Rudi is my Love
RAC 37: The Unlocked Phone

*Rudi is My Love (RAC)*

Learning and pursuing activities finally ended in the midst of the chaotic environmental conditions. Because, a number of residents can be seen walking hastily across the front of Rudi's house to the side of the village where the position of Vina's house is located.

Mothers who are waiting for their children, in a hurry to bring their children home. Actually not coming home, but want to go to the source of the furore that happened, namely at Vina's house.

Unlike Alexa, it turns out she does not kepo and behave more indifferent. However, she did not go home immediately, but waited for the children to all go home, except for her daughter Candaria Flexy. If the child has gone home first, of course, it can be troublesome.

Seeing the beautiful little widow still choose to survive rather than leave before being expelled, Rudi approached and asked, not to hold her hand.

“What's up, Mom?” asked Rudi with a friendly smile.

“Begini, Ustaz. Monday was Flexy's birthday. Ustaz can be present for prayer reading?” alexa said while smiling so sweet, but not sweetened because it is on his face there is a sugar factory.

“Morning, afternoon or evening, Bu?” ask Rudi.

“Sore, Ustaz. Four hours asar,” replied Alexa soft, as soft as fine sugar.

“Oh, yes, thisallah,” replied Rudi.

“Thank you, Ustaz.”

“Iya, Mom. Careful.”

“Come on, Nak!” alexa said to her daughter.

“But his mother don't salim too,” said Rudi reminded.

“Hihihi ..!”

Rudi's words made Alexa laugh loudly and resist the shame of remembering her actions at the beginning she came.

So Flexy also shook Rudi's hand. The mother did not follow Salim.

“Assalamu ‘alaikum, Ustaz!” alexa finally.

“Wa ‘alaikum greetings!” answer Rudi.

Alexa came home happy.

“Ustaz, I say yes!” kulsum's permission came from behind.

“Do not want to coffee together first?” asked Rudi while smiling.

“Hihihi! Thank you, Ustaz,” said Kulsum, preceded by laughter, hearing the joke of the young man.

“Senin afternoon Flexy birthday. You can't attend?” ask Rudi.

“Yes, earlier Bu Alexa invited as well, but I went to college,” replied Kulsum. “What's the heck crowded, Ustaz?”

“Do not know. Let Kulsum go see. Looks like something happened,” replied Rudi. “Oh yes, insyaallah tomorrow afternoon we have a meal with Moon, Aziz and Sandro. Can come?”

“Eee, insyaallah, Ustaz,” Kulsum replied after thinking a blink of an eye, but that does not mean he winked at Rudi.

“Alhamdulillah,” said Rudi while smiling widely. “But I confirm first to the Moon. Definitely will be or not, later I will call.”

“Iya. Yes you have, Ustaz. Assalamu ‘alaikum!” pamit Kulsum smiled as well.

“Wa ‘alaikum greetings!” answer Rudi.

The teaching couple split up by exchanging smiles without their lips swapped. Kulsum carrying a motorcycle. Maybe he was interested to see what was happening on the other side of the fishing village.

Rudi then tidied up the teaching equipment that was still not cleaned. The girls class is neat.

After tidying up, Rudi went to his room.

“What's so crowded, Di?” ask Kamsiah who had seen the movement of unnatural citizens.

“No idea, Daeng. Just wait for the news, later also until,” replied Rudi.

Rudi who was already in the room, grabbed his cellphone. He turned on the screen. Seen the numbers are quite a lot on the features of chat applications and regular phone calls.

Rudi first opened the regular phone call feature to see who called him up to ten times. Rudi was able to guess and it turned out to be true. Vina has called him many times. He and Vina had already exchanged phone numbers.

After that, Rudi opened the chat application. On the app, there is a three on the message from Vina number and a ten on the phone symbol, indicating Vina also called ten times through the app.

Keep in mind, Rudi likes to turn off his hp ringtone in the prayer and teaching hours. He did not like to be interrupted by the phone at the two times of worship. That habit sometimes makes Rudi forget to turn the ringtone back on. So, she likes not to hear or pick up phone calls.

What is clear, Rudi is not interested in calling back to Vina's number, because he does not want to interfere with other people's application problems. Indeed, he did not have a decision about Haji Suharja's offer yet because he had not spoken to his mother. The plan is new he will talk about later rather late at night, after a talk show with his two best friends.

Rudi then opened three messages from Vina's number.

“Assalamu ‘alaikum, Mr. Ustaz. Can phone, can't you?” sound the first message with emoji love-love eyed smile.

The first message was sent an hour before the prayer, long before Jakarta guests arrived.

Vina did not send a follow-up message in the near future because she knew that the message had not been opened by Rudi.

“Rudi please hurry you here please help me. I came to my ex-boyfriend from Jakarta!”

That was the sound of the second message sent half an hour ago.

Five minutes later, a third message from Vina came in that read, “Rudiii Father is fussing with my ex-boyfriend. Please hurry here!”

Rudi fell silent. His mind was fighting because it was thinking about the contents of those messages.

“Vina is obviously very asking for help,” said Rudi in his heart.

Finally, he decided to call Vina.

Thou shalt! Thou shalt! Hmuu …!

The phone call came in, but it was not lifted up to the limit. Rudi clicked the phone picture again.

As it turned out, up to three calls, Vina did not pick up her phone. That's because Vina is being asked by her father, Mr. RW, Mr. RT, and some community leaders about who Grandbo is. Vina's HP is in the room.

Rudi blew his breath. Bad thoughts so perched in his mind and did not immediately fly again. Rather than being tormented by conjectures, Rudi decided to go out in the time leading up to the magrib.

“Daeng, I went to Vina's house first!” rudi's permission to his mother who was having a serious conversation with Lastri, his neighbor.

“Daeng tagged, In!” the mother said as she hurriedly approached her son who was standing in front of the terrace.

“No need, Daeng. The house will be empty. I'll tell you later,” prevent Rudi.

Kamsiah with a disappointed expression finally nodded.

“Be careful,” message the mother.

“Iya.”

Rudi left and Kamsiah came back to Lastri on the edge of the fence. Chatting with separated fences is common for both women to do.

Apparently, when Rudi approached Vina's house, the atmosphere was not as crowded as the incident, but there were still some residents who gathered in small numbers just talking to each other, he said, of course the main topic of the evening news is about a haughty proposal that ends in clashes and gun shots.

“Di! Rudi!” call a guy from the side.

When Rudi looked, it turned out that Sandro was behind him walking Aziz and his wife who was holding a baby.

“Di, meningan you do not need to interfere,” said Sandro.

“Iya, Di,” says Aziz anyway.

The three friends talked on the side of the road seriously. Aziz and Sandro took turns telling what had happened in the courtyard of Haji Suharja's house based on what they had seen from outside the fence.

In essence, the two friends forbid Rudi to come to Vina's house because there was already Mr. RW, Mr. RT, and Chief Satlinmas who came later. Even a retired TNI citizen was invited to attend.

Finally Rudi decided not to continue his intention, especially the twilight day towards magrib time. He chose to go home with his lips, not his hands. (BH)