TWENTY
SIDE STORY ~ UCUP

"BABY!!! WOKE UP? OH, GOD IS A CHILD!!!" A woman was screaming from the kitchen. The woman who is none other than the beloved mother of Ucup himself.

"Yes Mak! Five minutes to go!" yelled Ucup behind his thick blanket.

"Yes! Wait five minutes out the PS directly Mak Sell!!!" The threat of no kidding from the mother of success made Ucup immediately stand up and approach the living room to check whether his mother had acted or not. Unheard of still wearing boxer pants also bare chest, the shame is not much if you have to lose his favorite PS.

"Mother?" Ucup did not find his mother's middle room and PS is still safe.

"What?" Mother approached Ucup from the direction of the living room. His hand carrying vegetables also tempe tofu, it seems like mother threatened Ucup when she wanted to shop in front.

"O Allah Mak! Kirain wants to be sold for real." Ucup stroked his chest pretentiously dramatically.

"Buset bye! It's just Daleman dong's pants, face is still sagging too, why go out the room? Fortunately, no one saw it." The mother until the head gurgles to see the behavior of her own child.

"Urgent Mother. If not diancem it will also not come out the rich room gini." Still good to enjoy the fall on the bed. The connection in the heart.

"Mak's intention is to sell really if you go home not bring a future wife."

"Yes Allah Mak. Thought nyari wife as easy as nyari onde-onde in what market? I met comot once." Ucup who was tired of talking about his wife by his family even more than his mother made him step back into the room.

"Never try the ass-sokan say hard," said the mother while glancing at Ucup who still held the doorknob of his room.

Ucup breathed tired. "Yes, this is again done."

"Should! The age of three and five years is still not good. Not ashamed of the same Evi who was married when she just graduated from High School." This is what Ucup likes most about his mom. Probably not liked by almost all children in this world. When compared to the children of his neighbors.

"Yes the Evi married because of the first hamidun," said Ucup did not accept.

"Yes yes. Errata. If that's not ashamed of you as your friends who have been carrying two children?"

"Yes Mak. Ja. It's Ucup really again, really dah! So Mother diligently-craftsman doain Ucup let the practice, do not diligently ngomelin Ucup doang Mak."

"Yes. Mak doain moga. Do not need to be grandiose, important beautiful, good, independent, loving parents, can cook, can take care of the house, and if you can be, if not yes it is okay, Mak maksa. Udah Cups. That's all she wants, Mom, don't do much."

"The long demand is already rich railways are still said not much," said Ucup slowly. Do not want to if it triggers scolding for the next time. Maybe later he was full of scolding instead of full of breakfast.

"What did you say Cup?"

"Eh! E-not Mak. Ucup guarantees the Ucup's soul mate as you would expect."

"Hm. Yes, take a shower! Then feed the goats in the back!"

"Yeah." Yeah."

Soon Ucup went into his room and took a short nap despite fifteen minutes. After that shower and feed the goats relics of his late father. Only then did he feed himself.

"Mak, Ucup went to the cafe first," said Ucup by kissing the back of his mother's palm who was watching the soap opera. His mind must have been surprised by his mother who was still in the morning had watched his favorite soap opera of doom.

"Yes. It's gone there! Don't bother your mom to watch!" The mother was disturbed because Ucup was standing right in front of the television so that it covered her gaze.

"Yes-iya Mak. Assalamualaikum!"

"Glamma!"

*****

One year after graduation Ucup decided to make a venture. Because he does not want to work tied up with the company so it will drain his time. Remembering again his mother at home alone was also aged. Be now his day to keep a cafe. Before big and crowded like this, of course, he started with a small cafe first. Still remember, he could only afford five computers and a place to rent a business. And now the cafe is big and can add photocopying services until now he can employ two people. Even so he continues to monitor and maintain the cafe every day, unless there is important business. Like when her mom was sick. Then he will entrust the cafe to two of his workers. The worker is also his own neighbor.

After opening the cafe, then soon many people came with various purposes. Some are indeed for typing tasks, photocopying letters, or even playing games. Moreover, this Sunday, many small children who immediately crowded places to play online games with friends. On the sidelines of his busy keeping cafe, he also not infrequently uses his time to play his own game. Letting the workers work.

As of right now, he is engrossed in playing an online game on his phone. When the game was entering its tense moment, a call came in. He almost cursed if he did not remember he was beside a lot of people also because the one who called him was his own mother. Do not want to later increase the length of the business, then Ucup chose to immediately lift it. He relinquished his game for the sake of his beloved mother, also for the sake of not getting his mother's tantrums.

"Assalamualaikum Mother. What's up?"

"Eh, Cup. Not busy now?"

"No Mak. Why?"

"Temenin mom to market. I forgot that the ingredients were gone."

"O Allah, my Lord, why not just now?"

"Forgot Cup. L-U-P-A," said the mother while spelling the word forget while placing emphasis.

"Emak mah that's. Ucup is still mager nih Mak."

"OK if that's it. Let the mallem eat pebbles with stones later. Watch out if you don't want to!" It's bad if the mother's threat comes out. The Ucup who heard it immediately broke the fog.

"Eh! Uh! Yes Mak! Ja. It's coming to the house." Hurriedly Ucup brought his small bag and say goodbye to two employees by still calling with his mother.

"It's good that way. Yes, Mom, wait for you at home. Assalamualaikum!"

"Glamma!" Ucup also immediately insisted his motorbike split the streets. If the highway is not crowded, it is certain that he brought his bike to rival Valentino Rossi. But he still loves life to do that now.

Ten minutes later, he arrived home. Her mother is ready with the appearance of her home negligee, instant hijab, as well as her shopping bag. Mother directly approached Ucup and ride in the back seat of the Ucup motorbike. Without giving Ucup pause for rest.

"No need to drink first, what about Mak?"

"No need. Ineligibility. Buy ice in the market."

"Hm." Half-heartedly Ucup runs his bike to the market.

Hitting her mother is one of those things she doesn't like.  His body immediately crumbled after that. How not? Every time Ucup increased his speed which he thought was still reasonable, then the mother behind him was ready to give a punch on Ucup's shoulder. Or when they found the sleeping police, still far away the mother had warned Ucup to be careful. Not just talk, plus bonus blows again. But it's all patiently Ucup did. Her mother always refused if she took her car. Understandably, his beloved mother easily drunk vehicles.

Fifteen minutes later they arrived at a traditional market. Then the pelvic floor, the buyer who is choosing groceries, the seller who is busy serving all the usual scenery when in the market. And Ucup as an assistant in charge of bringing beloved mother's groceries. No half-hearted, it feels like one big grocery bag is not enough. Still adding one more big crackle. Because if you go to the market only once a week, and immediately buy a lot of groceries.

While waiting for his mother to pick the chicken, Ucup sat down and observed around. His eyes then accidentally caught a figure of a woman with a hat that covered almost half of her face. His movements were so suspicious in Ucup's eyes. He kept watching the woman. He walked slowly towards the crowd of mothers who were buying. Waitaminute! He approached Ucup's mother. And quickly his hand immediately grabbed something from inside his mother's bag.

The wallet!

Ucup believes the woman took her mother's purse. As fast as lightning, he ran after the woman. The mother who saw her son running away screamed to ask where Ucup was going.

"Toilet banging Mak!" yelled Ucup in the middle of his run.

The woman he was chasing was so agile. But Ucup didn't give up. He was also no less agile with the cungkring body he had.

"Woy! Stop that!" yelled Ucup so that the woman he was chasing stopped. But stupidly he expects the copet to stop. Is it a pickpocket was looking to die what how to suddenly stop when someone is chasing.

The move is getting into the market and ending up behind the market. There were only piles of cardboard as well some items were not used anymore. Seeing the woman who began to let her guard down, Ucup immediately accelerated his steps and managed to grab the perpetrator's arm. As strong as he clutches his arm agr does not run away, the problem he is women will Ucup thought later. Most importantly, her wallet had to be saved.

"Who are you?!" Not answering, the woman tried to escape.

Because it does not get an answer, Ucup acts alone. He had a hat that covered part of his face. Like a slow motion scene in the soap opera, the woman's hair immediately fell down and slowly showed her face.

Well-favoured. Inner Ucup.

"Where's my mom's wallet?!"

"The back pocket" replied the woman indifferently. Soon Ucup took his mother's wallet which was in the back pocket of the pants belonging to the woman.

"Udah right? Now pelebin!" The woman who Ucup did not know her name was rebellious in order to escape the clutches of Ucup's hands.

"Enak. Wait a minute!" Ucup pulled out his phone and turned on the camera. He photographed that woman.

"Woy! Why photographed!"

"As evidence. Now sit back, I have something to ask you. Don't try to escape! Or I'm handing this picture over to the police."

"Yes-yes!" The woman also obeyed the words of Ucup to sit down. Ucup did the same.

"Why nyopet?"

"Let's make money!"

"Did you do this a lot?" Like a police officer who was interrogating the perpetrators of the crime, Ucup continued to interview the woman.

"No. This first one."

"Amateur pantes," muttered Ucup making the woman in front of him distract him.

"What did it do before?"

"Parker."

"Why do you need to pick up now?"

"Aah, a lot of nanyanya. Was ah! I'm going to go." And when the woman was standing, Ucup immediately pulled out his phone and displayed the picture of the woman earlier.

"Eitz! Take a step forward and this is immediately spread."

"Why not get a job? Would you like to tell your sister to eat also drugs from illegal money?"

"What do you want to work for? I'm just a graduate of SD. If you can choose also do not want to be rich gini," said the woman while bowing her head.

"Yes try it. Who knows if something is accepted. If you are young, still healthy too, do not try to make work halal. Try it first. If you are trying, include God as well. Prayer, do not forget." Ucup can sometimes be this wise. If his friends hear, they must be thinking that Ucup possessed by a wise genie.

"Yes." Yeah."

"Here, follow!" Ucup pulled the woman's arm back to the market. He took her to the clothes section.

"Cepet choose for you as your sister."

"No way, I don't beg for the mercy of others."

"Who said you were begging? It's me who helps. Single-minded. And I also don't accept rejection."

The woman rolled her eyes lazily. Follow Ucup's words by choosing a few sets of clothes for him as well as for his sister. Looking at the small clothes chosen, Ucup guessed that his younger brother was a boy. After finishing with the business of shopping for clothes, Ucup then gave several pieces of money a hundred thousand for the woman. At first, he refused, but Ucup managed to convince.

"Thank you." After saying thank you, the woman immediately left. Maybe to buy his sister's medicine.

Along with that suddenly Ucup got a jewel in his ear. When he saw who did it, it turned out that the mother with an unpleasant face.

"From earlier also did not know about covering here! Your mom's wallet, huh?! Luckily, my mom put money in her pocket."

"Ouch! Duh! Yes Mak! Aye! Forgive me! This is Ucup's wallet back in." Slowly the jewels have died down. Make Ucup can wipe his reddened ear so as not to feel pain.

"Let's go home!" tell the mother while giving the bag and the money crackle is full of groceries.

"Yes Mak." As strong as the power of Ucup lift it up to the parking lot. Already bored out playing the chase, and now drained of energy again by becoming a porters for his mother. To her dear and not to refuse her mother's request. He also could not refuse, wanted to be cursed so what?

*****

"Bang, it's already got the replacement of the Banu."

"What guy's foot?" ask Ucup when he gets in front of his cafe.

One of his workers resigned three days ago. Not because of lack of salary or less good treatment from his boss who is none other than Ucup himself, but will get married and work at his wife's place. Again this makes him all-out satirized by his mother. He said that his two employees were his own neighbors. Of course her mother will know. Of course he must prepare his right and left ears to listen to innuendo, scolding, and others again.

"Excuse me!" said someone after entering and approaching the table where Ucup and one employee.

"Yes. Ma-," Ucup's words immediately stopped as well as the woman who had just entered was immediately fixated.

"You?!" say both at the same time.

"Oh, so you know him already? Good that's it. Bang, this is Lia. He's the one who's gonna replace Banu.  And Lia, this is Bang Yusuf. Our boss." Ucup employee named Ari introduced the two.

Ucup also Lia did not expect that they would meet again. It was too narrow, they both thought. Because she could not avoid it anymore, also because she really needed a job, Lia just accepted working with someone who had been a victim of her pickpocket first. As for Ucup, inwardly he was already smiling to himself. His advice worked. The proof is that Lia is now looking for a job. And again, now he saw the neat-looking Lia. Very pretty in her eyes. Moreover, he knew that Lia was wearing the clothes he bought the other day.

"Greetings Bang, I'm Lia." Killing her ego, Lia extended her hand as an introductory greeting and was reciprocated by Ucup as well.

Since then, they have often met because they are in the same workplace. During work, Lia apparently did not cause a commotion like Ucup had feared. The important thing is to be able to read and write, so Lia is very quick to learn new things. And accidentally, suddenly Ucup felt that there was a different taste for Lia. More than just a boss with his employees.

Today Ucup out cybercafe for a bit. When going back to the cafe, he chose to buy his unique dawet ice also for Ari and Lia. Arriving at the cafe, how surprised Ucup saw the state of the cashier table was messy. His computer crashed, the desk where the money was stored was a mess and some dime dropped on the floor. Then his eyes pointed out of the cafe. He had seen Lia chasing someone until hugging into an alley. Soon Ucup ran and caught up with Lia.

"Lia!" he shouted when he saw his work was pinning the hand of a man whose body was even bigger than him.

"But! Get over here! Here's the man who stole it at our place Bang. What do we do anyway?" The soul of the long-retired bar-bar Lia as a market thug felt stirred.

"Don't do anything! We'll call the cops." Then Ucup took his cell phone and called the police. Not long after, a police patrol car came and immediately arrested the criminal. And now Lia and Ucup are left.

"Yahh, what a pity! I haven't beaten up yet."

"Hust! Don't that. When will Indonesia go forward if everyone wants to be a vigilante?" persemat Ucup to Lia. Not only that was the real reason, he also did not want Lia to get hurt..

"Yes, let's go back to the cafe! Heh? Why else is this?" Ucup just realized that Lia's sleeve is bleeding. He then revealed an incision wound with blood still flowing.

"Oh God! How can I get rich, Lia?"

Lia sniffed her shoulders. "Not knowing Bang. Maybe it hit the knife."

Without saying much more, Ucup immediately took Lia to the cafe and treated her there. On the way Lia tells about the chronology of the incident. When Ari went to deliver a photocopied letter to the customer's place, suddenly a man came in and said he was going to photocopy. And when Lia was about to put the money on the cashier's desk, the man immediately took a lot of money from there and ran away. Lia immediately chased after him and ended up winning. Hearing that made Ucup feel guilty. If only he hadn't come out. Lia must be fine.

"Here's your hand." Lia said Ucup would treat his hand.

Ucup painstakingly cleaned Lia's hands with alcohol, then gave the red medicine and attached the plaster afterwards. Actually very painful, but saw the face of Ucup who was very sincere to treat it as if to be an anesthetic for him. No pain, no pain.

"It." Ucup slightly pressed the plaster, making Lia startled and moaning. "Eh? Is anyone sick?"

Lia shook her head slowly. "Thank you."

"Yes. Next time be more careful. And again, if you look like a criminal do not intervene alone. Shout for help!"

"Yes where the bang is! I ran away from him."

"If you cry it fast also must be a direct citizen horrified."

"No fun ah! Better to catch it yourself. It's cool, though."

"Lia, miss don't ya don't!"

"Yes but why?"

"Because I'm worried about you Lia!" Unintentionally Ucup shouted in front of Lia's face. Now he was very afraid that Lia was angry or hurt. Ucup is self-defeating. "Sorry!"

Lia nodded for a moment. Digesting the words that Ucup said just now. Instead of being angry, Lia was embarrassed. I don't know, if it's close to Ucup as if his personality changed. Since when can a Lia be shy of a cat? It happens only when with Ucup.

"It's okay. Sorry I was the one who sniffed."

"Hmm," the two of them suddenly came to an awkward atmosphere.

To drive away that awkwardness Ucup cleared his throat for a while. Then clean the P3K box. After that he put it into the closet behind Lia. I did not expect that the distance between the two was very close. And if anyone sees it, they think they're kissing.

Cklek!

"Oh Allah!!!!!" Right you. Just discussed there are already people who misunderstand. Soon Ucup distanced himself from Lia and looked towards the door. There stood the mother with both hands placed on her waist.

"What are you doing?"

"Ouch! Duh! Duh! Forgive Mak! Ucup is nothing! Really!"

"Huh! Excuses! That person you saw with your own eyes!" Then his eyes looked at Lia who from earlier could only remain silent in front of him.

"Neng, are you out of the same Ucup?"

"E-not Mak! Nothing to do!" Sontak Lia immediately shook her head firmly. "So Pasta Bang Ucup his Mak."

"No. Surely you were forced to shut up, huh? This too, why is the place so messy gini? I can't believe it's really nothing." Ucup can only resigned his ear to be a victim of his mother's hand this time.

"Eat him! If you ask for a wedding pawpet ya cepetan! Gini will be if you are impatient but there is no partner." She then removed her hand from the ear.

"You don't want to know, you have to take responsibility!" Ucup's eyes immediately widened to hear his mother's words. He's in charge of what try?"

"What is Mak responsible for?"

"Neng, you don't have to be afraid. Mother's child will be responsible! Do you want to marry your mother's child?" Shamefully Lia nodded. Making Ucup back widen his eyes, and make the mother immediately smile with relief.

"Li, what do you mean? I don't want you to recite said my vague mother."

The plot!

"Aww!! Especially Mak?" Ucup feels wrong with his mother. Defending himself was immediately clenched by his forehead.

"It's not clear what? Yes, if you don't want to. I'm looking for someone else for the sweet, in exchange for you who don't want responsibility!"

"G-uh!! Stop Mak!" Ucup plucked the arm of his mother who was about to take Lia away. "Emak, don't dong! Ucup would!"

"Well, why did you refuse?"

"Not that, Ucup does not want if Lia married the same Ucup because of nurutin mother, aka forced. Ucup wants Lia to marry Ucup because of love. Like Ucup's love to Lia." The two women in front of Ucup immediately stared in shock. Moreover, Lia who just realized that Ucup loves him.

"Neng, did you have to marry Ucup?"

"Not really Mak. I don't feel compelled. Because I also love Bang Ucup."

Hearing that made the mother immediately scream in excitement. "Thank God!!! Come on, come on, come with me to KUA right now!"

"Huh???" Ucup and Lia looked at each other in disbelief.