Not Ordinary Slant

Forty Two

"Plac!" A slap landed on Agya's cheek. This morning he just returned home with Rafis. Apparently, inside there was already a mama waiting with a red face extinguished.

"Ma!" Gio approaching. He stood up and became a barrier between Mama and Agya. Meanwhile, Agya just lowered her head.

"I don't think Mama educated you!" yell mama wrath. "Where is your honor, ha?" Mama tries to push Agya's body, but Gio holds her back.

"Believe the same Sister Gya, Ma. He can't be messing around."

Mama brushed off Gio's hand, then looked at him sharply. "Where are you from?!"

"Trust us, Ma. We can't possibly care about mom."

Agya, who was standing behind Gio's back, chose to leave. He moved his legs slowly, still with his head bowed towards his room. In fact, even though she kept yelling at him, Agya kept walking without even raising her face.

"Choose a polite child, even want the same child does not know the rules. What is the lack of Nak Rafka in your eyes? Realize you, Gya! Conscious! You want to kill papa with mama, huh?!"

He sits on his knees on the bed with both hands closing his ears. His tears did not stop dripping, even though he was tired of crying.

***

"Mama don't be so hard on you, sister Gya. Poor Brother Gya, Ma." Gio thrust a glass of water at the mama sitting on the dining table chair. Then, sit down near him.

"What love? It's delicious even like that." Mama drank clear water in her hands, to the toilet. Her chest is still hot every time she remembers Agya staying overnight outside with Rafis.

Gio tried to be calm. She didn't want my mom to feel incomprehensible.

"Don't you feel like Kak Gya is now often moody? More silence, not before." Gio clasped his hands, then continued, "Sister Gya is depressed, Ma. Gya needs time."

"What are you talking about, anyway?" Mama jerked her hand, until Gio's hand was released. "If not Gya, who else can save our lives? We're gonna be ruined, Yo!"

Mom stood up from her seat. Then, hugging his own hands, turned back Gio. "You won't understand, but when we fall, the world will become more cruel. Mama will be laughed at by your Oma family."

After saying that sentence, mom immediately ran into the room with a broken cry. Meanwhile, Gio could only be silent and did not know what to do.

Secretly, Agya listened to the conversation from the second-floor guardrail. His look was empty.

***

As usual, the arrival of Rafka is always warmly welcomed whenever he steps into the hotel. The employees are so respectful to him, for his attitude flapping wings in various fields, to the corners of the country.

For a young man of Rafka's age, being able to lead a company of this size without ever being threatened by shock is amazing. The name Arkana Rafka is not only known in the field of tourism because in fact the name has soared too high, to be respected by his circles.

Rafka always receives greetings from employees warmly. He is known as a friendly and humble boss. However, the friendly face seemed to harden when he found that his national seat had been occupied by someone else.

Realizing Rafka's arrival, someone casually turned his chair around. His feet even he put on the desk with a slanted smile printed on his lips.

"During not meeting. How are you, Rafka Mas?"

Rafka's jaw hardened as she saw Rafis looking at her with a mocking expression. He immediately raised a cold look at the young man.

"Why so serious? I just stopped by and it looks like this chair is soft too." Rafis stood up, then tidied up the book on the table that accidentally nudged his leg in a relaxed style.

"I hear you're complicating Mr. Haris's business." Rafis walked up to Rafka, then blew off Rafka's shoulder, as if removing dust from it. "Just calm down, that's not what made me come here, but ...."

Rafis rolled Rafka's tie into his hand casually, then said, "At any time you hurt Agya again, don't expect for a lifetime you can wear a tie again around your neck!"

That voice sounded so threatening. The relaxed look had now turned dark and cold. The roll of the tie in Rafis's hand drew closer and closer, leaving Rafka almost suffocated.

Rafis believes something bad has happened to Agya. Something that really hurt his heart, to be able to make him do reckless things like last night and the cause must be Rafka.

Rafis patted Rafka's cheek gently, then sharply said, "So the boy is fine, yes, Arkana Rafka."