RAMADAN IN RAYYA'S HEART
Because I Like Your Daughter
At about 06:30 Rome time, the plane carrying Rayya and Gavin from Jakarta landed at Fiumicino airport in Rome.
Rayya and Gavin go straight to Rayya and William's apartment, which has been occupied by Gavin's two children from two different women.
" Dad, I'd better take a break. Dad must be tired. Rayya will make the bed for Kak Willy, because Kak Willy said that the day will be overnight in Turin." Rayya then enters Willian's room. He then replaced William's bed linen first. Because he remembered that the bed linen now attached to William's bed was still the same as the bed sheet when they returned to Indonesia.
" Didn't your brother come home today, Baby?" ask Gavin who followed Rayya's steps.
" No, Dad. Brother Willy said that tomorrow morning just came back. Hopefully tomorrow before Daddy returns to Jakarta, Kak Willy will be home" Rayya said.
" Now Dad just rest first because tomorrow Dad will make a long trip again." Rayya rubbed Gavin's arm.
" You're not resting yourself?" gavin asked when he saw Rayya holding a wallet and a cell phone in his hand.
" Rayya wants to go to the mini market across. Want to buy food supplies. Fresh goods are also empty in the refrigerator. Rayya will have lunch ready for Daddy." Rayya mentioned the reason for going to the mini market.
" Baby, you don't have to cook for me, Daddy. We'll just eat outside. Baby is also tired of long trips. Baby's better rest too." Gavin caressed Rayya's face.
" just drop it off, Dad. After that Rayya will also rest. Besides on the plane, Rayya slept a lot." Rayya chuckles.
" Rayya stay a while, Dad. Dad just rest. Ariston ..." Rayya says goodbye to Daddy.
" Neurova ..." After answering Rayya's greetings, Gavin immediately cleaned up and rested.
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Rayya immediately opened the apartment door as her apartment bell rang.
" Ciao, Rayya. Come stai? Mi manchi tanto." (Hey Rayya, how are you? I miss you very much ) It turns out Simone is now standing in front of the door of her apartment.
" Simone? Prego entra." ( Simone? Please enter )
Although Simone and Rayya are very familiar, Simone rarely comes to visit Rayya's apartment, except when William is in the apartment. Simone is really very caring for Rayya, because she knows Rayya, unlike most women she knows, can accept a male friend to come to her apartment. And now this is because he knows that Gavin is with Rayya so he has the courage to come there.
" Dov't you Zio Gavin?" (Where Om Gavin ) asked Simone.
" Is Simone coming, Baby?" Gavin emerged from the kitchen, because after a break he accompanied his daughter to cook food for them to make lunch. Simone first contacts Gavin and asks Gavin for permission to visit Rayya's apartment.
" Hey, Om. It's good to see Om Gavin back." Simone immediately greeted Gavin.
" Hi, Simone."
" I'm sorry for the passing of Papa of Om Gavin." Simone did not forget to say her mourning.
" Thank you, Simone. What did you bring?" tanya Gavin saw something that Simone had brought in her hand.
" I brought some food for Om and Rayya for lunch." Simone then handed over the package of food she bought for Rayya and Gavin.
" If you say you're going to come here and buy us food, I don't have to bother cooking, either." Rayya said as she received a package of food from Simone's hand.
Simone smiled as she glanced at Gavin hearing Rayya's words.
" Simone told Daddy he was coming, but Daddy didn't know he was buying us this much food." Gavin spoke the words of Rayya.
" Yes, we should eat now. Dad was hungry. You eat here too, Simone. You must not have eaten either, right?" Gavin then walked towards the dining table in front of the non-constrained living room.
" Good, Om." Simone followed Gavin and pulled a chair for him to sit on. While Rayya prepares food and puts food on the plate before being served to Daddy and his best friend.
During Rayya serving food on the table, Gavin and Simone seem familiar talking about many things. Rayya steals Gavin and Simone's eyes. If there was no difference between him and Simone, maybe he would have been easier to open his heart to Simone as a replacement for the Ramadan figure he had long desired. Especially when it looks like his family can accept the presence of Simone well, especially his Daddy who is super tight guarding him from all men.
" Om I'll pick you up tonight, yeah! What will you eat tonight? I will treat Om to eat out." said Simone when they finished eating this lunch menu.
" You don't have to bother buying Om, Simone." Gavin subtly refuses Simone's offer.
" It's okay, Om. Rarely can I buy Om Gavin. So Om's mumpung is in Rome, I'll treat, Om." Simone felt no problem treating Gavin as well as Rayya.
" Yes, it's up to you, but don't bother you, Simone." Gavin.
" Not a problem, Om. Om it's a guest here, so I'm obliged to welcome Om well here" replied Simone.
Gavin smiled at Simone's reply.
" Om glad, here Rayya has a friend like you, Simone."
Simone pulls thin corners of her lips, of course she will try to do her best for Rayya until she gains the trust of Gavin to be her daughter's best friend. Yes, just a friend, because he did not dare to expect more than that.
" Oh yeah, Rayya says you're close to Michelle right now. Is that true?"
Simone rounded her eyes and glanced at Rayya who was holding back a laugh. He's narrowing his eyes now.
" Om also thinks Michelle is like Om's own child, because she is the younger sister of her sister Rayya. If you're really serious about him, Om will support your relationship, Simone. Om feels you've been a good guy all along, so Om will help if you have trouble getting the blessing of Jovanka and Peter." Gavin is committed to supporting Simone and Michelle.
" Hmmm, we've just been friends, Om." Simone was still staring intently at Rayya who was still seen holding back her laughter without daring to raise her gaze towards him.
After lunch and chatting for a while, Simone said goodbye to Gavin and Rayya and promised to pick them up for dinner later after Maghrib time.
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Taken by taxi, Gavin escorts Rayya to his campus. While he himself will return to Jakarta using a flight at 10:55 Rome time, while William himself using a flight at 07:45 from Turin will land in Fiumicino, Rome at around 09:00. There is still a time lag of about two hours for William to accompany and take Gavin to the airport.
" Dad, be careful on the road, yeah." Rayya hugs Gavin while getting off the taxi, as they will be separated at the return distance Maybe at William's graduation around the next three months, Gavin will visit him again.
" Daddy will miss Baby." Gavin also returned Rayya's embrace, even he hugged Rayya tighter. " Take good care of yourself."
" Yes, Dad."
" Ciao Rayya, sei gia a Rome. Quando verrai?" (Rayya, you have arrived in Rome. When did you come here )
When Rayya and Gavin are still hugging, suddenly someone greets Rayya to make Rayya and Gavin break his arms.
Rayya gasped when she found the person who greeted and stood about three meters away from her turned out to be Luigi.
" Justin ...."
" So he's Luigi?" whispered Gavin to Rayya.
" I-yes, Dad." Rayya bites her lips, she feels the current meeting of Luigi and Daddy is not her prediction and she did not expect before.
" Are you Luigi?" gavin asked with a probing look.
" Yes, Sir. I'm Luigi. Are you Rayya's Dad? Nice to meet you, sir." Luigi immediately reached out his hand to shake Gavin's hand. And although hesitantly, Gavin accepted Luigi's handshake because he saw the man was very polite and friendly to him.
" Are you trying to get closer to my daughter?" It seemed that without further ado Gavin immediately asked if it was true that Luigi was trying to get close to his daughter.
" Mr ..." Rayya holds Gavin's arm because Gavin's attitude is similar to the first time Gavin met Simone.
" Yes, Sir." Luigi unexpectedly confirms what Gavin is accusing him of.
" What do you mean to get closer with my daughter?" gavin asked again full of intimidation.
" Because I like your daughter, sir." Luigi stared at Rayya who was immediately flabbergasted by the recklessness of Luigi who dared to blatantly say like to him in front of his Daddy. Rayya immediately turned to Gavin who saw his jaw begin to harden.
" Rayya, Om Gavin ..." Suddenly Simone who was riding his Piaggio motorbike came over. Simone immediately stared intently at Luigi.
" Cosa stai facendo qui?" (What are you doing here) asked Simone in a ketus tone.
" Sto parlando con il padre di Rayya." (I was talking to Rayya's father) Luigi replied lightly.
Rayya who saw the situation seemed to be tense between his Daddy, Simone and Luigi immediately bit her lip. Her Daddy would certainly not let a man who said he liked her blatantly. And Simone who he knows likes himself will certainly not let Luigi just get close to him.
" Simone, you get Rayya out of here!" Gavin tells Simone to stay away from Luigi.
" Good, Om." said Simone quickly.
" Mr ..." Rayya who was worried that his Daddy would do reckless was worried about leaving Gavin with Luigi both.
" You take it easy, Baby. Daddy wouldn't do violence to him." Gavin then cupped his daughter's face. " Now you come inside with Simone. He let Daddy take care of it."
" Daddy's going straight back to the apartment, right?" ask Rayya. " Be careful on the road, Dad." Rayya hugged Gavin's body.
" Yes, you also have to take care of yourself." Gavin then kissed Rayya's forehead affectionately.
" Goodbye, Om. Good luck to the destination. Greetings to the Om family in Jakarta." Simone then shook Gavin's hand and hugged Gavin's body because she knew Gavin would return to Jakarta this afternoon.
" Of Rayya, Simone."
" I'll take good care of Rayya, Om." asserted Simone as she glanced at Luigi and gave a thin grin to the man, as if to show that he was so trusted by Gavin. " Come on, Rayya." Simone invites Rayya to immediately get on his motor matic.
" Rayya go in first, Dad. Ardernath ..." Rayya says goodbye to Daddy.
" Neurova ..." Not only did Gavin return Rayya's greeting but Luigi also returned the greeting Rayya said.
" How dare you say that in front of me!" ketus Gavin with his teeth tightened to find Luigi saying that the man liked his daughter in front of him directly when Rayya and Simone had already moved away from the two of them.
" I'm so sorry, sir. I just answered your question. and I said according to my conscience" Luigi said, it seems he managed to escape the intimidation carried out by Gavin by answering Gavin's question according to his conscience.
" What made you so confident saying that to me?" To be honest, Luigi's courage and self-confidence actually amazed Gavin. It is young people like Luigi who actually have a strong character. To be honest, he expected a man like Luigi to be Rayya's companion. But of course he won't be that easy giving Rayya to Luigi.
" Because I like your daughter and we are same faith, sir." said Luigi without hesitation to answer Gavin's question straightforwardly.
Gavin snorted at Luigi's reply without the slightest fear
" I won't make it easy give my daughter to just any man!" gavin emphatically gave psywar to Luigi by saying that he would not easily hand over his daughter to just any man.
" Whatever you ask me, I'll do it as a form of my sincerity, sir."
Gavin breathed deeply. The young man in front of him was absolutely unable to be given a threat. Even Luigi said that he would do whatever Gavin wanted as a form of sincerity.
***
" Che cosa ha parlato tuo padre con Luigi?" (What your Papa talked about with Luigi ) Simone of course thought about the existence of Luigi between Rayya and Gavin earlier.
" Ha appena detto ciao." (Just saying hello) Rayya said.
Simone immediately chuckled at Rayya's reply.
" Perche stai ridendo?" (Why are you laughing) asked Rayya, feeling weird seeing Simone laughing.
" Ricordo la prima volta che ho incontrato tuo padre." (I remember the first time I met your father) Simone said. " The scopre che tuo padre feroce con tutti gli uomini che vogliono avvicinarsi a te." (It turns out your father is fierce to all the men who want to get close to you) Simone had indeed seen Gavin's unfriendly face when facing Luigi, exactly the same as the first time she met Gavin.
" Perche mio padre mi ama cosi tanto." (Because my father loves me so much) Rayya tries to defend the possessiveness that her Daddy always shows when there are men who try to approach her. Although Rayya herself was caught off guard by Gavin's over-indulgence, she knew it was Gavin because the man wanted to take care of his daughter.
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