
After the dhuhur prayer and lunch Rio drove his car at a moderate pace towards the house of his best friend heart raging, longing and anxious, today he will meet with the pounding of his heart, The little blue-eyed girl was his best friend's daughter.
Rio had fallen in love with the girl as a baby, he thought that time was a feeling that regarded Hira like his own daughter. However, then he felt like that was not the case with him.
He is always restless if he does not meet the girl, a little smile just makes him comfortable, he has tried to walk in reality, trying to find love from her. But why does his heart still feel empty?
Now he is like a teenager who is pursuing a love that is impossible to get and only become an admirer for life without being able to reach, pick and have it.
Rio turned his car into the gate of Dantai's sidekick and stopped in the courtyard of the house. He did not directly get out of his car staring around him pulling the memory that had long been stored in his brain. 'Yes, it has not been here for so long, ' he murmured inwardly.
Rio took a deep breath and let out a slow, then opened the door and got out of his car. With his firm steps he walked towards his friend's house, saying his greetings when he reached his doorstep.
A familiar voice made Dantai and Aril stand up and walk towards the exit of his house.
Seen his best friend standing not far in front of him he also approached and hugged his best friend. "Where then? why didn't it show up?"ask Dantai streak.
"Because you're happy that's why I disappeared," he licked to Dantai.
"Are you not happy too? you're married, aren't you?" ask Dantai back.
Rio just laughed discordantly, "Unlike you and Aril, Dan," Rio said to the two of them.
"Let's go in! You alone? where's your wife?"dantai asked as her eyes searched for someone but she could not find him there.
"I, myself Dan," Rio replied to Dantai.
"Why not invited anyway, Ri. I also want to get acquainted with your wife, Ri," Dantai told Rio.
Rio just laughed. "He's busy, Dan. Not yet able to travel," said Rio
"OK! all right, let's go in!" bring Dantai.
The three of them entered the house and sat on the living room sofa. Before long, Bik Mirna came with a drink and a plate of warm fried bananas to accompany the conversation.
Hira who heard Rio's voice rushed out, with a small run.
"Ehh, Om Rio," he shouted as he rushed towards Rio and sat on the lap of the man.
"Hira was the same kangen Om know, said Surabaya's father to Singapore was very close, only two hours drive, why did Om never come at Hira's house in Singapore?" hira asked Rio.
Dantai breathed when her daughter was sitting on the lap of her best friend.
"Hira, get off Om Rio's lap, no manners, son!" dantai's orders to his daughter.
"It's okay, Dan. After all, he is still a child, if it is big it should not be anymore," Rio said laughing.
"Why if Hira can't sit on Om Rio's lap anymore" Hira said as she looked at Rio.
"Because Om Rio is not a mahrom, unlike your father," Rio told Hira
"Then if Hira has grown up to make Hira mahrom so that she can sit on Om's lap, hug and kiss like this," Hira said as she hugged Rio's neck and kissed the adult man's cheek. Rio just chuckled at receiving the treatment from his best friend's little daughter.
Dantai could only sigh.
"Om Rio must be tired from just coming," Dantai said to her tender daughter.
"Om, not tired, right? Om has promised Hira loh," protested to Rio.
"It's okay, Dan. At four in the afternoon I will take him home" Rio told Dantai.
"Alright, take care of him, Ri! dantai Pinta.
Rio also nodded up from his seat while holding his friend's daughter out of the house and into the car that left his house.
Dantai could only sigh staring at the departure of the friend's car.
He went inside and threw his ass on the couch.
Staring at his brother-in-law, he began to ask, "Do you know who his wife is? I just found out she's married."
"Yes, he is married, but did not tell us, even impressed away, Dan," replied Aril.
"How about Della? wasn't it when we were High School that he was in contact with Della?" asked Dantai which made Aril surprised to hear it.
"You remember, Dan?"aril asked with widening his eyes in surprise.
"She broke up with Della, exactly one month after you got married I don't know what happened between them. The most know is Gibran. But at the moment he's not in Surabaya he's in Jogja meeting his clients, when I asked him on the phone, when did he meet you? he said he'd see you tomorrow" replied Aril.
"Emm, yes I understand their busyness Ril," said Dantai while drinking his warm Tea.
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Meanwhile, in Rio's car, Hira was so happy she was unceasingly chattering.
"Om, Dad said, Om married, is that right?" hira asked Rio.
"Yes, Hira. A grown man should be married when he's married, and you'll be married later, Princess, too" he said as he continued driving his car.
"Why Om doesn't wait for the great Hira, if Hira isn't with Om, then Hira doesn't want to be married!" said Hira while staring intently at Rio.
Chiiiiiiiit!
the sound of the brake rang loudly because it was stepped on suddenly because Rio was surprised by what Hira said.
Hira staggered forward and his forehead almost stumbled on the car glass.
"Om, be careful if it's under the car!" hira's advice.
Pausing for a moment calmed his heart that was starting to mess up, while in the back of their car, the sea bell gave Rio a warning to walk immediately.
Rio walked back and pointed his vehicle towards the shoulder of the road and stopped there. Looking at the little girl. "Hira, when you're an adult, you'll be old and you'll grow up to be a pretty girl, whereas I'll be so old you might not even be interested in this old man anymore," he said while chuckling.
"OK! let's prove it, Om. When I was an adult and I still liked Om, then back then, Om had to marry me, did Om, dare to bet with me?" hira asked with a sharp gaze, as if it was not her who spoke, that little girl dared to risk her future, to the grown man before her.