
The loud noise from the teapot that signaled the boiling water managed to break the silence. The man looked disheveled, staring at the nanar of his cell phone that could no longer send messages to his woman. The number has been blocked.
"Morning to come here just for this, brooding? Holy jeez!" A sound came out of Vishnu's mouth.
Grey weekend, he thought. It was still dark, at five in the morning and at that time Vishnu had just returned from the Mosque to perform the congregational dawn service, found his nephew was waiting for him in front of the fence of the house. It looks so sad.
"What's the problem?"
Vishnu poured the water into two cups that had previously been filled with sugar and tea bags. He occasionally observed the handsome face of his nephew with a faint smile.
"You can't sleep because of a broken heart?" ask Vishnu still tease.
"Gee! It's fucked!" decak Alan while placing his phone rough on the table. He looked at his uncle who started moving towards the dining table where he was.
"What does this have to do with Yashna?" guess Vishnu.
Alan nodded slowly. What he did yesterday was ridiculous and just happened. He felt desperate and his emotions exploded turned out to even close the path he had painstakingly pioneered to improve the situation. He believes that everything will be more complicated than what it should be.
"I told him I was going to marry another woman" Alan said.
"With?" Although surprised, Vishnu tried not to show it.
"The woman I met in these two months during Yashna's time shied away from me." Alan stared at the expression on his uncle's face, looking at him questioningly.
“Wah! You serious?” Vishnu roared, shaking in disbelief. "You're going to marry a woman you don't know?“
”Didn't Uncle used to be like that too!“ snapping Alan pissed not playing.
Vishnu also cleared his throat, realizing that he used to do the same thing. "Yes, but our case is different, Alan."
”I know,“ said Alan understood the position of his uncle at that time.
”Then what did Yashna say?" Vishnu looked flat at his nephew as he placed a cup of tea on the table and thrust one of them in front of Alan.
"He congratulated me" replied Alan listlessly. “Sial!”
"Gtipfxttt!" Vishnu could no longer hold amused. Of course, he had already tried not to laugh at his nephew. However, from there he could feel the man's stubbornness until the amused taste exploded just like that.
"Uncle!"
“Sorry.” Vishnu closed his mouth tightly, but his heart still felt the ridiculousness of Alan was very tickling.
"Mas Inu! Niece again confused even betrothed, anyway? Follow empathize, cake," comments Almira who now enters the kitchen area by holding Sekar who has been awake.
"Yes, how are you going? He's the one who's acting." Vishnu still laughed amusedly.
“Aibi eavesdropping?” Alan looked at the embarrassed wife of his uncle, although he was basically not angry and did not care. His uncle's family is a great place to go home and share stories.
"Who is that woman?" almira asked, handing over her daughter to Vishnu. He will prepare for the morning prayers at home.
"Fictitiously, nothing can move my heart to the point of being interested in marriage other than Yashna!" he answered with an angry voice.
“Lho, really? Continues?” Almira shook her head while smiling amusedly.
“There are many women who approach me, but the one who looks like Yashna may be just a shadow of Yashna.” Alan looked at Vishnu and Almira alternately. He felt he needed help.
“Ok, there are many women who like you, but actually there is no one you want to marry, what do you mean?” vishnu's urai looked at Alan with a look of sympathy, but his heart was still tingled to continue laughing. It felt like he felt a sense of dejavu for what happened to Alan. He recalled the time when Almira intended to restore what his wife thought was his capture from Depe, and it left him heartbroken.
"I just wanted to bluff, but was instead given congratulations. Annoying!“
"Everyone will definitely do what Yashna did to mask his true feelings" Vishnu later said. "If not a congratulation, then what do you want?”
“Ya ... could have said no or. Time is safe!" The man grumbled.
Almira just smiled, did not respond and chose to leave the two men to be more free in various stories and find solutions together. Alan felt it too
envious of his uncle's married life which he thought was very beautiful. His expectations are very high to immediately marry and kill the loneliness he felt since he knew the world.
"Yashna at this time must be very shaken, I'm sure," added Vishnu began to attract the attention of Alan until the man fully listened to what his uncle said without interrupting.
"I mean, Uncle?"
"Yashna told Almira last night. He asked for input from him, it should be because you are also prepared to confuse," replied Vishnu quite surprised Alan. He did not expect that Yashna could be that close to Almira.
"That .. I was upset and emotional, so I lost my mind and kissed her. But I swear—dia did not refuse," Alan said trying to explain.
"Almira asks Yashna to thwart your wedding plans," said Vishnu still while teasing his daughter who was chuckling amusedly.
"Well! Bibi—"
"He knows that you're a couple who are struggling to match perception in some ways. Do what you plan to do, I make sure Yashna will be the bride,” said Vishnu reassured Alan with the look in his eyes.
“T-but, how to?” Alan ruffled his hair in frustration. He could not have pretended to marry one of his few female friends and just dumped them. Uh! The man was annoyed with his unreasonable behavior.
“Alan who is pretentious adults, in fact still a boy,” Vishnu's tease laughs while bringing Sekar out of the kitchen area.
“Hoi, make a child like Uncle I can too!” his hardship was upset mixed with embarrassment and amused itself.
“Capturing the heart of a dream girl can't afford, still acting cool!” Vishnu still flirts his temptation to the nephew.
Alan followed his uncle out of the house. Now they are in the yard to fill their lungs with fresh dew and clean air. Vishnu glanced at Alan who was now doing a light stretch. The man commented a faint smile, understanding the burden his nephew was facing alone. He felt happy because Alan was willing to involve his family in dealing with the twists and turns of his life. That's his mark, Alan believes in himself as an uncle.
“What is our relationship?” vishnu asks Alan to think faster.
“Enemy!” the man replied while glancing at him. Alan was joking.
Vishnu chuckled, what a delightful morning pastime. His youth was not as interesting as Alan. His intention to propose to Depe who failed because the woman was married to Krishna's stepbrother taught that the soul mate mystery exists. The incident with Almira who tarnished his name, one of the important lessons of being sane in everything. He didn't want Alan to experience it all.
“Never touch an unmarried woman with you carelessly, Alan!” it surprised Alan.
“Means?”
Vishnu also clucked, even his legs stomped until Alan laughed. "Yes, the only woman I kissed was Yashna, I swear!“ I was that guy then. ”I'm just an ordinary friend, and my attitude towards them is wrong only in the culture that has been crossing over with the culture that Yashna understands. Swear, Uncle! I just hugged them when I met like Australians in general without any love, nafs*, or anything like Yashna thought. My love is only for Yashna, no other woman.“
Vishnu also understood what Alan said to him. Indonesian culture is very different from western culture that there is no limit of physical touch to the opposite sex. He was sad when he realized his nephew was like a wasted child and was not taken care of by his family who had been dying since the beginning.
“Kak Ratu has a sister, right?” ask her with a serious tone.
“Iya. He is the one who has adopted and cared for me since infancy,” Alan replied with a gaze full of sadness when recalling his past story.
“Means you have a brother, dong? Your adoptive father's daughter, or a female cousin, for example?" lure Vishnu smile while kissing the cheeks of her child with full of affection. His eyes were not moved from Sekar.
”I mean—“ Alan gaped at his uncle's unexpected thought. He opened his eyes with his lips with a smile.
”That's how it is,“ let Vishnu glance at Alan while smiling knot ”We will all test Yashna's feelings towards you, or we can also lead her to a situation that brings her back to you.”
”Oh My God! I can't believe it!“ Alan laughed like a madman. ”Ok, I get it. I will meet my beautiful older sister,“ she said with a spirited laugh.
”You sure you can ask him for help? Must ask permission of his girlfriend or you even make new problems!“ vishnu's suggestion implies caution.
”Siap, Boss. I know well my brother's girlfriend,“ said cocky.
”But don't know your own boyfriend? Ck, suck!“
Alan only gave a whimper. True what his uncle accused him of, he foolishly did not understand Yashna while at his side.
”What makes Yashna so angry and want to part with you? Find out and finish well. I know, he can't lose you, because the backrest when his life is shaken is you.“ Vishnu patted Alan on the shoulder and walked in with Sekar. Alan was dumbstruck, looking at his uncle's back with a faint look. One side of his heart was pounding with pain.
”Hopefully uncle's crazy idea will make Yashna chase after me. Otherwise ... haishhh! You're making a mess, Alan dodol," said Alan, throwing his fists into the air.
***
'If you want to be loved, then set aside empty space in the heart to put the feelings of love from the person and start to unite the commitment so that the relationship becomes intact strong terpatri.'
(Sala Yaya)
Noted: Vishnu mentions the name of the Queen (Alan's biological mother is named after Kartika Ratu and her biological father Aswa Tama, in the novel IKTK changed the name Tony Darkson).