RAMADAN IN RAYYA'S HEART

Attending an Engagement Party

Rayya notices Natasha still sobbing in her Auntie's room. Rayya could feel sad, disappointed and angry Natasha with the incident that befell her first daughter.

" Rayya, help Auntie .. persuade Kia to tell you who did it." Natasha clasped Rayya's hand and begged Rayya to help persuade her cousin to open up to the problem.

" Yes, Auntie. Rayya will try to persuade Kia. Now Auntie must be patient, yes. Believe that there's a way out." Rayya rubbed Natasha's back, she tried to channel the power so that Natasha could be patient and steadfast in accepting the trials of life that they had never expected before

" Auntie eat first." Rayya saw the dishes and side dishes on the tray that was placed on the nightstand had not been touched by Natasha.

" Auntie can't possibly eat food while Auntie's heart still hasn't calmed down Rayya." Natasha comes fromasan why she still hasn't touched the food.

" Auntie, Auntie has to keep eating! If Auntie does not eat, Auntie will get sick. Poor Uncle Yoga. No one's accompanying Uncle to go through all these issues." Rayya then took a tray containing a plate of rice and side dishes.

" Auntie loves Uncle Yoga, right? Poor Uncle has to take care of work, think about Kia's problems and has to take care of Auntie who is sick. Now Auntie has to eat, want Rayya a bribe?" rayya continued trying to continue to persuade Natasha to want to eat her food, until finally Natasha was willing to spend her food.

After Rayya tells Natasha to rest, Rayya then chooses to return to her home.

" Excuse me!"

There was a sound of someone shouting from outside the Yoga house, making Rayya who happened to be about to leave the Yoga house approach the person.

" What's up, sir?" ask Rayya.

" Sorry, Ma'am. This is Pak Yoga and Ms Natasha's house? I'd like to send you an invitation to Pak Yoga and Ms. Natasha." The man then handed the invitation card to Rayya.

" Oh yes, sir. I'm their niece." Rayya received the invitation card. " Who is this invitation from, sir? I'll tell my Om and Aunt."

" From Mr. Ricky Pratama and Ms. Anindita."

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Suddenly Rayya's heart was pounding when he found out the invitation in his hand was from Ramadan's parents. His heart immediately guessed if the invitation contained an invitation to the wedding of Ramadan.

" I'll excuse you, Ma'am."

The voice of the person who delivered the invitation was immediately aware of Rayya who had been shocked.

" Oh, i-iya, sir. Thank you, sir." After letting the man go. Rayya read the writing that was on the invitation envelope she was holding.

Rayya took a breath that immediately felt difficult to inhale when reading the name of Ramadan Syahrizky which is clearly visible on the invitation card. And Farah Noer's name underneath made her breathe out slowly. This means that for approximately two years passed the relationship of Ramadan and Farah turned out to be increasingly familiar until finally they decided to get engaged.

" O God." Rayya tried to take a deep breath. No, this is not true! He promised himself that he would give Ramadhan. He had already closed his love story to the man. And he is also trying to learn to accept and love Luigi. He can't be like. Rayya seemed to be struggling with her own conscience.

" Bi, please take this to Auntie Tata's room, yes!" Rayya then asked for ART help at the Yoga house to hand over the invitation to Natasha.

" Good, Non." ART then took the invitation card and walked towards Natasha's room while Rayya walked towards her house.

***

Azzahra read the invitation card she had just received from Anindita's man for her. Azzahra took a slow breath. Don't know why? Reading Ramadan and Farah's engagement invitations, she was thrown into the past about twenty-four years ago when she read Yoga and Natasha's wedding invitation cards. The pain, disappointment and heartbreak of Azzahra at that time he hoped would not befall his daughter at this time.

" Ashlalama, Mom."

" Neurova ..." Azzahra gasped in shock when she saw Rayya's appearance in the guest room of her house, because Rayya had asked permission to accompany Natasha.

Azzahra immediately hid the invitation card to the back of his hand.

" Hmmm, Rayya has accompanied her Auntie Tata?" Azzahra tried to hide her nervousness.

" It's, Mom." Rayya senses that her Mommy is hiding something in her hand.

" Mommy hid what?" ask Rayya.

" Ah, it's nothing, Rayya. It's just an invitation from a neighbor around here." Azzhara tries to lie to Rayya.

Rayya frowned, she knew that Mommy was lying to her.

" From the neighbors? Isn't that the invitation to Kak Rama's engagement, Mom?"

Azzahra immediately looked up when he found out if Rayya was aware of the plan of the engagement of Ramadan and Farah.

" R-Rayya knows where?" ask Azzahra in shock.

" So someone took the invitation to Auntie's place, Mom. Said from Aunt Anin. Rayya has read at a glance it turns out the engagement invitation of Kak Rama and Kak Farah." Rayya tried to smile, not wanting to show the sadness that immediately appeared in her heart while reading the invitation.

" Rayya, Honey ..." Azzahra hugged Rayya. A mother's embrace is expected to bring calm to her daughter's heart.

" It's OK, Mom. Rayya is okay, right! Rayya has closed everything about Brother Rama. Didn't Mommy really want to have a daughter-in-law like Luigi?" Rayya tried to comfort Azzahra by asking her to joke. He was actually trying to entertain himself.

" Is Rayya really okay, honey?" Azzahra now rubbed Rayya's face.

" Yes, Mom. Rayya is fine, really! Did Mommy see Rayya sad or crying? Isn't that right, Mom?" rayya asked showing her cheerful face.

" Thank God Rayya is okay. Mommy's worried that you still have feelings for Rama."

" It's just the past, Mom. Does Mommy still have feelings for Uncle Yoga?" Rayya.

" What are you talking about, anyway?" Azzahra belied making Rayya chuckle.

" Yes, Rayya wants to go to the room first, Mom." Rayya asked permission to enter her room.

" Yes already."

Rayya then climbed the stairs with mixed feelings. Yet she was grateful if she could cover up the true feeling of being raging in her heart from her Mommy.

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" By, have you read the invitation from Mr Ricky and Ms Anin?" azzahra asked as she saw her husband lying with his hands folded under his head.

" Hmmm ..." Only that answer came out of Gavin's mouth.

" We're coming, aren't we, By?" azzahra asked while sitting on the edge of his bed.

" I'm lazy to meet that kid!" Gavin is seen not interested in attending the engagement party of Ramadan and Farah.

" Can't be so dong, By. Not good with Ricky and Anin. What happened to our children should not make our relationship cut off, I'm the same Sister Anin has known since I haven't been married to Hubby. Hubby knew Mr. Ricky a long time before I knew him, right? Time just because the arranged marriage plan Rayya and Rama failed, our kinship relationship so tenuous?" Azzahra advised her husband not to hold a grudge.

" At any time soon we'll marry Rayya to Luigi. If we attend their invitations, we are also good if we invite them" continued Azzahra.

" Honey, does Baby know about Rama's engagement plans?" ask Gavin.

" Rayya knows, By."

" What about Baby, Honey?"

" He's fine, By. Now he's got Luigi."

" Do we have to call Luigi here to accompany Rayya to the show, Honey?' tanya Gavin immediately changed his position to sit beside Azzahra.

" For what, By? He's in Italy, why call Luigi?" Azzahra disagreed with her husband's plans.

" If we tell him to come here, I'm sure he'll be ready, Honey."

" Ck, don't be so dong, By! Time only to face Rama's engagement we have to call Luigi?" azzahra protested by rolling her eyes, thinking her husband never changed if the decision was always excessive. Gavin immediately chuckled in response to the protest from his wife.

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Rayya looked at the empty building which was an art gallery created by her Daddy. He had already told people to display his paintings.

" How about, Madam Rayya? Does Rayya like the gallery?" ask Mr. Nico, who is assigned to take care of Rayya's art gallery.

" Yes, I like it very much, sir. It's a comfortable place for visitors."

" Thank God if Madam Rayya likes the design of this gallery" said Mr. Nico.

" Oh yes, Mr. Nico .. beside this building there is still vacant land, right?"

" Yes, Ma'am. What's the matter, Mommy?"

" I want to make a place next to the cafe like that, for visitors who have seen the paintings in this gallery, they can relax there. Can you, sir?" rayya asked her idea.

" It is possible, Ma'am. Rayya's mother will only talk to Mr. Gavin, I'm just waiting for an order from Mr. Gavin."

" Okay, Mr. Nico. I'll try to talk to Daddy about it. Then excuse me, sir. I have to go to Bandung now." Rayya said goodbye to Mr. Nico because he really wanted to visit Azkia in Bandung.

" Okay, Madam Rayya."

" Nrank ...."

Rayya left the art gallery.

***

At around two in the afternoon Rayya arrived in the city of Bandung with ushered by Mr. Zainal, Gavin's personal driver in addition to Mr. Rudy.

" Assalamualaikum, Grandma." Rayya said as she entered Mama Nabilla's House. Mother of Natasha.

" Waalaikumsalam's. Rayyah? Who are you with here, son?" Mama Nabilla immediately welcomed the granddaughter of her brother, Amanda, Mommy of Gavin.

" Rayya came here with Mr. Zainal, Nek" said Rayya then hugged and kissed the back of his grandmother's hand.

" Come on in, son." Mama Nabilla tells Rayya to go inside the house.

" Granny how's it going? Just be healthy, right, Grandma?"

" Thank God, this is how it is, son. Daddy's with your Mommy how?"

" Thank God be good too, Grandma. Oh yeah, where's Kia, Grandma?" ask Rayya later.

Mama Nabilla was seen sighing that felt heavy.

" Kia's in her room" said Mama Nabilla.

Rayya rubbed Mama Nabilla's back.

" Patience, Grandma. Rayya was concerned about what happened to Kia."

" Yes, it's there if Rayya wants to see Kia."

" Rayya go upstairs first, Grandma." Rayya finally stepped towards Azkia's room in the upper room.

Tok tok tok tok

" Asalamualaikum, Kia's. This is Rayya, can Rayya go inside?" While in front of Azkia's room door, Rayya knocks on the door first.

" That ..." Rayya again knocked on the door and called Azkia's name.

Not long after Azkia's door was open.

" That ..." Rayya immediately hugged Azkia's body and sobbed.

" Why are you crying, Ray?"

Rayya rounded her eyes when she heard Azkia's voice that sounded very relaxed as if it did not indicate if she was being hit by a problem. Rayya then stretched her arms and pulled her body slightly away from Azkia's body.

" Kia? You ..." Rayya looked at Azkia's astonishment.

" Who's Rayya here? Why didn't you tell me Rayya wanted to come here?" ask Azkia.

" Rayya came here with Mr. Zainal" Rayya said. " Kia, is it true that the problem with Kia is?" asked Rayya curiously.

" That problem? It's true."

" How come Kia seems to be taking it easy?"

" How are you going, Ray? It's happened, like the word rice has become porridge."

" Who did it anyway, Kia?"

Azkia looked at Rayya. " Did my Mom Papa tell Rayya to come here? Or Uncle Gavin?"

" Rayya came here because of Rayya's own desire, Kia! Rayya is also concerned about the problems that have befallen Kia. Now we tell Rayya who did that?"

" No need to talk about that, Ray!"

" But, Kia ...."

" If Rayya is here just to urge me so I can tell Rayya who did it, it's better for Rayya to go back to Jakarta!" ketus Azkia while walking left Rayya back into his room.

***

Rayya smeared her natural colored lipstick onto her thin lips. Tonight he will accompany Azzahra who will attend the engagement party of Ramadan and Farah because Gavin insisted he did not want to attend the event. Of course Azzahra couldn't have come to the party alone, which is why Rayya accompanied her Mommy to go to an event that she didn't really want to attend if she obeyed her conscience.

" Rey, are you ready?" Azzahra's voice rang out from outside Rayya's bedroom door.

" ii-yes, Mom. In a moment .." said Rayya. He took a deep breath and asked to be given peace of mind in the face of the event he was about to attend. After she draped her bag sling, Rayya came out of her room.

About forty-five minutes later, Azzahra and Rayya arrived at the building where the Ramadan and Farah engagements were held.

Rayya walked into the building with a pounding heart yet she tried to neutralize the nervousness in her heart.

" Rara ...."

Anindita's voice greeted Azzahra as Azzahra and Rayya entered the building.

" Eh, Ms. Anin ..." Azzahra immediately hugged Anindita. " Congratulations on Rama's engagement yes, Ms. Anin .." continued.

" Thank you, Ra. You are the same. who? Where's your husband, Ra?" anindita asked because she did not see Gavin beside Azzahra.

" My husband is unable to attend, Ms. Anin. Teh Tata and her husband were also unable to attend. Tea Tata sent a message to me earlier today, apologizing for not being able to attend the show." Azzahra offered an apology from Natasha.

" It's okay." Anindita then turned to Rayya who was seen receiving a phone call.

" Yo, you were escorted by Rayya anyway?" Anindita looks surprised by Rayya's presence there.

" Aunty ..." Rayya immediately kissed the back of Anindita's hand.

" Rayya how are you? You're getting pretty now." Anindita looked at Rayya's face because she hoped Rayya would accompany Ramadan.

" Thank God be fine. Aunt herself how?"

" Aunty is healthy too, thank God ...."

" Is there Rayya?" Ricky who approached his wife also looks shocked when he found Rayya.

" Om, how are you?" Rayya courteously greeted Ricky.

" As you can see, it's still healthy, Rayya. Oh yeah, Daddy where are you going?"

" Daddy can't come here, Om. Because it was Rayya who accompanied Mommy here."

" Oh ...."

" Mr. Ricky, Ms. Anin, sorry .. asked to come forward because the show is about to start." Someone asks Ricky and Anindita to get together with Farah's family.

" Oh, okay .." said Ricky.

" Ra, I'm ahead first huh?" Anindita asks permission to leave Azzahra and Rayya.

" Please, Ma'am." Azzahra.

" Mom, Rayya's going to the toilet first, yeah!" Maybe because of his groggy taste Rayya suddenly wanted to urinate so he asked permission to Azzahra to go to the toilet.

" Where does Rayya know the toilet?" ask Azzahra.

" Rayya will ask the officers of this building." Rayya finally leaves Mommy and searches for the building's officers.

" Gold, sorry ... Where's the toilet, huh?" rayya asked when he found one of the building employees passing in front of him.

" The toilet's on the left right. But the left one is being repaired, just use the right one, Ma'am." said the officer.

" Oh, thank you, Mom." Rayya then rushed towards the direction of the toilet that the officer referred to. But Rayya's steps suddenly came to a halt when she saw a handsome man who was seen just coming out of the direction of the men's toilet.

Not much different from Rayya, the man who was none other than Ramadan was immediately aghast when he came out of the toilet and found Rayya who had just entered the toilet door. Until two people of different types are stunned for a while and look at each other as if releasing their respective longings that cannot be channeled through words and deeds.

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