RAMADAN IN RAYYA'S HEART

Luigi's Arrival Plan

Ramadhan lay with his palms folded under his head with his eyes closed even though he had not fallen asleep. What he has done today is really disappointing, not only for Rayya and his family, but also for himself. He who had absolutely no intention of making Rayya sad, but instead ended up making the woman cry and disappointed.

" Why does Rama want to do that? Is it because you feel guilty? Or because Kak Rama has given up pursuing Kak Kayla's love?"

" Now Brother Rama asked me to give a chance to Brother for what? Because Kayla refused the love of Rama?"

" Rayya does not want to be made an escape by Kak Rama. Rayya wants to be loved by a man who truly sincerely loves Rayya. Not out of guilt or escape!"

The words spoken by Rayya this afternoon seemed to keep spinning in his mind.

" Good God, why am I? Why is it like this?" Ramadhan is deeply sorry for the mistake he has made.

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" Rama, are you asleep, son? Can Mama come inside?" Anindita's voice rang out from outside Ramadhan's room, making the man rise from his sleep.

" Just go in, Ma. The door is not Rama's key, really." Ramadhan speaks the words of his mother.

" You haven't slept, Rama?" anindita asked her son after entering the room and sitting on the edge of the bed beside Ramadan

Ramadhan drew his heavy breath and took it out violently.

" No, Ma." said Ramadan.

" Your father said Om Dirga told you to go home to rest, but you got home late in the afternoon. Where are you going, Rama?" Anindita, who knew from Ricky that Dirga had sent Ramadhan home to rest, asked Ramadhan, because her son had just returned home almost before five in the afternoon.

" Rama is out of Bogor, Ma." replied Ramadan again.

" From Bogor? What is in Bogor? You were told Om Dirga to rest, Rama. You just came back from Italy, you must be tired. Now go to Bogor." Anindita who is very worried about the health condition of Ramadan immediately advised her son.

" Rama has met Rayya at the home of his parents Aunt Rara, Ma." Ramadhan explained the reason he went to Bogor, and it made Anindita gasp.

" You met Rayya there? Did you meet Rayya? How's Rayya? Is he still angry with you? Does he want to accept you?" Anindita gives several questions to Ramadan simultaneously. Of course Anindita was curious whether her son was successful with his intention of starting a relationship in a more serious direction with Rayya.

" Rama just let Rayya down more and more, Ma." shrewdly Ramadan.

" Geez, what else have you done to make Rayya disappointed Rama?" Not only Rayya who was disappointed, Anindita who heard her son back to make Rayya disappointed also ended up feeling disappointed even though she herself did not know what her son had done.

" Rama tells Rayya if Rama wants to be given a chance by Rayya. But it turns out Rayya knows about Kayla, Ma."

Anindita rounded her eyeballs, the woman was surprised by the sentence delivered by Ramadan.

" Rayya knows about Kayla? He means he knows you like Kayla?" Anindita drew such a conclusion.

" Right, Ma. And Rayya suspects that Rama wants to be with Rayya just as Rama's escape because Rama can't get Kayla." Ramadan bowed.

" Aren't you saying it's just the past?"

Ramadhan was silent for a moment and did not immediately answer his mother's question.

" Kayla told Rayya, back in Italy yesterday, that Rama still expects Kayla's love."

Anindita snorted at the answer from Ramadan.

" And that's true? You were still expecting Kayla when you went to Italy before?"

Ramadhan nodded his head in response to his mother's question.

" Geez, Rama. Rayya would be disappointed if this was the story. Mama's been telling you to accept Rayya. She's a good girl, you don't deserve to hurt and disappoint her. In this case, the problem is getting worse. Mama can't imagine what if Papa you find out you've hurt Rayya again, Rama!" Anindita is turning Ramadhan on its head. If her husband and Gavin knew, it could be imagined what the reaction of the two father figures would be.

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This is Rayya's fifth day on vacation at Eyang and Eninnya's house. She did not want to drag on in her grief, let alone Abi and Umi Rara who finally learned the unrequited feelings of love her grandson always comforted her, she said, so Rayya seemed to have no time to daydream alone except for going to bed at night.

" Not done yet, Neng? You're tired of being told to sit down, don't move like this!" Umi Rara protested, because Rayya is currently painting the Eyang and Eninnya.

" A little while, Nin. It's over soon, too." Rayya chuckles at the protest from Umi Rara.

" Nice is not the result? You should look beautiful in that painting, huh, Neng."

" Enin, don't make a fuss! If Enin fusses, Neng Rayya does not concentrate on painting it." Abi Rara rebuked his wife who was still chatty.

" Now, what Eyang said is true, Nin." Rayya laughed again.

After a few minutes, Mommy's parents' painting was finished by Rayya.

" God, what a beautiful painting, Neng. This can be displayed, Neng?" abi Rara asked when she saw the painting of her granddaughter.

" Thank you, Eyang. Later this is given a good figura first, it can continue to be displayed where the Eyang wants," said Rayya.

" Neng, if there are neighbors here who want to be painted like this they keep asking how much? What did you answer?" ask Umi Rara later.

" No need to pay, Nin. But as long as Rayya's still here." Rayya answered Umi Rara's question. " If Rayya has returned to Jakarta 'would bother to come back here, especially if Rayya has returned to Rome." Rayya chuckled again.

For Abi and Umi Rara, seeing her granddaughter smiling and laughing made their hearts happy, even though they knew that their favorite granddaughter's heart was hurting.

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" A minute, Eyang, Enin. Rayya's gonna pick up the phone first." Rayya who heard the sound of her phone ringing in her pocket immediately asked for permission to receive the incoming call.

" Please, Neng." Abi and Umi Rara let her granddaughter pick up a phone call.

Rayya sees Luigi's name on her phone screen. Rayya then turned to Eyang and Eninnya before picking up the phone call.

" Assalamualaikum .." Rayya said as Luigi's phone call was answered by him.

" Waalaikumsalam, Rayy. Come stai?" Luigi also returned the greeting Rayya said.

" Thank God, Io sto bene."

" Rayya, I miss you."

Although the speech was not spoken in front of Rayya directly but the sentence was successful in making Rayya cheeks meet.

Rayya lowered the posel near her ear

" Eyang, Enin, Rayya excuse me to go to the room first, yes." Rayya said goodbye to Abi and Umi Rara for fear of being discovered that he could not control the red pseudo that so quickly colored the white color of his cheeks.

" Rey, did you hear my voice?" luigi asked because Rayya didn't answer.

" I-yes, Brother."

" Well, what did I say that you heard?"

" I miss you ...."

" Thank you for missing me, Rayya." Luigi chuckles at successfully trapping Rayya with his words.

Rayya who realized that Luigi was trapped immediately widened her eyes.

" Are you not the same as me?"

" me? I'm normal .." Rayya's reply again made Luigi laugh. If Luigi had faced Rayya directly, he would have seen Rayya's cheeks meet.

" Oh yeah, you guess where I am now?" ask Luigi then.

Rayya was silent for a moment while focusing her hearing. He heard the noise of cars on the street.

" Luigi's brother is driving?" guess Rayya.

" Yes, you're absolutely right" Luigi said.

" Don't call while driving, Brother! It can be dangerous." Rayya tried to advise, although he knew the man must use a bluetooth headseat to support his communication while communicating.

" Thank you for worrying about me Rayya." Luigi's soft voice in Rayya's ears made Rayya misbehave.

" Oh yeah, where's Luigi driving?" Rayya asked again to divert her nervousness with Luigi's words earlier.

" I'm heading towards Fuimicino airport."

" Luigi wants to go out of town?"

" I want to go to Jakarta."

Rayya was wide-eyed when Luigi said that the man was going to Jakarta, and it was certain that Luigi's destination for Jakarta would be to meet him.

" Kat Luigi wants to go to Jakarta?"

" Yes, I said I miss you, so I came there to see you, Rayya."

Rayya took a breath, the matter of recklessness, Luigi was indeed beyond doubt. What he says is what he will do. Moreover, Luigi has also been blatantly said to his Daddy wants to have him and intends to visit Indonesia during this holiday.

" When did Luigi leave?"

" The flight's in about half an hour. And I can't wait to see you soon, Rayya."

Again and again Luigi tried to show his skill in making a woman's heart flowery. Seduced by a man as handsome and as good as Luigi, who wouldn't make his heart rustle? And so is Rayya. The more the charm of the young lecturer the stronger.

" Hmmm, in Jakarta later Kak Luigi will stay where? Has Luigi booked a hotel? If Luigi hasn't found an inn yet, I'll tell Mommy to talk to Daddy to make room for Luigi." While in Rome some time ago, Azzahra had Rayya give the name of the hotel owned by Gavin, if at any time Luigi would come to Jakarta.

" No need, Rayya! I booked a hotel in your family's hotel, too. But don't tell your Daddy, Daddy you'll think if I expect something free from the future in-laws." Luigi laughed back.

" Are you still at your grandfather's house?" ask Luigi. Because when the first day Rayya arrived in Bogor, Luigi had contacted him and Rayya also had time to tell his whereabouts at that time.

" Yes, the plan is two more days I will return to Jakarta, but if Kak Luigi wants to go to Jakarta, this afternoon I return to Jakarta." Rayya is unlikely to leave Luigi alone as the man's goal to Jakarta is to meet him.

" What's from Jakarta to where your grandfather is far away?" ask Luigi.

" If the streets aren't too jammed, from my house to Mommy's parents' house it's about two hours, brother."

" I'm sorry if I interrupted your vacation time, Rayya."

" It's okay, Brother."

" Yes, I've arrived at the airport. I'll let you know when I get to Jakarta."

" Be careful on the road, brother. Good luck to the destination."

" Aamiin, grazie mille, Rayya. Ariston ..."

" Neurova ..." Rayya eventually hangs up a phone call from Luigi.

" So Luigi is going to Jakarta? I have to tell Mommy first, so Mommy can handle Daddy." Rayya immediately pressed Azzahra's mobile number. Because he wanted to inform Mommy about Luigi's planned arrival to Jakarta. Because he was sure, only his Mommy was able to conquer the hardness of his Daddy's heart. Once his Mommy threatened, his Daddy must have immediately caught the fog. Sometimes he also hopes to get a husband like his Daddy who is so fond of and obey what Mommy wants it.

" Ashlalama, Mom." Rayya greeted Azzahra when her phone call was connected to her Mommy.

" Waalaikumsalam, Rayy. What's up, honey? Enin just sent a message to Mommy, saying you've painted Eyang and Enin, huh?" ask Azzahra.

Azzahra did not know if the arrival of Ramadhan yesterday caused conflict between Rayya and Ramadan. Because Rayya had asked Eyang and Eninnya to shut up, although Azzahra himself had asked if Ramadan came to see him. And Rayya also finally had to go back to lying by saying there was no arrival of Ramadan to the place of the Eyeangnya, rather than Mommy will ask questions of sorts.

" Yes, Mom. Rayya had just finished painting Eyang as well Enin."

" Enin's so happy to see your painting, Rayya."

" Yes, Mom. But Enin could not remain silent. Storm when it's over? And also complain tired." Rayya chuckled considering how Umi Rara had been when she was painting.

" Okay, Enin you'll be old."

" Yes, Mom. Hmmm, Mom .. That's Luigi's sister Rayya's phone."

" Luigi? He called you? What was? Doesn't he call you often? Or maybe ... he really will come to Jakarta?" guess Azzahra.

" Yes, Mom."

" You mean, Luigi's really gonna be here?"

" Yes, Mom. Luigi is at Rome Airport right now and will be flying to Jakarta in half an hour."

" God, he's really serious about you, Rayya." Azzahra was immediately excited when he learned of Luigi's planned arrival to Jakarta. " Eh, but Rayya's still in Bogor now."

" Yes, that's why Rayya called Mommy. Rayya wants to go home this afternoon, Mom."

" Who are you going home with, Rayya? Did Mommy tell Mr. Rudy to take Rayya there?'

" No need, Mom. Later Rayya asked between Mr. Dullah, Rayya mentioned the name of the Abi Rara family's personal driver who replaced Mang Ucup if traveling long distances.

" Yes, you're careful then. Say the same Mr. Dullah, do not speed the car.

" Yes, Mom. Oh yeah, Mom. Daddy would what if he knew Luigi was coming to Jakarta?" Rayya was still a little anxious, fearing that Gavin would still be so strict with Luigi even though he was sure his Daddy would not be able to drive Luigi away.

" Daddy you let Mommy take care of you."

" Thank you, Mom. Yeah, Rayya hang up. Rayya wants to prepare packing first. Assalamualaikum, Mom."

" Neurobeach ...."

After the phone call ended, Rayya immediately walked outside her room to meet Eyang and Eninnya, because she had to say goodbye if she would speed up her vacation plans in Bogor and would return to Jakarta this afternoon.

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