He's Not The Best
124. I'll wait till Tomorrow

I'll wait till Tomorrow

The next day they met at the dinner table for breakfast, Erlan sat down at the place where Arkan used to sit, Runa and Winsi were sitting at the usual place. They enjoyed the food on each plate with almost no sound and only the sound of the clanking of spoons that was sometimes heard or the rambling of Jiddan who happened to have awoken as well.

At the same time, Erlan looked at the screen of the phone that vibrated and lit up without sound. From the moment he started eating, he always glanced at the thing as if waiting for an important news and, instantly picked it up while walking away and left his own food.

Winsi had a glance at the man who, when dressed in a neat shirt and, just out of his room, always looked very similar to Arkan in his eyes. Moreover, their height is the same. Only his father's body was more plump than Erlan's, the rest were all almost the same.

There was a thick longing in his heart for the man that made him feel the love of a father for that first time.

“Buk, I'll go to Daddy's grave, do you want to come?”

“Ya,” Runa immediately responded well and he hoped that after going to his father's grave, Winsi could give a good answer to Erlan.

Erlan did not return home after receiving the call, no one knew where the man had gone, except Hasnu. However, she had already promised Erlan not to tell all the house dwellers about her relationship with Hanifa. He'll explain it to himself when it's time everyone knows.

He has no intention of cheating, not .. This is not cheating. And he had no intention of deceiving everyone, only that he was ashamed when in fact he married an insane woman who considered himself to be a father. He was powerless to take his wife to a mental institution or cure her.

He had tried repeatedly to pay the mental doctor to cure him, but every time he saw something similar to an accident, his soul was shaken again and his natural attitude was instantly lost.

Winsi and Runa were now at the side of the tomb, they were alone without anyone else accompanying them while Jiddan was left asleep.

Winsi said nothing of his mouth only komat Kamit read a prayer and only his heart dialogue itself as if Arkan would listen even if not at all.

“Daddy ... Erlan asked me to get married. Do you like it when I'm a son-in-law? I don't want Dad to be in-laws. Ah ...! Dad, it seems funny that if I marry that kid, what if we always fight, Dad's not here to separate us. So, a wife has to obey her husband in many ways, but I don't want to be the same Erlan!”

“Dad! Is it true that if we get married it means connecting the cord with you? I'll keep the cord even if I don't marry Erlan, really. It feels better that we fight without burden or have to keep feeling, I can be myself, but if married, where can it be?”

“Daddy, if indeed married to Erlan can make you happy in nature there and the worship charity that your son does can be a light in the barzah realm, then I will do! If indeed your last trust is to take care of me, then I will let myself in his care!”

Runa hugged Winsi after fervently praying, then she said, “Son! Just obey Erlan's will, maybe it can make your father happier in nature there with the good charity he did to us!”

“Yes. Alright ... So, we're not going back to Jogja?”

“Ngak!”

“Ngak so make chicken noodle business too?”

“Ngak!”

“Is Mom also happy if I'm the child's wife?”

“Ya Erlan, go! Who he is if not a child. You know, Mom, when I was a kid she used to call me a buluk boy!”

“That's her name call dear, she knows your life history from small until now!”

“Ih, shame, come, Mom!”

Runa understood, he then turned his head towards the tombstone that had been replaced with marble and said, “Look, Mas. Wiwin likes to be rough with Erlan because he's actually shy!”

“ Busy! What the hell?”

After that they gave a small smile, as it was impossible to laugh and joke between funerals. After they were content to pray and pour their hearts out there, they went home. Actually, there are no bodies in the tomb that can hear the words of the person on the pilgrimage in his tomb, other than the prayer that has been taught by Rosul, because their nature is different from the real world.

*****

A week after the incident that day, Erlan did not return home on the grounds of going abroad to see a restaurant run by Saina and Markjo in Amsterdam. When he was going home, he gave a message to Winsi, about his request. With all his might, the man strengthened his heart to undergo two marriages at once.

Man is wrong and forgets, but man is also the place to remember and right until sometimes there is doubt between the two, whether what they do is wrong or right. Instinct invites him to do everything out of trust and kindness but, on the other hand, logic refuses to complain because of him, too, does not want others to do the same to him.

In the message, Erlan wrote, “If you answer my message, it means you want to be my wife and we get married, but, if you ignore this message until tomorrow, it means, yes, yes, you have refused and we remain like this, whatever you want, but do not expect to take Mom and Jiddan home to Jogja!” No, he's not a selfish man of his own importance or out of an uncontrollable lust, is he.

Winsi read the message and took a deep breath and then, threw himself into the bed. He thought long enough between accepting and not. Then, he went back to praying istikharah, he had been doing it for a long time but had not received an answer. After she finished praying, she saw her HP ringing because Nia called. His friend said they get orders for a fairly large number of flagship cafe fruit drinks, for the wedding next week. They talked about many things until Winsi was sleepy and, just fell asleep after closing her phone.

After a few hours, Winsi woke up from her sleep hearing Azan Asar, but, before she left, her phone rang again.

The girl stuck her cell phone to her ear and Erlan's voice was heard across the street.

“Alhamdulillah, Win. I'm grateful you picked up, my phone, meaning you actually agreed to my plan, huh? We are getting married next week!” after that, the phone was closed unilaterally.

“What? Oi! Erlan, what do you mean, I didn't answer anything, kok!” winsi's voice sounded so loud that it filled his room, but, it was useless because Erlan was no longer able to hear his screams.

‘Kok, can he, he say so? What am I answering?’ winsi's heart while opening a message in her chat column to Erlan.

“Astagfirullah.” Winsi muttered as soon as she saw the message, which was sent to Erlan, perhaps the letter Y button, it was pressed by accident while she was asleep.

‘What is this answer from istikharahku?’ thought again.

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