Starting From Grey
Friendship Seulas
Before reading, I remind you. What Abi and Mutia do is only permissible for those of you who are married. Remember well.
------
People say,
Friends are like the wind.
There is, felt but not seen.
Friends are like the right and left legs, rarely parallel when walking but together when silent.
----------
After Dilan got out of Abi's car, Mutia opened her eyes. Actually he had been conscious since Dilan talked about himself earlier but he was reluctant to open his eyes.
Before going down Dilan said. "Bi, nitip Mutia yes." Abi only raised one eyebrow, he wondered why his best friend said that.
"Any time," Abi replied flatly, he wondered why it was a little sensitive now when it came to Mutia. Either he doesn't want anyone to talk about his wife too closely. Just like it was when Bagas was actually he was eager to say that Mutia was his wife.
"Have him sleep well and survive to the destination. Assalamualaikum." Then Mutia heard the car door opened and closed.
Abi turned towards Mutia who allowed her disheveled-looking hijab. "Why is Dilan so possessive?" abi asked Mutia a little in wonder.
"Learn possessiveness, brother PHP." Shinta said tightly, she was still busy with her phone.
"What the hell follow me," said Abi then facing forward. Not long to look back. "I'm your driver?" Mutia chuckled while Shinta just turned two eyeballs.
"All right, so two best friends. Do you want to go straight home or stop by somewhere?" ask Abi while running the car.
"Don't let it go Bang. By the way if you want to linger." Shinta spoke in a mischievous tone. Mutia just chuckled softly.
"If I want to linger like your accusation means we go straight home." Abi said meaningfully.
"Yes, it's straight back home, I'm tired of being pat on the bed." Shinta said with a tired tone, understandably he had just traveled from batam to Surabaya by plane and to this city by land so the body was quite tired but also there was a happy hue in itself.
"In fact, go straight to sleep until home, no bother." Abi said in a threatening tone, Mutia just silently listened.
"Yes" said Shinta. "Oh yes Mutia, tomorrow will find SKCK. I'm looking for a job in this town." Mutia was just silent, she was at a loss as to what to answer.
"Must be tomorrow?" mutia asked as she looked towards Abi hoping for help.
"When you're empty, I want to rest." Shinta said casually. "See tomorrow yes," said Mutia who answered a nod of the head.
"Do you not know Anandi?" ask Abi to Shinta.
"I didn't spend a few days at your house. It might even have been last night if I didn't want to stay at Aunt Ira's house."
"Emang why?"
"Ask him directly to Shnta, why try the enemy's cousin's son."
"Dlah, I'm not hostile just don't like it Bang." Shinta justifies Abi's remarks in self-defense.
"She escaped to Batam just want to avoid Anandi. You know what the reason is?" Mutia shook her head.
"He is possessive of his best friend" Abi said turning towards Mutia for a split second.
"meaning?"
"Udah don't be horrified" said Shinta, after making Abi laugh.
"Bang, I think I saw a happy hue coloring your face. Different like six months ago after a real reunion." Shinta looked at Abi with an odd face.
Abi chuckles. "Did it, it looks so good? I'm really happy." Mutia smiled at the husband's words there was a red hue and a warm feeling approached her.
"It's up to you, brother," said Shinta indifferently.
The car Abi was driving entered the gate of the house, and stopped beside the house. Shinta gets out of the car and is followed by Abi, before Mutia comes out, making Shinta surprised.
"Dlo Bang, Mutia hasn't been driven home yet" Shinta said, making Abi chuckle, then she approached the wife who was smiling shyly.
"He was already at his house" said Abi pulling his wife's waist close to his body. Shinta only she observed two people who were currently in a row because a man's hand was coiled around her waist.
"Don't say.." Shinta's sentence floated because Abi firmly said. "Yes." Yeah." Shinta immediately ran and hugged Mutia's body and pranced around like a child.
"Bang, really?" shinta asked excitedly. Abi smiled as he nodded.
"But wait a minute," said Shinta distancing her body. Abi and Mutia looked at each other. "Why wasn't I invited?"
Mutia smiled while Abi just shrugged indifferently, no intention at all to answer. "You guys," said Shinta furiously. Abi took his wife and brought her into the house.
"Bang, I'm not done yet" said Shinta following the newlyweds' two steps.
"Tomorrow, don't you have a great time. So all those question marks in your brain are issued tomorrow."
"No way, no matter tonight Mutia is my best friend. So tonight she's gonna sleep with me." Shinta pulled Mutia's right hand and took her walking. Abi did not want to stay silent, he immediately pulled the waist of the wife.
"Sorry, she's my wife. And as the wife of Sholehah she will not sleep with you because her husband forbids. And my wife must have followed her husband's request."
"But" Shinta's sentence was discontinued because of Nana's appearance in the doorway and made Abi win a landslide victory over Shinta.
-----------
From meeting we learn to live and from parting we learn to remember. (Kru Kepo)
----------
"You're going out today with Shinta?" abi asked to tidy up the clothes he was wearing after returning to the room after breakfast.
"Not like, why?" Mutia tidied up the crate of Abi's shirt after putting up the tie. Don't forget the timid face that Mutia showed.
"Today there's actually no Mutia teaching hours, Mas." Mutia let out a voice after turning her gaze away, she could get lost if she kept looking into those eyes.
"Why not just go with Shinta?" abi asked in surprise, Mutia smiled then shook her head. ''It looks like Shinta is still tired, I just saw her sleeping after the dawn prayer."
"So she's still sleeping?" asked Abi in disbelief, Mutia nodded her head when she saw Abi shake her head and smile. "That doesn't change."
"Why?" mutia asked astonished at the husband's words. "Nothing, it's just that Shinta will sleep every time. He usually spends his days off sleeping. Just look at you gonna wake up hungry and go back to sleep." Mutia chuckled to hear Abi say in an annoyed tone, it seems that Mutia's husband does not like her cousin's habits.
"But he has changed a little bit" Abi said with a sweet and happy smile. "She's already started to close her veil, she's getting hijab." Either because it was happy or deliberately Abi immediately hugged his wife. "I was so happy to see that change six months ago." Abi went back and told Mutia a lot.
"Alright," said Mutia who broke into a hug, in addition to her legs looking tired and standing while hugging she had to leave immediately. "Why?" ask Abi wonder. Mutia gestured by slamming towards the clock on the wall.
"Oh Allah, it's too late" said Abi, immediately taking his briefcase and kissing his wife's forehead. Mutia smiled and followed her husband's steps out of the room.
"Arsa," call Abi but there is no sahutan.
"Where's Bun?" ask Abi at the door.
"She's gone" replied Nana while staring amusedly at the son, she was no longer the Abi who used to be on time and put everything first for the family. The one in front of him now is a different Abi who either because of the red virus pomegranate or because indeed his brain that has changed when it is near the wife like forgetting everything.
"Dlo usually goes with Abi, Bun." Nana chuckled then glanced towards Mutia who was standing awkwardly. Mutia realizes the uneasiness of a mother whose son has just been married.
"There's a wife, Abi has to take the wife, no" said Nana calmly, "but can be with Bun. It goes along too."
"Your papa she's in line too" said Nana smiling. Abi sighed then he went back inside the house.
"Aren't you leaving, Bi?" ask Nana wonder.
"Today's Bun Wednesday. Remind?" Abi went into the room again, Nana exhaled heavily.
"Why Bun?" mutia asked carefully, Nana smiled then told Abi's habits on Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesdays Abi always leaves during the day because on that day he usually does not hold the project and on Thursday he always comes home early because he promises to pick up Arsa.
--------
After spending half a day with Shinta, Mutia is currently setting her foot in a building of a fairly famous property company. But that's not the goal, he's not here to the company but to the husband's office in this building. Abi is an architect who takes up residence in the same building with the property company, it is all because the owner of the company is Abi's stepfather who is none other than Mutia's current in-laws.
After asking the receptionist in the lobby, Mutia headed to the office floor with a square object that seemed to be soundproof and a surveillance camera in one corner.
Exit the elevator Mutia directly walk to some cubinel in a spacious room and a room that looks closed.
"Assalamualaikum," Mutia gave a greeting then a woman known to Mutia looked up at mutia with a surprised look on her face.
"Madina," said Mutia Liroh, Madina appeared to be smiling obliquely, she had already taken control of herself.
"Yes why?" asked Madina ketus, Vino one of Madina's coworkers stared in surprise.
"I'm sorry?" Mutia smiled kindly, while Madina threw away her face. Seeing that Mutia just smiled wryly then glanced at Vino who looked wrong.
"Abi's father is there?" mutia asked either Vino or Madina. Mutia was so wrong and not tasty.
"Remain nyariin Abi?" ask Madina with a ketus. Mutia only smiled wryly, she prayed that someone might help her.
"There's a Mommy, inside." Vino finally opened his voice, Mutia nodded then he smiled he turned back towards Madina who seemed to be glaring.
"Thank you," Mutia said as she stepped closer to the door.
"You have no right to enter that room" said Madina astonished. Mutia simply smiled then said her greetings and opened the door. "Assalamualaik."
"Waalaikumsalam," replied Abi lirih, he was still struggling with a table provided for the architect.
"Sorry sir, this girl is gawking in" said Madina following Mutia into Abi's room.
Abi looked up when he heard Madina's words, he put a flat face towards Madina, making madina smile triumphantly. Then when Abi's sharp eyes found the figure of his wife who stood awkwardly he inhaled and then put his pencil and stared softly, all of it did not escape Madina's vision.
"Leave the two of us," Abi said facing the Madina fig, confidently Madina nodded, as near the door Abi again made a sound. "Don't forget to close the door."
Madina immediately turned her head towards Abi, "but sir, being alone in a closed room will invite slander." Abi stared intently at Madina while Mutia saw that it could only freeze.
"I don't care" Abi said of the final. Madina sighed then stepped up and opened the door wide. He rejected Abi's idea of closing the door.
"Madina please close the door, not open the door. You know Indonesian isn't."
"It's not good to have two in a closed room, the third is a shetan." Abi stepped near the door. "Hand with wife is worship." Abi immediately closed the door not to let Madina say or see Madina's surprised face.
"Hi," said Abi gently as he touched the wife's shoulder.
"The face of Mas was scary" Mutia said, not returning Abi's greeting. Abi chuckled and hugged his wife.
"I've been pissed since drawing couldn't be straight, plus Madina's increasingly rebellious nature makes me want to eat you." Abi said as he moved his face around his wife's neck.
"Geli Mas," Mutia said with a laugh due to Abi's treatment.
"Mas," Mutia said with a tone full of warning.
"Sorry," Abi said as he sat down.
"Why did you tell me to go to the office?" tanya Mutia was full of probes. Abi smiled then clasped Mutia's hand.
"Hasan invited me to lunch together, as his clinic inaugurated three days ago," Abi said staring at Mutia's eyes with a huff. Mutia frowned in surprise.
"Why?" mutia asked while placing one more hand on the hand of Abi who was holding her hand.
"Actually, did you ever like Hasan?" abi asked unconvinced, Mutia smiled as she nodded. Abi smiled wryly, he threw away his face.
"Even now I still like her," Mutia said as if she was being disappointed. He looked at the husband who was looking straight at him. Mutia smiled wryly while Abi sighed.
"But it turns out that I am married to her best friend" Mutia said with a smile looking at the disappointed face of the husband that was so visible from the real sculpted strokes.
-----------
