Dul
146. How Our Relationship

Annisa and her papa simultaneously turned to the arrival of the voice. The father and son were just as surprised to see Dul's presence there.

“Not mean not polite, but Nisa is not anyone until it has to be hit. I don't accept it, Om.” Dul walked closer.

“It is not you who decided my child was wrong or did not.” Despite saying that, Papa Annisa's hand that had been raised slowly came down.

“Papa shouldn't be this selfish. Dul's right, really. What's wrong Icha until Papa wants to hit? Just because the woman who should Icha call Mama?”

“Annisa!”

“Nisa .. udah.” Dul moved uneasily. He should have wanted to continue by saying do not speak in a high tone to his papa. But the glare of Annisa's flaming eyes could make Dul guess that he could be the target of the girl's rampage. After all, Dul did not want to blame Annisa in front of his own parents. He wants to be on his girlfriend's side.

“Tonight is enough. Papa doesn't like strangers stealing hear family conversations,” said Papa Annisa.

“Alien? Wait.wait. Papa don't go now. Papa should know the purpose of Abdullah coming here.” Annisa pulls Dul's arm to get closer to him. “Come, Mas Dul should talk to Papa the destination come here want anything.”

Dul is aware of the situation and goes to the car to take all the side dishes from his mother. “I just brought this, Om. It's a take from Mom. The day after I flew to Jogja to start studying at SekBang.” Dul thrust a stocking place containing side dishes on Annisa.

"look, right? Papa see who's been paying attention to Icha?"

Papa Annisa cleared her throat slowly. “Hopefully you will know that life is not as simple as this supply place, yes. Your graduation will be Papa and Mama who will come. There will be no one else. Tomorrow and the day after Papa comes here. Papa wants a serious conversation. Your innocence also seems to have to move. It is more appropriate if you take a specialist do not need in this city again.”

“Lusa I want to come to the airport to take Abdullah. Papa can come tomorrow again. It doesn't have to be the day after.” Annisa was correcting her papa's speech.

“Sorry. Papa stays in the original plan. Including about graduation or your oath-taking ceremony. Just Papa and Mama.”

“No! Papa aja,” sahut Annisa. “Papa and Abdullah,” firmly Annisa again.

Papa Annisa left Annisa and Dul without looking. Leaving behind a pair of awkward and misguided youngsters.

“You can't go to Papa. I have nothing to come to your graduation. It was indeed the turn of the kamu—Papa family, elder brother or other family—who did want him to attend. I'm nothin. I don't want you to fuss with family just because of trivial things.”

Annisa who was half-dreaming looking at the departure of her papa car so jolted looking at Dul. “Abdullah said what? Trivial? For me who came to my graduation is not a trivial thing. I want special people whose contributions are clear to my education. Make Abdullah clear nothing. But make me?”

“Nisa .. I don't mean that. We should respect your father as a parent. I don't want you to assume that knowing me and my family makes you further away; don't remember the same family. I don't want to. I want our relationship to be supported by family.”

“Abdullah .. This is not a matter of being supported or not. It's not just about our relationship, it's about me and the woman Papa chose to replace Mama. It's not that easy. Especially about graduation.” Annisa shakes. “Abdullah will not understand how it feels to lose a loved one and at the same time must be forced to replace that person with a new figure.”

“Sorry, but I don't want you to be a child against your parents. I mean just that, Nisa .... I want your relationship and Papa to improve.”

“I know Abdullah always tries to be a good boy. Abdullah tried to follow all the wishes of parents because of the happiness of parents and also the happiness of Abdullah. But if Papa doesn't want us to be together and always thinks that Abdullah is a bad influence on me, should I just shut up? Does Abdullah not want to try to explain that no one can force us to be with whom?” Annisa's tears had calmed down and were preparing to spill in a moment.

“We have to prove that our relationship; if I don't have a bad influence on you. Follow Papa's words as long as it's good. After all, Papa is a parent who definitely wants the best for his child.”

“Including if Papa doesn't want us together?” Annisa's tears had already fallen to her cheeks.

Annisa's crying broke in Dul's arms. “Did my dream of graduating with Papa and Abdullah be too luxurious? I want us together...”.

“I also.”

“But Abdullah should have talked to Papa. Not just having to be patient. Patience is no time limit.” Annisa was still crying.

“I will be patient waiting for Annisa, until Annisa can prove to Papa that we will also stick with the original plan.”

Annisa's crying is getting louder. “Old certainty. How can I be patient if starting tomorrow it will be more difficult to meet Abdullah?”

That time, Dul did not answer. He tightened his embrace on Annisa's body and placed his chin on the girl's head. Dul quietly cried. He's confused. The feeling of not being accepted as a child came back to haunt him. Along with that, his throat choked. He was too embarrassed to cry in front of the girl he loved.

“Our relationship doesn't always have to be okay. The most important thing ..our hearts can be calm because we are still together. By knowing that we are still together .. it has become a strength for me. We just have to be patient a little more to prove that we are really serious. Patience a little more.”

When he said that, Dul really thought that he just had to be patient a little more. He only completed flight school which took less than two years to then be with Annisa. In fact, it's not all that simple. Questions from the closest people made her smile bitterly as she tried to hide the state of her relationship with Annisa.

“Annisa indeed did not join nganter to the airport, Mas? Another fight, huh?” Sejah was the first to notice a change in Dul's attitude.

“Got fight. Busy, Mom. Preparation for graduation and taking the doctor's oath,” replied Dul, diplomatic.

The colonist had to stop asking questions when he got the index signal on the lip from Bara. That afternoon, the four of them just let Dul go to Yogyakarta. Ibra struggled spoiled on the colonized as usual and Mima who later also much daydreaming.

“Mas ... Dul and Annisa are fine, right? These two days Dul seems different.”

Bara. “Their relationship again is not good. We wait for Dul himself who talks before we nosy to ask questions first. It's only been two days, Jah. We love Dul time until he feels he can trust us to talk first.”

The colonized agreed to Bara's words and calmed down even though Dul did not mention Annisa's name again. The calmness was too long. It lasted until almost two years later. Dul rarely comes home during the holidays and once home, time has rolled long enough. Until they like to be forced to forget the figure of a straight long-haired girl named Annisa.

“Bu, next week flying wing embedding ceremony. Come to Jogja do not mepet, yes. Must be a few days before. Dad promised a vacation.” Dul reminded me from across the phone.

“Mmm ... Mas Dul,” call Colored.

“Ya?”

“Annisa how are you? Can I take Annisa to Jogja? I asked Mom to patiently wait for Mas Dul who told me first. It has been almost two years ... I can't wait to know about Annisa. Miss Nisa, Mas."

“Bu ..”.

“Ya, Son?”

“I don't know if Annisa still wants to know about my news or enggak.”

To be continued