In the Name of a Mate
Chapter 39: Joseph's Visit

The Final Semester exam is getting closer, students start to look diligent, because of course to get good grades and no need to repeat. But it seems to apply to most, because others still seem relaxed either because they resigned to the value or because they are already convinced of their own abilities, one of which is Qais. The man was seen conversing with Rio under the banyan tree of the engineering faculty looks like a serious conversation judging from the look on their faces. I don't know what they did there, but the distance of their faculty was no less than five hundred meters

"It looks like your husband is really pinter Ila" said Nessi spontaneously when his gaze was fixed on it

"Say he has learned" Layla replied with the same view

"Highly arrogant" Layla turned to the origin of the voice, she saw Joseph who had not been standing next to Nessi since when

"Like to envy people"

"You're thinking of him?" Joseph glared in disbelief

"Clearly, why should you bear Brother Yusuf" Layla replied half-deadly

"My heart hurts you like that" Layla turned her panted eyeballs once again. He wondered why Joseph was so much drama now

"Sir Yusuf why here?, the feeling of the Faculty of business never moved" Layla said to her busy cousin who began compiling the thesis now

"Nes, for the incident last night I will try to convince your mother again" now Yusuf looked at Nessi who had been seen since avoiding the man's sight

"I'm sorry.." Nessi hadn't finished talking, Joseph had already cut in by cupping his chest hand and shaking his head.

"No, don't tell me you're rejecting me"

"I mean..."

"I promise I will do more"

"Yes, but..."

"I'm..."

Now it was Layla's turn to pinch her cousin's waist because of anxiety, not finished Nessi talk had he cut it off. It's not clear what Nessi will say. Layla was surprised by the behavior of Joseph who was known to be authoritative, not even visible despite the aura of his present self

"Dengerin if people talk until it's finished, don't cut into pieces like that. Not very polite"

"Ila, better hit me. I swear, your pinch hurts more than a bee sting" Yusuf still rubs his waist as if his skin was taken, the pinch of his cousin was no joke

"Sister Yusuf why so much drama gini"

"I also apologize if the mother's words make Kak Yusuf hurt. I want Brother Yusuf to understand" Nessi continued what he had delayed before the two cousins' quarrel was more serious

"Wait a minute, I'm just doing it now. What were you guys doing last night?" Now Layla looked at the two people seriously

"Yesterday night..."

The moon was shining that night. Illuminate the night behind the darkness that feels gripping, like what felt a man in a light blue shirt who just parked his car in the yard of a minimalist house that looks beautiful

"Wa'alaikumussalam" he said suddenly made people there surprised especially Nessi. He thought Yusuf was just joking around saying he was going to his house tonight when he drove him home from college

"Eh Assalamu'alaikum" he said, bowing his head and immediately reaching for the hands of women who still look young even though they are close to half a century old

"Wa'alaikumussalam" said they are compact with a line created at the corner of his lips. It must have been funny seeing her behavior just now

"Your friend Nes?" The woman looked at her daughter who had not taken her eyes off Joseph since

"Emmm..."

"Yes aunty, a future living friend" Yusuf replied casually with a grin, Nessi glared her eyes while her mother frowned confused brows

"Let's sit down first Brother Yusuf" Nessi pulled the sleeve of the man's shirt before further discussion. When her mother went to the kitchen to get a drink, Nessi looked at the man who showed no guilt at all

"Sister Yusuf why don't you talk first if you want to come here?" he said slowly while looking back where his mother's position is not far from them at this time, only blocked by open glass doors

"Didn't it last afternoon just like you did?" Nessi rubbed the nape of the back of his head, maybe he was also unconscious now if only wearing a doraemon nightgown

"I thought Brother Yusuf was joking"

"With you, I never joke" Yusif replied firmly. Nessi looked at the man, rewinding the early memories of their closeness. At that time when he was still wearing white clothes ash ran in the hospital corridor because of high blood disease his mother relapsed, he hit someone who turned out to be Joseph. Since Joseph's cousin Layla, somehow they often meet either while with Layla or when he was alone. Over time, in fact, their relationship is closer especially since Layla borrowed her phone to contact Joseph because her best friend's phone was dead from batteries. Since then, Yusuf has often sent messages and then mishandled. But who would have thought, the man now came to his own house to meet his mother. Nessi thought Joseph's discussion this afternoon about a serious relationship to be farthest from adultery was just joking. So he just serve, do not know why even like this?

"I'm sorry, auntie's house is a little messy" Dami, Nessi's mother cleaned the glass table in the living room full of clothes design papers after putting three cups of tea and some light cakes

"I understand, sorry to interrupt auntie's time with a sudden arrival like this" Yusuf lowered his head slightly feeling bad

"In fact, Nessi first received a male guest at home. So I was also a bit surprised" said Bu Dami then sat on the sofa next to Yusuf

"Oh yeah? My arrival to silaturrohmi, visit and get to know Nessi closer"

"Wait a minute, wait for this mother to take her seriously, huh?" Ms. Dami chuckled a little, while Yusuf looked at Nessi who was linking her fingers like nervousness

"Yes, it's like that. Aunt daughter managed to make me reckless to come now to establish a closer relationship"

"I mean married?" Nessi who had been silent finally made a sound. He smothered his mouth then when the sight of two pairs of eyes pointed at him

"I avoid adultery, so wouldn't it be better" Yusuf replied after chortling as he felt his throat choked

"Why did you choose Nessi?" Ms. Dami looked at the man in front of her deeply, the sight of a mother who was so afraid of something happening to her child

"Because he's Nessi's not anyone else. I love him but I know love alone will not be enough to build a relationship"

"What makes me believe in you?" Bu Dami's voice sounded demandingly, Yusuf gasped like he did not expect the change so quickly