My coach
Episodes 158

"Lo stay here" said Afrenzo and immediately encouraged Risda to sit in his place before waiting for the others to finish the test.

Risda was still pouting because of the previous act of Afrenzo, he did not want to look towards Africenzo because he was still upset with the man. While Afrenzo was still standing in front of Risda and turning his back, Afrenzo crossed his chest while staring at the street in front of them.

As if he would not care about Risda who was angry with him, even Risda felt that he had been ignored by Afrenzo this time. The man was still standing firmly in front of Risda, as if the man did not have the slightest fatigue to continue standing.

Risda regrettably sighed violently while snorting softly, but it was not cared at all by Afrenzo. Only this time the man seemed to be ignoring her, and it made Risda feel uncomfortable about it.

"Can you sit down?" And finally Risda's voice came out of his mouth which he had been able to speak.

"Hum..." Reply to Afrenzo who just cleared his throat without looking at Risda.

"Renzo?" Call Risda.

Risda immediately pulled the hand of the man and made the man sit, Afrenzo was surprised and immediately looked at the face of Risda when he was sitting down. The two looked at each other, and there was a smile on Risda's face as her eyes looked at the beautiful black eyes of Lorenzo.

"Lo's hands are hot, Renzo."

Feeling that the wrist of Afrenzo was hot, Risda immediately rushed to touch the forehead of Afrenzo, he frowned when he felt Afrenzo's forehead was also hot. Afrenzo himself immediately distanced Risda's hand from his face, he immediately turned to another direction.

"Lo's sick?" Ask Risda.

"Gue doesn't hurt."

"But your body is hot, like a fever,"

"Hand is cold, so touch the skin feels hot."

"Emang my hands are cold," Risda also chuckled softly because she saw her hand that shriveled due to the cold.

He also stared at his fingers that felt cold, very cold at once coupled with the breeze of the night this time. Usually he will not stand the cold of the night, for some reason this time he feels different, and even his body does not feel pain or colds.

"Lo go back first, you change clothes" said Afrenzo who saw Risda staring at his wrinkled finger.

"Later together, if I go back alone I feel bad, Renzo."

"Later you're sick, Da. Go back first, let me permit you,"

"No, I won't be sick."

Afrenzo was again silent to the words of Risda, he also chose to improve his sitting position to feel comfortable. Afrenzo straightened his legs, and he leaned back with both hands that he put behind his body.

"Renzo, the moon is so beautiful?" Risda asked who was looking at the moon.

Afrenzo also briefly looked at the moon tonight, and he immediately turned to look at Risda's face. Both of Risda's eyes were glazed with glass at this time, as if there would be a sadness that was being held in a very long time.

"Yes. Very beautiful," said Afrenzo who actually looked at Risda's face.

"Lo know, why do I feel so peaceful when I look at the moon?" Ask Risda.

"Why?"

"The moon is so beautiful to look at in a bright night like this, every time I look at it I always feel happy. The moon is God's most beautiful creation in my opinion, and always accompanies my night if I am crying to calm me down. Seeing the moon always makes me feel peaceful, just like seeing your eyes, Renzo. For me, the existence of lo and Mommy is much more enough, I feel alive again as long as there are lo and Mommy."

Afrenzo also reached out his hand to gently rub the top of Risda's head, Risda was always happy if someone rubbed his head. Risda smiled at Afrenzo with a very bright smile and wide, and even Afrenzo himself smiled faintly to see Risda smiling.

"Gue can ask you something, Renzo?"

"Ask what?"

"Why are you so good with me? And we meet the old ballom, too,"

"Lo himself is also good with me, Da."

"But I often make you disappointed, often make you difficult,"

"Gue can understand that, because you also miss the affection of parents, right? You do it because you want to be understood, want to be noticed by others because you also need attention. All this time you didn't get it from your family, so you're looking for it from someone else,"

Risda just lowered her head to hear the words of Afrenzo, it is true that he really needs the attention of people like what is said by Africzo at this time to him. He has a family, but he has no affection.

****

Risda and the others immediately returned to the room that had been provided after finishing changing their clothes, Risda wore ordinary clothes to sleep, because it was late at night so they immediately fell asleep in her sleep.

They were all asleep except for some of the committee members who were on guard and Afrenzo who was still awake this night. Afrenzo and the other trainers were sitting in front of the bonfire they had made, not forgetting in their hands each was a piece of grilled corn they were burning.

"Where are your wounds?" Ask someone to Africa.

"You hit him too hard earlier, sir. The pain is still felt" said Afrenzo.

"What! You hit Renzo?" Asked the man sitting next to Lorenzo in surprise.

"Sir Mat, Mr. Bima is not wrong, he only does his job to test," Afrenzo defended the man who had beaten him before.

"He knew you were hurt, why did he have to hit her again?" Grace also seems to be giving up Bima because of his actions.

"Sorry before, Renzo. I hit you too hard just now, let me treat you,"

Bima immediately rushed to leave the place, he was about to take something to treat the wounds of Afrenzo. While Rahmat immediately undressed Africenzo just like that, and it seems a slightly blackened bruise there.

"Your father again?" Ask Grace and immediately replied a nod by Afrenzo.

"He did not allow myself to participate in anything related to pencak silat, before leaving he beat me up earlier," said Afrenzo after getting a look from Grace telling him to explain.

"No sir,"

"Listen to me, you won't be labeled a traitor if you stop in this organization."

"Until any time I won't quit this organization, sir. This organization is my home, if I stop then where should I go home? Even though Papa beat me to death, I will never stop in this organization."

"Hardheaded as Reval."

"I'm his real sister, you don't forget that."

"Have the same attitude, and hopefully it doesn't end the same."

"Allah knows."

"Reval is a kind, friendly, loving, and generous person. Why are you so different from him? But what's similar is just your stubbornness."

"Taught us differently. How could the whole character be equated?"

"What Reval said, too,"

"What did my brother say?" Ask Afrenzo.

"His Afi will grow into an adult male after he leaves, sure enough what he said. The burden you bear is so much, sometimes you have to think about yourself and not think about others, Renzo. You deserve to be happy too."

*****

"Renzo!"

Risda ran to head towards the direction of Afrenzo. After he fell asleep in his sleep, the committee woke them up to rush to the mosque to perform the morning prayers, and accidentally Risda saw Afrenzo who was walking alone there.

Hearing the call, it immediately made Afrenzo stop his steps and turn towards someone who was calling him. Risda immediately stood in front of the man, the street was still too quiet because all were still in his room to prepare to go to the mosque.

"Lo was really the way," complained Risda after arriving in front of Afrenzo.

"Why?" Afrenzo asked while squinting one eye.

"I couldn't sleep all night, and didn't accidentally hear your conversation with the other coach."

Afrenzo immediately threw away the view from Risda after Risda finished saying that, "Did you also tell me to stop from martial arts?" Ask Afrenzo without looking.

"Renzo, I have no intention of telling you to stop. But....."

"I'm not ignoring me."

Afrenzo was about to step away from Risda, but Risda immediately grabbed his hand and took the hand of Afrenzo. Risda did not let the man leave, Risda knew how Afrenzo was feeling right now.

"Renzo, if we love something, we don't want to lose it. I also feel that this organization is my home, my family also told me to stop, but I...." Risda was unable to continue her words, as if her voice was just stranded.

Risda who was unable to continue her words just lowered her head in a doldrums, hearing that immediately made Afrenzo turn towards Risda and gently rubbed the top of Risda's head.

"By. We are only children in their eyes, and we have no right to choose our own way of life. I know this is gonna be hard,"

"Will you stop for practice?" Ask Risda.

"Never will."

"But what if Papa lo beat you up like this? Though he also knew that you were doing well in martial arts,"

"Gue just hope, my sister will not understand what I'm feeling, Da. They have the right to dream, and so do you,"

"But you have the right to determine your own way of life, Renzo. They can't push you like this,"

"The way of life is in our own hands, Da. No one can prevent it, for destiny will seek its own way. God will not create a bad destiny for his servant, everything will be beautiful in its time."

"But Papa lo?"

"It has. We better hurry to the mosque, it's time to pray at dawn" Pungkas Afrenzo who did not want to linger to discuss the problem.

Afrenzo hurried to leave the place, and Risda did not want to release his hand from the hand of Afrenzo. That, immediately made Afrenzo drag Risda to join the road with him, and Risda was just following in the footsteps of Afrenzo without any conversation between the two.

When the two reached the mosque, Risda immediately released his hand grip from the hand of Afrenzo. Afrenzo just looked at it and immediately stepped towards the place of male ablution.

"Whatever happens, you should be fine, Renzo." Risda's voice shrieked loudly because the girl ran away from Afrenzo.

Hearing Risda's voice, a smile on the face of Afrenzo appeared, so worried was the girl against him? And that's what makes Afrenzo feel different from Risda. Risda himself immediately rushed to go to the place of women's ablution, and he immediately wudhu there.

Risda came at the earliest place, so there still looks lonely, after he finished ablution the place was suddenly immediately crowded participants who were about to perform dawn prayers. Risda immediately rushed into the mosque after the ablution, and from the sidelines of the green cloth, Risda saw the figure of Afrenzo who was in the middle of dhikr while bowing his head.

"O Allah, he is a good man, please strengthen him in all the problems he will face,"

Risda's gaze continued to look towards the Africanzo behind the green curtain of restrictions between the male and female shof. Risda did not even realize that the burden of her life was too much, and even felt eager to end her own life.

"His Afi will grow into an adult male after he leaves, sure enough what he said. The burden you bear is so much, sometimes you have to think about yourself and not think about others, Renzo. You deserve to be happy too." Those words continued to ring in Risda's memory.

Risda did not know what the words meant, he himself did not even know the story of what happened before he knew Africenzo. When Risda asked about it, Afrenzo never answered the question and instead chose to keep quiet so as not to be asked again by Risda.

His residence makes Risda feel bad if only left alone by Afrenzo, as if Afrenzo will return to be cold to him if he asks about it to him. Therefore, Risda never again asked about it to Afrenzo, and he did not want if Afrenzo would hate him if he increasingly harassed the man.

Risda had just had a cool friend like Afrenzo, a friend who always guided her and even patiently advised her. He did not want to lose such a friend just because he was curious about the man, it was better for him to bury his curiosity than to lose it.

Risda does not want to lose his best friend just because of his curiosity, if he knows even though the mass of Afrenzo, even he is not able to change it, then why he knows so much about it. Whatever happens is supposed to happen, even fate will find its own way to its cause.