The Eternal De Amor

Chapter 4's

Adnan and the boys had just finished their Maghrib prayer in the mosque not far from the halfway house.

During weekends like this, Adnan will come a little longer than usual. After the Adnan prayer promised them to eat together, just when he arrived at the halfway house he could see Anum who was astonished by the number of couriers delivering the food that Adnan ordered.

“Anum?!” greet Adnan when he saw Anum and other colleagues were confused.

“Mas, please tell this father, we no one ordered this much food” other Anum friends also nodded to justify the words of Anum.

“That, I ordered Anum, let's help me bring this inside, we eat together” sounds happy children cheers when they know they will eat delicious food. Anum's other friends could not hide their joy.

“Still yes, Mas” said Anum as his friends brought all the food in.

“Sama-sama, please help me Anum” Anum back surprised when there are still couriers who come carrying the same amount of food as before.

However, Anum was moved to help Adnan who would have difficulty bringing the new food scraps to himself.

They all ate solemnly, no one spoke at all.

“Kak Anum?!” Anum who was chewing his food just cleared his throat to respond to one of the children in front of him.

“Sister, may not, Nisa asked for more food to take to our home?” Anum was so shocked that he choked on his own food. Adnan who was beside him immediately handed a bottle of white water belonging to Anum.

“Sorry Anum” said the little boy named Nisa. Anum immediately cleaned the food container and washed his hands for a while then approached Nisa and held her gently.

“Nisa, sister has often said, we must share and should not be greedy, because... greedy is her friend seee..?!” anum asked all the children who were in the halfway house.

“Taaannn...” answer them in unison.

“Well, does Nisa want to be her friend Satan?” nisa quickly shook her head.

“So??” asked Anum to Nisa who was now looking up in her arms.

“Nisa does not want to be greedy kak” Adnan is satisfied with the way Anum gives understanding to children as small as Nisa.

“Because Nisa wants to be a friend of Kak Adnan only, so you can eat good every day” in unison all laugh with Nisa's babble. Including Adnan and Anum. But after that Anum again gave understanding to Nisa.

“So, if Anum never love something, Nisa does not want to be friends with Brother?” anum asked with a sad, contrived face.

“Nisa would like to know Kak Anum, because sister is good and beautiful” Anum smiled while rubbing the head of Nisa who was covered in hijab.

“Nisa, we also should not be picky friends just because of wealth or physical yes, even though the person is bad like we should want to be friends with him, Nisa understands right?” obviously Anum patiently, Nisa just nodded in understanding.

All the things that Anum did were not out of Adnan's sight.

“Num from earlier seen Mas Adnan tuh” whispered Husna to Anum, shyly Anum made sure of that by staring at Adnan who was still staring at Anum, Anum, to make the man wrong behavior caught staring at Anum secretly.

“Ciyeee Kak Adnan, from earlier look at Kak Anum while smiling” seductive all of them who increasingly make Anum blush until his cheeks blush.

“Kok Cheek Brother Anum red? Brother Anum lope-lope yes the same Sister Adnan” chirps Dio, one of the children who studied at the halfway house, who is now following tease Anum and Adnan, who are now, until the state of the halfway house when it was noisy.

Not long ago, the furore had to end because the Isya’ adhan reverberated, and they decided to pray berjama’ah.

After praying Isya’ together, the children have returned to their homes. There are only volunteers, Husna, Anum, and Adnan who still live to clean up the former meal together.

“Nah, it's done, we say yes Kak” said Risa, one of the volunteers.

Adnan, Anum and Husna nodded in unison.

Now only the three of them live, and the children are one home with Husna and Anum.

Adnan decides to drive them, given the gap of the halfway house and the decent parlour with Anum sitting in front with Adnan.

“So you work here too Anum?” adnan asked just as the car he was driving had reached the orphanage that Anum meant. Husna who knew that the two humans in front of him needed to talk directly led the children to enter first with him.

“I.. stay here Mas” Adnan cleared his throat to hide his surprise.

“That's also the reason I like children, it feels thrown away it doesn't taste good Mas, so I don't want any other Anum around me” Adnan can see the beautiful eyes of Anum who starts to glaze over. Now, he cursed his curiosity that made the girl next to him sad.

Adnan held out a tissue on the dashboard of his car, Anum accepted it and removed the tear from the descent.

“Sorry if my question offends you, I did not mean like that” Anum immediately stopped crying and shook his head slowly.

After almost two months of knowing Anum, he only knew the fragile side of the girl who always looked firm and cheerful.

Losing his parents alone can not be imagined, let alone never know who the parents who have given birth to us..

“Mas, no mistake, I am also not offended, these tears may be because I am tired, may also miss”

“Thanks with whom?” adnan asked expectantly.

“Hindu with my parents who do not know its existence Mas, indeed we are discussing what?!” anum replied in an unusual tone.

Anum who had felt better to wipe his tears slowly, somehow now he felt more sensitive than usual.

While Adnan again condemned his folly, who else would Anum miss, dear Adnan!

“It seems I am also tired, hehe” Anum just silent when hearing the response from Adnan.

“Ya already Mas, thank you for dropping off and want to spend time at our halfway house” Adnan just nodded faintly. After Anum got off and closed the car door, Adnan immediately passed after pressing the horn once to say goodbye to Anum.

On the way, Adnan repeatedly tapped his head on the steering wheel, he was ashamed to be so ashamed that he misinterpreted the person he missed, foolishly thinking that there was someone else Anum missed.

“You why be stupid gini anyway Nan!” snarl.

TB