Lailatulqadar (Song of Missing For Fathers)
Chapter 12
At three o'clock in the morning Laila helped Mira prepare the meal of sahur. This time Mira's attitude is somewhat better and she allows Laila to eat sahur with the others.
Maybe because Mira currently needs Laila's energy to help her sell takjil. If not mutually beneficial, it seems Mira will still let Laila eat the rest of her family. The principle of mutual symbiosis that he applies in his life, if not profitable then he is reluctant to help others even his own brother.
Handoko, Aldo and Qadar were already sitting on the dining table chairs. Laila and Mira just finished cooking and the food was ready to serve. But Dita has not yet come out of the room, it seems that one girl is still soundly asleep after a night of staying up late.
"Laila, please call Brother Dita to get up and eat sahur!" handoko.
"Good Uncle. " Laila walked to Dita's room.
Arrived in front of the white-painted room with hanging ornaments bearing the name Dita Asmara on the door leaf. Laila directly knocked on the door and called out Dita's name.
Dita who was inside was disturbed sleep heard the sound of repeated knocking on the door Laila, interspersed with the voice of her cousin's mouth.
Dita covered her face with bolsters that were originally in her arms.
"Sister! Brother Dita, wake up sahur!" laila exclaimed as she continued to knock on the door.
"Aish, here's the kid!" Dita also got out of bed with laziness.
"Yes, yes! It was very noisy" said Dita, opening the door and seeing Laila standing at the door of her room.
"Whisper, disturb people to sleep!" sulk Dita to Laila who just silently said nothing.
Dita walks into the dining room ahead of Laila.
"Wash your face, we eat sahur" Handoko said as Dita appeared in the dining room following Laila behind her.
"So Dita sleeps keblasan, people in nungguin this sahur even sleep mulu work," said Aldo while sneering.
"It's a nosy leak, not pinch his mouth just know the taste!" ketus Dita while going into the bathroom to wash your face.
"Have you done, why is fighting so bad!" handoko Tegur.
"Aldo don't talk like that to Dita, it's not polite her name. Isn't that Laila?" qadar.
Laila simply nodded and smiled faintly.
"Look, they never fought. Aldo is fine with his brother!" handoko said as she stroked her youngest son's hair.
"Yes Dad," said Aldo.
Mira who saw it snickered feeling her children continue to be compared to her two nephews.
"Ear they do not fight, know themselves again hitchhiking in whose house," said Mira while starting her meal.
Laila and Qadar were silent and did not understand the words of their aunt. While Handoko shook her head to hear the words of his wife who always cheered when responding to Laila and Qadar.
Dita soon went out of the bathroom and joined them to eat sahur.
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As usual, Laila delivers Qadar to school every day. This time Laila brought good news about her father who is still alive, on Restu she told me if yesterday her Uncle named Handoko had seen his father somewhere.
"Alhamdulillah, I'm glad to hear it! If so, you must quickly spread the photos so that your father can be found immediately. I'll help you spread your father's photos to every corner of this city, the sooner the better" Restu said.
"Yes I think so too" said Laila.
Laila seemed to think for a moment, she had to have money to reproduce her father's photo. He remembered Mira's speech that offered him to sell takjil around, maybe from there he could benefit and then could have money to print and reproduce photos of his father.
"Maybe tomorrow or the day after. Coming home from here I want to sell first takjil have Aunt Mira, well later I will get the money so I can directly print my father's photo, photocopy also so much!" laila was excited.
"Oh your aunt likes to make nicks, huh?" ask Restu.
"Yes." Yeah." Laila.
"If so go home to school I take you and Qadar home" said Restu.
Laila frowned not understanding Restu's intentions.
"You want to buy my aunt's notjil?" guess Laila.
"Yes I want to buy some seeds first, if for example my mother likes later I can order more, because the mother often has an open event with a large family," said Restu.
"Well good! Aunty must be happy," said Laila rounding her eyes.
"Therefore I have to know your house first, let it be easy later if for example I'm the same mother wants a message takjil," said Restu who actually he really wants to know where Laila lives.
"Okay, thanks before."
"Either. Yaudah I go in a moment ago bell, then wait for me to go home yes do not go anywhere," said Restu.
"Ready!" Laila moved her hand in front of her head saluting Restu.
Restu was getting anxious to see Laila's behavior. As a teenager of course the seeds of love began to grow in the heart of Restu since he met and knew Laila more closely. Laila's simplicity and stubbornness attracted her to the young girl.
At 10:00 Qadar had already come out of the gate, but it seemed like they would have to wait for Restu to come out in about an hour.
"We wait for Brother Restu bentar yes, he said he wanted to take us home all want to buy takjil made by aunty," Laila told Qadar.
"Good fun, we're not riding an angkot dong!"
"Kok fun?" ask Laila wonder.
"His order in angkot jostled, where the smell of sweat all sorts. I like nausea let alone fasting gini, I can be satisfied void," said Qadar.
"Aish, can't do it this time. Tomorrow we take the angkot again, right, this day alone in the same anter Kak Restu," said Laila.
"If the smell of idung cover or wear a mask, if you can not hold your breath," he continued while accompanied by laughter.
"Sister Laila's weird, time yes hold your breath. From here to the house can be a quarter of an hour, where strong I hold my breath for that long," said Qadar plain.
"Eatya do not fuss, the name also rides the angkot instead of taking a private car," said Laila while twitching his sister's nose because of anxiety.
Qadar immediately rubbed the tiny nose in his sister Laila's pick.
"Sister, Dad must have a private car, right? Fatherly work in the city for years already he is rich dong! Later if you have met Dad, we will not jostle again to ride the angkot, and brother can also continue his school," said Qadar dreamt.
"Maybe, let's just pray that you're right." Laila also imagines someday meeting their father with a state of well-established but for Laila to meet alone is more than enough, the matter of property is not important. Laila was sure that even though her father was not as rich as Qadar thought but he would definitely try to meet the needs of his children. Just like all the other fathers out there.
seriate,
