LOVE STRATA 1

CS1 ViCall Azka

“Dad want video call Mas Azka-mu.”

“What?” Aghast, spontaneously standing.

Meli panic. Because, he did not know what the father was planning so call Azka in Jogja there. Meli looks at her mother, hoping she knows something about her father's plans. However, the mother also expressed shock to the point of covering her mouth with both hands.

“Em, why would you call video Mas Azka?” asked Meli as she stepped closer to her father's side.

Roni did not answer. His fingers are still cool copying Azka's number in his dress. A few times mistyped the numbers. Delete, type again, delete again, type again. At that time the rhythm of Meli's heart was not because it felt.

“Daddy …. What is a video call Mas Azka?” rengek Meli holding his father's right arm.

“Kan already dad said. I have to make sure Azka fits you or not. Already, you just sit there.” Roni pointed at the chair that Meli had occupied.

“Sst. Sit down first,” pinta the mother.

Meli nodded, but did not immediately sit down. He just moved a step away from his father's device. Meli peeked at her father's smartphone screen. There was a sweet thump, restless, also a curiosity that was stirred into one.

“Ehem!” dehem Roni while putting his smartphone on the table.

“Why, Dad? Not a video call Nak Azka?” ask Fatimah.

“Please bring me the same comb of father's hair oil in the room, yes.” Roni asks Fatimah to take him.

Fatimah nodded. Without much asking she immediately went to the room to take the comb and hair oil that her husband asked for. Meanwhile, Meli still remained silent in her standing position. Meli also wondered why the father asked for a comb and hair oil.

Roni's hairbrush and oil are on the table. Roni immediately got into action taking hair oil and rubbed it on her hair. Fatimah was even told to hold her mirror. Dressed with hair oil, Roni quickly took a comb and neatly combed her hair.

“Where is your father's appearance, Mel?” Roni is stylish in front of Meli while asking for an opinion.

“OK. Already similar to top soap opera players,” praise Meli while giving her thumbs up.

“Good. Now is the time to video call prospective ghosts,” said Roni took back her smartphone.

“So the story is dad and then before video call Nak Azka?” Fatimah asked while staring in disbelief.

“Iya dong,” replied Roni casually.

Meli rubbed her face with anxiety. While Fatimah was a forehead-pijit that did not feel dizzy at all. Sometimes both Fatimah and Meli do not understand Roni's behavior.

Roni's hands are back to playing the smartphone. Roni prepares a video call of her son-in-law, Azka. The small symbol of the instantaneous video call marker is selected Roni. The wife next to him noticed. Meli also peeked at her father's smartphone screen with a heart rhythm that is still not careless.

One sec. Two seconds. Three seconds, and ... video call received by Azka.

Meli quickly closed her mouth as Azka's face appeared on her father's smartphone screen. Pleased because Meli can see Azka's face again via her father's smartphone screen. However, on the other hand there was a sense of anxiety that struck.

Bizarrely. Something is strange. Meli did not hear her father say hello or start a conversation with Azka. Meli quickly glanced at her father. Meli was again astonished by the expression of the father's face.

“A-dad,” said Meli intended to give a code to remind you to start a chat with Azka immediately.

Roni ignored the code from her daughter. Roni's hands move fast and ‘klik’. A screenshot of Azka's face was obtained before the video call was turned off unilaterally.

“What's up, anyway? Why not say anything with Mas Azka?” Meli is upset, and at the same time anxious with her father.

Meli's regret was not at all piqued. Roni's face now turned as bright as the sun. Roni smiled, then showed a screenshot of Azka's face to his wife.

“Honey, look at the face of our future ghost. Handsome right!” exclaim Roni while zooming screenshotan Azka's face.

“MashaaAllah. Meli, you are very lucky to know this artist. Jogja artist must be this, huh?” Fatimah was enthusiastic while pointing at Azka's facial screenshotan.

“Hehe.” Meli misbehaved. Embarrassed to be happy while playing his fingers.

Meli walked over, towards the back of the sofa. Meli's head was positioned between her father and mother who was busy watching the screenshotan Azka's face. His father and mother alternated at close range.

“This I took!” meli snatched the father's device.

“Eh-eh-eh. HP the father!” roni protest.

Meli sat back in her original place with a cheerful face. The father's hand was still held by him. Meli followed by looking at Azka's face screenshotan. Meli's face began to show indistinct smiles.

“Discovering dad's HP, Meli!” Roni took back his HP.

“Yeah. Dad!” meli Protest.

Returned to manyun. Fatimah chuckled at the behavior of her husband and daughter.

“Do not keep looking. Not halal!” Roni firmly.

“Nah, so give your blessing to be halal fast. The light is on, Dad. Your daughter needs an ijo lamp!” Meli again looks impatient.

Roni whispered to his wife. Fatimah just nodded while listening. Meli whose curiosity had peaked even slightly pulled her body forward, hoping to hear. However, he could not hear it at all. As soon as Roni and Fatimah finished whispering, Meli quickly fixed her sitting position. Sit back sweet with a cheerful smile.

"Have Ijo yet?" ask Meli expectantly. His eyes twinkled staring at his mother's father.

After interlocking the lyrics, Roni and Fatimah compactly nodded. They both gave his blessing to Meli and Azka.

"Alhamdulillaah," said Meli deeply, gratefully.

Immediately Meli grabbed both hands of the father and immediately kissed the back of his hands reverent. Alternately, now Meli did the same thing to the mother. She hugged her mother tightly. Meli was so happy to the point of being moved, shedding tears.

"You cry, son?" soft talk of the mother.

"Meli happy, Mom. Thank ye. Thank ye. Thank you infinitely for your father and mother's blessing." Meli sobbing.

Roni showed me the paper that Meli had come into focus from the beginning. The paper is not paper to calculate profit and loss as Roni used to do. The paper was used by Roni to calculate the preparation of the application event as well as the wedding of his daughter.

"Your father and mother actually approved you to get married even before Nak Azka's video call. Your father and mother thought, why linger if you like it together. God willing, good intentions Nak Azka and her family, father and mother, thank you" Roni said lovingly.

"So, call your Mas Azka immediately, Nduk. Ask him and his family to come immediately to Jember, "pinta Fatimah. "It's still a college vacation, huh. All just apply for marriage, let's be SAH fast," added Fatimah, enthusiastic.

Meli nodded steadily. No more words gushing her happy graces. It felt like the day was suddenly so bright, decorated with beautiful rainbows, and the surroundings were filled with colorful flower gardens. Never forgotten, above the feeling that rises in the chest, also hummed gratitude for all the facilities received.

***

Pacing in front of the mirror of his room. The smartphone is in his hands. Every now and then Meli's steps come to a halt. He seemed to think, then back to pacing.

The smartphone in his hand was back. No longer pacing, now Meli is sitting on the edge of the mattress. His fingers were agile typing messages. However, it suddenly stopped and the typed message was deleted.

"Send a message or call Mas Azka directly, yes?" Meli.

Minutes passed without any progress. Because the message to be delivered is not just any message, Meli became full of consideration. The Azka number is on the screen, ready to click at any time to connect immediately. However, the next minute Meli actually changed the purpose of her call. Meli called Anjani.

"Wa'alaikumsalam."

...

"Alhamdulillaahafemore. Yo!" exciting Meli.

...

"I haven't called, anyway. Confused about his words. Hehe. Uh, Anjani. You have to help with all the preparations, you know. Wa-jib!"

...

"okay-okay. Azka I'll call you soon. See you tomorrow, yeah. Assalamu'alaikum."

Meli hung up. Eyes closed. Smile again adorned his face. Before long, Meli's eyes opened again. Starting by saying basmallah, Meli started calling someone in Jogja there. Not Azka, but Miss Aisha.

***

In the afternoon when Anjani finished helping Aunt Sarah cook for dinner, there was a greeting from someone who was very well known by Anjani. Uncle Sam invited him to sit down, and Anjani quickly met him.

"When" call Anjani.

"Hey. Sorry to interrupt the afternoon" said Dika, smiling.

Anjani sits on the sofa. He also returned Dika's smile. In fact, Anjani had praised Dika's new appearance. Yeah, after a college vacation goes a few days, Dika's new haircut. It looks fresher and neater.

"I want to send this. Chocolate thank you. One for you, and one for Meli. Thank you for the gift from Jogja," said Dika.

"Thank you, yes, Brother. Uh, why not directly delivered to Meli's house by yourself, anyway? Is your cos closer to Meli's house than to mine?" Anjani pleasantries, but also curious.

"You know for yourself I'm the same Meli. I like to fight. It's not funny to fight at home. Em, but Meli's fine, right?" ask Dika.

Anjani captures the immense curiosity of Dika's face. He said it was an unusual attitude.

Bizarrely. At the meeting, he likes to make a storm. I did not meet and enthusiastically wanted to know. Anjani.

"Alhamdulillaah Meli well. Very good in fact. Her heart is blossoming, huh." Anjani enthusiastically responded.

"The flowers because of what? Or has Meli been dating someone?" Dika strafed Anjani with a question.

"The pa-car? Yes, it is impossible that Meli dared to date. Meli already knows that dating is making a sin. Meli is flowery because it can be a lot of souvenirs from Jogja. There are lots of cakes too, right? There's bakpia, geplak, yangko. Tau himself Meli likes to snack." Anjani straightened out so that Dika did not continue to ask. It is also impossible for Anjani to tell Dika that Meli was actually proposed by Azka.

Dika. He confirmed that Meli really likes snacking.

"Sik, you have a crush on Meli, huh?" Anjani dared to ask.

"Although I have a taste, Meli will not accept, right? Hasn't Meli thought of me as a noisy friend all this time?" Smiling explains the facts.

"But you have the same taste of Meli?" asked Anjani again, urging Dika not to be confused when explaining.

Dika nodded with a smile.

Astarghfirullah's. What if Dika finds out that Meli is getting married soon? Anjani.

"But it's impossible for Meli to have the same feeling. In Meli's eyes, I'm just a fussy partner." Dika looks resigned.

Anjani really did not expect that afternoon would find a fact about Dika's feelings for Meli.

"When, you must often hear that the name of the soul mate is not going anywhere. If you are a match, then there will be a way for you to unite. But ...." Anjani took a pause before finally continuing her words. "But if you are not fooled and Meli chooses someone else to be her priest, then you must renounce." Anjani suppresses the word ikhlash.

Dika nodded slowly. There seemed to be some doubt as Dika nodded.

"Thank you for the advice, Anjani. I'll take my leave first. Don't forget please give me a box. Give her my thanks" said Dika.

"God willing," Anjani replied as she moved from her seat.

Dika. Anjani was still standing on the front porch until Dika's figure disappeared. Anjani is unmoved. He was thinking of a fact he had just known. However, Anjani continued to pray for the good of her best friend, Meli. Also, Anjani prayed for Meli-Azka to be SAH immediately.

Connect ....

Ijo lights are on, huh. But, did Azka already know about that? Yuk, find out in the novel THERE IS ALWAYS A PLACE TO LEAN by Kak Cahyanti. Always look forward to updating us both. Thank you for supporting our work. Keep voting, Like, and leave a trail of your comments yes. See You's. Barakallah. 😊