Let Me Fall in Love
5. Dapoer Mother

"Assalamu'alaikum, Ami." Akbar gave a smile looking at the surprised Ami. Closing your mouth with one hand with your eyes wide. Such an innocent expression.

"Wa'alaikum salam. Heee, I'm surprised there's Brother Akbar with Brother Leo. No word yet." Ami smiled grimacingly.

"You're telling me, but her Ami number isn't active. Yes, come straight here. I'm there, Mi?" Sahut Akbar who still put on a smile.

"There, Brother. Please enter!" Ami gave way wider by rewinding his body. "When I used to play flying fox, I fell into the river. Wassalam. So replace the phone with a new number," he continued.

"Oh, pantesan." Akbar.

"Awhile, brother. I'll call Mom first." Ami left the living room. Approaching Mom and Aul who are still at home in the kitchen.

"Mom, there's a guest of Akbar with Brother Leo. Come, Ma. The chunky!" Ami shook Sekar's arm impatiently.

"Which person is it? I forgot." Sekar's mother frowned trying to remember those two names.

"Ah, Mother why be forgetful like Aul Tea. Akbar's cousin Kak Rama from Jakarta. Brother Leo is Akbar's assistant." Obviously Ami. He pretended not to see Aul who was glaring at him.

"Oh yes.new remember. It's natural to forget. Rarely met and it's been a long time." I washed my hands, followed by Aul. Be both approaching guests. Ami was assigned to make drinks.

Be friendly happen in the living room. Shake hands and ask each other the news. Before long Ami came with a tray containing two glasses of warm tea.

"Not bother, Ami." Said Akbar who noticed Ami squatting moving the glass from the tray to the table.

"No bother, brother. It's just plain tea. There is no sugar, but fresh tea is healthier. Right, right?"

"That bill, Ami. We also used to drink liqueurs." Akbar this time actively spoke. Leo is still in listening mode to be a listener.

"But you know, brother. There is a type of tea that is difficult to get when in Ciamis. I don't know about Jakarta. " Ami looked at Akbar seriously. Still crouching beside the table while holding the tray.

"White Tea, right? Or Oolpng tea? It's one of those rare teas." Akbar raised one eyebrow. His attenuation was still on Ami because it was the girl who asked him to speak.

"Not White tea, not Oolong tea. But tehlanjur is in love with you. Hihih." Ami raised two fingers. Covering the face with a tray.

"Maha." Leo laughed without hesitation. Just this time he heard her joke again Ami. This is what the narcissist misses. "Sister Leo, amen, ah. Haha." He is still content to laugh. Laughing Akbar who died a flea.

Akbar scratched his non-itchy hair. Lips grin. Wrong expression. Ami's trap was unexpected. Serious discussion about tea.

"MY!" Mother's shaking head. He squinted his eyes at the grim Ami. Sighs deeply because of the behavior of the youngest who berahili guests. While Aul just chuckles. Because that's the nature of his youngest brother.

"I'm sorry, this mother's child is different. I like kidding. " Mother Sekar looked at Akbar and Leo with a sigh. Requesting understanding. People who are familiar with his family will certainly know for sure the nature of all his children.

"Rarid creatures that must be preserved huh, ma'am." Chirps Ami who moved sat next to Mother Sekar. It was on his mother's arm.

Akbar and Leo chuckled. What a warm home full of family.

"Mas Akbar with Mas Leo just came from Jakarta's tea?" I started to switch serious questions. Intrigued by curiosity with the sudden arrival of guests.

"Call me a name, ma'am. Akbar, Leo." Pinta Akbar who doesn't want to be formal.

Mother Sekar nodded and smiled.

"Came last night, Mom. I worked in Singapore for two years. It just so happened that her parents lived there too. Today there is a job in Tasik and there is an invitation to the High School. Didn't think I was in Ami's class." Sahut Akbar's. Didn't want to explain in detail if he was reviewing the hotel.

"Sister Akbar was invited as a motivator, Mom. The selected X class came, yes my class. Motivation cool. I've recorded it in books and in brains." Ami strengthened Akbar's answer. Praise me sincerely.

Ibu Sekar.

Akbar smiled mesemically at Ami's praise. "Common to the Lake, so I'm all friends with the Second Mother and want to continue to the house of Enin."

"When will you go to Enin's house? We're together." Akbar smiled faintly. I don't know why his heart was so happy. I can talk longer later.

"Abis magrib, Brother. We are a convoy. I'm on a motorbike. You want to continue tomorrow to Padepokan, silat practice." Ami's suggestion was only answered with a weak nod by Akbar.

"Now Akbar and Leo eat first. You want to be here or there?" Mom pointed out the window. See the restaurant which is crowded with visitors.

"Already, Mom. Just ate there. Indeed we are also all nostalgic, miss Mother Dapoer cuisine. Everything's good." Puji Akbar's.

Ibu Sekar smiled and said hamdallah for Akbar's praise. "She said the same officer. You will be free to eat, you know," he said feeling a little disappointed.

Akbar chuckles. That is exactly what is avoided. Will be eaten for free. Before long, adzan magrib sounded resounding.

"Sir, would you like to pray at home or in the mushola?" Ask Ami.

"Mushola, Mi. Where's musholanya?" Akbar and Leo simultaneously went bang from his seat.

"There's a back compound. Come on, I'll take you." Ami prepared for the wide open main door.

"Mom, we didn't bring anything. There's just this, a little gift." Akbar gave a large brown paper bag that was lying next to the sofa.

"Wow, why bring all. So I'm the one who took a lot of it." Ibu Sekar accepted with a sigh. End the thank you.

While Ami was standing in the doorway, his mother and Akbar were still chatting, he extended his neck wanting to peek at the contents of the paper bag. Unfortunately, it does not look like it.

Akbar and Leo follow Ami's steps into Mother's Dapoer area.

"Sister Akbar and Brother Leo, where did he sit?" Ami turned to Akbar who was walking beside her.

"On this table." Akbar pointed at the table with the four seats he had just passed.

"Hm, when down there is a new place to eat. There's a fish pond and a gazebo saung." Ami walked down the stairs first.

Akbar and Leo were stunned. The evening atmosphere with cafe-style lighting, adorning the row of gazebos surrounding the fish pond. Form the letter U. Although the surrounding is a high wall fortress, but the view of Sawal mountain which is now dark, clearly visible towering.

"Mi, this is an amazing view. There was no area before, right? That's why Akbar ate at the front desk earlier." Akbar was still amazed to spread his gaze around. Leo pulled out the phone. Video call with his wife. Show me where he is now.

"Tomorrow Sunday night will be repeated eating again here. Wanted to gazebo. Ami should accompany ya!" Akbar Assert.

Ami only giggled at the whispers and saw the look of regret in Akbar's eyes. He nodded in agreement.

Some of the gazebo is filled with guests who are eating. The average is two to five people per gazebo. Hordes of fish of various types appear to scramble to throw rice and side dishes left from visitors.

"It's only been open for a year, brother. Thank God, profit from Dapoer Ibu can buy this land. The construction is five months. And be this." Obviously Ami while walking to the left. A few servants who passed by him nodded and smiled amiably.

"Well, this is the prayer, brother." Ami stopped in front of a 3x3.5-meter building that had wide windows around it. White paint with minimalist modern design and artistic contemporary mosque ornaments. "This is the work of Aa Zaky. I'm learning to be an architect." There was implied pride on her face as soon as she mentioned her brother's name.

"Cool. This is the work of the architect. Not just learning." Akbar held out his two thumbs. Stare in awe of the tiny, artistic mushola building.

Ami smiled broadly. It was a pleasure that her brother's work was praised. "Yes, Brother. I stay yes. I'll wait at home."

"Okay, Ami." Akbar went straight to ablution. There are already some people who are praying. Then Leo came to turn on the tap next to him.

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