Airs
Chapters 1. Bawangi Village

The footsteps of a girl who appears to be wearing flip-flops patterned with roses alternately touch the surface of the grass with her footsteps are so slow. The basket containing the clothes he had washed in the river was now on his waist.

Her smile bloomed greeting everyone who passed by, none of them escaped her greeting this morning. He is notoriously friendly.

The hair that looks dyed is exactly like a 5-year-old child. White skin, beautiful face and even she was dubbed as a village flower girl, in the village of Bawangi.

Bawangi Village is surrounded by a stretch of tea leaf plantations quite far from the city center. It took me days to get to the city center.

"Good morning, neng geulis!" greeting a man who was pedaling his bike was returned with a smile and nod by the beautiful girl.

Her name is Lilis, this village girl is commonly called Lis, the geulis, Is and many more name calls given by residents in this village. He's only 22 years old. After graduating from High School he no longer continued his education due to cost problems and also he chose to take care of his mother who was lying sick.

The father of Lilis had long since died. At that time Lilis was still in 1st grade Junior High and at that time her mother who was forced to become the backbone of the family financed Lilis who was her only child.

The sound of birds chirping shows how beautiful and peaceful this village even though it has now shown at ten o'clock in the afternoon, but the temperature in his village is still cold because in Bawanginya village is surrounded by beautiful mountains and also hills. At night the cold weather will increase.

Lilis placed the basket filled with laundry on a small stool so that the basket containing the laundry did not directly touch the ground. Arriving Lilis did not immediately rest but he had to quickly dry all the laundry because there was still a lot of work waiting for him.

"Came on!"

"Oh, Lilies!"

The sound of a woman's cry a little moaning was heard making Lilis who was drying some of the laundry turned her head to look towards the house made of wood. It was the voice of his mother, Mary, who had been sick for two years. Said the doctor at the nearby Puskesmas if his mother suffered a stroke.

"Lilases! Hau-hau-us, Lilies!!!" shouted again.

"Wait, Mom! Wait!" sisi fast.

Lilis then ran while wiping her slightly wet fingers. He climbed the stairs and approached his mother who was in an old bed. Lilis sat on the edge of the mattress and looked at the water on the board that Lilis had accidentally stepped on so that it soaked her feet and the glass lying there.

"Why Ma'am?"

"Well."

"House? Mommy want a drink? Wait a minute, yeah! Lilis got him some water," he said, then he got up and stepped into the kitchen.

Like this is what Lilis does every day. Taking care of her mother alone is like bathing her, feeding her food and taking care of all her needs. What else, his mother was paralyzed. Both of her legs could no longer be moved and one of her hands could not move either so nothing was always Lilis doing it.

Beautiful, diligent, kind and friendly girl, which man is not crazy about Lilis? Even many men have come to propose, but Lilis has never accepted. The reason was only one, he wanted to take care of his mother. Lilis was afraid that after marriage her husband would forbid to stay at home and if he did not stay at home then who would take care of his mother while Lilis was the only child in this house.

So many excuses and defences were thrown from some men who had applied after hearing the reason from Lilis who rejected their application but still Lilis remained in his stance. Lilis did not want to get married and only wanted to take care of her mother.

After drying the laundry in front of the house, giving food and drink to his mother and bathing his mother now Lilis was moving from the house to under the column. He grabbed a scythe and sack in search of grass growing wild in a neighboring garden.

These goats are the relics of his Father who used to have only two tails and now increased after having children.

"So slowly eat it! Don't sneak!" abugn.

His strange habit was talking to animals. I don't know why all kinds of animals he likes and even he often invites him to talk.

"Yes slowly so that if you hurry up later," said someone who immediately stood beside Lilis making Lilis turn her head and then smiled a little.

"Well, kang Arul? Since when is it here?"

"Since Neng Lilis talked to goats."

Lilis chuckled, finally her little friend again heard her talking to her goats.

"Hust! Don't tell anyone, yeah!"

"Enak. I'll tell the villagers that lilis neng talked to the goats."

"Didih, usually always recite if Lilis says don't tell me. Kang Arul always said yes kang Arul will not tell anyone."

"Here, how do you want to tell the villagers, anyway?" continued.

"Well, anyways lilis, never make red sugar cakes again."

Hearing that, Lilis laughed again.

"Oh, so that means Arul kang is going to make red sugar cake?" guess it.

"Give it! I didn't say that, you know!"

"Well, tell me if you want! Later Lilis make red sugar cake," he said then stepped to make Arul smile widely.

"Correct?" askanya while following Lilis steps.

"That's right, Lilis will bring it home."

Arul's steps stopped. He looked up at Lilis who was stepping up his legs up the house. Actually Arul has long loved the girl, but for Lilis he is just an ordinary Friend. Childhood friends who have survived until now.

Now the age of Arul, the man with brown skin mature, tall and slightly filled body was 25 years old. The reason he was not married was to wait for Lilis to open her heart. If Lilis has opened her heart to a man, Arul will offer to be a good husband for Lilis.

Capitalize on the word of a friend or even a close friend in that way Arul can approach Lilis and if only Lilis knows how Arul feels to him maybe Lilis will stay away from him so that anyway until now he does not want to Lilis knew how she felt all along if she really loved the most beautiful girl in the village.