NOT PERPETRATORS
My best friend visited

The next morning, as usual, I was cooking with bi Surti in the kitchen. This time, I cooked a lot. Fania said she wanted to come here with Rudi.

"Darling, cook what?" Dimas approached me who was standing in front of the stove.

"Fried chicken, rendang, and various kinds of stir-fry."

"Hm .. smells good." Dimas sniffed the smell of the cooking.

"Lucky Mas Dimas, got a beautiful wife, cooked again, pinter" said bi Surti.

"Bi Sur can do it," I replied.

"Yes, dong, Bi. Rejeki son of Soleh," said Dimas while kissing my cheek.

"Dimas don't do that, ah. Shame on Bi Sur," I said.

"That's okay, Ma'am Ima. That's exactly good. The more romantic the couple will be the more harmonious, and at the same time the faster they have a baby," said bi Surti with a smile.

"Call, yes, Bi," I said.

"Auntie always wishes you all the best."

"Fania is the same Rudi so come?" ask Dimas.

"So." So."

"Have you taken a shower?"

"Yet. I'm gonna take a shower soon, after it's all ripe."

"Brake together, yuk!" bring Dimas.

I who was stirring the stir-fry immediately pinched Dimas' waist. "Dimas, shame on Auntie, uh!"

Dimas just laughed, then sat waiting for me to finish cooking. Bi Surti laughed at how blunt Dimas was.

"Auntie pray, you always get along, romantic, and lasting. Aamiin's."

"Amale ...." Me and Dimas concur.

After cooking, Dimas and I took a bath together. Just a shower, loh, no ninu-ninu. Because last night it's been fought many times. Ha-has.

***

At nine in the morning, the doorbell rang.

Ting-tung!

It must be Fania and Rudi. I walked to the door to welcome them. I opened that door.

"Assalamualaikum," said Fania and Rudi simultaneously.

"Waalaikumsalam," I replied with a big smile.

"How is my dear friend?"

"Alhamdulillah, fine. You how are you?"

"Nice as well."

Fania and I hugged each other, giving off a deep longing. After that, I allowed them to come in and sit on the sofa.

"What do you want to drink?" bargained.

"I'm juice" said Fania.

"I'm just coffee. It's been a long time not drinking your coffee," said Rudi who made Fania's facial expression change.

"Ghem!" dehem Fania's.

Rudi laughed and said, "Don't sulk, the blonde light faded, huh?" Rudi teased Fania while pinching her cheek.

"Yes, already. I'll get you a drink first, okay?"

I went into the kitchen. Then come back with drinks, cakes, and snacks, with bi Surti and bi Murti who help me entertain them. Then I sat down and waited for Dimas to come down. Before long, Dimas came down and sat down with us.

"Well, newlyweds, ciyeee?" fania Goda.

Dimas put his hand down, hugged my shoulder. "Yes, here. The romance continues. Wait for the baby to grow," said Dimas.

"Well, fun. It's gotta be every night, huh?" ask Fania.

"Yes, lah. Every night, wake up, take a morning shower, take an afternoon shower, just keep gas, ha-ha."

I'll pinch his waist immediately. "Dimas, don't make it up!"

"Ih, pleased. Not tired, tuh, every time make."

"No, dong, brother. It feels like that, you're wasting it! Ha-ha."

Dimas is just there. Ah, let. We finally talked. Rudi looked different and more reserved. He only speaks when asked. What happened to Rudi? Aren't Fania and Rudi dating? However, why does Rudi look like he is not excited.

After talking for a long time, we ate together. When we were busy eating, suddenly bi Murti approached me with a package. I glanced at Dimas for a moment. Yesterday Dimas said there would be a package for me. Means this ....

"There's a package. Where is it, Ma'am?" ask bi Murti.

"Put it on the couch above, yeah, Bi."

"Ready, Ma'am." Bi Mur went upstairs.

After eating, Fania and I went upstairs to tell the story while sitting on the sofa. While Dimas invited Rudi to talk to the gym.

"Open, dong the package? Curious, huh?" pinta Fania holds the package.

"just open. I don't know what it is either. It's a gift from Dimas."

"This is a gift from Dimas?" asked Fania with wide eyes.

I smiled shyly. Then she lifted one lingerie and watched it. "Isn't this free to use? It's just naked, isn't it? Just cover a little bit. Ah, Dimas just told me to wear clothes like this."

"Yes my. So sweet knows? Crazy, tuh, bad brother. Turns out he was as aggressive and understanding as that to the wife. Unexpectedly, her s*ks taste is high too, ha-ha."

I don't know if it's embarrassing to wear this kind of outfit. I can't imagine how strange it would be to wear this lingerie.

"Fan, how was yesterday's meeting with Rudi's mother?" I immediately switched the conversation.

"Obviously. Rudi's mother is friendly, but it doesn't seem that she likes me. Cook to see the color of my hair, I'm supposed to be a bule."

"Continue?"

"Yes, I told you that I'm a native Indo. He laughed like he was mocking me. It sucks."

"Eh, it can't be. He's your future father-in-law."

"She said, the righteous woman must be good at closing her aura. And a good woman should be good at cooking. Then he asked me, can you cook anything? Yeah, I said, eggs, tofu, tempeh, instant noodles, sausage, meat can be."

I laughed at Fania's response. "Continue?"

"I was told to cook. And the events of your home are repeated."

"All the fists?" my question is getting curious.

Fania nodded. Spontaneously I laughed back and forth hearing Fania's story.

"Ish, nasty! Laughing at the suffering of others!"

"Tomorrow you came here. I'll teach you how to cook."

"Seriously?" Fania looked at me happily.

"Hu um."

We also talked about ria. I really miss the moments of talking to my best friend.

"Imania, I want to pee."

"Yes, already, there, gih."

Fania went to the bathroom to urinate. I got off the couch and went to the balcony. I stared at the beautiful blue sky, with the sunlight that highlighted the earth becoming warmer. A few minutes later, someone suddenly heard a voice approaching me.

"Ghem!"

I'm looking. "Rudi."

"It's good to see you happy" he said, throwing a smile.

"thank you. Uh, didn't you talk to Dimas again?"

"He's busy with gyms."

For a moment we were silent. For some reason, there was an awkward feeling chatting the two with him.

"How does it feel to be married to the person you want to be?" asked Rudi while looking at me.

"That's happy. Cannot be expressed in words."

Rudi looked at me for a moment, then said, "I also want to marry the person I love."

"Isn't that Fania?"

"Of course."

What happened to Rudi? He looks unhappy. "Aren't you dating Fania?"

Rudi. "Yes, but .. frankly I haven't been able to fall in love with her."

I was very surprised to hear Rudi's words. "Rudi, why? You, didn't you, back then, say to yourself that you accepted Fania's love?"

"That's just so my jealousy gets covered up. But the fact is not."

"Rud, jealousy? Whatchu mean?"

Rudi put his hand over my left hand that I put on the balcony railing. "Honestly, I haven't been able to move on from you."

Prangs!

Suddenly there was the sound of something breaking. Rudi and I looked at each other at the same time. Fania was not far behind us. A glass of juice fell and broke. Fania looked at us with teary eyes.

"Fania!" I approached him.

"No. I'm it's okay. I'm going home." Fania wiped her tears.

"Fania, I ...." Rudi wanted to say something, but Fania immediately ran towards the ground floor.

"Fania, you misunderstood! I'm ...."

"Rud, get Fania."

"Imania, I wasn't done talking. I just want to say, that I haven't been able to move on from you, but I'm going to move on immediately by trying to love Fania" explained Rudi.

"Hurry after him, Rud!"

Rudi immediately ran and chased after Fania. Moments later, a bare-chested Dimas approached me. He saw broken glasses strewn across the floor.

"What's going on?" tanyakanya.

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