Best Teacher And Me
Homehouse

"Crazy, until you keep daydreaming. You said there was something to talk about. What'sthat?" said Riska. When Kila arrived, Kila was dreaming. While Riska is silent because she still has to do her job. However, long enough Kila daydreamed and made Riska disturbed.

"Before that, Papa where, Ma?"

"Dinas out of town."

"Mom why not join Papa's service? You guys, right, work in the same place."

"Mama's taking care of another project."

"Papa and Mama no longer have any problems, right?" ask Kila frontal. Riska was instantly mute unable to answer. Kila was immediately suspicious of Riska's silence.

"Mama eats regularly, right? Not lunch yet, huh? Kila masakin want to?" Kila was being clumsy. He wanted to talk before discussing the matter.

Kila thought about cooking fried rice. At least, by eating more can make calm, facilitate the conversation also when discussing it while eating. But Kila messed it up. Suddenly he was like a kind of kid who was not good at cooking.

Riska sees Kila's inability to cook. In fact, he only cooked fried rice which is usually very perfect in cooking. Riska gave a questionable look. Kila understood that gaze, then stopped her cooking activity. Because those eyes asked, Kila had to answer. He left his cooking activities, he let it go first, because the conversation with Riska is more important.

"When you come here to say something, but I'm afraid you'll get angry or even hate Kila. Just like that time, when Kila carelessly talked about Mama and Papa's household, even though we lived together at that time. But this time, Kila did not say anything. Kila look directly, Ma," said Kila. He revealed honestly. However, for some reason he could not look Riska in the eye.

"When you ask me again, you don't have the slightest suspicion about Papa?" Riska is silent. Marking Kila's guess on target.

"When you see firsthand that Papa met another woman. They look like they're making out. Especially in public spaces like malls. They are very close to be regarded as a meeting with a doang client. Moreover, that woman was the same woman that Kila had asked Mama and Papa back then. Guess what, they've been in contact for a long time, secretly meeting without the knowledge of their legitimate partner. Not just once, but often. Kila didn't know how often they secretly met."

Kila's voice is getting louder. Talk with excitement. "Ma, Mama often keep communication with Papa, right? Why is Papa like that? Very brave, even though Kila had touched directly on his behavior at that time. Not deterred, Papa even blatantly, in public space again."

"Mama has to communicate to Papa again. It could be, there's something worse than what Kila went through. If it is true, Kila does not want Mama to feel pain constantly. Seeing Papa's behavior earlier made Kila feel disgusted. Kila advises Mama to get divorced from Papa. The affair cannot be forgiven."

Just as Kila finished talking, one slap landed on Kila's right cheek. Again, Riska communicates only with the eyes. However, this time his gaze said anger, as if telling Kila to leave. Due to the harshness of the slap in the face, Kila went as per what the eye was asking for. Kila tried to hold back her cries, at least not to be seen by Riska.

Kila decided to return to her home. This time it was really his home. The house he bought recently, he secretly bought when there was no other job but to wait for the graduation time of that time. The house was still in the same town as Irsyad's, so he returned to the city even though he had not set foot in the house of the mother.

On the plane, he could still endure the pain. The slap on his cheek was still very pronounced. Kila also did not expect to get a slap like that. As if he was just an evil character. His intentions were good, he said. His premonition that said he wanted to meet Riska turned out to be about Gilang's behavior in the back. But unfortunately, after delivering something that, Kila was not welcomed.

What is the house actually? Where his parents lived, he went there and was expelled. Where he and Irsyad live, that's Irsyad's house. After all, Kila also did not want to talk to Irsyad just yet. The fact he knew was that Irsyad was also trying to cover up the truth. He was even familiar with the child of Gilang's affair. Irsyad who was silent and hid the truth made Kila feel betrayed. Kila won't go back to Irsyad's house. The only place he wanted to return to was the house he had bought secretly. At least he can calm down there as long as his vacation rations are still there. That is, until the second semester begins.

"Assalamu'alaykum" Kila said as she entered her home. Obviously no one, why does Kila keep saying hello?

"Nobody answered, huh?" batin Kila was sad. All this time he had been accustomed to living alone, especially long enough he lived in a boarding house. However, when he came home like this no one answered his greetings, he felt lonely. If at Irsyad's house, there is Irsyad who answers greetings, at Citra's house there is also Citra and Erwin, then at his parents' house there is Riska and Gilang who answers greetings. Things no one welcomed him and no one answered his greetings alone made Kila sad like this. Instantly, a slap on his cheek was felt. Kila held onto that cheek, it hurt. The slap he got from his own parents. Only this time did Kila get a slap, recalling back to her time with grandma, instantly made Kila cry.

"Kila kangen granny..," said Kila lirih as she sobbed. He had been sitting on the sofa that he had opened the cloth that had previously been used to avoid dust sticking to the sofa.

Living with her grandmother was the happiest time for Kila. Kila was raised lovingly by her grandmother, although she never felt the affection of her real parents. Grandma was very affectionate, she used her hands to gently rub Kila's hair. When Kila was sad, grandma used her hand to hold Kila and rub her back. When Kila's tears fell, Grandma was ready to wipe those tears. Never once did Grandma use her hands to hurt Kila, like slapping her so hard.

Thinking of his grandmother, he decided to visit her grave. For a long time he did not visit, the last time he will stay with Irsyad, it was also he visited accompanied by Irsyad. Maybe the recent incident is also a warning that grandma is missing him.

For Kila, as long as we remember the dead, he will remain in our hearts. However, the current events do not happen. She wanted her grandmother's physique to be next to Kila to calm Kila down as usual.

Kila had arrived at the cemetery where grandmother was buried. He left his suitcase at home and headed straight here in a taxi. When he arrived, he offered prayers for the grandmother as usual. Then, he looked back at the tomb, deeply. Thinking as if now grandma was also looking back at him.

"Sir..., is Kila weird talking to grandma's grave?" ask Kila. He is not the type to talk to people who have died. Grandma is important for her life, when when grandmother lived, grandmother became the place where Kila complained about everything. Grandma always understood Kila before Kila told me. But he did not want to talk to the grave. The ever-present place for Kila to complain was already there even when grandma was alive, her Lord.

"This cemetery is the eternal home of grandmothers. How's it feel in this house, Grandma? Kila wants to know. Is it better than Kila's house? House Sister Irsyad, House Mother Citra, Mama's House? Which is better?" ask Kila again.

Kila thought visiting grandma's house would make it better. But, he was wrong. Now it's getting sobbing. The slap that hurt more, the longing for the grandmother, and the pain of being betrayed were mixed. He couldn't even stop his tears.

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