
Shasa looked at the photo carefully. The photo of the veiled girl was taken from the side so it was not clear her real face. "It's not me. This who?"
"It's Raline."
"Yes, who is he?"
"My sister."
"Huh?" Shasa looked confused. Did he not know his own sister's face? "You don't lie! When you didn't recognize him? He and I are different." He handed the HP to the owner.
Raven took his HP. "My mother's father divorced 5 years ago and I took Raline to Palembang while I was with my Dad living in Jogja. Since then, we have never seen each other again.
Every time I ask Mom about Raline, she's always angry. I asked for a picture of my sister, always sent this indistinct, which is next to it, from the side, again bow, lah, it was as if he was afraid that I would take him away until it happened 2 years ago. They, grandparents, mother and Raline boarded a ship to Jakarta. My father and I followed hoping to see each other but it turned out in the middle of the shipwreck. The rest of his body was found except Raline. I still hope someone finds and takes care of her even if she forgets a possible memory, which is why I went to college in Jakarta."
Shasa could hardly believe it but everything Raven said answered the riddle of his strange attitude.
"I'm sorry I revealed your hijab last night because my sister has a scar on her left shoulder. I just want to make sure." The young man rubbed the back of his head in a huff. He feels guilty.
"And you can ask" said Shasa.
"Ku-rang sa-bar." Raven asked for a proclamation.
Shasa was actually pitying, but he was a little distracted by the style of Raven who liked it all he wanted, but finally he offered his condolences. "I'm so sorry."
"But I heard you don't have parents either."
Shasa just stared at the young man with a frown.
"You have a sister?"
"No."
"Sister?"
Now he means what else? Shasa left him and intended to go inside the room. He did not intend to know the young man any further. Enough of a neighbor.
"Hey, I'm not done talking yet." The young man grabbed the girl's hand.
"Raven, it's night. I'm going to bed. Assalamu'alaikum." Shasa did not want to serve the young man was afraid his behavior even became so. He can see from Raven's attitude that when answered kindly, he increasingly wants to master.
"Jawab first my question." Raven pulled the girl closer so Shasa retreated back.
"Raven ...."
"You don't have a sister, do you? Then you're alone?" The young man looked happy. "I can be your brother?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because I don't know you." Shasa attempts to break away from Raven's grasp but in vain. Raven hasn't wanted to take it off.
"Tomorrow morning Brother Anterin you work huh?"
A brother? "Not to."
"Abang maca."
In vain Shasa broke away from the young man, and Raven only smiled as Shasa was exhausted.
"Don't you want to know what it's like to have a sister, mmh?"
Shasa could only frown because it was hard to resist the stupid young man's wishes.
"Tomorrow morning, Brother interracial." Raven rubbed Shasa's head. Suddenly the young man pulled the back of the girl's head making the girl's body move forward so that she could kiss her forehead. He also immediately hugged Shasa making the girl surprised. Before the girl could resist, Raven had taken it off.
The young man immediately stepped into his room. As soon as he moved like he knew, Shasa must have rejected him. Like a fragile young man who doesn't want to be found ever hurt.
Shasa could only see the back of the man. Between being grateful, angry or upset he doesn't know. That young man was a lonely man. He did not know if the young man was crying or smiling. He does not know, but let him not know because he does not want to know.
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The door was knocked repeatedly and finally opened.
"A really long time?"
"Yes." Yeah." The girl scratched her head, but then she was surprised to see Damar's face. He pointed at the man's face. "Well, why face?"
Damar. "Be polite, show your brother's face like that." With annoyance.
"Ohoho, I know. Abis fight you huh?"
"Suckers! I'm your brother, right? Don't worry about me just anyways." Damar put his hands behind his back.
"So, it ...."
Damar rounded his eyes, making Rika forced to shut up.
"Bah, chepet cook. I'm a laper!"
Rika is moving forward.
"Eh, uh, uh! Lo hair, iket!"
Rika rolled her eyes and sighed softly. He turned back to take his hair and then came out.
Damar then followed and went to the living room. He sat next to the dining table. The food came later when he was still busy with his HP. He looked carefully at the food that was in front of his eyes. "What's this?" He raised with a fork, a half-broken omelet. Also a little charred.
"What you ask for."
"Crazy. Very bad cooking!"
Rika frowning.
Only sausages look smooth. Damar tried.
"Udah right? I'm sleeping again, right?" Without any need for an answer, the girl passed away.
"Jeek! What's this? Still raw. Rika, you can cook no hell?" Damar spewed her back at the plate and turned to look for her sister.
"I told you, I can't cook. Elya is the one who makes it." The girl climbed the stairs.
"Byeah!" Damar was so upset that he swept the plate with his hand that it fell to the floor.
Rika turned her head and went back to frowning, but then she tried indifferently and went back up the stairs.
Damar was really upset. The more uncomfortable his life became. Shasa's departure from the house makes things not okay. Eat it, sleep it up to who Shasa goes and lives with. He worries about everything. Though he was daily also busy with office work but his mind could not turn away. Shasa, Shasa and Shasa. It was just his head but the more days, the girl was getting harder to reach. Especially now, the girl had a neighbor who was able to block the intention.
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Shasa peeked out of the room. It still seems lonely, there is no one outside. Shasa who was well dressed, came out with a sling bag. He locked the door and rushed towards the fence.
Tin, tiiin!
The girl looked.
"No need to."
"Nayeik ...." Raven's car is still following.
Shasa continued to step up.
"Raline, Raline, Raline."
"I'm not Raline!" Shasa stopped his steps.
"You want to be called Shasa, go up dong!"
Shasa pouting. "I'm not going straight to the office, coming by."
"It's good, I'm anterin." Raven started to casually talk to Shasa.
Shasa thought for a moment.
"Come on, ntar's late."
Shasa then gets in Raven's car. "I'm going to the yellow rice man in front."
"What if we eat yellow rice in front of the alley. The place is better."
Shasa pouting. "I'm bringing it to the sick."
"You're taking care of sick people too?" Raven's surprised.
"Not many questions!"
"Ok, okay, you're just curious."
The car was parked a little bit away from the yellow rice spot. Because the place is quite crowded with buyers, either who eat there or who take home.
Shasa queued for a little while and returned with the package. He got in the car. "This is one for you." He gives a pack to Raven when the young man runs his car.
Raven just smiled.
Though Shasa knew Raven was driving a luxury car but he was not shy about offering the young man cheap yellow rice.
"Why do you have such a weird cousin who likes macaques like yesterday anyway?"
"Have you? Brother is not, as max as it is," Shasa quipped.
Raven was at a loss for words. "We change the topic. How about ...."
"That's. Turn there. I'm going to get into that apartment" Shasa said.
Raven deflected her car into the apartment's courtyard.
The girl got out of the young man's car. "You just go home, I'm a little long here. I can go to the office by myself."
Raven was silent. He watched as Shasa entered the apartment building in a hurry.
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Besides Rika, everyone was excited to see Damar come to breakfast with a slightly blue temple.
"Why again?" ask Dad to Damar.
"Murder Pa's wall."
Rika held back a laugh.
"Mk."
"It's not that easy to lie to your mom?" mama glanced at the young man. "You must be fighting with people again."
Damar pulled out a chair and sat there. He took a plate for his fried rice.
"Don't be easy on Damar's emotions. Emotions can lead you to regret."
"Yes, Ma."
Damar was very obedient to his mother. The only person he valued most at home besides Papa of course.
Rika glanced at Damar with a cynical face while Damar glanced at his sister with a rogue face, but Rika felt victorious.
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Shasa was surprised to see Raven still waiting for him outside. Raven is surprised to see Shasa come out with a handsome man. Who's the guy? Didn't he say he wanted to go to the sick? Not an old man, a young man. Pell-looking. Good taste to my sister too. Raven got out of her car.
"You're still here? I said I could go by myself" the girl said confusedly.
Abra looked towards Raven, the young man in checkered clothes and jeans, then Shasa. "Who's Sha?"
"Oh, my neighbor."
"Oh, is this your girlfriend?" ask the young man to Shasa. He looked at Abra and put his hand out. "I'm Raven."
"Abra."
"Eh, no. He's my client." The girl's face blushed.
"Oh, sorry. Uh, how about I just take it. Where are you going?"
Shasa looked at Abra.
"Yes already," broke up the man.
The two get into Raven's car. The young man took his car out of the apartment area. "I'm sorry I just spoke" Raven told Abra, who was sitting next to her. He was a little confused to see Abra because the man did not look sick. Did Shasa lie to me?
"Oh, it's okay, but just be careful talking because Shasa already has a boyfriend."
"Oh, really Sha?" Raven glanced at the small mirror above her.
"Yes, that's why you don't have to take me to the office. Just anther Mr. Abra," replied Shasa.
"Sir Papa Sha, you just want to know where your office is."
Abra glanced at Raven. Luckily, Shasa also has friends like this at his boarding house. At least someone can take care of him because he has no one out there. This young man looks like a good man.
Raven dropped Abra off in front of the entrance of Indo TV station. Shasa came downstairs and started holding Abra's back shirt.
"What are you doing Sha?" ask Raven wonder.
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