The Light of ANAS

The more You Keep Me Away From You, the more I Approach You

Naz, who had since entered Arfin's room, focused only on Arfin lying limp, did not realize in the room were some photos of Arfin and a woman who Dinda said was Arfin's girlfriend. When he finished feeding Arfin, then he took care of Arfin's food and the former compress, he accidentally saw a photo in a small figura displayed on the drawer table where he put the tray, he said, then he circled his gaze across the room and saw some other photos on the wall.

How surprised he saw a photo of a beautiful woman with a large figura on display on the wall right opposite Arfin's bed, and if she wakes up, it's definitely the photo that Arfin will see first. Naz smothering his mouth agape because very surprised to see the photos,”So the woman in the photo that said Dinda is his girlfriend Kak Arfin,”, Naz murmured in heart.

Sadness, disappointment, pain, and hurt now enveloped him, his chest felt tight and painful to see the man he loved so much turned completely away from him and already belonged to another woman. He came out with a tray with trembling hands, when he met his Father and Mother outside Arfin's room which coincided with the living room he could still smile, then he went to the kitchen, and then he went to the kitchen, there he saw the two ARTs seem to be talking about something, but when he went into the kitchen, they immediately shut up and pretended to do the work. Naz immediately put down the tray and rushed to his room again.

Ceklek ,,, blam, Naz opened the door and closed it again, he leaned behind the door and reduced his body to shed the tears that he had held since in Arfin's room. He cried without a sound, but his tears flowed profusely with a deep pain. “Why is the world so cruel to me, why should I know all this when I have just met him again, when I have a glimmer of hope to be with him again,,,, it hurts so much to see him with another woman, hyks hyks,,, is that the real reason he left me?,,,, is it because of that woman ?,,, hiks hiks”, hiks, he sighed while sobbing.

Naz continued to cry until he dropped his body on the floor and did not feel he fell asleep with a wound that felt painful as if piercing his deepest heart.

***

When it was five and ten minutes later, Mother was in the kitchen to help cook and never saw Naz out of her room, then she went to the room.

Tok tok ...” Deck,, wake up or geulis,, subuhan this used to be five o'clock more, later hunted bright, embarrassed or the same sun and grass that swayed”, Mother knocked on the door while calling Naz, Shame, but after several times did not get the authorization, finally Mother opened the door of her room which turned out to be unlocked.

Ceklek ,,, beghh,, “Eh,, what this is,,,, there are cokes blocking the door,,, Adek,,,, wake up Deck,,,”, shouted Mother from the side of the door that was slightly open.

“Aduhh,, akhatt”, the newly awakened Naz groaned in pain while holding his butt, holding his butt, then he shifted himself away from the door so that Mother who had been sticking her face behind the door was immediately pushed into the door that opened because of the pressure from the body of Mother.

“Astagfirullah,,, thankfully did not fall,,”, said Mommy was shocked, then he saw Naz lying on the floor and approached him, “Adek,,, you were sleeping on the floor… let's get up,, this tea is noon, you have not prayed dawn ihh ”, Mother Cerocos woke Naz while shaking Naz's arm.

“Emhh,,, Yes Mother,, last night I had trouble sleeping, even sleeping here”, said Naz with a distinctive hoarse tone of wakefulness whose consciousness was not yet 100. He got up, stood up with a stagger and immediately went to the bathroom to fetch water, then he prayed beside his bed, Mother also returned to the kitchen to continue her cooking activities. After that, Naz went back to sleep, because he had just slept an hour more, but this time he slept on a soft mattress.

***

At nine o'clock in the morning, Mother returned to Naz's room with breakfast on the tray, because she was worried about Naz having an ulcer. When entering it turns out Naz was awake and just out of the bathroom.

“Good, you tea has taken a bath, Dek,,, here's breakfast first, we're going to Ina's house, this time, because Mimih same Uwa you have been to Ina's house first this morning after finishing breakfast”, said Mother who then put a tray on top of the drawer closet.

“OK,,,”, said Naz who was wearing his clothes.

“Dek, are your eyes a bit swollen? You finished crying huh??”, asked Mother who noticed Naz's face. ”What because you saw the photo in Arfin's room?”, asked Mommy again, “Dek, have you tea do not have to think of Arfin again,,, it has been a long time you guys break it up too,”, said Mommy advising.

Naz sighed deeply, “Udah ah do not need to discuss it Mother,, I also have no feeling what is the same as him,, anyways he also has got my replacement,,,, I also have no feeling,, why else would I think of him, right...?“, said Naz smiled, but deep down he felt a very painful pain. “What cooking mom, smells so good?”, Naz turned her talk to her Mother's meal.

“Mother makes capcai, teriyaki chicken, same bakwan corn, ayok quickly eat,,, Mother wants to go to the room first take the same bag hape, we continue to leave for your Aunt,”, home, said Mother who then left, while Naz ate his breakfast.

After she finished eating, Naz prepared to leave, and she came out of her room with a tray containing her used plates to take to the kitchen. Arriving there, Naz went straight to the sink to wash dishes and dirty glasses with his used spoon. There he saw a tray filled with bowls and dishes that were still filled with food. And it turned out that the dishwashing soap ran out, then he looked around the sink and under it, but he could not find it, even looking into the bathroom near the kitchen.

While he was still in the bathroom, he heard the voice of Mbak Juminten,

‘nggeh Madam, Den Arfin already asked me to keep everything neatly in the warehouse, and yesterday it was replaced with a new one sent by Non Dilara,,,,,, nggeh,,, now Den Arfin is resting after eating and taking medicine ",,,. That's how the voice sounded, then Naz came out of the bathroom and approached Mbak Jumi who had been busy calling and was opening the refrigerator.

“Mbak Friday,,, “,sapa Naz.

“First of all,, uh Non,, Non Nanaz,, yes what is Non?”, Mbak Juminten was surprised to see Naz's presence in the kitchen.

“Mbak kayak saw a ghost so anyway..?”, asked Naz wonder.

“Eng is not Non,, what is Non?” she asked him who looked nervous.

”So I want to wash the dishes, but the soap runs out, so I went to the bathroom, but I also did not find it”, Naz explained.

“Si Mbak earlier bought dishwashing soap from the store in front there Non, let the Mbak just do the dishes Non”, he said.

“Adek,, ayok or we go to the house of Aunt Ina,, earlier Mother cariin to the room kok you tea does not exist, it turns out to be here anyway,,,”, said Mother who arrived.

“Yaudah if that is so,, I go first yes Ma'am,, excuse me, said Naz parted to go with his mother.

They also left the house Arfin headed to the house of Aunt Ina on foot, although in fact Naz's right leg still feels a bit sick, but it does not make him meraja ria, but it does not make him, katena is pretty close. On the way they also talked.

“Mother,, until when are we here?”, asked Naz.

“If Mommy anyway later after seven days Ayunda home, but the father mah said Sunday tomorrow, why the mother? Do you want to go home, Dek?? Tomorrow or be with Daddy”, said Mother.

“Yaudah deh, tomorrow I come home with Dad,, Emmm, but I don't want to stay at Kak Arfin's house again, we stay at Aunt Ina's house just yes, yes,, or rent a hotel like that?”, Naz expressed his desire to the Mother.

“Iya, dear,,”, said Mommy nodded, then embraced her daughter and walked together, she understood what Naz felt.

After a while they arrived at the house of Aunt Ina, which turned out there were still guests who came to act. Naz and Mommy went straight to the living room to join the relatives who were gathered there, both from the side of Aunt Ina and from the side of Om Aji, including Mimih and his Uwa Naz also joined. They sat down on the carpet, then introduced themselves and greeted each other, followed by talking trite.

While busy chatting, suddenly Naz's phone rang, and when he saw it turned out to be a phone call from his Mama, his, he also wanted to leave the living room to the living room which happened to be no one. Naz spoke with his mother, he asked for news and also gave news that both Naz's parents and his two sisters would follow to Surabaya by taking an afternoon flight. Naz was so happy to hear that, he hung up his phone.

Just as he was about to step back into the living room, someone rang the bell, Naz broke his intention and walked towards the front door and opened the door. He was shocked to see two people standing in front of him.

“Excuse me, sir Aji and Bu Ina are there?”, one of them asked Naz.

“A is there, please enter”, said Naz who is still surprised to let the two people in, “Si please sit down, briefly I call Om Aji”, and I will call you, he said that he then went back to the living room and told Om Aji that there were guests looking for him.

Naz who was still surprised also sat back among the crowd of the middle room.

“Mbak Nanaz why tho,, kayak abis see that ghost,,,”, asked Dinda.

“Eng nothing,,, “, he said, and then his phone suddenly died because it ran out of battery, “Aduh,, my phone died,, you have a type C charger no?”, you have, ask Naz.

“ Charger Type C,,,,?? No Ma'am, the existence of a Micro USB” charger, replied Dinda.

“Well,, yes, gumana,, my charger at Kak Arfin's house,,,, emmm,,, take me there yuk Dind.”, Naz asked for help and Dinda wonuuk sign willing, so on, they got up and went to Arfin's house. They walked through the living room, Naz glanced back at the two guests at a glance.

“Where are you going?”, asked Johan who just came home and passed by the fence.

“Mau to home Om Arfin nganterin Mbak Nanaz take a charger, Mas”, replied Dinda.

“Oh, then, all borrow a stick to change the lights, soale got us damaged, it's the kitchen lights off,,”, said Johan asked for help.

“Oh,,nggeh Mas”, Dinda agrees.

They both set off on foot to Arfin's house, “Dinda, who was it?”, asked Naz pura-pur did not know.

“Who is Ma'am? That's my brother, Mas Johan, you know,”, Dinda asked back, and thought Naz asked his sister.

“Ihh.. no,, if he knows ouh from orok too,, That's the guest who again chat with Om Aji and Aunt Ina in the living room”. Naz makes the question clear.

“What??? Secretary Arfin ?? and the man was his girlfriend?”, Naz asked in surprise.

“Iyo Mbak,, I met him several times while playing at the office where Dad worked, and I also met Kak Dilara with his girlfriend at the house of Om Arfin”, he said, Dinda was convincing.

“What,..?? how could it be?,, what did all this mean?? The woman in the photo is her secretary Kak Arfin, even already have a girlfriend..then for what Kak Arfin put the photo of the woman in his room?”, Naz asked in his heart.

“Dilara…?? Seems like I've heard that name?”, Naz murmured inwardly.

During the journey Naz was swept away in his daydream where his head was filled with many questions. When he went straight into the room and looked for the presence of a charger in his suitcase, and he found it, then immediately used it.

“Dinda, we are here first yes for a moment,, until my phone can turn on,, we just returned”, said Naz.

“Lah, I was told by Mas Johan to borrow a stick to masangin lamp tho, I went to Mbak Jum first yes, “, said Dinda.

“Yes there gih,, I just wait here”, said Naz.

“Ehh but Ma'am,, me yuk, definitely the stick is stored in the warehouse,,, I'm afraid to be alone. temenin yo,,,,”, I'm afraid, said Dinda pleaded and Naz would not want to follow Dinda's request.

They both went out of the room, Dinda walked to the kitchen to ask permission on Mbak Jum and borrowed the key to the warehouse, while Naz to the side yard first, because Dinda said to enter the warehouse through the side door.

Shortly Dinda came with the keys to the warehouse, then they walked to the warehouse located in the corner of the link between the side yard and the backyard. Dinda put in the wash, after playing she opened the door. The two of them entered together, because it turned out that Dinda was a coward, he also turned on the warehouse lights. Of course, in the warehouse there are a lot of goods and cardboard items that are neatly arranged.

While Dinda was looking for the wand, Naz idly opened a rather large cupboard there, how surprised he saw the object neatly stored there, the big one placed at the back, how big it was, and the small is lined up neatly.

“How can my photos with Kak Arfin be here??”, Naz said with a surprised expression, then he remembered what he had heard while in the bathroom looking for dish soap.

“Wait,, Ma'am Juminten said,, he has been neatly stored in the warehouse and has been replaced with a shipment from Dilara yesterday,,, What was he talking about the photo??,,,,,, what was he talking about??,,,,, If it's true, it means…. Previously these photos were in the room of Kak Arfin,, meaning they replaced it with a photo of Dilara yesterday”, Naz who felt very surprised, guessing the dialogue itself.

“What does all this mean,,,??? What is Arfin planning??? Does he want me to really stay away from him?? What's the matter with him,,,, ??,,,, Oh, God, why is it all so complicated,,,,,,, what should I do????”, he murmured in his heart while massaging his temple because he felt confused and did not understand what he was experiencing.

“Mbak,, Ayok,, have met his wand”, Dinda who came from behind Naz suddenly startled Naz who was daydreaming.

“Ah,,, iy yes,,, ayok”, said Naz gelagapan who then closed his closet.

“Mbak why? How's that pale? Did you see that ghost? Iiihhhh”, Ask Dinda while shuddering.

“Eng not really, ayok ah we come out, here pengap”, said Naz reasoned, then they came out of the warehouse and Dinda locked the door again. They walk into the house, Naz goes straight to his room and asks Dinda to go home first, while Dinda to the kitchen returns the key to Mbak Jum, then he immediately went home with a lamp installer stick that will be used by his brother at home.

Naz entered the room and apparently still thinking about the discovery of photos of himself with Arfin in the warehouse, he sighed violently many times, he said, “Dinda said Mbak Jum and Mbak Retno had never met the woman in the photo on display in Kak Arfin's room, but last night Mbak Retno said he had met,,,, kept when I first came here, Ma'am Jum acted as if he had seen me, when I had never been here before, and, if indeed, in the photo was her secretary, Kak Arfin, they must have met you, because Dinda said Dilara had played here with her boyfriend,,, how could Kak Arfin display a photo of a woman who already had a boyfriend,,, arghhhh,,,,, how,,,, what the hell is this really??”, he said while pacing back and forth with a feeling of uneasiness and question marks thinking about it.

Naz sighed a few times rough then he seemed to get an idea to find out what really happened, “Alright,, I will find out in my own way “, he said optimistically.

Naz moved out of his room and walked into the kitchen. There it looks Mbak Jum is cleaning vegetables that he took out of the grocery bag.

“Mbak Jum,, new abis shopping huh?”, asked Naz who approached him.

“Retno who abis from the market, the Mbak again washed the vegetables first before being put into the refrigerator”, he replied.

“Emm,, Ma'am Jum want to cook what today?”, asked Naz.

“Tadi the Mbak already boiled chicken village in presto, let the meat tender, so now just process”, he replied again..

“Emmm,, how if I help masak”, Naz offer.

“Oalah,, do not Non, later his hand can be dirty”, Mbak Jum subtly forbid.

“What are the times Ma'am, my people in Jakarta also like to cook,,, hehehe,, Emm, what if I make chicken soup. the same egg? All the meat grinder tools also exist?”, asked Naz.

“Yowis if that,,, there, briefly the Mbak takein “, then he also took the materials requested Naz.”If Non-cooking, the Mbak why after all?”, the question is confused.

“Mbak Jum help peel onions just as cut vegetables yes, hehe”, said Naz, then he put on an apron and began to act. Naz makes chicken soup, fried tempeh, and omelet rolls filled with ground meat and small pieces of vegetables.

After everything was done, Naz took a tray on top filled with one plate of rice, a bowl of soup, and the other plate filled with 4 pieces of rolled omelet arranged with fried tempeh, one orange, spoon, fork and not to forget a glass of warm tea.

“Wahh,, I think it's really good, surely Den Arfin likes,, Here let the Mbak who delivered to the room Den Arfin”, said Mbak Jum.

“No need Ma'am, let me just anter”, reject Naz.

“But Non..”, Mbak Juminten is about to ban it again.

“Udah Mbak,, let me,, “, said Naz then lifted the tray, then took him to Arfin's room.

Naz knocks on the door and after getting permission from Afin, he enters. Unlike when he first entered, now he feels calm even though curiosity continues to haunt him. Slowly he stepped with his legs still painful, it seems he now feels like Arfin is walking limping.

“You,,,,? Why did you deliver food for me?”, asked Arfin in surprise when he saw Naz enter his room and now standing by his bed.

“It just so happens that there is no work and tired of just staying in the room, you have helped Mbak Jum aja nganter food here,, continue to put where?”, asked Naz.

“Here is”, Arfin took off his blanket and he sat cross-legged on his bed, then Naz put the tray he was carrying on Arfin's bed, and he quietly stood looking at Arfin.

“Ngapain is there? Mbak Jum if you have delivered food directly out”, said Arfin as if to expel.

“I just want mastiin aja, Kak Arfin eat his food, not kayak this morning”, said Naz insinuated.

“It's none of your business,, now please come out”, Arfin keeps asking Naz out.

“No want,,,” Naz keep resisting.

“Exit or I won't eat”, Arfin until issued a threat.

Naz sighed harshly, “Yes well,, “, he said then walked towards the door, then he opened it and walked out, but did not close the door tightly. He looked over from behind the door to see Arfin.

“Don't look, close the door”, cried Arfin.

“Cihh,, why does he know anyway,,”, Naz grieve a bit, “Kok he talks so it's like that yeah,,, hadeuhh so more curious,,, just look later,, until when are you gonna keep trying to keep me away from you, huh,, ? the more you like that I will get closer to you, dear Aa Arfin,,, “, Naz said with a sly smile.

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