Aunty likes to make gudeg to Bandung,”, said Bu Sriyantika while pouring gudeg on a plate and then offered to Rio. Rara was more confused, surprised to see the behavior of Bu Sriyantika who was getting friendly to Rio.

“Soalnya sip papihnya Tia likes gudeg,” he continued.

“Tante?” rara whispers to Bu Sriyantika.

“Ya Rara?”

“That's it, A Rio!”

“Iya aunt tau,” she even smiled.

‘Tante he who has been taking care of Rara ’ whisper again right near the ear of Sriyantika bu. Bu Sriyantika nodded throwing a smile at Rara.

“Owh yes Rio, aunt ngapin thanks have helped Tia to take care of Rara. If you don't have it, don't love it.” Rara was more and more astonished by Bu Sriyantika's words which turned one hundred and eighty degrees.

Madam Sriyantika who since last night was angry with Tia now even welcomed Rio kindly and warmly, she who should have scolded and nagged Rio instead said thank you.

“And thank you also already carrying Rara at that time, if you are not kasian kasian kan Rara can faint,” he added.

“Iya aunty together,” timpal Rio.

“One more, aunt apologizes greatly because Rara has reported you to the police, understand Rio what kind of him? Trauma, shocked, because all this time he was educated by me to keep away from the adam. So he just misunderstood Rio, he thought you wanted to hurt him, didn't papa right?”

“Owh yes aunt gak papa.” sahut Rio throw his sweet smile look towards Rara.

Surprised, Rara immediately closed her face with both hands. Distraught, confused by what happened, as if in disbelief. Diliat Tia even fun to see the behavior of mamihnya. He could not bear to decide to get out of the chair to leave.

“Rara baby where you going?”

“Tante, Rara just a little bit of it..?” Rara twirled her index finger next to her teliga.

“What's dizziness?” keka bu Sriyantika's.

“Iya dizzy, Rara rest first, excuse me.”

“You're not papa? want me to accompany?” tawar Rio's. Rara was shocked Rio dared to speak like that in front of Bu Sriyantika.

“Iya nduk want to be accompanied by Rio?” Bu Sriyantika's offer even made Rara more shocked. He was silent, shaking his nails, getting confused making his head dizzy, thinking. Rara looked towards Tia still grimacing as if she was teasing her.

“GAK U-Sah!” rara replied sharply to Rio. He immediately snatched into the room and closed the door in annoyance.

“Father Rio, let's eat again his mute!” tawar Bu Sriyantika, Tia even laughed at Rara's behavior.

“Ikh sebel sebel sebel, Astagfirullohhaladzim ya Allah, why aunt Sri attitude can change so much. That's again Tia why even grimace. Does Rio still use pellets? Astagfirullah there is no way Rara, no can not suudzon, especially aunt Sri often dikir in the morning, this is something strange, I have to find out why?” babble Rara monologues herself in the room.

“Bentar daftar, thought Ra thought, I know really aunt Sri not be as friendly as a guy if not the same sodara, what is Rio sodara, son or cousin aunt Sri yes? but when he let his son take care of me? I am not the mahrom either. What is Astagfirullah Astagfirulloh, God please give your servant a hint!” he was angry at himself.

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Tok tok tok “Assalamualaikum Ra open the door?” rio knocked on the door.

Rara did not give an answer she focused on reading her mushaf in a soft voice.

“Assalamualaikum nduk, dear this aunt?” hearing Sriyantika's voice, Rara immediately stopped reading by quickly opening the door. Rio's still standing behind Sriyantika's mom.

“Ya aunt?”

“Nduk Rio tap-tap your room why are you cuddled, ndak elok let the person who called us?” she advises making Rara ashamed.

“Ya what's the A?” ask Rara.

“I want to check your temperature!” obviously Rio while pointing at his thermometer.

“No need a, Thank God I'm better.”

“You can't do that, baby, you still have to be checked. Come now take off your hijab continue to let Rio check your temperature.” Rara widened her eyes in shock with the words of Bu Sriyantika who told her to remove the hijab in front of Rio. Huh huh? How come?

“Rio aunt stay huh? aunt tired aunt wants to rest first.”

“Iya aunty.” replied Rio.

“Ta-but aunty..,” Rara was about to dodge but Miss Sriyantika was waiting to snuggle away.

“Come you sit I check your body temperature.”

Rara snatched the thermometer Rio was holding, staring intently at him.

“36.4 normal right?!”

“Iya Alhamdulillah normal, wait here I bring drinking water first.”

Rara resentfully clenched her hand punching an anxious fist at Rio who turned his back to her about to leave.

“Owh Yes Rara!” he turned around again, Rara who felt caught by him immediately the initiative to change her fist style so that she became wriggling her hands like a streaching person. Rio felt amused watching Rara.

“What's wiry?! Rara said.

“No papa, have you taken your medicine?” ask Rio.

Rara nodded quickly throwing her gaze away, Rio went to the kitchen and returned to the room with a glass of water.

“This drink, this has been my prayer in.”

Rara took a glass and drank it straight away.

“Tia where?”

“Udah off to work.”

“Now aa out I want to rest.” Rio nodded and walked out of Rara's room.

The change of Bu Sriyantika was more clearly felt by Rara, she let Rio all day take care of Rara. Bu Sriyantika even did not mind several times Rio went in and out of Rara's room to serve her and congregational prayers. Rara felt there was an oddity with all this, but she was not enough evidence to speculate. Rara can only give up on what happened to her.

At half-eight in the evening Rara who did not want to leave the room remained busy with her dress. Rio was still chatting in the living room accompanied by Bu Sriyantika and Tia.

The TOK! Geck! Geck!

“Nduk?”

“Ya aunt?” rara said as she opened the room door.

“Nduk out yuk? from earlier in the room continue, it is not good to know you are healing again.”

Rara nodded in agreement to Bu Sriyantika's invitation. She joined the living room with Rio and Tia.

“It dong Ra, rich birds in the room just, occasionally out.” said Tia cengengesan. Rara was unhappy with Tia's taunts of him. He sat on the sofa beside Bu Sriyantika, while Tia and Rio sat on separate chairs.

“Nak Rio, want Rio home here too right?”

“Iya aunt only blocked ten houses from here.”

“Owh nak Rio stay with whom?”

“Home aunt.”

“Loh how to eat? How much is home?”

“Kalo cleaning house likes someone to go home, if I cook my own aunt, if washing dishes for one person is very easy kok tan.”

“Wah you are great independent once, men can cook. Tia aja that women are told to cook hard for forgiveness.”

Rara smiled at Bu Sriyantika's chattering, she turned to Tia laughing at her.

“What is mih so bring Tia?” tia was upset.

“Beranda darling, Rio if you want to start tomorrow morning during aunt here you can breakfast here, eat malem also here aja yes, let the atmosphere of the house so Rame.”

Rara, who was a crybaby, was shocked by Bu Sriyantika's offer to Rio. Now it's Tia's turn to Rara.

“Iya a let Rame, right Ra?” Tia instead mocked him asking for Rara's approval. Rara did not answer Tia's question, instead narrowing her eyes staring sinisterly at Tia.

“Iya aunt, if aunt does not mind Rio want.”

“Not really auntie don't mind.”

Rara was getting dizzy hearing their conversation, she chose to go back to the room.

“Tante Rara tired, tomorrow Rara wants to go to work, Rara sleeps first yes auntie,” said Rara pampit.

“Owh yes nduk.”

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Rara was very upset, once out of the room. He even saw the attitude of Miss Sriyantika who was so sweet to Rio, and it only made her dizzy thinking guessing. He didn't sleep right away because he was in a curious ghost. Rara waited for Tia to enter and was eager to ask for an explanation from her.

An hour later, Tia walked into her room, and she threw her body on the bed. Rara who was awake immediately woke up to see Tia coming.

“Eh loe haven't slept?”

“But.”

“Owh Yes Ra, the first event of Pak Rian success loh, the results of training loe to cool kids. You didn't know that this afternoon many emails entered us want to use our agency, like tomorrow can take a supervisor deh.”

“What do you mean?” ask Rara.

“Where?”

“What does it mean, loe, aunt, keep Rio, what does it mean?”

“Gue don't know what loe says?”

“Aneh no weird, why did aunt Sri's attitude change drastically?”

“Yes do not know, maybe you know the same explanation I, not misunderstand rich loe.”

“Ti I know aunty Sri tu rich how! time he can anyway, as good as that to Rio.”

“Maybe she likes Rio.”

“Tiaaa, it makes no sense. Cook the guy playboy cap crocodile is liked by aunt Sri?”

“Playboy? no akh, that's the feeling of loe aja, hayu akh sleep. Loe tomorrow want to work or still want to be cared for Rio?” Tia even avoided with Rara's complaint.

“Ya work lah.”

“Ya have slept.” replied Tia relaxed.

Thousands of questions darted in Rara's brain, he tried to casually face all this. Oh, I'm done, it's over. It's been three days, he doesn't have to be taken care of by Rio anymore. At least tomorrow he can go to work and get all the way from Rio, he thought.