
"Don't you know Rinjani and Kaysan are here to set the heart?" Rinjani folded both her hands. His face was gloomy, when he heard that his father's relationship with Laura was at a serious stage.
"You disagree?" Herman saw her daughter's eyes glazed over.
"Jani's tired of the situation, sir. Don't add to this getting complicated." Her tears filled her eyes again.
In Herman's room the two fathers-children spoke with four eyes. Coincidentally Kaysan was not home, he took Mbah Atmoe and eyang Dhanangjaya to tour Melbourne. The weather is not as cold as usual, because the days leading to spring will already be seen in plain sight.
"Father loves Laura, or is it just a runaway?" asked Rinjani grumbling.
Herman seemed to think, he had not confirmed his feelings, the presence of Laura who only filled the void, or indeed completely filled his heart.
"Father must remember, father is King. While I and Kaysan mas have not really received by Ayahanda. Wasn't it! I'm the one who hasn't been accepted." exclaimed Rinjani, "Father has forgotten Mom?" Continue again, wiping away her tears.
"Father met Laura one week after your return. I thought your request was a seriousness that would make you happy. Don't you also miss a mother's love? ask Herman.
Rinjani sighed harshly, "Mother Rinjani is five, sir." she replied as she raised the five fingers of her right hand.
"It's been turned into six." exclaimed Herman with a witty smile.
Rinjani did not stop nagging, he was increasingly confused in an unusual morning.
"Do you know Sheila?" ask Rinjani full of search.
"Know." replied Herman briefly, he wanted to test how curious Rinjani was with Sheila. Laura's son who already has the lover of a police officer.
"Who is he? Hmm. I see, last night he kissed Kaysan's cheek." exclaimed Rinjani did not accept, as the Laura family gave farewell greetings by pecking each other's cheeks. The usual things that outsiders do in general.
"My daughter is jealous?" goda Herman, the more nudged, Rinjani will be more chatty.
"Only Rinjani can kiss Kaysan!" The song really becomes so, as if there is a longing for a small child who waits for the figure of a Father who has a protective and loving image.
"But Keenan kissed you yesterday, was Kaysan jealous too?" Herman became more and more so, when his daughter actually grumbled annoyed while ruffling her hair.
"Mas Kaysan, right, is an adult. He can't be jealous of a snot kid!" Sergeh Rinjani defended himself. For him Keenan is a teenage boy who does not understand falling in love.
"Keenan is still a teenager. But a teenager here at the age of 17 has been required to be independent." explained Herman approached Rinjani. She knew her daughter needed a logical explanation about Laura and her children.
"Laura was the wife of a police general in Melbourne. Her husband was shot dead during an ambush****** which attacked the largest mosque in the city. Meanwhile, Sheila is the lover of her papa friend. A young police officer who was given Papa Sheila's mandate to look after him. In spring they'll have a wedding at the altar near the city park." Herman pulled his daughter's hand, "There's still something you need to know?" Rinjani nodded.
"Father already knows, right, the marriage of different religions and countries needs careful preparation and not easy. What if Laura doesn't want you to take her back to Java? Not to mention the father's son-in-law is not just anyone. His blood is still flowing blue blood!" clearly Rinjani is completely mired in misfortune.
"Give me time to talk to Laura." Herman smiled wryly. "But will you and Kaysan stay here for a long time?"
Rinjani shakes her head not knowing. For him anywhere as long as with Kaysan he will obey.
"Yes, don't know then no dear. Tomorrow I'll take you to Laura's bakery shop. You can practice baking there." said Herman. His daughter could not possibly continue to be a Princess in a golden cage. Rinjani needs experience that can make it a business capital someday even though he is separated from the palace walls and coffers of money that Kaysan has. Indeed, what is possessed by man is only the deposit of the Almighty. At any time it can be taken or overturned.
Rinjani decides to gamble with her intuition. "May, just don't ask Rinjani to accept Laura in one blink of an eye. For Rinjani I'm still alive in here." Rinjani pointed at his chest, remembering Nakula's words about Narnia living in his soul, even though his body was gone.
"For my father, your mother was present and still is. It's just a lot of bitter memories that I've tore to your mother." There's remorse on a Herman's face.
"Well, would you do the same for Laura? I wonder how you communicate with him? While you speak English still stammering?"
Rinjani chuckles amusedly while wiping her tears. Remembering his mother, he kind of evaporated the bitter memories of one year ago. Before the thirst for love diverts all her pain. For Rinjani, Kaysan's presence is like a grim reaper who invites him to run on embers and steep climbs. And he thought it was fun, and full of challenges. He can tell how much his guts are, how strong he is before big problems ambush him secretly.
"Then, if you marry Laura, what would you like to eat with?"
"With rice and side dishes." replied Herman casually.
"Father, don't make me and Kaysan ashamed!"
Rinjani came out of the room, she was wide-eyed to see Kaysan and the two kinasih servants were already sitting on the sofa.
"When are you guys home?" ask Rinjani. He was quite embarrassed, if Kaysan heard his chatter. Mbah Atmoe laughed, "Since then."
Rinjani's eyes are rounded.
"Mas heard too?" Rinjani approaches Kaysan.
Kaysan who already knew who Sheila was was just smiling while patting the sofa beside her. "Father told me last night, everyone." Kaysan explained. He tucked Rinjani's hair behind his ears.
"When? Why don't I know?" Rinjani landed her body near Kaysan. He struggled spoiled, with watchful eyes staring intently at Kaysan. After the return of Laura and her children. Rinjani and Kaysan only spent time inside the room. As always, giving the organs of pleasure to meet each other forms a new coalition.
Kaysan and Rinjani junior versions.
"When you're asleep. The adult conversation."
Dhanangjaya and Mbah Atmoe nodded, "We already know. And, it should not be suspicious of people we just met. Just need to be vigilant."
"But, eyang. Rinjani is also an adult. Rinjani is 21 years old!" rinjani.
"When is your birthday?" Kaysan forgot, if his wife also experienced an increase
ages.
"When we just moved here."
"So your husband neglects not to wish you a happy birthday and give you a gift!" Eyang Dhanangjaya ignited the atmosphere.
"Yes forgot. But that time Rinjani also forgot." Rinjani chuckles and does not want to prolong the problem. Moreover, Kaysan's current financial condition is not in normal circumstances.
"I'm sorry, Dik." said Kaysan, taking out a hairpin from his pants pocket.
He pairs a hairpin with a green jewel on the top of Rinjani's hair. "Your hair is long, it's good to cut a little" said Kaysan cupping Rinjani's jaw.
"In order not to disturb the kit..."
"Uhukkkkp....Uhukkk!!!!" Eyang Dhanangjaya coughed. "Young people don't know the time. There is a chance crash, a deserted house crashed, again marahan the end also collapsed."
"What's an eyeang, a pot of coffee?" Rinjani smiled widely. He understood with the intention of Dhanangjaya.
"You and Kaysan are like coffee. Suitable complement each other, only the waste is not yet finished. May it be hastened." Mbah Atmoe and eyang Dhanangjaya say the word Amin. So did Kaysan and Rinjani.
They can't wait for the baby to come.
Happy Reading π