RAMADAN IN RAYYA'S HEART

Anindita Plan

Anindita noticed her eldest son who since breakfast seemed to not talk much. Ramadhan who usually looks cheerful this time is more silent and Anindita guessed if it was because of the problem her husband told her last night.

" Ma, Rama's gonna be out for a second." Ramadhan bids farewell to Anindita while grabbing and kissing the back of Anindita's hand.

" Where are you going, Rama?" ask Anindita.

" There's a need, Ma." Ramadhan then kissed Anindita's cheek.

" Rome ...."

Ramadhan stopped his steps and turned to Anindita when his mother called him when she had walked away from Anindita.

" Yes, Ma?"

" Mommy hope you listen carefully to what your Papa said last night" Anindita said, trying to remind her son.

Alis Ramadhan menaut heard the words of his mother. He figured that Ricky had told him what he was talking about last night with his dad. It was not usual for Ricky to discuss what he did not take seriously with Anindita. Was her feelings for Kayla considered a strange situation that made her Papa have to tell her Mama? That's what Ricky Ramadhan has in mind.

" Rama is leaving, Ma. Ariston ..." Ramadhan chose to say goodbye immediately and did not respond to his mother's question earlier.

Anindita sighed at the back of her son who eventually disappeared behind the door. Anindita rushed to her room because she thought of something.

Anindita then grabbed her phone and looked for the contact of someone she wanted to contact.

" Ashiramala, Nat. Does it interfere with your time?" Anindita then greets Natasha, the person she contacted when her phone call lifted.

" Natalay, Nin. What's up, Nin?" Natasha replied to Anindita.

" There's nothing, just a light conversation."

" Oh, I think there's something serious. Do we want to talk on the phone or do we want to talk outside?" ask Natasha.

" May if you want to be outside. Where's the good?" Anindita leaves the choice of the place where they want to meet Natasha.

" Hmmm, what about in the Thousand Taste?" ask Natasha to make a choice.

" Okay, Nat. I miss the bogana rice." Anindita agrees to the place offered by Natasha.

" Okay, we'll see you there in an hour."

" Okay, Nat. Then I'll get ready first, yeah! Ariston ..." Anindita ended her phone call.

" Neurova ..." Natasha also said a greeting from Anindita.

After finishing the phone call with Natasha, Anindita was ready to go to the place promised by her and Natasha met.

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" What the hell is it, Nin? I think it's very serious to talk about," asked Natasha to Anindita after the two of them met and ordered food at the Thousand Flavors restaurant in the Menteng area.

" Just talk, Nat."

" What?"

" Kids."

Natasha's eyes narrowed when she heard Anindita mention the children.

" Your children or my children? Why with the kids?" ask Natasha seriously.

" If Azkia has a boyfriend yet, Nat?"

" He hasn't been given the green light with my husband to date before graduating high school. But if there are many close male friends, anyway. But still just friends."

" Hmmm, we know you well and have known you for a long time. To continue our friendship in order to stay lasting to our grandchildren, you ever thought not to try to match our children, Nin? I know that you and Ms. Rania want to match Alden and Falisha. Do you have any intention of being with me, Nat? Honestly, I like your son, Azkia." Anindita immediately said her goal was to meet with Natasha.

Natasha raised both her eyebrows to make her eyeballs widen.

" You want to match Kia up with Arka the same way?" Natasha named her second child Anindita because Arka and Azkia were no older than one year old.

" Not Ark, but Rama, Nat."

" Rama?" Natasha was devastated when Anindita mentioned the name of Ramadan to be betrothed to her daughter. " Not wrong, Nin?"

" What's the matter, Nat? You don't like Rama because I was pregnant with him before marriage?" Suddenly Anindita feels insecure because she suspects that Natasha will reject her plan, given her out-of-wedlock pregnant past.

" Because I like your son, Nat. The child is sociable, easy to get along with. It must be exciting if there's a kid like Azkia at home, Nat." Anindita gave her reason. Although the real reason for Ramadhan is not constantly insisting on his desire to have Kayla, that is what makes Anindita intend to match Ramadhan with Azkia.

" I'm up to the kids, anyway. If they want, I'll just come. How old is Rama now?"

" Twenty-three."

" Kia seventeen years, means six years difference. The problem is Rama what would want to go out with a High School boy? Eh, I mean not dating, Rama wants to wait until Kia graduated high school continue to college newly married? You better talk to Rama, Nin. It's a pity to wait that long."

Anindita sighed at the reply from Natasha because she was not sure that her son would agree if she said she would match Ramadhan with Azkia.

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Azzahra opened the door to Rayya's room and found her daughter lying on her stomach playing with her phone

" Have you finished unboxing the card, son?" tanya Azzahra approached some items arranged on the sofa and a small table beside Rayya's bedroom sofa.

" Mommy ..." Rayya immediately rose from her sleep and approached Azzahra.

" God, there are so many cards." Azzahra found gifts ranging from a hundred thousand to hundreds of millions, maybe even billions when he found a car key on the table.

" Well, did somebody give you a car?" asked Azzahra.

" It's from the same Gradpa Grandma, Mom." Rayya.

" Allah, your sustenance is his name. But Mom didn't give you permission to wear it yourself. You're young and you can't drive." Azzahra said he wouldn't let his son use his own car.

" Yes, Mom. Rayya was also afraid to wear it herself," Rayya said. " If this is from Enin the same as Eyang." Now Rayya pointed at some of the pile of the robe.

Azzhara pulled one corner of his lips upwards, completely contrasting the gifts from his parents with Gavin's parents.

" It's so different from the gift from Mommy's parents to Daddy's parents ...."

" Come wrong, Mom. Same car shirt. But Rayya likes the same clothes that Enin gives. The model is good, the color is also Rayya like, can Rayya use if traveling. Surely Enin's dizzy looking for this for Rayya. The price is not a benchmark that is important they are all equally dear to Rayya." Rayya doesn't want to discourage her Mommy.

Azzahra clasped Rayya's shoulders, and she was glad that her son had such thoughtful thoughts.

" If this is from Willy's sister." Rayya pointed at a watch. " This is from Auntie Tata." Then he pointed at a branded sling bag. Then Rayya pointed at the other items given by the invited guests who came last night.

" Hmmm, what kind of gift does Kak Rama have?"

Rayya immediately looked at her Mommy when her Mommy asked about the gift from Ramadan. But he immediately pointed to an earring from Ramadan to Azzahra.

Azzahra picked up a pair of earrings Rayya showed him.

" Good earrings. This is Rayya gonna wear?" ask Azzahra.

" No, Mom. Rayya wants to wear this one." Rayya touches the gift from Azzahra during the previous birthday attached to her ear.

" Hmmm, Rayya's disappointed, huh? Brother Rama came with Kak Kayla last night?"

Rayya blinked her eyes, because she could not hide the disappointment in her heart even though she tried to cover it up.

" Mommy understands how you feel, Rayya. Because Mommy used to be in a position like you." Azzahra rubbed Rayya's back giving strength so that her daughter was not constantly heartbroken.

" When Mommy broke her heart with Uncle Yoga, huh, Mom?"

Azzahra gasped to the point of rounding her eyes when she heard her son mention the name Yoga.

" W-do you know where, Rayya? Did Daddy tell you that?" At once Azzahra was upset with her husband because she thought that he could not keep her race.

" Not Daddy, Mom. But Rayya knows from Enin .." Rayya said honestly, smiling.

Azzahra snorted because he knew his actions that had never changed, always leaking his secret.

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