
The car was parked in the yard, but the man did not get out of there. Harris was sitting quietly behind the wheel, but not with his head. He was thinking about all sorts of possibilities about what Shafira would want to tell him about Bella.
The voice of adzan maghrib reverberated, managed to disperse his reverie. He didn't realize he had been there for more than fifteen minutes. Harris got down from the car rushing into the house, he misses the lamp of his heart.
"Assalamualaikum," he said into the house.
Davina and Yuli who were sitting on the sofa watching tv turned to him.
"Mosurfestalam,"
Davina immediately rose from her seat and welcomed the husband. He shook his hand and Harris responded by peeping at his wife's forehead.
"I've prepared warm water for Mas to take a bath" Davina said as she took over Harris's bag.
"Yes, I'm following you."
Davina had already gone to the room to prepare the clothes that her husband would use after bathing.
Harris approached her mother-in-law. He also endured it. "So who came here? Try Mama Ngabarin if you want to come here let Harris pick you up."
"So Mama took a taxi, besides Papah had gone to the office while Diandra, you know she can not drive. Mama also does not want to take care of you Harris, surely now you are busy right."
"Not even Ma, if to pick up insyaallah can really." Yuli smiled hearing that.
"Mama will stay here from today, you don't mind right?" yuli said, previously she had also discussed this with Harris and Davina during the new home thanksgiving event a few days ago.
Harris nodded, "No Ma, but Harris was glad to have taken care of Davina at home. But, I'm sorry to be pregnant with Mama."
Yuli shook her head, she did not feel bothered at all. Instead, he was happy to be closer to his son and future grandchildren.
Yuli patted her daughter-in-law on the shoulder, "It's better now that you clean yourself up, pray after that down for dinner. Mama has prepared your favorite food with Davina." he said.
Harris nodded after that he went to his room to prepare for the magrib prayer.
Harris opened the room door, hearing the sound of the door opening Davina reflexively turned her head. It turned out that Davina was complete with her face, she was waiting for Harris to pray for congregation. Harris rushed to get a towel and went to the bathroom.
"Wait for Mas, dear." she said before disappearing behind the bathroom door.
After finishing his bath, Harris is now ready to become a priest to pray magrib congregation with his wife. Greetings ended their activities both. Davina who was shaking her husband's hand was reciprocated with a brief kiss on the forehead. Dhikr and sholawat did not forget they did.
"Want to eat now, Mum?" ask Davina when it's over.
"Maybe, Mas is hungry too" he said.
The two of them came downstairs to have dinner together. Yuli is also at the dining table.
"Sorry Mah, wait a long time" Harris told her mother-in-law.
"No papa son," Yuli said.
Afterwards they dined solemnly, enjoying a cuisine made lovingly by Mama Yuli.
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After dinner, Harris asked his wife for permission to go see her best friend. He gets a message from Arya to immediately gather in a designated place.
This is where Harris is now, in a place Arya had told her about. Basecamp, where they gathered first when the group had not disbanded. Harris stood looking around him. The place was still the same, only the courtyard was filled with dried leaves that fell from the tree beside it. Reflecting an unkempt place.
Harris let out a heavy sigh, I don't know what kind of problem made him have to come to that place again. Her friends' motorcycles are parked there. Harris went straight in there.
"Assynolt,"
Hearing the sound of greeting those who were chattering immediately turned their heads.
"Waalaikumussalam," they answered compactly.
Harris immediately sat down on one of the benches there.
"What's this really about? Why are you guys suddenly gathering like this?" harris said he saw his friends. Especially he looked towards Arya and Farhan, as if asking for an explanation.
Arya and Farhan looked at each other, but then they shifted their eyes. The others were silent as if inviting Harris to guess for themselves.
"Why, silence?" Harris began to get upset that no one had responded.
"Liet dong, Harris." said someone out, he just got out of the toilet.
Harris widened his eyes, but then he got up from his seat and smiled at him. Hugging that skinny body in front of him.
"Deon, when are you back?" his hands held the shoulders of his best friend.
"Yesterday" he said casually.
"Just scold Arya, Harris. He forbade me to tell you." said Farhan immediately glared at by Arya.
Deon patted Harris on the shoulder, "Have not blamed them, the most important thing is that I'm back with you now."
Harris nodded, indeed now was not the time to blame each other. With the return of Deon, he hopes that the grudges caused by the events of that time will disappear.
"To celebrate Deon's freedom, we'll have a little party at the reunion, okay?" said one of them.
"Again." reply they compact.
At the table had prepared some snacks and also some drinks. Don't be so bad about them, not liquor as you think. Just a soft drink and some syrup. Of course, they never brought liquor when they gathered. Unless, if they want to be beaten up by the chairman, Harris Mudzaki.
"For Deon's return, cheers!"
The sound of the glasses touching each other, proves how happy they are tonight. Delighted at Deon's freedom and also excited that they had regrouped after so long.
Harris was happy to see his friends were still compact until now. If only his group had not disbanded, but would he still live a life like this? Will he change for the better and meet Davina? Harris shook his head.
"Why are you, Harris?" Deon approached the man because he was just daydreaming.
The others were busy joking around, while recounting their respective lives after the disbandment of their group.
Harris looked at Deon, "You're not intending to build that group again, are you?"
Hearing such a question, Deon just chuckled. "You want it, but you're still the chairman." Deon tried to tease her.
Harris seemed to snort, "No way."
Deon laughed again, "Looky Harris, I was just kidding. If it really happens, I'm lazy. It's not as exciting as it used to be, free."
Harris got up, he's been there too long. He was afraid that Davina would wait for him to come home.
After saying goodbye to the others, Harris went straight home.
"Who didn't come tonight?" deon asked his friends.
They looked at each other, observing roughly who did not appear at this time.
"Ricko, he's not here." said Arya, as usual the man is now smoking his cigarette in the corner of the room.
Deon nodded, right since that man was nowhere to be seen from his nose. But, where? As vice chairman, he should be here as well, right?
"He was in Surabaya, after making trouble with Harris, he got married and moved there." it wasn't Arya who answered him, it was Farhan. He was one of the people who knew about the problems that befell Ricko.
Hearing this Deon just kept quiet, languishing in prison made him not know many things. Including about Ricko.
"It's late, you can go home." Deon said.
"Okay" answered the others.
Although only a member, Deon is highly respected by other members. Actually Deon and Harris were the initiators of the establishment of their group at that time, but because he was in prison then Ricko who replaced him as vice chairman.
As per Deon's orders, they all go home except for Deon and Arya. I don't know what made him stay there.
Arya snatched her jacket, "Gue wants to go home, you why are you still here?"
Deon glanced at Arya at a glance, "You want to go home, just go home. Don't think about me."
Arya put her shoulder down, not taking care of her friend. After all, he has his own house. If he wants to go home, he will.
"Be careful here, where tau lo bitten by a mouse later." ledeknya.
The place had not been taken care of for a long time so when the first came Arya and Deon cleaned it first. Surely a lot of rats are roaming around claiming that it's their home.
"Sial lo, Ar."
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