The Other Me
Main
With a flood of sweat Ar entered into a house that looks quiet. He found his mother sitting in the kitchen with onions that seemed to have just been harvested.
" Day ma.." said Ar.
" Deck day, where? What do you want to eat first, take a shower?" ask mama.
" From Lin ma, take a shower first." replied Ar.
Hearing the answer his mother woke up while hugging his youngest child, he could see her eyes moist after crying. He knows who Lin is.
" You're all right, right? Don't let yourself drown in the past, mama knows it's hard for you to forget Lin and that incident and mama didn't ask you to escape, mama wants you to advertise and let it be one of the many events that you have ever forgotten." said his mother still hugged Ar.
" Yes ma.." answered Ar. Ah he misses this hug so much, a warm embrace that calms his soul and body.
" Mama wants you to be happy, mama will be happy when you are happy baby, whatever happens mama will always be on your side." said mama again, he let go of her hug and kissed her youngest daughter's keming.
" Yes ma, em Ar up first yeah..." Got a nod from his mother he entered his room. Taking off his glasses and sling bag at the study table he entered the bathroom.
He spent almost 30 minutes in the shower. Choose what clothes to wear
After trying on the clothes she was carrying which were all dominated by skirts, she finally found the shorts in her closet.
He went down to lunch, of course it was too late to be called lunch because the hours in the dining had shown at 2 past a quarter .
" Mommy, after eating can you help Ar?" asked Ar while feeding himself with the food that had been stored for him.
" Help what, baby?" ask her mother while looking at her.
" Keep neatihin Ar's hair, Ar's friends go home so they take part in the field." said Ar again.
" Let you go on deck." replied Harna who had just entered.
" Duh kak, enter that salutation kayak maling aja.." said mam while stroking his chest expel his surprise with the presence of his eldest daughter.
" Hehehe sorry ma, it's all afternoon." said Harna as she scratched her non-itchy head.
" Lunch brother..."
" Day, you want to make Ar's hair?" ask mama.
" Yes ma, deck, if you have finished eating wait for brother in the middle room only yes." ask Harna.
After eating Ar followed her brother's word, waiting in the living room after storing and cleaning the dining table.
Harna came with a comb and some bracelet cathers that Mass used to tie hair.
Harna started combing Ar's hair. Once it felt easy enough to spin, he stopped combing the long mane of Ar.
" Dek, are you kriwilin your hair? Coloring too?" asked Harna because her hair and her mother were straight, a little wave because the marks were tied quite tight while Ar's hair was quite wavy which approached the curls.
" No, it's Original hair Ar, yes initially mama asked Ar to dye first when Ar was a child, now mama has forbidden Ar coloring anyway but Ar is familiar with black hair, Ar is, but recently Ar was curious what kind of hair color Ar if not colored in a long time.." explained Ar.
" Yes ma?" asked Harna to her mother who was not far from them.
" Yes, mama has said no need to color again so as not to damage her hair but your adek it still color..."
" Why is it colored?" ask Harna innocently.
" Papa nudu mama cheating is the same bule, because the color of your hair is all black plates, only Ar the color is different, light brown..."
Harna and her mother froze to hear Ar's words, how could this child know.
" It's over." said Harna stiffly.
" Ar to the top take the guitar first yeah..."
Not until 5 minutes Ar down from his room with more complete. Home sandals are replaced with road slippers, glasses, and a guitar on his back.
" Ar left first." said Ar, he kissed the cheeks of his sister and mother and missed.
***
" All afternoon." greet Ar to his friends who are already there. There are those who play ball and there are those who sit down to play each other.
" Yan Afternoon..." Reply to them, though not all.
" Wih Ian's hair is getting longer, who's spun, like barbie rapunsel but not blonde." said one of his friends.
" You're coloring hair, that brown cake isn't the color?" ask someone else.
Although invited to talk, Ar was busy himself looking for a comfortable seat.
" Oiiy, it is said that we do not reply to a stone." joked someone again.
" Patience, people sit first napa.." protested Ar for not sitting comfortably.
" I'm sorry, you're quiet..."
" Ok, so???" tanya Ar, he knew how many were waiting for him from the chat group, when he reported that he was coming, they immediately noisily asked this and was replied with 3 words, which is to wait for him to come home.
" Your hair..."
" How's school?"
"A lot of bad ones?"
" You must have a lot of smart rivals..."
" Ian is so cute..."
" Knjam dong's guitar..."
And there are many more questions and statements spoken by them to Ar.
He told me everything, about how he went to school, he met a classmate who turned out to be his neighbor, about Lynden et al who was the most wanted school, lessons, and much more.
Udah magrib, his Muslim friends came home first to perform their worship while the other friends went home but came home together.
Usually, when they go home until magrib like this, they walk together even though the house is different directions. Bringing girl friends first and then the boys go home each.
" Tomorrow remember to the church, Bram, you are most often truant tuh.." a warning to Abraham of Ar. Abraham was one of the closest friends to Ar. After Melani dies, Abraham becomes the only hostage for Ar and Ar's strong reason for not changing schools. Not a love affair but the friendship between three with Ar, Melan, Abraham and Akbar has been legendary, but Akbar moved to follow his parents when they finished Elementary School.
" Well, go in, you want us to sit with Aunt Adrin." said Ar.
" Yes, take aunt magrib gini's son home, must be angry..." Mom Ar's voice from behind the door.
" Aunty Adrin, afternoon aunt, the more beautiful aja.." greet Abraham accompanied by temptation for fear of the friend's mother really rampaged when her daughter came home when it was dark.
" Evening, aunt is not angry, if you take home aunty with no abrasions at all." said the mother.
" Aunty nenang aja, Lia if the same a'a Jojo..."
" nick, what's the pool?" ask one of his friends. They just heard it from before.
" Calm down, the tongue of a'a Jojo again sprained, because nervous in front of the prospective in-laws." said Abraham made his friends shake resignedly.
" A'a Jojo who?" ask the mother again. The others know who you mean.
" I tan, I.." said Abraham aok drama.
" Najis Jo.." said Ar. Abraham was half open with his mouth open. " Thank you guys, I came in first." said Ar. After getting various responses from his pampit he entered his house.
