The Lives of Five Hundred Thousand
Surprise of a cell phone

Raihan put two paper bags on the table after I let him into my house. Then he sat on the sofa and leaned on his back and then pinched his forehead while closing his eyes, he looked very tired. How not to be tired, all day busy at his new office and tonight he came to my house which distance takes four hours drive.

I hurried to the kitchen to make a warm tea for her. After I finished making tea, I went back to the living room."Drink Rai first!" tell me, while putting warm tea in front of him and sit opposite him.

Raihan smiled and then straightened up his seat." Thank you dear," he said, Then sipped the tea with pleasure.

"Mr..."

"Hem."

Raihan patted the sofa beside him. I frowned because I didn't understand what it meant.

"Mba.."call Raihan again.

"Why Rai?"I was a little upset because from then on he just patted the sofa without talking.

Raihan patted the sofa beside him back."Here you sit," Raihan said later.

I snorted and slightly moved my lips and shook my head." Here's Rai."

"Don't be so manyunin lips mba, make me more anxious and want...."

"Rai.." I stared in annoyance, Raihan smiled smirked and stroked his temple.

"Done Rai's tea, still warm, mumpung" I said. Raihan took the cup again and sipped it back leaving only a few drops.

"Why so reckless Rai, night comes to the house with a motorbike anyway."I grumbled with both my hands folded over my stomach.

Raihan put the tea cup in its original place. Her smile had not faded, then both her eyes were directed at me." Because I miss you so much. If we're married later mba will be living with me in Jakarta so that I don't have to suck anymore to come to this village." said Raihan and the look on his face looks very serious.

"Do you not want to live in this village anymore?"I asked back.

"It's not that I don't want to but my efforts there mba."

"Are you not sorry for your mother who lives alone in this village?"

"I don't want to feel sorry for my mom, but she's like this. Actually I've also asked mom to stay in Jakarta with me but I don't want to."

"Mba, you haven't answered my question yet, would you like not to stay with me in Jakarta after marriage?"

I let out a heavy sigh and then asked her a question." Do you think your mother...."

"My mother would have agreed that if we married mba, she herself knew that I loved mba a long time ago." Raihan cut my unfinished questions. With confidence he said so. Didn't she know that her mother was more supportive of her niece marrying me than she was of her son.

"How about Nura?"

"I told you I'd decide he'd be ready soon" said Raihan, his attitude seemed calm.

"Easy that?aren't you thinking about Rai's feelings?"

Raihan grunts annoyed."Why do you always think about the feelings of others?"

"Because I'm the same woman as Nura, I know what it's like to break up unilaterally."

"Lantas now how do you want it? do you want me to stay with Nura and leave mba?"raihan asked, his voice a little higher maybe he's starting to get upset.

I swallowed my saliva, on the one hand I didn't want to hurt Nura, but on the other hand I loved Raihan and I didn't want Raihan to leave me.

"Why shut up mba? do you want me to stay with Nura and die? asked Raihan again because I was still silent.

I took my eyes off Raihan's sharp gaze. I know Raihan is upset with me. I ignored the question and asked back.

"This is what Rai?" point me at two different color and different size paper bags on the table. I deliberately shifted the question because I was confused to answer it.

Raihan rubbed his face, his demeanor was as calm as ever."Oia I almost forgot mba, this.." he took one of the largest paper bags." In his seafood mba, I had stopped by a restaurant that we had visited at that time," he continued.

"Keep this one.." he took a small paper bag and reached into the contents and took it out, seen an expensive phone box with an Apple logo.

"It's a cell phone for mba," he said later. My mouth is gaping staring at the phone with Apple logo type 14 pro max 1TB with a price range above thirty million that is being held by him.

I shake my head."No Rai, no. I don't want to accept your gift anymore. You've given me enough diamonds and expensive bikes."

"I need smooth communication with mba, mba know I always miss mba. With this phone at least I can slightly treat my longing when I'm in Jakarta." Raihan chuckled at his wish for me to accept that phone.

"But Rai, we can still communicate using my old phone." I reasoned, because frankly I did not want to receive any more luxury goods from him. Not without reason because I feel bad for Hajj if he finds out his son gave luxury goods to me, then how will his response later? I don't want Mrs Haji to think I'm taking advantage of Raihan's feelings of love for me.

"How can I, I just don't use the chat app."

"Mba, whatever the reason, I don't want to know if I have to take this phone."

"But Rai.."

"There is no rejection. Mba my future wife, it's wrong if I want to please mba?"

I fell silent, it was useless to refuse even with various reasons because Raihan would still force.

"Yes.yes, it's up to you then." I finally gave up and received the fancy phone.

Raihan smiled and then told me that the phone had been put on a new number and internet package so I just had to use it.

While I was focused on listening to how to use the phone that was taught by Raihan, suddenly my stomach was rumbling back. Raihan glanced at my stomach, I looked down in shame at him. In my heart, I cussed on my stomach that I could not compromise.

Raihan smiled at me who was looking down embarrassed."Mba hungry huh?"ask her.

I was misbehaved, wanted to avoid it felt useless because Raihan already knew

earlier. With the shame I was holding I nodded.

"I'm hungry too mba, eat yuk first?"bring her. I nodded, then got up and rushed to the kitchen to pick up the dishes and spoon.

After that, I took out a few boxes of seafood filling, it looked tempting, there was rice, shrimp, squid, shellfish and grilled fish in each box.

We started to enjoy the dishes even though there was a spoon but I chose to eat using hands directly to be more delicious because I think this is in my house not at the restaurant. I don't care about Raihan in front of me either. My slightly hasty eating and the hassles made Raihan frown, I knew he must have been astonished to see how I ate like a starving person.

Raihan's hand reached out and grabbed my lips and rubbed the remaining food. I was amazed to get such a sweet treatment from him. We looked at each other deeper into the net and within minutes we realized we were eating.

"Like a kid just ate it,"ledek Raihan afterwards.

I did not pay attention to the pressure but continued eating because my stomach was still hungry. Then we ate in silence until the food was gone leaving only bones.

I cleaned up our food marks and Raihan helped me. After that I took her to the kitchen. When I was washing dishes in the sink, it was raining and the sound of lightning booming was enough to surprise me. Not long time to turn off the lights. I shouted a little, besides being surprised I was also afraid of the darkness.

"Tray...Raihan where are you Rai?"I called Raihan a little loudly because the distance of the kitchen and living room was quite far.

My view was so dark that I couldn't move anywhere for fear of bumping into something. I was just standing where Raihan was hoping to catch up with me to the kitchen. After a long time I waited for Raihan to finally catch up with me.

"Where is Mba Nuri?"call Raihan in the dark.

"I'm near Rai's sink."

"Well, I forgot where the sink was."

"Why not just use Rai's cell phone flashlight?"

"My phone is lowbet mba. If my phone forgot to put it where."

"Keep how is this? it's dark Rai."

"The sink is near the stove not mba? if close try to turn on the stove.

"Ah, Yes." In my heart, I told myself why not think about using the stove light for illumination from earlier. Then I fumbled and finally I found the stove button and turned it on. The smile on my lips was illuminated despite the dim light.

Raihan walked over to me after there was lighting in the area around me. Then he hugged me and said, "what's wrong, right?"Raihan was worried about me.

"I'm fine with Rai," I replied, I let Raihan hug me because I felt Raihan's embrace had become an opium to me.

"Didn't you have a candle?"tanya Raihan is still in a position to hug me.

"It looks like there's one left but it's in the top closet in the TV room."

"Yes, I'm waiting here so I can find him."Raihan released his embrace then walked slowly while fingering the wall. After getting the candle he was looking for, he came back again and lit the candle using a stove fire. Just lighting a candle, Zain yelled to me in the room.

"Rai, Zain's in the room."

"Yes, I've already met Zain."

With the help of the candlelight Raihan and I entered my room to meet Zain who seemed to wake up and frightened to find darkness.