Just take him for you
Dinner was full of tension

Salma turned to follow the view of Mr. Iwan, as well as Tia. Only Bimo stared flatly as he had seen since Space appeared in the doorway.

"It's definitely not for me the flowers," Tia said teasingly.

"Make Salma." Angkasa smiled blushed while giving a bouquet of roses to Salma.

"It's big, I hope your seriousness is much bigger" Bimo said.

"Sit here, Mr. Asa." Seeing the awkwardness of Space, Tia stood up from her seat giving space to Space on Salma's side.

"It's so big" said Saa blushed. He had forgotten the crying bombay while at home earlier. The flower arrangement was so large that it covered the upper body of Salma. The twins, curious about the flowers held by their mother, scrambled to see up close.

"Hopefully the flowers can treat Salma's liver turmoil all day," said Tia.

"Why confused?" whispered Space.

"Mba Tia, what the hell." Salma glanced towards Tia from behind the flowers she was holding.

"We gather here, is it just to admire the flowers you brought, Asa?" Everyone was silent at Bimo's cold words.

"Sorry." Space rubbed his hands that were soaked with sweat on his trousers, "Early start or eat first?" whispered Angkasa to Mr. Iwan who was sitting next to him.

"It is better to eat first, if the stomach is full of heart and the head becomes cold and calm" whispered Mr. Iwan. The sky nodded nervously. Actually Bimo does not look fierce, but the action is flat and inaction that makes Angkasa misbehavior.

"It's night, we should eat first. Candra's same chakra must be hungry, huh? There's pudding and ice cream, will you?" The eyes of the twins sparkled brightly as the restaurant maids arranged the side dishes and placed the multi-flavored pudding in front of them.

"Okay, we'll eat first." Mr. Iwan smiled widely. Since then accompany Space practice talk, making his stomach hungry.

"Can you lead a prayer before a meal?" pinta Bimo relax.

The Space Hand stopped in mid-air as it wanted to pick up a spoon. Everything was silent and silent waiting for the leader to open the prayer to start the dinner.

All heads pointed towards the Space that looked riled up. The man panicked even more when the twins impatiently wanted to touch their pudding.

"I hope Pak Asa does not forget how to give thanks for simple things like dinner, because it has long lived well." Bimo's words sounded like they were piercing through his chest even though they were spoken with a smile on his lips.

He admitted that Bimo's speech was not entirely wrong. He has not known the meaning of gratitude for a long time. Since the loss of his wife and future children, that gratitude has gone. What he achieved after that, he felt was the result of his own hands.

"Ten-certainly no. Just sorry if it's wrong or not smooth, because I'm a little embarrassed to hear people." Space gives reasons. His face was no longer a shame. Although he was able to lead the prayer that night, he was sure that everyone who sat around the table, especially Bimo and Salma, knew that he rarely prayed.

"Thank you, Asa." Bimo smiled faintly. A small nudging space with head down. The charge disappeared instantly.

"Let's go ahead." Mr. Iwan who understands the condition of his friend, broke the awkwardness.

Angkasa was unable to chimed in, he felt slapped many times with what his future sister-in-law said.

"I really hope, whoever the man who will accompany my sister later can be a good head of household and lead from everything. Economics, morality, and faith. Although my sister is not a single woman anymore, but for me she is a woman who has value and deserves to be loved also appreciated" Bimo continued.

The space is getting smaller. He did not expect to be given advice when he had not expressed his good intentions tonight. The dishes presented on the dining table felt bland and unattractive in his eyes.

Salma also looked restless in her lap. He repeatedly gives Bimo a warning code, but his brother pretends not to see.

"Where is the ice kim?" Cakra was already standing next to him and pulling on his suit arm.

"Cakra, don't be like that. Spend the meal." Salma pulled Cakra's hand back to her seat so as not to disturb the Space, but for the man was the presence of Cakra like a little angel who helped her in a cramped situation.

"It's okay, Cakra wants ice cream? Come on delivery, grab it at the corner table." Space stood up and held Cakra's hand.

"Om, come." Candra came down from her chair.

Angkasa took the twins to a corner table, where ice cream, fruit, pudding and cakes were neatly arranged. Space uses time to compose the sentence that will be spoken in front of Bimo as long as Cakra and Candra are busy choosing various foods.

A series of romantic sentences that have been memorized earlier with Mr. Iwan, yawned somewhere.

"Mas, don't talk like that." Tia whispered to her husband while Angkasa was still with the twins.

"I don't want to miss it a second time. Space is a leader, mentally must have been used to dealing with situations like this."

Space returned to his seat with a relaxed and more confident face. He smiled at every face that surrounded the dining table. The sky took a deep breath before saying anything.

"I'm sorry to interrupt Mas Bimo and Mba Tia's dinner. Tonight I want to convey my seriousness to ask for Salma. Sorry for such a short time, I haven't been able to present my parents tonight. Mr. Iwan was here, because he knew me from childhood and was once Salma's superior. So I asked him to represent my family, thank you Mr. Iwan." The sky nodded politely.

"I'm not a perfect man. Maybe for some people I look magnificent and extraordinary, but actually I am not that great. To be honest after I heard Mas Bimo's words, I became doubtful whether I could be a reliable husband to Salma and a good father to the twins. In fact, I can't even lead myself." Salma turned her head and looked at Angkasa with a disappointed look.

"Rightly what Mas Bimo said, Salma deserves a good man."

All eyes look at space. Mr. Iwan and Tia were flabbergasted in disbelief at what Angkasa said, Salma who looked sad was also disappointed, and Bimo who stared straight and expressionless.

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