The Shadow Of Love
Warm Treatment

I thought he was just bluffing when he said he was going to hand me over to the would-be-in-law. But, apparently he's not kidding. Risqi's sister actually took me to her house to meet the mother as well as the older sister she had. 

When we arrived, the two women looked at me confusedly. I thought they were confused because suddenly Brother Risqi brought women home. But it turns out I was wrong. 

"Why problem, Qi?" ask the two who would make my eyes round. 

They know my name? Though, this is the first time I have come to Risqi's house. But they seem to know me very well. 

Brother Risqi lowered me on the long wooden chair, then knelt in front of me. He helped me take off the shoes I was wearing. 

"Bringed bag, Mom. I told you not to watch, he stayed clumsy and ended up falling in the crowd. His feet were trampled on by other spectators" Kak Risqi explained. 

"Sister" I said softly. I feel bad that Brother Risqi treated me excessively in front of his family. 

"Udah, don't be fussy" he said, then got up and put my shoes on the doorstep. 

The old woman with a slightly fat body immediately sat beside me. He stared at my slightly bruised foot, then reached for it and ended up putting it on my lap. 

Surprised, of course. The treatment of the woman who is Risqi's mother is very good to me. The bad taste made me want to refuse the old woman's treatment. However, he said something that instantly moved my heart. 

"Don't move, Shay. Let me take medicine" he said very gently. 

"Tasya is nothing, really, Auntie," I said with a bad taste. 

"Call me, Shay. It's your feet swollen later" said the old woman. 

"Em, yes, Mom." In the end I decided to obey. 

"Ris, get the ointment in the medicine box, son." 

"Yes, Mom." 

The young lady who was perhaps twenty-five years old walked inside, then did not return for long with the medicine box in her hands. 

"This, Mom," he said, giving his mother the medicine box. 

"Hold a little, yeah, yeah. You'll be careful, though!" 

"Yes, ma'am," I replied without much refutation. 

The old woman took the ointment, then treated the bruise on my leg. The pain made me grimace a little to hold it. 

"Mbak Ris make tea, yes, yes. Want to be warm or cold?" The grown woman offered me a drink. 

"Well, brother," said Kak Risqi who just entered after exiting the house. 

"Didih, you're such a big fan, Qi!" protest the adult woman. 

"Qi, no! If you just want to get angry, Tasya just back to the venue there!" the mother defended me. 

"Yes already. I'm picking Tasya, Mom. Take care of the future mother-in-law, yes," she asked in a serious-sounding tone. 

"Yes, go away." Mother kicked Risqi out of her house because the man was too chatty. 

Honestly, my heart is broken when I am in this place. Getting warm treatment from people I don't know yet. In fact, in my family alone never get special treatment like this. 

There was a strange sense when Risqi actually referred to me as a future wife in front of her family. Moreover, his family also received me well. 

Now my brain began to compare the treatment I got from my family, Farid family, and Kak Risqi's family which was completely inversely proportional. Farid never introduced me as a wife-to-be to his family, and his mother's attitude towards me was cold. 

"Yes, sorry Risqi, yes. He was so chatty," said Mother when she saw me silent for a long time. 

"It's okay, Mom. Brother Risqi is like that," I replied with a warm smile. I lowered my leg from the lap of the old woman after she was treated.

"Mom was very happy when she found out that Risqi already has a boyfriend like you, Sya. In the past, he was often moody but after there was you, he looked more excited to live life," he said. 

"Sir Risqi said I was his girlfriend, Mom?" many ensure. 

"Yes. He said he was in love with a tough woman. That's why I'm always happy when she tells me so much about you" she replied with loving eyes. 

I really want to clear up this misunderstanding. However, I also could not crush the hope of a mother who was so sincere to me. 

"Mom wouldn't mind if Risqi's sister was with a smelly child like me, Mom? I can't cook, I can't dance, I can't take care of myself, I can't, Mom." I deliberately exposed my flaws to see Risqi's mother's reaction. 

"It's okay, Shay. As long as you can also accept Risqi's shortcomings, mother certainly doesn't mind." 

"Mother seriously?" 

"Of course, hon. If you cook, then you can teach me how to cook. Dandan, let Risty teach you later, son." 

Moments later an adult woman came out with three glasses of warm tea on a tray. Her face is so cute and beautiful. He smiled when he accidentally met me. 

He put a glass of warm tea on the table and sat down with us. From her pretty face, there was a sense of insecurity in my soul. 

"Tasya, you are beautiful, why would you want to be with my ugly sister? Besides being ugly, he also lazy to take a bath again. You must've got her pellet, Sya," she joked. 

"Ris, Tasya isn't a catfish, it's pellet time." Mom also showed her talent. 

We laughed together too. Really, even though this was the first meeting, but there was no sense of awkwardness at all. They treated me like someone they've known for a long time. 

"Yes, Risqi said she didn't give you permission to watch. Who are you going to watch?"