The Match in the Hand of Papi

Meet Again

....

That morning Aryan woke up earlier than his wife. After the dawn prayer, Aryan smiled at El who was curled up under his thick blanket. His smooth face was covered with a part of his hair.

"El ..." Call Aryan. He removed the hair that covered El's face.

As always. Not El his name if one call directly open his eyes.

"Dear." Aryan slightly shook El's shoulder.

"Hm." Just heard El muttering.

"Wake up, yuk," Aryan asked.

El blinked a few times. He looked up at the nightstand while rubbing his eyes. "Sister, part of the building." His whimper sounded spoiled in Aryan's ears.

"What time do you want to wake up?" ask Aryan.

"Wake up at seven" replied El.

Aryan simply smiled as he rubbed the top of El's head. "Wake up early, yeah. Keep praying."

'Huh, pray?'

"But ... Sis ..." El hesitated to continue his words.

"To worship, loh." Aryan pointed his index finger.

"El forgot to read it." El bowed. It is as if he has no face at the moment. As a Muslim he never carried out his duties, even his reading alone he did not remember.

"I'll teach you later, yes," replied Aryan.

El just nodded. All this time he knew nothing about religion. In this house, only Aryan is diligent in performing prayers and teaching. He and his wife never did either.

"Yes, take a shower there. There's a morning lecture, right?" aryan asked and only answered nodding by El.

****

Aryan was already at the dining table together with the hero. The two were also involved in a casual chat about the projects the company was handling.

"Ar, how is the progress of development in city X? go according to plan?" ask Heryawan.

"Alhamdulillah, Pi. Everything went according to plan, "Aryan replied. Heryawan responded with a nod of his head.

The conversation halted when El began to show his nose in the middle of the two.

"Repeat ... Brother," greet El.

"For the son of Papi. It's been neat."

"Yes, Pi, go to college." El took the bread in front of him. When he was about to take the jam, his eyes accidentally glanced at the front desk of Aryan.

"Aren't you having breakfast?" ask El.

"Sister, right from now wait for love coffee, El." Aryan said while propping up his chin.

El patted his forehead. Without answering anything, El immediately walked into the kitchen to make coffee for Aryan. He really isn't used to it. He still considers himself the old El, who can wake up at will without having any responsibility other than college.

"This, Brother." El puts the coffee right in front of Aryan.

"Thank you, yes," Aryan rubbed El's head.

The man who saw him smiled.

'May happiness always be with you, son, ' he murmured.

"Let's go, El." Take Aryan after finishing her breakfast.

"Well!" El's eyes are rounded.

"Come on, go to college, right?" aryan.

"Yes, Brother."

"Pi, we left first, yes," said Aryan.

"You two be careful, yes" Heryawan said.

Aryan and El grabbed the middle-aged man's hand and kissed the back of his hand with reverence.

"Yes, brother," answered El, briefly.

"Don't do anything weird, yeah." Aryan touched the nose of the woman who had been silent next to him.

"What's weird, brother?" El cringing.

"Don't see the ojek again behind me, okay?" Aryan looked at El, fixed.

El just nodded.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the place where El studied for several years. "Sister, I go first, yeah."

"Hmm, careful. Learn really let me pass. Let it be ...." Aryan blinked one eye.

"Can what?" El looked at Aryan, astonished.

"You can have children" replied Aryan.

Gluey!

El swallowed his saliva with great difficulty, then he smiled. "Hehehe, have kids, huh?"

Honestly, there is nothing in the mind that El will have a child this fast. Especially the son of Aryan. The man she knew from childhood as her brother, her biological brother. Bizarrely. That is what it feels like if you have to do the breeding process with the man. Why is destiny this weird, he thought.

El grabs Aryan's hand and kisses her. Aryan grabbed El's head and landed a sweet kiss on El's forehead like a romantic couple.

Aryan looked at the navy blue-clad woman's back until it disappeared from his sight. Before long, Aryan took out a cell phone from inside the pocket of the suit he was wearing. "Please watch El wherever he goes. Don't let your guard down!" aryan told someone across the street.

****

That afternoon El finished with his morning course. He intends to go home. However, when he got outside the building, near the parking lot, he saw someone he did not want to see.

"Zack," he said quietly, Even only he himself heard it.

"El," said Zack.

"What's up, Zack?" ask El. Really, right now he doesn't want to meet Zack. He was still ashamed of Aryan, ashamed of himself. Continuing to meet Zack only adds sin to him. Her sins do not follow her husband's words. Aryan's kind and sweet attitude that he gets even if it disappoints him, makes El ashamed of himself.

"Can we talk for a second? but not here," Zack said.

"I'm not going anywhere, Zack. Talk here," said El.

"Hmm, in the car, how? I promise it's just in the car. I just need some privacy, just a second," Zack said.

El speechless. He's trying to weigh Zack's call. "Yes, yes, here."

"okay." Zack walks to his car and is followed by El.

"What's up, Zack?" ask El when he gets in the car.

"It's okay, just want to be alone, baby. " Zack rubs El's shoulder.

"Hmm, Zack, I really can't be with you. Please, don't see me again,"

Zack was silent with a face that he could not have guessed. In the next second, he just smiled. "Drink first. Don't rush the story." Zack gives El red guava juice.

El receives. It was a coincidence that he was thirsty. Without waiting again, El drank the fresh juice using a straw. "Thanks, yes, Zack." and just answered the nod by Zack.

"Aryan scolded you yesterday?" asked Zack.Given yesterday Aryan caught the two with his own eyes.

"No. He never scolded me, Zack. Whatever I am. That's why I asked you to stay away from me. I'm ashamed of Aryan's brother, Zack," El said.

"Then you want to leave me? How do I feel, El?" ask Zack, weld.

El speechless. It's not easy. Not only Zack, but this wasn't easy for him either.

"Trust me, Zack. It's not easy for me either, ssshhh ..." El hissed while holding his forehead. Suddenly his head was so dizzy like a swirling.

"El, are you okay? " ask Zack.

"Come, Zack. My head suddenly dizzy." El blinked a few times. His sight felt blurred and ....

El's consciousness is starting to decline. No matter how hard he tried to open his eyes, forcing him to stay conscious he could not. El was unconscious in the car.

Zack grinned. "Basic fool!"