The Toga Rahayu

Dragon Fruit Juice

That afternoon the Malang air was quite blistering making the pregnant woman feel sultry with her stomach that began to bulge. Rahayu paced from the inside to her yard trying to find the presence of fresh air.

Rahayu crumpled her body on the sofa in front of the TV and turned on the Ac in hopes of reducing the sultry feeling that whack her body. Not to forget he wears a loose negligee wungu kencana to facilitate his movement.

His hand grabbed the phone on the front desk of the TV, his distended stomach began to show the movement of the prospective child that made him amused himself to feel it.

“Why baby?, are you hungry huh? Yes let's yuk telfon Papa first”. Rahayu said by stroking her stomach.

A few seconds later the phone is connected.

“Assalamualaikum”.

“Wassalamhalaikum”, answered Andika immediately when he got a phone call from his wife, since Rahayu was pregnant Andika became more protective and so ready to standby when his wife called or needed it.

“Mas....mas...”, he said by saying.

Degs...

Andika started to hold her chest.

“Yes Allah asks what else my wife”, he said in a troubled heart with all the requests Rahayu so varied.

Andika tried hard to hear Rahayu's next speech.

“Iya my dear”.

“Mas hot once, baby wants to drink jus”.

“Oh yes dear, nice it is drinking juice for the health of baby and Mama, ask in bikinkan same mbah Minah yes dear”.

“But I want you to make Mas, I want dragon fruit juice without seeds”.

Jeez grumbled Andika in heart.

“What dear try in repeat again?”, Andika hopes he misheard will his wife request.

“Mau dragon fruit juice Mas without seeds now but you must make Mas, demin baby kita”, replied Rahayu with so efficacious.

Hearing her tone alone Andika was already anxious not to imagine her expression, but where she got the seedless dragon fruit juice from.

“Alright dear, I try to make wait ya”.

The call ended.

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Campus

Andika who got a mandate from the wife to make dragon fruit juice without seeds immediately looking for dragon fruit at that time. Now he runs to the campus cafeteria which fortunately at that time is a break so Andika is more free to leave her job for a moment.

Andika came to one of the outlets and ordered one dragon fruit juice.

“Mbak I order one seedless dragon fruit juice”.

“What is seedless sir?”, he replied in shock.

“Sorry sir can not afford to sort through the seeds and fruit, coincidentally now the hours of rest that queue a lot of”. Said the outlet keeper felt bad refusing the order of one of the lecturers who taught there.

Andika saw the queue behind her. Sure enough the queue has begun snaking to buy juice understand hours of rest.

“Then I buy dragon fruit only Mbak one”.

With a swift mbak the outlet keeper immediately took two dragons for Andika.

Andika ran to the Agrochemical lab in the faculty to make seedless dragon fruit juice, happened to be there blender that is commonly used by students for product manufacturing practicum.

Andika began to open the dragon fruit, her fingers painstakingly began to separate one by one the dragon fruit and its seeds, which happened to be so close.

Andika almost frustrated.

“Yes Allah broadens the patience of the servant, for the sake of the servant's son for the happiness of the servant's wife”, he said in his heart by holding a spoon and a wire clamp because it was so difficult to separate between the seeds and the fruit.

Andika's clothes are out of shape, full of red on the hands and chest exposed to the dragon fruit.

An hour passed, Andika was only able to separate the dragon fruit seeds in half.

“Siang Pak”, greet one of the students who happened to be running a practicum that afternoon.

“Iya”.he replied briefly without noticing who reprimanded him.

“What did Pak?” do, he asked again who looked surprised by Andika's activities that afternoon, not usually the handsome young lecturer was struggling in the Agrochemical lab.

“Being making naga” fruit juice.

“Dragon fruit juice? Why should also be separated between the seeds and the fruit of the pack?”, sure enough whether it's kepo or indeed really critical curiosity of students now.

“To find out how much the difference in antioxidant levels of dragon fruit juice with and without seeds”, he replied with origin.

“Ribet once yes sir, even though dragon fruit from the past has been claimed to contain antioxidant”, sure enough this student is still mgeyel and kepo.

Andika can not answer this for my wife who craves, can - can be supervised students.

“Ah you will understand that jia is in a position like I”. Now he began to blend the dragon fruit and hope not a single seed stuck there.

“Alhamdulilah”, he said he was relieved to complete a task from the first lady and put it in the cup, quickly bring it home all to change clothes. Fortunately, the distance between home and campus is not too far away.

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“Assalamu'alaikum darling”, with a smile that develops perfectly Andika set foot towards her home.

“Wassalamu'alaikum my husband”, an answer that makes the heart comfortable to hear.

“It's a pity your order”, Andika handed a cup of dragon fruit juice to his wife.

Little fingers Rahayu who began to grow grabbed the cup, her eyes scanned the contents of the cup long enough.

“Wah really dragon fruit juice without seeds Mas”.

Andika is very happy when he can comply with the request of his wife who sometimes likes to make him frustrated.

“Sweetie, drink the air quite blistering by drinking dragon fruit juice made with affection and love will be able to quench your thirst”.

“Yah Mas but if the juice of a seedless dragon fruit like this so deserted Mas, and ugly no color variation he is so plain”, so, answer Rahayu by twirling the cup that contains the seedless dragon fruit juice.

“Jeez how do you love?, he said earlier wanted seedless dragon fruit juice”.

“Gak so, make dika mas only, I prefer a variety not monotonous like this”, he replied by again handing the cup to Andika.

Andika was so frustrated to want to eat his wife too at that time.

“Mas, can't be angry for this”. Show Rahayu on her stomach and walk to the kitchen to find another cold drink.

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You please just shadow Andika who is separating the dragon fruit and its seeds carefully and painstakingly, then the shadow of Rahayu who wears her hair negligence in the ponytail typical of pregnant women is asking her husband for something.

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