Merantau To Riau Islands

Hanafi University

More and more days passed nana in busy with work piling up. No time to play with friends. I don't know why Nana's getting tired of it all. Signs that someone is getting older.

Until his friends invite him to Sunday night together want to not want nana to come. After all, when else nana gathered with friends before being tied by the wedding rope.

"Nana! Hanafi and revo make sure we take a walk." Layla handed me the WA chat.

I who was working on the job from the office lazy bangat saw the phone later not focused. "Where? who is the same?"

"Friends at the office. Come along! You're my only close friend!" The work is still stacked I can't die that job.

"Lazy is not in the mood."

"We make our own mood. This whole day in the company of our bodies needs a picnic."

"No."

"They are you." I'm tired of picnics.

"You have to come." Layla violently forced me to come along, inevitably had to follow she said the danger of girls in the boarding house alone. Especially in a big city in Jakarta.

Departing to see the concert of the capital singer, whether in a good place at all does not make my mood good even more ruined, want to run away here afraid of stray. I am busy with my own world. Only a short time later the concert was after which the audience went home.

Hanafi's gaze could not be separated looking at me. Does Hanafi not know what his tribe is? What tribe am I? You cannot look at the opposite sex. He always looked at me. Is this called forbidden love? In our religion halal love each other but in custom not. We must obey customs and religion and vice versa.

"Yes! Where you going? Hanafi suddenly approached me.

"We're going home."

"Hurry up? Tonight tonight's Sunday night off. Let's walk first."

"Laila! Mending we delay his return."

"Yes! It's been. Don't be long, girls people want to go home."

"Yes, I've." We circled in the city square of Jakarta. I felt like a pair of eyes were watching us. Look left right there's Revo, aulia, Ryan and a tiara. Since when do they follow us? So mysterious.

There is nothing we are talking about unlike the two of them. Until Layla went nowhere. We were both living.

"Yes! How is the cooperation? smoothly?"

"Allah is good.You, how is college?"

"Alhamdulillah 22nya smoothly. There's something I want to talk to you about." We walked somewhere, sitting on a chair in the park. They all go nowhere. This is what makes me lazy.

"Yes! Just relax. Layla's buying snacks for all of us. Gini Na's! In our customs, we are one tribe like one family. In our religion, we love and marry each other. But, in custom not."

Most people obey customs and religion. Religion also approves that there are almost no married couples whose laws are the same as marrying their own. Religion also tells its people to marry people who are far away there is no family relationship in order to give birth to stronger offspring, the family increases and is not divided."

It turns out that Hanafi is aware as well I don't think it's good.

we are more unique very unique many people who do not understand the misconception in saying we are against religion because they do not know. To feel right on your own. I've been interested in you all along. Most people if you know what tribe, if they are relaxed just do not get carried away feeling exactly like siblings. But, somehow I'm different can't just forget you. It has even reached Japan and South Korea. Meet someone who looks like you. I'm still thinking about you."

I know that Hanafi has liked me from the past until now still can not throw me out of his mind. I admit that people are confused with customs and religion. Rarely do tribes love each other. Outsiders of western Sumatra love and marry just as cousins can. We are as difficult as I am as God may protect the community from my love. Ls i? everything can be done if God wills. But why is no one getting married? wonder me. Marriage to whom is our choice.

"Yes, I've been relieved. So, after this we don't do forbidden love."

EHEM

"By what! yoooo!! Layla.

"A long time ago?" Hanafi

"I just came in to say hunchintip."

"Who knows." Nana.

"I don't swear I didn't lie. Look back!" Nana and Ryan were about to turn their heads but were restrained by Layla. "There are two pairs of eyes that are watching you. The other one's far behind."

"Who are they?"

"People in the office."

"Well! that's right!" Hanafi Looking back "It turns out ryan and tiara are watching us, since when? Did they hear our chat?" Inner nana.

"Well, do they get us? You guys got a problem?"

"Not at all, I know him only then not close." My word.

"Hey! You two said join in here."

The two of them headed towards us looking less like tiara with me. Yes, Allah. Tiara bucin hugs ryan. But, why is ryan peeping at us? Does ryan remember what he wanted from me?

"Speak what. Hayoo!" Ryan.

"I don't know your youth."

"That's it, ryan that's it."

"You guys are dating? What just happened?" Hanafi and I looked at each other and laughed. Didn't ryan hear our conversation? Is ryan just a pleasantry?

"Dating? It's up to you to judge we want to date cake, husband and wife cake. What'd y'all do? the other one where the other one's out of nowhere. Are you guys having any problems?"

"Not really."

***

Hanafi and I are both relieved. Hanafi had already expressed his forbidden feelings. We are not getting married, Nadia still has time to approach hanafi. We were laughing happily that the two were awkwardly excited like someone just met.

A moment to remember in old age. Let our grandchildren see how beautiful and handsome their parents were in their youth. Beautiful that is still natural is not covered by a lot of make up and expensive treatments. In the future, maybe all the faces of people will be covered in makeup as modern beauty.

Layla kept asking what we were talking about.Why Ryan and tiara peeked at us. Layla knows me, ryan and tiara are friends, it's natural that we had a campus together once Layla also saw me upload our photos a few years ago. Layla said they were also close to talking about me as just a college friend who never interacted at all. Ryan lied and even said he wanted to marry me.

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