Between Love and Love
Because of rice.

A cold morning in the rainy season in the city of Tangerang does not discourage a handsome man named Awan to wake up carrying out his obligations as a Muslim. He rushed to shower and changed his clothes to perform dawn prayers at the mosque near his boarding house. Slow steps but definitely splitting the streets that are still quiet.

Bruck...

"If you use the eyes dong, play hit aja lo!" Said a woman who was staggering.

"Astagfirullah, that hit me not me. Should've been the one who got angry with me."

"Because you're in the middle of the road, that's why I hit. Move over!" The woman snapped at Cloud with her right hand pushing the Cloud's steady body slowly. But not make a single shift from its place.

The clouds sighed in as well as the movement of the palm that rubbed his chest. The smell of alcohol lurched in his sense of smell. From the way the woman in front of him was currently drunk.

Unconcerned about the woman before him Clouds rushed to the mosque. It feels free to argue with people who are drunk, that's the mind of the Cloud today.

Likewise with the woman who hit the Clouds, she immediately headed to the place she was headed, which was a princess boarding place that faced the Cloud boarding.

"Tara, open! I'm in front of your room. I dare not go home scared in my bokap hajar. Tara, open!" Shouted Salma from outside the door of Tara's room.

Yes, the woman who was hit by Awan was Salma Tara's coworker. He always went home to Tara's boarding house when he was drunk because he was afraid of being angry with his parents. It's Sunday so last night Salma spent the night at the club with her friend until she got drunk.

Tara took a long breath. He did not hear Salma's screams. But he was praying in the morning. It was a daily routine that Tara did. In front of Our Lady she folded her hands together praying for the strength of God to let all her affairs be carried out every day.

Salma who had run out of energy finally resigned. He sat his body on a white ceramic floor with his body leaning against the wall. His eyes slowly closed due to the effects of alcohol.

Tara finished her morning prayer. He got up from his seat and walked out.

"Lo ya Salma's. At the end of the day, I make excuses. Pamit nginep in my hostel last night all night for the night club." Tara complains when she sees Salma.

Salma opened her eyes slowly, then she smiled looking at Tara.

"Come, comein!" Take Tara.

"My best friend is very good, anyway" said Salma with great difficulty getting up from his seat.

"There sleep! I want to learn rice sitting in front of the complex first."

Without answering Salma laid her body on a 120x200 foam mattress in front of the tv.

"Hem, this is if you are feeling down because of love. When do you want to get to Salma. I told you from the beginning that Darren is a jerk. He was blinded because of love. That's why I don't believe bullshiit love is love." Tara walks away from Salma alone in the hostel she wants to buy her favorite breakfast, nasi uuduk.

Tara picked up a pink knit sweater that hung behind the door to wrap her slender body. Tara activities in the morning on Sunday usually exercise in the field near the boarding house. But since Salma came in drunk, she's not exercising today.

"Hi, neng Tara? Message as usual Neng?" ask Susi's mother who sells rice.

In addition to the nasi uuduk, Bu Susi also sells various other dishes. Light snack and various porridge. Such as marrow porridge, ijo bean porridge and others.

"Yes ma'am, two packs!" Pinta Tara's.

"Living a pack of Neng, this is one order Mas Awan whose boarding is opposite Neng Tara." Obviously, Susi.

"Oh, it's called the cloud. Tara likes to see you in the morning when she is dressed neatly to go to the mosque."

"He's a handsome sholeh again. If you have a daughter, you have a match with her," Susi told me excitedly. While imagining the handsome face of Cloud.

"Bikin again aja ma'am, another girl's son in the same soul mate is justad," Tara laughed after saying those words.

Susi and Tara have known each other for a long time so they've been used to joking around like that. Not only with Bu Sui even, Susi's husband and daughter are also close to Tara.

" Assalamualaikum," said the new cloud arrived at Bu Susi's place of sale.

"Waalaikumsalam," Tara, Bu Susi and Pak Adi answered in unison greetings from the Clouds.

"Talk what, sir, I actually saw it from afar." Ask the Clouds to start a chat.

"This neng Tara want to buy rice uduk, but only one pack. Because that one pack has a cloud mas." Obviously Ms. Susi.

"Oh, give me Tara's mom! I'll just change the marrow porridge."

"Eh, don't do it. I can order another menu." Reject Tara.

"The order is replaced by marrow porridge, ma'am, let the rice sit for mbak Tara."

"Dih, like maksa it turns out mas ya. Okay, I don't refuse. One full week of my treat every morning." Tara teases the Clouds.

"Come, do you want every morning? God willing I will fulfill." Answer Cloud.

"Ngga, I'm kidding. Thanks." Thanks."

"This is you, there is nothing about Tara if you want to. Kali aja want to be paid for also your whole life mba. If you are still single, you will not refuse anyway" Susi joined the chat Awan and Tara.

"Mother is just there. If the clouds want. If not mom? Time to be forced. It does not fit Mom, mas Awan ganteng la her beautiful mother mediocre it." Ejek Pak Adi to his wife.

"Lo, his name's soul mate who knows sir. Anyway if the mother is young at the same time refused the cloud let the shaman act sir."

"Ngga will mempan the same kyai child as mas Awan bu."

"This is for example sir, after all the love of mother has stuck with father. How can you lose heart sir. This is the rice! A pack of rice with love from mas Awan to neng and another pack of love also from the mother," said Bu Susi while handing over a bag of plastic containing two packs of nasi uduk.

" Thank you, mom. Here's money!" Tara handed over a fifty-thousand note to Susi's mother.

" It was paid the same as Awan neng. Just pay for the marrow's porridge."

"Well, I'm actually paid for this. So have my debt," said Tara.

"Rejeki neng, alhamdulillah."

"Yes ma'am, thank you!" After saying Tara left Bu Susi's shop.

"Welcome to enjoy a packet of rice luk love ya neng," Goda Bu Susi.

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