Rapa & Cleona: Keeping the Heart
23. Ends With Debate

Last night at dinner together as usual, Cleona did not find her lover at the dinner table, even until she came home when the clock was 21:00. The message that he sent the afternoon had not received a reply, even the punctuation mark had not been read.

Cleona fell asleep and in the morning checked her phone no message was sent by Rapa for her. Departing school herself and Clara instead precisely in between Papi Leo. Asking Clara, the girl was the same, Rapa came home at what time, because since breakfast did not find the man and the car was no longer in the parking lot.

Pandu's father said that Rapa was busy for her nomination to be chairman of OSIS, but clearly Cleona asked in her heart, is it really going to be as busy as that? Cleona certainly did not know, because she had never felt it.

“Do I have to follow OSIS too to know how busy it is? Do I have to go to OSIS to be with Rapa?” the thought rose in her heart and Cleona quickly shook her head again, dismissing her momentary wish.

At school, Cleona was hoping to meet Rapa, but unfortunately until she returned home, she still did not meet her beloved man. Today really makes Cleona lethargic, not eager to do anything even when her friends invite her to swim after school.

Had tens or even hundreds of times the message he sent to his lover's number, but did not also get a reply, when the phone number was not active, making Cleona sigh tired.

Cleona was chin-backed on the guardrail outside her room, staring straight ahead hoping that Rapa's car would soon pass, but until the clock showed at 6 pm it did not come, either, and that proves that Rapa hasn't come home yet.

Tok.

“Queen, eat yuk, Mother, Father and others have been waiting.”

Her Mamma's voice from behind the bedroom door was heard, but it did not make Cleona move from her seat, back and forth watching the phone that could not be separated from her hand.

“Queen don't want to eat, Mi!” cleona shouted from inside the room.

“Loh, why?” the voice was still heard from behind the door.

“It's not there, Queen won't eat. Queen's message also did not reply from yesterday. Ah, uh, Queen's got a hunger strike." Cleona shouted back, then dropped her body on the bed.

“You sure you want to go on hunger strike? Whereas earlier Mami made fried squid flour, sa..”.

“OK, come eat,” said Cleona immediately out of her room, making Luna surprised because of the sudden arrival of her son.

Without adding rice, Cleona ate the fried squid. Even the teenage girl did not pay any heed to everyone who was at the dinner table. Too cool with his favorite food to forget his regret for Rapa who did not also give him news.

Luna just shook her head to see Cleona eat fried squid flour that she deliberately made this afternoon, because she saw the face of her son who had been moody since morning. Indeed, it was only that food that had always been a mainstay of her to persuade her first, spoiled daughter.

“Tomorrow to come to Grandma's house no, Brother?” leo said in the middle of his eating activity.

“Ngapain?”

“Emang to Grandma's house should there be a reason?” looks wrinkles on Leo's forehead, as well as his eyebrows raised next to him.

“Bang Rapa did not step on the road, did you?”

Hearing the question that Clara was asking just made the mood of Cleona who had originally improved back bad with lightning fast.

“Boro-boro ngajak road, not news from yesterday. Sebel me! Bodo ah, hate me same him, bummer. Ish, I'm just getting upset myself. You even mentioned his name! Au ah, bete me!”

Everyone at the dinner table gawked at Cleona's magical behavior. Staring at his departure in confusion was also amused, until Rapa's heavy voice rang out, resuscitating Leo, Luna, Lyra, Pandu, Clara and Laura.

“You why?” Rapa asked as soon as she saw her strange family.

“Abang is home? Where have you been, how was the night you just got home? Forgot that Queen's sister often relapses that are approaching madness if her business concerns Brother? Why not tell me try, will not be up to Kak Queen mengedumel not clear?”

Laura nodded smoothly, which made Rapa frown, not understanding. Everyone at the dinner table turned to Laura who had a plain face, as if she had never said anything, making others anxious, as well as amazed.

“Lo can not relax a little, what is Dek?” Clara floated a small jolt at Laura's temple, making the 9-year-old grimace and frown.

“Sini Bang, sit down, eat first,” said Lyra slightly pulled her son to sit down.

Rapa just according, because his stomach was already revolting asked in the contents. Rapa's tired face makes Leo stop to nag the teenager who has made his virgin child urinate. All continued eating in silence, only the sound of spoons and forks clashing against the plate.

“Oh yes, Which Queen?” Rapa asked as the rice on her plate was about to run out. Leo who initially refrained from nagging finally let out his grunt and rolled his eyeballs lazily.

“Do I have to regret having my son's soul mate same lo, Rap?”

“Mean, Papi?” puzzled Rapa, re-filling her plate with rice, she was completely starving at this moment.

“Au ah, follow me be the same lo, Rap. Not much different lo same father lo, equally difficult to sensitize!”

“Why am I being carried around too?” ask Pandu who does not accept the blame.

“Yes, you're wrong, why don't you go down to Rapa too? Pity my daughter to be languishing!” leo's snort gave a sharp look at Pandu. “Better I find another ghost deh.”

Rapa looked at Papi and his father in turn, increasingly confused by what was happening actually, while Luna and Lyra just shook their heads, it was common with things like this, Pandu and Leo despite his old age, but still his childish attitude never lost, what else if you have argued about children, as a wife can only pat the eel and ring the head.

The two old men will only get along if it is in the business of work, while the affairs of the children then they become like a sworn enemy no one wants to succumb. Clara and Laura were engrossed in eating each of them, ignoring the debate of the two old men. The originally quiet dining table turned crowded in an instant.