
I was still standing in front of the gate until the traces of Radea disappeared from the streets. He had come home after driving me home, after upsetting me and thinking a lot. The events just now with Radea imprint on memory.
There was a sense of disbelief in what my ears had just heard from Radea's mouth. It was impossible for Radea to want to know me any further as she said. It's impossible for Radea to protect me. Radea is not a village person who has just been hanging out and lives in a city that is crowded with people.
Someone like me might have met him somewhere. How could he be interested in me who is just a village person who is not attractive at all to metropolitan people like him.
Then if not for wanting to protect me and get to know me more closely, what about Radea's goals often disturbs my composure since he got my number. Ah Radea must have had other purposes. I have to be careful with him.
I stepped in, preparing myself and the strength to face my dearest cousin who might have welcomed my arrival with displeasure.
"Assalamualaik."
"Vaalaikumsalam. Brother Maiza is coming." Nurul ceria answered my greetings.
I went in and I found him sitting with books strewn around him. He is completing the task alone.
"Aunty's home, brother?"
Nurul shook his head, "Not yet."
He looked at me and squinted his eyes. "Because I just got home?" inquiringly
"There were extra activities at school, honey."
He gaped at me, his eyes glaring perfectly, "Haaa ... his activities till night?"
"Not until the afternoon."
"Lho it's night."
"Sister was at a friend's house, honey."
"Oo, I thought you were at school until tonight."
"Emang why?"
"Danger Brother, many gendeuwo." The plain answer of a child who still believes in being scared..
"After work, huh?"
"Yes, Brother." He scooped up his scattered colored pencil. "Sister, help Nurul work the task yah!" He looked up and smiled, his hand holding a colored pencil and lifted it in front of his chest, as a form of his plea.
"So, don't change clothes yet." I stepped behind him.
"Don't forget to take a bath to look fresh, brother."
"Okay Boss."
"Keep that abis eat first to be smart." For Nurul eating a lot is a requirement to be smart as often repeated Aunt Yusnita in his ears whenever he is lazy to eat.
"Ready." I raise my hand like a man of respect.
I clingak clinguk looking for Afni's whereabouts. The house is very quiet, from the second floor there is also no sound, usually this night already play music with the final volume.
I stepped away from Nurul, just a step away from my feet at the bottom of the stairs I asked Afni to Nurul. If Afni hadn't come home then I would have enjoyed freedom at home with Nurul.
"So you're not home yet?"
Afni had already come and was standing on the threshold of the stairs watching me and Nurul. "Gapain looking for me?" tukas Afni rough, the look of her face is not pleasing to the eye.
Nurul and I looked up almost at the same time. My feelings were not good at all. Sorry I asked him.
"Tuh, Afni's sister." Nurul replied casually because he did not know the tempest that occurred between me and his biological brother.
"No Af, I don't think you're home yet." I tried to hide in front of him. It's not that it makes his heart happy that he's burning up.
"People like rancid monkeys misbehave that?"
I didn't answer. Honestly my heart hurts when the monkey misbehaves. If you who are in my position may have long since stopped from this hell palace in which there is a demon curse like Afni.
"It's okay too. I'm just asking." I tried to answer casually. It is not good if Nurul knows, later he reports to Aunt Yusnita and finally you also get the stone.
"Why ask questions?" smirk Afni rough.
"So you're so rude, just asked you that." Nurul.
"Silence you're a little boy."
"Sir Afni who is silent, is big but not eating enough."
"Nurul's no good like that, honey." I focused on Nurul turning attention away from Afni so that she would feel unregarded and stray from the top of the stairs.
"Okay, you two." Afteri pointed at me, his eyes were fierce and he turned around violently leaving the top of the stairs. The emphasis on Afni made me worry about going up, what else he prepared after I went up later.
Nurul turned menacing. "Sir Afni who is careful, I will report to Mama you know."
"Please, I'm not afraid" he shouted as he passed towards the room.
I immediately went up to take a bath and change clothes and accompanied Nurul to finish his task.
My eyes panned to the front door of the room and it turned out that in front of the door Afni was standing and looking at me fiercely.
I ventured to keep walking towards the room, and tried not to care about her.
He let me into the room, my shoulder he held using his index finger. "Hey ... " He stuck me from toe to toe. "Who brought you home just now?"
I tried to shake off the shock of the question, "Nobody."
"Your new boyfriend?" he smiled skeptically, "Well, do people want to be with you?"
I didn't answer. I think I want to put his mouth straight away.
"Let's tell me who you showed me the address of this house?"
"I told you it's nobody."
"You have the courage to show me where you live?" He pointed at me with a pointed finger pointed right in front of my face, "Review if until my friend knows you live in the house with me," he threatened.
"Yes I'm brave," I looked at him the same way he looked at me. If I don't bluff from now on then he'll get even more arbitrary. "After all if anyone knows why we're home?"
"Do you have the courage to fight me?" His face was flushed with anger.
"I've never been afraid of you, I'm just disinclined at Aunt Yusnita."
"I'm not fucking you."
"You're the brash one" and his right hand managed to land on my left cheek.
"Why the hell Af, you keep denying our relationship?"
"I'm ashamed to have a village cousin like you."
"You're ashamed to admit me in front of your two brash friends."
"Shut your mouth shut." he said aloud.
"You're the ja-lang," I replied in a higher tone.
You get more emotional and once again want to land her slap on my cheek. I don't want to go a second time, it's useless to be the best karate kid in the village if I let myself go wrong.
"You can't seem to me."
"Have you forgotten who you're talking to?"
"No, I remember, I was talking to my cousin." Then I left him who was still grunting in the doorway. I closed the door hard. Whatever he's gonna do again. I don't care anymore.