
"Are you done yet?" ask Amanda to Arka on the phone.
"It's hard, koq. Just cross the road." said Arka.
Haru is a holiday. Arka had bought a sweet martabak that was open from 10 a.m., across from Amanda's penthouse.
Arka crossed, while continuing to look to the right and to the left. Until without realizing it, when he had reached the lip of the opposite sidewalk. Suddenly,
"Braaac."
His shoulder hit someone's shoulder. Arka was surprised, then time seemed to stop. Because the bule man who collided with him was fixated on staring at Arka, as if remembering himself in the early youth. While Arka, I don't know why feel if old later. It will look like a bule.
"Degh."
"Degh."
Both of their heartbeats sounded tight, but their hearts seemed to be squeezed. It was like a strange feeling, but close.
"Who are you?"
Suddenly the bule man said, Arka was silent. Shortly after, Amanda called back.
"Ka, hunted. I'm on the move, the kids scream in the room."
"Yes, it's just in the doang koq."
Arka passed from before the bule man, while the bule man was still fixated.
Far away in a corner, Nino was paying attention to the photo of his father's youth posted last night by his parents.
"Daddy?"
Nino noticed the photo, but felt like she recognized it. It's familiar, but a little confusing.
Nino is silent, she turns to the Instagram homepage. And instantly he was glued. When found a product account that posted a photo of Arka, while holding their product.
Nino was shocked to see the photo, hurriedly screenshoots the photo and does the same to the photo of her father as a young boy. Nino then placed the photos next to each other on the photo editing application page. And how surprised he was when he saw the photo was exactly the same, like seeing two twins. There were only slight and fleeting differences in some parts, the rest were the same.
***
"Hey, hey, hey. Why screams?"
Arka rebuked the two babies who were still crying in the box.
"Oeeeeek."
"Oeeeeek."
Both babies were crying.
"A really big paper?. Hmm?"
Arka brings her head closer to the baby box in turn. The babies were suddenly silent and watched Arka. Shortly after, Amanda came out of the bathroom.
"What y'all?" said Amanda while holding a smile.
"You don't want milk, weeek."
Amanda stuck out her tongue.
"Oeeeeek."
"Oeeeeek."
"If you meet the nyinyir in-laws, diomelin you" Arka told Amanda.
"Remember." Amanda replied later.
"That's why the kid's in the milk in the bottle, blah, blah, blah. Abis was told to the neighbors." he continued.
Arka laughing.
"Mother's cousin there's a tuh that's so, her son's household in recokin all. The end of the divorce."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yes because the storm continues to occur, people in recokin mulu. Sampe if the grandson is skinny, said his mother is not careless child. By the way his son-in-law to the neighbors."
"That's the narrow mind of most women in our country, must be really her son puffed up. Sometimes there is obesity. Yes we see it funny, the health of the baby is not thought?." said Amanda later.
"Because they are always thirsty for the adoration of neighbors. For them if the fat child signifies his mother managed to take care of the child, but not also. The outrageous fat is also not good for children, obesity can trigger death loh."
"Because, only our people are hard to educate. I do not need a fat child, the weight is declared normal by the doctor and healthy. That's enough."
"That's a cousin of the mother who just now, I really want to have a fat grandson. Sampe given rice porridge, Man. There's not two months of his grandson's age yet."
"Oh my God, isn't there anyone else?"
"Udah frothy mouth ngingetin mother, even the mother in the same omelin she. She finally did it with her mother. Not long after his grandson was in the hospital, his digestion was problematic."
"Ih serem, uh. That is yes, so the woman does not refuse if in education. Lots of our people who comment, if you squirm bule or outsiders take care of children. That's why not in bedong, why his own sleep will be disturbed by demons and others. Very cruel to the same child. What's cruel to babies is most of our people."
Arka looked at his wife.
"Well yes, the baby in the octopus is very tight. Tell him to make a little baby's stomach. Though the baby's stomach will be small by itself as you get older. It is precisely the octopus that tortures the baby, because what. The organs in the baby are depressed and stunted by growth."
"In fact, even though sometimes many health practitioners who explain it on social media. But there are so many mothers, grandmothers who are still ngeyel." said Arka.
"Well, they do mean Caucasian same child. They themselves torture children. It was from a small in the octopus pastein, in bedong kenceng-candeng, not a month has been packed. Only two years old, already taught snack. Buy drinks in packs, which sometimes have a warning sign "Not suitable for Toddlers." still loved."
"Yes, that's it." said Arka.
"It's why I always wanted to have an educated wife. No need to be a scholar, at least still want to learn everything. He has the power to protect his children from outsiders. Including from my own mother, if only mother became a sucks in-law. But fortunately, you're not that and you're also educated, so I'm safe about the kids."
Amanda smile.
"I would also fight, if my mother forced me to feed our baby at the age of a month. Just because you want a fat baby and praised by neighbors. I'll fight, Ka. Let me be on the stamp of a disobedient son-in-law, it's okay. I hate it, and I'm okay too. I'd rather be hated by everyone, as long as I can protect my children. I don't want to be happy in-laws, brother-in-law, neighbors. But I sacrificed my own son, for all that. But fortunately modern mothers really think, papa you also do not talk much. Anyway your parents are the best, lucky I got in-laws like them."
Again Arka smiled.
"If they're big, don't compare children with people's children, Man."
This time Amanda laughed.
"What did you ever do to mom?" ask Amanda later.
"Never, never. Mom was good at almost everything, ugly she was just a time of trauma. Which he likes to hit me, because he says I look a lot like my biological father."
"Deegh."
Suddenly Arka remembered the man who had collided with her in front of the penthouse. I don't know why he felt something was going on between them. But, what is it?"