I'm a Qualified Old Virgin
Smelly Child

"Wa'alaikumussalam!" Hanif opened the door. "Arjuna, come on in!"

Hanif immediately invited his sister-in-law to enter the house.

Arjuna had not been able to sit down he was surprised to see a female figure who was fixated on staring at him as well.

"Shyifa!" peekit Arjuna's.

"Sir Juna!" syifa lirih said without a sound.

Both of them were shocked after not meeting for a long time.

"You know each other?" hanif asked while staring at the two in turn.

"Yes, Bang. Syifa, my underclassman from High School, Bang!" Arjuna.

"Oh, so. Arjuna is the younger brother of my late wife!" hanif explained when he saw Syifa who looked confused.

"Oh .. yes, sir. Sorry if you'll excuse me to go home first. Assalamualaikum!" syifa rushed over and bowed her head.

Arjuna reluctantly let go of Syifa. There were so many questions he wanted to ask about the girl who disappeared a few months ago. So, what is Syifa doing at her sister-in-law's house these nights?

"Sit, Juna!" hanif's orders make Arjuna reflexively cut off his sight of Syifa.

"Em ..., yes, Bang. If I may know what Syifa came here for, Bang?" asked Arjuna who could not hide his curiosity about the presence of Syifa in this house a moment ago.

"Oh, she's Alika's tutor. He also plays on the side. Is there anything between you until you can't wait to ask this rather than convey the meaning of your arrival home, brother?" ask Hanif to investigate.

Arjuna immediately scratched the back of his head which was not actually itchy. "Emm, not really, Bang. Only Syifa used to be quite famous because besides being smart she was also a beautiful student. It's only natural to be an idol in school!" mutilate.

Arjuna why such a misbehavior when asked about Syifa? he may not like Syifa! muttered Hanif with a probing look at his sister-in-law.

"Ekhm!" Hanif neutralizes himself with a throb. "You, what's the need to come here these nights?"

"Oh yeah, sorry to forget, Bang. Tomorrow my mother will give thanks for her new venture. Mama, invite your family to come tomorrow as Maghrib prayers for the inauguration, Bang!" Arjuna. "Emm, you guys, take Syifa and her mom, Bang!"

Arjuna suddenly hesitated. However, he thought this was a good opportunity so that he could meet Syifa and chat about her disappearance all along.

"alright. I'll tell him tomorrow!"

After conveying his point, Arjuna did not long say goodbye. Because, his nephew was also sleeping after Syifa earlier.

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After dawn, Syifa rushed to the soup kitchen at her boarding house. Then he alternated with the mother who was about to perform the prayer. He saw the cake dough was ready. Syifa partially put the cake batter into the baking pan. It does not take time he has completed the task, then for the last touch he sprinkled slices of almonds on the dough.

"Huftt ... is finally done!" he said while wiping a little melted dough that fell onto the kitchen table.

Put them one by one into the oven, then set the oven for thirty minutes.

While waiting for Syifa to cook water to brew coffee. The girl was trying to make coffee for herself. Syifa is very fond of drinking coffee, especially in the cold morning like today. It started from his habit of tasting Fatimah grandmother's coffee in childhood until it became a habit for him.

"Ekhm!"

Suddenly from behind a deheman made him a little surprised. In a hurry he allowed his veil position.

"Morning, Ma'am!" greet someone from behind him. "Well, early in the morning it smells of cake dough, make a laper!" selorohnya again.

Syifa turned to the side at the young man who had just passed her and was now pouring water into a glass.

Dion, a high school boy who often teases him by strumming his guitar and band.

Dion is not a room tenant, but a friend of the room tenant who often nebeng in the boarding house. Strangely enough, he was very close to his mother. Several times his mother told him about Dion's jokes when she met Rosa several times.

Syifa did not respond. He chose to move on to clean up the remaining remnants of cake ingredients and clean the kitchen area of his former mother making dough.

Dion didn't give up. He always had a way of making Syifa speak.

"Sir, can I request one box? make breakfast ...," he tweeted.

"Let me tell my mom!" syifa replied flatly without looking at her and preferred to focus on cleaning the kitchen table.

"okay! Thanks, Ma'am!"

"Hmmm!" syifa replied with a murmur.

"I went back to the room first, Ma'am!" pamit Dion's.

"Hmmm!" again, that was all that came out of Syifa's mouth. He refused to talk at length to the young man.

After that, the kitchen was quiet again. Drizzling after dawn makes the atmosphere around the boarding house feel quiet. Syifa sat back down and enjoyed her warm cup of coffee while sniffing at the smell of the wet ground. The kitchen is located at the end of the room. The room was open without a wall in front of it and certainly without a door.

Syifa looked towards the front directly facing the empty land as a garden area. Sometimes if it is daytime, some use the place to dry the mattress. The atmosphere of the morning was silent because not infrequently some people prefer to re-coiled in the blanket, after performing dawn prayers.

Unlike Syifa and her mother, whatever the weather they had to stay as soon as possible plunged into the kitchen to start work. Namely, making cakes that will be sold Rosa in shopping centers.

"Fa, it's done!" said the new mother coming.

"Yes, Ma. Just wash the equipment!" the answer. "Oh yeah, Dion ordered one box. He said he'd make breakfast!"

"Alhamdulillah, you have the first buyer!" rosa said while commenting on a smile, then sat down in front of Syifa. "Later you deliver!" her word.

"Yes, Ma!"

"Oh yes, my mother remembered. The day she asked Mama ...." Rosa paused her words. "Say, 'Tante ..., how old is Syifa?' twenty years soon, answered my mother. 'Oh, huh? means only two years difference dong with me, Auntie. May not register as a prospective daughter-in-law, Auntie' he said again. Mom immediately chuckled. Direct mama nasehatin at length with the child. She has a crush on you. The boy likes to joke. Still smelly kencur already the styles want to list as a daughter-in-law!" rosa said at length while chuckling.

"Ishh, Mama anyway, rich is not worth taking. Syifa, just be uncomfortable every time papasan is the same child!"

"If it's Hanif, how? Mama saw how you'd be proposed to him. Either sooner or later. That's what Mama took from the chat the other day with ummi Farida!" hatchling Rosa.

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