Memorization of the Qur'An for Afra
CHAPTER 4: SNEAKY!

May it? Can I keep the taste before I justify you? Can I paint a memory with you? -ilewaying-

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"Are you here?"

The two couples had not yet gotten out of the car. They parked the car right in front of a simple house that read 'Yayasan Peduli Kasih' One of the orphanage houses in the area. Ziran again asked Afra to make sure of their current destination.

Afra looked at Ziran for a bit, nodding in response. Soon he picked up his groceries and wanted to get out of the car. Not yet had time to open the door, her doll pouch was held by Ziran.

"I'm coming!"

All Afra's belongings were taken over by Ziran and went down first. "Hey, that guy was all he wanted." He went down, also ran small to align steps with Ziran. Together they entered the wooden gate of the house in silence.

Caspian, citt ....

The door of the house first opens from the inside before being knocked.

"Alamak jang's. Amboi ... Surprised me!" Dinda Syakaria, a native girl from Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, became the only good-hearted person who wanted to help take care of the children of Panti. He lives in a parlor while working in one of the quite advanced companies. The salary he earned was enough for his living expenses and all the Orphans. "Eh, you're coming? I guess you're busy again, no word."

"Assalamualaikum Din, sorry to startle you. Not busy, it's the same promise for the kids to come today."

They have known for a long time since Afra was still in the final grade High School. Afra is now 23 and Dinda is 27. Afra often comes to the orphanage just to play with the children or entertain them. At first they are difficult to communicate because of differences in language, gradually getting used to it. And sometimes they exchange languages, and at worst even speak languages such as mixed languages (Malaysia-Imdonesia/Indonesia-Malaysia).

"Vaalaikumsalam. Lucky you came today. Risa and Riski from earlier looking for you, the slave always ask you where? Long time no come. Also sulking, don't want to eat." Dinda massages her tired forehead, dizzy. Afra knows, persuading children to eat is very difficult and requires high patience.

"Well, where are they? Mak Ijah is there?" Afra has always been the thing to look forward to, let alone two twins named Risa and Rizki, who are most pleased with her.

"There's a inside kat. Uh, come in first, don't be nice outside the house. Ets, but first!" Instantly, the direction of Dinda's eyes pierced sharply behind Afra, the man who had been silent and only listened. Ziran who was stared at so instantly smiled stiffly. "Who are you carrying, huh? Your girlfriend yeh?"

Afra glanced back, a small smile staring at Ziran's confused face. Ziran certainly doesn't understand the language of Malaysia. "He ... My fiancee, Din."

"Amboi .. was married apparently. Taniya!" Dinda smiled happily and congratulated with their engagement. Dinda approached and hugged Afra tightly, like a sister who was happy when she heard her sister wanted to get married.

Ziran was only able to sigh in frustration at hearing an unusual language she heard, but she understood a little.

"My name is Dinda. What's your name?" Dinda invited Ziran to meet.

"Muhammad Ziran, call him Ziran." Thank goodness he had seen the Malaysian cartoon Upin-Upin, so he could get used to the girl named Dinda. The atmosphere began to melt, visible from Dinda's smile rising for Ziran. Afra smiled too.

"Nature, until you forget, come in. You have to introduce the prospective crew to Mak Ijah, it's fun he really tuh."

Arriving in the living room, Afra and Ziran were just about to sit on a wooden chair stopped because the children of the orphanage who saw the arrival of the figure waiting for him. They immediately invaded Afra, fought over Afra, hugged, kissed, asked, and even asked for gifts.

Afra in kroyok!

Inevitably Dinda and Ziran helped calm the children who were scrambling to question this afra and ask for impatient gifts. Ziran shook his head in amazement at the girl's patience to stem the children's enthusiasm, there was no fatigue and dizziness at the noise. He answered with the same tenderness and affection, undifferentiated.

After finishing taking care of the children who began to calm and busy with their respective gifts. Afra's eyes look for the existence of two twins who have not been met anywhere. Afra's position is now standing on her knees because the children asked to be kissed after receiving a gift. However, when he felt a small pull on his Hijab Afra looked back. And on target found. The two twins, Risa and Rizki were looking at him pouting.

"Silver is late." Risa puffed her cheeks and turned her face away, not looking at Afra.

"Allah, forgive brother for coming late, brother is wrong. Promise me, next time you'll be on time." Afra tried to persuade.

Now replace Rizki who turned her face in the opposite direction to Risa. "Our birthday is already celebrated and brother is not coming. Rizki crammed ah, don't want to talk. You are Risa." Rizki pushes her brother's shoulder slowly, telling him to scold Afra for jumping off an upcoming appointment before the event starts.

"No way, I also don't want to talk."

The two of them clashed because no one wanted to scold Afra for her mistake. Ziran who had been paying attention had finally intervened. Slowly he grabbed one of the shoulders of the two twins and equalized his height. Risa and Rizki stared resentfully at the tall man in front of her, perhaps her gaze meant more like 'Sok knows you once.'

Ziran is approaching. "Oh, so you're having a birthday today?" the two children simultaneously replied with a nod of the head. "And the thing is, since Afra didn't show up on time for your show, you guys got mad?" Again the twins nodded.

"Hm .. That's it, yeah." Ziran paused his sentence for a moment. "so ... Now what kind of punishment do you want for his Afrinya brother?" Ziran asked the two 8-year-old seriously.

Risa and Rizki thought.

Ziran took the time to smile sweetly at Afra beside him, but the man instead got a sharp shot from Afra.

What the fuck! Afra thought Ziran would save her, but instead tried to be an instigator to get her punished.

"Just consider if ... " Afra's words stopped when she heard the sound of Risa's voice that had finished thinking.

"Aah! We play hide and seek only. As punishment, brother Afa is guarding, we all hide. If Aba finds Risa or Rizki first, we will apologize, Aba, deh."

Ziran immediately laughed melodiously at the girl's words. More precisely laughing at the fate of Afra who was victimized for her sedition proposes punishment to her Fiance. See, Afra's face turned horror, her eyes hungry to prey on Ziran who was content to laugh at him. The tip of Ziran's eyes was watery so pleased.

"You're really looking for trouble, Mr. Ziran!" The sinister eyes are getting sharpened.

"I'm sorry." Ziran's apologies are made regret, adding many times the annoyance of an Afraza Humairah.

"Donon! This tall brother must also stand guard with Brother Afa. I'm sure, that makes Brother Afa late for our birthday, because of this brother. So, he must also be punished!"

Risa thought about her sister's words. "yes too. Brother is also in the law!"

Now replace Afra who laughed blaringly returned the melodious laughter of Ziran earlier. More jarring until he got up and turned around, jumping up and holding his stomach very amused. FEEL IT!

Ziran is flat-faced, her face looks pity. He stared back at the boy in front of him who was more cunning than him. Why is he the one who got hit?

"Gd ... Hahah, how, hahah, feel! Haha ...." Ejek Afra danced beautifully on her index finger in front of Ziran's face with an unstoppable laugh. The last move, Afra poked her tongue out, making her face ugly, and it made Dinda who had been watching come laughing. Ziran silently accepted it all, while her brain was thinking cunningly to avenge Afra.

"Udah come quickly brother! We play in the back garden. Come Come on!" Risa pulls Afra's hand and Rizki pulls Ziran's hand, following them behind the house. Before leaving the house, Rizki yelled at the other children who were playing.

"Hey! Let's play hide and seek. You all hide later these brothers who are our nyari. The speed!"

The small commander's instructions do not need to be repeated twice. All of his men immediately ran to carry out the task without comment. Everyone has gone out of the house.

Dinda saw Mak Ijah who had just come out of the room after performing the prayer staring confusedly at Afra and also a young man, being pulled crowded by children.

"What's wrong? Who did Neng Afa come with? And, loh. How did they pull the same kids behind the house?" ask Mak Ijah to Dinda.

"There's nothing, Mak Ijah. Play fun, jeh. Let's take a look." Dinda reckon explaining who Ziran is to Mak Ijah is not her job. Let Afra tell her a story.

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"Later the brothers face the tree, close their eyes and count to 10. After we shout READY, you two can find us all. Then when you see one of us, you go back to the tree, hold the tree and yell like this, "Reno, die!" That's it, brother, you know what?"

The adjutant appointed by Rizki's commander, named Reno. The gribo-haired child and his eyes narrowed so a burning spirit explained the rules of the game. Oh, naw. They are both like fish-finding cats!

"Do you understand, my future wife?"

The two flipped against each other and the sneaky smiles of the two came out. "We have to be compact, yeah!" Ziran blinked one eye.

"Ready! We're gonna take them all out!" Afra blinked one eye.

"Well, that's dong. It's getting better, here! Quick brother to the tree close his eyes, do not forget to count yah!"

No need to be shouted at twice by Risa. Afra and Ziran immediately went up to the tree, stood face to face, put two palms on each other's faces and raised eyebrows on the tree.

"Okay, let's start counting yah!" Shouted Afra who got a steady shout from the children.

"1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 ..10!" Compact Afra and Ziran count.

"Are you ready yet?!" Ziran asked to make sure.

"WHOOPP!" The pair of humans instantly removed the palms from the faces, exchanging glances and meaningful smiles rising from both of them.

"Let's go to war. Prepare sentaja!" Ziran formed his fingers like a weapon.

"Okay captain!" Afra follows Ziran's style and acts like an action drama in the movies he has seen.

"Percar! Corporal Af to the south, I'm going north." After getting a steady nod Ziran. Afra started running with her finger-shaped weapon to and fro looking for a target. Afra's feet were about to step when she caught a shadow under the running sun, but Ziran's blur stopped her.

INNALLILUF!

"Afra, don't I know their names? how do you shut them down?"

Yes too! How can you forget yah? Ziran, just got to know Risa and Rizki. Theothers? Well, definitely not! Afra thought hard with her smart brain, a few seconds passed her brain immediately rang a sign of her brilliant idea emerging.

AHHH!

"Just scream! Describe their features in detail, I'll answer quickly!" Afra has memorized all the characteristics of the orphanage and that's the only solution.

"Ready, do corporal Af!"

Both are back to doing their job. Afra's got three other guys, and shut them down. On the other hand, Ziran again shouted loudly, this was the fourth time.

"Af. This one's a chick, her hair's long, her teeth are toothless, her eyes are round, her eyebrows are straight, her nose is a bit pug, and she wears white!" After shouting. Ziran ran to the tree, waiting for the boy's name to be guessed by Afra.

"Oh, it's Desi!"

"DESI, DIE!" Ziran's breath touched the tree. Istrahat for a moment, chose to lean on the tree. Before long, Afra had also returned tired to the tree with the children who had failed earlier following her behind. He leaned his body against the tree just like Ziran.

"Cappies, yeah?" Ziran asked concernedly staring at the sweaty hair Afra was caulking on her forehead.

"Like that ... "

Ziran took out a handkerchief from the pocket of his trousers and handed it to his future wife. "This .... "

Afra received the handkerchief. "Thank you, brother." Smilingly. "The twins are gone again. Where do they hide? hard to get" Afra glanced up at the tree and thought.

"The two gangs are, that is. Long time dead."

Tired of looking up, Afra leaned her head weakly against the tree trunk. "You want Asar, how's dong, brother?"

"We get this over with quick, keep coming home. You look so tired."

The couple was about to stand up however, Dinda's screams made them blur their intentions. "Hey, come on in. Risa and Rizki had fallen asleep from earlier in the room!"

The statement was like a tired Afra who was stricken with sleeplessness. Wanting to fall asleep, or even pinsan right then and there. They were tired of looking for the two bosses, but the twins were cunningly sleeping, from earlier? Oh my God they've been lied to.

"Pfft .. hehehe," Reno, Rizki's aide, stifled with laughter, and Ziran and Afra looked at the boy suspiciously.

"Oh, so you know and have planned this?" Ziran intimidated all those kids.

"We're just following the boss's orders, brother. Hehe, sorry, brother." Reno answered guilty.

"Here it is, it has all happened.Otherwise we enjoyed it a lot. Like going back to childhood, right." Afra mediates.

Also true. Ziran was like a returning brat at this time. And, well. He enjoys his time with Afra. At least this time is very precious, memories of the two of them together before becoming a family.

Ziran was not angry, just a little annoyed by the ingenuity of these two bosses of children. Small-small cayenne pepper, smart pranking adults.

They all returned to the house and found the twins awake and eating. The grin of the two made Ziran's chest rumble wanting to teach a lesson. But Afra first took the action of stroking the heads of the twins.

"Sister go home first, dad. Tired of playing hide and seek." The soft sound of Afra greeted Ziran's hearing. Huh, it's smart that Afra is holding back her tired emotions.

"Hehe, I'm sorry, Brother Afa. Actually Risa did not mean to fuss over sister. But because of Anti Dinda and Rizki's plan, I'm coming, too."

O Allah. It turns out that Dinda's ringleader! Ziran's ears were already out of hot smoke, her eyes were looking wildly for the figure of the Malaysian girl.

"Anti Dinda's coming too?" Afra still softened her mana, glancing around looking for Dinda.

"Yes. The Anti Dinda who taught Rizki. He said he wanted to get his brothers closer and get to know each other. I'm actually confused, but I'm dying. Rizki see, The big brother also likes the same sister Afa, so the marriage speed is well."

Hm, so the point of all this is, want to bring the two of them closer together?

"Amin. Well, if you don't get angry, brother Ziran. Your intentions are very noble, pray well may we get married quickly and have a smart child like you guys." The hot smoke was suddenly doused in cold water after hearing Rizki's plain speech. His hands rattled the boy's hair. He should also thank Dinda.

Afra sharpened her eyes giving Ziran an early warning not to overstep the line.

"Eh, almost forgot. Your presents are in the room. It was already the same brother Anti Dinda."

"Look at my brother. Thanks for the twin dolls, Dad. Aka't baby!" Everyone hugged Afra dear. The girl was only able to smile welcoming the other children who embraced her. Ziran chuckled small.

"Yes. Brother loves you all too. It's yeah." Hugs off. "We want to leave first to Mak Ijah and Anti Dinda before returning home. We play again sometime, okay."

Everyone nodded enthusiastically.

"Wait on, yeah. Get married quickly, you don't want to keep hanging out." Dinda stroked into the line and hugged Afra tightly. "May you be happy always. I keep praying for you here. Ziran, I'll take her, please make her happy!"

"I promise. I'll always remember your message."

They were dissolved in countless happiness. As a real man, Ziran will never disavow! His promise was to make Afra happy and the Hereafter was carved beautifully on his chest.

- To Be Continue