Always Gonna Be You
13. The Darmastawa's Family

Orchids

There are still two days before they have to fly to Jakarta to start the adventure around the world. And this afternoon, after delivering his large family group to the airport to leave for Jogja, Rendra took him around to all members of the Darmastawa family.

Rendra began to look according to the order of seniority. First, they went to Mama Dina's house. The magnificent house like a palace located in an elite cluster was filled with grandchildren, in order to welcome the lost son who had returned, namely Rendra.

Mama Dina, at almost 60 years old, still looks fresh and beautiful. How beautiful she was when she was young. But from the gaze of the eyes and the way of speaking clearly caught the inner wound that was deliberately suppressed and hidden.

Mama Dina has five children, namely Delvin, Dinda, Daris, Dara, and Dikta. Everyone has a family. Especially for boys, all of them have more than two wives. Hmm, the real definition of like father like son.

The children of Mama Dina are involved in the upstream business sector and politics. Some are darting, some are still limping, some are wallowing in trouble. So far the welcome and attention to them both quite good and quite fun. For the past half hour, he had been left waiting alone in the living room, with a group of children playing, while their parents and Rendra gathered in the dining room. Whether talking about what, which must be serious and a little stressful, because several times a high tone of voice is heard that is mutually understated.

Rendra immediately stroked the top of his head as soon as it came out of the dining room. "Sori, you're so diced," sitting next to her sitting on the carpet braiding the hair of Zeva, Dinda's eldest daughter.

He just smiled as he continued to braid Zeva's hair, "The effect of your signature yesterday?" guess miris. And Rendra just nodded with a tired face.

The second destination is the residence of Mama Evi. Not much different from the house of Mama Dina, where Mama Evi lived also like a palace. But said Rendra, "Mama Evi's house in Samarinda. Distance if we go there. So, we go to Elijah's house, mama Evi's house again here."

So this is Elijah's house, Mama Evi's first child. Here they are also welcomed full team by Mama Evi, Elijah, Erika, Evin, and their respective partners.

Not much different from Mama Dina, Mama Evi is also still very beautiful and fresh, the definition of timeless. Unfortunately he again caught the glare of anger buried in the eyes of Mama Evi. I don't know, maybe he's too sotoy.

Just like before, the atmosphere started to heat up when it came to sensitive topics. In fact, even though the three children of Mama Evi are all women, but their problems need not be doubted. He had to whisper into Rendra's ear, asking permission to look for fresh air outside, so his ears were no longer able to hear bad words full of anger, as well as curses and earthy mockery.

This is what it seems, the meaning of pursuing***** the world is like drinking seawater. The more you drink, the more thirsty you become. The more pursued, the less. The more you have, the more you never have enough.

He eventually chose to sit in the children's playroom. Where the two daughters of Erika who is still in SD are playing Barbie dolls. Then Evin's son who was only 9 months old since then crawled to and fro followed by his baby sitter. While other older children are playing games on their mobile phones.

He was also interested in approaching Elijah's 5-year-old youngest son, who was sitting alone in the corner of the room.

"Hello....Aunty can't play?" tanyanya asked for permission, while putting on a cheerful face. Re-practicing the experience of volunteering children in disaster-affected areas in the first 4th semester.

The white boy nodded in passing. And 15 minutes later, he can already take Rigel's heart. Now they are racing to compose a lego, when suddenly a voice stopped in his ear.

"I don't think Rendra would choose a girl like you to be a wife."

Suddenly he was surprised, and when he turned to look at the voice, he saw Jimmy, Elijah's husband, was smiling obliquely.

"Too ordinary for a guy like Rendra."

Honestly, the opinion full of tendencies like this he has often heard. Even from the first time they walked together, long before his heart began to open for Rendra. But still, upon hearing people say so, his insecure soul would appear.

"We can see how long Rendra lasts."

His brain is still processing Jimmy's sentences to decide the most appropriate reaction. Is it silence, answering while showing emotion, or think of the wind then? When Rigel pulls his hand,

"Aunty really stopped playing, we're going to race again composing lego."

"Well, yeah...Aunt forgot..," she pretended to chuckle as she began to reassemble Lego.

"But don't bother! Don't talk! Aunt Anggi playing with me again!" rigel's screams instantly drove Jimmy's whereabouts among them. Although breathing a sigh of relief, he frowned,

"Rigel, why are you talking to Papi screaming like someone else is angry?" just this time he witnessed a 5-year-old boy shouting with a hateful expression at his own father.

"Rigel knew we had to be polite to older people. Especially Papi Rigel himself. Can't scream like that."

"Why can't you? Papi also when talking to Mami yells!" answer Rigel plain.

"If Mami answers Papi's shout, Papi will be hit," continued Rigel again. "So if Papi answers again, I will hit Papi kayak Papi mukul Mami!"

He hurriedly grabbed Rigel into a hug. "Rigel darling..."

"Oh, Auntie, what's the hug?! I don't like being hugged!" Rigel released a hug with a rough move. He almost fell because he wasn't ready.

"Why doesn't Rigel like being hugged?" ask her carefully while stroking Rigel's head. Which he immediately shook. "I don't like to be touched either!"

He took a long breath. Pr in the Rendra family has been a lot, difficult, strange again. But surprisingly, why Rendra can have a basic manner se sweet, even though the family environment is not conducive.

"Tante...tante...tante's still a long time here, right?"

"Aunty sleeps in my house, right?"

"Why is Rigel so?" he unconsciously stroked Rigel's hair again, which he immediately shook.

"I love playing with Auntie" Rigel replied as he flaunted his gnarled, blackened front teeth.

"Tante also likes to play with Rigel" he replied with a big smile. "Likea..."

"Race again yok Tan," Rigel broke into his arranged legroom.

"Come on!" he also messed up the legion to mess up.

"The loser has to give a gift!" pekik Rigel.

"Who's afraid!" the answer is confidence.

"We now want to talk." Rigel tried to think.

"Car?" guess it.

Rigel.

"Train?"

"No..."

"Home?"

"Aircraft!" answer Rigel sure. "We make warplanes. The loser has to give a gift!"

Yes, it is predictable, Rigel chose a fighter because it is his specialty. Coupled with the ability of the photographic brain that is not too moncer, the intention of wanting to make a fighter, the result looks like a butterfly.

"Mante kalaaaah!" squeal Rigel. "Gift! The prize! The prize! I want a present!" screeched Rigel again while jumping around in excitement.

"Well, what's that?" he must think hard. They only brought souvenirs in the form of batik cloth and silver handicrafts typical of Jogja for adults. No other special gifts for kids.

"Gift?" Rigel smiled widely from ear to ear waiting for a gift from him.

"Rigel can't read yet?" suddenly he remembered something stored in his sling bag.

Rigel.

"Oh," he flicked his finger as he moved to the sofa where he had kept the sling bag. While Rigel followed him behind enthusiastically.

He took a small diary and a pen that was always stored in his sling bag. Either as there is already a set up, currently he carries a diary that is still intact and empty, not used at all. He usually carries an almost full diary.

"Sorry Rigel, Aunt Anggi has nothing to bring," he knelt in front of Rigel, handing him a diary and a pen. "Auntie just brought this."

"Book?" Rigel frowned with a less interested face.

"Eits, this is not just any book," he said as if reliable marketing who wants to capture new prospects.

"It's Rigel's secret book" whispered the mysterious pretender. "Not until someone else knows."

"Oh," he repeated his words. "Except Rigel, Mami, and the teacher Rigel likes the most. Can see this book. The other one," he shook his head. "No!"

"I can't write yet. Can't read it!" rigel's face was still scornful. "No exclamation ah."

"Eh, yes..," he returned to a convincing attitude. "Just because Rigel can't read, Rigel must have this book. It will make Rigel a spirit of learning to read later. Because pingin cepet-cepet nulis in this book...."

Rigel's face began to think.

"This same..," while dragging his Doraemon ballpoint pen. "Bonus ballpoint pen."

"I don't like Doraemon" Rigel frowned. "I like Superheroes!"

It exhales. "Doraemon is also a superhero Nobita loh."

Rigel shook his head loudly. "No ballpoint pen. Don't want a book! Wants a superhero present!" Then walk by stomping two feet hard to the floor towards the sofa.

He was still grimacing while practicing the inhal exhale style like when faced with a strange situation, when Rendra emerged from the inner room while shaking his head and mouth giving a code, "Enough."

"Sorry dear, so long wait," whispered Rendra as she kissed the top of her head at a glance, then sat herself down on the sofa next to Rigel who was still pouting.

He shook his head while smiling with the code pointing towards Rigel.

Rendra's mouth moved silently, "Why?"

Making him have to pull Rendra's hand away, then whisper something that makes Rendra nod while laughing.

They had a chat with Mama Evi again before Rendra finally came home. "Still have to go to Mama Amy's house, chasing the kesorean," so Rendra's excuse.

But before actually going home, Rendra approached Elijah first to say, "I borrowed Rigel first. I'll take it forward for a minute. I'll give it back again."

Elijah agreed.

"Ayooo, Amang wants to go home!" Rendra said goodbye to all the children. "Who wants to come??"

All shook their heads except Rigel, who timidly walked up to the two of them.

"Will no one come?!" Rendra pretended not to see Rigel and kept shouting.

"I am!" Rigel tugged at the end of Rendra's shirt with a frown. "I'm with Amang."

Rigel jumped up and down in excitement on his lap as Rendra's car started moving away from Elijah's house.

"Are people really going to Amang?" Rendra pretended to frown.

"Well," Rigel replied happily.

"Why come along? Yesterday Amang came here to Amang?!" accuse Rendra of not believing.

"I don't want to go with Amang. I want to go with Auntie" Rigel replied with a cheerful laugh.

"Huh, you son of a man!" rendra's hand pretended to be outstretched to pin Rigel's head, but instead stray stroked his head.

"Well, it's mama's pantes," Kerling Rendra with a slanted smile. "The son of a single person, how am I as her husband....Ouch!" Rendra complained because he was chasing his ear.

"No need to be sepik. "There was a minor," while pointing at Rigel who was still sitting jumping up and down on his lap.

Rendra chuckled while again stroking his head. "High quality prospective Mama...."

Rendra took them to a Mall located not far from Elijah's house. Then take them to Toys Kingdom, a paradise of children's toys.

"Rigel," Rendra knelt in front of Rigel.

Hmm, the high quality of the prospective Papa is also, his mind while smiling to himself.

"Rigel can only join Amang with Aunt until here, continue to go home again."

"Why?" Rigel. "I want to keep Auntie."

Rendra patted Rigel on the shoulder. "Tomorrow, Aunty must join Amang to Jakarta."

"Why?" Rigel frowned. "That's why people come to Jakarta too."

Rendra seemed to start taking a deep breath. Make him laugh, hmm, worth the wait, how good Rendra to keep the little boy, is as clean as when mopping girls? We'll see.

"Rigel has to go to school."

"I don't like school!"

"Mami will be sad if Rigel goes with Amang."

This time Rigel fell silent. It seemed like Mami was the figure that Rigel loved the most. And Rigel's silence made Rendra seem to get a fresh breeze.

"Mami's love will miss Rigel."

"....."

"Now.gimana if Amang same Auntie love a special gift for Rigel. You can choose any toy Rigel wants. But that's Abis we're going home. Because tomorrow Amang and Aunt want to go to Jakarta. How's it?"

Rigel was silent for a while while weighing. Make them both look at each other. Will the negotiations carried out by Rendra experience success or failure?

"You toys!" Rigel. Make them breathe.

"Well, this is just a hotshot of Amang!" Rendra held Rigel up high and carried him into the Toys Kingdom area which was crowded that afternoon.

After Rigel chose one of the most preferred toys, they also chose other toys for his brothers and cousins, then they then drove Rigel back to Elijah's house.

"Tante Anggi is here again tomorrow, yes" Rigel suddenly burst into his arms as they bade. He who was not ready until almost strayed due to the lunge of Rigel, fortunately Rendra managed to grab his back first.

"Iyaa.. sometime Aunt Anggi played here again..," he said while kneeling and returning Rigel's embrace.

"Cock when??" rigel protested from behind his neck.

"Today Aunty should join Amang to Jakarta," he replied while stroking Rigel's back.

"When Amang comes here must have Aunt Anggi too," said Rendra kneeling.

"Promise yes," Rigel let go of a hug just to brandish his little finger, a sign of agreement.

"Promise," Rendra links pinkie with Rigel.

As soon as the car Rendra was driving out of the gate of Elijah's house, his eyes suddenly heated up and glazed over.

"Why cry?" rendra asked in surprise, while steering the complex out.

"Sweetie..," Rendra grabbed her chin with one hand.

He had to shrink the corner of his eye first before saying, "That little boy already knows his mom likes to be beaten by his Papi."

Rendra said, "Jimmy is a jerk! I'm lazy, mokondo, player anyway!"

Making him sneer, "You're not a player either!"

Rendra chuckles.

"The player is talking player anyway!" gerrutu annoyed.

"Former.former..," seloroh Rendra. "Ex player..ex sinner..," then chuckled. "Now have been converted. Seriously."

He just sneered.

"More dear to my wife," Rendra again stroked her head. "Just like other people's children so adorenya.ngkang kebayang how the child himself later...."

"Don't let there be another Rendra old version of volume 2, Bang," he murmured solemnly while imagining Rigel's funny face. Poor little boy already hates his own father.

But Rendra had another thought, "We go straight to the hotel."

"Why?" he cringed. "We haven't been to Mom Amy's house. Continue, instead of Abang want to take me to the beach to meet Abang school meetings first. How the hell did you go to the hotel?"

"To Mama Amy's house tomorrow, there's still time," Rendra hurriedly turned the wheel and pointed it towards the road to the hotel.

"Meet your friends also cancel first. Tomorrow," Rendra is now driving like an evil man. Overtake there overtake here.

"Kok...suddenly gini?" he's still cringing.

"We have more important things that must be done in the tempo as soon as possible" said Rendra confident with the breath of hunting.

"What?" he nodded without understanding.

"Bikin' me mini."

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