
Zahra's phone ringtone rang, but Zahra ignored it. He finally fumbled with his eyes closed on the table, as the phone rang repeatedly unwilling to stop. He grabbed the phone and swiped over the green sign.
"Zahras"
"Assalamu'aikum, who is this?" the man's screams startled him as soon as his sleepiness disappeared.
"Reyhan, your boss?"Rehan replied with annoyance because from earlier his phone call was not answered.
"What's my night-night gini telphon boss?" Answer Zahra casually
"You said last night, you don't have a clock?" Reyhan replied, annoyed.
Zahra turned on the room lights and saw the wall clock showing at 5am, leaving her shocked.
" Aarggs!! mas boss wait ya hunt the dawn is over?" Zahra closed her phone and ran to the bathroom and prayed at dawn.
After the prayer Zahra tried to contact his boss, but his call was not answered. Zahra opened her whatshap notif, apparently Reyhan wrote a message.
Get to the cafe, there's an assignment for you.
Zahra immediately took a shower and changed clothes after reading the message. His heart began to fidget, afraid if given various tasks by his boss.
Arriving at the cafe, he immediately opened the door to Reyhan's room. The atmosphere is still quiet, the employees have not come except the security guard who was on guard from last night.
"Assalamu'alaikum?" Zahra greeted Reyhan who was sitting on the sofa.
"Wa'alaikumussalam" Reyhan replied.
" Don't you get to work today?" Ask Zahra. Zahra already knew that Reyhan besides culinary entrepreneurs, he also worked in property companies. He heard a lot about his boss' life from fellow employees at the cafe.
"Did you forget it was Sunday?" Answer Reyhan.
"Yes boss, since I work here, I don't have Sundays for holidays, college mornings, work nights, change-over days?" Zahra's complaint is long.
"It's none of my business?"
"What do I need to do?"zahra asked with a slight annoyance.
"Persuade my Mom to eat, and make sure my Mom eats, because from yesterday afternoon hunger strike. Koki's gonna cook, you just take it to my house."
" But I don't know the boss's house yet?"
"Will I send you the address?" Answer Reyhan.
"Ready boss! Where's the boss going now?" Zahra was curious because her boss's clothes that day were sporting costumes.
" Come on!" Reyhan out of the room. Zahra followed from behind.
Reyhan started running away, Zahrapun followed behind.
"Is this the boss's job?"Ask Zahra. Good thing Zahra came wearing t-shirts, casual pants and sports shoes.
Reyhan only smiled in response to Zahra's question. They jogged around the shophouse complex that was still closed all, the streets were quiet that morning. After about 30 minutes they returned to the cafe. Several employees had already come looking towards the two of them with suspicious gazes.
" Zahra, go to the kitchen, when the food is ready soon!" Reyhan's orders then returned to his room. Zahra was still sitting on the chair.
" Where did Zahra come from?"Ask doni who's smacking the table.
"In the same job your boss" replied Zahra accordingly. Hearing his answer Doni just scrunched his forehead.
***
Zahra finally found Reyhan's address using the Gmap app. It is only about 10 minutes away from the cafe.
Zahra pressed the bell button, a security guard approached, opening the gate.
" What's wrong, ma'am?" ask security.
" I was sent Mas Reyhan here, brought food." While lifting the plastic containing several food boxes.
Zahra pushed her matic bike inside and parked it near the security guard post. The security guard also showed where Fatma's mother, Reyhan's mother, was. They passed through a side door that was connected to the kitchen and beside it was a garden and a swimming pool.
Zahra saw from a distance a middle-aged woman sitting pensively in a chair near the pool. Zahra was a little nervous and scared, her heart muttering whether her mother Mas Reyhan was fierce as her son. Zahrapun ventured to him.
"Wa'alaikum greetings" Mother Fatma answered the greetings by observing the girl before her from top to bottom, Zahra's beautiful face, white skin, sharp nose, with a smile on her lips.
" I'm Zahra aunty, Mas boss told me to come here, drop off the food from the cafe."
"O you're Reyhan's man, just take him to the kitchen there."
"Good aunt" replied Zahra as she stepped into the kitchen.
" Mommy where are the plates and spoons?" Zahra asked ART who happened to be cooking in the kitchen.
" Mas Reyhan's messenger boy?" Ask Bik Siti while handing over the plate and spoon
"Yes Bi?"Answer Zahra while moving the fried rice to the plate. Zahrapun returned before Fatma's mother.
" Aunty please eat?" pinta Zahra Seraya thrusting plate.
"You haven't left yet, just put it on the dinner table and I'll eat." Reply to Mother Fatma with ketus by turning her face.
"Sorry mom, I asked you to make sure you eat. Why would aunty go on hunger strike, get sick later."
Fatma's mother ignored Zahra, who persuaded her to eat immediately. He just sits.
Zahrapun is almost out of words. Starting from praising a pretty aunt to scaring if you go to the hospital.
Eventually, Zahra pretended to cry.
" Hiks hyks hyks." Makes Fatma's mother look at him.
Zahra placed the plate on the side table of the chair where Ms. Fatma was sitting.
"Aunty has the same me, does not know that auntie children like to torture others. If until the aunt does not eat I will be killed by the aunt's son Hiks "
Ms. Fatma looked at Zahra with a frown of astonishment, in her heart wondering.
Cook all my kids
Zahrapun continued her acting, she wiped her tears.
" Aunty if I don't eat, I die because I was killed by the boss, of course the boss went to prison, and my spirit will not accept. The aunt I would haunt every night. Auntie, help me, auntie, help me" Zahra mimicked the ghost scenes in the movies, freaking Ms. Fatma out, making her give up. The two ARTs watching from a distance held back a laugh.
"Enough-enough I will eat" Shouted Bu Fatma looking shudder in fear, then took out a plate and spooned her feathers. Zahra took the phone and took a picture of it.
"What are you doing?" Ask Ms. Fatma.
"Make proof aunt, excuse me"
Finally one plate of fried rice ludes in voraciously, apparently Ms. Fatma held back the hunger from last night. Zahra looked with a smile of relief, her mission this time was successful.
" Is it really Aunt's son Zahra's?"
Ask Ms. Fatma who began to soften her speech.
" Actually it's not that aunt, I'm sorry I lied earlier. But auntie, it's true mas reyhan jutek, cold and looks cruel, scary." Zahra answered with her eyes.
"Actually he was not like that, he was kind and always cheerful, since his father died he became like that."
Ms. Fatma finally told me about Reyhan's past. Her father died when Reyhan was in 3rd grade of High School due to an accident. Reyhan felt guilty because before he died, he whined to ask his father to watch a basketball game at his school. His father who was always busy working finally took the time to watch the inter-school basketball game that Tim Reyhan was in the Final. The car her father was driving was hit by a truck whose driver was sleepy.
Hearing this, Zahra was moved and sympathized with her boss, whom she hated.
"Then why are you on hunger strike?Ask Zahra.
"Reyhan refused an arranged marriage with the son of his late friend Reyhan's father, I want him to get married soon and live a happy life. Karin's a good kid sure to be a good companion to Reyhan?"
" I'm sorry aunt instead of me intervening, is not Mas Reyhan already hit with the death of his father Mas Reyhan, why add to his burden by forcing married to a person he does not love aunt."
"I hope Reyhan loves Karin too, they've always been together since childhood and are familiar, Karin loves her very much." Reply to Ms. Fatma.
Without realizing it was noon, Zahrapun said goodbye. He's going back to the cafe to see Reyhan.