The Couple AL

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Everyone was sitting in front of the dinner table. Food was available in front of them. Starting from rice, vegetables, fish, complete with fruits for washing mulu available there. Waiting for Prof. Glen to start dinner together. They were afraid something might happen to Prof. Glen for not coming out of his room.

Allia who was impatient wanted to eat immediately picked up her grandfather.

"Grandfather where?" ask Allia.

"Still in his room. Let Auntie see" said Aunt Liza.

"Let Al see grandfather, Aunt sit down."

When I want to stand up, Prof. Glen came from behind Allia.

"Grandfather, you've finally come too. We've all been waiting for you for a long time, we've been hungry since, '" Allia said.

"We or you hungry? Why are we all what you call," protested Alvino.

"Sir Al!" Allia rounded her eyes, bending both hands beside her waist.

"Aren't you eating after school? Are you hungry again?" ask Alvino.

"A little, anyway," Allia's great-grandson with cheeks that met with shame.

"Alvino. Let Allia eat, you as a sister should not let your sister starve," said Tama defending Allia.

Allia smiled and stuck her tongue out at Alvino.

"Shut up, you, Tama."

"It's not polite to call names to older people, is it, Al?" ask Tama to Allia.

Allia nodded making Tama smile.

"You don't have to make the atmosphere hot" said Alvino.

"Stop, no, don't fight. Al hungry to eat." Allia mediates.

Everyone at the dining table shook their heads.

"Take your grandfather to sit down, Al," tell Uncle Bram to Allia.

"Grandfather, let's sit down," Allia asked.

"Grandfather deliberately came to starve grandfather's grandson," said Prof. Glen made everyone at the dinner table laugh.

Allia held her stomach with both hands. "Allia's stomach needs food, how's grandpa, anyway."

"Yes, let's start eating."

They take food as they want.

"Al, you eat a lot, yeah." Tama took a lot of food for Allia.

Alvino who saw him immediately reprimanded him.

"Allia should not eat too much, later can be upset stomach. You remember, right, Al?" reprimand Alvino commemorates Allia.

"Yes-yes. Al remember, really. Brother Tama, not too much, Al's stomach will hurt if you eat too much." Tama nodded at Allia's request.

"Al want the fish," Allia's pinta.

"Yes, I'll get it for you." Tama took the fried fish and put it on Allia's plate making the owner of the plate smile.

"Don't forget to pray first before eating, so that other creatures don't eat with us," Allia quipped when she saw her brother wanted to eat the first feed of his food.

Alvino who knew Allia's innuendo to himself then said, "I've been praying, Al."

"We pray together. Berdo'a, it starts."

Everyone lowered their heads for a moment.

"Berdo'a done. Now we eat," said Allia.

Everyone ate quietly, except Alvino. He looked at Allia who changed when Tama was present. This is one of the reasons for being lazy to his grandfather's house if Tama comes home from Harvard.

...*****...

Dinner is over. One by one they left the dining table to return to their rooms.

"Grandfather will sleep first" said Prof. Glen then gave instructions through his eyes to Alvino to go to his room immediately to discuss something.

Alvino slightly nodded his head in a sign he would soon follow after confirming Allia was already in his room.

"We're sleepy, we sleep first, yeah, kids. Remember, don't sleep too late, especially you, Allia," said Aunt Liza and Uncle Bram and then moved from her place to their room.

There is only Al and Tama.

"Al, you're with me, yeah. Tonight my favorite movie is coming out" Tama told Allia.

"No, Allia can't stay up. Didn't you hear what Aunt Liza just said?" ask Alvino.

"It's just a minute, Al. Let your sister accompany me, "persuade Tama.

"But, how's Brother Tama?" asked Allia while looking at Tama for a moment.

"I will accompany him. After all, the film was not too boring for me," said Alvino so that Allia immediately went to her room.

"I'm going to my room. Brother Al, Brother Tama, don't sleep too late, yeah. Happy watching!"

They nodded.

"Sister Tama, next time Al's with Brother, yeah."

"Iya Allia my most beautiful sister," said Tama made Allia blush.

Alvino rolled his eyeballs.

"ag ... Get some sleep," Alvino recalled once more.

"Yes, Brother Al Bavel," said Allia then immediately went to sleep.

"You sure you're gonna watch? Don't you like watching?" tama asked Alvino after Allia was out of sight.

"No, it's just for Allia to go to sleep right away." Alvino stood up from his seat.

Tama who saw it did not accept herself being lied to by Alvino.

"You must keep me company."

"I'm not interested at all, the movie is very boring. They just show dead people coming back to life, then they attack other humans" said Alvino who already knew Tama's favorite movie was zombies.

"You don't know the history of zombies, so you're talking like that."

"You watch yourself, I'm sleepy" Alvino said.

"But what about zombies? I don't want to watch alone" said Tama, who made Alvino stop his steps and turn around.

"Are you scared?" alvino asked with eyes pinched.

"I'm not afraid. I was just imagining what if the zombie came out of the screen and chased me while I was alone? If I were with you, those zombies would be afraid of you and wouldn't chase after us. You're, right, the king of zombies" Tama said, laughing.

"Damn. You watch it yourself, I won't accompany you. Be careful, don't let those zombies chase you down and eat you." Alvino immediately left leaving Tama who kept calling his name.

...*****...

Alvino walked into Prof's room. Glen while making sure Allia was asleep in her room. Things are safe. It's just the two of them.

"Dad?" call Alvino when he enters Prof's room. Glens.

"Come in" said Prof. Glens.

"Sorry Al just came here, Al saw Allia first," explained Alvino.

"It's okay. Sit down, Al."

Alvino sat on the sofa chair available in Prof's room. Glens. He looked at the contents of his grandfather's room which turned out to be no change. From the location of the objects until he saw a photo of his extended family. There are grandfathers, mama, papa, Allia, Tama, Uncle Bram, Aunt Liza, and herself.

Alvino took a photo of it stored beside Prof's bed. Glens. Alvino noticed the photo, in the next instant, Alvino looked down, longing for the good times he had spent with his family as a child.

Profs. Glen understood Alvino's current feelings. He approached Alvino and rubbed his grandson's shoulders.

"You may remember him and miss him, but do not let that make you weak. Remember, Al. You still have Allia, your sister. Grandpa will always support you" said Prof. Glens.

Alvino's tears are dripping. Alvino rubbed it. Grandpa was right, he had to be strong, for Allia's sake. Alvino tried to smile.

"Al wanted to talk about something, Cake" said Alvino.

Profs. Glen nodded. "Speak."

"Al just got information from the police who have helped Al trace the accident since five years ago, it turns out that the accident Mama and Papa was awkward, not purely an accident."

Profs. Glen surprised. "You mean, Al?"

"Yes. There was someone who broke the car before it was used by Mama and Papa to go visit Grandpa's house" explained Alvino.

"How did you know?"

"Police found a ring and a vidio cut from Papa's broken phone as evidence. Fortunately, it can still be repaired."

"Have you seen the culprit?"

"Not yet, the phone is still fixed, it's likely that in about one to two years Al can see it."

"Grandfather will support whatever happens to you," said Prof. Glen is encouraging.

"Al was sure that Al could find out who had dared to make Mama-Papa leave Al and Allia for good." Alvino's eyes are emitting hatred, Prof. Glen understood the current state of his granddaughter.

"Take care of your sister, don't let Allia know about this or she will be sad again" recalled Prof. Glens.

Alvino nodded. That's the goal right now.

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