Memorization of the Qur'An for Afra
CHAPTER 35: THAT TIME (3)

7 Years passed.

A girl was waiting under a mango tree. Just when he turned to the left side his eyes saw the person he was waiting for finally coming. His eyelids blinked several times when the teenage boy came to him. The girl widened her smile to welcome the boy.

"It's been a long wait, huh?" Asked the man while smiling awkwardly.

"No. The promise is this hour. I just came early on purpose." The girl is starting to look more mature than when she was 5 years old. She is Afra, now 11 years old.

"Oh, yes. Hahaha, I forgot."

Afra frowned to find the strange answer of the masked wolf man, not to forget the eskpesi from behind the mask Afra knew very well there were others. Butwhat?

"Lohs. How come you're so senile?" Afra's gaze became probing. "Or ...."

"I just have a lot of thoughts. Sorry." Instantly the look on the face of the wolf-masked man turned serious.

"Huff, thank goodness .. I guess Brother why else." Afra's negative thoughts disappeared instantly. He's laughing a little. "What did you bring me here for, Brother S?" Imbuh Afra forgot his suspicions.

It has been 7 years since they knew each other since the accident that caused the wolf masked man to become a victim for saving his life. However, never once did Afra know how to look like it clearly because of the mask that covers part of the face. His name is Afra, he doesn't know. He asked her name a few times, but she never wanted to tell him. Afra also chose to call with the title, Brother S (Wolf).

Ah, don't forget that wolf-masked boy, masked in antelope. They are very close friends, yes that's what Afra knows.

"I .... "

"Wait a minute, where's the antelope mask?" Afra asked abruptly stopped the sentence that was about to come out of the mouth of her interlocutor.

"Ah, that .. she ... she .. she ...."

"Ah, surely Kak K is busy painting, right? Well, that must be so." Well, Kak K is the name for Alki who wears a gazelle mask. Alki never told Afra her real name let alone her face. Her antelope mask always accompanied that face.

"Yes, right. He's busy."

Afra smiled and recalled her purpose to this park.

"What did you bring me here for?" Ask Afra.

The face in the mask looks dull. Occasionally, he heard a heavy breath before his gaze straightened to Afra.

"I'm going,"

The deg!

Afra's heart beat loudly hearing the speech of the wolf-masked man in front of her. That right? Afra tried to carve out a smile despite the rumbling in her chest continuing to tease her.

"Where are you going?" suddenly his breathing space was thinning. His eyes became sore.

"On this day, I will go to continue my education abroad. My father wanted it and I can't resist it." The man smiled grievously.

Turns out this meeting was just to say goodbye?

"old, huh? Is brother going to come back here?" Ask Afra with teary eyes.

In the masked man's eyeballs was a very heavy regret.

"I'm definitely back, so ... " The sentence paused making Afra curious.

"So what, brother?" ask Afra to take a step forward.

"Will you promise me one thing, Afra?"

"Promise for what?" His salivary was swallowed violently waiting for the man's reply.

"I liked you from when, Afra. So, will you wait for me to come back and make a relationship like any other adult? I want to make you my next door, to be a friend for life. Are you ready?"

The deg!

Afra's heart beat is going crazy. Has his taste been avenged? Since he was five years old, he had expressed his love for the man first, but he never got a reply. But now, everything is like a dream! The masked hero of his life's savior asks him to promise and wait. Afra was still shocked, unable to believe it.

"Hiks .. Is Brother serious? Really, Brother?" Afra asked in between her sobs.

The wolf masked man smiled. " I'm serious! As long as you promise to wait for me to come back, I will make it happen."

"Afra promised to wait, Brother!" Afra said seriously while smiling happily yet, her tears still shed as well.

"Thank you."

A little far from that place. Another male figure was hiding behind a tree while smiling sinisterly as he saw and heard everything. He really did not step over the person he believed would betray him. How devastated was his trust in the man who was expressing his intentions to the girl. Moreover, they are friendly! You know who he is?

He was Ziran and the man standing in front of Afra wearing his serigalan mask was Alki.

"Why did you do it?" Ziran muttered with a clenched hand.

In recent months Ziran has been telling Alki about his feelings for Afra. He told me that he liked Afra and would tell her as soon as possible only he needed time. But look now, how disappointed when his own friend even had to betray him!

"I thought we were best friends, Alki? Sorry, I can't trust you anymore." Ziran's fist weakened and finally left the place.

"At other times, I can also be a traitor like you." Ziran's words before actually leaving from there. Well, his once loyal figure of a friend can be an opponent.

In a different car, two figures of boys set off on that very day. Ziran will go abroad along with it, Alki will leave too. However, they did not tell each other at all. It was as if their friendship was cut off just like that, just because of one style.

And that's because of a girl, who is none other than Afraza Humairah.

In Ziran's car, his gaze blankly stared at the outside view of the car window. His mind floated away like it was on a tear and it gave him a headache.

"Ah, why does that traitor continue to cross my mind." He was holding a head that suddenly hurt.

"Don't expect me to be like I used to be, Alki. I will soon finish my education there and will go home to take what should be my milil. You may win this time, but the traitor will still lose!" Camakan Ziran's.

And that's the end of the childhood friendship and love triangle between Ziran, Afra, and Alki.

So complicated, that those who follow their stories will shake their heads. Just because their girls become rivals? But in fact, that is life.

It didn't feel like Ziran had reached the airport.

"Ziran come! The plane will be leaving soon." Ziran's father calls his son and resuscitates Ziran from a long daydream.

"Papa, how long am I gonna be there?" Ask Ziran.

"If you can complete your studies in less than 10 years, you'll be home soon. After that you'll take over the leadership of Papa's company." Said Ziran's father to the 16-year-old.

"Oh yes, you can also find a future wife immediately. Later it will be difficult to be a figure of the head of state without the first lady. Right, right?" The joke got a delicacy of the eagle's eyes from the child.

"Goodoo, Pa!"

- To Be Continue***