My Mr's. Virgin

Chapter XCIV

The orange color in the western horizon embraces the sky to radiate its beauty, when dusk comes to anchor. The sun is no longer visible, only a wave of light that mengambit warmth.

The afternoon atmosphere was so beautiful accompanied by a cup of coffee with fried bananas. Occasionally heard laughter children Tanta Vero who were playing in the yard.

Mikel rubbing ear. Since his return, the song was all he had heard. Rise bored as he is played repeatedly. Once two may be said to be interesting, but if the fun is repeated, the ears can be deaf, the head also comes dizzy.

He looked at the father who was sitting looking out the window. The man did not invite her to talk. Fun with Orchid Abdulaziz's song, 'The Antidote of Longing', from a black plate of gifts from a father's best friend a few years ago, is now a new favorite for fathers. Sometimes he felt sorry to see the pensive father, maybe he was missing his mother.

Footsteps coming from the kitchen, distracting Mikel. Om Dorus' face was there. The middle-aged man smiled gently at him, then walked up to father. Shortly after, his brother-in-law followed, carrying a tray containing two empty cups, a hot coffee jag, and a plate of fried bananas.

Mariana put the tray on the table, next to Dad. Then pour the coffee water into the two empty cups.

"Please drink, Dad, Om!"

"Thank you" said the father, smiling.

Mariana approached him, then poured coffee water into her half-living cup.

"Thank you," he said.

Mariana nodded. "Together."

His brother's wife put his body on the chair in front of him, while bringing the phone closer to the edge of the ear. Mariana's face looked grim.

"Why?" ask her to Mariana.

The girl shook her head. "You know where Andreas went?"

He just shook his shoulders, then turned to look at father and Om Dorus. Through the tails of his eyes, he saw Mariana busy calling someone.

Now his attention returned to the two middle-aged men before him. The Malay song from the black plate had already been turned off. Dorus sat holding his guitar. The man must have picked it up next to the television because he kept the guitar there.

"Om borrow for a moment" said Om Dorus as the man turned to look at him.

He nodded, then sipped the coffee served by Mariana earlier. Soon, there was a chant of the old popular song of the 80s, 'Oh Marmoce'.

The chair he was sitting on was lifted up, and then he put it beside his father. He also joined them. Esi's grandmother once told me that the two middle-aged men beside her had been friends since they were in school. Both of them love music. Maybe that's the talent that my father passed on to him.

Om Dorus' guitar quote stunned him even though it was not the first time, but always stunned him. The song Flores ever performed Tonny Pereira was increasingly rancak sung.

Engko so pi jao, lepa we're here

Tole bale, tengo lia we are here

Dudo self-spell here gando ae eyes.🎶

The atmosphere of shahdu that he had felt, now ended cheerfully even though the content of the song said about the lover who left his girlfriend. However, as people say, music heals all wounds, although not all wounds can be healed through music.

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Bumantara night looks shining. The stars filled the horizon. He saw the sky for a moment, before the footsteps again swung, circling the residential area near the playground. He followed wherever he walked, then stopped in front of the bakery across the street that was still open.

He looked at the shop for a long time. His heart was troubled thinking of Andreas. The man was immediately invisible to his nose even though the night was getting late. While at the house of Grandma Esi no one was able to eliminate her turmoil, let alone the atmosphere of the house was immediately lifeless, unlike the usual day.

My father-in-law doesn't talk much. Mikel was indifferent, not as usual which made him not dry his gums when they met. At dinner, he was confused to see vanilla cake served with other side dishes. The cake was eaten by the children of Tanta Vero.

Esi's grandmother only told him that the cake was to celebrate Andreas' birthday. However, the man never celebrated his birthday because the mother left them on that special day. Maybe that is also why the father does not rejoice over the sadness of his son, especially he also lost a friend.

Mariana pushed slowly the door leaf of the shop. A dimpled girl greeted his arrival.

"Welcome, Brother!" Mariana simply smiled back at the girl. He circled the glass cabinet containing various types of cakes, cakes, bread and so on. Looking at what he is most interested in, while slipping the contents of his pants pocket. The choice fell on a packet of caramel flavor cups because the price is appropriate contents of the bag he had.

The shopkeeper girl smiled as Mariana paid for her groceries. "Don't want to buy another one too, brother?"

"Fill this bag that you have," he said. The girl nodded. Got it.

After paying, Mariana walked out of the tavern. He was pensive again in front of the store, not knowing where to go. Wanted to go home, but he was tired of being left alone. Finally he sat in the store's headquarters, while opening a cell phone surfing the internet.

Tired of sitting in the storefront, Mariana got up, set a thousand steps back home. He hoped Andreas would come home when he got home.

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Note:

The Malay proverb 'Tak dry gums' means: Do not stop laughing because of a joke/crawl.