The Secret Marriage of a Couple of High School Children
Alex Emang Bucket

Mom smiled at her son. She had been waiting for her son to come home. But even until morning Ello has not shown his nose in the Darmawangsa residence.

"Why is she here?" asked Ello nervously. Even now the sweat has begun to pour on his body. He really did not expect if the guest who came was his own mother.

"Mom can come in?" ask mama. And without waiting for Ello's answer, Mama Rani went straight into the apartment and sat her body on the living room couch.

"Here sit!" Mama Rani patted the empty sofa beside her. "Mama needs an explanation from you Ello," said Mama Rani.

'explanation? What explanation? How do you know my apartment?' inner Ello kept asking.

"Ello here sits next to Mama" Rani's mother ordered for the second time because Ello was still glued to her place.

With many questions spinning in his head, Ello walked closer to Mama Rani and chose to sit her body on the single sofa.

"So, what did Alex say to Mom?" ask mama Rani.

"lex? Alex, what's ma talking about?" ask Ello to panic.

"Alex said you had an apartment. Is that true?" ask mama Rani.

'Fundamentals Alex. Got a fucking bucket mouth. By the way he's into my nyokap,' Inner Ello. In his heart he swore at his best friend. Because he could have told his mother about this apartment. Even to make Mama Rani come to his apartment.

"Ello. answered if you ask," said Mama Rani when Ello was busy with his own thoughts.

"Ehh.iya ma. What's mama nanya?" ask Ello.

"Sit here next to mom. Why sit there anyway?" nagging mama Rani. Ello, who did not want to argue with his favorite woman, finally chose to move and sit next to Rani's mother.

"So morning mama called Alex nyariin you. Mama thinks you're at her house. But Alex says you sleep in your own apartment" Mama Rani explained.

"And now what you want to ask you, is this really your apartment?" asked Mama Rani who is still staring at her youngest son.

"Yes ma. This is the apartment that Ello bought a few months ago" replied Ello as is.

"Darling, look at my mama," pinta mama Rani. And Ello looked back at his mother. "Where did you get the money? You're not doing anything weird, are you?" mama asked Rani to start worrying.

"Your mom said that anyway. Mama knows that all this time Ello has never done anything strange," replied Ello did not believe the question mama Rani.

"It's not so, honey. My mom always believed in you. Buying an apartment is not cheap. Even if all the allowance your father and brother gave you was collected, you still won't be able to buy this apartment," said Mama Rani while scanning every corner of the living room in her son's apartment that looks quite luxurious.

"You're a youtuber?" asked Mama Rani widened her eyes as if in disbelief. So youtuber? How much Ello earns every month until his son can buy an apartment this luxurious.

"Yes ma. All this time Ello locked himself in the room for making video content. Ello rarely came home too because he was busy looking for money. Ello wants proof to papa that Ello can be successful. Ello is not like you think ma. Ello believes Ello has a good future like brother Fano even though our roads are not the same," said Ello Lirih. Both corners of his eyes began to get wet. I don't know why he's so weak when he's talking about Papa Arya.

Mama Rani pulls Ello's body into her arms. "Mama knows darling mama knows. Sorry mama who is not paying attention to you," said mama Rani who is now crying. She failed at being a mother. She also felt like she had failed to protect her son's heart which turned out to be very fragile.

"Gak mah. It's not your fault" said Ello. Now both of his hands have returned Rani's mother's embrace.

"Dear child. Mama failed to protect you from the hurtful words of your papa. Sorry mommy, baby. After this mama will tell me the greatness of this mama's son so that your papa does not underestimate you anymore. So that papa you can see the real figure of Ello," said mama Rani rubbed the top of her son's head.

"Don't ma. Don't tell me papa," said Ello shaking his head without taking off Rani's mom's arms.

Mama Rani unravels her embrace. Looked at the eyes of his youngest son who was already flushed. "Why? Papa you should know, baby. Let your papa know the greatness of his son," said Mama Rani.

"Gak ma'am. It's not time yet. Ello promises that Ello can really boast papa, Ello will definitely tell papa himself," said Ello.

"But baby. Mama no longer wants to hear your father underestimate you. Mama's heart aches when the words of her husband to you," said Mama Rani again let out tears when she remembered Ello who was always compared to her brother, Fano.

"Please ma, not now. Ello can still handle papa petehin Ello. And it just makes Ello more eager to prove to papa that Ello can," said Ello while gently rubbing the crystal circle that came out in the corner of the eyes of Mama Rani.

"Are you sure?" ask mama Rani.

Ello nodded his head. "Ello sure ma. Mama trust Ello?"

Mama Rani nodded her head. "Yes mama always believed in you," said mama Rani again rubbed the top of her son's head.

Ello is now relieved to be able to tell some things that he has been hiding. Although not all of them, but at least Mama Rani knows if Ello can make money with his own efforts.

"Ohh.iya, my mommy kok nyariin Ello. Usually, my mom never sniffed Ello if Ello didn't come home. At least it's just the state of Ello aja," said Ello after wiping his face that was wet with tears.

"So Mama called Alex just to ask you to tell him to come home. I don't know Alex even told mom that you slept in your own apartment. So the mother came here wanting to know what Alex said was true what was not," said Mama Rani explained.

"Why did you tell Ello to come home?" ask Ello. Because again usually Mama Rani will not ask him to go home if there is no important thing he wants to talk about.

"Mama just wants a story" said Mama Rani with a sparkling face.

"What story?" ello asked, wondering what makes Mama Rani so happy.