Unemployment Up Pelaminan
Chapter 7

—Rejeki— opening meeting

Since last week, tough days for Ane— the girl decided to take a break from the world of work. He wants to calm his mind and heart. During that time, Ane busied herself with home activities such as helping the mother cook and even care for and water the plants and sometimes joined the cafe with her sister just to take off quiet and saturated.

Currently, Ane is struggling in the kitchen, it feels like he has not ruffled his mother's kitchen for too busy looking for job vacancies. Ane was about to make a cheese brownie, the girl painstakingly followed the recipe she got through Google. Ane with her chin up waiting for the brownie steamer to finish. A few minutes passed, and the cake was finished. He poked a little on the surface of the brownies and then tucked it, his eyes wide open as a smile was created on his lips that were chewing lightly.

“Enak,” praise and then smear cream butter after that sprinkle grated cheese on it. He sliced the brownie into pieces and put it on a plate, happily bringing the results to the mother to taste.

Ane approached the mother who was in the living room watching TV. Upon arriving, Ane took a sitting position next to her mother.

“Taraaaa, already brownies made by Ane,”ujar Ane happy.

Ratna also smiled, not forgetting to taste one piece of brownies made by Ane. As she chews, Ratna smiles and thumbs up and says, “enak! Ih, smart mom son really make his cake!”

“Mother can aja, ah!” Ane smiled and then took a piece of brownies and then devoured it calmly while watching TV with her mother, the television screen showed some news that was happening. The sound of the notification forced Ane to distract her. He reached for his phone while checking the incoming message.

Ane! I'm in Jogja! Fix we have to meet, it's been a long time that we didn't meet!

With a smile, Ane replied to her friend's message at the High School. Realizing that her daughter was smiling widely, Ratna became curious and asked Ane what was wrong.

“Dek, why, why smile?”

Ane turned her head and answered the statement of the mother, “ini loh, Mom, the Qilla is confident of meeting he said again in Jogja,”

“Qilla, your high school friend right, who used to live just as eye-to-eye?” Ane nodded in response. Ratna again asked, “loh, how is Qilla vacation? Is not the house of his eyes already sold well?”

“If that doesn't know, Mom! At most the holidays,” replied Ane. Just for information, Saqilla Anggraini, or commonly called Qilla by Ane. Qilla used to live with her grandmother from her mother who came from Jogja during High School and when studying Qilla decided to return to Jakarta to live with her parents especially since the eyang was gone yang Qilla lived with his eyes was sold. Qilla is currently undergoing a koas at one of the largest hospitals in Jakarta.

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A handsome 32-year-old man, wearing a navy sweater and short jeans, has just arrived in his hometown. He scratched his small suitcase while walking lightly, it has been almost two years he did not return to his hometown the father looked at his Grandpa and grandmother.

The man was approached by a private driver who had long been in charge of driving wherever Grandpa and his grandmother went.

“Den, Bhanu, welcome back,” greet the middle-aged man who is taken kindly by the figure of a man named Bhanu.

“Thank you for picking up Bhanu, sir!” Bhanu grabbed the shoulders of her grandmother's driver and walked hand in hand.

“Udah task father,” Bhanu just smile. The handsome man, enjoying the city of Jogjakarta while flashback in his childhood while vacationing in his father's hometown. So cool to travel in the past, not realizing he had reached the home of the Grandpa.

“Mbah uti's favorite grandson, has come, sir, our grandson,” a middle-aged woman who has entered the age of twilight, walking to the front of the house while joining the husband and followed by his son and daughter-in-law.

“Mbak uti, Mbah Kakung,” Bhanu smiled gently walking towards her Grandparents who had welcomed her warmly.

Bhanu hugged her grandmother first as she stretched out her arms.

“Mbah uti, kangen Karo Kowe mas, sui tenanan rak bali dene,” said the grandmother to her granddaughter.

“Sorry, Bhanu can only leave now, Mbah,” said Bhanu regretfully has made Grandpa and his grandmother hold back longing for him. Bhanu's parents also welcomed their children with joy. The grandmother seemed not to want to be far from her grandson, holding her handsome grandson sitting next to her precisely in the middle of her Grandparents.

“Mas you have to try Mbah uti cuisine gudeg, special for favorite grandchildren, please nduk,” grandma Bhanu told her son-in-law—ibu Bhanu to prepare cooked dishes.

Before they ate together, Bhanu asked for some time to clean up.

“Nduk, the mother of the plan wants to know Mas Bhanu with the grandson of the mother's friend's son and has set the time to meet, tomorrow after tomorrow he will go home, after all it is time to get married already head three, the, mom also wants rasain gendong great-grandmother,” said Bhanu.

“Maybe Bu, but if Mas Bhanu does not want to please do not be forced to fear it is not even durable if the relationship is based on the element of coercion,” reply Mother Bhanu who is possessed by the in-law.

On the other hand, Ane had just arrived at her appointment place with her friend.

“Don't forget to call Mas if you're done well, ntar Mas pick up,” Ane nodded while kissing the back of the oldest brother's hand.

Ane glanced around that was so crowded with foreign and local tourists. Malioboro is where Ane and her friend will meet. He glanced at the clock on his wrist showing it at 5 p.m. Ane opened her phone to check whether Qilla had arrived or not and apparently Qilla was still on the way, while waiting for Ane decided to go to the cafe in Mall Malioboro.

Fifteen minutes waiting, Ane gets a call from Qilla that the girl has arrived. Ane tells Qilla to follow her. Until a while later, the figure of a petite girl wearing a maroon-colored long robe was seen while smiling widely.

“One!” exclaiming Qilla ran a little towards Ane.

Ane chuckled amusedly as Qilla's body hugged her unhesitatingly she joined the hug back.

“Makin beautiful aja,” said Qilla when seeing the face of Ane.

“Alhamdulillah MasyaAllah, you also know, especially now it's very true,” reply Ane.

“Oh yes, are you on vacation or are there family events? Continue to catch where, because your eye home has been sold,” asked Ane again voiced.

Qilla stopped the action of sucking his ice coffe, “not a holiday anyway, I happened to be here in order to make the same nyokap there is a need for it, so, and stay at the hotel anyways I only two days here tomorrow afternoon already have to go back to Jakarta, ohiya, you can not tomorrow nemenin me, because it is lazy to walk alone, want yah?” Ane just nodded in response. They also continue to discuss various topics ranging from the daily activities of the two to the time when they are in High School.