Bound Mumtaz
221. Zayin's Decision.

" assalamualaikum." Zayin dropped his body on the living room couch after spending two weeks investigating a bombing on the coast of the thousand islands.

" Na'alaikumsalam." Romli answered from the stairs and went straight to the kitchen as soon as he saw Zayin lying on the sofa.

" Mi, Ayin has been home since?" Mumtaz asked Romli, he had just returned from college.

After a long stay together at Mumtaz's house, he changed his call to Romli to Omi because his name is the same as the last name of the large family Aida.

they felt unworthy to call Romli's name, without the frills of respect.

" From one hour earlier, now it's four o'clock has not moved at all he. Check if he's sleeping or inal divine." Said Romli who was busy arranging his cooking on the dining table.

" Yin, wake up." Mumtaz shook his shoulders.

" Ekhm. What time?" Zayin asked in a hoarse voice,

" Four."

Zayin got up, "aish, I gotta get Ayu."

" What time is it?"

" Lima. He's got kskul."

" Let Inu do it."

" Where is Aa Inu?"

"  It's still on campus."

" Yes, please call there. I need to get the meeting ready."

" Lo how the hell, he said pick Ayu up, but want a meeting." Omel Mumtaz's.

" The plan is to pick Ayu up I'm in a meeting."

" What time is it?"

" Seven o'clock." He shouted up the stairs.

As he opened the bathroom door, Zayin saw Mumtaz sitting on the bed.

" What's up, A?" He threw a small towel that he used to break his wet hair into the back of his chair.

" On the bombing."

Zayin stepped into the wardrobe." Do you know anything?" 

" It's not so, but the bombing was not long after Jarud gave information on the location of the new Navarro plot." Mumtaz threw a stack of paper on the bed.

Zayin wore a black t-shirt, and navy jeans before taking the file.

" Do you know where Navarro's cabal came from?"

" The members in Banten who dismantled it after being tortured first of course.

" But RaHasiYa and Lo were late in executing them before the bomb was detonated."

" I thought he was going to target Kalimantan, but it looks like he targeted Jakarta first. Jakarta is still the capital."

" It's more serious than we thought." Zayin threw the file on his desk.

He stuffed some clothes into his backpack, then looked at Mumtaz.

" I can't find any trace of them."

" RaHasiYa is interrogating."

" Ck, you guys, give some shit to me."

" Let's fight again same presid3n." Seloroh Mumtaz's.

" Masa bodo's. If now he talks unimportant, I want to smackdown just directly. If yesterday was about his son, now his ex."

Mumtaz chuckled, in his eyes when Zayin was upset and misuh-misuh still looks funny because of her cute face.

" Is this the culprits?" Zayin pointed to the identity section of several photographs made up of people typical of Europe and Asia.

" Yes." Yeah."

" No detailed report yet."

" It's still being handled by RaHasiYa."

" Thanks yes." Zayin stuffed the report into his backpack.

" And one more thing, this is the GPS keeper on the presid3n pin." Zayin thrust another bundle of files at Zayin.

Zayin glared when he saw the culprit." Seriously, that old bastard."

Mumtaz nodded." You're not coming back tonight?"

" Lacking to know, I went straight to Tangerang like. Adel nitip bawain doll."

Again, Mumtaz chuckled." You know you're not the same as that flirtatious duck."

Zayin glanced at the lazy Mumtaz." Males is a debate. She's more chatty than Edel's sister."

" Yin,"

" Hmm?" Sahut Zayin in the middle put his stuff into a backpack.

" I think I'll go head-to-head with Navarro." Zayin's movement stopped. He stared at his brother intensely as well as Mumtaz.

" Wait a minute, I'm still busy."

" I can,.."

Zayin immediately closed his backpack.

" I know Lo can deal with it alone, can not Lo dread my talk, I want to be useful to Lo." Zayin said annoyedly.

" I'm sure Lo's learned that b4jatan got to the root, but we know he's cunning. He's weak, but he's still a trained soldier, and I'm the only one who can read about that."

" Yin, Lo can't risk Lo's profession. If they find out Lo's involved in this case, I'm sure Lo will be investigated by military investigators.

" And I don't care. Anjink is." Zayin throws his stuff in his desk bag.

"  Do I have to resign?" Jerky Zayin.

" Yin..."

 " I'm serious about this, bangs4t Lo A. I'm fed up with the pretentious attitude of protecting Lo. You think I can still continue being a soldier while I can't help Lo because of my profession?" Zayin's touch his eyes were reddened, his jaw hardened.

Zayin crossed the room walking towards Mumtaz, pulled his brother's shirt monkey and threw a hard pvkvlan in his face.

Then pulled back his shirt collar closer until the mumtaz face was right in front of his face almost no distance away.

" I'm fine horrified. You can now take me, what Lo knows from Navarro, I know. But there's one thing about Navarro that Lo doesn't know, I know. So Lo has to be the same as me when facing him." Zayin removed his collar with a slight stomping thrust until Mumtaz sat on the bed.

Then back to his desk, cupping his backpack onto his shoulder.

" We talked about the strategy of facing him in Tangerang. Watch not to come." Zayin showed a fist to Mumtaz.

When she opened the door, there was Alfaska and Daniel who were standing in dismay.

" Why are you here?" Ask Zayin cynically.

" We're worried about Mumuy, Yin."  Said Daniel.

" No need, he still has a family that cares about him. Aren't you, A?"

Daniel and Alfaska looked into the room where Mumtaz nodded.

Daniel sighed heavily, "Yin,..."

" Whatever you want to say, I don't care. I'm unplugging there's more important than managing Lo." Zayin passed down the stairs quickly.

Alfaska and Daniel walked into the room, they saw some stuff on the floor.

" You guys fighting?" Alfaska asked, he picked up one by one the items scattered on the floor.

" It's not important." Mumtaz wiped a speck of blood at the end of her lips.

" What are you guys doing here?" Tanya Mumtaz saw what the two conglomerate children were doing.

The question smothered Daniel's chest, he held firmly a few pens in his grasp.

" Mommy, you really don't want me anymore?" Ask Daniel.

Mumtaz was silent, he really did not want to discuss emotional matters with his two best friends.

Not getting a response from Mumtaz over his question makes Daniel lose hope to improve their relationship.

" Mommy, I'm asking ..."

" If there's nothing important you want to talk about, I'll go." Mumtaz passed by the two without even turning her head as she exited the room.

It made Daniel slit his heart, he felt so much pain. His eyes were red, the puddles of clear feathers in his eyelids signified the magnitude of Mumtaz's influence over him, and he was already too late when he realized that.

Alfaska approached her, hugging her so that her best friend's pain would unravel on her.

" Fa, it turns out that it feels this painful, it must be this feeling that he felt when we were selfish. How can he endure this pain after we repeatedly hurt him." Daniel asked in a stifled voice.

Alfaska patted Daniel's back squeezing the cloth on Alfaska's back 

There were no words Alfaska could say to comfort, because until now he still felt guilty to his wife's family.

When Alfaska's eyes captured a picture of Aida in a small frame on Zayin's bookshelf, a sense of tightness returned to greet him when he remembered the words of Ibn in Ernest's house, always like that.

 His embrace of Daniel grew stronger, his tears shed as the guilt grew higher.

Mumtaz who was standing outside Zayin's room breathed in the words of Daniel in his tears. He felt a pain in his chest, but Mumtaz realized that the melancholy in his heart for his friends had to be reduced, now it was time he focused on his family.

Mumtaz kept his head down in his grief unaware of Ibnu's presence on the last steps of the stairs which looked at his own face with a sad look.

Romli who was typing the journal Zahra accompanied by some RaHasiYa children who peeled fruit in the dining room saw a glimpse of Zayin entering the dining room putting a backpack on the head chair.

" Want to go again?"

" Hmm, cave eat first huh." Zayin pulled up the chair beside her backpack.

" Eat it. I'm ready for this."

Zayin took a parchment, tempeh, plus vegetable chicken soup with sambel

" Yin, Lo's clothes are in the backpack in the living room all dirty?"

" Yes, please give to the laundry man."

" I've taken half of it."

Zayin put his spoon on the plate a little hard looking at Romli not happy.

" Lo cook, clean the house, shop, now Lo also wash? Here you're not a maid."

" I don't feel that way, I just don't want to feel indebted."

" Ck, I'm lucky to be busy, if not, Lo bonyok in my hands. What debt, there's no moral here." Zayin said firmly slightly raising her tone

Romli was immediately frightened, "Yin, *sorry* I said wrongly. I mean so I'm not ashamed of you guys."

" It's up, if Lo wants to play a housewife, all of you please prepare a meal for me "Zayin continues to eat.

" Are they not going to feed you?" Romli went to the tool rack to pick up the lunchbox.

Zayin shook his head." Later I ask for consumption money to presid3n." RaHasiYa's son giggled amusedly to hear it.

" No vegetable pake?" Romli asked while putting some pieces of fruit in a separate container.

" No need, no trouble. The end is eaten in the plastic like a chili-cabean eating siomay."

" It's." Romli put Zayin's stock next to his empty plate.

" Thank you." Zayin took out five hundred thousand pieces of money, and put them on the table.

" This you guys use to make coffee, don't let your guard around."

" Ready, thank." Said the krit.

" I'll go first." Zayin took his backpack.

" Oh yeah, this is Ala's seat." Zayin thrust a long white envelope that was confirmed to be thick on Romli.

Romli just looked at the envelope, he was embarrassed to receive his honor. During his stay at Mumtaz's house, the family never allowed him or anyone else to spend money to eat the crowds at home.

" Don't think much, it's Lo's jeripayah." Zayin patted Romli on the shoulder and then passed leaving Romli with a myriad of thoughts.

" Receive a bang, than he's angry." Friendly.

Romli took the money, then sent a message to his father that his mother's surgery could be carried out.

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Ayunda hesitated to step forward when he saw Ibnu, who was busy with his cell phone, sitting waiting on his NMAX motorbike in front of the school gate.

Many pairs of eyes noticed him but he ignored. Ibnu felt the intense attention of someone he raised his face from the mobile phone.

He smiled when he saw his favorite girl." Yu, come home."

" Where is Aa Ayin?" Ayunda decided to approach Ibnu.

" At home. He said he'd just come home."

" How the hell did he say to pick Ayu up." Say Ayunda pouty.

Ibnu sighed, "You're my girlfriend, ask me to pick up anther."

" But Aa's relationship with Brother no longer gets along." 

" I'm the same as Aniel, don't put me on you."

" I'm not cuddled by brother. It's just that it's not possible to communicate often."

Ayunda lowered his head, Ibnu raised his chin to lead Ayunda to look at him.

" Don't worry about our relationship."

" I hate that woman." Sumpul Ayunda's.

" Same, I'll give you a secret, but promise you won't avoid me anymore. Your boyfriend is me, not Aa Ayin."

Ayunda nodded excitedly." What's?"

" Promise first." Ibn pointed his pinky.

" Yes." Yeah." Ayunda links her pinky to Ayunda's pinky.

" I whispered this."

" What the hell, tell me straight, don't mode." Sumpul Ayunda's.

" Want to know." 

" What?" Ayunda tilted her face slightly inclining herself.

Ibnu gave a smile, he slipped his hair behind Ayunda's ears.

" We're fine." she whispered.

Cup.

There was a shriek of envy from the other students, Ayunda's eyes were round, he held his cheek which was denounced by Ibn. Ibn smiled amusedly at Ayunda's reaction with a warm gaze.

He put a helmet on Ayunda.

Ibn's friendly behavior was seen by someone who growled furiously, his hands clenched tightly.

" Come on up." Ibn stretched out his hand.

Plaque..

Instead of welcoming ibn's hand, Ayunda even plucked his arm.

Ibnu chuckled, he gently pulled Ayunda's hand, holding him back as Ayunda rode his motorbike.

" Abn.." call Mela running small towards them with a smile on her face despite not getting a reply from Ibnu who was busy helping Ayunda ride the bike.

" Nu, want to go home?"  Tanya Mela was still trying to grab Ibnu's attention.

" Fetch Ayu. Is this going to go straight home or stop by somewhere?"  Ask Ibnu before wearing his helmet.

" Come by the ice cream shop first." Ayunda deliberately wrapped his hands around Ibn's waist.

" okay. Hold on tight." Ibnu drew Ayunda's hand to embrace him more.

" Let's Mom, we're going on a date first." Ayunda blinked her eyes. Ibnu smiled behind his full face helmet.

At half-time, seven nights Ibnu had just returned home after taking Ayunda home.

" Mi, where's Mumuy?" Ibnu asked Romli who was sitting with the others.

" In the room it looks like. Daniel was with Alpha and found him."

After hearing the words of Romli Ibn rushed to run up, invited the last step of his steps stopped when he saw Mumtaz crying. Noiseless, but the tears that poured down her face described the pain she felt.

Ibn went back down, ignoring Romli's exclamations and the questioning gaze of RaHasiYa's son, all the way to his motorcycle parking lot he took his cell phone from his trouser pocket he called God, Rio, and zayin.

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" I'm sorry, it's too late." Zayin and three colleagues entered the meeting room at ist4na neg4ra.

Those present in the meeting room with the same formation as the meeting at the headquarters of the elite AL forces stared at the casual-clothed Zayin, as opposed to the others who were dressed in formal attire.

" Some were late this time at a meeting with the leader of the country." Syndir.

" Busy, if you're late it's too much, you'll stay to report, we're busy in the field." Zayin said no.

The gazing audience asked the commander and KASAL, they just put the shoulder not knowing. 

 The secretary was about to reply, but Zayin's words silenced her." Talk about nonsense is not important. I have the latest news."

" General, after this if I don't rise the ranks too much "always Zayin shared a report of the results of the field investigation.

" I hope the paper is surprising." Reply commander.

" Read it, a lot of surprises."

Half an hour of the meeting room was silent as the participants read the results of the report, while Zayin ate a snack that became a meeting dish without hesitation.

  The meeting participants who were accustomed to the absurd attitude of this one soldier just let it go.

" At this time the perpetrators have not been able to be evacuated to Jakarta, but if you want to publish their identity to the community please." Zayin's pretext because so far, RaHasiYa is still reluctant to give the perpetrators to the hands of the TNI-Polri.

" Why?" Ask presid3n.

" We change the strategy, the leader they do not know his men are caught. we think let him feel winning is better, usually people who are already on top of victory will be off guard."

" You're sure they're in a tight spot for guards?" Ask secret4ris.

" Jiah he's trifling us. Mr KSAL, how are his men underestimated by the man who works behind the table?" Although impressed spoken jokingly, but anyone can feel there is a cynical tone in the words of Zayin.

" I just want to make sure that our country is safe." Continue secretary.

"  You're like a first-grade elementary school teacher who teaches math to a math grad." Sarcas Zayin smiled obliquely.

" Mister Commander, please understand to him what is called a secret mission. But let's not discuss it further, not necessarily he understands." Zayin ignored the pretentious attitude of neg4ra secretary.

The secretary was furious, he was about to rebuke, but presid3n gave a code of silence, so he paused it.

" Next, is the GPS storage offender in the presid3n pin." Seru Zayin again shared his report.

 As soon as the room went back to silence, Zayin was busy with the ritual of eating his snacks. Until presid3n shifts his still-full part plate to Zayin's front.

Everyone present was surprised. They did not expect Toni desperate to do things that are high risk and fatal for his life.

" Toni in collaboration with Navarro wants to know the position of the 1st Pak RI in order to find out to what extent you know their movements.

" That's why we never told you in detail about this case. Mr. Secretary, there's always a risk of traitors between us." Press Zayin.

" Where exactly is he?" Ask Menkopolhukam.

They looked at Arif, "until now we haven't been able to find him" he replied regretfully.

 " The fugitive, has anything yet been detected?" Arif shakes.

" Did RaHasiYa say nothing?" Ask the defense minister to Zayin.

" I'm their little brother, but not necessarily they will leak their performance to me. We're just professionals.

" Why don't you ask them for help?"

" With their abilities, they should be aware that our country is in danger."

" You are a direct official who takes care of this country, your party used to advocate the eradication of corruption, why until now corruption has not been completed, even more so." The insinuation behind Zayin.

" It's our job, why are those who are being blamed, if you can't stand this problem, to step down from your post. This country does not need julid and dwarf-spirited officials like you, just troublesome and spending the state budget alone." 

Everyone fell silent, they could see Zayin's loyalty to his beliefs.

" Can you continue this meeting?" Presid3n.

 " Please, if there's a question that's kind of looking for a solution I'm answering, but beyond that, let's ignore it." Zayin sat back down and pulled the presid3n plate.

" Are you hungry?" Tanya Menkopolhukam saw Zayin had spent almost all his snacks on the plates on the table.

" When did you feed us?" Zayin Sarcas.

" Every meeting, we go straight to another task, while you may be taken to the dining room."

The president who was offended, just kept quiet, while KASAL, panglim4 smiled a little.

" *Abjecting the hungry tiger, yes accept the fate of being bullied*." Bathin.

Now Zayin along with the commander and the SSAL are in the commander's office discussing further discoveries on the ground about bombing.

" So, in other words, RaHasiYa made Navarro's business their own?" Ask panglim4 about the investigation by RaHasiYa.

Zayin nodded slowly, his eyes empty, he was glued to the events of 10 years ago.

Realizing the blank stares of their mainstay soldiers, KASAL and the commander looked at each other.

" Yin, is there anything you want to say?" Ask KASAL.

Zayin took a deep breath before exhaling it, "maybe I should resign from the union."

They are surprised, because they do not doubt Zayin's love and loyalty to the TNI, even he sometimes always prides himself on being a soldier, because this is the ideal of his mother.

" Why?" ask KASAL

" RaHasiYa has decided Navarro must be in their hands, and I want to be one of them."

" Yin.." reprimanded the commander.

Zayin's eyes were watering, "I was there, at the time of the fire, I was there." He said slowly with suffering.

" I saw my brother get hurt, I saw the trauma they had, I saw them suffer, his whole life always protected me, his whole life suppressed his emotions, he said, I can no longer be selfish just thinking about unity. It's time to act as a sister." Half-dead Zayin held back the tears that were ready to fall.

" I decided as the kema-tian executor of Navarro, for that, I should take off my badge."

There was a glimmer of doubt in Zayin's brown bead as it said that, but his superiors understood the goodwill of his subordinates...