The Love Rhyme of Kawa

SCK 50: New Bride

Zahra had finished cleaning up, and was preparing to perform the dawn prayer. Kawa was still sleeping with her body covered.

"Morning, shower and pray yuk" Zahra asked in a soft voice. Kawa blinked her eyes when she heard the voice, and saw that Zahra was already wearing a mukena.

"What time?" Kawa rubbed her eyes, then sat down.

"Half 5" replied Zahra with a smile. Kawa nodded, she shifted open her blanket and moved towards the bathroom cleaning herself. While Zahra taught for a while while waiting for Kawa to be ready for congregational prayers.

        After the reception last night, many families have gone home this morning. Likewise with the Kawa family, while the Zahra family is still in the hotel, after this they will return.

Zahra tidied up her hijab before coming down for breakfast together.

"Dad and Mom want to go back now?" asked Kawa while fixing her sleeves, folding them up to her elbows.

"Yes bang, why?"

"Aren't we just a few more days?"

"No, Dira has to go to school too"

Kawa thought for a moment, "Is Dira the same as us?" ask Kawa. Zahra smiled, she did not doubt Kawa's affection for Dira, only it was clear that her father and mother would not allow it. Because they will be lonely.

"Often we may be there later, but if to stay here, you know the same father Mother may not be able to get lonely later them" Zahra smiled, rubbing her husband's cheek gently. Kawa nodded.

"We have breakfast first, must have been awaited by the others"

"Yes"

They went out of the room to the hotel restaurant, where they were waiting for Mr. Latif and Mr. Latif and Dira.

"Sorry to keep Mom and Dad waiting" Kawa leaned over, then she pulled out a chair for Zahra.

"Thank you bang" said Zahra.

"Good morning cantiiik" Kawa greeted Dira who this morning braided two, saw the little girl laughing cheerfully at the greeting Kawa. He got down from his chair and approached Kawa, asking for a bench.

"Oh ok, here's my Om" Kawa pulls the little girl's body into her lap.

"Eh Om wants breakfast on deck" said his grandmother, but the girl did not care, she felt comfortable in Kawa's lap who did not mind at all.

"Eh how much is this? heavy" Kawa chuckled, and so did Dira. Zahra laughed at her husband and nephew. Mr. Latif smiled, seeing his grandson happy.

"Well, um am I heavy?" Dira saw Kawa's face.

"Ehm..try the Om lift" Kawa raised Dira with a sitting position, making Dira more and more chuckling. "Oh no turns out, light weight.yuk breakfast so his weight immediately add a lot" Kawa invites Dira breakfast, the little girl nodded. Dira returned to his chair and ate by himself.

"Wouldn't Mom and Dad want to add to his vacation here?" ask Kawa in between the breakfast that is almost over.

"No son, enough are we here, someday if Dira has a school holiday, we will agenda" said her mother-in-law softly.

"Mother not coming home?" ask Dira plain. This question makes Zahra feel melow, because she already considers Dira like her own child who every day meet. And now they will rarely meet. Zahra sighed, arranging the sentences so that they could be arranged and well received by the little girl.

"Mother is now home here, later Mother will often see Zahra, grandfather, and also grandmother" replied Zahra as gently as possible. Mimik Dira's face began to cloud, because it felt heavy if he had to go home without Zahra.

"Dear baby, when we go home we go for a walk, we buy a balloon, or Dira's favorite toy" persuaded his grandmother.

"I want Mommy" said Dira. Zahra was getting saddened by this farewell.

"Dira likes school?" ask Kawa.

"Like Om"

"Why?"

"Because Dira has many friends, the teacher is also fine" he said, momentarily forgetting Zahra.

"Would it be so much fun, huh?" Kawa took Dira's heart, she waved her hand asking Dira to come closer. The little girl got down from her chair and approached Kawa, again holding her in her arms.

"Well that, suppose later Dira is not school surely friends will miss, and of course Dira also miss friends?"

Dira nodded, then he looked at Kawa with a look up.

"Later on vacation, Om promised Dira to take the streets as much as possible" entertain Kawa.

"Totally Om?"

"Yes donk, would you?"

"You Om" Dira looks enthusiastic.

"Ok, now Dira has to promise Om" Kawa raises her little finger, Dira is still confused by what Kawa is doing.

"Promise? what promise Om?"

"Please promise..As long as you are here, Dira who will take care of grandma and grandpa, can you?"

"Can" he said cheerfully, Dira also linked her little finger to Kawa's pinky, like really promised. They were all relieved to see Dira who came back cheerful.

        Breakfast was over, after being ready with his stuff. Mr. Latif and Mr. Latif and Dira are preparing to return home. Zahra seemed sad to have to let her parents go home, and this would be one part of her life journey.

"Titip Zahra, please take good care" said Mr. Latif, Kawa kissed the back of his hand and smiled and nodded steadily, must be heavy for all this for a father to release his daughter. Now the responsibility is on his shoulders as a husband, and he has to do it.

"Yes" he answered.

"Jaga Zahra ya nak Kawa" said Mrs Latif.

"Yes Ma'am" Kawa kissed the back of the woman's hand. Then Zahra alternately hugged both her parents and Dira who looked dumb.

"Remember ya, take care of grandparents, daaaan... during the holidays later buruan tahain Om, Om pick up directly" Kawa did not want to let the dumb-headed Dira become sad.

"Ready boss" Dira appears to smile.

"Be careful, dear" Zahra crouched down and kissed the little girl's cheek in an anxious manner, then hugged her tightly for a while, for it might be a long time before they could meet again.

"Yes, Mother is also careful..." Dira released his body from Zahra's embrace, he saw Zahra who was about to cry. "Don't cry" she asked. Zahra averted her eyes so her tears wouldn't spill, then she smiled and nodded.

"Grandpa and granny, okay?" Zahra flicked Dira's nose with anxiety.

"Yes bun"

        And the car finally took them away from the hotel. Only Kawa and Zahra remained. They went back to their room and prepared for their honeymoon.

"I'm sorry baby, can only take you honeymoon about 3 days, and even then in the country, brother promises later if you can compromise with work, I will take it abroad" Kawa looked at Zahra who was tidying things into the suitcase.

"What a bang, I know. And I also do not demand us anywhere, in the house is okay, just as long as my brother is happy" said Zahra as he sniffed, his hands are still busy arranging things. Kawa, who saw his wife squatting on the floor, caught up with him. Kawa held Zahra's hand.

"How lucky I am to have such a simple wife"

"Your brother doesn't know" Zahra said with a smile.

"What?"

"I'm matre" said Zahra. Kawa was laughing.

"Whatever you ask for, as long as I can, I will definitely give" Kawa chimed in.

"Hiiiss gumbal" Zahra laughed again, it turns out that Kawa is good at racing too. Though it is not a mere rumble if Kawa, he can give anything Zahra wants.

Kawa looked into his wife's eyes deeply.

"What?" asked Zahra, Kawa did not blink and still looked into Zahra's eyes. Zahra was remade, and Kawa lifted his wife back to bed before they would actually leave the hotel to head to the airport.