HAPPIER
CHAPTER 41

"That's the face why is it bent so early in the morning?" Umi asked as I approached her who was busy peeling bananas to make fried bananas.

Umi put down the knife she was holding then framed my face with both hands.

"Your eyes are swollen, baby. Have you been crying? Did Sky hurt you?" Tanya umi squinted her eyes at me fixedly.

I'm looking for an excuse. It's not his favorite son's fault, lest Sky get angry again because of me.

"No, last night I had a stomach ache, a real pain, so it was crying." My words lied. Hopefully after this I don't have a real stomachache. Na'udzubillah. I'm sorry umi, I had to lie.

"Is it still sick? Have you taken the medicine yet?" I can feel the worried tone from Umi to me.

"Umi, Sky gave me medicine last night." My words grimly hope umi does not confirm to Sky when she drops breakfast later.

"Udah. You make coffee only for abi and Sky, this let umi finish." Said Umi putting away my hand as I was about to help her peel the banana.

For the business of making coffee, you could say I'm an expert. As a coffee connoisseur, this is not about just a matter of concocting, flavoring and smelling its distinctive aroma. Coffee is always about friends for anyone, whether just accompany a book to a long contemplation that opens the horizon of the mind. From coffee I learned that the black is not always dirty and the bitter does not only bring sadness. Like the life I've been through, a lot of bitterness but more sweetness if remembered again.

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We all gathered at the dinner table, enjoying a fried banana and a cup of coffee. This is an essential enjoyment of life, a simple yet delicious dish.

Happiness is very simple indeed, the difficult thing is to be simple.

"You're Sky, the wife got a stomachache so let her down from the room?" Umi's protest on Sky opened up.

Sky's confused face looked at me, I winked at him hoping he understood my code.

"Oh. that's sorry umi, umi know for yourself how stubborn his daughter-in-law this one. Where to be banned." Sky said without stopping looking at me.

"Well, she's not even like her mom." My knee is in my heart. But it's okay, rather than being caught lying.

"You don't have to go to the office first if it hurts again, son." Abi looked at me. "Let Sky go to the office, Sky's business in the office is done, so now he focuses on completing his lecture and the Maldives project." His impression then sipped his coffee which still let out a white puff of smoke on it.

"Gak papa kok abi, I just ate the wrong one maybe, so had a stomachache." Refuse me to make excuses. There's no way I don't get into the office, there's still a lot of office work piling up calling around to get done.

"Don't force work, when do you get grandchildren if you two are all busy?" The successful mother's chirps made me and Sky spit out the coffee that had just entered into the mouth.

"Ohuk.uhuk.."

"Ohuk.uhuk.."

"How come the response is the same hear umi ask for grandchildren? Don't ever tell us you don't have any plans to have children. Umi herself will punish you both for messing around in this marriage."

My eyes and Sky were round, looking panicked over there.. Sky immediately stood up and walked around the dining table to come to Umi and embrace his shoulder.

"Yes Allah. umi.we never mess with this marriage, we are serious."

"Yes, we're serious." My words chimed in on Sky's words. My face was clear, afraid if Umi was angry and did not know what he would do to us if he was really angry.

"Umi is just afraid of you as in the novels or soap operas who before marriage had intended divorce. Umi didn't want that to happen. The presence of children among you will become adhesive and bond between you so that the reason for divorce is getting thinner." Umi looked at me and Sky took turns, her face took out one or two drops of clear liquid there.

"No, there's nothing like that. We were committed from the beginning to learn to accept each other. While it may seem to some that I'm a freak, Bery is, too, but let us live our household our own way. We believe we can also build a normal household just like everyone else's household." Said Sky without breaking his gaze to me.

"Right is what Sky said, Umi. Believe me, we are serious about living this household. We just still need time to get to know each other more deeply, Sky said to want to date first he said. Umi!" I said by making my face as thin as possible.

"Tell me agree, don't rush. Just keep dating, until grandparents also support. After all, halal too, so if khilaf makes children, abi will even be very happy."

"Issshhh. abi is. How does Khilaf make kids?" Protests pouting.

"Well..What are you guys dating for? Fun, right?" Abi asked paused his sentence staring one-on-one at us. "Well, the fun of dating is well friendly and so on, and his se te rus. You're adults, abi doesn't need to explain anymore, not in detail what will happen next?"

Me and Sky kept quiet and continued our breakfast. There is no point in arguing against umi and abi, which we are even more cornered. And listening to the advice of an umi and abi marriage is really not good for my mental health right now because it makes me feel even more guilty about Sky. He had tried his best to be a good husband, while I was still wallowing in my own fears.

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Today Bery followed the advice of Umi and abi to leave for the office with me. Although my work in the abi office is done, but at this time I have to focus on completing my lecture as soon as possible in order to follow the graduation of this period.

"I went straight to college, but I'll bring you back here." I said after parking the car in front of the office lobby area.

"Yes, be careful on the road." He then rushed out of the car. "Loh, Sky. Why is it locked? Open it!" Bery turned to look at me with his sharp tatapab.

I accidentally locked the car door because he forgot one thing.

"Why rush once? Don't you feel like you missed something?" I asked her to draw her memory.

"No Sky, all my things are in this bag." He said while showing his large handbag.

"That's not what I mean." I was upset because he was completely insensitive.

"Keep what, Sky? Accelerate open, ntar you're late to the campus."

I'm really dongkol made, so the girl dak desensitize to be a person.

"Here I whisper." I pulled his arm so that his body would be closer to me.

After his body was closer, I cupped both hands in his face.

"Guard..."

"You forgot it from me." I said after a gentle kiss.

"Your turn." I brought the back of my right hand closer to his face.

Although dumbfounded, Bery grabbed my hand and then let him catch it short. "Other times say, don't use dramas like this. I'm down, assalamu'alaikum."

I couldn't help my smile that continued to expand all the way to campus. Seeing Bery's blushing face when I touched it, it really became something very pleasant.

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