The Light of ANAS
You're a Unique Girl, Naz......
Arfin POVs
I just closed the Video Call connection with Naz, other than because it was late at night, I'm sure Naz will question this comic that I haven't had time to return. I took the envelope from inside the cover and I took out one of the contents, I looked at the photo of the girl “You are indeed a unique girl, Naz”.
I have not met Naz in a month, whether it was met intentionally or unintentionally as it had been before. My feelings began to disappear and never looked at the photos again, because I realized I did not feel worthy to approach or get the beautiful girl who was the same.
Until one day, I was in a housing development project that I was working on to be our meeting place again.
Flashbacks
There are many children who turned out to be watching the Bulldozer that was leveling the ground. Then there were three little kids running around and one of them accidentally bumped into me and dropped my design scroll. The boy fell down and I helped him get up, but suddenly I heard someone approaching.
“I'm sorry my sister Pak” heard a voice that I seemed familiar with, she immediately crouched down beside me but her attention was focused on the child who turned out to have injured her knee, and without disgust because the child's feet were soiled by the ground, he cleaned the wound using a wet tissue removed from his bag.
I couldn't stop looking at her from the side, there was a sense that had arisen in my chest when I saw the girl I had been trying to avoid for the past month. Until the moment he turned around and our eyes clashed against each other made us silently fixated. Her eyes were so beautiful, her gaze was so shady, it made my heart seem to stop beating.
“Kak Naz, let's go, will you learn” The voice of a child breaks our gaze and Naz answers it stammering, it turns out he is just as nervous as me. I'm trying to start a conversation, “Naz, what are you doing here?”
“ That brother,,,emmm,,anu emm,, I invite these three children to study together on the learning terrace” He replied nervously.
“Treaseproof learning?” many wonder.
“Iya, that's where we teach street children who have economic limitations and can't attend school” He starts talking quietly.”Brother Arfin himself is doing what here” he continued.
“I'm selling cilok here” I also answered ngasal to melt the atmosphere.
“Hah, the sales period of cilok wear neat clothes office suit and wear helmet project bring another roll of carton, then, more like the architect who was overseeing the construction of” He did not believe what I said. This was the first time we had a dialogue with different casual tones at his house, we were like we were taking each other out.
I told him to go back to work, he apologized for the incident that made my design dirty, I also remembered the first incident we met at the airport and asked him not to model it on his students.
After Mr. Hasan and I walked some distance away from them, Naz called me back, apparently he wanted to help me carry someone, I think he asked me to carry him. If there was no Mr. Hasan next to me, I had done carrying him ala bridal style, but it turns out he asked me to hold a boy named Adi, who fell because they could not walk.
Finally, I am willing to hold the child who is a bongsor, like carrying a kingkong style down the alleyway. On the way my head was sultry and I asked Naz to take off my helmet by loosening the lock on the back of my head, but there was another incident that made him hug me and we looked at each other again.
My God, I can't help my feelings anymore, I'd love to say “Naz, I like you”, but the one that came out was ”Naz, really, now not only my head is sultry but my body is also sultry squeezed by two people like this”. I really don't have that much courage, the first time I admit that I'm a coward.
A few minutes later we arrived at a building he called the study terrace. Naz and the other two boys got there first. Looks like Naz was angry because my helmet fell right on his forehead, and over time made his forehead go bump. I put the little boy down, and Naz spoke to me again, in contrast to his best friend, Ruby, who spoke kindly with a smile, even giving me water to drink.
But when her best friend noticed me, Naz looked upset with her. “Did he also like ku” murmured me in heart.
I watched the study terrace room and asked Naz again about the activities they do to teach the children there, all the questions I asked in order to be able to linger with him. He started talking casually with me again but Mr. Hasan called me, and I remembered that it was still working hours. I say goodbye and go back to the project.
The next days I was busy with my work on the project when I was eager to meet Naz who was now like an opium to me. Luckily I was able to meet him even if only briefly while we were praying in the mosque not far from the study terrace. But when Thursday and Friday I did not find it, when I asked one of the children turned out Naz had entered school again, yesterday they had a 3-day holiday filled with teaching activities.
This Saturday morning I was relaxing at home enjoying the beautiful weekend because it is free from the name of work. Suddenly I got a call from Mr. Haris, the Headmaster of my High School, inviting me to come to school. I agreed, and at about 9am I got there. We also talked long enough in the Principal's Room until the sound of a bell that signaled the break. After a while someone came, and Mr. Haris was saying goodbye to leave for a while, it seems there is a problem.
Because I was bored, I walked out of the Principal's room, when I looked to the side there was a student running and headed towards the side of the Principal's room, it seemed like he was no stranger to me, she tied her hair back with a bangs covering her forehead. Suddenly the boy was crying, I tried to approach him walking to the side of the Principal's room, it turns out he was crying down hugging his legs behind the back wall.
“Dek, you why, ko nangis alone here” I said to the boy. He began to raise his head to look at me, he rubbed his tears in his eyes. How surprised I saw the face of the crying girl “Naz you to....” I have not finished talking, Naz immediately hugged me, she cried so much that she stuck her mouth in my chest.
My heart felt sliced to see him cry, it seemed like he was feeling such a deep pain, “Who would dare to hurt him like this, I want to feel like I'm beating that guy right now” murmured me inwardly while clenching both my hands.
“No,,,, I have to hold back my anger, right now I have to calm him” I am only able to say in my heart, I try to sigh deeply to stabilize my emotions.
After some time the cries began to subside, I tried to ask him to let go of his embrace, because it is unethical to hug like this in the school environment, people will think I am harassing students here. And Naz let go of his embrace, bowed down in embarrassment while apologizing, I could only smile and keep looking at him.
“Arfin, what's here “ sounds Mr. Haris calling me, I'm very surprised but thankfully the hug event is over. I explained what I saw and I took the initiative to bring Naz into Mr. Haris's room. When asked about the problem, Naz cried for permission to go home, I could not bear to see it and asked Mr. Haris to allow it and I offered to take him home.
During the trip we did not say a single word, until when the traffic signs lit up in the red part, Naz pointed to one of the malls and whined want to go there. At first I refused, because the reason he came home was feeling less well. But he came back crying, I really could not bear to see him cry, we finally entered the mall. Crying is the most powerful weapon of women.
Because at that time my shirt was wet and Naz was still wearing a scout uniform, I invited him to buy clothes to change, after that we went to eat at one of the Foodcorts. I saw that he had calmed down and I ventured to ask him what had happened to him at school, but he answered instead. It is impossible just because of fighting with his friend can get to that crying bombay. I thought maybe he wouldn't tell strangers about his problems.
After eating Naz asked to go to the game rides, but while walking he was reluctant to go along with me, he walked quickly to the elevator regardless of me limping around trying quickly to catch up to him, even while standing in the elevator he seemed unwilling to get close to me, there are only four people there. I thought she was ashamed to walk with a limp like me, but my thoughts were wrong after hearing her explanation and the words of wisdom that were thrown from her sweet lips.
Truly a unique girl, when at home she is a submissive child to her parents, jovial, and fond of indulging in, while with her students she is an adult girl who is so caring and caring for her students. From the way of speech was able to put himself, sometimes talking ngasal, sometimes talking in a jutek tone, sometimes talking spoiled, even sometimes he spoke can be wiser than adults.
Naz enjoyed every ride of the game that he explored, the cheerful laughter emanated from the look of his face that was inversely proportional when he cried earlier, this could indeed comfort him and release his sadness. When I played the claws of the doll, I managed to get one of the pink teddy bears, Naz jumped up in excitement and then asked for the doll for him. It turned out that something as simple as this could make her happy, and I was happy to be able to do that for her.
For almost two hours we were on the game, the time had shown half three in the afternoon and we went home after Naz changed his clothes again in a scout uniform.
“Why do you change clothes again Naz” I'm curious.
“Let mother not suspect, hehe” She replied with a whimper.
I laughed at her actions that turned out she was afraid of being caught by her mother, plus she could not contact Mother because her phone died which was then on the charger in my car. In the middle of the journey of the Ashar adhan reverberate, I also turned my car to the mosque to perform prayers, because it is not good to delay the time of prayer. After that I re-applied my car to Naz's house, but Naz asked to stop in front of the house before it did not fit in front of the gate of his house, we were like a backstreet couple who were afraid of being caught by the mother.
After Naz got out of my car, I drove back to my car to go home after a wonderful day with him. “Thank you Naz, for today, you were right – to break my feelings like a roller coaster, the sadness of seeing you cry was treated with your laughter of happiness “ Mumamku in heart.
When I was about to get out of the housing complex where Naz lived, I saw Naz's phone still on the charger in my car, finally I turned my car around and returned to Naz's house. I stopped my car next to the gate, when I grabbed the phone I don't know what possessed me I wanted to open it. I turned on the button on the right side of the phone to turn it on, I saw a photo of the view of a lake as a photo wallpaper of his phone, it turns out he did not lock the screen of his phone.
The first thing I did was type my number on her phone and then make a miscall call, after the call went into my phone, I ended it. Just as I was about to delete my call history, it suddenly crossed my mind to store my number in his cell phone contact. I typed my name on his phone, ahh then I deleted it again and I idly named myself by the name of Cilok Lumber in Naz's cell phone contacts.
I got out of my car and walked towards the gate, when I opened the gate I heard a woman's voice.
“Kak Arfin,,,,” Her Shouts call my name.
I stopped my steps and looked towards the side “Ruby...”.
“Kak Arfin wants to go to Naz's house too?” He came up to me with a backpack and also carrying another backpack in his hand, I was sure it was Naz's.
“Iya “ My answer is short, we also walked together to the home page Naz.
“Oh,, what are you doing, Brother,,,? Usually Brother Dandy has not come home at this time” He asked me my purpose to come to Naz's house, because he knows I'm his friend Dandy, even he knows that Dandy has not come home.
“This is going to turn Naz's phone that was left behind in my car last” I answered and I saw him frowning in wonder. It seemed like he wanted to ask again, but our steps stopped when we heard the voice of the mother who sounded angry inside the house, seen the front door was slightly open.
Just as I was about to enter, Ruby pulled my hand and shook her head in a sign that I should not enter. I heard my mother ask a few questions and heard Naz yell. Even though I knew that the one who scolded her was the Mother of Naz, my heart still hurt to hear it while I could only remain helpless as a fool.
Suddenly Ruby barged in without a second thought I followed her from behind.
“Quite mother, enough,, love Naz, Mother does not know what Naz experienced earlier” Ruby shouted cutting Mother's speech, Mother, and immediately approached Naz who was sitting down hugged tightly to the doll like a frightened person, but it was seen that he was not crying.
“You don't have to protect Ruby, Naz has been caught truant and went with the boys at school”. Deg... Mother's words were like a bow that was plugged into my chest, “I am the cause of Naz being scolded by Mother until she was frightened like that, why didn't it occur to me earlier to contact Mother that Naz was with me” I could only grumble my stupidity in my heart.
I could only sit behind the long sofa that Mother was standing in front of and continue arguing with Ruby. Naz, who was still bowed several times, tried to stop Ruby by holding her hand, but Ruby kept trying to say what happened to Naz in her class until the sentence was thrown “The man said Naz was picked up and picked up from the trash can” Duarrrr…. Ruby's words were like the sound of lightning in broad daylight, my body trembled as if it felt weak I supported myself at the back of the sofa, Mother was drooping limp sitting on the sofa in front of me to sound sobbing.
Ruby continued to tell about the suffering Naz had experienced since she was in elementary school and found out that she was not Mother's biological child, until Naz got angry at Ruby and raised his head to look at Mother. Since I was standing right behind Mommy sitting, she looked at me with round eyes, as if she was surprised to see my whereabouts. He immediately ran to his room.
I stepped in front of Mother and gave Naz's phone to return, and I said that I went with him to the mall. Mother immediately cried hysterically until a while he fainted, fortunately Dandy fit home from work and immediately handled. Naz, who was called by Ruby after a while in his room, reappeared to hug the mother, and they forgave each other.
I was there long enough, after dinner I went straight home.
When I got home, I went straight into my room and took a shower and changed my clothes. I sat back in my bed reading comics, but somehow the shadow of Naz kept on passing through my mind “Yes, God, have I been really crazy,,,” My mumble in my heart.
I decided to call Naz a long time after the third call had just been picked up. After a while of chatting he hung up the phone probably because I was upset I kept teasing him. Then connect the Video Call until half-hour 11 pm.
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