In the Name of a Mate
Chapter 35: Behind The Devil

Two-story house that looks simple but comfortable with light blue color that dominates the walls of the house. Layla looked at the house with a feeling of longing, the memories in the house that she could never erase

His gaze was distracted at the figure of a man who was less than half a century old, his face did not look like he was two years old anymore stepping fifty. There is no white gray on his hair, so no wonder people think he is in his thirties

The figure is still loyal to his activities until it is not aware that his daughter has long enough to massage him from the front of the fence. It's been fun feeding birds in cages that have been kept since Layla was a child. The bird that often chirps at dawn and may have been a friend of his father, because Layla had heard Naufal talking to the bird several times. Just telling a story, even to an animal that can't possibly understand the language

"Dad's Assalamu'alaikum" a faint look of surprise was displayed from his face, perhaps not expecting the arrival of his daughter who had switched responsibilities to others

"Wa'alaikumussalam" Layla smiled at the hand of her father who had just been washed with tap water in the yard

"How are you?" Naufal raised his eyebrows next to appear clueless, but did not stop answering "Alhamdulillah, good"

"Tumben here, is there a problem?" Naufal memorized the schedule of his son's college, to his surprise because as soon as Layla remembered there was a lecture schedule at this hour

"The lecturer didn't come in, just given the assignment" Layla replied with a smile. He looked around and noticed the photo figures attached to each wall. Full of memories of him with Bilal from childhood until now

"It's no problem, just here to see dad" Layla couldn't possibly have told me about Qais last night. He knew exactly how his father behaved

"Lonely dad here?"

Naufal snorted and then shook his head

"Bilal is there, why do you have to be lonely?"

"Sister Bilal is now increasingly rare at home, you never feel lonely?"

"The birds are also friends of the father, sometimes Om Gempano or Om Regan also often come here to mess with each other"

Layla listened and nodded in understanding, her gaze falling on the figures of Naufal and Aqila both, against the background of the beach and the view of the twilight. The distance between them proves that at that time they did not have a legitimate bond

"What do you think of Mother?" The question is almost inaudible

"Good mother, she's a great and strong woman. Even stronger than father" answered Naufal. He also looked at his daughter's eyes

"Ila has heard someone say, men can fall in love with more than one woman, but women's hearts are created not to share much less about love"

"Qais cheated?" Layla shook her head, as Naufal immediately said that

"Ila hasn't finished talking yet" Layla replied

"But what do you think if the woman has left" Layla continues her question with eyes that look at Naufal as if asking for an explanation

"It's up to the man how, but according to the father of true love it must be selfish. Only for himself until death comes to fetch"

"Other people sometimes do not understand, when they see someone abandoned by their lover, they think they have to find a new person as a substitute. But, a person's heart is sometimes created to love only one body, one soul and one taste for the same person"

"It doesn't matter if that person exists or is gone. For dad, it's up to people to say you're stupid, lonely, or alone. But, my heart seems to have been created for the same person"

"Why?" Layla asked, Naufal looked at his daughter for a while then refocused on the figura in front of them

"Why ask?" naufal looked at his daughter

"Sister Zain said there was news from the cottage that father would marry again" he said slowly

"Indeed, there was a friend of grandfather who proposed, as well as Uncle Hasan who saw father like lonely. But as I said, I never felt lonely even though my mother's body was not there" without realizing Layla wiped the water in the corner of her eye. Is that the feeling between the two of them?

"Dad promised my mother to be a rainbow that would not disappear even if she did not exist"

.

The clear blue sky with the reflection of the sun has been replaced by the night sky with millions of stars and the moon as its decoration. Bird chirping replaced the sound of earthworms and other nocturnal animals that meet the eardrum in the thick of the night

"Assalamu'alaikum" Layla's gaze immediately turned to someone she had been waiting for. The clock had already reached the number nine over twenty-five but there had been no sign of the figure's return since their departure this morning

"Wa'alaikumussalam" Layla noticed a bruised Qais on some parts of her face and some slightly wet wounds on the corners of her lips and wrists

"Kak Qais why? Out of fight?"

Qais kept quiet and sat down on the sofa, Layla immediately took out P3K equipment to treat the man's wounds

"They were the first to find trouble" the man finally opened his voice after a long silence. Layla who was treating the wound on her husband's hand turned her head and raised her eyebrows next to a sign of not understanding

"They're who?"

"Side gang. Though we had chosen the path of peace, but they kept attacking" Layla was silent expressionlessly hearing the man's words. He often heard about the gang before marrying Qais, and yesterday after marrying Bilal told him that Qais was one of the most famous gang leaders

"I want to get out, but the other kids haven't agreed yet" Layla sighed and stared at the lowered Qais as if she had made a big mistake

"Origin does not do mischief and disobey orders may be. But if there is more harm or bad it is better to get out than to lunge into the maksiat" said Layla closed the P3K box because it was finished in use

"The Devil, his name is creepy. People just know we like racing and racing on the street, boozing parties, community garbage and disturbing the peace of others"

"But actually the gang's initial goal was set up for humanity"

"Humanity?" Layla raised her eyebrows inexplicably. The Devil means devil, just look at the name from where the origin of humanity?

"The Devil's name, not to symbolize us. But it symbolizes the demonic figure that makes us like this"

"You mean the victims of the devil?" Layla asked innocently who was replied by a nod by Qais

"Devil we mean the closest people or families who can never understand, too force the will or often act violently. The average child of the devil is a victim of what they call the devil, whether it be their parents, friends or other family"

"What is the purpose of humanity?"

"Yes, we often raise funds for orphanage children. In addition, other meanings we can join and understand each other as victims of demon characters"

"Who does Kak Qais think of as a demon?" Layla asked looking at the man who was instantly silent but showed an incomprehensible expression from the look on her face