The Love Rhyme of Kawa

SKK 14: After Yesterday

Zahra tidied up the prayer mats and mukena she had just used for the dawn shilat, then she placed them in a small wooden cupboard beside her bed. Opening the window of his room, it still looks a bit dark even after the dawn prayer he was teaching and continued reading a book. Inhaled the morning air was deep, it felt very cool and soothing. Her memory goes back to yesterday, on her birthday, Dira, she sees Kawa who appears with a flat expression.

"Is he disappointed to see me?" tanyanya softly, still in front of the window of her room. Immediately Zahra shook her head, why should she be dizzy thinking about that. Kawa didn't think about it either.

"Oh Allah.Ending this feeling" Zahra closed her eyes.

Not wanting to think too much about her feelings, Zahra immediately exited the room, opening the door of Dira's room. He saw that the boy was still curled up with his pink blanket. Zahra sat on the edge of the bed, watching Dira's cute vajh, and then she stroked Dira's cheek. Zahra had not awakened Dira, because Dira slept late last night. Dira was too late in the excitement of his birthday yesterday and was busy unpacking gifts from his friends.

Zahra turns to the kitchen to help her mother cook before Zahra leaves to teach.

"It's almost done, you're ready to teach" said Mrs Latif.

"Yes ma'am, sorry Zahra didn't help this morning"

"Mom knows you're exhausted" his mother smiled. "Oh yes Zahra..."

Zahra stopped her steps.

"Yes Mom?"

"Who was that yesterday?"

"Yesterday?" Zahra furrowed her brows. "Oh..Tania?"

"If Tania's mother would have known"

"Oh..." Zahra had not continued her sentence.

"It looks like Tania is familiar, your friend too?" bu Latif asked gently, her hand stirring the vegetables in the pot, as soon as she turned off the stove flame.

"Ehm.no ma'am.just know"

Ms. Latif smiled, "Yes, you're ready"

"Yes Ma'am"

Zahra left her mother who was still in the kitchen to finish cooking.

        ***

Kawa deliberately wants to apply for leave on the big boss for a few days. The morning before Rendra woke up he was ready, even without saying goodbye he left Rendra. I don't know what's going on, he's like a little kid crashing.

Riding his motorbike, he stopped by the side of the road. While enjoying the sun appearing, he looked at the verdant expanse of rice fields, the people who started to go to work. I don't know what hurt her heart.

The sun began to crawl up, he was still faithfully standing beside his motorbike while looking at the passing people. And what awaited arrived. From a distance, he was already very sure if the one riding the motorbike from afar was the one who was anticipated.

With a unanimous determination, he waved his hand at the person, asking to stop. The veiled girl who was none other than Zahra stopped even though she was initially hesitant.

Their hearts beat on each other even though they didn't know it.

"Why am I being like this?" batin Kawa when he saw Zahra turn off the roar of his motorbike.

"Sorry to interrupt" Kawa started the conversation, she did not dare to look into Zahra's clear eyes, the light blue veil that Zahra used to make Zahra look very beautiful in Kawa's eyes.

"What's wrong? any problems with yesterday?" ask Zahra.

"Oh no.just..." Kawa took her backpack and opened her reseleting, looking for something inside her bag. A medium-sized gift wrapped in pink gift paper with a pony.

"For Dira" said Kawa while handing over the parcel.

Zahra was still looking at the parcel, thinking what was in Kawa's mind? it felt like he explained everything to Kawa, but what was the importance?.

"Oh thank you, later I say, he must be happy" said Zahra while receiving the parcel.

"Sama-sama.salam for Dira"

"Yes, it will be delivered"

"Surely she is happy to have a mother like you" Kawa said with a smile, she should be heartened"

Zahra looked up, no words came out, then she smiled a little.

"I say goodbye, Assalamualaikum"

"Girishal"

Kawa sees Zahra turning on her motorbike and driving back to the school where she teaches, while Kawa sighs, then smiles.

"Let's go home" he said, laughing at himself.

        ***

Seeing his eldest son who suddenly came home, made Ganis feel very happy. It is not usual for Kawa to come home suddenly and decide to take a leave of absence.

"Are you tired of living there? come back to this house" said Ganis, noticing that her son was getting thinner and less well-groomed. "You're sleep deprived?" ask Ganis again. Kawa shook her head.

"Then why? like people sleep less?"

"Mother's work is a lot.capek times yes, so this is" Kawa tried to laugh.

"Don't lie." said Ganis.

"Well.." sergeant Kawa.

"Why bang? broken heart again? or is it still Nadin's heartbreak?" ceplos Blue without shade aling-aling. Kawa did not reply to her sister's question. He held his sister's face, looking bruised at Blue's left temple.

"Why is this like this?" ask Kawa.

"Fall down" replied Blue accordingly"

"Lied"

"No bang, this really fell" Blue put away Kawa's hand, and rubbed his temple.

"Why bun?" ask Kawa to the mother. Ganis shrugged both of his shoulders, even Ganis had asked many times even Blue's answer remained the same, Fallen!.

"Yes, Mother to the back first help mbak ready for lunch"

"Yes bun." answered Kawa and Blue almost simultaneously.

Seeing that the mother had gone to the back, Blue whispered to Kawa.

"Which why? story gih" Blue smiled mockingly, Kawa looks anxious to see the behavior of his sister.

"Why are you? fight like this?" Laughter asked back.

"Yes.he asked back"

"Remove a story"

"No" Kawa refused.

"Don't do that dong...branch heartbreak again huh? same who?" Blue is very curious, he is very poultice his brother, if his face is not shiny tangled, it is certain that this is a matter of the heart. "Well..the branch is silent, does it really mean?"

"Sokay know!" Kawa still denies it.

"Yes.iya I told you first, but brother promised yes.after this brother story" Blue relented.

"Hem" Kawa just cleared his throat.

Blue fixed his sitting position, now he raised his legs, sitting cross-legged on the sofa, Kawa looked at his sister's behavior with a look of wonder, her sister is beautiful but a little tomboyish.

"Yes, I've been fighting" Blue smiled, revealing a row of her teeth. Kawa glared at Blue to open the story.

"Don't be angry, if I'm angry I don't continue the story" Blue threatened. Kawa said, now he is no longer glaring.

"Yes.how else, he was nantangin said I said he called his girlfriend"

"So you fought with girls too?"

Blue nodded, Kawa laughed out loud. Blue manyun.

"So you lose to girls? you are a guy! why lose to girls?" kawa's laughter became more and more so, satisfied with his sister's torment.

"Ah ah.ah this brother likes to bully me, replace the brother who told the story"

"You haven't finished the story yet"

"Sudaaaaah" Blue throws a sofa cushion at Kawa, swiftly catching the pillow. "Yes, right.Babang heartbroken right?" Blue trying to snatch.

"Yes.." answered Kawa resignedly.

"Eh really, right, well..nah...who's bang? is she pretty? prettier than Nadin?"

"Don't say that name again" Kawa protested.

"Oh well, can't wait for me to be the same then?"

"She's beautiful, she's hijab-wearing"

"Oh My God...serious bang?" Blue surprised.

"Why?" tanya Kawa flat.

"Em is okay. Then why is my brother heartbroken? rejected?" Biri tried to guess.

"I don't know anymore"

"Eat him full story brother, I'm curious"

"She already has a child, which means she has a husband"

Blue was speechless as Kawa said that, she took a deep breath and looked at her brother gently.

"Abang..who knew she had no husband, or her husband died" Blue tried to calm down.

"That's it" Kawa threw Blue with a sofa cushion then got up and walked towards her room.

"Bang..abang...don't go..ayo story first here.ah brother is not cool ah" cried Blue.

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