
"Where are we going?" Gita is confused when the car driven by Noah does not lead to the residential complex where her parents live, but in a direction she has never been through.
"I have not allowed my mother to come home late, although she also often returned home before the magrib. But it was also to Firda's house, now that Firda was married and living in her in-laws' house never to return home late again."
"Can't you go to Hamish's?"
"Segan, we don't know what Firda's in-laws are like. Unlike Firda, from the time we are still cute until now so amit-amit, we will still be friends like butterflies. So our parents' house has each become a second home for us to each other."
Noah nodded his head.
"Mas called your father, maybe we'll go home tonight."
"Where are you? Didn't kidnap me, did you?"
Gita is too shy, her own fiance who wants to kidnap, for what?
"If you want to kidnap you, please excuse your parents. In front of Ryu and your friend again, too many left traces. You must be drinking less or eating less, so don't focus."
Gita chuckled, she just remembered if indeed the three of them ate less and also drank less. All because of Syakila who made a tantrum in the canteen. The child drinks when, when and when.
Launch the story of the incident on campus earlier. The couple Noah and Gita are indeed more open, whatever is told by the Gita so that Noah can give a lot of input to the Gita. No matter how Noah is like papa Neo and opa Eagle, giving advice at the right time.
Unlike Firda, he was a little more content with hiding what had happened and what had happened to Hamish. Maybe because from the beginning he had made Hamish troubled by his actions, so he did not want to add to the burden on Hamish.
"It is usually like that, it is the closest people sometimes who do not like what is in us at this time. Just like you said they were both competing for the same guy. But after one retreats or chooses a turnaround, the spirit or enthusiasm to win it has already disappeared because there is no rival. Moreover, it turned out that Firda got a man whose quality was far from the man being contested.
Hamish is a very nice guy, calm and not a macem."
"Both men praise each other."
"The reality is like that, Git. That's why Mas and Ryu are comfortable being friends with him, even though he's our senior you know."
"Where are we going, by the way?"
"Opa and Oma want to meet you"
"Huh?"
...*****...
Firda stood in front of the mirror, turning his body to the right and to the left. After that approached the mirror, looking at his face fixedly.
Hamish who had just come out of the bathroom after ablution observed Firda with a dikulum smile.
"Why you?"
Firda.
"Is my face pale and I look skinny, Bang? Like that little guy?"
"No, who said it? You are not pale, but your skin is getting brighter because you are not wandering like before.
You're not skinny either, you're getting more and more..."Hamish whistled mischievously while blinking his flirtatious eyes, then came out of the room to pray ashar in the mosque with Abah.
Wounding is the most powerful weapon to kill without having to use a sharp weapon, just like Syakila did.
Firda can fight and ignore Syakila's speech on campus. But until inside his room, he so carefully looked at his face and body. Trying to find a justification for Syakila's words.
Until Hamish came home from the mosque, Firda's face seemed to still hold the burden.
"Somebody say you're thin and pale like a pox?" tanya Hamish grabbed Firda's hand to sit next to her, so as not to continue standing in front of the mirror.
Firda couldn't be honest what had happened in the campus cafeteria, no matter what her cousin. She had to hide the disgrace of her family even to her own husband.
Firda nodded but his mouth was silent unwilling to tell a story, moments like this he was indeed starting to be sensitive.
"No, my dear Firda, as you said earlier, your skin is only getting brighter and your body is getting happier." chortly Hamish borrowed the term Firda often mentioned for Roses.
"Your brother's eyes are getting more beautiful, your aura is getting different. Brother is getting the same love, you." Hamish clasped Firda's shoulders, peeling the top of his head long enough to calm Firda down.
"Don't listen to someone else's words if it breaks your mood, if you're affected by what he says, he'll be very happy. Especially if you are sad, he will jump around in excitement. So don't give him that pleasure!
How about we go for a walk?"
"Where?"
Firda.
"I just want to be home." said Firda lay her body, it felt like she was very sleepy.
"Yes, let's talk then." Hamish lay down, but he did not sleep. Ba'da Ashar is a forbidden time to sleep.
"Wind it that speaks, I listen," Firda's voice dimmed to the eyes that had begun to shut.
Hamish did not speak as Firda had said, but he broke out in a soft voice. Swiping Firda's stomach plan and hope that from the moment they are still embryonic, their future children love sholawat and love the Prophet.
Hamish knew that Firda's mood was starting to go up and down. Not yet pregnant Firda likes the winds, especially now pregnant young.
Hamish knew Firda was hiding something, just like when he was slandered if he liked light hands. Firda looked quiet and asked impliedly telling him what had happened, just like earlier. Hamish believes there are those who comment on his physical changes.
Hamish looked at Firda's sleeping face. And Hamish knows very well that Firda is not ready to be a wife, let alone a mother. But it was his own idiocy that led him to his present situation.
Hamish's hand stroked Firda's hair slowly, then kissed Firda's two closed eyes while speaking softly.
"Dear love to you, Fir."
...*****...
Gita stared in amazement at the magnificent mansion building in front of her, as if she were in a drama or telenovela.
An ordinary girl who was in a relationship with a rich man.
Huh, this must be a dream, or this is the residence of his boss or his relatives.
"Come on! " take Noah to see Gita standing next to the car door.
"Whose place are we in? Artist or office?" whispered Gita reaching for Noah's hand, she felt insecure.
"Opa and oma's home, don't be afraid! I've told you a story."
"Opa and oma? When?"
"Let's get home from here."
Gita immediately pinched Noah's arm, Noah chuckled.
Noah takes Gita to the living room, where he has gathered Oma Gaia, Oma Regina, Oma Quina and Oma Freya. The opa also exists, there is the Eagle opa, the Revelation opa which is already very old, the Adan opa and the Aditya opa which are as full as the Revelation opa.
All stared at the Gita with teary eyes, especially the Eagle's opa.
Seeing the couple Noah and Gita, he seemed to see an old film replayed in his memory. The late opa Tyo with Oma Clara, a couple who had a very distant age.
"Opa, I brought her here like you want, but opa don't be sad! Opa must remember Tyo and Oma Clara's opa, right?"
Noah stared at the face of an Eagle opa that was very similar to his great-grandfather.
"I'll repeat their story, Opa. In order for the story of opa Tyo to always live through his offspring." Noah's promise grasped the hand of the Eagle opa, the old man just nodded.
The clueless Gita could only smile awkwardly, approaching Oma Freya who was waving towards her.
Noah's presence brings the Gita, reminding them all of his predecessors.
"Why didn't Ryu come?" ask Opa Wahyu with a voice that vibrates with age.
"I'm here, Opa."
Ryu walked quickly by pulling Sisil to kiss the back of the Apocalypse opa's hand.
Oma Quina's cheeks were already wet, she missed both her parents so much.
Is the time getting closer?
the four older couples seemed to see their parents through the couple Ryu and Noah.
Between longing, haru and the many flavors that are in the hearts of the opa and oma see their grandchildren who bring teenage girls who become prospective wives for both.
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As old and as old as anyone, he was still a child to his parents.