
There was a sound of azan from the four-sided black box placed in the living room of the two-story house. The clock on the wall showed at 19:30 WITA, but Mikel had not yet seen the trunk of his nose.
"Want to eat first or wait for Mikel?" mariana asked from the kitchen. The girl was still fighting against the gas stove and her comrades. There are not many side dishes that need to be cooked, just cook rice and stir-fry vegetables. Cooked cob fish gulai spicy was given by Kak Siti and fried chicken that he bought when he came home from menziarahi his friend's grave, stay heated in the microwave.
Andreas who was sitting reading the newspaper in the living room replied, "We wait for him for a moment."
After being ready to serve food on the table, Mariana followed Andreas into the living room. Sitting next to Andreas, while playing mobile phone. There was no sound, only the sound of a black box in front of them, which broadcasted the news from the SCTV channel. Each one is busy with their world. Mariana is busy with mobile phones, Andreas is also engrossed in reading news about European leagues.
Sometimes Mariana also heard giggling when reading WhatsApp messages from Hendra.
Andreas wandered Mariana through the tail of the eye. Wondering her heart over what caused Mariana to giggle to herself, but it was the weight of her mouth to ask. But over time he could not stand it anymore.
"Eh, Kribo! If you want to laugh, laugh. My ears hurt hearing your voice that's like a raven hurts the esophagus." Andreas scratches the left ear.
At once Mariana's laughter escaped, throwing a pillow over Andreas' face. "What are you, here," he said, "ha-ha-ha!"
"We eat first, just keep the side dish for Mikel," Andreas said, trying to switch topics, while standing towards the kitchen.
Mariana also raised her butt following Andreas.
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Mariana was getting tired of the quiet atmosphere like in a cemetery. Only the clanking of spoons and plates filled the silence between them.
"You like cob fish goulash, do you?" Mariana opened her voice, deliberately looking for a topic to chat about.
Andreas nodded. "Hmm, nice!" The man then looked at his wife. "Save it for Mikel, right?"
Mariana nodded. In silence Mariana began to realize that Andreas was very concerned about Mikel. Their relationship was good, though not close and friendly.
Silent. However, before long, Mariana said again, z"Master, how about we play one game?"
Andreas frown. "What else are you playing?"
Mariana toothbrush. "What is it," he said, "want to play a puzzle?"
"You're like a child." Andreas reached out with a hand about to take another piece of cob, but, immediately turned over to the edge by Mariana.
"1, 2, 3 ...." Mariana counted the number of fish left. He looked at Andreas. "There are eight. Fried chicken .. The remaining eight as well."
"Then?"
Mariana raised her eyebrows. "Who can answer his opponent's riddle, he can take a piece."
Andreas bribed a spoonful of rice into his mouth. "Lazy," he said.
"Eh, you always have been. Afraid of losing, huh?"
"Who is afraid?" Andreas doesn't take it. The spoon in his hand was put back. "Come, let's get started!" Mariana put on a smile.
"Stone, paper, scissors!" exciting Mariana.
Both of them held out their hands together. Mariana opened the palm which means, 'paper', Andreas clenched the hand which means, 'stone'.
"What is higher than the mountain?" Without waiting for Andreas to prepare, Mariana had already asked the first riddle question.
"The tree that grows on the mountain," Andreas replied casually. He immediately picked up a piece of cob fish gulai.
Without giving a chance to Andreas who got a turn, Mariana again asked, "What is smaller than the mouth of an ant?"
Andreas replies, "Food that goes into the mouth of an ant."
"Ha-ha-ha!" The kitchen room immediately boomed with the laughter of the two of them.
"Telugu films have a lot of pure value that we can collect" Andreas said.
Mariana nodded in agreement. "Yes, the film that was acted by Fahadh Faasil, there is a lot we can quote the pure value. Loyalty, honesty, but most importantly, wealth is not the main thing. Ending, Rajasree loves Dr. Arun from his diamond necklace." His gaze looked far away, recalling the story in the Telugu film.
"Whispering ...."
"Eh, it's my turn!" Andreas cuts Mariana's sentence. "You cheated, you asked twice."
Mariana toothbrush. He forgot the truth.
"okay."
"1 + 4 \= 5, 2 + 5 \= 12, 3 + 6 \= 21, 8 + 11\= ?"
Mariana's eyeballs swirled, like her brain was thinking. His head turned to the left, dizzy to the right. It had been a while, but the answer he had yet to find as well. The girl stood up, picking up a piece of paper located on top of the refrigerator. Then he sat back down, starting to calculate the exact numbers using logic.
"Two minutes have passed." Andreas pinches the contents of the fish cob and then fed into the mouth.
"One." He began to count. "Two." Mariana looked at Andreas, looking for answers that might be written on the husband's forehead.
"Two and a half."
"Redy!" Andreas was grim like a rotten clam. This time it was fried chicken.
"Don't make math puzzles! My brain didn't get there." Mariana's face was wrinkled, defeating the wrinkled grandmothers who were already a hundred years old.
"What's the answer?" ask Mariana.
"S–J–T–T," replied Andreas.
"What's that?"
"I–Also–Not–Tahu. Ha-ha-ha!" A word Andreas answered with a tickle. Rice in her mouth until it spouts on Mariana's face. The girl sat down in disbelief. Mariana sighed. Tired of his brain thought, but it turned out, the Lord Perjaka also did not know the answer. It was done by Andreas.
"It's my turn now." Mariana took a breath.
"Get the mountain, go down the mountain, don't forget left right."
Andreas' head-dizzy turn thought of an answer.
"🎶 Fatima, your calf is a grain of rice, your chest is full of contents like Mount Kinabalu 🎶." Mariana sings, shaking her body. Intentionally he suppressed the word 'mountain'.
Andreas chokes at hearing the song sung by Mariana. Quickly the rice left in the dish is fed into the mouth.
Seeing that, Mariana increasingly singing. "🎶 Fatima, may you ask, virgin or widow, enjoy the beauty. Widows can be, virgins let alone 🎶."
Andreas stands. "I'm done eating" he said, then walked over to Mariana's chair, which sat opposite him.
Yoke!
"But you're just a perverted mind."
Mariana is made non-pinkish. His mouth was wide open to hear Andreas' reasoning.
"Ha-ha-ha!" She then looked up, staring at the back of her husband who disappeared behind the kitchen door.